2002–03 Serie B

The 2002–03 Serie B was the 71st season since its establishment in 1929. It is the second highest football league in Italy.

Serie B TIM
Season2002–03
PromotedSiena (1st title)
Sampdoria
Lecce
Ancona
RelegatedCosenza (bankruptcy)
Matches played380
Goals scored961 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorerItaly Igor Protti (23 goals)
Longest winning runVicenza
7 matches
Longest unbeaten runVicenza
14 matches
Serie B 2002-03 team distribution

Teams

Livorno, Ascoli, Triestina and Catania had been promoted from Serie C, while Hellas Verona, Lecce, and Venezia had been relegated from Serie A and Fiorentina had lost their national professional licence.

Final classification

In June 2003, Catania was at the centre of a controversy that led to the enlargement of Serie B from 20 to 24 teams, known as Caso Catania. The club claimed that Siena fielded an ineligible player in a 1–1 tie, a result which saw Catania relegated, whereas the two extra points from a victory would have kept them safe. They were awarded a 2–0 victory before the result was reverted because the guilty player was a substitute which did not play the match, then Catania appealed to the judges of the Autonomous Region of Sicily who re-awarded the victory again. In August, the FIGC decided to let Catania, along with Genoa and Salernitana, stay in Serie B; the newly reborn Fiorentina were also added for the 2003–04 season. The ruling led to protests and boycotts by the other Serie B clubs that delayed the start of the season, until the intervention of the Italian government.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Siena (P, C) 38 17 16 5 46 26 +20 67 Promotion to Serie A
2 Sampdoria (P) 38 17 16 5 53 31 +22 67
3 Lecce (P) 38 15 18 5 46 33 +13 63
4 Ancona (P) 38 16 13 9 53 40 +13 61
5 Triestina 38 16 10 12 54 46 +8 58
6 Palermo 38 15 13 10 45 42 +3 58
7 Ternana 38 14 13 11 45 37 +8 55
8 Cagliari 38 14 12 12 47 46 +1 54
9 Vicenza 38 13 15 10 55 50 +5 54
10 Livorno 38 12 13 13 48 43 +5 49
11 Bari 38 10 19 9 38 37 +1 49
12 Venezia 38 12 12 14 41 47 −6 48
13 Ascoli 38 13 9 16 46 52 −6 48
14 Hellas Verona 38 10 16 12 42 42 0 46
15 Messina 38 10 16 12 51 54 −3 46
16 Napoli 38 10 15 13 42 49 −7 45
17 Catania (T) 38 12 7 19 45 60 −15 43 Readmitted[lower-alpha 1]
18 Genoa (T) 38 9 12 17 47 51 −4 39
19 Cosenza (D, E) 38 10 6 22 29 52 −23 36 Revival in Serie D[lower-alpha 2]
20 Salernitana (T) 38 4 11 23 28 63 −35 23 Readmitted[lower-alpha 1]
Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (E) Eliminated; (P) Promoted; (T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated
Notes:
  1. Relegated and later readmitted to Serie B after Caso Catania.
  2. Lost professional licence for bankruptcy and joined 2003–04 Serie D with a new club.

Results
Home \ Away ANC ASC BAR CAG CTN COS GEN LCE LIV MES NAP PAL SAL SAM SIE TER TRI VEN HEL VIC
Ancona — 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 1–0 2–1 3–2 4–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 3–1
Ascoli 1–0 — 3–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 4–0 1–2 3–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–2 0–0 1–4
Bari 0–0 2–0 — 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–3 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1
Cagliari 2–1 1–0 1–0 — 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 2–3 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–0
Catania 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 — 0–2 3–2 2–1 3–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–2 0–2 2–1 2–1
Cosenza 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 3–1 — 2–1 1–2 0–2 3–3 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–3 0–0 0–3 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–1
Genoa 4–2 1–2 0–0 1–3 2–0 3–0 — 0–0 3–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 0–2 1–3 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–2 0–2
Lecce 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 — 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–1
Livorno 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 4–2 2–0 1–2 — 4–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–2
Messina 1–1 3–2 2–2 2–2 3–3 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 — 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–3 0–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 3–1
Napoli 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 — 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1
Palermo 0–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 3–3 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 — 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–0
Salernitana 0–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 3–1 — 0–1 1–1 0–3 2–2 1–1 1–3 0–1
Sampdoria 2–1 3–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 4–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 — 0–0 1–2 1–1 4–0 3–2 0–0
Siena 0–0 4–0 1–1 1–0 4–3 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 — 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Ternana 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 — 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1
Triestina 3–2 3–1 1–2 3–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 4–3 — 1–2 3–1 1–1
Venezia 2–4 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–2 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–2 1–0 3–1 1–3 0–0 1–0 — 1–1 1–2
Hellas Verona 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 4–1 2–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 — 4–2
Vicenza 1–1 2–1 1–1 4–2 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–3 1–3 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 4–1 —
Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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