2008–09 AS Roma season

Roma
2008–09 season
President	Rosella Sensi
Manager	Luciano Spalletti
Stadium	Stadio Olimpico
Serie A	6th
Supercoppa Italiana	Runners-up
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Francesco Totti (13); All: ; Mirko Vučinić (17)
Highest home attendance	62,383 vs Arsenal; (11 March 2009, Champions League)
Lowest home attendance	14,944 vs Bologna; (17 December 2008, Coppa Italia)
Average home league attendance	39,396
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 season was Associazione Sportiva Roma's 76th season in Serie A. The club competed in four competitions; domestically, Roma finished a disappointing 6th, after three consecutive second-place finishes. They began the season by losing the Supercoppa Italiana to Inter, who also eliminated Roma in the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia.

Having finished 2nd the previous season, Roma qualified automatically to the group stage of the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League. Roma managed to finish top of their group, but were eliminated in the round of 16 by English club Arsenal in a penalty shoot-out.

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Luciano Spalletti
Assistant Coach	Marco Domenichini
Goalkeeping Coach	Adriano Bonaiuti
Physical fitness coach	Mario Brozzi

Last updated: 3 August 2008
Source: A.S. Roma

Players

Squad information

Last updated on 31 May 2009

Appearances include league matches only

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age at end of season)	Signed from	Signed in	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
25	Artur	GK	(1981-01-25)25 January 1981 (aged 28)	Siena	2008	11	0
27	Júlio Sérgio	GK	(1978-11-08)8 November 1978 (aged 30)	América	2006	0	0
32	Doni	GK	(1979-10-22)22 October 1979 (aged 29)	Juventude	2005	126	0
Defenders
2	Christian Panucci (Vice-Captain)	RB / CB	(1973-04-12)12 April 1973 (aged 36)	Monaco	2001	229	20
3	Cicinho	RB	(1980-06-24)24 June 1980 (aged 29)	Real Madrid	2007	52	3
4	Juan	CB	(1979-02-01)1 February 1979 (aged 30)	Bayer Leverkusen	2007	43	4
5	Philippe Mexès	CB	(1982-03-30)30 March 1982 (aged 27)	Auxerre	2004	142	9
13	Marco Motta	RB	(1986-05-14)14 May 1986 (aged 23)	Udinese	2009	13	0
15	Simone Loria	CB	(1976-10-28)28 October 1976 (aged 32)	Siena	2008	9	1
17	John Arne Riise	LB	(1980-09-24)24 September 1980 (aged 28)	Liverpool	2008	31	2
21	Souleymane Diamoutene	CB	(1983-01-30)30 January 1983 (aged 26)	Lecce	2009	4	0
22	Max Tonetto	LB	(1974-11-18)18 November 1974 (aged 34)	Sampdoria	2006	80	1
37	Alessandro Crescenzi	RB / LB	(1991-09-25)25 September 1991 (aged 17)	Youth Sector	2008	1	0
77	Marco Cassetti	RB	(1977-05-29)29 May 1977 (aged 32)	Lecce	2006	75	2
Midfielders
7	David Pizarro	CM / DM	(1979-09-11)11 September 1979 (aged 29)	Internazionale	2006	88	6
8	Alberto Aquilani	CM / AM	(1984-07-07)7 July 1984 (aged 24)	Youth Sector	2002	102	9
11	Rodrigo Taddei	LM / RM / AM	(1980-03-06)6 March 1980 (aged 29)	Siena	2005	121	20
14	Filipe Gomes	CM	(1987-05-28)28 May 1987 (aged 22)	Fiorentina Youth Sector	2008	4	0
16	Daniele De Rossi	DM / CM	(1983-07-24)24 July 1983 (aged 25)	Youth Sector	2001	188	20
20	Simone Perrotta	LM / CM / AM	(1977-09-17)17 September 1977 (aged 31)	Chievo	2004	153	26
33	Matteo Brighi	CM	(1981-02-14)14 February 1981 (aged 28)	Juventus	2004	59	4
38	Marco D'Alessandro	CM	(1991-02-17)17 February 1991 (aged 18)	Youth Sector	2008	3	0
39	Adrian Stoian	CM	(1991-02-11)11 February 1991 (aged 18)	Școala de Fotbal Gheorghe Popescu	2008	1	0
Forwards
9	Mirko Vučinić	CF / ST	(1983-10-01)1 October 1983 (aged 25)	Lecce	2006	85	22
10	Francesco Totti (Captain)	AM / LW / SS / CF / ST	(1976-09-27)27 September 1976 (aged 32)	Youth Sector	1992	419	178
19	Júlio Baptista	AM / CF / ST	(1981-10-01)1 October 1981 (aged 27)	Real Madrid	2008	27	9
23	Vincenzo Montella	CF / ST	(1974-06-18)18 June 1974 (aged 35)	Sampdoria	1999	192	83
94	Jérémy Ménez	ST / SS	(1987-05-07)7 May 1987 (aged 22)	Monaco	2008	29	4
Players transferred during the season
34	Valerio Virga	CM	(1986-06-06)6 June 1986 (aged 23)	Youth Sector	2004	11	0
89	Stefano Okaka	CF / ST	(1989-08-09)9 August 1989 (aged 19)	Youth Sector	2005	23	1

