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Roma

2002–03 season
President	Franco Sensi
Manager	Fabio Capello
Stadium	Stadio Olimpico
Serie A	8th
Coppa Italia	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Second group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Francesco Totti (14) All: Francesco Totti (20)
Average home league attendance	57,160
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2001–022003–04 →

Associazione Sportiva Roma crashed down to earth following its previous two remarkable seasons, where it had won Serie A in 2000–01 and finished a close second in 2001–02. Despite the acquisition of Pep Guardiola as central midfielder, he did not apparently fit into Fabio Capello's first-team plans. The squad was essentially the same as the year before, and Guardiola's absence from the starting XI spoke volumes about the reputation of the Roma players at the time. However, things began to go against Roma following its tense competition in Serie A with Juventus. Suspecting things were amiss, both chairman Franco Sensi and manager Capello publicly condemned the judgements.

Due to all the 'misfortune' with decisions, Roma's season soon descended into complete darkness, the only highlight of the season being the qualification for the Coppa Italia final, which they lost to Milan. In the league, only a strong final third of the season saved eighth place, with only Francesco Totti reaching his normal level.

Players

Squad information

Last updated on 31 May 2003

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ITA Francesco Antonioli 2 DF  BRA Cafu 4 DF  ITA Luigi Sartor 5 DF  FRA Jonathan Zebina 6 DF  BRA Aldair 7 MF  ITA Diego Fuser 8 MF  BRA Francisco Lima 9 FW  ITA Vincenzo Montella 10 FW  ITA Francesco Totti 11 MF  BRA Emerson 12 GK  ITA Carlo Zotti 13 DF  ARG Leandro Cufré 14 FW  CRO Ivan Tomic 15 MF  FRA Olivier Dacourt 17 MF  ITA Damiano Tommasi 18 FW  ITA Antonio Cassano

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  ARG Walter Samuel 20 MF  ITA Davide Bombardini 21 MF  ITA Alberto Aquilani 22 GK  ITA Ivan Pelizzoli 23 DF  ITA Christian Panucci 24 FW  ITA Marco Delvecchio 25 MF  URU Gianni Guigou 26 DF  ITA Damiano Ferronetti 27 MF  ITA Daniele De Rossi 28 MF  ESP Pep Guardiola 30 FW  ITA Massimo Marazzina 31 DF  GRE Traianos Dellas 32 DF  FRA Vincent Candela 33 FW  ARG Gabriel Batistuta 34 GK  ITA Marco Paoloni 36 MF  NGA Akande Ajide

Transfers

Winter

Kits

Home

Away

Third

Fourth

Home (Champions)

Away (Champions)

Goalkeeper

Goalkeeper Alt.

Competitions

Overall

Last updated: 31 May 2003

Serie A

League table

1. Roma qualified for the first round of the 2003-04 UEFA Cup as Coppa Italia runner-up because the winner, Milan, qualified for Champions League through championship position.
2. Brescia finished ahead of Perugia on head-to-head points: Brescia 3–1 Perugia, Perugia 0–0 Brescia.
3. Perugia gained entry to the 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Chievo renounced; then they qualified to the 2003–04 UEFA Cup First round.

Results summary

Last updated: 24 May 2003.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Matches

14 September 2002 2	Bologna	2–1	Roma	Bologna
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cruz 59', 90+1'	Report	Batistuta 44' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 27,349 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

22 September 2002 3	Roma	1–2	Modena	Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Totti 5' (pen.)	Report	Milanetto 45' (pen.) Sculli 78'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 55,803 Referee: Stefano Farina

29 September 2002 4	Brescia	2–3	Roma	Brescia
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	R. Baggio 45+2' (pen.) Schopp 84'	Report	Totti 30' (pen.), 41', 81'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Attendance: 18,286 Referee: Paolo Dondarini

5 October 2002 5	Roma	4–1	Udinese	Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Montella 23' Batistuta 76' Totti 81', 89'	Report	Sensini 59'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 53,729 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

19 October 2002 6	Empoli	1–3	Roma	Empoli
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Di Natale 77'	Report	Emerson 31' Candela 34' Tommasi 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 13,060 Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

