2001–02 AC Milan season

Milan
2001–02 season
President	Silvio Berlusconi
Manager	Fatih Terim; Carlo Ancelotti; (since 5 November 2001)
Stadium	San Siro
Serie A	4th
Coppa Italia	Semi-finals
UEFA Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Andriy Shevchenko (14); All: ; Andriy Shevchenko (17)
Average home league attendance	58,616
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

Associazione Calcio Milan had another mediocre season in 2001–02, and the squad fell short of expectations. Milan finished 4th in the league, earning qualification to the Champions League, thanks to a strong conclusion to the season, holding off Chievo, Lazio and Bologna.

In Europe, Milan did well for much of the season and reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup, but were eliminated by a strong Borussia Dortmund side (who went on to win the Bundesliga that season), losing 4–0 at the Westfalenstadion in the first leg; Milan rallied and won 3–1 at the San Siro in the second leg, but this victory was not enough.

The poor start to the season led to the early dismissal of newly appointed manager Fatih Terim, who was replaced by Carlo Ancelotti on 5 November 2001.

Squad

Squad at end of season^[2]

Squad no.	Name	Position
Goalkeepers
18	Christian Abbiati	GK
1	Sebastiano Rossi	GK
12	Valerio Fiori	GK
Defenders
3	Paolo Maldini (Captain)	CB / LB
5	Alessandro Costacurta	CB / SW / LB / RB
13	Kakha Kaladze	LB / CB / DM / LM
22	Cosmin Contra	RB / RM
16	José Chamot	LB / RB / CB
2	Thomas Helveg	RB / RM
27	Serginho	LB / LM / LW
24	Martin Laursen	CB
25	Roque Júnior	CB / RB
20	Mohamed Sarr	CB / DM
Midfielders
21	Andrea Pirlo	CM / AM / DM
8	Gennaro Gattuso	CM / DM / RM
10	Rui Costa	AM
34	Ümit Davala	RM / RW / CM
23	Massimo Ambrosini	CM / DM
4	Demetrio Albertini	DM / CM
29	Ibrahim Ba	RM / LM
15	Massimo Donati	CM / DM
32	Cristian Brocchi	CM / DM / RM
30	Fernando Redondo	DM / CM
Forwards
7	Andriy Shevchenko	CF
9	Filippo Inzaghi	CF
14	José Mari	CF / SS
19	Javi Moreno	CF / SS
26	Vitali Kutuzov	CF
69	Marco Simone	CF / SS / RW / LW
11	Mohammed Aliyu Datti	CF / SS

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
GK	Gabriele Aldegani	Monza	loan ended
GK	Gabriele Aldegani	Alaves	loan ended
DF	Fabricio Coloccini	San Lorenzo	loan ended
DF	Cosmin Contra	Alaves
DF	Martin Laursen	Parma
DF	Mohamed Sarr	Treviso
DF	Cristian Zenoni	Atalanta
MF	Dražen Brnčić	Vicenza	loan ended
MF	Cristian Brocchi	Internazionale
MF	Massimo Donati	Atalanta
MF	Andrea Pirlo	Internazionale	(₤35 million)
MF	Rui Costa	Fiorentina	(₤85 million)
MF	Ümit Davala	Galatasaray
FW	Mohammed Aliyu Datti	Monza	loan ended
FW	Mattia Graffiedi	Ternana	loan ended
FW	Alessandro Iannuzzi	Monza	loan ended
FW	Filippo Inzaghi	Juventus	(₤70 million)
FW	Javi Moreno	Alaves
FW	Vitali Kutuzov	BATE Borisov
FW	Luca Saudati	Perugia	co-ownership
FW	Marco Simone	Monaco	loan

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
GK	Gabriele Aldegani	Alaves	loan
GK	Gabriele Aldegani	Cosenza	loan
GK	Dida	Corinthians	loan
DF	Francesco Coco	Barcelona	loan
DF	Fabricio Coloccini	Alaves	loan
DF	Daniele Daino	Derby County	loan
DF	Cyril Domoraud	Monaco
DF	Mirco Sadotti	Pescara	co-ownership ended
DF	Luigi Sala	Atalanta	(₤7 billion) ^[3]
DF	Max Tonetto	Lecce	co-ownership ended
DF	Cristian Zenoni	Juventus
MF	Ibrahim Ba	Marseille	loan
MF	Zvonimir Boban	Celta Vigo	loan^[4]
MF	Dražen Brnčić	Internazionale
MF	Pablo García	Venezia	loan
MF	Federico Giunti	Brescia
MF	Andrés Guglielminpietro	Internazionale
MF	Leonardo	Sao Paulo
FW	Oliver Bierhoff	Monaco
FW	Gianni Comandini	Atalanta	₤30 billion^[5]
FW	Mattia Graffiedi	Cesena
FW	Alessandro Ianuzzi	Messina
FW	Luca Saudati	Atalanta