Transfers

In

—	DF	NOR	John Arne Riise (from Liverpool)^[2]
—	DF	ITA	Simone Loria (from Siena)^[3]
—	DF	ITA	Marco Andreolli (co-ownership renewed Internazionale)^[4]
—	GK	BRA	Artur (from Siena)^{[citation needed]}
—	FW	ITA	Mauro Esposito (full ownership from Cagliari)^[4]
—	MF	ITA	Leandro Greco (full ownership from Hellas Verona)^[4]
—	FW	MNE	Mirko Vučinić (full ownership from Lecce)^[5]
—	FW	ITA	Alessio Cerci (end loan Pisa)^{[citation needed]}
—	FW	ITA	Stefano Okaka (end loan Modena)^{[citation needed]}
—	MF	ITA	Valerio Virga (end loan Grosseto)^{[citation needed]}
—	FW	ITA	Vincenzo Montella (end loan Sampdoria)^{[citation needed]}
—	MF	HON	Édgar Álvarez (end loan Livorno)^{[citation needed]}
—	MF	ITA	Aleandro Rosi (end loan Chievo)^{[citation needed]}
—	FW	BRA	Júlio Baptista (full ownership from Real Madrid)^{[citation needed]}
—	FW	FRA	Jérémy Ménez (full ownership from Monaco)^[6]
—	DF	ITA	Marco Motta (loan from Udinese)^[7]
—	DF	MLI	Souleymane Diamoutene (loan from Lecce)^[8]
—	GK	CRO	Sugar David (loan from Bellinzona)^[9]

Out

—	FW	ITA	Alessio Cerci (loan Atalanta)^[10]
—	GK	ITA	Gianluca Curci (co-ownership Siena)^[3]
—	MF	GHA	Ahmed Apimah Barusso (loan Siena)^[3]
—	MF	ITA	Daniele Galloppa (full ownership Siena)^[3]
—	MF	ITA	Daniele Magliocchetti (co-ownership Cagliari)^[3]
—	DF	ITA	Matteo Ferrari (contract expired)
—	DF	ITA	Gianluca Freddi (full ownership Grosseto)^[11]
—	MF	ITA	Aleandro Rosi (loan Livorno)^[12]
—	FW	BRA	Mancini (Internazionale)^[13]
—	DF	POR	Vitorino Antunes (loan to Lecce)^[14]
—	MF	FRA	Ludovic Giuly (to Paris Saint-Germain)^[15]
—	MF	ROU	Adrian Piț (to Pisa)^[16]
—	MF	ITA	Leandro Greco (to Pisa)^[16]
—	FW	ITA	Claudio Della Penna (loan Pistoiese)^[17]
—	FW	ITA	Mauro Esposito (loan Chievo)^[18]
—	MF	HON	Édgar Álvarez (loan Pisa)^[19]
—	MF	ITA	Simone Palermo (co-ownership Treviso)^[20]
—	DF	ITA	Marco Andreolli (loan Sassuolo)^[21]
—	DF	ITA	Dario Polverini (loan Pro Patria)
—	MF	ITA	Andrea Giacomini (loan Gallipoli)

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position	First match	Last match
Serie A	Matchday 1	6th	31 August 2008	31 May 2009
Supercoppa Italiana	Final	Runners-up	24 August 2008
Coppa Italia	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	17 December 2008	21 January 2009
Champions League	Group stage	Round of 16	16 September 2008	11 March 2009

Last updated: 31 May 2009

Supercoppa Italiana

24 August 2008	Internazionale	2–2 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Roma	Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Muntari 18' Ibrahimović 40' Balotelli 84', 113' Stanković 120'		Vučinić 12', 90+1' Pizarro 31' De Rossi 60' Cassetti 85'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Massimiliano Saccani
	Penalties
	Ibrahimović Balotelli Stanković Maxwell Cambiasso Jiménez Zanetti		Vučinić Baptista Cassetti De Rossi Totti Pizarro Juan

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Fiorentina	38	21	5	12	53	38	+15	68^[a]	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5	Genoa	38	19	11	8	56	39	+17	68^[a]	Qualification to Europa League play-off round^[b]
6	Roma	38	18	9	11	64	61	+3	63	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
7	Udinese	38	16	10	12	61	50	+11	58
8	Palermo	38	17	6	15	57	50	+7	57

Source: lega-calcio.it (in Italian)
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:

^ ^a ^b Fiorentina finished ahead of Genoa on head-to-head points: Fiorentina 1–0 Genoa, Genoa 3–3 Fiorentina.
^ Lazio qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 Coppa Italia.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	18	9	11	64	61	+3	63	13	4	2	35	23	+12	5	5	9	29	38	−9

Last updated: 31 May 2009.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	W

Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2009. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

31 August 2008 1	Roma	1–1	Napoli	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Aquilani 29', 41' De Rossi 57'	Report	Vitale 39' Santacroce 49' 54' Hamšík 55'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 38,983 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

13 September 2008 2	Palermo	3–1	Roma	Palermo
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Miccoli 20', 56' Bresciano 59' Cavani 72'	Report	Baptista 8' Taddei 11' Pizarro 90'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 22,917 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

20 September 2008 3	Roma	3–0	Reggina	Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Panucci 45+1' Aquilani 51' Perrotta 90+4'	Report	Valdez 10' Lanzaro 55'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 32,667 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

24 September 2008 4	Genoa	3–1	Roma	Genoa
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sculli 4' Criscito 45' Milito 61', 87' Jurić 75' Olivera 86'	Report	De Rossi 28', 53' 68' Perrotta 38' Ménez 43' Cicinho 72' Loria 82' Aquilani 90'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 24,884 Referee: Christian Brighi

28 September 2008 5	Roma	2–0	Atalanta	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Panucci 17' Vučinić 31', 40' Virga 90+2'	Report	Cigarini 41' De Ascentis 85'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 32,500 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

5 October 2008 6	Siena	1–0	Roma	Siena
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Frick 45+1' Portanova 82' Curci 86' Coppola 90+2'	Report	Panucci 46' 74' Perrotta 53' Mexès 64' 66'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi – Montepaschi Arena Attendance: 12,980 Referee: Andrea De Marco

19 October 2008 7	Roma	0–4	Internazionale	Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vučinić 33'	Report	Ibrahimović 5', 47' Stanković 54' Obinna 56' Chivu 76'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 48,958 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

26 October 2008 8	Udinese	3–1	Roma	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Di Natale 10' (pen.), 51' Floro Flores 22', 68' Luković 38' Isla 57' Handanović 75'	Report	Tonetto 9' Vučinić 29' Cicinho 59' Totti 75' (pen.), 90'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 16,134 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

1 November 2008 10	Juventus	2–0	Roma	Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Del Piero 38' Marchionni 48'	Report	Pizarro 8' Panucci 15'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 21,700 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

8 November 2008 11	Bologna	1–1	Roma	Bologna
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mudingayi 11' Cicinho 90+2' (o.g.) Terzi 90+5'	Report	Totti 69', 71' Pizarro 89'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 17,356 Referee: Daniele Orsato

16 November 2008 12	Roma	1–0	Lazio	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tonetto 6' Baptista 50' Perrotta 75' 87'	Report	Ledesma 7' 66' Radu 54' Lichtsteiner 57'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 61,198 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

23 November 2008 13	Lecce	0–3	Roma	Lecce
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Esposito 57'	Report	Vučinić 11' Juan 38' Baptista 45' Totti 49'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 11,082 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

30 November 2008 14	Roma	1–0	Fiorentina	Rome
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	De Rossi 19' Totti 59' Taddei 77'	Report	Melo 57' Mutu 63'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 37,565 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

6 December 2008 15	Chievo	0–1	Roma	Verona
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pinzi 37' Mandelli 77' Yepes 90'	Report	Mexès 45' Brighi 62' 85' Ménez 65', 69'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 13,137 Referee: Emidio Morganti

14 December 2008 16	Roma	3–2	Cagliari	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Totti 39' Cicinho 71' Perrotta 77' Vučinić 90', 90+1'	Report	Conti 30', 58' Biondini 47' Jeda 69' Marchetti 81'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 33,741 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

21 December 2008 17	Catania	3–2	Roma	Catania
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Stovini 30' Baiocco 34', 90+4' Morimoto 40', 56', 79' Terlizzi 70' Tedesco 76'	Report	Vučinić 28', 74' Perrotta 55' Cassetti 57' Ménez 78' De Rossi 79' Mexès 83'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Attendance: 19,401 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

11 January 2009 18	Roma	2–2	Milan	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vučinić 22', 71' Riise 64' Brighi 73'	Report	Pirlo 24' Pato 48', 53' Seedorf 57'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 53,444 Referee: Emidio Morganti

14 January 2009 9	Roma	2–0	Sampdoria	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Baptista 21', 53' Perrotta 31' Aquilani 82'	Report	Dessena 39' Gastaldello 50' Lucchini 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 32,304 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento
Note: Rescheduled from 29 October 2008.

18 January 2009 19	Torino	0–1	Roma	Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Barone 17' 90+1' Amoruso 41' Colombo 54'	Report	Pizarro 21' Baptista 90+1' Cicinho 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 16,080 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

25 January 2009 20	Napoli	0–3	Roma	Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pazienza 21' Contini 55' Cannavaro 63' Gargano 68' Montervino 84' Santacroce 86'	Report	Mexès 18' Juan 32' Vučinić 49' Taddei 53'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 60,240 Referee: Emidio Morganti

28 January 2009 21	Roma	2–1	Palermo	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Totti 24' Brighi 45+2' Doni 90+3'	Report	Cavani 31' Liverani 73'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 34,322 Referee: Nicola Pierpaoli

1 February 2009 22	Reggina	2–2	Roma	Reggio Calabria
15:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Santos 36' Corradi 43' (pen.) Cirillo 57' Cozza 81'	Report	Mexès 42' Pizarro 45+1', 58'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 9,926 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

8 February 2009 23	Roma	3–0	Genoa	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cicinho 26' Taddei 30' 53' Vučinić 47' Baptista 90+3'	Report	Sculli 23' 69' Vanden Borre 42' Biava 45' Jurić 59'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 42,638 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

15 February 2009 24	Atalanta	3–0	Roma	Bergamo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Capelli 52', 76' Doni 56', 59' Manfredini 67'	Report	Motta 54' De Rossi 57' Perrotta 85' 89'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 7,503 Referee: Emidio Morganti

21 February 2009 25	Roma	1–0	Siena	Rome
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pizarro 34' Taddei 63'	Report	Jarolím 18' Codrea 57' Brandão 62' Galloppa 63'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 34,897 Referee: Gabriele Gava

1 March 2009 26	Internazionale	3–3	Roma	Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Zanetti 37' Balotelli 50', 62' (pen.) Stanković 67' Crespo 79' Vieira 83'	Report	De Rossi 23', 68' Riise 29', 77' Pizarro 45+1' Brighi 57'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 51,497 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

7 March 2009 27	Roma	1–1	Udinese	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mexès 39' Panucci 53' Vučinić 61', 86' De Rossi 68' 68'	Report	Di Natale 21' Felipe 54' Pepe 57' D'Agostino 89' Sánchez 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 37,172 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

15 March 2009 28	Sampdoria	2–2	Roma	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Palombo 9' Pazzini 25', 43' Padalino 50' Lucchini 70'	Report	Baptista 7', 70' (pen.) Diamoutene 25' Motta 32' 62' Pizarro 84'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,430 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

21 March 2009 29	Roma	1–4	Juventus	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Loria 24', 48' Mexès 40' Riise 67' Ménez 78'	Report	Tiago 29' Iaquinta 34', 55' Mellberg 69' Molinaro 70' Nedvěd 74'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 56,789 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

5 April 2009 30	Roma	2–1	Bologna	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Totti 12' (pen.), 58' (pen.) Pizarro 77' Mexès 90+2'	Report	Bombardini 15' Marazzina 26' Castellini 58' Mutarelli 63'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Antonio Damato

11 April 2009 31	Lazio	4–2	Roma	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pandev 2' Zárate 4' Brocchi 24' Lichtsteiner 58', 62' Matuzalém 75' Kolarov 85' Mauri 88'	Report	De Rossi 4', 80' Mexès 10', 67' 75' Pizarro 12' Panucci 35' 62'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 55,490 Referee: Emidio Morganti

19 April 2009 32	Roma	3–2	Lecce	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Totti 3', 60' (pen.) Brighi 13' Diamoutene 66'	Report	Zanchetta 17' Munari 31' Papadopoulos 55' Ariatti 72'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 34,393 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

25 April 2009 33	Fiorentina	4–1	Roma	Florence
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vargas 6', 6' Donadel 20' Dainelli 45+2' Gilardino 47', 67' Semioli 59' Gobbi 73'	Report	Cassetti 27' Brighi 50' Pizarro 55' 59' Baptista 87'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 35,683 Referee: Luca Banti

3 May 2009 34	Roma	0–0	Chievo	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Riise 80'	Report	Bogdani 33' Mantovani 58' Pinzi 85' 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 33,821 Referee: Antonio Damato

10 May 2009 35	Cagliari	2–2	Roma	Cagliari
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fini 17' Matri 34' Pisano 49' Cossu 54' Acquafresca 58' Conti 70'	Report	Motta 45+4' Totti 64', 70' Perrotta 69'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

16 May 2009 36	Roma	4–3	Catania	Rome
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Perrotta 13', 31' Vučinić 17' De Rossi 76' Panucci 90+2'	Report	Tedesco 15' Silvestre 18' Mascara 47' Morimoto 72' Izco 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 31,726 Referee: Gabriele Gava

24 May 2009 37	Milan	2–3	Roma	Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ambrosini 52' 88', 75', 82'	Report	Riise 36' Motta 53' Artur 67' Taddei 72' Ménez 80' Totti 85'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 72,681 Referee: Andrea De Marco

31 May 2009 38	Roma	3–2	Torino	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ménez 36' Vučinić 74' Mexès 81' Totti 83' (pen.) Panucci 86'	Report	Vailatti 9' Franceschini 37' 82' Ventola 88'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 37,405 Referee: Antonio Damato

Coppa Italia

17 December 2008 Round of 16	Roma	2–0	Bologna	Rome
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vučinić 82', 85'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 14,944 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

21 January 2009 Quarter-finals	Internazionale	2–1	Roma	Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Adriano 10' Samuel 22' Ibrahimović 63'		Juan 8' Vučinić 9' Perrotta 45' Taddei 61' Mexès 83'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 26,520 Referee: Daniele Orsato

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Roma	6	4	0	2	12	6	+6	12	Advance to knockout phase
2	Chelsea	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4	11	Advance to knockout phase
3	Bordeaux	6	2	1	3	5	11	−6	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	CFR Cluj	6	1	1	4	5	9	−4	4

Source: RSSSF

16 September 2008 1	Roma	1–2	CFR Cluj	Rome, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Panucci 17' Cicinho 84'	Report	Pereira 8' Culio 27', 49' Peralta 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 25,382 Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

1 October 2008 2	Bordeaux	1–3	Roma	Bordeaux, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gourcuff 18' Diarra 30' Henrique 36' Chalmé 71'	Report	Panucci 55' Taddei 57' Baptista 60', 71', 83' De Rossi 61' Vučinić 64'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 26,920 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

22 October 2008 3	Chelsea	1–0	Roma	London, England
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Malouda 30' Terry 72', 77'	Report	Mexès 22' Panucci 85'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,002 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

4 November 2008 4	Roma	3–1	Chelsea	Rome, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Panucci 34' Vučinić 48', 58' Perrotta 67'	Report	Deco 33' 81' Terry 75'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 35,038 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

26 November 2008 5	CFR Cluj	1–3	Roma	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Y. Koné 30' Trică 74' Panin 82'	Report	Brighi 11', 64' Totti 23', 74' De Rossi 57'	Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 19,292 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

9 December 2008 6	Roma	2–0	Bordeaux	Rome, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Brighi 37', 61' Totti 79'	Report	Chalmé 25' Jurietti 54' Diawara 72'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 38,926 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

24 February 2009 First leg	Arsenal	1–0	Roma	London, England
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Van Persie 37' (pen.) Touré 46' Nasri 65'	Report	Mexès 14' Brighi 25' De Rossi 42'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,003 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

11 March 2009 Second leg	Roma	1–0 (a.e.t.) (1–1 agg.) (6–7 p)	Arsenal	Rome, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Juan 9' Pizarro 27' Motta 89'	Report	Diaby 48'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 62,383 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
	Penalties
	Pizarro Vučinić Baptista Montella Totti Aquilani Riise Tonetto		Eduardo Van Persie Walcott Nasri Denílson Touré Sagna Diaby

