# 2009–10 AS Roma season

The 2009–10 season was Associazione Sportiva Roma's 77th season in Serie A. The club competed in Serie A, the Coppa Italia, and the UEFA Europa League. Roma finished second in Serie A with 80 points, two points behind Inter.
In the previous season, Roma achieved sixth place in Serie A and qualified for the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League starting from the third qualifying round.

## Players
### Squad information

    Last updated on 16 May 2010
    Appearances include league matches only
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age at end of season) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Bogdan Lobonț | GK | (1978-01-18)18 January 1978 (aged 32) | Dinamo București | 2009 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Artur | GK | (1981-01-25)25 January 1981 (aged 29) | Siena | 2008 | 12 | 0 |
| 27 | Júlio Sérgio | GK | (1978-11-08)8 November 1978 (aged 31) | América | 2006 | 30 | 0 |
| 32 | Doni | GK | (1979-10-22)22 October 1979 (aged 30) | Juventude | 2005 | 133 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 3 | Marco Andreolli | CB | (1986-06-10)10 June 1986 (aged 24) | Internazionale | 2009 | 8 | 0 |
| 4 | Juan | CB | (1979-02-01)1 February 1979 (aged 31) | Bayer Leverkusen | 2007 | 72 | 4 |
| 5 | Philippe Mexès | CB | (1982-03-30)30 March 1982 (aged 28) | Auxerre | 2004 | 161 | 10 |
| 13 | Marco Motta | RB | (1986-05-14)14 May 1986 (aged 24) | Udinese | 2009 | 29 | 0 |
| 17 | John Arne Riise | LB | (1980-09-24)24 September 1980 (aged 29) | Liverpool | 2008 | 67 | 7 |
| 22 | Max Tonetto | LB | (1974-11-18)18 November 1974 (aged 35) | Sampdoria | 2006 | 84 | 1 |
| 29 | Nicolás Burdisso | CB / RB | (1981-04-12)12 April 1981 (aged 29) | Internazionale | 2009 | 33 | 2 |
| 77 | Marco Cassetti | RB | (1977-05-29)29 May 1977 (aged 33) | Lecce | 2006 | 104 | 4 |
| 87 | Aleandro Rosi | RB | (1987-05-17)17 May 1987 (aged 23) | Youth Sector | 2004 | 53 | 3 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 7 | David Pizarro | CM / DM | (1979-09-11)11 September 1979 (aged 30) | Internazionale | 2006 | 119 | 8 |
| 11 | Rodrigo Taddei | LM / RM / AM | (1980-03-06)6 March 1980 (aged 30) | Siena | 2005 | 154 | 22 |
| 14 | Ricardo Faty | DM / CM | (1986-08-04)4 August 1986 (aged 23) | Strasbourg | 2006 | 19 | 0 |
| 16 | Daniele De Rossi (Vice-Captain) | DM / CM | (1983-07-24)24 July 1983 (aged 26) | Youth Sector | 2001 | 221 | 27 |
| 20 | Simone Perrotta | LM / CM / AM | (1977-09-17)17 September 1977 (aged 32) | Chievo | 2004 | 185 | 31 |
| 33 | Matteo Brighi | CM | (1981-02-14)14 February 1981 (aged 29) | Juventus | 2004 | 83 | 8 |
| 39 | Adrian Stoian | CM | (1991-02-11)11 February 1991 (aged 19) | Școala de Fotbal Gheorghe Popescu | 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 9 | Mirko Vučinić | CF / ST | (1983-10-01)1 October 1983 (aged 26) | Lecce | 2006 | 119 | 36 |
| 10 | Francesco Totti (Captain) | AM / LW / SS / CF / ST | (1976-09-27)27 September 1976 (aged 33) | Youth Sector | 1992 | 442 | 192 |
| 19 | Júlio Baptista | AM / CF / ST | (1981-10-01)1 October 1981 (aged 28) | Real Madrid | 2008 | 50 | 12 |
| 24 | Alessio Cerci | RW / SS | (1987-07-23)23 July 1987 (aged 22) | Youth Sector | 2003 | 13 | 0 |
| 30 | Luca Toni | CF / ST | (1977-05-26)26 May 1977 (aged 33) | Bayern Munich | 2010 | 15 | 5 |
| 41 | Filippo Scardina | CF / ST | (1992-02-26)26 February 1992 (aged 18) | Youth Sector | 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Stefano Pettinari | CF / RW / LW | (1992-01-27)27 January 1992 (aged 18) | Youth Sector | 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 94 | Jérémy Ménez | ST / SS | (1987-05-07)7 May 1987 (aged 23) | Monaco | 2008 | 52 | 5 |
| Players transferred during the season |||||||||
| 2 | Cicinho | RB | (1980-06-24)24 June 1980 (aged 30) | Real Madrid | 2007 | 54 | 3 |
| 18 | Mauro Esposito | RW | (1979-06-13)13 June 1979 (aged 31) | Cagliari | 2007 | 8 | 0 |
| 21 | Stefano Guberti | CM | (1984-11-06)6 November 1984 (aged 25) | Bari | 2009 | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | Adrian Piț | CM | (1983-07-16)16 July 1983 (aged 26) | Bellinzona | 2007 | 2 | 0 |
| 89 | Stefano Okaka | CF / ST | (1989-08-09)9 August 1989 (aged 20) | Youth Sector | 2005 | 30 | 2 |

