2002–03 Atalanta BC season

Atalanta

2002–03 season
Chairman	Ivan Ruggeri
Manager	Giovanni Vavassori Giancarlo Finardi
Serie A	15th
Coppa Italia	Second Round
Top goalscorer	Cristiano Doni (10)

Atalanta B.C. lost its momentum it had built in its first two Serie A seasons in its stint, eventually being relegated following a playoff against Reggina. The championship was such competitive than Atalanta was only four points away from repeating its 9th place from the 2001-02 season, but instead had to face Serie B competition, losing key players such as Cristiano Doni, Luciano Zauri and Ousmane Dabo to bigger clubs.

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Massimo Taibi
• Alex Calderoni

Defenders

• Gianpaolo Bellini
• Massimo Carrera
• Fabiano
• Paolo Foglio
• Natale Gonnella
• Cesare Natali
• Fabio Rustico
• Luigi Sala
• Sebastiano Siviglia
• Paolo Tramezzani
• Damiano Zenoni
• Danilo Zini

Midfielders

• Daniele Berretta
• Yuri Breviario
• Ousmane Dabo
• Cristiano Doni
• Vinicio Espinal
• Ivan Javorčić
• Carmine Gautieri
• Alex Pinardi
• Luciano Zauri
• Apostolos Liolidis

Attackers

• Rolando Bianchi
• Gianni Comandini
• Piá
• Julien Rantier
• Fausto Rossini
• Luca Saudati
• Davor Vugrinec

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
13	Empoli	34	9	11	14	36	46	−10	38[a]
14	Reggina	34	10	8	16	38	53	−15	38[a]	Relegation tie-breaker
15	Atalanta (R)	34	8	14	12	35	47	−12	38	Serie B after tie-breaker[b]
16	Piacenza (R)	34	8	6	20	44	62	−18	30	Relegation to Serie B
17	Como (R)	34	4	12	18	29	57	−28	24

Source: 2002–03 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).^[1]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Modena finished ahead of Empoli, Atalanta and Reggina on head-to-head points: Modena: 10 pts, Empoli: 9 pts, Atalanta: 7 pts, Reggina: 5 pts.
2. Atalanta to 2003–04 Serie B after tie-breaker.

