# 2007–08 SS Lazio season

The 2007–08 season was the 108th season in Società Sportiva Lazio's history and their 20th consecutive season in the top-flight of Italian football.
On 11 November 2007, a Lazio supporter, Gabriele Sandri was fatally wounded in an argument between Lazio and Juventus supporters, resulting in the police intervening and ultimately killing Sandri, who was not directly involved with the quarrel.

## 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: May 13, 2008 Source: S.S Lazio Staff

### Other information

| President | Claudio Lotito |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Stadio Olimpico (82, 307 / 105m x 68m) |
Source: Stadio Olimpico article: May 13, 2008

## Squad
### First team

As of 2008-02-08
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 | Tommaso Berni |
| 2 | DF | ROU | Ștefan Radu (on loan from Dinamo București) |
| 3 | DF | SRB | Aleksandar Kolarov |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Fabio Firmani |
| 5 | MF | ITA | Massimo Mutarelli |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Ousmane Dabo |
| 7 | DF | CZE | David Rozehnal (on loan from Newcastle United) |
| 8 | DF | ITA | Luciano Zauri (captain) |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Rolando Bianchi (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Roberto Baronio |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Stefano Mauri |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Sebastiano Siviglia |
| 14 | GK | ITA | Marco Ballotta |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Modibo Diakité |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | ALB | Igli Tare |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Tommaso Rocchi (vice-captain) |
| 19 | FW | MKD | Goran Pandev |
| 21 | FW | ITA | Fabio Vignaroli |
| 22 | DF | ITA | Ivan Artipoli |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Mourad Meghni |
| 24 | MF | ARG | Cristian Ledesma |
| 25 | DF | BRA | Emílson Cribari |
| 26 | MF | BEL | Gaby Mudingayi |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo De Silvestri |
| 32 | GK | URU | Fernando Muslera |
| 68 | MF | CIV | Christian Manfredini |
| 81 | FW | ITA | Simone Del Nero |
| 85 | MF | SUI | Valon Behrami |

### Double passports

* Fernando Muslera
* Igli Tare
* Mourad Meghni
* Emílson Cribari
* Christian Manfredini
* Valon Behrami

### Non-EU players

* Aleksandar Kolarov
* Cristian Ledesma
* Goran Pandev

## Competitions
### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Genoa | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 48 |
| 11 | Palermo | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 47 | 57 | −10 | 47 |
| 12 | Lazio | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 46 |
| 13 | Siena | 38 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 44 |
| 14 | Cagliari | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 40 | 56 | −16 | 42 |
* ↑ Atalanta finished ahead of Genoa on head-to-head points: Genoa 2-1 Atalanta, Atalanta 2-0 Genoa.
* ↑ Cagliari was docked 3 points for filing an unauthorized lawsuit, but the penalty was later reversed.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | D | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | D | D | D | L | L | L | W | W |
| Position | 7 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 |

#### Matches
### Top scorers

* Tommaso Rocchi – 14 (3)
* Goran Pandev – 14 (1)
* Rolando Bianchi – 4 (1)
* Cristian Ledesma – 3

### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage
##### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RMA | OLY | BRM | LAZ |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Olympiacos | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Werder Bremen | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 6 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 3–2 | 1–3 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Lazio | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 5 | | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — |