2008–09 SSC Napoli season

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Napoli
2008–09 Serie A season
ChairmanItaly Aurelio De Laurentiis
ManagerItaly Edoardo Reja
until 8 March 2009, then
Italy Roberto Donadoni
StadiumStadio San Paolo
Serie A12th
Coppa ItaliaQuarter-finals
UEFA Intertoto CupOverall winners
UEFA CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Marek Hamšík (9)
All: Marek Hamšík (12)
Highest home attendance60,240 vs Roma
(25 January 2009)
Lowest home attendance26,553 vs Fiorentina
(14 September 2008)
Average home league attendance39,851

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

Squad[edit]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Italy ITA Gennaro Iezzo
2 DF Italy ITA Gianluca Grava
3 DF Italy ITA Luigi Vitale
4 MF Italy ITA Francesco Montervino
5 MF Italy ITA Michele Pazienza
6 DF Italy ITA Salvatore Aronica
7 FW Argentina ARG Ezequiel Lavezzi
8 MF Italy ITA Manuele Blasi
9 FW Argentina ARG Germán Denis
11 MF Italy ITA Christian Maggio
12 FW Brazil BRA Piá
13 DF Italy ITA Fabiano Santacroce
14 FW Italy ITA Roberto De Zerbi
15 MF Argentina ARG Jesús Dátolo
17 MF Slovakia SVK Marek Hamšík
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Uruguay URU Mariano Bogliacino
20 FW Italy ITA Andrea Russotto
22 GK Italy ITA Matteo Gianello
23 MF Uruguay URU Walter Gargano
24 MF Italy ITA Samuele Dalla Bona
25 FW Uruguay URU Marcelo Zalayeta
28 DF Italy ITA Paolo Cannavaro (captain)
30 GK Argentina ARG Nicolás Navarro
32 MF Uruguay URU Nicolás Amodio
44 GK Italy ITA Luigi Sepe
70 GK Italy ITA Luca Bucci
77 MF Italy ITA Daniele Mannini
83 DF Italy ITA Leandro Rinaudo
96 DF Italy ITA Matteo Contini

Matches[edit]

UEFA Intertoto Cup[edit]

20 June 2009 Panionios Greece 0—1 Italy Napoli Athens
Bogliacino 31' Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
26 June 2009 Napoli Italy 1—0
2—0 agg		 Greece Panionios Naples
Hamšík 65' Stadium: Stadio San Paolo

Pre-season friendlies[edit]

11 July 2009 Hajduk Split Croatia 1—0 Italy Napoli
Linić 29'
15 July 2009 Zalaegerszegi TE Hungary 1—1 Italy Napoli
Waltner 30' Piá 44'

Serie A[edit]

Main article: 2008–09 Serie A
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:
  1. ^ Lazio qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 Coppa Italia.
  2. ^ a b Napoli finished ahead of Sampdoria on head-to-head points: Napoli 2–0 Sampdoria, Sampdoria 2–2 Napoli.
1 Roma 1–1 Napoli
Aquilani 29' Hamšík 56'
2 Napoli 2–1 Fiorentina
Hamšík 48'
Maggio 70'		 Mutu 40'
3 Udinese 0–0 Napoli
4 Napoli 2–1 Palermo
Hamšík 14'
Zalayeta 75'		 Miccoli 83' (pen.)
5 Bologna 0–1 Napoli
Denis 87'
6 Genoa 3–2 Napoli
Sokratis 44'
Palladino 53'
Milito 72'		 Lavezzi 2'
Denis 75'
7 Napoli 2–1 Juventus
Hamšík 64'
Lavezzi 80'		 Amauri 61'
8 Lazio 0–1 Napoli
Siviglia 60' (o.g.)
9 Napoli 3–0 Reggina
Denis 8, 16, 64'
10 Milan 1–0 Napoli
Ronaldinho 86'
11 Napoli 2–0 Sampdoria
Mannini 23'
Zalayeta 74'
12 Atalanta 3–1 Napoli
Ferreira Pinto 62'
Manfredini 89'
Floccari 90 + 1'		 Hamšík 73' (pen.)
13 Napoli 2–2 Cagliari
Hamšík 9'
Lavezzi 84'		 D. López 56'
Conti 90 + 5'
14 Inter 2–1 Napoli
Córdoba 16'
Muntari 24'		 Lavezzi 36'
15 Napoli 2–0 Siena
Maggio 62'
Denis 72'
16 Napoli 3–0 Lecce
Hamšík 11' (pen.)
Pazienza 42'
Denis 65'
17 Torino 1–0 Napoli
Bianchi 53'
18 Napoli 1–0 Catania
Maggio 80'
19 Chievo 2–1 Napoli
Marcolini 32, 74' Lavezzi 53'
20 Napoli 0–3 Roma
Mexès 18'
Juan 32'
Vučinić 50'
21 Fiorentina 2–1 Napoli
Santana 47'
Montolivo 77'		 Vitale 49'
22 Napoli 2–2 Udinese
Hamšík 24'
Lavezzi 27'		 Di Natale 32' (pen.)
Quagliarella 45'
23 Palermo 2–1 Napoli
Migliaccio 2'
F. Simplício 14'		 Hamšík 43'
24 Napoli 1–1 Bologna
Maggio 19' Di Vaio 23'
25 Napoli 0–1 Genoa
Janković 69'
26 Juventus 1–0 Napoli
Marchisio 44'
27 Napoli 0–2 Lazio
Rocchi 57, 65'
28 Reggina 1–1 Napoli
Corradi 27' Lavezzi 64'
29 Napoli 0–0 Milan
30 Sampdoria 2–2 Napoli
Palombo 28, 63' Zalayeta 44'
Denis 90 + 2'
31 Napoli 0–0 Atalanta
32 Cagliari 2–0 Napoli
Jeda 5'
Lazzari 90 + 2'
33 Napoli 1–0 Inter
Zalayeta 73'
34 Siena 2–1 Napoli
Kharja 11'
Maccarone 25'		 Piá 80'
35 Lecce 1–1 Napoli
Zanchetta 44' (pen.) Piá 33'
36 Napoli 1–2 Torino
Piá 42' Bianchi 51'
Rosina 72'
37 Catania 3–1 Napoli
Morimoto 42'
Mascara 88'
Falconieri 90 + 1'		 Bogliacino 28'
38 Napoli 3–0 Chievo
Montervino 4'
Bogliacino 7'
Piá 18'

UEFA Cup[edit]

2nd qualifying round[edit]

14 August 2008 Vllaznia Albania 0—3 Italy Napoli Shkodër
(Report) Piá 28' 47'
Denis 75'		 Stadium: Loro-Boriçi Stadium
28 August 2008 Napoli Italy 5—0
8—0 agg		 Albania Vllaznia Naples
Rinaudo 42' 54'
Piá 52'
Lavezzi 80'
Hamšík 87'		 (Report) Stadium: Stadio San Paolo

First round[edit]

18 September 2008 Napoli Italy 3—2 Portugal Benfica Naples
Vitale 18'
Denis 19'
Maggio 54'		 (Report) Suazo 16'
Luisão 59'		 Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
2 October 2008 Benfica Portugal 2—0
4—3 agg		 Italy Napoli Lisbon
Reyes 57'
Gomes 84'		 (Report) Stadium: Estádio da Luz

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

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

Out[edit]

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

Players out on loan[edit]

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

Squad statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

Last updated on 30 May 2009

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

Disciplinary record[edit]

Disciplinary records for 2008–09 league and cup matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.
No. Nat. Player Yellow cards Red cards
2 Italy Luigi Vitale 2 0
4 Italy Francesco Montervino 1 0
5 Italy Michele Pazienza 1 0
6 Italy Salvatore Aronica 2 0
8 Italy Manuele Blasi 2 0
9 Argentina Germán Denis 1 0
13 Italy Fabiano Santacroce 3 2
28 Italy Paolo Cannavaro 1 0

Starting 11[edit]

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 MS Notes
30 GK Argentina Navarro 21
13 CB Italy Santacroce 30
28 CB Italy Cannavaro 36
96 CB Italy Contini 36
11 RWB Italy Maggio 26
8 CM Italy Blasi 35
23 CM Uruguay Gargano 30
17 CM Slovakia Hamšík 37
77 LWB Italy Mannini 22
7 ST Argentina Lavezzi 32
9 CF Argentina 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[edit]

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