2008–09 Atalanta B.C. season

Atalanta

2008–09 season
Chairman	Ivan Ruggeri
Manager	Luigi Delneri
Serie A	11th
Coppa Italia	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Sergio Floccari (12) All: Sergio Floccari (12)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Squad

As of 2009-02-02 [1]

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  ITA Andrea Consigli 2 DF  ARG Leonardo Talamonti 5 DF  ITA Thomas Manfredini 6 DF  ITA Gianpaolo Bellini 8 DF  AUT György Garics 9 FW  ITA Gianvito Plasmati (on loan from Catania) 11 FW  ITA Alessio Cerci (on loan from Roma) 13 DF  ITA Federico Peluso 15 MF  ITA Diego De Ascentis 17 MF  ITA Tiberio Guarente 20 MF  CHI Jaime Valdés 21 MF  ITA Luca Cigarini 22 MF  ITA Simone Padoin

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF  POR Costinha 26 DF  ARG Maximiliano Pellegrino 27 DF  ITA Daniele Capelli 31 GK  ITA Ferdinando Coppola 32 FW  ITA Christian Vieri 33 FW  ITA Sergio Floccari 34 FW  ITA Marino Defendi 46 MF  ITA Simone Cerea (from youth team) 55 MF  ITA Francesco Parravicini (on loan from Parma) 72 MF  ITA Cristiano Doni (captain) 79 MF  BRA Adriano Ferreira Pinto 91 GK  ITA Simone Colombi (from youth team)

Transfers

January 2009

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 13 DF  ITA Federico Peluso (from AlbinoLeffe, €1,000,000) 9 FW  ITA Gianvito Plasmati (from Catania, loan) 55 MF  ITA Francesco Parravicini (from Parma, loan)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  GUI Karamoko Cissé (to AlbinoLeffe, €500,000, co-ownership) — DF  ITA Claudio Rivalta (to Torino, undisclosed)

Out on loan: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  ITA Michele Marconi (to Grosseto) — MF  ITA Giacomo Bonaventura (to Pergocrema) — MF  ITA Alessio Manzoni (to Parma) — MF  ITA Antonino D'Agostino (to Parma)

Summer 2008

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  CHI Jaime Valdés (from Lecce, Free) 34 FW  ITA Marino Defendi (from Chievo, loan return) — DF  ITA Dario Bergamelli (from Manfredonia, loan return) 32 FW  ITA Christian Vieri (from Fiorentina, Free) — MF  ITA Christian Tiboni (from Sassuolo, loan return) 1 GK  ITA Andrea Consigli (from Rimini, loan return) 8 DF  AUT György Garics (from Napoli, €1,800,000, co-ownership) 7 MF  ITA Alessio Manzoni (from Spezia, loan return) — FW  ITA Andrea Lazzari (from Grosseto, loan return) 21 MF  ITA Luca Cigarini (from Parma, €5,000,000, co-ownership) 11 MF  ITA Alessio Cerci (from Roma, loan) 9 FW  GUI Karamoko Cissé (from Hellas Verona, loan return)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  ITA Antonio Langella (to Udinese, Free) — DF  ITA Manuel Belleri (to Lazio, loan return) — DF  ITA Riccardo Fissore (to Vicenza, loan return) — FW  ITA Simone Inzaghi (to Lazio, loan return) — FW  ITA Michele Paolucci (to Udinese, loan return) — DF  ITA Moris Carrozzieri (to Palermo, €4,000,000) — MF  ARG Fernando Tissone (to Udinese, €4,200,000, co-ownership buyout) — FW  ITA Andrea Lazzari (to Cagliari, €2,000,000, co-ownership) — GK  ITA Andrea Ivan (released) — FW  BIH Zlatan Muslimović (to PAOK, €3,000,000) — GK  PER George Forsyth (to Alianza Lima, €2,000,000)

Out on loan: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ITA Luisito Campisi (to Hellas Verona) — FW  ITA Michael Cia (to Triestina) — MF  ITA Christian Tiboni (to Hellas Verona) — GK  ITA Matteo Andreoletti (to Lecco) — DF  ITA Dario Bergamelli (to Sassuolo) — DF  ITA Gabriele Perico (to Poggibonsi) — FW  ITA Alberto Filippini (to Padova) — DF  ITA Stefano Mauri (to Ternana) — MF  SRB Ivan Radovanović (to Pisa)

