2007–08 S.S. Lazio season

Lazio
2007–08 season
Owner	Claudio Lotito
Chairman	Claudio Lotito
Manager	Delio Rossi
Serie A	12th
Coppa Italia	Semi-finals
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Goran Pandev,; Tommaso Rocchi (14); All: ; Goran Pandev (20)
Highest home attendance	49,284 vs Roma
Lowest home attendance	14,891 vs Napoli
Average home league attendance	21,485

The 2007–08 season was the 108th season in Società Sportiva Lazio's history and their 20th consecutive season in the top-flight of Italian football.

On 11 November 2007, a Lazio supporter, Gabriele Sandri was fatally wounded in an argument between Lazio and Juventus supporters, resulting in the police intervening and ultimately killing Sandri, who was not directly involved with the quarrel.

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: May 13, 2008
Source: S.S Lazio Staff

Other information

President	Claudio Lotito
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Stadio Olimpico (82, 307 / 105m x 68m)

Source: Stadio Olimpico article: May 13, 2008

Squad

First team

As of 2008-02-08[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ITA	Tommaso Berni
2	DF	ROU	Ștefan Radu (on loan from Dinamo București)
3	DF	SRB	Aleksandar Kolarov
4	MF	ITA	Fabio Firmani
5	MF	ITA	Massimo Mutarelli
6	MF	FRA	Ousmane Dabo
7	DF	CZE	David Rozehnal (on loan from Newcastle United)
8	DF	ITA	Luciano Zauri (captain)
9	FW	ITA	Rolando Bianchi (on loan from Manchester City)
10	MF	ITA	Roberto Baronio
11	MF	ITA	Stefano Mauri
13	DF	ITA	Sebastiano Siviglia
14	GK	ITA	Marco Ballotta
15	DF	FRA	Modibo Diakité


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	ALB	Igli Tare
18	FW	ITA	Tommaso Rocchi (vice-captain)
19	FW	MKD	Goran Pandev
21	FW	ITA	Fabio Vignaroli
22	DF	ITA	Ivan Artipoli
23	MF	FRA	Mourad Meghni
24	MF	ARG	Cristian Ledesma
25	DF	BRA	Emílson Cribari
26	MF	BEL	Gaby Mudingayi
29	DF	ITA	Lorenzo De Silvestri
32	GK	URU	Fernando Muslera
68	MF	CIV	Christian Manfredini
81	FW	ITA	Simone Del Nero
85	MF	SUI	Valon Behrami

Double passports

Non-EU players

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Genoa	38	13	9	16	44	52	−8	48
11	Palermo	38	12	11	15	47	57	−10	47
12	Lazio	38	11	13	14	47	51	−4	46
13	Siena	38	9	17	12	40	45	−5	44
14	Cagliari[lower-alpha 1]	38	11	9	18	40	56	−16	42

Source: Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Notes:

Cagliari was docked 3 points for filing an unauthorized lawsuit, but the penalty was later reversed.

