2004–05 SS Lazio season

The 2004–05 season was the 105th season in Società Sportiva Lazio's history and their 17th consecutive season in the top-flight of Italian football.

Lazio

2004–05 season
Owner	Claudio Lotito
Chairman	Claudio Lotito
Manager	Domenico Caso Giuseppe Papadopulo
Serie A	13th
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
UEFA Cup	Group stage
Supercoppa Italiana	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Tommaso Rocchi (13) All: Tommaso Rocchi (17)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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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  ITA Angelo Peruzzi 3 DF  ARG Leonardo Talamonti 4 DF  ESP Óscar López 5 DF  ITA Sebastiano Siviglia 6 MF  FRA Ousmane Dabo 7 MF  ITA Antonio Filippini 8 DF  ITA Luciano Zauri 9 FW  ITA Paolo Di Canio 10 MF  BRA César 11 FW  ITA Roberto Muzzi 13 MF  ITA Dino Baggio 14 MF  ITA Emanuele Filippini 15 GK  ITA Fabrizio Casazza 16 MF  ITA Giuliano Giannichedda 17 MF  CIV Christian Manfredini 18 FW  ITA Tommaso Rocchi

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  MKD Goran Pandev 20 MF  ITA Fabio Liverani 22 DF  ITA Massimo Oddo 23 DF  ITA Paolo Negro 24 DF  POR Fernando Couto 25 DF  CRO Anthony Šerić 26 MF  ARG Esteban González 28 DF  ARG Matías Lequi 29 FW  ITA Fabio Bazzani 31 MF  ITA Fabrizio Melara 33 GK  ITA Matteo Sereni 34 MF  ITA Emiliano Corsi 41 FW  ESP Roberto Delgado 43 DF  ITA Simone Sannibale 44 FW  ITA Claudio De Sousa

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
DF	Leonardo Talamonti	Rosario Central
DF	Oscar Lopez	FC Barcelona	loan
DF	Sebastiano Siviglia	Parma F.C.	loan
DF	Anthony Seric	Hellas Verona	loan
DF	Matías Lequi	Atletico Madrid
MF	Esteban Gonzalez	Gimnasia LP
MF	Miguel Mea Vitali	Caracas FC
MF	Antonio Filippini	Palermo F.C.
MF	Emanuele Filippini	Palermo F.C.
FW	Paolo Di Canio	Charlton Athletic
FW	Tommaso Rocchi	Empoli F.C.
FW	Goran Pandev	Internazionale
FW	Fabio Bazzani	Sampdoria	loan
MF	Gaizka Mendieta	Middlesbrough FC	loan ended
MF	Dino Baggio	AC Ancona	loan ended

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Jaap Stam	Milan	€10.50 million
DF	Sinisa Mihajlovic	Internazionale
DF	Giuseppe Favalli	Internazionale
MF	Stefano Fiore	Valencia CF
FW	Bernardo Corradi	Valencia CF
FW	Claudio Lopez	Club América	loan
DF	Francesco Colonnese	A.C. Siena
MF	Gaizka Mendieta	Middlesbrough FC
MF	Lucas Castroman	Velez Sarsfield

Left club during season

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 — MF  ITA Demetrio Albertini (on loan to FC Barcelona) — FW  ITA Simone Inzaghi (on loan to Sampdoria)

Competitions

Supercoppa Italiana

Main article: 2004 Supercoppa Italiana

Milan v Lazio

21 August 2004	Milan	3–0	Lazio	Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Shevchenko 36', 46', 76'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 33,274 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Serie A

Main article: 2004–05 Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
11	Lecce	38	10	14	14	66	73	−7	44
12	Cagliari	38	10	14	14	51	60	−9	44
13	Lazio[a]	38	11	11	16	48	53	−5	44	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
14	Siena	38	9	16	13	44	55	−11	43
15	Chievo	38	11	10	17	32	49	−17	43

Source: 2004–05 Serie A, RSSSF.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[1]
Notes:

1. Lazio gained entry to the 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Messina and Livorno renounced.

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	11	11	16	48	53	−5	44	6	6	7	26	24	+2	5	5	9	22	29	−7

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	D	D	D
Position	1	2	2	4	7	11	13	8	9	9	12	6	11	14	15	15	13	10	11	14	15	15	15	15	12	11	12	14	14	10	7	7	9	10	10	10	11	13

Updated to match(es) played on 29 May 2005. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Sampdoria v Lazio

12 September 2004 1	Sampdoria	0–1	Lazio	Genoa
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)			Di Canio 29' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 24,298 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Lazio v Reggina