27 October 2002 7	Lazio	2–2	Roma	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Fiore 51' Stanković 75'	Report	Delvecchio 57' Batistuta 66'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 69,877 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

3 November 2002 8	Roma	2–2	Perugia	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Panucci 67' Totti 71'	Report	Zé Maria 39' (pen.) Miccoli 43'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 55,235 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

6 November 2002 1	Roma	2–1	Como	Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Delvecchio 19' Totti 46'	Report	Godeas 73'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 53,000 Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

9 November 2002 9	Piacenza	1–1	Roma	Piacenza
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Maresca 74'	Report	Cassano 27'	Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli Attendance: 8,302 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

16 November 2002 10	Roma	2–2	Internazionale	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Montella 59' Batistuta 73'	Report	Morfeo 58' Okan 89'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 67,726 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

24 November 2002 11	Parma	3–0	Roma	Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bonazzoli 10', 72' Mutu 23' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 17,223 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

1 December 2002 12	Roma	2–2	Juventus	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Totti 12' Cassano 44'	Report	Del Piero 45+2' Nedvěd 85'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 74,313 Referee: Paolo Bertini

7 December 2002 13	Milan	1–0	Roma	Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Inzaghi 73'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 67,786 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

15 December 2002 14	Roma	3–0	Reggina	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Samuel 3' Totti 24' Montella 70'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 52,591 Referee: Domenico Messina

21 December 2002 15	Torino	0–1	Roma	Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Samuel 46'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 14,025 Referee: Paolo Dondarini

12 January 2003 16	Roma	0–1	Chievo	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Cossato 89'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 55,975 Referee: Domenico Messina

19 January 2003 17	Atalanta	2–1	Roma	Bergamo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Doni 41' Tramezzani 87'	Report	Totti 9'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 14,873 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

25 January 2003 18	Como	2–0	Roma	Piacenza
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Musić 82' Carbone 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli Attendance: 6,520 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

1 February 2003 19	Roma	3–1	Bologna	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Montella 35' Delvecchio 52' Cassano 72'	Report	Signori 42'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 52,795 Referee: Daniele Tombolini

9 February 2003 20	Modena	1–1	Roma	Modena
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kamara 42'	Report	Dellas 90'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Attendance: 15,463 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

23 February 2003 22	Udinese	2–1	Roma	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sensini 35' Iaquinta 72'	Report	Montella 54'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 16,339 Referee: Tiziano Pieri

2 March 2003 23	Roma	3–1	Empoli	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Totti 31' Montella 49', 68'	Report	Di Natale 11'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 52,736 Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

8 March 2003 24	Roma	1–1	Lazio	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cassano 89'	Report	Stanković 8'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 72,668 Referee: Domenico Messina

16 March 2003 25	Perugia	1–0	Roma	Perugia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Miccoli 52'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Attendance: 11,099 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

23 March 2003 26	Roma	3–0	Piacenza	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cassano 11' Delvecchio 30' Totti 43'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 51,018 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

6 April 2003 27	Internazionale	3–3	Roma	Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vieri 52' Recoba 59' Emre 77'	Report	Cassano 46' Di Biagio 82' (o.g.) Montella 84'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 64,142 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

13 April 2003 28	Roma	2–1	Parma	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Totti 45+1' Guigou 73'	Report	Adriano 40'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 55,320 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

19 April 2003 29	Juventus	2–1	Roma	Turin
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Del Piero 30' (pen.), 39'	Report	Montella 44'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 42,592 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

26 April 2003 30	Roma	2–1	Milan	Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cassano 60' Tommasi 76'	Report	Tomasson 81'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 60,313 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

3 May 2003 31	Reggina	2–3	Roma	Reggio Calabria
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bonazzoli 16' Nakamura 90+2'	Report	Tommasi 61' Emerson 63' Vargas 68' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 24,006 Referee: Stefano Cassarà

10 May 2003 32	Roma	3–1	Torino	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cassano 31', 61' De Rossi 54'	Report	Frezza 77'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 52,716 Referee: Tiziano Pieri

24 May 2003 34	Roma	1–2	Atalanta	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	De Rossi 30'	Report	Doni 27' Gautieri 55'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 52,547 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

