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Lazio
2009–10 season
OwnerClaudio Lotito
ChairmanClaudio Lotito
ManagerEdoardo Reja
Serie A12th
Coppa ItaliaRound of 16
Europa LeagueGroup stage
Supercoppa ItalianaWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
Sergio Floccari (8 goals)
All:
Sergio Floccari (8 goals)
Highest home attendance60,000 vs Juventus
(12 September 2009)
Lowest home attendance18,000 vs Elfsborg
(20 August 2009)
Average home league attendance29,222

The 2009–10 SS Lazio season was the club's 110th season in their history and their 22nd consecutive season in the top-flight of Italian football. After having won their fifth Coppa Italia the previous season,[1] manager Delio Rossi opted to leave and was replaced by Davide Ballardini, the former manager of Palermo.[2] In his first competitive match, Ballardini led the club to victory in the 2009 Supercoppa Italiana against Internazionale at the Beijing National Stadium.

Pre-season and friendlies

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Fernando Muslera signing autographs during the kits' presentation in Fiumicino.

As the previous year, Lazio played their 2009 pre-season matches at the Auronzo di Cadore in Veneto, where they stayed from 10 July to 30 July 2009.[3] Prior to leaving, the kits for the 2009–10 season were presented: produced by Puma, they were shown for the first time at the "Lazio Style" store in Fiumicino on 8 July. At the ceremony, new manager Davide Ballardini and players Tommaso Rocchi, Modibo Diakité and Fernando Muslera were present.[4]

Two days later, the 32-man squad arrived at Auronzo, where they started training under Ballardini, the new manager who replaced Delio Rossi in June, who left Lazio after four years.[2] The first friendly match was played against the local side of Auronzo di Cadore on 12 July: Lazio won 10–0 easily.[5] The next week, Romanian club Universitatea Craiova arrived in Auronzo to play Lazio in another friendly. This time, Lazio drew the match: after Lionel Scaloni scored at the 60th minute, a Michael Baird header locked the match at 1–1.[6]

Davide Ballardini was appointed new manager on 15 June 2009.

On 22 July, Lazio played against Lega Pro team SPAL 1907: the match was determined in the second half, with Mauro Zárate and Goran Pandev scoring and making the final Martinucci's goal vane.[7] The final match at Auronzo was played against Serie B team Triestina; in this match, Lazio had a difficult start, with Testini and Luigi Della Rocca scoring two goals for Triestina in the first half. However, the Biancocelesti saved the match thanks to Zárate and Eliseu, who in the second half evened up the score.[8]

After leaving Auronzo, Lazio travelled to China on 2 August in the offing of the Supercoppa Italiana match against Internazionale on 8 August. They stayed in Beijing for seven days and, after winning the game, came back to Rome on 9 August via the Fiumicino Airport, where they were greeted by over 2,000 fans, all celebrating the conquest of the trophy.[9] Lazio played their last friendly match of the pre-season against CA Osasuna at the Stadio Olimpico. Before the game started, the players celebrated in front of the Curva Nord the victory of the last two trophies (Coppa Italia and Supercoppa), with Tommaso Rocchi and Fernando Muslera showing them to the fans.[10] After that, the game started and Osasuna went ahead with a Juanfran goal after 22 minutes, who beat Albano Bizzarri right in front of the goal. Approximately 15 minutes later, Zárate equalized after a Cristian Brocchi cross. No goals were scored after this and the match was determined in the penalty shootout; Lazio won 5–4, with Baronio scoring the last penalty.[11]

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A 		Scorers Attendance
12 July 2009 Auronzo di Cadore A 10 – 0 Rocchi 11', 13', Mauri 12', 20', Pandev 25', 70', 72', Inzaghi 26', Kolarov 39', Firmani 47' -
18 July 2009 Universitatea Craiova N 1 – 1 Scaloni 60' -
22 July 2009 Spal N 2 – 1 Zárate 52', Pandev 81' -
26 July 2009 Triestina N 2 – 2 Zárate 66', Eliseu 86' -
13 August 2009 Osasuna H 1 – 1 Archived 2009-08-17 at the Wayback Machine
(5 – 4p) 		Zárate 36' 15,000

Colours: Green = Lazio win; White = draw; Red = away team win.

Supercoppa Italiana

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The Supercoppa Italiana trophy on display in a Lazio Style 1900.

