# 2008–09 AS Roma season

The 2008–09 season was Associazione Sportiva Roma's 76th season in Serie A. The club competed in four competitions; domestically, Roma finished a disappointing 6th, after three consecutive second-place finishes. They began the season by losing the Supercoppa Italiana to Inter, who also eliminated Roma in the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia.
Having finished 2nd the previous season, Roma qualified automatically to the group stage of the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League. Roma managed to finish top of their group, but were eliminated in the round of 16 by English club Arsenal in a penalty shoot-out.

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head Coach | Luciano Spalletti |
| Assistant Coach | Marco Domenichini |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Adriano Bonaiuti |
| Physical fitness coach | Mario Brozzi |
Last updated: 3 August 2008 Source: A.S. Roma

## Players
### Squad information

    Last updated on 31 May 2009
    Appearances include league matches only
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age at end of season) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 25 | Artur | GK | (1981-01-25)25 January 1981 (aged 28) | Siena | 2008 | 11 | 0 |
| 27 | Júlio Sérgio | GK | (1978-11-08)8 November 1978 (aged 30) | América | 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Doni | GK | (1979-10-22)22 October 1979 (aged 29) | Juventude | 2005 | 126 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 2 | Christian Panucci (Vice-Captain) | RB / CB | (1973-04-12)12 April 1973 (aged 36) | Monaco | 2001 | 229 | 20 |
| 3 | Cicinho | RB | (1980-06-24)24 June 1980 (aged 29) | Real Madrid | 2007 | 52 | 3 |
| 4 | Juan | CB | (1979-02-01)1 February 1979 (aged 30) | Bayer Leverkusen | 2007 | 43 | 4 |
| 5 | Philippe Mexès | CB | (1982-03-30)30 March 1982 (aged 27) | Auxerre | 2004 | 142 | 9 |
| 13 | Marco Motta | RB | (1986-05-14)14 May 1986 (aged 23) | Udinese | 2009 | 13 | 0 |
| 15 | Simone Loria | CB | (1976-10-28)28 October 1976 (aged 32) | Siena | 2008 | 9 | 1 |
| 17 | John Arne Riise | LB | (1980-09-24)24 September 1980 (aged 28) | Liverpool | 2008 | 31 | 2 |
| 21 | Souleymane Diamoutene | CB | (1983-01-30)30 January 1983 (aged 26) | Lecce | 2009 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | Max Tonetto | LB | (1974-11-18)18 November 1974 (aged 34) | Sampdoria | 2006 | 80 | 1 |
| 37 | Alessandro Crescenzi | RB / LB | (1991-09-25)25 September 1991 (aged 17) | Youth Sector | 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | Marco Cassetti | RB | (1977-05-29)29 May 1977 (aged 32) | Lecce | 2006 | 75 | 2 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 7 | David Pizarro | CM / DM | (1979-09-11)11 September 1979 (aged 29) | Internazionale | 2006 | 88 | 6 |
| 8 | Alberto Aquilani | CM / AM | (1984-07-07)7 July 1984 (aged 24) | Youth Sector | 2002 | 102 | 9 |
| 11 | Rodrigo Taddei | LM / RM / AM | (1980-03-06)6 March 1980 (aged 29) | Siena | 2005 | 121 | 20 |
| 14 | Filipe Gomes | CM | (1987-05-28)28 May 1987 (aged 22) | Fiorentina Youth Sector | 2008 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | Daniele De Rossi | DM / CM | (1983-07-24)24 July 1983 (aged 25) | Youth Sector | 2001 | 188 | 20 |
| 20 | Simone Perrotta | LM / CM / AM | (1977-09-17)17 September 1977 (aged 31) | Chievo | 2004 | 153 | 26 |
| 33 | Matteo Brighi | CM | (1981-02-14)14 February 1981 (aged 28) | Juventus | 2004 | 59 | 4 |
| 38 | Marco D'Alessandro | CM | (1991-02-17)17 February 1991 (aged 18) | Youth Sector | 2008 | 3 | 0 |
| 39 | Adrian Stoian | CM | (1991-02-11)11 February 1991 (aged 18) | Școala de Fotbal Gheorghe Popescu | 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 9 | Mirko Vučinić | CF / ST | (1983-10-01)1 October 1983 (aged 25) | Lecce | 2006 | 85 | 22 |
| 10 | Francesco Totti (Captain) | AM / LW / SS / CF / ST | (1976-09-27)27 September 1976 (aged 32) | Youth Sector | 1992 | 419 | 178 |
| 19 | Júlio Baptista | AM / CF / ST | (1981-10-01)1 October 1981 (aged 27) | Real Madrid | 2008 | 27 | 9 |
| 23 | Vincenzo Montella | CF / ST | (1974-06-18)18 June 1974 (aged 35) | Sampdoria | 1999 | 192 | 83 |
| 94 | Jérémy Ménez | ST / SS | (1987-05-07)7 May 1987 (aged 22) | Monaco | 2008 | 29 | 4 |
| Players transferred during the season |||||||||
| 34 | Valerio Virga | CM | (1986-06-06)6 June 1986 (aged 23) | Youth Sector | 2004 | 11 | 0 |
| 89 | Stefano Okaka | CF / ST | (1989-08-09)9 August 1989 (aged 19) | Youth Sector | 2005 | 23 | 1 |

