2008–09 SSC Napoli season

Napoli
2008–09 season
ChairmanAurelio De Laurentiis
ManagerEdoardo Reja
(until 8 March)
Roberto Donadoni
(from 10 March)
StadiumStadio San Paolo
Serie A12th
Coppa ItaliaQuarter-finals
UEFA Intertoto CupOverall winners
UEFA CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Marek Hamšík (9)
All: Marek Hamšík (12)
Highest home attendance60,240 vs Roma
(25 January 2009)
Lowest home attendance26,553 vs Fiorentina
(14 September 2008)
Average home league attendance39,851

2008–09 Serie A was the 67th Serie A season in the history of Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, and their 83rd overall.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Italy ITA Gennaro Iezzo
2 DF Italy ITA Gianluca Grava
3 DF Italy ITA Luigi Vitale
4 MF Italy ITA Francesco Montervino
5 MF Italy ITA Michele Pazienza
6 DF Italy ITA Salvatore Aronica
7 FW Argentina ARG Ezequiel Lavezzi
8 MF Italy ITA Manuele Blasi
9 FW Argentina ARG Germán Denis
11 MF Italy ITA Christian Maggio
12 FW Brazil BRA Piá
13 DF Italy ITA Fabiano Santacroce
14 FW Italy ITA Roberto De Zerbi
15 MF Argentina ARG Jesús Dátolo
17 MF Slovakia SVK Marek Hamšík
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Uruguay URU Mariano Bogliacino
20 FW Italy ITA Andrea Russotto
22 GK Italy ITA Matteo Gianello
23 MF Uruguay URU Walter Gargano
24 MF Italy ITA Samuele Dalla Bona
25 FW Uruguay URU Marcelo Zalayeta
28 DF Italy ITA Paolo Cannavaro (captain)
30 GK Argentina ARG Nicolás Navarro
32 MF Uruguay URU Nicolás Amodio
44 GK Italy ITA Luigi Sepe
70 GK Italy ITA Luca Bucci
77 MF Italy ITA Daniele Mannini
83 DF Italy ITA Leandro Rinaudo
96 DF Italy ITA Matteo Contini

Pre-season and friendlies

11 July 2008 Hajduk Split Croatia 1–0 Italy Napoli Split, Croatia
Linić 29' Stadium: Stadion Poljud
15 July 2008 Zalaegerszegi TE Hungary 1–1 Italy Napoli Zalaegerszeg, Hungary
Waltner 30' Piá 44' Stadium: ZTE Arena

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2008–09 Serie A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
10 Lazio 38 15 5 18 46 55 −9 50 Qualification to Europa League play-off round[a]
11 Atalanta 38 13 8 17 45 48 −3 47
12 Napoli 38 12 10 16 43 45 −2 46[b]
13 Sampdoria 38 11 13 14 49 52 −3 46[b]
14 Siena 38 12 8 18 33 44 −11 44
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. ^ a b 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 12 10 16 43 45  −2 46 10 5 4 27 16  +11 2 5 12 16 29  −13

Last updated: 31 May 2009.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

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GroundAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAH
ResultDWDWWLWWWLWLDLWWLWLLLDLDLLLDDDDLWLDLLW
Position115742643243444435455788101011111111111214121213131312
Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2009. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

