2008–09 S.S. 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

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
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[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:
  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
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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
Main article: 2008–09 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.

References
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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.
  5. "Lazio, riscattato David Rozenhal". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2008-06-09. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
  6. "Lazio: Becali, Lotito riscatta Radu". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2008-06-24. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
  7. "Lazio sign Libor Kozak". Fifa.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 2008-07-05. 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.
  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.
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  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.
  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.
  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.
  18. "Ufficiale, Matuzalem alla Lazio". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2008-07-18. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
  19. "Ufficiale, Zauri alla Fiorentina". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2008-07-18. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
  20. "Lazio, Makinwa ceduto in prestito al Chievo". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2009-01-21. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
  21. "Bologna, preso Belleri dalla Lazio". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2009-01-25. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
  22. "Salernitana, in arrivo Berni dalla Lazio". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 2009-02-01. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
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