Winter

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
MF	Ibrahim Ba	Marseille	loan ended

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type

Reserves

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
33	MF	ITA	Paolo Sammarco
40	MF	ITA	Matteo Deinite


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
55	MF	ITA	Marco Donadel
83	MF	GAB	Catilina Aubameyang

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Roma	34	19	13	2	58	24	+34	70	Qualification to Champions League first group stage
3	Internazionale	34	20	9	5	62	35	+27	69	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Milan	34	14	13	7	47	33	+14	55	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
5	Chievo	34	14	12	8	57	52	+5	54	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6	Lazio	34	14	11	9	50	37	+13	53	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round

Source: 2001–02 Serie A, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[6]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	14	13	7	47	33	+14	55	7	8	2	25	14	+11	7	5	5	22	19	+3

Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	D	D	L	D	D	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	W
Position	5	3	2	1	3	4	2	2	5	6	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	4	4

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed; = Leader, 2002–03 UEFA Champions League Group stage; = 2002–03 UEFA Champions League Group stage; = 2002–03 UEFA Champions League Qualifying round; = 2002–03 UEFA Cup First round; = Qualification to Intertoto Cup; = 2002–03 Serie B

Results

26 August 2001 1	Brescia	2–2	Milan	Brescia
15:00 CEST	Tare 36', 40'	Report	Brocchi 50' Shevchenko 63' (pen.)	Attendance: 18 827

9 September 2001 2	Milan	5–2	Fiorentina	Milan
20:30 CEST	Shevchenko 16', 52' Laursen 40' Inzaghi 45' Serginho 78'	Report	Chiesa 18', 58'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 54 849

16 September 2001 3	Udinese	1–2	Milan
20:45^[7] CEST	Muzzi 74'	Report	Shevchenko 14' Inzaghi 54'	Attendance: 17 402

23 September 2001 4	Milan	2–0	Lazio	Milan
20:30 CEST	Inzaghi 41' Laursen 56'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 57 048

30 September 2001 5	Perugia	3–1	Milan
15:00 CEST	Bazzani 57' Tedesco 75' Vryzas 78'	Report	Kaladze 67'	Attendance: 14 964

14 October 2001 6	Milan	1–1	Venezia	Milan
15:00 CEST	Shevchenko 43'	Report	Bazzani 61'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 52 192

21 October 2001 7	Internazionale	2–4	Milan	Milan
20:30 CEST	Ventola 13' Kallon 90'	Report	Shevchenko 59', 77' Contra 61' Inzaghi 66'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 78 124

28 October 2001 8	Milan	0–0	Bologna	Milan
15:00 CET		Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 56 421

4 November 2001 9	Torino	1–0	Milan	Torino
20:30 CET	Lucarelli 27'	Report		Stadium: Delle Alpi Attendance: 20 174

18 November 2001 10	Milan	0–0	Piacenza	Milan
15:00 CET		Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 50 927

25 November 2001 11	Parma	0–1	Milan	Parma
15:00 CET		Report	Inzaghi 30'	Stadium: Il Tardini Attendance: 22 527

2 December 2001 12	Milan	3–2	Chievo	Milan
15:00 CET	Inzaghi 14' Shevchenko 58' (pen.), 65'	Report	Marazzina 26' Corradi 29'	Stadium: San Siro

9 December 2001 13	Milan	1–1	Juventus	Milan
20:30 CET	Shevchenko 23'	Report	Del Piero 47' (pen.)	Stadium: San Siro

16 December 2001 14	Roma	1–0	Milan	Roma
20:30 CET	Totti 48'	Report		Stadium: Olimpico

19 December 2001 15	Atalanta	1–1	Milan	Bergamo
15:00 CET	Sala 32'	Report	Shevchenko 57'	Stadium: Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

23 December 2001 16	Milan	2–1	Verona	Milan
15:00 CET	Ambrosini 58' Contra 90'	Report	P. Cannavaro 70'	Stadium: San Siro

5 January 2002 17	Lecce	0–1	Milan
20:30 CET		Report	José Mari 78'

13 January 2002 18	Milan	0–0	Brescia	Milan
15:00 CET		Report		Stadium: San Siro

20 January 2002 19	Fiorentina	1–1	Milan
20:30 CET	Adriano 90'	Report	José Mari 52'

27 January 2002 20	Milan	2–3	Udinese	Milan
15:00 CET	Shevchenko 5' Serginho 13'	Report	Muzzi 33' Scarlato 52' Jørgensen 78'	Stadium: San Siro

