2004–05 S.S. Lazio season

Lazio

2004–05 season

Chairman

Claudio Lotito

Owner

Claudio Lotito

Manager

Domenico Caso
Giuseppe Papadopulo

10th

Round of 16

Group stage

Runners-up

Top goalscorer

Tommaso Rocchi (13)

Home colours

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S.S. Lazio had a major backlash following its glorious decade. Capitalia sold the club to business man Claudio Lotito, who was initially forced to sell several key players, which led to a persistent battle to avoid relegation. The departure of manager Roberto Mancini was also severe, with Domenico Caso unable to follow in his footsteps.

Season

Lazio was just saved by Lotito during the summer, but before the season began Jaap Stam, Dejan Stanković, Stefano Fiore, Bernardo Corradi, Giuseppe Favalli, Siniša Mihajlović, Claudio López and several other players departed. The squad was completely depleted, with only Goran Pandev and former youth team player Paolo Di Canio, who returned aged 36. The funds were extremely tight, but on deadline day nine players were signed. Of those, only Tommaso Rocchi held top-class, but he proved to be a worth replacement for the departed strikers, and his 13 goals ensured Lazio stayed in Serie A.

Most of the other players signed proved to be flops, including Antonio and Emanuele Filippini, Anthony Šerić and several unknown Argentinian players.

Lazio suffered from a bad autumn, during which Caso eventually got fired, despite a popular 3-1 win over A.S. Roma, where Di Canio scored his first goal in a Rome derby since 1988, but sparked controversy with a Roman salute that was labelled as fascist. He then pulled fuel on the fire by declaring himself sharing fascist values when asked to defend himself. Following Caso's departure, Giuseppe Papadopulo was assigned the new coach, following intense protests following the appointment of Gigi Maifredi. The conclusion of the season was extremely uneventful, with some 13 teams involved in a scrap to avoid relegation, and a strong final couple of games ensured Lazio climbed to tenth, but the club was still only two points above the 18:th-placed team. Papadopulo was not given a new contract, as Lotito was impressed with the way Delio Rossi almost saved Atalanta from a hopeless situation.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Serie A

Games

1	Sampdoria	0–1	Lazio
			Di Canio 29' (pen.)

2	Lazio	1–1	Reggina
	S. Inzaghi 32' (pen.)		Bonazzoli 35'

3	Brescia	0–2	Lazio
			Rocchi 29' Couto 45'

4	Lazio	1–2	Milan
	Rocchi 37'		Shevchenko 70, 74'

5	Atalanta	1–1	Lazio
	Gautieri 11'		Muzzi 85'

6	Lazio	0–1	Chievo
			Brighi 72'

7	Parma	3–1	Lazio
	Marchionni 16' Bresciano 27' Gilardino 64'		Rocchi 36'

8	Lazio	2–0	Messina
	Manfredini 36' De Sousa 65'

9	Inter	1–1	Lazio
	Adriano 46'		Talamonti 77'

10	Lazio	1–1	Siena
	Couto 47'		Portanova 67'

11	Livorno	1–0	Lazio
	C. Lucarelli 42'

12	Lazio	2–1	Bologna
	Rocchi 6' Di Canio 85' (pen.)		Tare 53'

13	Lazio	2–3	Cagliari
	Pandev 7' Oddo 80' (pen.)		Langella 34' Esposito 65' Zola 71'

14	Juventus	2–1	Lazio
	Olivera 40' Ibrahimović 75'		Pandev 11'

15	Lazio	3–3	Lecce
	Rocchi 51' Di Canio 68' (pen.), 77'		Babù 9, 75' Bojinov 32'

16	Udinese	3–0	Lazio
	Pizarro 13' (pen.) Di Michele 17' Iaquinta 36'

17	Lazio	3–1	Roma
	Di Canio 28' César 75' Rocchi 84'		Cassano 68'

18	Fiorentina	2–3	Lazio
	Miccoli 1, 85'		Di Canio 33' Pandev 64' Dabo 75'

19	Lazio	1–3	Palermo
	Bazzani 15'		Toni 42, 90' Zauli 66'

20	Lazio	1–2	Sampdoria
	Rocchi 64'		Kutuzov 1' Flachi 4' (pen.)

21	Reggina	2–1	Lazio
	Bonazzoli 72' De Rosa 90 + 3'		César 10'

22	Lazio	0–0	Brescia

23	Milan	2–1	Lazio
	Shevchenko 72' Crespo 90 + 4'		Oddo 12' (pen.)

24	Lazio	2–1	Atalanta
	Bazzani 45 + 1' Liverani 89'		Makinwa 45'

25	Chievo	0–1	Lazio
			Rocchi 76'

26	Lazio	2–0	Parma
	Oddo 19' E. Filippini 85'

27	Messina	1–0	Lazio
	Coppola 44'

28	Lazio	1–1	Inter
	A. Filippini 45'		Cruz 70'

29	Siena	1–0	Lazio
	Tudor 57'

30	Lazio	3–1	Livorno
	Muzzi 16' César 45' (pen.) Rocchi 45'		Protti 60' (pen.)

31	Bologna	1–2	Lazio
	Giunti 15'		Oddo 54' (pen.) Rocchi 74'

32	Cagliari	1–1	Lazio
	Esposito 72'		Siviglia 90 + 1'

33	Lazio	0–1	Juventus
			Nedvěd 85'

34	Lecce	5–3	Lazio
	Dalla Bona 5' (pen.) Vučinić 45 + 2, 77, 81' Diamoutene 70' (pen.)		Rocchi 29, 52, 58'

35	Lazio	0–1	Udinese
			Iaquinta 65'

36	Roma	0–0	Lazio

37	Lazio	1–1	Fiorentina
	Siviglia 18'		Maresca 2'

38	Palermo	3–3	Lazio
	Toni 2, 64' Brienza 40'		Rocchi 43' Bazzani 71' Muzzi 87'

Top Scorers

UEFA Cup

Qualifying

Metalurg Donetsk-Lazio 0-3
0-1 Tommaso Rocchi (73)
0-2 César (75)
0-3 Goran Pandev (85)

Lazio-Metalurg Donetsk 3-0
1-0 Fabio Liverani (10)
2-0 Roberto Muzzi (23)
3-0 Fabio Liverani (27)

Group Stage

Lazio-Villareal 1-1
0-1 José Mari (4)
1-1 Tommaso Rocchi (83)

Lazio-Partizan 2-2
0-1 Pierre Boya (6)
0-2 Pierre Boya (24)
1-2 Paolo Di Canio (51)
2-2 Simone Inzaghi (73)

Egaleo-Lazio 2-2
1-0 Giannis Chloros (7)
1-1 Roberto Muzzi (15)
1-2 Roberto Muzzi (36)
2-2 Tassos Agritis (54)

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