2008–09 SS 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
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

Club

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Management

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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

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

Source: SSLazio.it

Squad

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First team

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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

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Non-EU players

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Competitions

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Serie A

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League table

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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

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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

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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'
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'
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

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Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F – A
Scorers Attendance
24 August 2008 Third round Benevento H 5 – 1 Archived 2008-08-26 at the Wayback Machine Mauri 9', Meghni 22', Manfredini 54', Pandev (2) 57', 90' 8,000
1 October 2008 Fourth round Atalanta H 2 – 0 Archived 2008-12-05 at the Wayback Machine Ledesma 17', Pandev 83' 10,000
4 December 2008 Round of 16 Milan A 2 – 1 Archived 2008-12-07 at the Wayback Machine Zárate 87' (pen.), Pandev 92' 10,000
23 January 2009 Quarter-final Torino H 3 – 1[permanent dead link] Pandev 47', Mauri 55', Rocchi 91' 10,000
3 March 2009 Semi-final
First leg
Juventus H 2 – 1 Archived 2009-04-15 at the Wayback Machine 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 Archived 2009-05-19 at the Wayback Machine Zárate 4'
(6 – 5p)
68,000

Top scorers

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Transfers

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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]
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

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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

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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

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Does not take into account undisclosed fees.

References

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  1. ^ "Prima Squadra" (in Italian). sslazio.it. Retrieved 2008-09-03. [dead link]
  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.
  5. ^ "Lazio, riscattato David Rozenhal". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2008-06-09. Retrieved 2009-09-08. [dead link]
  6. ^ "Lazio: Becali, Lotito riscatta Radu". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2008-06-24. Retrieved 2009-09-08. [dead link]
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Comunicato Ufficiale A.C. Milan". Acmilan.com (in Italian). A.C. Milan. 2008-08-28. Retrieved 2009-09-08. [dead link]
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ a b c d "Calciomercato: acquisti e cessioni della tua squadra". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. Retrieved 2009-09-09. [dead link]
  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. [dead link]
  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. [dead link]
  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.[permanent dead link]
  18. ^ "Ufficiale, Matuzalem alla Lazio". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2008-07-18. Retrieved 2009-09-08. [dead link]
  19. ^ "Ufficiale, Zauri alla Fiorentina". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2008-07-18. Retrieved 2009-09-09.[permanent dead link]
  20. ^ "Lazio, Makinwa ceduto in prestito al Chievo". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2009-01-21. Retrieved 2009-09-09.[permanent dead link]
  21. ^ "Bologna, preso Belleri dalla Lazio". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2009-01-25. Retrieved 2009-09-09. [dead link]
  22. ^ "Salernitana, in arrivo Berni dalla Lazio". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2009-02-01. Retrieved 2009-09-09. [dead link]
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