31 August 2008 1 Roma 1–1 Napoli Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Aquilani 29' Hamšík 56' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 38,983
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
14 September 2008 2 Napoli 2–1 Fiorentina Naples
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Hamšík 48'
May 70'		 Mutu 40' Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 26,553
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento
21 September 2008 3 Udinese 0–0 Napoli Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 15,500
Referee: Daniele Orsato
24 September 2008 4 Napoli 2–1 Palermo Naples
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Hamšík 14'
Zalayeta 75'		 Miccoli 83' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 30,535
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi
28 September 2008 5 Bologna 0–1 Napoli Bologna
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Denis 87' Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 17,743
Referee: Nicola Ayroldi
5 October 2008 6 Genoa 3–2 Napoli Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Sokratis 44'
Palladino 53'
Milito 72'		 Lavezzi 2'
Denis 75'		 Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 24,891
Referee: Paolo Dondarini
18 October 2008 7 Napoli 2–1 Juventus Naples
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Hamšík 64'
Lavezzi 80'		 Amauri 61' Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 43,710
Referee: Massimiliano Saccani
26 October 2008 8 Lazio 0–1 Napoli Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Siviglia 60' (o.g.) Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 25,500
Referee: Luca Banti
29 October 2008 9 Napoli 3–0 Reggina Naples
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Denis 8', 16', 64' Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 45,438
Referee: Andrea Gervasoni
2 November 2008 10 Milan 1–0 Napoli Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Ronaldinho 86' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 54,079
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi
9 November 2008 11 Napoli 2–0 Sampdoria Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Mannini 23'
Zalayeta 74'		 Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 47,782
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
16 November 2008 12 Atalanta 3–1 Napoli Bergamo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Ferreira Pinto 62'
Manfredini 89'
Floccari 90+1'		 Hamšík 73' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Attendance: 11,707
Referee: Christian Brighi
23 November 2008 13 Napoli 2–2 Cagliari Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Hamšík 9'
Lavezzi 84'		 D. López 56'
Conti 90+5'		 Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 36,516
Referee: Nicola Pierpaoli
30 November 2008 14 Internazionale 2–1 Napoli Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Córdoba 16'
Muntari 24'		 Lavezzi 36' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 45,595
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
7 December 2008 15 Napoli 2–0 Siena Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) May 62'
Denis 72'		 Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 36,636
Referee: Antonio Damato
13 December 2008 16 Napoli 3–0 Lecce Naples
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Hamšík 11' (pen.)
Pazienza 42'
Denis 65'		 Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 39,657
Referee: Paolo Valeri
21 December 2008 17 Torino 1–0 Napoli Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Bianchi 53' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino
Attendance: 16,537
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
11 January 2009 18 Napoli 1–0 Catania Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) May 80' Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 39,930
Referee: Domenico Celi
18 January 2009 19 Chievo 2–1 Napoli Verona
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Marcolini 32' (pen.), 74' (pen.) Lavezzi 53' Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 9,378
Referee: Stefano Farina
25 January 2009 20 Napoli 0–3 Roma Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Mexès 18'
Juan 32'
Vučinić 50'		 Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 60,241
Referee: Emidio Morganti
28 January 2009 21 Fiorentina 2–1 Napoli Florence
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Santana 47'
Montolivo 77'		 Vitale 49' Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 28,863
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
31 January 2009 22 Napoli 2–2 Udinese Naples
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00) Hamšík 24'
Lavezzi 27'		 Di Natale 32' (pen.)
Quagliarella 45'		 Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 37,204
Referee: Andrea Gervasoni
8 February 2009 23 Palermo 2–1 Napoli Palermo
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Migliaccio 2'
F. Simplício 14'		 Hamšík 43' Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera
Attendance: 20,185
Referee: Massimiliano Saccani
14 February 2009 24 Napoli 1–1 Bologna Naples
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) May 19' Di Vaio 23' Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 34,413
Referee: Luca Banti
22 February 2009 25 Napoli 0–1 Genoa Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Janković 69' Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 39,284
Referee: Daniele Orsato
28 February 2009 26 Juventus 1–0 Napoli Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Marchisio 44' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino
Attendance: 20,700
Referee: Nicola Ayroldi
8 March 2009 27 Napoli 0–2 Lazio Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Rocchi 57', 65' Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 33,119
Referee: Massimiliano Saccani
15 March 2009 28 Reggina 1–1 Napoli Reggio Calabria
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Corradi 27' Lavezzi 64' Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo
Attendance: 10,027
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni
22 March 2009 29 Napoli 0–0 Milan Naples
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 57,966
Referee: Andrea De Marco
5 April 2009 30 Sampdoria 2–2 Napoli Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Palombo 28', 63' Zalayeta 44'
Denis 90+2'		 Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 21,644
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento
11 April 2009 31 Napoli 0–0 Atalanta Naples
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 36,773
Referee: Dino Tommasi
19 April 2009 32 Cagliari 2–0 Napoli Cagliari
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Jeda 5'
Lazzari 90+2'		 Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Domenico Celi
26 April 2009 33 Napoli 1–0 Internazionale Naples
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Zalayeta 73' Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 53,772
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
3 May 2009 34 Siena 2–1 Napoli Siena
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Kharja 11'
Maccarone 25'		 Piá 80' Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi – Montepaschi Arena
Attendance: 9,842
Referee: Nicola Ayroldi
10 May 2009 35 Lecce 1–1 Napoli Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Zanchetta 44' (pen.) Piá 33' Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 14,511
Referee: Nicola Pierpaoli
17 May 2009 36 Napoli 1–2 Torino Naples
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Piá 42' Bianchi 51'
Rosina 72'		 Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 30,091
Referee: Antonio Damato
24 May 2009 37 Catania 3–1 Napoli Catania
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Morimoto 42'
Mascara 88'
Falconieri 90+1'		 Bogliacino 28' Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino
Attendance: 17,408
Referee: Leonardo Baracani
31 May 2009 38 Napoli 3–0 Chievo Naples
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Montervino 4'
Bogliacino 7'
Piá 18'		 Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 27,423
Referee: Renzo Candussio