Appearances and goals

Correct as of 17:19, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Andrea Consigli	1	0	1	0	0	0
2	DF		Leonardo Talamonti	22	0	21	0	1	0
5	DF		Thomas Manfredini	21	2	19	1	2	1
6	DF		Gianpaolo Bellini	20	0	19	0	1	0
7	MF		Alessio Manzoni	1	0	1	0	0	0
8	DF		György Garics	24	1	22	1	2	0
9	FW		Karamoko Cissé	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Gianvito Plasmati	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Alessio Cerci	7	0	7	0	0	0
13	FW		Federico Peluso	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF		Diego De Ascentis	18	0	16	0	2	0
16	DF		Claudio Rivalta	12	0	11	0	1	0
17	MF		Tiberio Guarente	23	2	21	2	2	0
18	MF		Antonino D'Agostino	1	0	1	0	0	0
20	MF		Jaime Valdés	18	2	16	2	2	0
21	MF		Luca Cigarini	12	0	10	0	2	0
22	MF		Simone Padoin	23	1	21	1	2	0
23	MF		Costinha	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF		Maximiliano Pellegrino	8	0	7	0	1	0
27	DF		Daniele Capelli	8	0	7	0	1	0
28	MF		Giacomo Bonaventura	1	0	1	0	0	0
31	GK		Ferdinando Coppola	23	0	21	0	2	0
32	FW		Christian Vieri	8	2	8	2	0	0
33	FW		Sergio Floccari	24	10	22	10	2	0
34	FW		Marino Defendi	4	0	4	0	0	0
46	MF		Simone Cerea	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	MF		Francesco Parravicini	0	0	0	0	0	0
72	MF		Cristiano Doni	21	5	20	5	1	0
79	MF		Adriano Ferreira Pinto	23	3	21	3	2	0
89	FW		Michele Marconi	5	1	3	0	2	1
91	GK		Simone Colombi	0	0	0	0	0	0

Top scorers

Friendlies not included

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Goals
1		33	Sergio Floccari	10
2		72	Cristiano Doni	5
3		79	Adriano Ferreira Pinto	3
4		17	Tiberio Guarente	2
=		20	Jaime Valdés	2
=		32	Christian Vieri	2
5		8	György Garics	1
=		5	Thomas Manfredini	1
=		7	Michele Marconi	1
=		22	Simone Padoin	1

Matches

Pre-season friendlies

2008-08-05

Atalanta	7–0	Team Veneto
Valdés  9', 12' (pen.), 32' Colombo  21' (o.g.) D'Agostino  65' Ferreira Pinto  73' Vukomanović  78' (o.g.)	Report (in Italian)

Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo

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2008-08-09

Mons	0–2	Atalanta
	Report (in Italian)	Floccari  1' Doni  34'

Stade Charles Tondreau, Mons, Belgium

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2008-08-13

Atalanta	5–0	AlzanoCene
Valdés , Marconi , Cissé	Report (in Italian)

Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo

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2008-08-15

Atalanta	a–a Match abandoned at HT (bad weather) Score was 3–0	Legnano
Valdés  3' Guarente  8' Floccari  38'	Report (in Italian)

Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo

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2008-08-20

Atalanta	6–1	Merate
Padoin  7' Rivalta  21' De Ascentis  25', 43' Manfredini  31' Manzoni  59'	Report (in Italian)	Pereira  90' (pen.)

Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo

Referee: Massimo Ballini

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2008-08-28

Atalanta	3–2	Villa d'Adda
Floccari  10' Guarente  31' Padoin  50'	Report (in Italian)	Pesenti  22' (pen.) Posenato  65'

Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo

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Coppa Italia

2008-08-23

15:30 CET

Atalanta	2–1	Modena
Manfredini  31' Marconi  90'		Bruno  40' (pen.)

Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo

Attendance: 4,900

Referee: Nicola Ayroldi (Molfetta)

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2008-10-01

20:30 CET

Lazio	2–0	Atalanta
Ledesma  17' Pandev  84'	Report (in Italian)

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Siena)

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Serie A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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]
13	Sampdoria	38	11	13	14	49	52	−3	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. Napoli finished ahead of Sampdoria on head-to-head points: Napoli 2–0 Sampdoria, Sampdoria 2–2 Napoli.

