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
Owner	Claudio Lotito
Chairman	Claudio Lotito
Manager	Delio Rossi
Serie A	10th
Coppa Italia	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Mauro Zárate (13) All: Mauro Zárate (16)
Highest home attendance	55,490 v Roma (11 April 2009)
Lowest home attendance	25,500 v Napoli (26 October 2008)
Average home league attendance	34,626
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

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; some limited exceptions apply. 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

• Juan Pablo Carrizo
• Mauro Zárate
• Mourad Meghni
• Cristian Ledesma
• Cribari
• Christian Manfredini
• Fernando Muslera

Non-EU players

• Aleksandar Kolarov
• Matuzalém
• Stephen Makinwa
• Goran Pandev

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2008–09 Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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

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

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	L
Position	1	1	3	2	1	1	5	7	6	5	4	5	5	5	7	8	7	7	7	9	9	10	11	11	10	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2009. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Cagliari v Lazio

31 August 2008 1	Cagliari	1–4	Lazio	Cagliari
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Larrivey 31'		Zárate 62' (pen.), 71' Foggia 75' Pandev 84'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

Lazio v Sampdoria

14 September 2008 2	Lazio	2–0	Sampdoria	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zárate 7' Pandev 72'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Christian Brighi

Milan v Lazio

21 September 2008 3	Milan	4–1	Lazio	Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Seedorf 7' Zambrotta 34' Pato 48' Kaká 59'		Zárate 25'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 57,362 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Lazio v Fiorentina

24 September 2008 4	Lazio	3–0	Fiorentina	Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mauri 51' Pandev 55' Siviglia 59'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Andrea De Marco

Torino v Lazio

28 September 2008 5	Torino	1–3	Lazio	Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Amoruso 90+2' (pen.)		Pandev 30' Zárate 63', 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 15,264 Referee: Gabriele Gava

Lazio v Lecce

4 October 2008 6	Lazio	1–1	Lecce	Rome
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	S. Inzaghi 38'		Tiribocchi 26'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 38,237 Referee: Nicola Pierpaoli

Bologna v Lazio

19 October 2008 7	Bologna	3–1	Lazio	Bologna
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Volpi 5' Di Vaio 12', 26'		Rocchi 51'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 20,145 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Lazio v Napoli

26 October 2008 8	Lazio	0–1	Napoli	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)			Siviglia 61' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Luca Banti

Chievo v Lazio

29 October 2008 9	Chievo	1–2	Lazio	Verona
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pellissier 11'		Pandev 15' Mantovani 82' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 9,282 Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

Lazio v Catania

2 November 2008 10	Lazio	1–0	Catania	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Foggia 85'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Gabriele Gava

Lazio v Siena

9 November 2008 11	Lazio	3–0	Siena	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Zárate 58' Rocchi 86', 90+3'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 30,799 Referee: Christian Brighi

Roma v Lazio

16 November 2008 12	Roma	1–0	Lazio	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	J. Baptista 50'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 61,998 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Lazio v Genoa

23 November 2008 13	Lazio	1–1	Genoa	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Dabo 80'		Milito 69'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 31,110 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

Atalanta v Lazio

30 November 2008 14	Atalanta	2–0	Lazio	Bergamo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Valdés 54' Floccari 68'			Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 10,449 Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

Lazio v Internazionale

6 December 2008 15	Lazio	0–3	Internazionale	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)			Samuel 2' Diakité 45+4' (o.g.) Ibrahimović 55'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Udinese v Lazio

14 December 2008 16	Udinese	3–3	Lazio	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Di Natale 9', 55' Quagliarella 15'		Zárate 60' Diakité 72' Ledesma 85'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Lazio v Palermo

20 December 2008 17	Lazio	1–0	Palermo	Rome
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rocchi 66'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Gabriele Gava

Reggina v Lazio

11 January 2009 18	Reggina	2–3	Lazio	Reggio Calabria
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Corradi 4' Cozza 63'		Pandev 14', 21', 76'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

Lazio v Juventus

18 January 2009 19	Lazio	1–1	Juventus	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ledesma 25'		Mellberg 30'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Emidio Morganti

Lazio v Cagliari

25 January 2009 20	Lazio	1–4	Cagliari	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rocchi 3'		Jeda 5', 9' Acquafresca 21' (pen.) Matri 41'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Andrea Romeo

Sampdoria v Lazio

28 January 2009 21	Sampdoria	3–1	Lazio	Genoa
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Delvecchio 13' Cassano 55' Stankevičius 55'		Rocchi 30'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

Lazio v Milan

1 February 2009 22	Lazio	0–3	Milan	Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)			Pato 42' Ambrosini 47' Kaká 83'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Fiorentina v Lazio

