2008–09 SS Lazio season

Lazio
2008–09 season
OwnerClaudio Lotito
ChairmanClaudio Lotito
ManagerDelio Rossi
Serie A10th
Coppa ItaliaWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
Mauro Zárate (13)
All:
Mauro Zárate (16)
Highest home attendance55,490 v Roma
(11 April 2009)
Lowest home attendance25,500 v Napoli
(26 October 2008)
Average home league attendance34,626

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

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

Other information

President Italy 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Argentina ARG Juan Pablo Carrizo
2 DF Switzerland SUI Stephan Lichtsteiner
3 DF Serbia SRB Aleksandar Kolarov
4 MF Italy ITA Fabio Firmani
5 MF Italy ITA Cristian Brocchi
6 MF France FRA Ousmane Dabo
7 DF Italy ITA Manuel Belleri
8 MF Brazil BRA Matuzalém (on loan from Real Zaragoza)
10 FW Argentina ARG Mauro Zárate (on loan from Al-Sadd)
11 MF Italy ITA Stefano Mauri
13 DF Italy ITA Sebastiano Siviglia
14 GK Italy ITA Tommaso Berni
16 DF Italy ITA Alessandro Tuia
17 MF Italy ITA Pasquale Foggia
18 FW Italy ITA Tommaso Rocchi (captain)
19 FW North Macedonia MKD Goran Pandev
20 FW Czech Republic CZE Libor Kozák
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW Italy ITA Simone Inzaghi
22 DF Czech Republic CZE David Rozehnal
23 MF Algeria ALG Mourad Meghni
24 MF Argentina ARG Cristian Ledesma (vice-captain)
25 DF Brazil BRA Emílson Sánchez Cribari
26 FW Nigeria NGA Stephen Ayodele Makinwa
29 DF Italy ITA Lorenzo De Silvestri
32 DF Romania ROU Ştefan Radu
49 MF Italy ITA Antonio Cinelli
68 MF Ivory Coast CIV Christian Manfredini
80 MF Italy ITA Massimo Mutarelli
81 FW Italy ITA Simone Del Nero
86 GK Uruguay URU Fernando Muslera
87 DF France FRA Modibo Diakité
89 GK France FRA Vincent Degré
90 FW Italy ITA Ettore Mendicino
91 DF Italy 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

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[a]
11 Atalanta 38 13 8 17 45 48 −3 47
12 Napoli 38 12 10 16 43 45 −2 46[b]
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. ^ 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

