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

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.

Club

Management

Position Staff
Head coach Italy Delio Rossi
Assistant coach Italy Fedele Limone
Goalkeeping coach Italy Adalberto Grigioni
Fitness coaches Italy Valter Vio
Italy Adriano Bianchini
Club doctors Italy Roberto Bianchini
Italy Stefano Salvatori

Last updated: October 14, 2008
Source: S.S Lazio Staff

Other information

President Italy 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 Argentina ARG Juan Pablo Carrizo
2 DF Switzerland SUI Stephan Lichtsteiner
3 DF Serbia SRB Aleksandar Kolarov
4 MF Italy ITA Fabio Firmani
5 MF Italy ITA Cristian Brocchi
6 MF France FRA Ousmane Dabo
7 DF Italy ITA Manuel Belleri
8 MF Brazil BRA Matuzalém (on loan from Real Zaragoza)
10 FW Argentina ARG Mauro Zárate (on loan from Al-Sadd)
11 MF Italy ITA Stefano Mauri
13 DF Italy ITA Sebastiano Siviglia
14 GK Italy ITA Tommaso Berni
16 DF Italy ITA Alessandro Tuia
17 MF Italy ITA Pasquale Foggia
18 FW Italy ITA Tommaso Rocchi (captain)
19 FW North Macedonia MKD Goran Pandev
20 FW Czech Republic CZE Libor Kozák
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW Italy ITA Simone Inzaghi
22 DF Czech Republic CZE David Rozehnal
23 MF Algeria ALG Mourad Meghni
24 MF Argentina ARG Cristian Ledesma (vice-captain)
25 DF Brazil BRA Emílson Sánchez Cribari
26 FW Nigeria NGA Stephen Ayodele Makinwa
29 DF Italy ITA Lorenzo De Silvestri
32 DF Romania ROU Ştefan Radu
49 MF Italy ITA Antonio Cinelli
68 MF Ivory Coast CIV Christian Manfredini
80 MF Italy ITA Massimo Mutarelli
81 FW Italy ITA Simone Del Nero
86 GK Uruguay URU Fernando Muslera
87 DF France FRA Modibo Diakité
89 GK France FRA Vincent Degré
90 FW Italy ITA Ettore Mendicino
91 DF Italy 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

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'
3 Milan 4–1 Lazio
Seedorf 7'
Zambrotta 34'
Pato 48'
Kaká 59'		 Zárate 25'
5 Torino 1–3 Lazio
Amoruso 90+2' (pen.) Pandev 30'
Zárate 63', 83' (pen.)
7 Bologna 3–1 Lazio
Volpi 5'
Di Vaio 12', 26'		 Rocchi 51'
8 Lazio 0–1 Napoli
Siviglia 61' (o.g.)
10 Lazio 1–0 Catania
Foggia 85'
11 Lazio 3–0 Siena
Zárate 58'
Rocchi 86', 90+3'
13 Lazio 1–1 Genoa
Dabo 80' Milito 69'
15 Lazio 0–3 Inter
Samuel 2'
Diakité 45+4' (o.g.)
Ibrahimović 55'
17 Lazio 1–0 Palermo
Rocchi 66'
18 Reggina 2–3 Lazio
Corradi 4'
Cozza 63'		 Pandev 14', 21', 76'
20 Lazio 1–4 Cagliari
Rocchi 3' Jeda 5', 9'
Acquafresca 21' (pen.)
Matri 41'
22 Lazio 0–3 Milan
Pato 42'
Ambrosini 47'
Kaká 83'
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'
30 Siena 2–0 Lazio
Calaiò 25'
Maccarone 85'
32 Genoa 0–1 Lazio
Zárate 65'
38 Juventus 2–0 Lazio
Iaquinta 3', 59'

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 Czech Republic David Rozehnal England Newcastle United Undisclosed[5]
24 June 2008 DF Romania Ştefan Radu Romania Dinamo București €4.2m[6]
5 July 2008 FW Czech Republic Libor Kozák Czech Republic Opava €1.2m[7]
16 July 2008 DF Switzerland Stephan Lichtsteiner France Lille €1.8m[8]
28 August 2008 MF Italy Cristian Brocchi Italy Milan Undisclosed[9]

Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee
30 June 2008 GK Italy Marco Ballotta Unattached Retired[10]
30 June 2008 MF Italy Fabio Vignaroli Unattached End of contract[11]
9 July 2008 FW Albania Igli Tare Unattached Retired[12]
17 July 2008 MF Belgium Gaby Mudingayi Italy Bologna €6m[13]
23 July 2008 MF Switzerland Valon Behrami England West Ham United €6.5m[14]
25 October 2008 MF Italy 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 Argentina Mauro Zárate Qatar Al-Sadd €3m[16][17]
18 July 2008 End of the season MF Brazil Matuzalém Spain Real Zaragoza Free[18]

Loaned out

Date From Date To Pos. Name Moving To Fee
19 July 2008 End of the season DF Italy Ivan Artipoli Italy Modena Free[11]
18 July 2008 End of the season DF Italy Luciano Zauri Italy Fiorentina Free[19]
31 August 2008 End of the season MF Italy Roberto Baronio Italy Brescia Free[11]
31 August 2008 End of the season DF Italy Guglielmo Stendardo Italy Lecce Free[11]
22 January 2009 End of the season FW Nigeria Stephen Makinwa Italy Chievo Free[20]
25 January 2009 End of the season DF Italy Manuel Belleri Italy Bologna Free[21]
31 January 2009 End of the season GK Italy Tommaso Berni Italy Salernitana Free[22]

Estimated transfer totals

Does not take into account undisclosed fees.

References

  1. ↑ "Prima Squadra" (in Italian). sslazio.it. Retrieved 2008-09-03.
  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. Archived from the original on July 6, 2008. 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.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "Calciomercato: acquisti e cessioni della tua squadra". Corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
  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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