# 2008–09 Atalanta BC season

The 2008–09 season was the 102nd season in the history of Atalanta BC and the club's third consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Atalanta participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia.

## Squad

As of 2009-02-02
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 | Andrea Consigli |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Leonardo Talamonti |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Thomas Manfredini |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Gianpaolo Bellini |
| 8 | DF | AUT | György Garics |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Gianvito Plasmati (on loan from Catania) |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Alessio Cerci (on loan from Roma) |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Federico Peluso |
| 15 | MF | ITA | Diego De Ascentis |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Tiberio Guarente |
| 20 | MF | CHI | Jaime Valdés |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Luca Cigarini |
| 22 | MF | ITA | Simone Padoin |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | POR | Costinha |
| 26 | DF | ARG | Maximiliano Pellegrino |
| 27 | DF | ITA | Daniele Capelli |
| 31 | GK | ITA | Ferdinando Coppola |
| 32 | FW | ITA | Christian Vieri |
| 33 | FW | ITA | Sergio Floccari |
| 34 | FW | ITA | Marino Defendi |
| 46 | MF | ITA | Simone Cerea (from youth team) |
| 55 | MF | ITA | Francesco Parravicini (on loan from Parma) |
| 72 | MF | ITA | Cristiano Doni (captain) |
| 79 | MF | BRA | Adriano Ferreira Pinto |
| 91 | GK | ITA | Simone Colombi (from youth team) |

## Transfers
### January 2009

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Federico Peluso (from AlbinoLeffe, €1,000,000) |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Gianvito Plasmati (from Catania, loan) |
| 55 | MF | ITA | Francesco Parravicini (from Parma, loan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | GUI | Karamoko Cissé (to AlbinoLeffe, €500,000, co-ownership) |
| — | DF | ITA | Claudio Rivalta (to Torino, undisclosed) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ITA | Michele Marconi (to Grosseto) |
| — | MF | ITA | Giacomo Bonaventura (to Pergocrema) |
| — | MF | ITA | Alessio Manzoni (to Parma) |
| — | MF | ITA | Antonino D'Agostino (to Parma) |

### Summer 2008

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | CHI | Jaime Valdés (from Lecce, Free) |
| 34 | FW | ITA | Marino Defendi (from Chievo, loan return) |
| — | DF | ITA | Dario Bergamelli (from Manfredonia, loan return) |
| 32 | FW | ITA | Christian Vieri (from Fiorentina, Free) |
| — | MF | ITA | Christian Tiboni (from Sassuolo, loan return) |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Andrea Consigli (from Rimini, loan return) |
| 8 | DF | AUT | György Garics (from Napoli, €1,800,000, co-ownership) |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Alessio Manzoni (from Spezia, loan return) |
| — | FW | ITA | Andrea Lazzari (from Grosseto, loan return) |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Luca Cigarini (from Parma, €5,000,000, co-ownership) |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Alessio Cerci (from Roma, loan) |
| 9 | FW | GUI | Karamoko Cissé (from Hellas Verona, loan return) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ITA | Antonio Langella (to Udinese, Free) |
| — | DF | ITA | Manuel Belleri (to Lazio, loan return) |
| — | DF | ITA | Riccardo Fissore (to Vicenza, loan return) |
| — | FW | ITA | Simone Inzaghi (to Lazio, loan return) |
| — | FW | ITA | Michele Paolucci (to Udinese, loan return) |
| — | DF | ITA | Moris Carrozzieri (to Palermo, €4,000,000) |
| — | MF | ARG | Fernando Tissone (to Udinese, €4,200,000, co-ownership buyout) |
| — | FW | ITA | Andrea Lazzari (to Cagliari, €2,000,000, co-ownership) |
| — | GK | ITA | Andrea Ivan (released) |
| — | FW | BIH | Zlatan Muslimović (to PAOK, €3,000,000) |
| — | GK | PER | George Forsyth (to Alianza Lima, €2,000,000) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Luisito Campisi (to Hellas Verona) |
| — | FW | ITA | Michael Cia (to Triestina) |
| — | MF | ITA | Christian Tiboni (to Hellas Verona) |
| — | GK | ITA | Matteo Andreoletti (to Lecco) |
| — | DF | ITA | Dario Bergamelli (to Sassuolo) |
| — | DF | ITA | Gabriele Perico (to Poggibonsi) |
| — | FW | ITA | Alberto Filippini (to Padova) |
| — | DF | ITA | Stefano Mauri (to Ternana) |
| — | MF | SRB | Ivan Radovanović (to Pisa) |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 11 | Atalanta | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 47 | |
| 12 | Napoli | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 46 | |
| 13 | Sampdoria | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 46 | |
* ↑ Lazio qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 Coppa Italia.
* 1 2 Napoli finished ahead of Sampdoria on head-to-head points: Napoli 2–0 Sampdoria, Sampdoria 2–2 Napoli.

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

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Correct as of 17:19, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Andrea Consigli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Leonardo Talamonti | 22 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Thomas Manfredini | 21 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Gianpaolo Bellini | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Alessio Manzoni | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | AUT | György Garics | 24 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | GUI | Karamoko Cissé | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Gianvito Plasmati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Alessio Cerci | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | ITA | Federico Peluso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ITA | Diego De Ascentis | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ITA | Claudio Rivalta | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Tiberio Guarente | 23 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Antonino D'Agostino | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | CHI | Jaime Valdés | 18 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Luca Cigarini | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ITA | Simone Padoin | 23 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | POR | Costinha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ARG | Maximiliano Pellegrino | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ITA | Daniele Capelli | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ITA | Giacomo Bonaventura | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | ITA | Ferdinando Coppola | 23 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ITA | Christian Vieri | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | ITA | Sergio Floccari | 24 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | ITA | Marino Defendi | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | ITA | Simone Cerea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | ITA | Francesco Parravicini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | MF | ITA | Cristiano Doni | 21 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 79 | MF | BRA | Adriano Ferreira Pinto | 23 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 89 | FW | ITA | Michele Marconi | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 91 | GK | ITA | Simone Colombi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

Friendlies not included
| Position | Number | Name | Goals |
| 1 | 33 | Sergio Floccari | 10 |
| 2 | 72 | Cristiano Doni | 5 |
| 3 | 79 | Adriano Ferreira Pinto | 3 |
| 4 | 17 | Tiberio Guarente | 2 |
| = | 20 | Jaime Valdés | 2 |
| = | 32 | Christian Vieri | 2 |
| 5 | 8 | György Garics | 1 |
| = | 5 | Thomas Manfredini | 1 |
| = | 7 | Michele Marconi | 1 |
| = | 22 | Simone Padoin | 1 |