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA
ResultWWLWWDLLWWWLDLLDWWDLLLLDWWWLLLWWLLLLWL
Position11321157654555787779910111110778999991010101010
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 Cagliari 1–4 Lazio Cagliari
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Larrivey 31' Zárate 62' (pen.), 71'
Foggia 75'
Pandev 84'		 Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Mauro Bergonzi
14 September 2008 2 Lazio 2–0 Sampdoria Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Zárate 7'
Pandev 72'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Christian Brighi
21 September 2008 3 Milan 4–1 Lazio Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Seedorf 7'
Zambrotta 34'
Pato 48'
Kaká 59'		 Zárate 25' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 57,362
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
24 September 2008 4 Lazio 3–0 Fiorentina Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Mauri 51'
Pandev 55'
Siviglia 59'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Andrea De Marco
28 September 2008 5 Torino 1–3 Lazio Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Amoruso 90+2' (pen.) Pandev 30'
Zárate 63', 83' (pen.)		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino
Attendance: 15,264
Referee: Gabriele Gava
4 October 2008 6 Lazio 1–1 Lecce Rome
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) S. Inzaghi 38' Tiribocchi 26' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 38,237
Referee: Nicola Pierpaoli
19 October 2008 7 Bologna 3–1 Lazio Bologna
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Volpi 5'
Di Vaio 12', 26'		 Rocchi 51' Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 20,145
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento
26 October 2008 8 Lazio 0–1 Napoli Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Siviglia 61' (o.g.) Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Luca Banti
29 October 2008 9 Chievo 1–2 Lazio Verona
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Pellissier 11' Pandev 15'
Mantovani 82' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 9,282
Referee: Mauro Bergonzi
2 November 2008 10 Lazio 1–0 Catania Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Foggia 85' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Gabriele Gava
9 November 2008 11 Lazio 3–0 Siena Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Zárate 58'
Rocchi 86', 90+3'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 30,799
Referee: Christian Brighi
16 November 2008 12 Roma 1–0 Lazio Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) J. Baptista 50' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 61,998
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi
23 November 2008 13 Lazio 1–1 Genoa Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Dabo 80' Milito 69' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 31,110
Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni
30 November 2008 14 Atalanta 2–0 Lazio Bergamo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Valdés 54'
Floccari 68'		 Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Attendance: 10,449
Referee: Mauro Bergonzi
6 December 2008 15 Lazio 0–3 Internazionale Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Samuel 2'
Diakité 45+4' (o.g.)
Ibrahimović 55'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Daniele Orsato
14 December 2008 16 Udinese 3–3 Lazio Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Di Natale 9', 55'
Quagliarella 15'		 Zárate 60'
Diakité 72'
Ledesma 85'		 Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
20 December 2008 17 Lazio 1–0 Palermo Rome
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Rocchi 66' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Gabriele Gava
11 January 2009 18 Reggina 2–3 Lazio Reggio Calabria
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Corradi 4'
Cozza 63'		 Pandev 14', 21', 76' Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mauro Bergonzi
18 January 2009 19 Lazio 1–1 Juventus Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Ledesma 25' Mellberg 30' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Emidio Morganti
25 January 2009 20 Lazio 1–4 Cagliari Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Rocchi 3' Jeda 5', 9'
Acquafresca 21' (pen.)
Matri 41'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Andrea Romeo
28 January 2009 21 Sampdoria 3–1 Lazio Genoa
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Delvecchio 13'
Cassano 55'
Stankevičius 55'		 Rocchi 30' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Nicola Ayroldi
1 February 2009 22 Lazio 0–3 Milan Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Pato 42'
Ambrosini 47'
Kaká 83'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
8 February 2009 23 Fiorentina 1–0 Lazio Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Gilardino 90' Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Andrea De Marco
14 February 2009 24 Lazio 1–1 Torino Rome
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Siviglia 75' Abate 36' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Massimiliano Saccani
22 February 2009 25 Lecce 0–2 Lazio Lecce
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Foggia 10'
Kolarov 50'		 Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 7,118
Referee: Andrea Gervasoni
28 February 2009 26 Lazio 2–0 Bologna Rome
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Zárate 36', 81' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Carmine Russo
8 March 2009 27 Napoli 0–2 Lazio Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Rocchi 57', 65' Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Massimiliano Saccani
15 March 2009 28 Lazio 0–3 Chievo Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Bogdani 27'
Pellissier 28', 84'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Oscar Girardi
21 March 2009 29 Catania 1–0 Lazio Catania
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Paolucci 24' Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Christian Brighi
5 April 2009 30 Siena 2–0 Lazio Siena
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Calaiò 25'
Maccarone 85'		 Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Domenico Celi
11 April 2009 31 Lazio 4–2 Roma Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Pandev 2'
Zárate 4'
Lichtsteiner 58'
Kolarov 85'		 Mexès 10'
De Rossi 80'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Emidio Morganti
18 April 2009 32 Genoa 0–1 Lazio Genoa
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Zárate 65' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Massimiliano Saccani
26 April 2009 33 Lazio 0–1 Atalanta Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Talamonti 24' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Andrea Romeo
2 May 2009 34 Internazionale 2–0 Lazio Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Ibrahimović 58'
Muntari 70'		 Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 58,576
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento
10 May 2009 35 Lazio 1–3 Udinese Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Rocchi 56' Floro Flores 60'
D'Agostino 69'
Quagliarella 86' (pen.)		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Nicola Stefanini
17 May 2009 36 Palermo 2–0 Lazio Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Miccoli 6' (pen.)
Migliaccio 87'		 Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera
Attendance: 29,480
Referee: Carmine Russo
20 May 2009 37 Lazio 1–0 Reggina Rome
19:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Zárate 26' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Andrea Gervasoni
31 May 2009 38 Juventus 2–0 Lazio Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Iaquinta 3', 59' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2008–09 Coppa Italia
23 August 2008 Third round Lazio 5–1 Benevento Rome
20:45 CEST Cattaneo 9' (o.g.)
Meghni 23'
Manfredini 55'
Pandev 58', 90'		 Bueno 49' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni
1 October 2008 Fourth round Lazio 2–0 Atalanta Rome
20:30 CEST Ledesma 17'
Pandev 84'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni
3 December 2008 Round of 16 Milan 1–2 (a.e.t.) Lazio Milan
20:45 CET Shevchenko 77' Zárate 79' (pen.)
Pandev 93'		 Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 3,905
Referee: Nicola Ayroldi
22 January 2009 Quarter-finals Lazio 3–1 Torino Rome
21:00 CET Pandev 49'
Mauri 55'
Rocchi 90+1'		 Natali 29' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Andrea Gervasoni
3 March 2009 Semi-finals
First leg		 Lazio 2–1 Juventus Rome
20:45 CET Pandev 65'
Rocchi 78'		 Marchionni 34' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento
22 April 2009 Semi-finals
Second leg		 Juventus 1–2
(2–4 agg.)		 Lazio Turin
20:45 CEST Del Piero 64' Zárate 38'
Kolarov 52'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 20,00
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
13 May 2009 Final Lazio 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(6–5 p)		 Sampdoria Rome
20:45 CEST Zárate 4' Report Pazzini 31' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 68,000
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
Penalties
Ledesma soccer ball with check mark
Rocchi soccer ball with red X
Rozehnal soccer ball with check mark
Kolarov soccer ball with check mark
Zárate soccer ball with check mark
Lichtsteiner soccer ball with check mark
Dabo soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with red X Cassano
soccer ball with check mark Palombo
soccer ball with check mark Pazzini
soccer ball with check mark Gastaldello
soccer ball with check mark Accardi
soccer ball with check mark Delvecchio
soccer ball with red X Campagnaro

Top scorers

Transfers

In

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

Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee
30 June 2008 GK Italy Marco Ballotta Unattached Retired[10]
30 June 2008 MF Italy Fabio Vignaroli Unattached End of contract[11]
9 July 2008 FW Albania Igli Tare Unattached Retired[12]
17 July 2008 MF Belgium Gaby Mudingayi Italy Bologna €6m[13]
23 July 2008 MF Switzerland Valon Behrami England West Ham United €6.5m[14]
25 October 2008 MF Italy 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 Argentina Mauro Zárate Qatar Al-Sadd €3m[16][17]
18 July 2008 End of the season MF Brazil Matuzalém Spain Real Zaragoza Free[18]

Loaned out

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

Estimated transfer totals

Does not take into account undisclosed fees.

References

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