As the 2008–09 Coppa Italia winners, Lazio kicked off the 2009–10 season with the traditional annual curtain-raiser, the 2009 Supercoppa Italiana. The match was played against 2008–09 Serie A winners Internazionale on 8 August at the Beijing National Stadium, exactly one year after the 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.[12]

Lazio opened the scoring by a Matuzalém goal in the 62nd minute, who converted on his own rebound after his shot had been saved by Inter goalkeeper Júlio César. Just five minutes later, Lazio captain Tommaso Rocchi, assisted by Stefano Mauri, scored the second goal by lob in front of Júlio César. Samuel Eto'o scored for Inter by a powerful shot inside the area in the 77th minute, but Lazio defended well and Inter was not able to equalize. The win ensured Tommaso Rocchi could thus lift the Supercoppa Italiana trophy that Lazio won for the third time in their history, and the first one during Claudio Lotito's chairmanship.[13]

8 August 2009 Internazionale 1–2 Lazio Beijing, China
20:30 CST (UTC+08:00) Muntari Yellow card 29'
Eto'o 77'
Maicon Yellow card 89'
Chivu Yellow card 89'		 Report Matuzalém Yellow card 30', 63'
Rocchi 66'		 Stadium: Beijing National Stadium
Attendance: 68,961
Referee: Emidio Morganti

Serie A

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The 2009–10 Serie A fixtures were released on 29 July 2009, with Lazio due to open their campaign against Atalanta.[14] This match, as well as the next one, was played at 20:45 due to Lega Calcio's decision to play the first two-round on night because of the summer heat.[15]

Lazio and Juventus starting teams observing a moment of silence in memory of Alessandro Capponi and Nicola Lo Buono on 12 September 2009.

As the previous year, Lazio opened with a victory. Tommaso Rocchi, assisted at the 22nd minute by Pasquale Foggia, who with a long pass put him alone in front of Consigli, waited until the very last moment and placed the ball with cold shoulder. As the match went on, Lazio and Atalanta shared the ball possession and the goal occasions, and Lazio could thus conquest the first three points of the league.[16]

After the Europa League match against Elfsborg played on 27 August at Borås, the Biancocelesti didn't come back to Rome but flew directly to Verona on 28 August to prepare the Serie A second turn against Chievo two days later.[17] As the last match at the Stadio Bentegodi between the two teams, Sergio Pellissier opened the scoring in the first time by a header, after a Michele Marcolini's corner had been deviate by Nicolas Frey. But at the end of the first half, Santiago Morero artlessly held back Julio Cruz in the penalty area: the referee decided for the penalty, that the same Cruz scored marking in this way his first goal at Lazio. At the 51st minute, Mauro Zárate tried a shot from outside the area that Sorrentino beat back inexpertly, allowing to Cruz to score his second goal at free net. Despite Emílson Cribari being sent off six minutes later due to his second yellow card, Lazio managed to win the match and to stay at the top flight with Sampdoria, Juventus and Genoa.[18]

Lazio and Palermo teams arguing with the referee on 27 September 2009.

After this game, there was a week off for international duty: in this period, Lazio's players who were not occupied with national teams met Real Zaragoza in a friendly match at La Romareda on 4 September. Two goals in the second half, one by Pasquale Foggia on penalty and the other one by Zárate in the injury time, assured the victory to the Roman team.[19]

Lazio returned to action on 12 September against Juventus at the Stadio Olimpico. The Biancocelesti couldn't line up their regular forwards, Zárate and Rocchi, both of them absent because of injuries.[20][21] Also, the defender Cribari lost the match due to his red card during the previous game against Chievo. Before the starting whistle, the starting teams observed a moment of silence in memory of Alessandro Capponi and Nicola Lo Buono, two Lazio players who had died in the same week.

Lazio played very well in the first half and also scored with Mauri in the injury time, but the referee Gervasoni disallowed the goal due to a doubtful Cruz's foul. In the second half, Juventus surprisingly took the lead: a Claudio Marchisio's cross hit Trezeguet's back and the ball fell to Martín Cáceres, who at his first game in Serie A beat Muslera with a volley. Lazio looked tired in the last ten minutes, and at the 94th minute Juventus doubled by David Trezeguet after a break-back.[22]

Adrian Mutu and Stevan Jovetić kicking off Fiorentina-Lazio on 4 October 2009.

