Lazio 2001-02

A bad season, bad choices, bad start, nothing to salvage except the UEFA Cup qualification

Season Overview

What happened in Serie A 2001-02

Complete Player Statistics

2001 Transfers

Pre Season Friendly: July 25, 2001: Lazio Panathinaikos

Squad

Goalkeepers: Emanuele Concetti, Luca Marchegiani, Angelo Peruzzi

Defenders: Cesar, Francesco Colonnese, Alberto Comazzi, Fernando Couto, Giuseppe Favalli, Guerino Gottardi, Sinisa Mihajlovic, Paolo Negro, Alessandro Nesta, Giuseppe Pancaro, Jaap Stam

Midfielders: Dino Baggio, Lucas Castroman, Iván de la Peña, Stefano Fiore, Giuliano Giannichedda, Fabio Liverani, Gaizka Mendieta, Karel Poborsky, Diego Simeone, Dejan Stankovic

Forwards: Emanuele Berrettoni (1), Hernan Crespo, Felice Evacuo, Darko Kovacevic (1), Simone Inzaghi, Claudio Lopez

Managers: Dino Zoff (1-3), Alberto Zaccheroni

Assistants: Giancarlo Oddi (1-3), Stefano Agresti

Sports Director: Nello Governato

President: Sergio Cragnotti

(1) Left in the winter transfer window

Lazio 2001-02

Serie A: Lazio came 6th and qualified for the UEFA Cup. The scudetto was won by Juventus.

Coppa Italia: Biancocelesti reached the quarter finals. The cup was won by Parma.

Champions League: Arrived 4th in Group D and were eliminated.

Competition	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals scored
Serie A	34	14	11	9	50
Coppa Italia	4	2	0	2	6
Champions League	8	3	0	5	9
Total	46	19	11	16	65

Top five appearances

Player	Total	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Champions League
Stefano Fiore	40	30	20	8
Claudio Lopez	38	29	1	8
Angelo Peruzzi	37	27	2	8
Dejan Stankovic	36	27	4	5
Fernando Couto	35	29	2	4
Giuliano Giannichedda	35	28	3	4

Top Five Goal Scorers

Player	Total	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Champions League
Hernan Crespo	20	13	4	3
Claudio Lopez	12	10	-	2
Dejan Stankovic	8	7	-	1
Simone Inzaghi	6	5	1	-
Stefano Fiore	5	3	-	2

Serie A Games

Game	Date & Venue	Fixture	Goals scored
1	Sunday, August 26, 2001, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Piacenza 1-1	48' Lopez, 61' Matuzalem
2	Saturday, September 8, 2001, Stadio Renato Curi, Perugia	Perugia-Lazio 0-0
3	Sunday, September 16, 2001, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Torino 0-0
4	Sunday, September 23, 2001, Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Mlian	Milan-Lazio 2-0	42' F. Inzaghi, 50' Laursen
5	Sunday, September 30, 2001, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Parma 0-0
7	Saturday, October 13, 2001, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Atalanta 2-0	42' Lopez, 71' Couto
8	Sunday, October 21, 2001, Stadio Pierluigi Penzo, Venice	Venezia-Lazio 0-0
9	Saturday, October 27, 2001, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Roma-Lazio 2-0	49' Delvecchio, 90' Totti
10	Sunday, November 4, 2001, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Brescia 5-0	6' Crespo, 32' Crespo, 39' S. Inzaghi, 62' Stankovic, 77' Crespo
11	Sunday, November 18, 2001, Stadio Friuli, Udine	Udinese-Lazio 1-4	53' Crespo, 74' Liverani, 76' Caballero, 86' Lopez, 90' Crespo
12	Saturday, November 24, 2001, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Juventus 1-0	49' Liverani
13	Sunday, December 2, 2001, Stadio Via del Mare, Lecce	Lecce-Lazio 1-2	59’ Crespo (pen), 63’ S. Inzaghi, 68’ Cirillo
14	Sunday, December 9, 2001, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Fiorentina 3-0	2' Poborsky, 59' Crespo, 86' Lopez
15	Sunday, December 16, 2001, Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona	Verona-Lazio 3-1	22' Colucci, 41' Camoranesi, 56' Crespo, 73' Mutu
16	Saturday, December 22, 2001, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Bologna 2-2	19' Lopez, 35' Lopez, 41' Cruz, 76' Zaccardo
17	Sunday, January 6, 2002, Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan	Inter-Lazio 0-0

