2005–06 SS Lazio season

The 2005–06 season was the 106th season in Società Sportiva Lazio's history and their 18th consecutive season in the top-flight of Italian football. Lazio finished Serie A in 6th place, but were later placed in 16th, just above the relegation zone due to involvement in the 2006 Italian football scandal.

Lazio

2005–06 season
Owner	Claudio Lotito
Chairman	Claudio Lotito
Manager	Delio Rossi
Serie A	6th (later reverted to 16th)
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
Intertoto Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Tommaso Rocchi (16) 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 2 DF  ITA Guglielmo Stendardo 4 MF  ITA Fabio Firmani 5 DF  ITA Felice Piccolo 6 MF  FRA Ousmane Dabo 7 DF  ITA Manuel Belleri 8 DF  ITA Luciano Zauri 9 FW  ITA Paolo Di Canio 10 MF  ITA Massimo Bonanni 11 MF  ITA Stefano Mauri 13 DF  ITA Sebastiano Siviglia 14 DF  ITA Lorenzo De Silvestri 16 DF  ITA Andrea Giallombardo 17 FW  ALB Igli Tare

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  ITA Tommaso Rocchi 19 FW  MKD Goran Pandev 20 MF  ITA Fabio Liverani 21 FW  ITA Simone Inzaghi 22 DF  ITA Massimo Oddo 24 GK  SVN Samir Handanovič 25 DF  BRA Cribari 26 MF  BEL Gaby Mudingayi 31 MF  DEN Christian Keller 32 GK  ITA Marco Ballotta 68 MF  CIV Christian Manfredini 85 MF  SUI Valon Behrami 86 MF  BRA Guilherme Siqueira

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
GK	Marco Ballotta	Treviso FBC 1993
DF	Manuel Belleri	Udinese Calcio
DF	Emílson Sánchez Cribari	Udinese Calcio	loan
DF	Andrea Giallombardo	AS Livorno	loan
DF	Cristiano Gimelli	AS Casale Calcio	loan ended
DF	Felice Piccolo	Juventus FC	loan
DF	Sebastiano Siviglia	Parma FC
DF	Guglielmo Stendardo	AC Perugia Calcio
MF	Valon Behrami	Genoa CFC
MF	Fabio Firmani	Calcio Catania
MF	Christian Keller	Torino FC
MF	Miguel Mea Vitali	Sora Calcio	loan ended
MF	Gaby Mudingayi	Torino FC
MF	Braian Robert	US Catanzaro 1929	loan ended
FW	Simone Inzaghi	UC Sampdoria	loan ended
FW	Goran Pandev	Internazionale
FW	Igli Tare	Bologna FC 1909

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
GK	Fabrizio Casazza	AC Pavia
DF	Fernando Couto	Parma FC
DF	Cristiano Gimelli	US Viterbese 1908	loan
DF	Matías Lequi	Celta Vigo	loan
DF	Óscar López	FC Barcelona	loan ended
DF	Paolo Negro	AC Siena
DF	Simone Sannibale	Salernitana Calcio	loan
DF	Anthony Šerić	Hellas Verona FC	loan ended
DF	Leonardo Talamonti	Rosario Central	loan ended
MF	Dino Baggio	US Triestina
MF	Emiliano Corsi	Giulianova Calcio
MF	Alessio Ferrazza	Hellas Verona FC
MF	Antonio Filippini	US Città di Palermo	loan ended
MF	Emanuele Filippini	US Città di Palermo	loan ended
MF	Giuliano Giannichedda	Juventus FC
MF	Esteban González	Gimnasia La Plata	loan ended
MF	Miguel Mea Vitali	Levadiakos
MF	Fabrizio Melara	Salernitana Calcio	loan
MF	Braian Robert	La Plata FC
MF	Simone Rughetti	SS Tivoli Calcio
FW	Fabio Bazzani	UC Sampdoria	loan ended
FW	Claudio de Sousa	Torino FC
FW	Roberto Delgado	SPAL	loan
FW	Claudio López	Club América
FW	Roberto Muzzi	Torino FC

Winter

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
GK	Samir Handanovič	Treviso FBC 1993	loan
DF	Guilherme Siqueira	Internazionale	loan
MF	Valon Behrami	Genoa CFC
MF	Massimo Bonanni	US Città di Palermo	loan
MF	Stefano Mauri	Udinese Calcio	loan
MF	Fabrizio Melara	Salernitana Calcio	loan ended
FW	Roberto Delgado	SPAL	loan ended

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
GK	Matteo Sereni	Treviso FBC 1993	loan
DF	Marco Angeletti	US Sambenedettese
MF	Roberto Baronio	Udinese Calcio	loan
MF	César	Internazionale
MF	Andrea Ciani	Genoa CFC
MF	Fabrizio Melara	US Sambenedettese
FW	Roberto Delgado	Potenza Calcio
FW	Simone Perugini	US Sambenedettese

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2005–06 Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Cagliari	38	8	15	15	42	55	−13	39
15	Siena	38	9	12	17	42	60	−18	39
16	Lazio[a]	38	16	14	8	57	47	+10	32
17	Messina[b]	38	6	13	19	33	59	−26	31
18	Lecce (R)	38	7	8	23	30	57	−27	29	Relegation to Serie B

Source: 2005–06 Serie A, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.^[2]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Milan, Fiorentina and Lazio were docked 30 points, all for involvement in the Calciopoli.^[1]
2. Messina were restored to Serie A following Juventus's punishment.