3 February 2002 21	Lazio	1–1	Milan
20:30 CET	Stanković 20'	Report	Shevchenko 90'

10 February 2002 22	Milan	1–1	Perugia	Milan
15:00 CET	Serginho 17' (pen.)	Report	Bazzani 46'	Stadium: San Siro

16 February 2002 23	Milan	0–0	Atalanta	Milan
20:30 CET		Report		Stadium: San Siro

24 February 2002 24	Venezia	1–4	Milan
15:00 CET	Maniero 16'	Report	Kaladze 12' Javi Moreno 68', 80' Contra 74'

3 March 2002 25	Milan	0–1	Internazionale	Milan
20:30 CET		Report	Vieri 78'	Stadium: San Siro

10 March 2002 26	Bologna	2–0	Milan
15:15 CET	Fresi 3' Cruz 24'	Report

17 March 2002 27	Milan	2–1	Torino	Milan
20:30 CET	Kaladze 51' Ambrosini 79'	Report	Ferrante 63' (pen.)	Stadium: San Siro

24 March 2002 28	Piacenza	0–1	Milan
15:00 CET		Report	Serginho 66' (pen.)

30 March 2002 29	Milan	3–1	Parma	Milan
15:00 CET	Inzaghi 48', 90' Pirlo 77'	Report	Di Vaio 14'	Stadium: San Siro

7 April 2002 30	Chievo	1–1	Milan
15:00 CEST	Moro 22'	Report	Inzaghi 13'

14 April 2002 31	Juventus	1–0	Milan
15:00 CEST	Chamot 68' (o.g.)	Report

21 April 2002 32	Milan	0–0	Roma	Milan
15:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: San Siro

28 April 2002 33	Verona	1–2	Milan
15:00 CEST	Mutu 28'	Report	Inzaghi 65' Pirlo 82'

5 May 2002 34	Milan	3–0	Lecce	Milan
15:00 CEST	Kaladze 6' Ambrosini 44' Shevchenko 48'	Report		Stadium: San Siro

Coppa Italia

Eightfinals

13 November 2001 1	Milan	3-0	Perugia Calcio	Milano
20:45 CET	Inzaghi 50', 73' Sogliano 82' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 5 569 Referee: Diego Preschern

28 November 2001 2	Perugia Calcio	0-0	Milan	Perugia
18:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Renato Curi Attendance: 1 858 Referee: Tiziano Pieri

Quarterfinals

10 January 2002 1	Milan	2-1	S.S. Lazio	Milano
20:45 CET	Simone 22' Javi Moreno 90+1'	Report	45' César	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 5 391 Referee: Domenico Messina
Note: Match rescheduled from 13 December 2001 due to fog. ^[8]

16 January 2002 2	S.S. Lazio	2-3	Milan	Roma
20:45 CET	S. Inzaghi 23' Crespo 75'	Report	5' José Mari 53', 56' Javi Moreno	Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 15 000 Referee: Stefano Farina

Semifinals

23 January 2002 1	Milan	1-2	Juventus	Milano
20:45 CET	Javi Moreno 39'	Report	48' Birindelli 86' Del Piero	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 27 687 Referee: Stefano Braschi

6 February 2002 2	Juventus	1-1	Milan	Torino
20:45 CET	Zambrotta 62'	Report	27' José Mari	Stadium: Delle Alpi Attendance: 15 000 Referee: Paolo Bertini

UEFA Cup

First round

20 September 2001	BATE Borisov	0-2	Milan	Minsk
20:30 CEST		Report	64' Ševčenko 88' Javi Moreno	Stadium: Dinamo Stadium Attendance: 4 500 Referee: Stephen Dunn

27 September 2001	Milan	4-0	BATE Borisov	Milano
20:45 CEST	Rui Costa 21' Javi Moreno 45' Sarr 56' Inzaghi 74' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 6 000 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack

Second round

18 October 2001	Milan	2-0	CSKA Sofia	Milano
20:45 CEST	Rui Costa 20' Andrei Shevchenko 51'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 6 759 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen

	CSKA Sofia	0-1	Milan
			62' Inzaghi

Third round

22 November 2001	Milan	2-0	Sporting CP	Milano
20:45 CET	Shevchenko 37' Inzaghi 77'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 10 132