## Transfers
### In

| — | MF | GHA | Ahmed Barusso (end of loan from Rimini. Co-ownership renewed) |
| — | DF | ITA | Marco Andreolli (end of loan from Sassuolo) |
| — | DF | POR | Vitorino Antunes (end of loan from Lecce) |
| — | DF | ARG | Nicolás Burdisso (loan from Internazionale) |
| — | MF | ITA | Aleandro Rosi (end of loan from Livorno) |
| — | MF | ITA | Alessio Cerci (end of loan from Atalanta) |
| — | MF | ITA | Leandro Greco (end of loan from Pisa) |
| — | MF | ITA | Valerio Virga (end of loan from Novara) |
| — | MF | SEN | Ricardo Faty (end of loan from Nantes) |
| — | FW | ITA | Mauro Esposito (end of loan from Chievo) |
| — | MF | ITA | Stefano Guberti (acquired from Bari on a free transfer) |
| — | FW | ITA | Stefano Okaka (end of loan from Brescia) |
| — | GK | ROU | Bogdan Lobonț (on loan from Dinamo București) |
| — | FW | ITA | Fabio Zamblera (on loan from Newcastle United) |
| — | FW | ITA | Luca Toni (loan from Bayern Munich) |
| — | FW | SRI | Panushanth Kulenthiran (loan from Bellinzona) |

### Out

| — | GK | ITA | Pietro Pipolo (free agent) |
| — | DF | ITA | Simone Loria (loaned to Torino) |
| — | DF | ITA | Christian Panucci (end of contract, to Parma) |
| — | DF | ITA | Dario Polverini (sold to Pro Patria) |
| — | MF | ITA | Andrea Giacomini (sold to Rimini) |
| — | MF | HON | Édgar Álvarez (sold to Bari) |
| — | MF | BRA | Filipe Gomes (end of contract, to Siena) |
| — | MF | ITA | Gianluca Galasso (sold to Bari. Co-ownership resolved) |
| — | FW | ITA | Vincenzo Montella (Retired) |
| — | MF | ITA | Marco D'Alessandro (loaned to Grosseto) |
| — | DF | ITA | Riccardo Brosco (loaned to Triestina) |
| — | MF | ITA | Alberto Aquilani (sold for €20 million to Liverpool) |
| — | MF | ITA | Valerio Virga (loaned to Cosenza) |
| — | DF | POR | Vitorino Antunes (loaned to Leixões) |
| — | MF | ITA | Leandro Greco (loaned to Piacenza) |
| — | MF | ITA | Stefano Guberti (loaned to Sampdoria) |
| — | MF | ITA | Mauro Esposito (loaned to Grosseto) |
| — | FW | ITA | Stefano Okaka (loaned to Fulham) |
| — | MF | ROU | Adrian Piț (loaned to Triestina) |
| — | DF | BRA | Cicinho (loaned to São Paulo) |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position | First match | Last match |
| Serie A | Matchday 1 | Runners-up | 23 August 2009 | 16 May 2010 |
| Coppa Italia | Round of 16 | Runners-up | 12 January 2010 | 5 May 2010 |
| Europa League | Third qualifying round | Round of 32 | 30 July 2009 | 25 February 2010 |
Last updated: 16 May 2010