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	16	14	8	57	47	+10	62	11	7	1	34	18	+16	5	7	7	23	29	−6

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	D	D	W	D	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W
Position	1	4	2	7	4	8	4	5	5	8	10	12	9	8	8	8	8	7	8	9	9	8	7	8	9	8	8	8	7	8	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	16

Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2006. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Lazio v Messina

28 August 2005 1	Lazio	1–0	Messina	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pandev 21'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 23,004 Referee: Paolo Dondarini

Cagliari v Lazio

11 September 2005 2	Cagliari	1–1	Lazio	Cagliari
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Suazo 1'		Siviglia 13'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Paolo Bertini

Lazio v Treviso

18 September 2005 3	Lazio	3–1	Treviso	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rocchi 20' Pandev 26' Oddo 87' (pen.)		Pinga 44'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 22,378 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

Milan v Lazio

21 September 2005 4	Milan	2–0	Lazio	Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Shevchenko 12' Kaká 14'			Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 57,778 Referee: Paolo Dondarini

Lazio v Palermo

25 September 2005 5	Lazio	4–2	Palermo	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rocchi 58', 86' Pandev 60' Manfredini 85'		Caracciolo 36' M. González 49'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

Udinese v Lazio

1 October 2005 6	Udinese	3–0	Lazio	Udine
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Iaquinta 51' (pen.) Di Natale 79' Candela 90'			Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Lazio v Fiorentina

16 October 2005 7	Lazio	1–0	Fiorentina	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zauri 82'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 27,502 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Roma v Lazio

23 October 2005 8	Roma	1–1	Lazio	Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Totti 40'		Rocchi 57'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 61,030 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

Lazio v Chievo

26 October 2005 9	Lazio	2–2	Chievo	Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rocchi 32' Oddo 90+1' (pen.)		D'Anna 48' Pellissier 66'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

Reggina v Lazio

30 October 2005 10	Reggina	1–0	Lazio	Reggio Calabria
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Zauri 76' (o.g.)			Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 9,352 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Lazio v Internazionale

5 November 2005 11	Lazio	0–0	Internazionale	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 33,367 Referee: Domenico Messina

Sampdoria v Lazio

20 November 2005 12	Sampdoria	2–0	Lazio	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Diana 71' Flachi 73'			Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 22,575 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

Empoli v Lazio

27 November 2005 13	Empoli	2–3	Lazio	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bonetto 55' Tavano 58' (pen.)		Dabo 28' Tare 77' Liverani 80'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 6,290 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Lazio v Siena

4 December 2005 14	Lazio	3–2	Siena	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Di Canio 42' César 61' Tare 80'		Bogdani 53' Peruzzi 90+1' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Luca Marelli

Livorno v Lazio

11 December 2005 15	Livorno	2–1	Lazio	Livorno
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	De Ascentis 58' Peruzzi 79' (o.g.)		Pandev 66'	Stadium: Stadio Armando Picchi Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Daniele Tombolini

Lazio v Juventus

17 December 2005 16	Lazio	1–1	Juventus	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rocchi 16'		Trezeguet 26'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Tiziano Pieri

Lecce v Lazio

21 December 2005 17	Lecce	0–0	Lazio	Lecce
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 12,082 Referee: Giorgio Lops

Lazio v Ascoli

8 January 2006 18	Lazio	4–1	Ascoli	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Di Canio 29' Mudingayi 34' Pandev 73' Tare 80'		Guana 14'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Nicola Stefanini

Parma v Lazio

15 January 2006 19	Parma	1–1	Lazio	Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Corradi 39'		Di Canio 6'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Paolo Dondarini

Messina v Lazio

18 January 2006 20	Messina	1–1	Lazio	Messina
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rafael 22'		Manfredini 78'	Stadium: Stadio San Filippo Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Tiziano Pieri

Lazio v Cagliari

21 January 2006 21	Lazio	1–1	Cagliari	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Di Canio 36'		Gobbi 69'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 21,972 Referee: Mario Mazzoleni

Treviso v Lazio

29 January 2006 22	Treviso	0–1	Lazio	Treviso
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)			Rocchi 87'	Stadium: Stadio Omobono Tenni Attendance: 5,071 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Lazio v Milan