2008-08-31	Atalanta	1–0	Siena	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo
15:00 CET	Padoin  15'	Report	Maccarone  55'  88'	Attendance: 11,682 Referee: Carmine Russo (Nola)

2008-09-14	Bologna	0–1	Atalanta	Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna
15:00 CET		Report (in Italian)	Guarente  9'	Attendance: 17,849 Referee: Paolo Valeri (Roma)

2008-09-20	Catania	1–0	Atalanta	Stadio Angelo Massimino, Catania
18:00 CET	Paolucci  60'	Report (in Italian)		Attendance: 17,246 Referee: Maurizio Ciampi (Roma)

2008-09-24	Atalanta	1–0	Cagliari	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo
20:30 CET	Floccari  79'	Report (in Italian)		Attendance: 11,846 Referee: Nicola Stefanini (Prato)

2008-09-28	Roma	2–0	Atalanta	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
15:00 CET	Panucci  17' Vučinić  31'	Report (in Italian)		Attendance: 30,366 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Terni)

2008-10-05	Atalanta	4–2	Sampdoria	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo
15:00 CET	Floccari  35', 77' Garics  39' Doni  83'	Report (in Italian)	Cassano  7', 54' (pen.) Accardi  47'  73' Dessena  82'	Attendance: 12,020 Referee: Oscar Girardi (San Dona)

2008-10-19	Chievo	1–1	Atalanta	Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona
15:00 CET	Mantovani  45+4'	Report (in Italian)	Ferreira Pinto  62'	Attendance: 11,462 Referee: Paolo Valeri (Roma)

2008-10-26	Atalanta	0–1	Milan	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo
15:00 CET		Report (in Italian)	Kaká  80'	Attendance: 20.100 Referee: Stefano Farina (Novi Ligure)

2008-10-29	Torino	2–1	Atalanta	Stadio Olimpico, Turin
20:30 CET	Amoruso  62' Stellone  64'	Report (in Italian)	Floccari  66'	Attendance: 20.000 Referee: De Marco

2008-11-02	Atalanta	0–0	Lecce	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo
15:00 CET		Report (in Italian)		Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Luca Marelli

2008-11-09	Fiorentina	2–1	Atalanta	Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence
15:00 CET	Melo  20' Gilardino  23'	Report (in Italian)	Floccari  76'	Referee: Antonio Damato

2008-11-16	Atalanta	3–1	Napoli	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo
15:00 CET	Ferreira Pinto  64' Manfredini  89' Floccari  90+1'	Report (in Italian)	Hamšík  72' (pen.)	Referee: Christian Brighi

2008-11-23	Reggina	3–1	Atalanta	Stadio Oreste Granillo, Reggio Calabria
15:00 CET	Cozza  10' Corradi  21',  79'	Report (in Italian)	Doni  90+4'	Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

2008-11-30	Atalanta	2–0	Lazio	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo
15:00 CET	Valdés  54' Floccari  68'	Report (in Italian)		Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

2008-12-07	Atalanta	3–0	Udinese	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo
15:00 CET	Valdés  20' Doni  78' Vieri  88'	Report (in Italian)		Referee: Carmine Russo

2008-12-14	Genoa	1–1	Atalanta	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
15:00 CET	Sculli  86'	Report (in Italian)	Floccari  17'	Referee: Antonio Giannoccaro

2008-12-21	Atalanta	1–3	Juventus	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo
15:00 CET	Vieri  48'	Report (in Italian)	Del Piero  30' Legrottaglie  37' Amauri  81'	Referee: Stefano Farina

2009-01-11	Palermo	3–2	Atalanta	Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo
15:00 CET	Miccoli  22' Bresciano  39' Cavani  81'	Report (in Italian)	Floccari  65' Ferreira Pinto  78'	Referee: Oscar Girardi

2009-01-18	Atalanta	3–1	Internazionale	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo
15:00 CET	Floccari  18' Doni  28', 33'	Report (in Italian)	Ibrahimović  90+2'	Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

2009-01-25	Siena	1–0	Atalanta	Stadio Artemio Franchi, Siena
15:00 CET	Frick  44'	Report (in Italian)		Referee: Renzo Candussio

2009-01-28	Atalanta	0–1	Bologna	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo
20:30 CET		Report (in Italian)	Volpi  80'	Referee: Antonio Giannoccaro

2009-01-31	Atalanta	1–0	Catania	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo
15:15 CET	Guarente  24'	Report (in Italian)		Referee: Paolo Dondarini

References

1. "ROSA UFFICIALE ATALANTA BERGAMASCA CALCIO - STAGIONE 2008/2009". Atalanta BC. Archived from the original on 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2008-09-15.