2001–02 A.C. Fiorentina season

Fiorentina
2001–02 season
President Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Manager Roberto Mancini
Ottavio Bianchi
Luciano Chiraughi
Stadium Stadio Artemio Franchi
Serie A 17th
Supercoppa Italiana Runners-up
Coppa Italia Second round
UEFA Cup Third round
Top goalscorer League:
Adriano (6)

All:
Adriano
Enrico Chiesa
Nuno Gomes (6)
Average home league attendance 18,835[1]
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

Associazione Calcio Fiorentina endured a nightmare season, which proved to be the last for the initial club. The economy was in tatters, and despite the € 40 million sale of playmaker Rui Costa, the financial problems just got worse as the season lingered on. Without Rui Costa and vital goalkeeper Francesco Toldo, the remainder of the Fiorentina squad was exposed when striker Enrico Chiesa ruptured his cruciate ligament in the fifth league game of the season.

The ageing defenders had no chance against the strikers of the opposing teams, and the off-pitch trouble clearly affected the performance of some well-known players including Domenico Morfeo and Nuno Gomes. Not even superstarlet Adriano, loaned in from Inter, could save the team, even though the Brazilian scored six goals.

Manager Roberto Mancini was sacked, before joining Lazio and turning his managerial career around. The club was relegated, and filed for bankruptcy in the summer, ensuring the club had to restart in Serie C2 as Florentia Viola. All players bar veteran Angelo Di Livio departed the club, and the remainder of the club was just in ashes.

Despite the weak performance of the club, several of its players were hired by illustrious clubs, including:

Players

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Competitions

Supercoppa Italiana

Serie A

Main article: 2001–02 Serie A

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Juventus (C) 34 20 11 3 64 23+41 71 2002–03 UEFA Champions League
First group stage
2 Roma 34 19 13 2 58 24+34 70
3 Internazionale 34 20 9 5 62 35+27 69 2002–03 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Milan 34 14 13 7 47 33+14 55
5 Chievo 34 14 12 8 57 52+5 54 2002–03 UEFA Cup First round
6 Lazio 34 14 11 9 50 37+13 53
7 Bologna 34 15 7 12 40 400 52 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
8 Perugia 34 13 7 14 38 468 46 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
9 Atalanta 34 12 9 13 41 509 45
10 Parma 34 12 8 14 43 474 0441 2002–03 UEFA Cup First round
11 Torino 34 10 13 11 37 392 0432 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
12 Piacenza 34 11 9 14 49 43+6 42
13 Brescia 34 9 13 12 43 529 40 BRE 2–0 UDI
UDI 3–2 BRE
14 Udinese 34 11 7 16 41 5211 40
15 Hellas Verona (R) 34 11 6 17 41 5312 39 Relegation to Serie B
16 Lecce (R) 34 6 10 18 36 5620 28
17 Fiorentina (R) 34 5 7 22 29 6334 22
18 Venezia (R) 34 3 9 22 30 6131 18

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Parma gained entry to the 2002–03 UEFA Cup as the 2001–02 Coppa Italia champions.
2 Torino gained entry to the 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Atalanta declined to take part.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 5 7 22 29 63  −34 22 3 6 8 16 23  −7 2 1 14 13 40  −27

Last updated: 30 December 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

Matches

Coppa Italia

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Cup

First round

Second round

Third round

Statistics

Goalscorers

References

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