2008–09 S.S. Lazio season

The 2008–09 season was the 109th season in Società Sportiva Lazio's history and their 21st consecutive season in the top-flight of Italian football. Lazio finished in 10th place in Serie A, however, won the Coppa Italia this season.

Lazio

2008–09 season
Owner	Claudio Lotito
Chairman	Claudio Lotito
Manager	Delio Rossi
Serie A	10th
Coppa Italia	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Mauro Zárate (13) All: Mauro Zárate (16)
Highest home attendance	55,490 v Roma (11 April 2009)
Lowest home attendance	25,500 v Napoli (26 October 2008)
Average home league attendance	34,626
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club

Management

Position	Staff
Head coach	Delio Rossi
Assistant coach	Fedele Limone
Goalkeeping coach	Adalberto Grigioni
Fitness coaches	Valter Vio Adriano Bianchini
Club doctors	Roberto Bianchini Stefano Salvatori

Last updated: October 14, 2008
Source: S.S Lazio Staff

Other information

President	Claudio Lotito
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Stadio Olimpico (72, 698 / 105m x 68m)

Source: SSLazio.it

Squad

First team

As of September 20, 2008[1][2][3][4] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ARG Juan Pablo Carrizo 2 DF   SUI Stephan Lichtsteiner 3 DF  SRB Aleksandar Kolarov 4 MF  ITA Fabio Firmani 5 MF  ITA Cristian Brocchi 6 MF  FRA Ousmane Dabo 7 DF  ITA Manuel Belleri 8 MF  BRA Matuzalém (on loan from Real Zaragoza) 10 FW  ARG Mauro Zárate (on loan from Al-Sadd) 11 MF  ITA Stefano Mauri 13 DF  ITA Sebastiano Siviglia 14 GK  ITA Tommaso Berni 16 DF  ITA Alessandro Tuia 17 MF  ITA Pasquale Foggia 18 FW  ITA Tommaso Rocchi (captain) 19 FW  MKD Goran Pandev 20 FW  CZE Libor Kozák

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 FW  ITA Simone Inzaghi 22 DF  CZE David Rozehnal 23 MF  ALG Mourad Meghni 24 MF  ARG Cristian Ledesma (vice-captain) 25 DF  BRA Emílson Sánchez Cribari 26 FW  NGA Stephen Ayodele Makinwa 29 DF  ITA Lorenzo De Silvestri 32 DF  ROU Ştefan Radu 49 MF  ITA Antonio Cinelli 68 MF  CIV Christian Manfredini 80 MF  ITA Massimo Mutarelli 81 FW  ITA Simone Del Nero 86 GK  URU Fernando Muslera 87 DF  FRA Modibo Diakité 89 GK  FRA Vincent Degré 90 FW  ITA Ettore Mendicino 91 DF  ITA Marco Davide Faraoni

For all transfers and loans pertaining to Lazio for the current season, please see; summer 2008 transfers.

Double passports

• Juan Pablo Carrizo
• Mauro Zárate
• Mourad Meghni
• Cristian Ledesma
• Cribari
• Christian Manfredini
• Fernando Muslera

Non-EU players

• Aleksandar Kolarov
• Matuzalém
• Stephen Makinwa
• Goran Pandev

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2008–09 Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Palermo	38	17	6	15	57	50	+7	57
9	Cagliari	38	15	8	15	49	50	−1	53
10	Lazio	38	15	5	18	46	55	−9	50	Qualification to Europa League play-off round[lower-alpha 1]
11	Atalanta	38	13	8	17	45	48	−3	47
12	Napoli	38	12	10	16	43	45	−2	46[lower-alpha 2]

Source: lega-calcio.it (in Italian)
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.
Notes:

1. Lazio qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 Coppa Italia.
2. NAP 2–0 SAM; SAM 2–2 NAP

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
38	15	5	18	46	55	−9	50	8	4	7	23	24	−1	7	1	11	23	31	−8