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2008–09 Coppa Italia
12 November 2008 Round of 16 Napoli 3–1 Salernitana Naples
21:00 CET Peccarisi 16' (o.g.)
Piá 25'
Hamšík 53' (pen.)		 Di Napoli 33' Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 19,459
Referee: Andrea De Marco
4 February 2009 Quarter-finals Juventus 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)		 Napoli Turin
20:45 CET Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino
Attendance: 13,525
Referee: Nicola Ayroldi
Penalties
Del Piero soccer ball with check mark
Trezeguet soccer ball with check mark
Nedvěd soccer ball with red X
Marchionni soccer ball with check mark
Sissoko soccer ball with red X
Legrottaglie soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Hamšík
soccer ball with check mark Bogliacino
soccer ball with check mark Denis
soccer ball with red X Lavezzi
soccer ball with red X Contini
soccer ball with red X Gargano

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Main article: 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup
20 July 2008 First leg Panionios Greece 0–1 Italy Napoli Athens, Greece
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Bogliacino 31' Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 3,125
Referee: Duarte Gomes (Portugal)
26 July 2008 Second leg Napoli Italy 1–0
(2–0 agg.)		 Greece Panionios Naples, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Hamšík 65' Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 54,137
Referee: César Muñiz Fernández (Spain)

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup

Second qualifying round

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds § Second qualifying round
14 August 2008 First leg Vllaznia Albania 0–3 Italy Napoli Shkodër, Albania
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Piá 28', 47'
Denis 75'		 Stadium: Loro Boriçi Stadium
Attendance: 11,200
Referee: Stanislav Sukhina (Russia)
28 August 2008 Second leg Napoli Italy 5–0
(8–0 agg.)		 Albania Vllaznia Naples, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Rinaudo 42', 54'
Piá 52'
Lavezzi 80'
Hamšík 87'		 Report Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 21,550
Referee: Fırat Aydınus (Turkey)

First round

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup first round
18 September 2008 First leg Napoli Italy 3–2 Portugal Benfica Naples, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Vitale 18'
Denis 19'
Maggio 54'		 Report Suazo 16'
Luisão 59'		 Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 51,597
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
2 October 2008 Second leg Benfica Portugal 2–0
(4–3 agg.)		 Italy Napoli Lisbon, Portugal
21:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) Reyes 57'
Gomes 84'		 Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 56,500
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Transfers

In

Pos. Player From Fee
FW Argentina Germán Denis Independiente €6.3M
DF Italy Leandro Rinaudo Palermo €4.8M
MF Italy Christian Maggio Sampdoria €12.1M
FW Italy Andrea Russotto Bellinzona Loan
DF Italy Salvatore Aronica Reggina undisclosed
MF Argentina Jesús Dátolo Boca Juniors €8M

