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
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

During the 2007–08 football season, Società Sportiva Lazio played its 65th Serie A season since the club's existence.

The season was relatively poor, as the club slipped back from third in Serie A 2006–07 to a disappointing 12th position in 2007–08. Hopes of a respectable performance in the UEFA Champions League disappeared when the squad proved not to have sufficient quality to match Real Madrid, Werder Bremen and Olympiacos.

Lazio's season was most remembered for club supporter and professional DJ Gabriele Sandri being shot to death in an accident; Lazio and Juventus supporters had a quarry, resulting in the police intervening and ultimately killing Sandri, who allegedly had nothing to do with the quarrel.

Club

Management

Position Staff
Head coach Italy Delio Rossi
Assistant coach Italy Fedele Limone
Goalkeeping coach Italy Adalberto Grigioni
Fitness coaches Italy Valter Vio
Italy Adriano Bianchini
Club doctors Italy Roberto Bianchini
Italy Stefano Salvatori

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

Other information

President Italy 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. Position Player
1 Italy GK Tommaso Berni
2 Romania DF Ștefan Radu (on loan from Dinamo București)
3 Serbia DF Aleksandar Kolarov
4 Italy MF Fabio Firmani
5 Italy MF Massimo Mutarelli
6 France MF Ousmane Dabo
7 Czech Republic DF David Rozehnal (on loan from Newcastle United)
8 Italy DF Luciano Zauri (captain)
9 Italy FW Rolando Bianchi (on loan from Manchester City)
10 Italy MF Roberto Baronio
11 Italy MF Stefano Mauri
13 Italy DF Sebastiano Siviglia
14 Italy GK Marco Ballotta
15 France DF Mobido Diakité
No. Position Player
17 Albania FW Igli Tare
18 Italy FW Tommaso Rocchi (vice-captain)
19 Republic of Macedonia FW Goran Pandev
21 Italy FW Fabio Vignaroli
22 Italy DF Ivan Artipoli
23 France MF Mourad Meghni
24 Argentina MF Cristian Ledesma
25 Brazil DF Emílson Cribari
26 Belgium MF Gaby Mudingayi
29 Italy DF Lorenzo De Silvestri
32 Uruguay GK Fernando Muslera
68 Ivory Coast MF Christian Manfredini
81 Italy FW Simone Del Nero
85 Switzerland MF Valon Behrami

Double passports

Non-EU players


Competitions summary

Overall

Competition Started Round Final Position Final Round First Match Last Match
Serie A Round 1 12th Round 38 August 25, 2007 May 18, 2008
Coppa Italia Round of 16 Eliminated Semifinals December 19, 2007 May 8, 2008
UEFA Champions League Third Qualifying Round Eliminated Group Stage September 18, 2007 December 11, 2008

Serie A

Matches

Top scorers

Champions League

Third qualifying round

Group stage

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.
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