Matches

Cagliari v Lazio

1	Cagliari	1–4	Lazio
	Larrivey  31'		Zárate  62' (pen.), 71' Foggia  75' Pandev  84'

Lazio v Sampdoria

2	Lazio	2–0	Sampdoria
	Zárate  7' Pandev  72'

Milan v Lazio

3	Milan	4–1	Lazio
	Seedorf  7' Zambrotta  34' Pato  48' Kaká  59'		Zárate  25'

Lazio v Fiorentina

4	Lazio	3–0	Fiorentina
	Mauri  51' Pandev  55' Siviglia  59'

Torino v Lazio

5	Torino	1–3	Lazio
	Amoruso  90+2' (pen.)		Pandev  30' Zárate  63', 83' (pen.)

Lazio v Lecce

6	Lazio	1–1	Lecce
	S. Inzaghi  38'		Tiribocchi  26'

Bologna v Lazio

7	Bologna	3–1	Lazio
	Volpi  5' Di Vaio  12', 26'		Rocchi  51'

Lazio v Napoli

8	Lazio	0–1	Napoli
			Siviglia  61' (o.g.)

Chievo v Lazio

9	Chievo	1–2	Lazio
	Pellissier  11'		Pandev  15' Mantovani  82' (o.g.)

Lazio v Catania

10	Lazio	1–0	Catania
	Foggia  85'

Lazio v Siena

11	Lazio	3–0	Siena
	Zárate  58' Rocchi  86', 90+3'

Roma v Lazio

12	Roma	1–0	Lazio
	J. Baptista  50'

Lazio v Genoa

13	Lazio	1–1	Genoa
	Dabo  80'		Milito  69'

Atalanta v Lazio

14	Atalanta	2–0	Lazio
	Valdés  54' Floccari  68'

Lazio v Inter

15	Lazio	0–3	Inter
			Samuel  2' Diakité  45+4' (o.g.) Ibrahimović  55'

Udinese v Lazio

16	Udinese	3–3	Lazio
	Di Natale  9', 55' Quagliarella  15'		Zárate  60' Diakité  72' Ledesma  85'

Lazio v Palermo

17	Lazio	1–0	Palermo
	Rocchi  66'

Reggina v Lazio

18	Reggina	2–3	Lazio
	Corradi  4' Cozza  63'		Pandev  14', 21', 76'

Lazio v Juventus

19	Lazio	1–1	Juventus
	Ledesma  25'		Mellberg  30'

Lazio v Cagliari

20	Lazio	1–4	Cagliari
	Rocchi  3'		Jeda  5', 9' Acquafresca  21' (pen.) Matri  41'

Sampdoria v Lazio

21	Sampdoria	3–1	Lazio
	Delvecchio  13' Cassano  55' Stankevičius  55'		Rocchi  30'

Lazio v Milan

22	Lazio	0–3	Milan
			Pato  42' Ambrosini  47' Kaká  83'

Fiorentina v Lazio

23	Fiorentina	1–0	Lazio
	Gilardino  90'

Lazio v Torino

24	Lazio	1–1	Torino
	Siviglia  75'		Abate  36'

Lecce v Lazio

25	Lecce	0–2	Lazio
			Foggia  10' Kolarov  50'

Lazio v Bologna

26	Lazio	2–0	Bologna
	Zárate  36', 81'

Napoli v Lazio

27	Napoli	0–2	Lazio
			Rocchi  57', 65'

Lazio v Chievo

28	Lazio	0–3	Chievo
			Bogdani  27' Pellissier  28', 84'

Catania v Lazio

29	Catania	1–0	Lazio
	Paolucci  24'

Siena v Lazio

30	Siena	2–0	Lazio
	Calaiò  25' Maccarone  85'

Lazio v Roma

31	Lazio	4–2	Roma
	Pandev  2' Zárate  4' Lichtsteiner  58' Kolarov  85'		Mexès  10' De Rossi  80'

Genoa v Lazio

32	Genoa	0–1	Lazio
			Zárate  65'

Lazio v Atalanta

33	Lazio	0–1	Atalanta
			Talamonti  24'

Inter v Lazio

34	Inter	2–0	Lazio
	Ibrahimović  58' Muntari  70'

Lazio v Udinese

35	Lazio	1–3	Udinese
	Rocchi  56'		Floro Flores  60' D'Agostino  69' Quagliarella  86' (pen.)

Palermo v Lazio

36	Palermo	2–0	Lazio
	Miccoli  6' (pen.) Migliaccio  87'

Lazio v Reggina

37	Lazio	1–0	Reggina
	Zárate  26'

Juventus v Lazio

38	Juventus	2–0	Lazio
	Iaquinta  3', 59'

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2008–09 Coppa Italia

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
24 August 2008	Third round	Benevento	H	5 – 1	Mauri 9', Meghni 22', Manfredini 54', Pandev (2) 57', 90'	8,000
1 October 2008	Fourth round	Atalanta	H	2 – 0	Ledesma 17', Pandev 83'	10,000
4 December 2008	Round of 16	Milan	A	2 – 1	Zárate 87' (pen.), Pandev 92'	10,000
23 January 2009	Quarter-final	Torino	H	3 – 1	Pandev 47', Mauri 55', Rocchi 91'	10,000
3 March 2009	Semi-final First leg	Juventus	H	2 – 1	Pandev 66', Rocchi 78'	50,000
22 April 2009	Semi-final Second leg	Juventus	A	2 – 1	Zárate 37', Kolarov 46'
13 May 2009	Final	Sampdoria	N	1 – 1	Zárate 4' (6 – 5p)	68,000

