2008–09 SS Lazio 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

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.

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

Non-EU players

Competitions

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:

Lazio qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 Coppa Italia.
Napoli finished ahead of Sampdoria on head-to-head points: Napoli 2–0 Sampdoria, Sampdoria 2–2 Napoli.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10	Lazio	1–0	Catania
	Foggia 85'

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

12	Roma	1–0	Lazio
	J. Baptista 50'

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

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

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

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

17	Lazio	1–0	Palermo
	Rocchi 66'

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

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

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

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

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

23	Fiorentina	1–0	Lazio
	Gilardino 90'

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

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

26	Lazio	2–0	Bologna
	Zárate 36', 81'

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

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

29	Catania	1–0	Lazio
	Paolucci 24'

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

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

32	Genoa	0–1	Lazio
			Zárate 65'

33	Lazio	0–1	Atalanta
			Talamonti 24'

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

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

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

37	Lazio	1–0	Reggina
	Zárate 26'

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

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

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

"Prima Squadra" (in Italian). sslazio.it. Retrieved 2008-09-03.
"Variazione numerazione maglie" (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Professionisti. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
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"Prima Squadra" (in Italian). sslazio.it. Archived from the original on 2008-08-22. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
"Lazio, riscattato David Rozenhal". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2008-06-09. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
"Lazio: Becali, Lotito riscatta Radu". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2008-06-24. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
"Lazio sign Libor Kozak". Fifa.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 2008-07-05. Archived from the original on July 6, 2008. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
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"Comunicato Ufficiale A.C. Milan". Acmilan.com (in Italian). A.C. Milan. 2008-08-28. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
"Lazio, Ballotta saluta ma giocherà ancora". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2008-07-02. Archived from the original on 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
"Calciomercato: acquisti e cessioni della tua squadra". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
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.
"Lazio: Mudingayi ceduto al Bologna". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2008-07-17. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
"West Ham sign Lazio star Behrami". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
"Lazio, svincolato Massimo Mutarelli". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2008-10-25. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
"Lazio secure Zarate in loan deal". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2009-07-05. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
"Colpo Lazio, è fatta per Zarate". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2008-06-29. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
"Ufficiale, Matuzalem alla Lazio". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2008-07-18. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
"Ufficiale, Zauri alla Fiorentina". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2008-07-18. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
"Lazio, Makinwa ceduto in prestito al Chievo". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2009-01-21. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
"Bologna, preso Belleri dalla Lazio". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2009-01-25. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
"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)

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[table_note_res_ELPR0.41912641116377-5] Lazio qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 Coppa Italia.

[table_hth_NAP0.41912641116377-6] Napoli finished ahead of Sampdoria on head-to-head points: Napoli 2–0 Sampdoria, Sampdoria 2–2 Napoli.

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[2] "Variazione numerazione maglie" (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Professionisti. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-23.

[3] "Variazione numerazione maglie" (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Professionisti. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-13.

[4] "Prima Squadra" (in Italian). sslazio.it. Archived from the original on 2008-08-22. Retrieved 2008-09-20.

[7] "Lazio, riscattato David Rozenhal". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2008-06-09. Retrieved 2009-09-08.

[8] "Lazio: Becali, Lotito riscatta Radu". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2008-06-24. Retrieved 2009-09-08.

[9] "Lazio sign Libor Kozak". Fifa.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 2008-07-05. Archived from the original on July 6, 2008. Retrieved 2009-09-08.

[10] "Lazio, è arrivato lo svizzero Lichtsteiner". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2008-07-16. Archived from the original on 2012-06-29. Retrieved 2009-09-08.

[11] "Comunicato Ufficiale A.C. Milan". Acmilan.com (in Italian). A.C. Milan. 2008-08-28. Retrieved 2009-09-08.

[12] "Lazio, Ballotta saluta ma giocherà ancora". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2008-07-02. Archived from the original on 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2009-09-08.

[acquistiecessioni-13] "Calciomercato: acquisti e cessioni della tua squadra". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. Retrieved 2009-09-09.

[14] 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.

[15] "Lazio: Mudingayi ceduto al Bologna". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2008-07-17. Retrieved 2009-09-08.

[16] "West Ham sign Lazio star Behrami". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2009-09-08.

[17] "Lazio, svincolato Massimo Mutarelli". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2008-10-25. Retrieved 2009-09-09.

[18] "Lazio secure Zarate in loan deal". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2009-07-05. Retrieved 2009-09-08.

[19] "Colpo Lazio, è fatta per Zarate". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2008-06-29. Retrieved 2009-09-08.

[20] "Ufficiale, Matuzalem alla Lazio". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2008-07-18. Retrieved 2009-09-08.

[21] "Ufficiale, Zauri alla Fiorentina". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2008-07-18. Retrieved 2009-09-09.

[22] "Lazio, Makinwa ceduto in prestito al Chievo". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2009-01-21. Retrieved 2009-09-09.

[23] "Bologna, preso Belleri dalla Lazio". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2009-01-25. Retrieved 2009-09-09.

[24] "Salernitana, in arrivo Berni dalla Lazio". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2009-02-01. Retrieved 2009-09-09.