2007–08 S.S. Lazio season

Lazio
2007–08 season
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 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 not one to remember, as it slipped back from third in Serie A 2006–07 back to an extremely disappointing 12th position in the table. Hopes of a respectable performance in the 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, where Lazio and Juventus supporters had a quarry, resulting in the police intervening, killing Sandri, who allegedly had not anything with the quarrel to do.

Contents

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 has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Fernando Muslera
2 DF Ştefan Radu (on loan from Dinamo Bucharest)
3 DF Aleksandar Kolarov
4 MF Fabio Firmani
5 MF Massimo Mutarelli
6 MF Ousmane Dabo
7 DF David Rozehnal (on loan from Newcastle United)
8 DF Luciano Zauri (captain)
9 FW Rolando Bianchi (on loan from Manchester City)
10 MF Roberto Baronio
11 MF Stefano Mauri
13 DF Sebastiano Siviglia
14 GK Tommaso Berni
15 DF Mobido Diakité
No. Position Player
17 FW Igli Tare
18 FW Tommaso Rocchi (vice-captain)
19 FW Goran Pandev
21 FW Fabio Vignaroli
22 DF Ivan Artipoli
23 MF Mourad Meghni
24 MF Cristian Ledesma
25 DF Emílson Sánchez Cribari
26 MF Gaby Mudingayi
29 DF Lorenzo De Silvestri
32 GK Marco Ballotta
68 MF Christian Manfredini
81 FW Simone Del Nero
85 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) (in italian). 11 novembre 2007. L'uccisione di Gabriele Sandri una giornata buia della Repubblica. Sovera Editore. ISBN 88-8124-787-9. 

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