Roma 2008–09 football season
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 [ ]
Players [ ]
Squad information [ ]
Last updated on 31 May 2009
Appearances include league matches only
No.
Name
Nat
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
(loan from Bellinzona ) [9]
Out [ ]
Competitions [ ]
Overall [ ]
Last updated: 31 May 2009
Supercoppa Italiana [ ]
Serie A [ ]
League table [ ]
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:
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
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 [ ]
Roma v Milan
11 January 2009 18 Roma 2–2 Milan show 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
Roma v Palermo
28 January 2009 21 Roma 2–1 Palermo show 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
Roma v Siena
21 February 2009 25 Roma 1–0 Siena show 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
Internazionale v Roma
1 March 2009 26 Internazionale 3–3 Roma show 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
Milan v Roma
24 May 2009 37 Milan 2–3 Roma show 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
Coppa Italia [ ]
Roma v Bologna
17 December 2008 Round of 16 Roma 2–0 Bologna show Rome 21:00 CET (UTC+01:00 )
Vučinić 82' , 85'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 14,944 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni
UEFA Champions League [ ]
Group stage [ ]
Pos
Team
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
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
Roma v CFR Cluj
Bordeaux v Roma
Chelsea v Roma
22 October 2008 3 Chelsea 1–0 Roma show 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 )
Roma v Chelsea
4 November 2008 4 Roma 3–1 Chelsea show 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 )
CFR Cluj v Roma
Roma v Bordeaux
9 December 2008 6 Roma 2–0 Bordeaux show 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 [ ]
Arsenal v Roma
Roma v Arsenal
Statistics [ ]
Appearances and goals [ ]
Total
Serie A
Supercoppa Italiana
Coppa Italia
Champions League
Goalkeepers
25
GK
Artur
13
0
10+1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
27
GK
Júlio Sérgio
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
32
GK
Doni
37
0
28
0
1
0
0
0
8
0
Defenders
2
DF
Christian Panucci
28
5
21+1
3
0
0
1
0
5
2
3
DF
Cicinho
29
1
16+6
1
0
0
2
0
4+1
0
4
DF
Juan
27
3
20+1
2
1
0
1
0
4
1
5
DF
Philippe Mexès
38
2
29
2
1
0
2
0
6
0
13
DF
Marco Motta
29
0
19+8
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
15
DF
Simone Loria
12
1
6+3
1
0
0
1
0
1+1
0
17
DF
John Arne Riise
42
2
30+1
2
1
0
1+1
0
6+2
0
21
DF
Souleymane Diamoutene
6
0
2+2
0
0
0
0
0
1+1
0
22
DF
Max Tonetto
19
0
10+4
0
0+1
0
0
0
3+1
0
37
DF
Alessandro Crescenzi
1
0
0+1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
77
DF
Marco Cassetti
24
0
13+7
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
Midfielders
7
MF
David Pizarro
32
2
21+4
2
1
0
0+1
0
2+3
0
8
MF
Alberto Aquilani
20
2
7+7
2
1
0
0+1
0
3+1
0
11
MF
Rodrigo Taddei
36
2
23+5
1
0
0
1
1
6+1
0
14
MF
Filipe Gomes
4
0
1+3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
16
MF
Daniele De Rossi
43
4
33
3
1
1
2
0
7
0
20
MF
Simone Perrotta
33
5
22+3
5
1
0
1
0
5+1
0
33
MF
Matteo Brighi
44
6
32+3
3
0
0
2
0
6+1
3
38
MF
Marco D'Alessandro
3
0
0+3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
39
MF
Adrian Stoian
1
0
0+1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Forwards
9
FW
Mirko Vučinić
38
17
24+3
11
1
1
1+1
2
5+3
3
10
FW
Francesco Totti
31
15
22+1
13
0+1
0
0
0
6+1
2
19
FW
Júlio Baptista
37
11
23+4
9
1
0
2
0
4+3
2
23
FW
Vincenzo Montella
15
0
0+12
0
0
0
1
0
0+2
0
94
FW
Jérémy Ménez
34
4
12+17
4
0
0
1+1
0
2+1
0
Players transferred out during the season
34
MF
Valerio Virga
1
0
0+1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
89
FW
Stefano Okaka
12
0
2+7
0
0+1
0
0+1
0
0+1
0
Goalscorers [ ]
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
20
MF
Simone Perrotta
5
0
0
0
5
7
16
MF
Daniele De Rossi
3
1
0
0
4
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
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 [ ]
Last updated: 31 May 2009
Disciplinary record [ ]
Last updated:
References [ ]
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