2007–08 SS Lazio season

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.

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 each) All: Goran Pandev (20 goals)
Highest home attendance	49,284 vs Roma
Lowest home attendance	14,891 vs Napoli
Average home league attendance	21,485
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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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

• Fernando Muslera
• Igli Tare
• Mourad Meghni
• Emílson Cribari
• Christian Manfredini
• Valon Behrami

Non-EU players

• Aleksandar Kolarov
• Cristian Ledesma
• Goran Pandev

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2007–08 Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Genoa	38	13	9	16	44	52	−8	48[a]
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[b]	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:

1. Atalanta finished ahead of Genoa on head-to-head points: Genoa 2-1 Atalanta, Atalanta 2-0 Genoa.
2. Cagliari was docked 3 points for filing an unauthorized lawsuit, but the penalty was later reversed.

Matches

Lazio v Torino

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

Sampdoria v Lazio

2

Sampdoria

0–0

Lazio

Lazio v Empoli

3

Lazio

0–0

Empoli

Atalanta v Lazio

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

Lazio v Cagliari

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

Reggina v Lazio

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

Lazio v Milan

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

Livorno v Lazio

8	Livorno	0–1	Lazio
			Pandev 45+4'

Lazio v Udinese

9	Lazio	0–1	Udinese
			Gyan 78'

Roma v Lazio

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

Lazio v Fiorentina

11	Lazio	0–1	Fiorentina
			Pazzini 19'

Lazio v Parma

12	Lazio	1–0	Parma
	Firmani 90'

Siena v Lazio

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

Internazionale v Lazio

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

Lazio v Catania

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

Lazio v Juventus

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

Palermo v Lazio

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

Lazio v Genoa

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

Napoli v Lazio

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

Torino v Lazio

20

Torino

0–0

Lazio

Lazio v Sampdoria

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

Empoli v Lazio

22	Empoli	1–0	Lazio
	Vannucchi 7'

Lazio v Atalanta

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

Cagliari v Lazio

24	Cagliari	1–0	Lazio
	Matri 89'

Lazio v Reggina

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

Milan v Lazio

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

Lazio v Livorno

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

Udinese v Lazio

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

Lazio v Roma

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

Fiorentina v Lazio

30	Fiorentina	1–0	Lazio
	Pazzini 77'

Lazio v Internazionale

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

Parma v Lazio

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

Lazio v Siena

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

Catania v Lazio

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

Juventus v Lazio

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

Lazio v Palermo

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

Genoa v Lazio

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

Lazio v Napoli

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

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2007–08 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

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