2002–03 AC Perugia season

sports it January 2025 Perugia 2002–03 Luciano Gaucci Serse Cosmi Serie A 10th Fabrizio Miccoli (9) Fabrizio Miccoli (16) Coppa Italia Semi-finals _thinwhitesides E41B17 _whitelower E41B17 _whitelower E41B17 FFFFFF _blackbottom E41B17 2001–02 2003–04 AC Perugia finished tenth in Serie A, and reached the semis of the Coppa Italia in a successful season by the club's standards. The season started off with much negative publicity for club president Luciano Gaucci, when he decided to let South Korean striker Ahn Jung-Hwan go, following the Korean's winning goal against Italy in the FIFA World Cup. In the season itself, Perugia fought in the middle of the table all year, but ended only four points above the dropzone, and in the end relied on inspired performances against top sides to seal the contract. Perugia's highlight of the season was a 4–1 victory against Inter, but it also beat Milan and drew at champions Juventus's home. Its two most fancied players, Fabrizio Miccoli and Manuele Blasi were both bought by Juventus following the season, Miccoli being hailed as one of the season's major breakthroughs. Despite interest from top clubs, Perugia was able to keep right-back Zé Maria, who grew in importance during the season. Squad Goalkeepers AUS Željko Kalac ITA Sebastiano Rossi ITA Michele Tardioli Defenders BRA Zé Maria ITA Marco Di Loreto ITA Mauro Milanese ITA Fabio Grosso ITA Sean Sogliano Iran Rahman Rezaei ITA William Viali GRE Konstantinos Loumpoutis Midfielders NGR Christian Obodo ITA Manuele Blasi ITA Giovanni Tedesco ITA Massimiliano Fusani ITA Luigi Pagliuca ITA Roberto Baronio ITA Giovanni Sulcis ITA Fabio Gatti Attackers ITA Fabrizio Miccoli GRE Zisis Vryzas ITA Andrea Caracciolo ITA Emanuele Berrettoni ITA Nicola Amoruso ITA Antonio Criniti ITA Lorenzo Crocetti Competitions Serie A 2002–03 Serie A League table PER Matches 2 Perugia 2–0 Reggina Miccoli 51Tedesco 80 Stadio Renato Curi Perugia W 3 Milan 3–0 Perugia Maldini 40Inzaghi 50Seedorf 65 L 4 Perugia 1–3 Empoli Rezaei 8 Saudati 20Di Natale 42Rocchi 65 Stadio Renato Curi Perugia L 5 Parma 2–2 Perugia Mutu 20Donati 53 Tedesco 64 72 D 6 Lazio 3–0 Perugia Inzaghi 11Chiesa 84Chiesa 90+1 L 7 Perugia 2–0 Modena Zé Maria 6 pen.Rezaei 29 Stadio Renato Curi Perugia W 8 Roma 2–2 Perugia Panucci 67Totti 71 Zé Maria 39 pen.Miccoli 43 D 1 Chievo 3–0 Perugia Legrottaglie 25Della Morte 28Corini 52 pen. L 9 Perugia 2–1 Torino Caracciolo 38Zé Maria 87 pen. Ferrante 81 Stadio Renato Curi Perugia W 10 Bologna 2–1 Perugia Julio Cruz 30Signori 37 Caracciolo 45 L 11 Perugia 3–0 Como Fusani 14Miccoli 47Milanese 90+4 Stadio Renato Curi Perugia W 12 Atalanta 0–2 Perugia Miccoli 21Fusani 79 W 13 Perugia 0–0 Piacenza Stadio Renato Curi Perugia D 14 Brescia 3–1 Perugia Tare 23 39Baggio 88 pen. Miccoli 63 L 15 Perugia 0–1 Juventus Camoranesi 90+1 Stadio Renato Curi Perugia L 16 Udinese 0–0 Perugia D 17 Perugia 4–1 Internazionale Zé Maria 9 pen.Vryzas 34 63Fusani 55 Vieri 79 pen. Stadio Renato Curi Perugia W 18 Perugia 1–0 Chievo Di Loreto 39 Stadio Renato Curi Perugia W 19 Reggina 3–1 Perugia Di Michele 1Cozza 27Bonazzoli 47 Rezaei 2 L 20 Perugia 1–0 Milan Miccoli 36 Stadio Renato Curi Perugia W 21 Empoli 1–1 Perugia Carparelli 7 Vryzas 5 D 22 Perugia 1–2 Parma Grosso 51 Adriano 30Ferrari 72 Stadio Renato Curi Perugia L 23 Perugia 2–2 Lazio Zé Maria 13 pen.Grosso 43 Corradi 16Negro 85 Stadio Renato Curi Perugia D 24 Modena 1–1 Perugia Colucci 14 Vryzas 34 D 25 Perugia 1–0 Roma Miccoli 52 Stadio Renato Curi Perugia W 26 Torino 2–1 Perugia Ferrante 65 79 Grosso 41 L 27 Perugia 1–1 Bologna Vryzas 33 Signori 68 Stadio Renato Curi Perugia D 28 Como 1–1 Perugia Amoruso 30 Miccoli 90+1 D 29 Perugia 1–0 Atalanta Pagliuca 78 Stadio Renato Curi Perugia W 30 Piacenza 5–1 Perugia Di Francesco 5Hugo Campagnaro 36 63Hübner 41Ferrarese 80 Zé Maria 50 L 31 Perugia 0–0 Brescia Stadio Renato Curi Perugia D 32 Juventus 2–2 Perugia Trezeguet 25 pen.Di Vaio 46 Miccoli 36Grosso 90+1 D 33 Perugia 0–2 Udinese Jankulovski 60Jørgensen 87 Stadio Renato Curi Perugia L 34 Internazionale 2–2 Perugia Crespo 10 56 Obodo 46Di Loreto 89 D Top scorers ITA Fabrizio Miccoli 9 BRA Zé Maria 6 GRE Zisis Vryzas 5 ITA Fabio Grosso 4 ITA Giovanni Tedesco 3 References External links RSSSF - Italy 2002/03 Category:AC Perugia Calcio seasons Perugia