19 September 2004 2	Lazio	1–1	Reggina	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	S. Inzaghi 32' (pen.)		Bonazzoli 35'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 37,773 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

Brescia v Lazio

22 September 2004 3	Brescia	0–2	Lazio	Brescia
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)			Rocchi 29' Couto 45'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Attendance: 6,980 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

Lazio v Milan

26 September 2004 4	Lazio	1–2	Milan	Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rocchi 37'		Shevchenko 70', 74'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 41,738 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

Atalanta v Lazio

3 October 2004 5	Atalanta	1–1	Lazio	Bergamo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gautieri 11'		Muzzi 85'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 12,634 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Lazio v Chievo

17 October 2004 6	Lazio	0–1	Chievo	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)			Brighi 72'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 33,112 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Parma v Lazio

24 October 2004 7	Parma	3–1	Lazio	Parma
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Marchionni 16' Bresciano 27' Gilardino 64'		Rocchi 36'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 11,521 Referee: Domenico Messina

Lazio v Messina

27 October 2004 8	Lazio	2–0	Messina	Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Manfredini 36' De Sousa 65'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 33,078 Referee: Stefano Cassarà

Internazionale v Lazio

30 October 2004 9	Internazionale	1–1	Lazio	Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Adriano 46'		Talamonti 77'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 56,016 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

Lazio v Siena

7 November 2004 10	Lazio	1–1	Siena	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Couto 47'		Portanova 67'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 32,122 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Livorno v Lazio

10 November 2004 11	Livorno	1–0	Lazio	Livorno
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	C. Lucarelli 42'			Stadium: Stadio Armando Picchi Attendance: 14,321 Referee: Danilo Nucini

Lazio v Bologna

14 November 2004 12	Lazio	2–1	Bologna	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rocchi 6' Di Canio 85' (pen.)		Tare 53'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 31,205 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Lazio v Cagliari

28 November 2004 13	Lazio	2–3	Cagliari	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pandev 7' Oddo 80' (pen.)		Langella 34' Esposito 65' Zola 71'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 32,822 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

Juventus v Lazio

5 December 2004 14	Juventus	2–1	Lazio	Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Olivera 40' Ibrahimović 75'		Pandev 11'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 20,787 Referee: Paolo Dondarini

Lazio v Lecce

11 December 2004 15	Lazio	3–3	Lecce	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rocchi 51' Di Canio 68' (pen.), 77'		Babù 9', 75' Bojinov 32'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

Udinese v Lazio

19 December 2004 16	Udinese	3–0	Lazio	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pizarro 13' (pen.) Di Michele 17' Iaquinta 36'			Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 14,550 Referee: Daniele Tombolini

Lazio v Roma

6 January 2005 17	Lazio	3–1	Roma	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Di Canio 28' César 75' Rocchi 84'		Cassano 68'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 64,734 Referee: Paolo Dondarini

Fiorentina v Lazio

9 January 2005 18	Fiorentina	2–3	Lazio	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Miccoli 1', 85'		Di Canio 33' Pandev 64' Dabo 75'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 30,142 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Lazio v Palermo

16 January 2005 19	Lazio	1–3	Palermo	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bazzani 15'		Toni 42', 90' Zauli 66'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 35,914 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

Lazio v Sampdoria

23 January 2005 20	Lazio	1–2	Sampdoria	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rocchi 64'		Kutuzov 1' Flachi 4' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 33,716 Referee: Michele Cruciani

Reggina v Lazio

30 January 2005 21	Reggina	2–1	Lazio	Reggio Calabria
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bonazzoli 72' De Rosa 90+3'		César 10'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 14,622 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

Lazio v Brescia

2 February 2005 22	Lazio	0–0	Brescia	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 31,171 Referee: Daniele Tombolini

Milan v Lazio

6 February 2005 23	Milan	2–1	Lazio	Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Shevchenko 72' Crespo 90+4'		Oddo 12' (pen.)	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 56,845 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Lazio v Atalanta

12 February 2005 24	Lazio	2–1	Atalanta	Rome
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bazzani 45+1' Liverani 89'		Makinwa 45'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 35,798 Referee: Christian Brighi

Chievo v Lazio

20 February 2005 25	Chievo	0–1	Lazio	Verona
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)			Rocchi 76'	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 8,082 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Lazio v Parma

27 February 2005 26	Lazio	2–0	Parma	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Oddo 19' E. Filippini 85'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 33,731 Referee: Domenico Messina