6 December 2001	Sporting CP	1-1	Milan
20:45 CET	Niculae 49'		90' Javi Moreno

Eightfinals

19 February 2002	Roda JC	0-1	Milan
18:00 CET			29' José Mari

28 February 2002	Milan	0-1 (a.e.t.) (3-2 p)	Roda JC	Milano
20:45 CET		Report	70' Luijpers	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 7 291 Referee: Stark
	Penalties
	Brocchi José Mari Kaladze Pirlo Contra		Anastasiou Lawal Soetaers Luijpers van der Luer

Quarterfinals

14 March 2002	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1-0	Milan
20:00 CET	Cleșcenco 32'

	Milan	2-0	Hapoel Tel Aviv
20:20 CET	Rui Costa 5' Gershon 45' (aut.)	Report

Semifinals

4 April 2002	Borussia Dortmund	4-0	Milan
	Amoroso 7' (rig.), 33', 39' Heinrich 63'	Report

11 April 2002	Milan	3-1	Borussia Dortmund
	Inzaghi 11' Contra 19' Serginho 92' (pen.)		90+4' Ricken

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

^[18]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa		UEFA
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
18	GK	ITA	Abbiati	46	-33	34	-33	1	0	11	0
22	DF	ROU	Contra	43	3	20+9	3	4	0	9+1	0
5	DF	ITA	Costacurta	31	0	20+1	0	3	0	6+1	0
16	DF	ARG	Chamot	32	0	20+2	0	5	0	5	0
13	DF	GEO	Kaladze	46	4	27+3	4	5	0	9+2	0
4	MF	ITA	Albertini	36	0	23+1	0	4	0	7+1	0
8	MF	ITA	Gattuso	47	0	32	0	5	0	8+2	0
27	MF	BRA	Serginho	39	5	24+3	4	4	0	6+2	1
10	MF	POR	Rui Costa	33	3	20+2	0	1	0	8+2	3
7	FW	UKR	Shevchenko	38	17	28+1	14	3	0	6	3
9	FW	ITA	Inzaghi	28	16	19+1	10	1	2	6+1	4
1	GK	ITA	Rossi	6	-6	0	0	5	-6	1	0
24	DF	DEN	Laursen	37	2	18+4	2	6	0	8+1	0
3	DF	ITA	Maldini	19	0	15	0	0	0	4	0
14	FW	ESP	José Mari	23	5	14+1	2	3	2	4+1	1
2	DF	DEN	Helveg	24	0	12+3	0	4	0	5	0
25	DF	BRA	Roque Júnior	32	0	11+7	0	5	0	8+1	0
21	MF	ITA	Pirlo	29	2	7+11	2	2	0	4+5	0
15	MF	ITA	Donati	28	0	6+11	0	4	0	5+2	0
23	MF	ITA	Ambrosini	13	3	6+3	3	1	0	3	0
34	MF	TUR	Ümit Davala	13	0	6+4	0	3	0	0	0
32	MF	ITA	Brocchi	24	1	5+7	1	5	0	3+4	0
69	FW	ITA	Simone	15	1	4+5	0	3	1	1+2	0
19	FW	ESP	Moreno	27	9	3+13	2	4	4	4+3	3
20	DF	SEN	Sarr	3	1	0+1	0	0	0	1+1	1
83	DF	GAB	Aubameyang	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
29	MF	FRA	Ba	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
55	MF	ITA	Donadel	2	0	0	0	1	0	0+1	0
26	FW	BLR	Kutuzov	4	0	0+2	0	2	0	0	0
12	GK	ITA	Fiori	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
77	MF	ITA	Coco	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 30 May 2002
Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/rose/2001/1199/

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	UEFA Cup	Total
1	FW	7	Andriy Shevchenko	14	0	3	17
2	FW	9	Filippo Inzaghi	10	2	4	16
3	DF	27	Serginho	4	0	1	5
3	FW	19	Javi Moreno	2	0	3	5
5	DF	13	Kakha Kaladze	4	0	0	4
5	DF	22	Cosmin Contra	3	0	1	4
7	MF	23	Massimo Ambrosini	3	0	0	3
	FW	14	José Mari	2	0	1	3
	MF	10	Rui Costa	0	0	3	3
10	DF	24	Martin Laursen	2	0	0	2
10	MF	21	Andrea Pirlo	2	0	0	2
12	MF	32	Cristian Brocchi	1	0	0	1
	DF	20	Mohamed Sarr	0	0	1	1
			Own goal	0	0	1	1
			TOTALS	47	0	18	65

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