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Supercoppa Italiana		Coppa Italia		Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
25	GK	BRA	Artur	13	0	10+1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
27	GK	BRA	Júlio Sérgio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	GK	BRA	Doni	37	0	28	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
Defenders
2	DF	ITA	Christian Panucci	28	5	21+1	3	0	0	1	0	5	2
3	DF	BRA	Cicinho	29	1	16+6	1	0	0	2	0	4+1	0
4	DF	BRA	Juan	27	3	20+1	2	1	0	1	0	4	1
5	DF	FRA	Philippe Mexès	38	2	29	2	1	0	2	0	6	0
13	DF	ITA	Marco Motta	29	0	19+8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
15	DF	ITA	Simone Loria	12	1	6+3	1	0	0	1	0	1+1	0
17	DF	NOR	John Arne Riise	42	2	30+1	2	1	0	1+1	0	6+2	0
21	DF	MLI	Souleymane Diamoutene	6	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
22	DF	ITA	Max Tonetto	19	0	10+4	0	0+1	0	0	0	3+1	0
37	DF	ITA	Alessandro Crescenzi	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	DF	ITA	Marco Cassetti	24	0	13+7	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
Midfielders
7	MF	CHI	David Pizarro	32	2	21+4	2	1	0	0+1	0	2+3	0
8	MF	ITA	Alberto Aquilani	20	2	7+7	2	1	0	0+1	0	3+1	0
11	MF	BRA	Rodrigo Taddei	36	2	23+5	1	0	0	1	1	6+1	0
14	MF	BRA	Filipe Gomes	4	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	ITA	Daniele De Rossi	43	4	33	3	1	1	2	0	7	0
20	MF	ITA	Simone Perrotta	33	5	22+3	5	1	0	1	0	5+1	0
33	MF	ITA	Matteo Brighi	44	6	32+3	3	0	0	2	0	6+1	3
38	MF	ITA	Marco D'Alessandro	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	MF	ROU	Adrian Stoian	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	MNE	Mirko Vučinić	38	17	24+3	11	1	1	1+1	2	5+3	3
10	FW	ITA	Francesco Totti	31	15	22+1	13	0+1	0	0	0	6+1	2
19	FW	BRA	Júlio Baptista	37	11	23+4	9	1	0	2	0	4+3	2
23	FW	ITA	Vincenzo Montella	15	0	0+12	0	0	0	1	0	0+2	0
94	FW	FRA	Jérémy Ménez	34	4	12+17	4	0	0	1+1	0	2+1	0
Players transferred out during the season
34	MF	ITA	Valerio Virga	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
89	FW	ITA	Stefano Okaka	12	0	2+7	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+1	0

Last updated: 31 May 2009
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Serie A	Supercoppa	Coppa Italia	UEFA CL	Total
1	9	FW	Mirko Vučinić	11	1	2	3	17
2	10	FW	Francesco Totti	13	0	0	2	15
3	19	MF	Júlio Baptista	9	0	0	2	11
4	33	MF	Matteo Brighi	3	0	0	3	6
5	2	DF	Christian Panucci	3	0	0	2	5
5	20	MF	Simone Perrotta	5	0	0	0	5
7	16	MF	Daniele De Rossi	3	1	0	0	4
7	24	FW	Jérémy Ménez	4	0	0	0	4
9	4	DF	Juan	2	0	0	1	3
10	5	DF	Philippe Mexès	2	0	0	0	2
	7	MF	David Pizarro	2	0	0	0	2
	8	MF	Alberto Aquilani	2	0	0	0	2
	11	MF	Rodrigo Taddei	1	0	1	0	2
	17	DF	John Arne Riise	2	0	0	0	2
15	3	DF	Cicinho	1	0	0	0	1
15	15	DF	Simone Loria	1	0	0	0	1
Own goal				0	0	0	0	0
Totals				64	2	3	13	82

Last updated: 31 May 2009

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	UEFA CL	Total
1	32	GK	Doni	9	0	2	11
2	25	GK	Artur	3	1	0	4
Totals				12	1	2	15

Last updated: 31 May 2009

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Name
No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A			Supercoppa			Coppa Italia			UEFA CL			Total
Totals				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated:

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[table_hth_FIO0.083099574820651-22] Fiorentina finished ahead of Genoa on head-to-head points: Fiorentina 1–0 Genoa, Genoa 3–3 Fiorentina.

[table_note_res_ELPR0.083099574820651-23] Lazio qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 Coppa Italia.

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