Out

Pos. Player To Fee
MF Argentina Roberto Sosa Gimnasia Free
DF Austria György Garics Atalanta Co-ownership, Undisclosed
DF Italy Andrea Cupi Empoli Free
DF Italy Tommaso Romito Pescara Co-ownership, Undisclosed
FW Italy Emanuele Calaiò Siena Co-ownership, Undisclosed
DF Italy Maurizio Domizzi Udinese Co-ownership, Undisclosed

Players out on loan

Pos. Player On loan to
FW Italy Christian Bucchi Ascoli
DF Italy Erminio Rullo Triestina

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 30 May 2009

No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A UEFA Intertoto Cup UEFA Cup Coppa Italia
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Italy ITA Gennaro Iezzo 16 0 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Italy ITA Gianluca Grava 9 0 5+1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
3 MF Italy ITA Luigi Vitale 23 2 17+1 1 2 0 2 1 0+1 0
4 MF Italy ITA Francesco Montervino 16 1 6+7 1 0 0 1 0 2 0
5 MF Italy ITA Michele Pazienza 36 1 18+11 1 0+2 0 2+1 0 2 0
6 DF Italy ITA Salvatore Aronica 25 0 15+8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
7 FW Argentina ARG Ezequiel Lavezzi 34 8 29+1 7 0 0 2+1 1 1 0
8 MF Italy ITA Manuele Blasi 36 0 31+1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
9 FW Argentina ARG Germán Denis 40 9 22+12 8 2 0 1+2 1 0+1 0
11 MF Italy ITA Christian Maggio 28 5 22+1 4 2 0 2 1 0+1 0
12 FW Brazil BRA Piá 20 6 8+7 4 0+2 0 1+1 1 1 1
13 DF Italy ITA Fabiano Santacroce 30 0 27 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
15 MF Argentina ARG Jesús Dátolo 9 0 3+6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF Slovakia SVK Marek Hamšík 39 12 31+1 9 2 1 2+1 1 2 1
18 MF Uruguay URU Mariano Bogliacino 19 3 8+7 2 2 1 0 0 0+2 0
19 DF Italy ITA Mirko Savini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF Italy ITA Andrea Russotto 17 0 0+15 0 0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
22 GK Italy ITA Matteo Gianello 8 0 5+1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
23 MF Uruguay URU Walter Gargano 33 0 23+3 0 2 0 3 0 2 0
24 MF Italy ITA Samuele Dalla Bona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 FW Uruguay URU Marcelo Zalayeta 32 4 17+10 4 0 0 2+1 0 2 0
28 DF Italy ITA Paolo Cannavaro 36 0 30 0 2 0 3 0 1 0
30 GK Argentina ARG Nicolás Navarro 22 0 18+1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
32 MF Uruguay URU Nicolás Amodio 3 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 GK Italy ITA Luigi Sepe 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
70 GK Italy ITA Luca Bucci 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
77 MF Italy ITA Daniele Mannini 26 0 21+3 0 0 0 0+1 0 1 0
83 MF Italy ITA Leandro Rinaudo 21 0 13+4 0 1 0 2 0 1 0
96 DF Italy ITA Matteo Contini 40 0 31+3 0 2 0 3 0 1 0

Disciplinary record

Disciplinary records for 2008–09 league and cup matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.
No. Nat. Player Yellow cards Red cards
2 Italy Luigi Vitale 2 0
4 Italy Francesco Montervino 1 0
5 Italy Michele Pazienza 1 0
6 Italy Salvatore Aronica 2 0
8 Italy Manuele Blasi 2 0
9 Argentina Germán Denis 1 0
13 Italy Fabiano Santacroce 3 2
28 Italy Paolo Cannavaro 1 0

Starting 11

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 MS Notes
30 GK Argentina Navarro 21
13 CB Italy Santacroce 30
28 CB Italy Cannavaro 36
96 CB Italy Contini 36
11 RWB Italy Maggio 26
8 CM Italy Blasi 35
23 CM Uruguay Gargano 30
17 CM Slovakia Hamšík 37
77 LWB Italy Mannini 22
7 ST Argentina Lavezzi 32
9 CF Argentina Denis 25

Last updated: 31 May 2009
Source: Squad statistics and Start formations
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

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