Matches

• Juventus-Atalanta 3-0
• 1-0 Alessandro Del Piero (27 pen)
• 2-0 Alessandro Del Piero (34)
• 3-0 Salvatore Fresi (90 + 1)
• Atalanta-Bologna 2-2
• 0-1 Salvatore Fresi (13)
• 1-1 Cristiano Doni (18)
• 2-1 Cristiano Doni (51 pen)
• 2-2 Claudio Bellucci (77 pen)
• Udinese-Atalanta 1-0
• 1-0 Néstor Sensini (60)
• Atalanta-Lazio 0-1
• 0-1 César (24)
• Atalanta-Milan 1-4
• 0-1 Rivaldo (15)
• 1-1 Luigi Sala (30)
• 1-2 Jon Dahl Tomasson (41)
• 1-3 Andrea Pirlo (66 pen)
• 1-4 Andrea Pirlo (81)
• Parma-Atalanta 2-1
• 1-0 Hidetoshi Nakata (14)
• 2-0 Adrian Mutu (71)
• 2-1 Gianni Comandini (85)
• Atalanta-Piacenza 2-0
• 1-0 Luigi Sala (78)
• 2-0 Gianni Comandini (88)
• Atalanta-Modena 1-3
• 0-1 Giuseppe Colucci (13)
• 0-2 Diomansy Kamara (39)
• 0-3 Stefano Mauri (75)
• 1-3 Ousmane Dabo (89)
• Chievo-Atalanta 4-1
• 0-1 Luigi Sala (40)
• 1-1 Federico Cossato (45)
• 2-1 Daniele Franceschini (56)
• 3-1 Simone Perrotta (84)
• 4-1 Federico Cossato (87)
• Atalanta-Brescia 2-0
• 1-0 Ousmane Dabo (69)
• 2-0 Gianni Comandini (73)
• Reggina-Atalanta 1-1
• 0-1 Carmine Gautieri (34)
• 1-1 Gianluca Savoldi (56)
• Atalanta-Perugia 0-2
• 0-1 Fabrizio Miccoli (21)
• 0-2 Massimiliano Fusani (79)
• Inter-Atalanta 1-0
• 1-0 Mohamed Kallon (70)
• Atalanta-Empoli 2-2
• 1-0 Cristiano Doni (13)
• 2-0 Damiano Zenoni (33)
• 2-1 Gaetano Grieco (85)
• 2-2 Francesco Tavano (89)
• Torino-Atalanta 1-1
• 0-1 Cesare Natali (14)
• 1-1 Luca Mezzano (61)
• Como-Atalanta 1-1
• 1-0 Saša Bjelanović (45 + 1)
• 1-1 Paolo Foglio (53)
• Atalanta-Roma 2-1
• 0-1 Francesco Totti (9)
• 1-1 Cristiano Doni (40)
• 2-1 Paolo Tramezzani (85)
• Modena-Atalanta 0-2
• 0-1 Ousmane Dabo (35)
• 0-2 Alex Pinardi (85)
• Atalanta-Juventus 1-1
• 1-0 Alex Pinardi (40)
• 1-1 Marco Di Vaio (50)
• Bologna-Atalanta 2-3
• 0-1 Alex Pinardi (28)
• 0-2 Alex Pinardi (49)
• 1-2 Giuseppe Signori (69 pen)
• 2-2 Giuseppe Signori (72 pen)
• 2-3 Fausto Rossini (90 + 4)
• Atalanta-Udinese 0-0
• Lazio-Atalanta 0-0
• Milan-Atalanta 3-3
• 0-1 Paolo Maldini (1 og)
• 0-2 Fausto Rossini (29)
• 0-3 Fausto Rossini (30)
• 1-3 Filippo Inzaghi (34)
• 2-3 Jon Dahl Tomasson (70)
• 3-3 Filippo Inzaghi (79)
• Atalanta-Parma 0-0
• Piacenza-Atalanta 2-0
• 1-0 Dario Hübner (41)
• 2-0 Ciro De Cesare (89)
• Atalanta-Chievo 1-0
• 1-0 Ousmane Dabo (52)
• Brescia-Atalanta 3-0
• 1-0 Stephen Appiah (31)
• 2-0 Roberto Baggio (52)
• 3-0 Fabio Petruzzi (85)
• Atalanta-Reggina 1-1
• 1-0 Cristiano Doni (9)
• 1-1 Emiliano Bonazzoli (52)
• Perugia-Atalanta 1-0
• 1-0 Luigi Pagliuca (78)
• Atalanta-Torino 2-2
• 0-1 Massimo Donati (22)
• 1-1 Cristiano Doni (75)
• 1-2 Massimo Donati (89)
• 2-2 Cristiano Doni (90 + 2 pen)
• Atalanta-Inter 1-1
• 0-1 Obafemi Martins (13)
• 1-1 Carmine Gautieri (71)
• Empoli-Atalanta 0-0
• Atalanta-Como 2-1
• 0-1 Nicola Caccia (17)
• 1-1 Cristiano Doni (63 pen)
• 2-1 Cristiano Doni (81)
• Roma-Atalanta 1-2
• 0-1 Cristiano Doni (27)
• 1-1 Daniele De Rossi (30)
• 1-2 Carmine Gautieri (55)

Relegation playoffs

• Reggina-Atalanta 0-0
• Atalanta-Reggina 1-2
• 1-0 Cesare Natali (18)
• 1-1 Francesco Cozza (35)
• 1-2 Emiliano Bonazzoli (85)

Atalanta relegated, with Reggina staying in Serie A 2003-04.

Scores Overview

Opposition	Home Score	Away Score	Double
Bologna	2 – 2	3 – 2	N
Brescia	2 – 0	0 – 3	N
Chievo Verona	1 – 0	1 – 4	N
Como	2 – 1	1 – 1	N
Empoli	2 – 2	0 – 0	N
Internazionale	1 – 0	1 – 1	N
Juventus	1 – 1	0 – 3	N
Lazio	0 – 1	0 – 0	N
Milan	1 – 4	3 – 3	N
Modena	1 – 3	2 – 0	N
Parma	0 – 0	1 – 2	N
Perugia	0 – 2	0 – 1	N
Piacenza	2 – 0	0 – 2	N
Reggina	1 – 1	1 – 1	N
Roma	2 – 1	2 – 1	Y
Torino	2 – 2	1 – 1	N
Udinese	0 – 0	0 – 1	N

Topscorers

• Cristiano Doni 10
• Alex Pinardi 4
• Fausto Rossini 3
• Gianni Comandini 3
• Luigi Sala 3

References

1. 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.

Sources

• RSSSF - Italy 2002/03