Messina v Lazio

6 March 2005 27	Messina	1–0	Lazio	Messina
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Coppola 44'			Stadium: Stadio San Filippo Attendance: 33,437 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

Lazio v Internazionale

12 March 2005 28	Lazio	1–1	Internazionale	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	A. Filippini 45'		Cruz 70'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

Siena v Lazio

19 March 2005 29	Siena	1–0	Lazio	Siena
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tudor 57'			Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 10,491 Referee: Daniele Tombolini

Lazio v Livorno

10 April 2005 30	Lazio	3–1	Livorno	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Muzzi 16' César 45' (pen.) Rocchi 45'		Protti 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 33,594 Referee: Domenico Messina

Bologna v Lazio

17 April 2005 31	Bologna	1–2	Lazio	Bologna
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Giunti 15'		Oddo 54' (pen.) Rocchi 74'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 14,694 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Cagliari v Lazio

20 April 2005 32	Cagliari	1–1	Lazio	Cagliari
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Esposito 72'		Siviglia 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Christian Brighi

Lazio v Juventus

24 April 2005 33	Lazio	0–1	Juventus	Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)			Nedvěd 85'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 45,462 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

Lecce v Lazio

1 May 2005 34	Lecce	5–3	Lazio	Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Dalla Bona 5' (pen.) Vučinić 45+2', 77', 81' Diamoutene 70' (pen.)		Rocchi 29', 52', 58'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 21,384 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

Lazio v Udinese

8 May 2005 35	Lazio	0–1	Udinese	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)			Iaquinta 65'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 33,604 Referee: Daniele Tombolini

Roma v Lazio

15 May 2005 36	Roma	0–0	Lazio	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 64,396 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Lazio v Fiorentina

22 May 2005 37	Lazio	1–1	Fiorentina	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Siviglia 18'		Maresca 2'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 45,221 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Palermo v Lazio

29 May 2005 38	Palermo	3–3	Lazio	Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Toni 2', 64' Brienza 40'		Rocchi 43' Bazzani 71' Muzzi 87'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 33,074 Referee: Domenico Messina

Top Scorers

• Tommaso Rocchi 13
• Paolo Di Canio 6 (2)
• Massimo Oddo 4 (3)
• Fernando Couto 3
• Fabio Bazzani 3

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2004–05 Coppa Italia

Round of 16

Cagliari v Lazio

21 November 2004 First leg	Cagliari	2–1	Lazio	Cagliari
16:00 CET	Langella 35' Zola 82' (pen.)		A. Filippini 60'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Referee: Antonio Dattilo

Lazio v Cagliari

13 January 2005 Second leg	Lazio	3–2 (a.e.t.) (3–3a agg.)	Cagliari	Rome
15:00 CET	A. Filippini 10' Rocchi 64', 119'		Conti 82' Zola 102'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 5,223 Referee: Diego Preschern

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Cup

First round

Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Cup first round

Metalurh Donetsk v Lazio

16 September 2004 First leg	Metalurh Donetsk	0–3	Lazio	Donetsk, Ukraine
19:00		Report	Rocchi 72' César 75' Pandev 85'	Stadium: Shakhtar Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Athanassios Briakos (Greece)

Lazio v Metalurh Donetsk

30 September 2004 Second leg	Lazio	3–0 (6–0 agg.)	Metalurh Donetsk	Rome, Italy
21:00	Liverani 10', 25' Muzzi 22'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Paulo Costa (Portugal)

Group stage

Group C

Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Cup group stage § Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Middlesbrough	4	3	0	1	6	2	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Villarreal	4	2	2	0	8	2	+6	8
3	Partizan	4	1	2	1	7	6	+1	5
4	Lazio	4	0	3	1	5	7	−2	3
5	Egaleo	4	0	1	3	2	11	−9	1

Source: RSSSF

Lazio v Villarreal

21 October 2004 1	Lazio	1–1	Villarreal	Rome, Italy
21:00	Rocchi 85'	Report	José Mari 4'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Michael Weiner (Germany)

Middlesbrough v Lazio

4 November 2004 2	Middlesbrough	2–0	Lazio	Middlesbrough, England
21:00	Zenden 16', 71'	Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

Lazio v Partizan

25 November 2004 3	Lazio	2–2	Partizan	Rome, Italy
21:00	Di Canio 52' Inzaghi 73'	Report	Boya 6', 24'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Anton Stredak (Slovakia)

Egaleo v Lazio

2 December 2004 4	Egaleo	2–2	Lazio	Athens, Greece
20:45	Chloros 9' Agritis 54'	Report	Muzzi 13' 36'	Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)