## Transfers
### In

| — | DF | NOR | John Arne Riise (from Liverpool) |
| — | DF | ITA | Simone Loria (from Siena) |
| — | DF | ITA | Marco Andreolli (co-ownership renewed Internazionale) |
| — | GK | BRA | Artur (from Siena) |
| — | FW | ITA | Mauro Esposito (full ownership from Cagliari) |
| — | MF | ITA | Leandro Greco (full ownership from Hellas Verona) |
| — | FW | MNE | Mirko Vučinić (full ownership from Lecce) |
| — | FW | ITA | Alessio Cerci (end loan Pisa) |
| — | FW | ITA | Stefano Okaka (end loan Modena) |
| — | MF | ITA | Valerio Virga (end loan Grosseto) |
| — | FW | ITA | Vincenzo Montella (end loan Sampdoria) |
| — | MF | HON | Édgar Álvarez (end loan Livorno) |
| — | MF | ITA | Aleandro Rosi (end loan Chievo) |
| — | FW | BRA | Júlio Baptista (full ownership from Real Madrid) |
| — | FW | FRA | Jérémy Ménez (full ownership from Monaco) |
| — | DF | ITA | Marco Motta (loan from Udinese) |
| — | DF | MLI | Souleymane Diamoutene (loan from Lecce) |
| — | GK | CRO | Sugar David (loan from Bellinzona) |

### Out

| — | FW | ITA | Alessio Cerci (loan Atalanta) |
| — | GK | ITA | Gianluca Curci (co-ownership Siena) |
| — | MF | GHA | Ahmed Apimah Barusso (loan Siena) |
| — | MF | ITA | Daniele Galloppa (full ownership Siena) |
| — | MF | ITA | Daniele Magliocchetti (co-ownership Cagliari) |
| — | DF | ITA | Matteo Ferrari (contract expired) |
| — | DF | ITA | Gianluca Freddi (full ownership Grosseto) |
| — | MF | ITA | Aleandro Rosi (loan Livorno) |
| — | FW | BRA | Mancini (Internazionale) |
| — | DF | POR | Vitorino Antunes (loan to Lecce) |
| — | MF | FRA | Ludovic Giuly (to Paris Saint-Germain) |
| — | MF | ROU | Adrian Piț (to Pisa) |
| — | MF | ITA | Leandro Greco (to Pisa) |
| — | FW | ITA | Claudio Della Penna (loan Pistoiese) |
| — | FW | ITA | Mauro Esposito (loan Chievo) |
| — | MF | HON | Édgar Álvarez (loan Pisa) |
| — | MF | ITA | Simone Palermo (co-ownership Treviso) |
| — | DF | ITA | Marco Andreolli (loan Sassuolo) |
| — | DF | ITA | Dario Polverini (loan Pro Patria) |
| — | MF | ITA | Andrea Giacomini (loan Gallipoli) |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position | First match | Last match |
| Serie A | Matchday 1 | 6th | 31 August 2008 | 31 May 2009 |
| Supercoppa Italiana | Final | Runners-up | 24 August 2008 | 24 August 2008 |
| Coppa Italia | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | 17 December 2008 | 21 January 2009 |
| Champions League | Group stage | Round of 16 | 16 September 2008 | 11 March 2009 |
Last updated: 31 May 2009