Top scorers

• Mauro Zárate 13 (2)
• Goran Pandev 9
• Tommaso Rocchi 9
• Pasquale Foggia 2
• Cristian Ledesma 2
• Stefano Mauri 2

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
9 June 2008	DF	David Rozehnal	Newcastle United	Undisclosed[5]
24 June 2008	DF	Ştefan Radu	Dinamo București	€4.2m[6]
5 July 2008	FW	Libor Kozák	Opava	€1.2m[7]
16 July 2008	DF	Stephan Lichtsteiner	Lille	€1.8m[8]
28 August 2008	MF	Cristian Brocchi	Milan	Undisclosed[9]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
30 June 2008	GK	Marco Ballotta	Unattached	Retired[10]
30 June 2008	MF	Fabio Vignaroli	Unattached	End of contract[11]
9 July 2008	FW	Igli Tare	Unattached	Retired[12]
17 July 2008	MF	Gaby Mudingayi	Bologna	€6m[13]
23 July 2008	MF	Valon Behrami	West Ham United	€6.5m[14]
25 October 2008	MF	Massimo Mutarelli	Unattached	Breach of contract[15]

Loaned in

Date From	Date To	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
5 July 2008	End of the season	FW	Mauro Zárate	Al-Sadd	€3m[16][17]
18 July 2008	End of the season	MF	Matuzalém	Real Zaragoza	Free[18]

Loaned out

Date From	Date To	Pos.	Name	Moving To	Fee
19 July 2008	End of the season	DF	Ivan Artipoli	Modena	Free[11]
18 July 2008	End of the season	DF	Luciano Zauri	Fiorentina	Free[19]
31 August 2008	End of the season	MF	Roberto Baronio	Brescia	Free[11]
31 August 2008	End of the season	DF	Guglielmo Stendardo	Lecce	Free[11]
22 January 2009	End of the season	FW	Stephen Makinwa	Chievo	Free[20]
25 January 2009	End of the season	DF	Manuel Belleri	Bologna	Free[21]
31 January 2009	End of the season	GK	Tommaso Berni	Salernitana	Free[22]

Estimated transfer totals

Does not take into account undisclosed fees.

Expenditure Summer: €10.2 million Winter: €0 Total: €10.2 million

Income Summer: €12.5 million Winter: €0 Total: €12.5 million

Overall Summer: €2.3 million Winter: €0 Total: €2.3 million

References

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12. Cardone, Giulio; Carina, Stefano (2008-07-10). "Bonetto attacca 'Rossi andrà via' Tare sarà dirigente". Repubblica.it (in Italian). la Repubblica. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
13. "Lazio: Mudingayi ceduto al Bologna". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2008-07-17. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
14. "West Ham sign Lazio star Behrami". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
15. "Lazio, svincolato Massimo Mutarelli". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2008-10-25. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
16. "Lazio secure Zarate in loan deal". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2009-07-05. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
17. "Colpo Lazio, è fatta per Zarate". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2008-06-29. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
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19. "Ufficiale, Zauri alla Fiorentina". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2008-07-18. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
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21. "Bologna, preso Belleri dalla Lazio". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2009-01-25. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
22. "Salernitana, in arrivo Berni dalla Lazio". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2009-02-01. Retrieved 2009-09-09.

External links

• S.S. Lazio Official website (in Italian)