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Internazionale (C) | 38 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 75 | 34 | +41 | 82 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Roma | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 68 | 41 | +27 | 80 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Milan | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 60 | 39 | +21 | 70 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Sampdoria | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 67 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Palermo | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 59 | 47 | +12 | 65 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 May 2010. 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 | 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 |
| Result | L | L | W | W | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 15 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### Third qualifying round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Roma | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Fulham | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Basel | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 9 | |
| 4 | CSKA Sofia | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 1 | |

#### Knockout phase
##### 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 | ROU | Bogdan Lobonț | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Pietro Pipolo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | BRA | Artur | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | BRA | Júlio Sérgio | 37 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | BRA | Doni | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | ROU | Alexandru Pena | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ITA | Marco Andreolli | 15 | 1 | 4+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Juan | 36 | 0 | 28+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Philippe Mexès | 32 | 2 | 16+3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Marco Motta | 27 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | NOR | John Arne Riise | 52 | 8 | 34+2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
| 22 | DF | ITA | Max Tonetto | 8 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ARG | Nicolás Burdisso | 44 | 2 | 32+1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | ITA | Marco Cassetti | 38 | 2 | 26+3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | CHI | David Pizarro | 46 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10+1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Rodrigo Taddei | 46 | 2 | 25+8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Ricardo Faty | 11 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Daniele De Rossi | 49 | 11 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 3 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Simone Perrotta | 40 | 6 | 31+1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 33 | MF | ITA | Matteo Brighi | 32 | 5 | 15+9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | MNE | Mirko Vučinić | 46 | 19 | 32+2 | 14 | 3+1 | 2 | 4+4 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Francesco Totti | 31 | 25 | 21+2 | 14 | 1+1 | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 19 | FW | BRA | Júlio Baptista | 32 | 4 | 4+19 | 3 | 2+1 | 1 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ITA | Alessio Cerci | 19 | 3 | 2+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 5+3 | 3 |
| 30 | FW | ITA | Luca Toni | 17 | 5 | 10+5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | ITA | Filippo Scardina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 42 | FW | ITA | Stefano Pettinari | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 94 | FW | FRA | Jérémy Ménez | 37 | 4 | 18+5 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 | 6+4 | 3 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BRA | Cicinho | 5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Mauro Esposito | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Stefano Guberti | 12 | 1 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | ROU | Adrian Piț | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | FW | ITA | Stefano Okaka | 14 | 4 | 0+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 3 |
Last updated: 16 May 2010 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA EL | Total |
| 1 | 10 | FW | | Francesco Totti | 14 | 0 | 11 | 25 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Mirko Vučinić | 14 | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| 3 | 16 | MF | | Daniele De Rossi | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | 17 | DF | | John Arne Riise | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 20 | MF | | Simone Perrotta | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | 30 | FW | | Luca Toni | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 33 | MF | | Matteo Brighi | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | 19 | FW | | Júlio Baptista | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 89 | FW | | Stefano Okaka | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | 94 | FW | | Jérémy Ménez | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | 7 | MF | | David Pizarro | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 24 | FW | | Alessio Cerci | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | 5 | DF | | Philippe Mexès | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | 11 | MF | | Rodrigo Taddei | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | 29 | DF | | Nicolás Burdisso | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | 77 | DF | | Marco Cassetti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | 21 | MF | | Stefano Guberti | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | 41 | FW | | Filippo Scardina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 68 | 6 | 34 | 108 |
Last updated: 16 May 2010

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA EL | Total |
| 1 | 27 | GK | | Júlio Sérgio | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 32 | GK | | Doni | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | GK | | Bogdan Lobonț | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 11 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
Last updated: 16 May 2010

### Disciplinary record

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