2008–09 SSC Napoli season

Napoli
2008–09 season
Chairman	Aurelio De Laurentiis
Manager	Edoardo Reja; (until 8 March); Roberto Donadoni; (from 10 March)
Stadium	Stadio San Paolo
Serie A	12th
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Overall winners
UEFA Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Marek Hamšík (9); All: Marek Hamšík (12)
Highest home attendance	60,240 vs Roma; (25 January 2009)
Lowest home attendance	26,553 vs Fiorentina; (14 September 2008)
Average home league attendance	39,851

2008–09 Serie A was the 67th Serie A season in the history of Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, and their 83rd overall.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ITA	Gennaro Iezzo
2	DF	ITA	Gianluca Grava
3	DF	ITA	Luigi Vitale
4	MF	ITA	Francesco Montervino
5	MF	ITA	Michele Pazienza
6	DF	ITA	Salvatore Aronica
7	FW	ARG	Ezequiel Lavezzi
8	MF	ITA	Manuele Blasi
9	FW	ARG	Germán Denis
11	MF	ITA	Christian Maggio
12	FW	BRA	Piá
13	DF	ITA	Fabiano Santacroce
14	FW	ITA	Roberto De Zerbi
15	MF	ARG	Jesús Dátolo
17	MF	SVK	Marek Hamšík


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	URU	Mariano Bogliacino
20	FW	ITA	Andrea Russotto
22	GK	ITA	Matteo Gianello
23	MF	URU	Walter Gargano
24	MF	ITA	Samuele Dalla Bona
25	FW	URU	Marcelo Zalayeta
28	DF	ITA	Paolo Cannavaro (captain)
30	GK	ARG	Nicolás Navarro
32	MF	URU	Nicolás Amodio
44	GK	ITA	Luigi Sepe
70	GK	ITA	Luca Bucci
77	MF	ITA	Daniele Mannini
83	DF	ITA	Leandro Rinaudo
96	DF	ITA	Matteo Contini

Pre-season and friendlies

11 July 2008	Hajduk Split	1–0	Napoli	Split, Croatia
	Linić 29'			Stadium: Stadion Poljud

15 July 2008	Zalaegerszegi TE	1–1	Napoli	Zalaegerszeg, Hungary
	Waltner 30'		Piá 44'	Stadium: ZTE Arena

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
10	Lazio	38	15	5	18	46	55	−9	50	Qualification to Europa League play-off round^[a]
11	Atalanta	38	13	8	17	45	48	−3	47
12	Napoli	38	12	10	16	43	45	−2	46^[b]
13	Sampdoria	38	11	13	14	49	52	−3	46^[b]
14	Siena	38	12	8	18	33	44	−11	44

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:

^ Lazio qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 Coppa Italia.
^ ^a ^b Napoli finished ahead of Sampdoria on head-to-head points: Napoli 2–0 Sampdoria, Sampdoria 2–2 Napoli.

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	12	10	16	43	45	−2	46	10	5	4	27	16	+11	2	5	12	16	29	−13

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	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	D	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	W
Position	11	5	7	4	2	6	4	3	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	5	4	5	5	7	8	8	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	14	12	12	13	13	13	12

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'		Hamšík 56'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 38,983 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

14 September 2008 2	Napoli	2–1	Fiorentina	Naples
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hamšík 48' May 70'		Mutu 40'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 26,553 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

21 September 2008 3	Udinese	0–0	Napoli	Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Daniele Orsato

24 September 2008 4	Napoli	2–1	Palermo	Naples
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hamšík 14' Zalayeta 75'		Miccoli 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 30,535 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

28 September 2008 5	Bologna	0–1	Napoli	Bologna
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)			Denis 87'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 17,743 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

5 October 2008 6	Genoa	3–2	Napoli	Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sokratis 44' Palladino 53' Milito 72'		Lavezzi 2' Denis 75'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 24,891 Referee: Paolo Dondarini

18 October 2008 7	Napoli	2–1	Juventus	Naples
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hamšík 64' Lavezzi 80'		Amauri 61'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 43,710 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

26 October 2008 8	Lazio	0–1	Napoli	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)			Siviglia 60' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 25,500 Referee: Luca Banti

29 October 2008 9	Napoli	3–0	Reggina	Naples
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Denis 8', 16', 64'			Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 45,438 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

2 November 2008 10	Milan	1–0	Napoli	Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ronaldinho 86'			Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 54,079 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

9 November 2008 11	Napoli	2–0	Sampdoria	Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mannini 23' Zalayeta 74'			Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 47,782 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

16 November 2008 12	Atalanta	3–1	Napoli	Bergamo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ferreira Pinto 62' Manfredini 89' Floccari 90+1'		Hamšík 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 11,707 Referee: Christian Brighi

23 November 2008 13	Napoli	2–2	Cagliari	Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hamšík 9' Lavezzi 84'		D. López 56' Conti 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 36,516 Referee: Nicola Pierpaoli

30 November 2008 14	Internazionale	2–1	Napoli	Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Córdoba 16' Muntari 24'		Lavezzi 36'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 45,595 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

