# 2008–09 SS Lazio season

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 | Delio Rossi |
| Assistant coach | Fedele Limone |
| Goalkeeping coach | Adalberto Grigioni |
| Fitness coaches | Valter Vio Adriano Bianchini |
| Club doctors | Roberto Bianchini Stefano Salvatori |
Last updated: October 14, 2008 Source: S.S Lazio Staff

### Other information

| President | Claudio Lotito |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Stadio Olimpico (72, 698 / 105m x 68m) |
Source: SSLazio.it

## Squad
### First team

As of September 20, 2008
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 | Juan Pablo Carrizo |
| 2 | DF | SUI | Stephan Lichtsteiner |
| 3 | DF | SRB | Aleksandar Kolarov |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Fabio Firmani |
| 5 | MF | ITA | Cristian Brocchi |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Ousmane Dabo |
| 7 | DF | ITA | Manuel Belleri |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Matuzalém (on loan from Real Zaragoza) |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Mauro Zárate (on loan from Al-Sadd) |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Stefano Mauri |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Sebastiano Siviglia |
| 14 | GK | ITA | Tommaso Berni |
| 16 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Tuia |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Pasquale Foggia |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Tommaso Rocchi (captain) |
| 19 | FW | MKD | Goran Pandev |
| 20 | FW | CZE | Libor Kozák |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | FW | ITA | Simone Inzaghi |
| 22 | DF | CZE | David Rozehnal |
| 23 | MF | ALG | Mourad Meghni |
| 24 | MF | ARG | Cristian Ledesma (vice-captain) |
| 25 | DF | BRA | Emílson Sánchez Cribari |
| 26 | FW | NGA | Stephen Ayodele Makinwa |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo De Silvestri |
| 32 | DF | ROU | Ştefan Radu |
| 49 | MF | ITA | Antonio Cinelli |
| 68 | MF | CIV | Christian Manfredini |
| 80 | MF | ITA | Massimo Mutarelli |
| 81 | FW | ITA | Simone Del Nero |
| 86 | GK | URU | Fernando Muslera |
| 87 | DF | FRA | Modibo Diakité |
| 89 | GK | FRA | Vincent Degré |
| 90 | FW | ITA | Ettore Mendicino |
| 91 | DF | ITA | Marco Davide Faraoni |
For all transfers and loans pertaining to Lazio for the current season, please see; summer 2008 transfers.

### Double passports

* Juan Pablo Carrizo
* Mauro Zárate
* Mourad Meghni
* Cristian Ledesma
* Cribari
* Christian Manfredini
* Fernando Muslera

### Non-EU players

* Aleksandar Kolarov
* Matuzalém
* Stephen Makinwa
* Goran Pandev

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

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
| 11 | Atalanta | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 47 | |
| 12 | Napoli | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 46 | |
* ↑ Lazio qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 Coppa Italia.
* ↑ 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 |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | W | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia
## Top scorers

* Mauro Zárate 13 (2)
* Goran Pandev 9
* Tommaso Rocchi 9
* Pasquale Foggia 2
* Cristian Ledesma 2
* Stefano Mauri 2

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 9 June 2008 | DF | David Rozehnal | Newcastle United | Undisclosed |
| 24 June 2008 | DF | Ştefan Radu | Dinamo București | €4.2m |
| 5 July 2008 | FW | Libor Kozák | Opava | €1.2m |
| 16 July 2008 | DF | Stephan Lichtsteiner | Lille | €1.8m |
| 28 August 2008 | MF | Cristian Brocchi | Milan | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 30 June 2008 | GK | Marco Ballotta | Unattached | Retired |
| 30 June 2008 | MF | Fabio Vignaroli | Unattached | End of contract |
| 9 July 2008 | FW | Igli Tare | Unattached | Retired |
| 17 July 2008 | MF | Gaby Mudingayi | Bologna | €6m |
| 23 July 2008 | MF | Valon Behrami | West Ham United | €6.5m |
| 25 October 2008 | MF | Massimo Mutarelli | Unattached | Breach of contract |

### Loaned in

| Date From | Date To | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 5 July 2008 | End of the season | FW | Mauro Zárate | Al-Sadd | €3m |
| 18 July 2008 | End of the season | MF | Matuzalém | Real Zaragoza | Free |

### Loaned out

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

### Estimated transfer totals

Does not take into account undisclosed fees.