18	Sunday, January 13, 2002, Stadio Leonardo Garilli, Piacenza	Piacenza-Lazio 1-0	70' Hubner
19	Sunday, January 20, 2002, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Perugia 5-0	9' S. Inzaghi, 33' Lopez, 52' Fiore, 58' Stankovic, 64' Negro
20	Sunday, January 27, 2002, Stadio delle Alpi, Turin	Torino-Lazio 1-0	62' Lucarelli
6	Wednesday, January 30, 2002, Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona (match programmed for October 7, but postponed twice)	Chievo-Lazio 3-1	7' Lopez, 46' Marazzina, 78' Corino, 88' Corino (pen)
21	Sunday, February 3, 2002, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Milan 1-1	21' Stankovic, 90' Shevchenko
22	Sunday, February 10, 2002, Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma	Parma-Lazio 1-0	68' Di Vaio
23	Sunday, February 17, 2002, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Chievo 1-1	76' S. Inzaghi, 85' Legrottaglie
24	Sunday, February 24, 2002, Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo	Atalanta-Lazio 0-1	78’ Poborsky
25	Sunday, March 3, 2002, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Venezia 4-2	24' Crespo, 45+1' Crespo (pen), 45+2' Pancaro, 68 Bettarini, 72' Maniero, 75 Crespo
26	Sunday, March 10, 2002, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Roma 1-5	13' Montella, 30' Montella, 37' Montella, 53' Stankovic, 64' Montella, 72' Totti
27	Sunday, March 17, 2002, Stadio Mario Rigamonti, Brescia	Brescia-Lazio 1-1	55' Crespo, 90' Yllana (pen)
28	Sunday, March 24, 2002, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Udinese 2-0	38' Stankovic, 79' Fiore
29	Saturday, March 30, 2002, Stadio delle Alpi, Turin	Juventus-Lazio 1-1	25' Lopez, 38' Trezeguet
30	Sunday, April 7, 2002, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Lecce 1-0	68' Fiore
31	Sunday, April 14, 2002, Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence	Fiorentina-Lazio 0-1	24' Castroman
32	Sunday, April 21, 2002, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Verona 5-4	10' Frick, 29' Stam, 32' Lopez, 45' Stankovic, 52' Stankovic, 78' Crespo, 80' Colucci, 88' Cossato, 90' Adailton
33	Sunday, April 28, 2002, Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna	Bologna-Lazio 2-0	51' Signori, 88' Pecchia
34	Sunday, May 5, 2002, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Inter 4-2	12' Vieri, 20' Poborsky, 24' Di Biagio, 45' Poborsky, 56' Simeone, 73' S. Inzaghi

Champions League

Game	Date & Venue	Fixture	Goals Scored
Third Preliminary Round, First Leg	Wednesday, August 8, 2001, Parken Stadium, Copenhagen	Copenhagen-Lazio 2-1	56' Crespo, 73' Laursen (pen), 85' Fernandez
Third Preliminary Round, Second Leg	Tuesday, August 21, 2001, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Copenhagen 4-1	47' Crespo, 63' Crespo, 65' Lopez, 80' Zuma, 89' Fiore
Game 1, Group Phase	Tuesday, September 11, 2001, Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul	Galatasaray-Lazio 1-0	79' Umit Karan
Game 2, Group Phase	Wednesday, September 19, 2001, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Nantes 1-3	3' Fabbri, 7' Couto, 63' Armand, 86' Ziani
Game 3, Group Phase	Wednesday, September 26, 2001, Philips Stadion, Eindhoven	PSV Eindhoven-Lazio 1-0	40' Hofland
Game 4, Group Phase	Tuesday, October 16, 2001, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-PSV Eindhoven 2-1	39' Fiore, 55' Lopez (pen), 56' Kezman
Game 5, Group Phase	Wednesday, October 24, 2001, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Galatasaray 1-0	76' Stankovic
Game 6, Group Phase	Tuesday, October 30, 2001, Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes	Nantes-Lazio 1-0	72' André

Coppa Italia

Game	Date & Venue	Fixture	Goals Scored
Round of 16, First Leg	Sunday, November 11, 2001, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Siena 2-1	16' Crespo, 40' De Cesare, 45' Crespo
Round of 16, Second Leg	Wednesday, November 28, 2001, Stadio Artemio Franchi, Siena	Siena-Lazio 0-1	24' Crespo
Quarter Final, First Leg	Thursday, January 10, 2002, Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan	Milan-Lazio 2-1	22' Simone, 45+1' Cesar, 90+2' Moreno
Quarter Final, Second Leg	Wednesday, January 16, 2002, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Milan 2-3	5' José Mari, 23' S. Inzaghi, 53' Javi Moreno, 56' Javi Moreno, 75' Crespo