Coppa Italia

Round of 16

4 December 2002 First leg	Triestina	1–1	Roma	Trieste
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Beretta 63'		Batistuta 87'	Stadium: Stadio Nereo Rocco Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

17 December 2002 Second leg	Roma	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.) (4–1 p)	Triestina	Rome
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Maietta 33' (o.g.)		Fava 72'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Antonio Dattilo
	Penalties
	De Rossi Montella Zebina Candela		Ferri Bega Gubellini

Quarter-finals

16 January 2003 First leg	Vicenza	1–2	Roma	Vicenza
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Zanchetta 70'		Montella 40' Delvecchio 66'	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

22 January 2003 Second leg	Roma	6–3 (8–4 agg.)	Vicenza	Rome
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Delvecchio 10', 21', 37' Emerson 39', 79' Cafu 89' (pen.)		Jeda 5' Schwoch 44' (pen.) Veronese 55'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Daniele Tombolini

Semi-finals

5 February 2003 First leg	Lazio	1–2	Roma	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Fiore 76'		Cassano 12' Emerson 49'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

16 April 2003 Second leg	Roma	1–0 (3–1 agg.)	Lazio	Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Montella 56'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Final

20 May 2003 First leg	Roma	1–4	Milan	Rome
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Totti 28'		Serginho 62' (pen.), 73' Ambrosini 70' Shevchenko 89'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 60,647 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

31 May 2003 Second leg	Milan	2–2 (6–3 agg.)	Roma	Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rivaldo 65' Inzaghi 90+3'		Totti 56', 64'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 76,061 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Real Madrid	6	2	3	1	15	7	+8	9	Advance to second group stage
2	Roma	6	2	3	1	3	4	−1	9
3	AEK Athens	6	0	6	0	7	7	0	6	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Genk	6	0	4	2	2	9	−7	4

17 September 2002 1	Roma	0–3	Real Madrid	Rome, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Montella  33'	Report	Helguera  21' Guti 41', 74' Raúl 56' Hierro  66'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 71,130 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

25 September 2002 2	AEK Athens	0–0	Roma	Athens, Greece
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kostenoglou  53' Lakis  71'	Report	Panucci  25'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 12,784 Referee: Graham Barber (England)

2 October 2002 3	Genk	0–1	Roma	Genk, Belgium
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Moons  10' Zokora  72' Skoko  88'	Report	Tommasi  20' Candela  31' Samuel  41' Batistuta  51' Emerson  77' Cassano 81'	Stadium: Cristal Arena Attendance: 22,260 Referee: Alain Sars (France)

22 October 2002 4	Roma	0–0	Genk	Rome, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Daerden  74' Schollen  90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 25,592 Referee: Željko Širić (FR Yugoslavia)

30 October 2002 5	Real Madrid	0–1	Roma	Madrid, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Salgado  43'	Report	Totti 27' Tommasi  42' Aldair  57'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 72,035 Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

12 November 2002 6	Roma	1–1	AEK Athens	Rome, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Delvecchio 40',  49'	Report	Zagorakis  62' Centeno 90'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 32,734 Referee: Stéphane Bré (France)

Second group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Valencia	6	2	3	1	5	6	−1	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Ajax	6	1	5	0	6	5	+1	8
3	Arsenal	6	1	4	1	6	5	+1	7
4	Roma	6	1	2	3	7	8	−1	5

27 November 2002 1	Roma	1–3	Arsenal	Rome, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cassano 4' Samuel  41' Emerson  74' Batistuta  80'	Report	Henry 6', 70', 75'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

10 December 2002 2	Ajax	2–1	Roma	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ibrahimović 11' Trabelsi  32' Litmanen 66'	Report	Samuel  40' Totti  23' Batistuta 89' Emerson  90' Candela  90+3'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50,148 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

18 February 2003 3	Roma	0–1	Valencia	Rome, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Zebina  60' Guigou  81'	Report	Cañizares  9' González  68' Carew 78' Mista  84'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

26 February 2003 4	Valencia	0–3	Roma	Valencia, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rufete  26'	Report	Totti 24', 30' Emerson 36' Zebina  51' Samuel  69'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

11 March 2003 5	Arsenal	1–1	Roma	London, England
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vieira 12' Van Bronckhorst  29'	Report	Totti  22' Cassano  28', 45+2' Samuel  32' Aldair  67'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 35,472 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