7 December 2008 15	Napoli	2–0	Siena	Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	May 62' Denis 72'			Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 36,636 Referee: Antonio Damato

13 December 2008 16	Napoli	3–0	Lecce	Naples
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hamšík 11' (pen.) Pazienza 42' Denis 65'			Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 39,657 Referee: Paolo Valeri

21 December 2008 17	Torino	1–0	Napoli	Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bianchi 53'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 16,537 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

11 January 2009 18	Napoli	1–0	Catania	Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	May 80'			Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 39,930 Referee: Domenico Celi

18 January 2009 19	Chievo	2–1	Napoli	Verona
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Marcolini 32' (pen.), 74' (pen.)		Lavezzi 53'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 9,378 Referee: Stefano Farina

25 January 2009 20	Napoli	0–3	Roma	Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)			Mexès 18' Juan 32' Vučinić 50'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 60,241 Referee: Emidio Morganti

28 January 2009 21	Fiorentina	2–1	Napoli	Florence
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Santana 47' Montolivo 77'		Vitale 49'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 28,863 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

31 January 2009 22	Napoli	2–2	Udinese	Naples
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hamšík 24' Lavezzi 27'		Di Natale 32' (pen.) Quagliarella 45'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 37,204 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

8 February 2009 23	Palermo	2–1	Napoli	Palermo
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Migliaccio 2' F. Simplício 14'		Hamšík 43'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 20,185 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

14 February 2009 24	Napoli	1–1	Bologna	Naples
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	May 19'		Di Vaio 23'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 34,413 Referee: Luca Banti

22 February 2009 25	Napoli	0–1	Genoa	Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)			Janković 69'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 39,284 Referee: Daniele Orsato

28 February 2009 26	Juventus	1–0	Napoli	Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Marchisio 44'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 20,700 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

8 March 2009 27	Napoli	0–2	Lazio	Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)			Rocchi 57', 65'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 33,119 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

15 March 2009 28	Reggina	1–1	Napoli	Reggio Calabria
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Corradi 27'		Lavezzi 64'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 10,027 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

22 March 2009 29	Napoli	0–0	Milan	Naples
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 57,966 Referee: Andrea De Marco

5 April 2009 30	Sampdoria	2–2	Napoli	Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Palombo 28', 63'		Zalayeta 44' Denis 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,644 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

11 April 2009 31	Napoli	0–0	Atalanta	Naples
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 36,773 Referee: Dino Tommasi

19 April 2009 32	Cagliari	2–0	Napoli	Cagliari
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jeda 5' Lazzari 90+2'			Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Domenico Celi

26 April 2009 33	Napoli	1–0	Internazionale	Naples
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zalayeta 73'			Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 53,772 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

3 May 2009 34	Siena	2–1	Napoli	Siena
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kharja 11' Maccarone 25'		Piá 80'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi – Montepaschi Arena Attendance: 9,842 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

10 May 2009 35	Lecce	1–1	Napoli	Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zanchetta 44' (pen.)		Piá 33'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 14,511 Referee: Nicola Pierpaoli

17 May 2009 36	Napoli	1–2	Torino	Naples
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Piá 42'		Bianchi 51' Rosina 72'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 30,091 Referee: Antonio Damato

24 May 2009 37	Catania	3–1	Napoli	Catania
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Morimoto 42' Mascara 88' Falconieri 90+1'		Bogliacino 28'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Attendance: 17,408 Referee: Leonardo Baracani

31 May 2009 38	Napoli	3–0	Chievo	Naples
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Montervino 4' Bogliacino 7' Piá 18'			Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 27,423 Referee: Renzo Candussio

Coppa Italia

12 November 2008 Round of 16	Napoli	3–1	Salernitana	Naples
21:00 CET	Peccarisi 16' (o.g.) Piá 25' Hamšík 53' (pen.)		Di Napoli 33'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 19,459 Referee: Andrea De Marco

4 February 2009 Quarter-finals	Juventus	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Napoli	Turin
20:45 CET				Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 13,525 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi
	Penalties
	Del Piero Trezeguet Nedvěd Marchionni Sissoko Legrottaglie		Hamšík Bogliacino Denis Lavezzi Contini Gargano

UEFA Intertoto Cup

20 July 2008 First leg	Panionios	0–1	Napoli	Athens, Greece
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)			Bogliacino 31'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 3,125 Referee: Duarte Gomes (Portugal)

26 July 2008 Second leg	Napoli	1–0 (2–0 agg.)	Panionios	Naples, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hamšík 65'			Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 54,137 Referee: César Muñiz Fernández (Spain)

UEFA Cup

Second qualifying round

14 August 2008 First leg	Vllaznia	0–3	Napoli	Shkodër, Albania
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Piá 28', 47' Denis 75'	Stadium: Loro Boriçi Stadium Attendance: 11,200 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina (Russia)

28 August 2008 Second leg	Napoli	5–0 (8–0 agg.)	Vllaznia	Naples, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rinaudo 42', 54' Piá 52' Lavezzi 80' Hamšík 87'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 21,550 Referee: Fırat Aydınus (Turkey)

