# 2012–13 SS Lazio season

The 2012–13 season was the 113th season in Società Sportiva Lazio's history and their club's 25th consecutive season in the top-flight of Italian football. The club competed in Serie A, the Coppa Italia, and the UEFA Europa League.

## Pre-season

During the pre-season, Lazio bought Ederson from Lyon, Antonio Candreva from Udinese and Michaël Ciani from Bordeaux.

### Friendlies
## Players

    As of 6 February 2013.
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 | Albano Bizzarri |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Michaël Ciani |
| 3 | DF | BRA | André Dias |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Stefano Mauri (captain) |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Ederson |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Hernanes |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Mauro Zárate |
| 11 | FW | GER | Miroslav Klose |
| 15 | MF | URU | Álvaro González |
| 17 | MF | POR | Bruno Pereirinha |
| 18 | FW | CZE | Libor Kozák |
| 19 | MF | BIH | Senad Lulić |
| 20 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Biava |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Modibo Diakité |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Federico Marchetti |
| 23 | MF | NGA | Ogenyi Onazi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Cristian Ledesma (vice-captain) |
| 25 | FW | ITA | Antonio Rozzi |
| 26 | DF | ROU | Ștefan Radu (3rd captain) |
| 27 | MF | ALB | Lorik Cana |
| 28 | FW | FRA | Louis Saha |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Abdoulay Konko |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Cristian Brocchi |
| 33 | DF | LTU | Marius Stankevičius |
| 39 | DF | BEL | Luis Pedro Cavanda |
| 44 | GK | ITA | Tiziano Scarfagna |
| 55 | GK | ITA | Guido Guerrieri |
| 87 | MF | ITA | Antonio Candreva (on loan from Udinese) |
| 95 | GK | ALB | Thomas Strakosha |
| 99 | FW | ITA | Sergio Floccari |
| — | MF | ITA | Pasquale Foggia |
| — | FW | URU | Gonzalo Barreto |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Moving from | Fee |
| 2 July 2012 | MF | Ederson Honorato Campos | Lyon | Free |
| 19 July 2012 | MF | Antonio Candreva | Udinese | Loan |
| 27 August 2012 | DF | Michaël Ciani | Bordeaux | €4,000,000 |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Moving to | Fee |
| 4 August 2012 | MF | Riccardo Perpetuini | Salernitana | Loan |
| 16 August 2012 | DF | Javier Garrido | Norwich City | Loan |
| 16 August 2012 | MF | Enrico Zampa | Salernitana | Loan |
| 31 August 2012 | GK | Alessandro Berardi | Hellas Verona | Loan |
| 31 August 2012 | MF | Manuel Ricci | Salernitana | Loan |
| 31 August 2012 | FW | Tommaso Ceccarelli | Lanciano | Loan |
| 12 September 2012 | FW | Emiliano Alfaro | Al-Wasl | Loan |
| 3 January 2013 | MF | Matuzalém | Genoa | Loan |
| 3 January 2013 | FW | Tommaso Rocchi | Internazionale | €300,000 |
| 4 January 2013 | FW | Ettore Mendicino | Como | Loan |
| 29 January 2013 | DF | Lionel Scaloni | Atalanta | Undisclosed |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Udinese | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 59 | 45 | +14 | 66 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Roma | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 71 | 56 | +15 | 62 | |
| 7 | Lazio | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 61 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 8 | Catania | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 56 | |
| 9 | Inter Milan | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 55 | 57 | −2 | 54 | |
* ↑ Lazio qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage after winning 2012–13 Coppa Italia.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 19 May 2013. Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | D | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### Play-off round

Note 1: Mura 05 played their home match at Ljudski vrt, Maribor as their own Fazanerija City Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria.

#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Lazio | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 5 | |
| 4 | Maribor | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 4 | |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16

Note 2: The first match that was played behind closed doors due to the punishment handed to Lazio by UEFA following racism issue of their 300 fans at Stadio Olimpico in a match against Borussia Mönchengladbach in second leg of 2012–13 UEFA Europa League round of 32.

##### Quarter-finals

Note 3: The second match that was played behind closed doors due to the punishment handed to Lazio by UEFA following racism issue of their 300 fans at Stadio Olimpico in a match against Borussia Mönchengladbach in second leg of 2012–13 UEFA Europa League round of 32.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ARG | Albano Bizzarri | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Federico Marchetti | 46 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | FRA | Michaël Ciani | 34 | 1 | 13+5 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 | 9+2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | André Dias | 34 | 0 | 25+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Biava | 43 | 1 | 30+1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Modibo Diakité | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ROU | Ștefan Radu | 36 | 3 | 22+1 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Abdoulay Konko | 34 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | LTU | Marius Stankevicius | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | BEL | Luis Pedro Cavanda | 24 | 0 | 8+6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ITA | Stefano Mauri | 36 | 4 | 23+3 | 3 | 2+2 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Ederson | 23 | 3 | 4+11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+3 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Hernanes | 53 | 14 | 30+4 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 13+1 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | URU | Álvaro González | 49 | 3 | 29+5 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 9+2 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | POR | Bruno Pereirinha | 11 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | BIH | Senad Lulić | 50 | 3 | 29+4 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 | 10+2 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | NGA | Ogenyi Onazi | 28 | 2 | 8+7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8+3 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Cristian Ledesma | 52 | 1 | 35+1 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ALB | Lorik Cana | 38 | 0 | 13+11 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Cristian Brocchi | 11 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | ITA | Antonio Candreva | 49 | 7 | 32+3 | 6 | 2+1 | 0 | 9+2 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | ARG | Mauro Zárate | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+4 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | GER | Miroslav Klose | 36 | 16 | 26+3 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2+3 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | CZE | Libor Kozák | 31 | 10 | 5+14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8+3 | 10 |
| 25 | FW | ITA | Antonio Rozzi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | FRA | Louis Saha | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | ITA | Sergio Floccari | 36 | 10 | 11+11 | 5 | 3+1 | 1 | 6+4 | 4 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | ARG | Lionel Scaloni | 7 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Tommaso Rocchi | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | GK | ARG | Juan Pablo Carrizo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 28 October 2012 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Name | League | Coppa Italia | Europe | Total |
| 1 | Miroslav Klose | 15 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| 2 | Hernanes | 11 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| 3 | Libor Kozák | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | Sergio Floccari | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Antonio Candreva | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Stefano Mauri | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Ștefan Radu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Álvaro González | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Ederson | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Senad Lulić | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Ogenyi Onazi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Abdoulay Konko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Giuseppe Biava | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Cristian Ledesma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Michaël Ciani | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Mauro Zárate | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | Own Goals | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Total | Total | 49 | 8 | 25 | 82 |