19 March 2003 6	Roma	1–1	Ajax	Rome, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cassano 24' Delvecchio  27' Cufré  66' Aldair  74'	Report	Van der Meyde 1',  37' Lobonț  52'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 62,000 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa		Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
22	GK	ITA	Pelizzoli	28	-34	18+1	-22	6	-9	3	-3
2	DF	BRA	Cafu	41	1	25+1	0	3	1	12	0
5	DF	FRA	Zebina	27	4	18+1	4	0	0	7+1	0
19	DF	ARG	Samuel	47	2	31	2	6	0	10	0
23	DF	ITA	Panucci	46	1	29	1	6	0	11	0
32	DF	FRA	Candela	41	1	23	1	8	0	10	0
15	MF	FRA	Dacourt	23	0	18	0	5	0	0	0
11	MF	BRA	Emerson	48	6	31	2	6	3	11	1
8	MF	BRA	Lima	45	0	27+1	0	6	0	10+1	0
10	FW	ITA	Totti	35	20	23+1	14	5	3	6	3
9	FW	ITA	Montella	45	11	22+7	9	5	2	5+6	0
1	GK	ITA	Antonioli	21	-30	16	2	-4	-23	9	-9
18	FW	ITA	Cassano	43	14	15+12	9	5	1	8+3	4
6	DF	BRA	Aldair	22	1	15+2	1	0	0	5	0
17	MF	ITA	Tommasi	36	3	14+6	3	6	0	10	0
24	FW	ITA	Delvecchio	26	11	13+3	6	4	4	5+1	1
31	DF	GRE	Dellas	17	1	9+1	1	4	0	3	0
13	DF	ARG	Cufre	17	0	5+3	0	3	0	3+3	0
25	MF	URU	Guigou	23	1	4+10	1	3	0	1+5	0
4	DF	ITA	Sartor	14	0	4+8	0	2	0
27	MF	ITA	De Rossi	7	2	3+1	2	3	0
30	FW	ITA	Marazzina	7	0	2+5	0	0	0
20	MF	ITA	Bombardini	13	0	1+7	0	2	0	0+3	0
14	FW	CRO	Tomic	7	0	0+3	0	3	0	0+1	0
7	MF	ITA	Fuser	7	0	0+3	0	2	0	0+2	0
12	GK	ITA	Zotti	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
26	DF	ITA	Ferronetti	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
21	MF	ITA	Aquilani	2	0	0+1	0	1	0
36	MF	NGA	Ajide	0	0	0	0
34	GK	ITA	Paoloni	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
28	MF	ESP	Guardiola	6	0	2+2	0	1	0	0+1	0
33	FW	ARG	Batistuta	20	3	6+6	1	2	1	3+3	1

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/2002/1224/

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	UEFA CL	Total
1	10	FW		Francesco Totti	14	3	3	20
2	18	FW		Antonio Cassano	9	1	4	14
3	9	FW		Vincenzo Montella	9	2	0	11
4	24	FW		Marco Delvecchio	4	4	1	9
5	11	MF		Emerson	2	3	1	6
	33	FW		Gabriel Batistuta	4	1	1	6
7	17	MF		Damiano Tommasi	3	0	0	3
8	19	DF		Walter Samuel	2	0	0	2
	27	MF		Daniele De Rossi	2	0	0	2
10	2	DF		Cafu	0	1	0	1
	23	DF		Christian Panucci	1	0	0	1
	25	MF		Gianni Guigou	1	0	0	1
	31	DF		Traianos Dellas	1	0	0	1
	32	DF		Vincent Candela	1	0	0	1
Own goal					2	1	0	3
Totals					55	16	10	81

Last updated: 31 May 2003

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	UEFA CL	Total
1	1	GK		Francesco Antonioli	1	0	5	6
2	22	GK		Ivan Pelizzoli	4	1	0	5
Totals					5	1	5	11

Last updated: 31 May 2003

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A			Coppa Italia			UEFA CL			Total
Totals				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated:

References

1. "Statistiche Spettatori Serie a 2002-2003 Attendance Statistics of Serie A (1st Div) 2002-2003".
2. With consequent qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3. Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

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