5 February 2006 23	Lazio	0–0	Milan	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 29,956 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

Palermo v Lazio

8 February 2006 24	Palermo	3–1	Lazio	Palermo
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	M. González 12' Tedesco 56' Caracciolo 65'		Belleri 84'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Lazio v Udinese

11 February 2006 25	Lazio	1–1	Udinese	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rocchi 20'		Iaquinta 26' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 21,503 Referee: Andrea De Marco

Fiorentina v Lazio

19 February 2006 26	Fiorentina	1–2	Lazio	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bojinov 61'		Behrami 33' Rocchi 50'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 30,196 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Lazio v Roma

26 February 2006 27	Lazio	0–2	Roma	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)			Taddei 31' Aquilani 63'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 60,040 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

Chievo v Lazio

5 March 2006 28	Chievo	2–2	Lazio	Verona
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tiribocchi 42', 45'		Mauri 32' Oddo 67' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 5,461 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

Lazio v Reggina

12 March 2006 29	Lazio	3–1	Reggina	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Di Canio 25' Rocchi 36' Pandev 68'		Amoruso 69'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Nicola Stefanini

Internazionale v Lazio

19 March 2006 30	Internazionale	3–1	Lazio	Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Figo 37' Recoba 46', 72'		Pandev 54'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 48,818 Referee: Tiziano Pieri

Lazio v Sampdoria

26 March 2006 31	Lazio	2–0	Sampdoria	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Oddo 70', 90' (pen.)			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Lazio v Empoli

2 April 2006 32	Lazio	3–3	Empoli	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pandev 7' Behrami 8' Di Canio 80'		Tosto 25' Tavano 64' Oddo 90+3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 24,061 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

Siena v Lazio

9 April 2006 33	Siena	2–3	Lazio	Siena
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vergassola 24' Chiesa 40' (pen.)		Mauri 14' Rocchi 22' Dabo 50'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 9,525 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Lazio v Livorno

15 April 2006 34	Lazio	3–1	Livorno	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Oddo 20' (pen.) Pandev 56', 71'		Colucci 52'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 25,662 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

Juventus v Lazio

22 April 2006 35	Juventus	1–1	Lazio	Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Trezeguet 87'		Rocchi 29'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 33,898 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

Lazio v Lecce

30 April 2006 36	Lazio	1–0	Lecce	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rocchi 57'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 26,833 Referee: Gabriele Gava

Ascoli v Lazio

7 May 2006 37	Ascoli	1–4	Lazio	Ascoli Piceno
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ferrante 30'		Stendardo 7' Oddo 11' (pen.) Pandev 20' Rocchi 57'	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Attendance: 13,116 Referee: Luca Marelli

Lazio v Parma

14 May 2006 38	Lazio	1–0	Parma	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rocchi 61'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Antonio Giannoccaro

Topscorers

• Tommaso Rocchi 16
• Goran Pandev 12
• Massimo Oddo 6 (6)
• Paolo Di Canio 5

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2005–06 Coppa Italia

Round of 16

Lazio v Cittadella

8 December 2005 First leg	Lazio	2–0	Cittadella	Rome
20:30 CET	S. Inzaghi 39' (pen.) Pandev 84'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Oberdan Pantana

Cittadella v Lazio

12 January 2006 Second leg	Cittadella	0–0 (0–2 agg.)	Lazio	Padova
20:30 CET				Stadium: Stadio Euganeo Attendance: 690 Referee: Oscar Girardi

Quarter-finals

Lazio v Internazionale

24 January 2006 First leg	Lazio	1–1	Internazionale	Rome
21:00 CET	Manfredini 27'		Stanković 26'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 10,027 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Internazionale v Lazio

2 February 2006 Second leg	Internazionale	1–0 (2–0 agg.)	Lazio	Milan
21:00 CET	Stanković 37'			Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Emidio Morganti

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Main article: 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Third round

Lazio v Tampere United

17 July 2005 First leg	Lazio	3–0	Tampere United	Rome, Italy
17:00	Belleri 28' Rocchi 29' Di Canio 48'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 3,150 Referee: Hervé Piccirillo (France)

Tampere United v Lazio

23 July 2005 Second leg	Tampere United	1–1 (1–4 agg.)	Lazio	Tampere, Finland
17:00	Wiss 88'		Muzzi 90'	Stadium: Ratina Stadion Attendance: 3,151 Referee: Rob Styles (England)

Semi-finals

Lazio v Marseille

27 July 2005 First leg	Lazio	1–1	Marseille	Rome, Italy
21:00	Di Canio 42'		Méïté 70'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 19,698 Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila (Spain)

Marseille v Lazio

3 August 2005 Second leg	Marseille	3–0 (4–1 agg.)	Lazio	Marseille, France
21:00	Niang 60' Mendoza 61' Ribéry 65'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 40,987 Referee: António Costa (Portugal)