The following weekend, Lazio made the trip to Catania to take on Catania at the Angelo Massimino. Catania went immediately ahead after few minutes, by a valuable shot by Jorge Andrés Martínez just inside the penalty area. In the second half, Ballardini replaced Mourad Meghni with Julio Cruz: it was a successful move, as the Argentine striker equalized at the 57th minute by a header after Foggia's cross.[23]

The league schedule took Lazio back to Stadio Olimpico for their next game against Parma on 23 September. As the match against Catania, Lazio went down in the first half, when Valeri Bojinov fired home on the volley within the box. However, Cruz gained a penalty kick at the 41st minute, when he was chopped down by McDonald Mariga inside the area. The penalty was kicked by Zárate who finalized and equalised. Only three minutes later, and Lazio returned the favour to Parma, as Kolarov took Bojinov down and was sent off. Nicola Amoruso made no mistake and put Parma ahead for the second time. Lazio, without a man, wasn't able to equalise again and collected the third home defeat in a row.[24]

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
10 Bari 38 13 11 14 49 49 0 50
11 Fiorentina 38 13 8 17 48 47 +1 47
12 Lazio 38 11 13 14 39 43 −4 46
13 Catania 38 10 15 13 44 45 −1 45
14 Chievo 38 12 8 18 37 42 −5 44[a]
Source: Lega Calcio and Yahoo! Sport
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:
  1. ^ Chievo finished ahead of Udinese and Cagliari on head-to-head points: Chievo: 8 pts, Udinese: 6 pts, Cagliari: 1 pts.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 11 13 14 39 43  −4 46 5 6 8 19 21  −2 6 7 6 20 22  −2

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWWLDLDDDLLDLDDLWLWDLDDLWLDLLWWDDWLWLWW
Position646710101113151515161515161517151616161618161617171717161617161615161412
Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2010. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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23 August 2009 1 Lazio 1–0 Atalanta Rome
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Rocchi 22' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Nicola Pierpaoli
30 August 2009 2 Chievo 1–2 Lazio Verona
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Pellissier 16' Cruz 41' (pen.), 53' Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 8,581
Referee: Antonio Damato
12 September 2009 3 Lazio 0–2 Juventus Rome
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Cáceres 72'
Trezeguet 90'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Andrea Gervasoni
20 September 2009 4 Catania 1–1 Lazio Catania
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Martínez 12' Cruz 57' Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino
Attendance: 12,150
Referee: Emidio Morganti
23 September 2009 5 Lazio 1–2 Parma Rome
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Zárate 42' (pen.) Bojinov 21'
Amoruso 45+1' (pen.)		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Massimiliano Velotto
27 September 2009 6 Lazio 1–1 Palermo Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Zárate 84' Cavani 75' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 31,109
Referee: Mauro Bergonzi
4 October 2009 7 Fiorentina 0–0 Lazio Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 26,436
Referee: Christian Brighi
18 October 2009 8 Lazio 1–1 Sampdoria Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Matuzalém 42' Pazzini 40' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 33,103
Referee: Daniele Orsato
25 October 2009 9 Bari 2–0 Lazio Bari
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Barreto 11'
Meggiorini 69'		 Stadium: Stadio San Nicola
Attendance: 20,675
Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo
28 October 2009 10 Lazio 0–1 Cagliari Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Matri 50' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Christian Brighi
1 November 2009 11 Siena 1–1 Lazio Siena
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Maccarone 32' Mauri 8' Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 10,060
Referee: Nicola Pierpaoli
8 November 2009 12 Lazio 1–2 Milan Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Silva 64' (o.g.) Silva 21'
Pato 34'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 38,207
Referee: Antonio Damato
22 November 2009 13 Napoli 0–0 Lazio Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 46,524
Referee: Massimiliano Saccani
29 November 2009 14 Lazio 0–0 Bologna Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 30,489
Referee: Mauro Bergonzi
6 December 2009 15 Roma 1–0 Lazio Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Cassetti 78' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 54,273
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
13 December 2009 16 Lazio 1–0 Genoa Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Kolarov 45+1' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 29,489
Referee: Domenico Celi
20 December 2009 17 Internazionale 1–0 Lazio Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Eto'o 14' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 52,859
Referee: Carmine Russo
6 January 2010 18 Lazio 4–1 Livorno Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Floccari 48', 54'
Rocchi 72'
Kolarov 90+1' (pen.)		 Bergvold 7' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 30,865
Referee: Antonio Giannoccaro
10 January 2010 19 Udinese 1–1 Lazio Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Di Natale 27' Floccari 16' Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 15,044
Referee: Mauro Bergonzi
17 January 2010 20 Atalanta 3–0 Lazio Bergamo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Doni 5', 9'
Padoin 35'		 Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Trefoloni
24 January 2010 21 Lazio 1–1 Chievo Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Stendardo 18' Pellissier 77' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 30,308
Referee: Christian Brighi
31 January 2010 22 Juventus 1–1 Lazio Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Del Piero 70' (pen.) Mauri 78' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino
Attendance: 20,899
Referee: Massimiliano Saccani
7 February 2010 23 Lazio 0–1 Catania Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) López 63' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 32,496
Referee: Gabriele Gava
14 February 2010 24 Parma 0–2 Lazio Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Stendardo 68'
Zárate 88'		 Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 15,400
Referee: Andrea De Marco
21 February 2010 25 Palermo 3–1 Lazio Palermo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Hernández 1'
Miccoli 28' (pen.)
Nocerino 58'		 Kolarov 78' Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera
Attendance: 23,104
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi
27 February 2010 26 Lazio 1–1 Fiorentina Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Siviglia 7' Keirrison 90+2' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Andrea Romeo
7 March 2010 27 Sampdoria 2–1 Lazio Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Guberti 29'
Pazzini 36'		 Floccari 7' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Christian Brighi
14 March 2010 28 Lazio 0–2 Bari Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Almirón 51'
Álvarez 64'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 46,942
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
21 March 2010 29 Cagliari 0–2 Lazio Cagliari
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Rocchi 4'
Floccari 37'		 Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Domenico Celi
24 March 2010 30 Lazio 2–0 Siena Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Lichtsteiner 6'
Cruz 72'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Mauro Bergonzi
28 March 2010 31 Milan 1–1 Lazio Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Borriello 18' (pen.) Lichtsteiner 32' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 40,393
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento
3 April 2010 32 Lazio 1–1 Napoli Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Floccari 4' Hamšík 38' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 31,820
Referee: Daniele Orsato
11 April 2010 33 Bologna 2–3 Lazio Bologna
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Guana 11'
Portanova 16'		 Mauri 44'
Dias 63'
Rocchi 68'		 Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
18 April 2010 34 Lazio 1–2 Roma Rome
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Rocchi 14' Vučinić 53' (pen.), 63' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 61,615
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento
25 April 2010 35 Genoa 1–2 Lazio Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Palacio 8' Dias 25'
Floccari 32'		 Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 26,082
Referee: Emidio Morganti
2 May 2010 36 Lazio 0–2 Internazionale Rome
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Samuel 45+1'
Motta 70'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 50,945
Referee: Mauro Bergonzi
9 May 2010 37 Livorno 1–2 Lazio Livorno
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Lucarelli 33' Rocchi 13'
Brocchi 41'		 Stadium: Stadio Armando Picchi
Attendance: 9,214
Referee: Gabriele Gava
15 May 2010 38 Lazio 3–1 Udinese Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Hitzlsperger 15'
Floccari 45'
Brocchi 52'		 Di Natale 30' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Marco Guida

Top Scorers

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Coppa Italia

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As winners of the tournament the previous season, Lazio automatically qualified to the Round of 16 for the 2009–10 Coppa Italia.

14 January 2010 Round of 16 Lazio 2–0 Palermo Rome
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Kolarov 57'
Floccari 74'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento
20 January 2010 Quarter-finals Fiorentina 3–2 Lazio Florence
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Mutu 9', 44'
Krøldrup 59'		 Zárate 50'
Rocchi 67'		 Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 10,565
Referee: Domenico Celi

UEFA Europa League

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Play-off round

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Lazio–Elfsborg at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.
Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round § Play-off round

Despite Lazio finishing 10th in the 2008–09 Serie A placing, which does not allow participation in European Competitions, the team could participate in the new Europa League due to the triumph in the 2009 Coppa Italia Final.[1]

Lazio started from the Play-off round, where in Nyon they drew Swedish club IF Elfsborg on 7 August.[25] The first leg was played in Rome, where Lazio won 3–0. Elfsborg went behind after 24 minutes, as Aleksandar Kolarov scored from outside the area with an unstoppable shot that Ante Čović couldn't save. After 12 minutes, Mauro Zárate doubled with a placed shot after a move on the left. Elfsborg tried to score at least one goal, with Fernando Muslera saving multiple shots in the second half, but at the 69th minute, Stefano Mauri, assisted by Zárate, didn't miss in front of Čović and locked the match up for Lazio.[26]

The team started the preparation for the second leg on 25 August, when they trained in the afternoon on an artificial turf pitch, to get used to play on this material present at the Borås Arena, the home ground of Elfsborg.[27] The next day, the team left to Borås. There, Lazio ran into the first defeat of the season, losing for 1–0 at the Borås Arena. Elfsborg went ahead when Denni Avdić scored at the 70th minute by head. In the next minutes, the Swedish team tried to make other two goals to lead the match to the extra time: there was many nervousness, with Kolarov who was sent out and other seven players cautioned at the end of the game. Anyway, Lazio won 3–0 on aggregate and could pass at the group stage.[28]

20 August 2009 First leg Lazio Italy 3–0 Sweden Elfsborg Rome, Italy
20:45 Kolarov 23'
Zárate 35'
Mauri 69'		 Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Douglas McDonald (Scotland)
27 August 2009 Second leg Elfsborg Sweden 1–0
(1–3 agg.)		 Italy Lazio Borås, Sweden
19:00 Avdić 70' Report Stadium: Borås Arena
Attendance: 11,693
Referee: Oleg Oriekhov (Ukraine)

Group stage

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See also: 2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group G

The draw for the group stage took place in Monaco on 28 August 2009. As the 24th top ranked side in this competition, Lazio was seeded in Pot 2 and couldn't meet any team of his own country.[29] Eventually, they were drawn into Group G with Villarreal of Spain, Levski Sofia of Bulgaria and Red Bull Salzburg of Austria.[30]

Lazio started against Red Bull Salzburg on 17 September at home. After a poor first half, Lazio created a flurry of chances in the second half, and went ahead at the 59th minute thanks to Pasquale Foggia by a left-foot shot from the distance. When the match seemed to be going to finish, Salzburg equalized by Franz Schiemer after a defensive error by Lazio at the 82nd minute. Unbelievably, Salzburg went ahead in the stoppage time by Marc Janko, who scored after Cribari unintentionally passed him the ball disastrously.[31] As Villarreal won 1–0 against Levsky Sofia, Lazio was sent temporarily at the third place of the group.[32]

For the next match, two weeks later, Lazio travelled to Sofia to meet Levski Sofia side. The Biancocelesti began the game strongly, and took the lead at the 22nd minute by Matuzalém, who assisted by Zárate in front of the net easily concluded. The Argentine forward doubled at the end of the first half, shooting by right foot beating Tzvetan Dimitrov, Levski Sofia's third goalkeeper who this time was guilty on the goal. Levski tried to respond in the second half, and continued to press their opponents as they took control of the game: Lazio then made them pay for their lack of finishing. Foggia spotted an opening and fed Mourad Meghni, who scored the third goal in front of Dimitrov. Not many minutes later, Foggia opened again, Youssef Rabeh slipped and fell, allowing Rocchi to tap it after avoiding Dimitrov, completing a 4–0 win for Lazio, the biggest one in their season so far.[33] In the meantime, Salzburg surprisingly won in Europe again, this time 2–0 against Villarreal, taking the top of the group, while Lazio reached the second place.[34]

Lazio got their first win at home after almost two months on 22 October, when they were visited from Villarreal. Initially, they hardly got into the game, and didn't create any chances, but despite their poor start, it was them who took the lead. Cruz assisted Zárate in front of Diego López and chipped the ball over him and into the back of the net. Villarreal's dominance finally paid off, however, as they equalized by a Sebastián Eguren's header after a Joan Capdevila cross.

Lazio came out stronger side in the second half, but were then dealt a major blow as Matuzalém was sent off for a suspect diving. As the match seemed to be finished, Rocchi did win the points at the death, scoring after Kolarov cross from the left that finalized through the goalkeeper's legs at the 92nd minute.[35] By this victory, Lazio stayed at the second place of the group, three points above Villarreal and three points below Salzburg that won for the third time in a row in Europe.[36]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 6 6 0 0 9 2 +7 18 Advance to knockout phase
2 Spain Villarreal 6 3 0 3 8 6 +2 9
3 Italy Lazio 6 2 0 4 9 10 −1 6
4 Bulgaria Levski Sofia 6 1 0 5 1 9 −8 3
Source: Soccerway
17 September 2009 1 Lazio Italy 1–2 Austria Red Bull Salzburg Rome, Italy
21:05 CEST Foggia 59' Report Schiemer 82'
Janko 90+3'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Saïd Ennjimi (France)
1 October 2009 2 Levski Sofia Bulgaria 0–4 Italy Lazio Sofia, Bulgaria
19:00 CEST Report Matuzalém 22'
Zárate 45+1'
Meghni 67'
Rocchi 74'		 Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Nikolay Ivanov (Russia)
22 October 2009 3 Lazio Italy 2–1 Spain Villarreal Rome, Italy
19:00 CEST Zárate 20'
Rocchi 90+2'		 Report Eguren 40' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
5 November 2009 4 Villarreal Spain 4–1 Italy Lazio Villarreal, Spain
21:05 CET Pires 2', 15' (pen.)
Cani 13'
Rossi 83' (pen.)		 Report Zárate 73' Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany)
2 December 2009 5 Red Bull Salzburg Austria 2–1 Italy Lazio Salzburg, Austria
19:00 CET Afolabi 52'
Tchoyi 78'		 Report Foggia 57' Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 26,270
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)
17 December 2009 6 Lazio Italy 0–1 Bulgaria Levski Sofia Rome, Italy
21:05 CET Report Yovov 61' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

Squad statistics

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No. Pos. Name League Coppa Italia Europe Other Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Argentina Albano Bizzarri 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
2 DF Switzerland Stephan Lichtsteiner 11(1) 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 17(1) 0 4 0
3 DF Argentina Lionel Scaloni 1(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1(1) 0 0 0
4 DF Italy Fabio Firmani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 MF Italy Stefano Mauri 11(1) 1 0 0 4(3) 1 1 0 16(4) 2 2 0
6 MF France Ousmane Dabo 8(4) 0 0 0 4(3) 0 1(1) 0 13(7) 0 2 1
7 MF Portugal Eliseu 1(1) 0 0 0 4(3) 0 0 0 5(4) 0 0 0
8 MF Brazil Matuzalém 10(2) 0 0 0 5 1 1 1 16(2) 3 4 1
9 FW Italy Tommaso Rocchi (c) 8(3) 1 0 0 3(1) 2 1 1 12(4) 4 0 0
10 FW Argentina Mauro Zárate 10 1 0 0 5(1) 3 1 0 16(1) 5 2 0
11 DF Serbia Aleksandar Kolarov 9 0 0 0 3(1) 1 1 0 13(1) 1 3 2
13 DF Italy Sebastiano Siviglia 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 10 0 1 0
17 MF Italy Pasquale Foggia 9(2) 0 0 0 3(2) 1 0 0 12(3) 2 2 0
18 FW Nigeria Stephen Makinwa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW North Macedonia Goran Pandev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 FW Italy Simone Inzaghi 2(2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2(2) 0 1 0
23 MF France Mourad Meghni 3(2) 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 6(2) 1 1 0
24 MF Argentina Cristian Ledesma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 DF Brazil Emílson Cribari 8(2) 0 0 0 5 0 1(1) 0 14(3) 0 2 1
26 DF Romania Ștefan Radu 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 10 0 0 0
28 DF Italy Guglielmo Stendardo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF Italy Cristian Brocchi 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 8 0 1 0
33 MF Italy Roberto Baronio 10 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 15 0 3 1
52 DF Italy Alessio Luciani 1(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1(1) 0 0 0
68 MF Ivory Coast Christian Manfredini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
74 FW Argentina Julio Cruz 10(5) 3 0 0 4 0 1(1) 0 15(6) 3 2 0
80 DF Brazil André Dias 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
81 MF Italy Simone Del Nero 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
86 GK Uruguay Fernando Muslera 11 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 14 0 2 0
87 DF France Modibo Diakité 7(1) 0 0 0 3(2) 0 1 0 11(3) 0 1 0
87 DF Italy Riccardo Perpetuini 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0

Statistics accurate as of match played 28 October 2009[37]

Transfers

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Mauro Zárate was the 2009 fourth-most expensive player of Serie A, behind Samuel Eto'o, Felipe Melo and Diego.[38]

Lazio opened their summer market signing the goalkeeper Albano Bizzarri for free from Catania on 10 June,[39] in offing of the departure of Juan Pablo Carrizo, who had stated many times his will to leave in the previous months.[40] The next week, team president Claudio Lotito, after having spent many days in Qatar dealing with Al-Sadd Sports Club board, confirmed that Mauro Zárate's move to Lazio was made permanent for a fee of about €20 million.[41] Later, it was reported that the player signed a new five-year contract with a €60 million buy-out clause.[42] He was the most expensive signing during Lotito's chairmanship in five years.[43] Before June finished, also the international Portuguese Eliseu reached Rome from Málaga for €1 million.[44]

As expected, Carrizo left Lazio at the beginning of July. He was loaned out to Real Zaragoza in a €1 million season-long deal, with Carrizo having an option of signing permanently.[45] Brazilian player Matuzalém, who was initially on loan for a season, was signed permanently for €6.5 million.[45] Luciano Zauri was loaned out to Sampdoria and Alessandro Tuia to Monza.[46][47] The end of July saw the departure of Czech defender David Rozehnal to German side Hamburger SV for €5 million,[48] and the signing of the Argentine forward Julio Cruz, who had rescinded his contract with Internazionale.[49]

At the end of August, the week of the transfer deadline, academy graduate Lorenzo De Silvestri signed for Fiorentina for €6 million.[50] Also the young forwards Libor Kozák and Ettore Mendicino left the club on loan to Brescia and Crotone respectively.[51][52]

Come the winter transfer window, Uruguyan youngster Gonzalo Barreto will be joining from Danubio with Lazio having already sealed a €3 million deal,[53] but he will only join in January, when he has turned eighteen.[54]

On 31 January, the club claimed to have signed Israeli prospect Eyal Golasa. However, the move was disputed by the club he played with until then, Maccabi Haifa, which claimed to have a valid contract with him.

And the last day of winter transfer window, Lazio signed Brazilian defender André Dias from São Paulo for a €2.5 million fee.

In

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Date Pos. Name Fromvi Fee
10 June 2009 GK Argentina Albano Bizzarri Italy Catania Free
18 June 2009 FW Argentina Mauro Zárate Qatar Al-Sadd €20,000,000
25 June 2009 MF Portugal Eliseu Spain Málaga €1,000,000
9 July 2009 MF Brazil Matuzalém Spain Real Zaragoza €6,500,000
31 July 2009 FW Argentina Julio Cruz Italy Internazionale Free
3 January 2010 CF Italy Sergio Floccari Italy Genoa Loan
22 January 2010 FW Uruguay Gonzalo Barreto Uruguay Danubio €3,000,000
31 January 2010 MF Germany Thomas Hitzlsperger Germany VfB Stuttgart €1,000,000
1 February 2010 DF Brazil André Dias Brazil São Paulo €2,500,000

Out

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Date Pos. Name To Fee
27 July 2009 DF Czech Republic David Rozehnal Germany Hamburger SV €5,000,000
26 August 2009 DF Italy Lorenzo De Silvestri Italy Fiorentina €6,000,000
1 January 2010 CF North Macedonia Goran Pandev Italy Internazionale Free

Loaned out

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Date From Date To Pos. Name Moving To Fee
9 July 2009 End of the season GK Argentina Juan Pablo Carrizo Spain Real Zaragoza €1,000,000
9 July 2009 End of the season DF Italy Luciano Zauri Italy Sampdoria Free
14 July 2009 End of the season DF Italy Alessandro Tuia Italy Monza Free
19 August 2009 End of the season FW Czech Republic Libor Kozák Italy Brescia Free
27 August 2009 End of the season FW Italy Ettore Mendicino Italy Crotone Free
5 January 2010 End of the season DF Brazil Emílson Cribari Italy Siena Free
8 January 2010 End of the season MF Portugal Eliseu Spain Real Zaragoza Free
12 January 2010 End of the season MF Italy Riccardo Perpetuini Italy Crotone Free
25 January 2010 End of the season DF Italy Ivan Artipoli Italy Foggia Free

Estimated transfer totals

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See also

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