8 February 2009 23	Fiorentina	1–0	Lazio	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gilardino 90'			Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Andrea De Marco

Lazio v Torino

14 February 2009 24	Lazio	1–1	Torino	Rome
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Siviglia 75'		Abate 36'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

Lecce v Lazio

22 February 2009 25	Lecce	0–2	Lazio	Lecce
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)			Foggia 10' Kolarov 50'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 7,118 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

Lazio v Bologna

28 February 2009 26	Lazio	2–0	Bologna	Rome
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Zárate 36', 81'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Carmine Russo

Napoli v Lazio

8 March 2009 27	Napoli	0–2	Lazio	Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)			Rocchi 57', 65'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

Lazio v Chievo

15 March 2009 28	Lazio	0–3	Chievo	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)			Bogdani 27' Pellissier 28', 84'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Oscar Girardi

Catania v Lazio

21 March 2009 29	Catania	1–0	Lazio	Catania
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Paolucci 24'			Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Christian Brighi

Siena v Lazio

5 April 2009 30	Siena	2–0	Lazio	Siena
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Calaiò 25' Maccarone 85'			Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Domenico Celi

Lazio v Roma

11 April 2009 31	Lazio	4–2	Roma	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pandev 2' Zárate 4' Lichtsteiner 58' Kolarov 85'		Mexès 10' De Rossi 80'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Emidio Morganti

Genoa v Lazio

18 April 2009 32	Genoa	0–1	Lazio	Genoa
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)			Zárate 65'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

Lazio v Atalanta

26 April 2009 33	Lazio	0–1	Atalanta	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)			Talamonti 24'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Andrea Romeo

Internazionale v Lazio

2 May 2009 34	Internazionale	2–0	Lazio	Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ibrahimović 58' Muntari 70'			Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 58,576 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Lazio v Udinese

10 May 2009 35	Lazio	1–3	Udinese	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rocchi 56'		Floro Flores 60' D'Agostino 69' Quagliarella 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Nicola Stefanini

Palermo v Lazio

17 May 2009 36	Palermo	2–0	Lazio	Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Miccoli 6' (pen.) Migliaccio 87'			Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 29,480 Referee: Carmine Russo

Lazio v Reggina

20 May 2009 37	Lazio	1–0	Reggina	Rome
19:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zárate 26'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

Juventus v Lazio

31 May 2009 38	Juventus	2–0	Lazio	Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Iaquinta 3', 59'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2008–09 Coppa Italia

Lazio v Benevento

23 August 2008 Third round	Lazio	5–1	Benevento	Rome
20:45 CEST	Cattaneo 9' (o.g.) Meghni 23' Manfredini 55' Pandev 58', 90'		Bueno 49'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

Lazio v Atalanta

1 October 2008 Fourth round	Lazio	2–0	Atalanta	Rome
20:30 CEST	Ledesma 17' Pandev 84'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

Milan v Lazio

3 December 2008 Round of 16	Milan	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Lazio	Milan
20:45 CET	Shevchenko 77'		Zárate 79' (pen.) Pandev 93'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 3,905 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

Lazio v Torino

22 January 2009 Quarter-finals	Lazio	3–1	Torino	Rome
21:00 CET	Pandev 49' Mauri 55' Rocchi 90+1'		Natali 29'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

Lazio v Juventus

3 March 2009 Semi-finals First leg	Lazio	2–1	Juventus	Rome
20:45 CET	Pandev 65' Rocchi 78'		Marchionni 34'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Juventus v Lazio

22 April 2009 Semi-finals Second leg	Juventus	1–2 (2–4 agg.)	Lazio	Turin
20:45 CEST	Del Piero 64'		Zárate 38' Kolarov 52'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 20,00 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Lazio v Sampdoria

13 May 2009 Final	Lazio	1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Sampdoria	Rome
20:45 CEST	Zárate 4'	Report	Pazzini 31'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 68,000 Referee: Roberto Rosetti
	Penalties
	Ledesma Rocchi Rozehnal Kolarov Zárate Lichtsteiner Dabo		Cassano Palombo Pazzini Gastaldello Accardi Delvecchio Campagnaro

Top scorers

• Mauro Zárate 13 (2)
• Goran Pandev 9
• Tommaso Rocchi 9
• Pasquale Foggia 2
• Cristian Ledesma 2
• Stefano Mauri 2

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.

Expenditure Summer: €10.2 million Winter: €0 Total: €10.2 million

Income Summer: €12.5 million Winter: €0 Total: €12.5 million

Overall Summer: €2.3 million Winter: €0 Total: €2.3 million