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Fiorentina | 38 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 68 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Genoa | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 56 | 39 | +17 | 68 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 6 | Roma | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 64 | 61 | +3 | 63 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 7 | Udinese | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 61 | 50 | +11 | 58 | |
| 8 | Palermo | 38 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 57 | 50 | +7 | 57 | |
* 1 2 Fiorentina finished ahead of Genoa on head-to-head points: Fiorentina 1–0 Genoa, Genoa 3–3 Fiorentina.
* ↑ Lazio qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 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: 31 May 2009. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 12 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Roma | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Chelsea | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Bordeaux | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 7 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | CFR Cluj | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 4 | |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Supercoppa Italiana | Supercoppa Italiana | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 25 | GK | BRA | Artur | 13 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | BRA | Júlio Sérgio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | BRA | Doni | 37 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ITA | Christian Panucci | 28 | 5 | 21+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Cicinho | 29 | 1 | 16+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Juan | 27 | 3 | 20+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Philippe Mexès | 38 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Marco Motta | 29 | 0 | 19+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Simone Loria | 12 | 1 | 6+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | NOR | John Arne Riise | 42 | 2 | 30+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | MLI | Souleymane Diamoutene | 6 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ITA | Max Tonetto | 19 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Crescenzi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | ITA | Marco Cassetti | 24 | 0 | 13+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | CHI | David Pizarro | 32 | 2 | 21+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Alberto Aquilani | 20 | 2 | 7+7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Rodrigo Taddei | 36 | 2 | 23+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | BRA | Filipe Gomes | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Daniele De Rossi | 43 | 4 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Simone Perrotta | 33 | 5 | 22+3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ITA | Matteo Brighi | 44 | 6 | 32+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6+1 | 3 |
| 38 | MF | ITA | Marco D'Alessandro | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | ROU | Adrian Stoian | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | MNE | Mirko Vučinić | 38 | 17 | 24+3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1+1 | 2 | 5+3 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Francesco Totti | 31 | 15 | 22+1 | 13 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 2 |
| 19 | FW | BRA | Júlio Baptista | 37 | 11 | 23+4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4+3 | 2 |
| 23 | FW | ITA | Vincenzo Montella | 15 | 0 | 0+12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 94 | FW | FRA | Jérémy Ménez | 34 | 4 | 12+17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 34 | MF | ITA | Valerio Virga | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | FW | ITA | Stefano Okaka | 12 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 31 May 2009 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Supercoppa | Coppa Italia | UEFA CL | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Mirko Vučinić | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| 2 | 10 | FW | | Francesco Totti | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| 3 | 19 | MF | | Júlio Baptista | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | 33 | MF | | Matteo Brighi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | DF | | Christian Panucci | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 20 | MF | | Simone Perrotta | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | 16 | MF | | Daniele De Rossi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 24 | FW | | Jérémy Ménez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | 4 | DF | | Juan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 5 | DF | | Philippe Mexès | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 7 | MF | | David Pizarro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 8 | MF | | Alberto Aquilani | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 11 | MF | | Rodrigo Taddei | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 17 | DF | | John Arne Riise | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | 3 | DF | | Cicinho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 15 | DF | | Simone Loria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 64 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 82 |
Last updated: 31 May 2009

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Supercoppa | Coppa Italia | UEFA CL | Total |
| 1 | 32 | GK | | Doni | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | 25 | GK | | Artur | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
Last updated: 31 May 2009

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Supercoppa | Supercoppa | Supercoppa | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | UEFA CL | UEFA CL | UEFA CL | Total | Total | Total |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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