Serie B 2002-03 team distribution
This article contains information on the 2002-2003 season of Serie B, the second highest football league in Italy.
[edit] Final classification
P
| Team
| Pld
| W
| D
| L
| GF
| GA
| GD
| Pts
| Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sampdoria (P) | 38 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 53 | 31 | +22 | 67 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 2 | Siena (P) | 38 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 46 | 26 | +20 | 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 | Vicenza | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 55 | 50 | +5 | 54 |
| 9 | Cagliari | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 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 | 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 | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 45 | 60 | −15 | 0431 |
| 18 | Genoa | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 0391 |
| 19 | Cosenza (R) | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 29 | 52 | −23 | 0362 | Relegation to Serie D |
| 20 | Salernitana | 38 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 28 | 63 | −35 | 0231 |
Updated to games played on October 2, 2008
Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th goals scored.
1Relegated and later readmitted to Serie B after Caso Catania.
2Excluded for bankruptcy and admitted to Serie D 2003-04.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Head-to-Head: used when two or more teams need the head-to-head rules to break a tie.
[edit] Results
| Home \ Away1 | ANC | ASC | BAR | CAG | CTN | COS | GEN | LCE | LIV | MES | NAP | PAL | SAL | SAM | SIE | TER | TRI | VEN | VER | 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 |
| 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
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.