First round

18 September 2008 First leg	Napoli	3–2	Benfica	Naples, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vitale 18' Denis 19' Maggio 54'	Report	Suazo 16' Luisão 59'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 51,597 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

2 October 2008 Second leg	Benfica	2–0 (4–3 agg.)	Napoli	Lisbon, Portugal
21:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Reyes 57' Gomes 84'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 56,500 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	From	Fee
FW	Germán Denis	Independiente	€6.3M
DF	Leandro Rinaudo	Palermo	€4.8M
MF	Christian Maggio	Sampdoria	€12.1M
FW	Andrea Russotto	Bellinzona	Loan
DF	Salvatore Aronica	Reggina	undisclosed
MF	Jesús Dátolo	Boca Juniors	€8M

Out

Pos.	Player	To	Fee
MF	Roberto Sosa	Gimnasia	Free
DF	György Garics	Atalanta	Co-ownership, Undisclosed
DF	Andrea Cupi	Empoli	Free
DF	Tommaso Romito	Pescara	Co-ownership, Undisclosed
FW	Emanuele Calaiò	Siena	Co-ownership, Undisclosed
DF	Maurizio Domizzi	Udinese	Co-ownership, Undisclosed

Players out on loan

Pos.	Player	On loan to
FW	Christian Bucchi	Ascoli
DF	Erminio Rullo	Triestina

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 30 May 2009

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		UEFA Intertoto Cup		UEFA Cup		Coppa Italia
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ITA	Gennaro Iezzo	16	0	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	ITA	Gianluca Grava	9	0	5+1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
3	MF	ITA	Luigi Vitale	23	2	17+1	1	2	0	2	1	0+1	0
4	MF	ITA	Francesco Montervino	16	1	6+7	1	0	0	1	0	2	0
5	MF	ITA	Michele Pazienza	36	1	18+11	1	0+2	0	2+1	0	2	0
6	DF	ITA	Salvatore Aronica	25	0	15+8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
7	FW	ARG	Ezequiel Lavezzi	34	8	29+1	7	0	0	2+1	1	1	0
8	MF	ITA	Manuele Blasi	36	0	31+1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
9	FW	ARG	Germán Denis	40	9	22+12	8	2	0	1+2	1	0+1	0
11	MF	ITA	Christian Maggio	28	5	22+1	4	2	0	2	1	0+1	0
12	FW	BRA	Piá	20	6	8+7	4	0+2	0	1+1	1	1	1
13	DF	ITA	Fabiano Santacroce	30	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
15	MF	ARG	Jesús Dátolo	9	0	3+6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	SVK	Marek Hamšík	39	12	31+1	9	2	1	2+1	1	2	1
18	MF	URU	Mariano Bogliacino	19	3	8+7	2	2	1	0	0	0+2	0
19	DF	ITA	Mirko Savini	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	ITA	Andrea Russotto	17	0	0+15	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
22	GK	ITA	Matteo Gianello	8	0	5+1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
23	MF	URU	Walter Gargano	33	0	23+3	0	2	0	3	0	2	0
24	MF	ITA	Samuele Dalla Bona	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW	URU	Marcelo Zalayeta	32	4	17+10	4	0	0	2+1	0	2	0
28	DF	ITA	Paolo Cannavaro	36	0	30	0	2	0	3	0	1	0
30	GK	ARG	Nicolás Navarro	22	0	18+1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
32	MF	URU	Nicolás Amodio	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	GK	ITA	Luigi Sepe	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	GK	ITA	Luca Bucci	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	MF	ITA	Daniele Mannini	26	0	21+3	0	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
83	MF	ITA	Leandro Rinaudo	21	0	13+4	0	1	0	2	0	1	0
96	DF	ITA	Matteo Contini	40	0	31+3	0	2	0	3	0	1	0

Disciplinary record

Disciplinary records for 2008–09 league and cup matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.

No.	Player	Yellow cards	Red cards
2	Luigi Vitale	2	0
4	Francesco Montervino	1	0
5	Michele Pazienza	1	0
6	Salvatore Aronica	2	0
8	Manuele Blasi	2	0
9	Germán Denis	1	0
13	Fabiano Santacroce	3	2
28	Paolo Cannavaro	1	0

Starting 11

No.	Pos.	Name	MS
30	GK	Navarro	21
13	CB	Santacroce	30
28	CB	Cannavaro	36
96	CB	Contini	36
11	RWB	Maggio	26
8	CM	Blasi	35
23	CM	Gargano	30
17	CM	Hamšík	37
77	LWB	Mannini	22
7	ST	Lavezzi	32
9	CF	Denis	25

Last updated: 31 May 2009
Source: Squad statistics and Start formations
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

External links

(in Italian and English) Official website

[table_note_res_ELPR0.48763477545587-1] Lazio qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 Coppa Italia.

[table_hth_NAP0.48763477545587-2] Napoli finished ahead of Sampdoria on head-to-head points: Napoli 2–0 Sampdoria, Sampdoria 2–2 Napoli.

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