Matches

1	Lazio	2–2	Torino
	Pandev 56' Rocchi 61'		Rosina 34' Vailatti 68'

2

Sampdoria

0–0

Lazio

3

Lazio

0–0

Empoli

4	Atalanta	2–1	Lazio
	Langella 43' Zampagna 90+3'		Mutarelli 69'

5	Lazio	3–1	Cagliari
	Rocchi 47', 84' Pandev 59'		Acquafresca 69'

6	Reggina	1–1	Lazio
	Cozza 8'		Kolarov 74'

7	Lazio	1–5	Milan
	Mauri 23'		Ambrosini 16' Kaká 33' (pen.), 52' Gilardino 70', 81'

8	Livorno	0–1	Lazio
			Pandev 45+4'

9	Lazio	0–1	Udinese
			Gyan 78'

10	Roma	3–2	Lazio
	Vučinić 19' Mancini 42' Perrotta 56'		Rocchi 12' Ledesma 70'

11	Lazio	0–1	Fiorentina
			Pazzini 19'

12	Lazio	1–0	Parma
	Firmani 90'

13	Siena	1–1	Lazio
	Maccarone 32'		Pandev 23'

14	Internazionale	3–0	Lazio
	Ibrahimović 22' (pen.) Maicon 33' Suazo 55'

15	Lazio	2–0	Catania
	Rocchi 8' Pandev 89'

16	Lazio	2–3	Juventus
	Pandev 36', 90+3'		Trezeguet 29' Del Piero 48', 70'

17	Palermo	2–2	Lazio
	Simplício 34' Amauri 46'		Firmani 59' Tare 81'

18	Lazio	1–2	Genoa
	Mauri 23'		Borriello 52' (pen.), 55'

19	Napoli	2–2	Lazio
	Hamšík 5', 90+4'		Ledesma 26' Pandev 31'

20

Torino

0–0

Lazio

21	Lazio	2–1	Sampdoria
	Mauri 37' Rocchi 77'		Cassano 45+1'

22	Empoli	1–0	Lazio
	Vannucchi 7'

23	Lazio	3–0	Atalanta
	Rocchi 26' (pen.), 88' (pen.) Pandev 56'

24	Cagliari	1–0	Lazio
	Matri 89'

25	Lazio	1–0	Reggina
	Bianchi 45' (pen.)

26	Milan	1–1	Lazio
	Oddo 66' (pen.)		Bianchi 54'

27	Lazio	2–0	Livorno
	Rocchi 15' Pandev 24'

28	Udinese	2–2	Lazio
	Ferronetti 56' Di Natale 86'		Rocchi 12' Ledesma 80'

29	Lazio	3–2	Roma
	Pandev 43' Rocchi 57' (pen.) Behrami 90+2'		Taddei 31' Perrotta 62'

30	Fiorentina	1–0	Lazio
	Pazzini 77'

31	Lazio	1–1	Internazionale
	Rocchi 59'		Crespo 11'

32	Parma	2–2	Lazio
	Budan 17' Paci 43'		Pandev 35' Bianchi 38'

33	Lazio	1–1	Siena
	Mutarelli 45+1'		Loria 88'

34	Catania	1–0	Lazio
	Spinesi 34' (pen.)

35	Juventus	5–2	Lazio
	Chiellini 15', 88' Camoranesi 21' Del Piero 32' Trezeguet 33'		Bianchi 56' Siviglia 61'

36	Lazio	1–2	Palermo
	Pandev 25' (pen.)		Amauri 82', 90+2'

37	Genoa	0–2	Lazio
			Pandev 32' Rocchi 45+2'

38	Lazio	2–1	Napoli
	Rocchi 14' Firmani 71'		Domizzi 83'

Coppa Italia

Top scorers

Tommaso Rocchi – 14 (3)
Goran Pandev – 14 (1)
Rolando Bianchi – 4 (1)
Cristian Ledesma – 3

Champions League

Third qualifying round

Lazio–Dinamo București 1-1
0-1 Ionel Dănciulescu (22)
1-1 Massimo Mutarelli (54)
Dinamo București–Lazio 1-3
1-0 Florin Bratu (27)
1-1 Tommaso Rocchi (47 pen)
1-2 Goran Pandev (53)
1-3 Tommaso Rocchi (66)

Group stage

Olympiacos–Lazio 1-1
1-0 Luciano Galletti (65)
1-1 Luciano Zauri (77)
Lazio–Real Madrid 2-2
0-1 Ruud van Nistelrooy (8)
1-1 Goran Pandev (32)
1-2 Ruud van Nistelrooy (61)
2-2 Goran Pandev (75)
Werder Bremen–Lazio 2-1
1-0 Boubacar Sanogo (28)
2-0 Hugo Almeida (54)
2-1 Christian Manfredini (82)
Lazio–Werder Bremen 2-1
1-0 Tommaso Rocchi (57)
2-0 Tommaso Rocchi (68)
2-1 Diego (88 pen.)
Lazio–Olympiacos 1-2
1-0 Goran Pandev (30)
1-1 Luciano Galletti (35)
1-2 Darko Kovačević (64)
Real Madrid–Lazio 3-1
1-0 Júlio Baptista (13)
2-0 Raúl (15)
3-0 Robinho (36)
3-1 Goran Pandev (80)

References

General

Martucci, Maurizio (2008). 11 novembre 2007. L'uccisione di Gabriele Sandri una giornata buia della Repubblica (in Italian). Sovera Editore. ISBN 88-8124-787-9.

Specific

"Prima Squadra" (in Italian). SS Lazio. Archived from the original on 2008-01-30. Retrieved 2008-02-01.

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[table_note_CAG0.9948173300339-2] Cagliari was docked 3 points for filing an unauthorized lawsuit, but the penalty was later reversed.

[1] "Prima Squadra" (in Italian). SS Lazio. Archived from the original on 2008-01-30. Retrieved 2008-02-01.