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2008–09 AS Roma season

Field	Value
club	Roma
season	2008–09
manager	Luciano Spalletti
chairman	Rosella Sensi
chrtitle	President
stadium	Stadio Olimpico
league	Serie A
league result	6th
cup1	Supercoppa Italiana
cup1 result	Runners-up
cup2	Coppa Italia
cup2 result	Quarter-finals
cup3	UEFA Champions League
cup3 result	Round of 16
league topscorer
Francesco Totti (13)
season topscorer
Mirko Vučinić (17)
highest attendance	62,383 vs Arsenal
(11 March 2009, Champions League)
lowest attendance	14,944 vs Bologna
(17 December 2008, Coppa Italia)
average attendance	39,396
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prevseason	2007–08
nextseason	2009–10

Francesco Totti (13) Mirko Vučinić (17) (11 March 2009, Champions League) (17 December 2008, Coppa Italia)

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)	Signed from	Signed in	Apps.	Goals
25	Artur	BRA	GK	ITA Siena	2008	11	0
27	Júlio Sérgio	BRA	GK	BRA América	2006	0	0
32	Doni	BRA	GK	BRA Juventude	2005	126	0
2	Christian Panucci (Vice-Captain)	ITA	RB / CB	FRA Monaco	2001	229	20
3	Cicinho	BRA	RB	ESP Real Madrid	2007	52	3
4	Juan	BRA	CB	GER Bayer Leverkusen	2007	43	4
5	Philippe Mexès	FRA	CB	FRA Auxerre	2004	142	9
13	Marco Motta	ITA	RB	ITA Udinese	2009	13	0
15	Simone Loria	ITA	CB	ITA Siena	2008	9	1
17	John Arne Riise	NOR	LB	ENG Liverpool	2008	31	2
21	Souleymane Diamoutene	MLI	CB	ITA Lecce	2009	4	0
22	Max Tonetto	ITA	LB	ITA Sampdoria	2006	80	1
37	Alessandro Crescenzi	ITA	RB / LB	ITA Youth Sector	2008	1	0
77	Marco Cassetti	ITA	RB	ITA Lecce	2006	75	2
7	David Pizarro	CHI	CM / DM	ITA Internazionale	2006	88	6
8	Alberto Aquilani	ITA	CM / AM	ITA Youth Sector	2002	102	9
11	Rodrigo Taddei	BRA	LM / RM / AM	ITA Siena	2005	121	20
14	Filipe Gomes	BRA	CM	ITA Fiorentina Youth Sector	2008	4	0
16	Daniele De Rossi	ITA	DM / CM	ITA Youth Sector	2001	188	20
20	Simone Perrotta	ITA	LM / CM / AM	ITA Chievo	2004	153	26
33	Matteo Brighi	ITA	CM	ITA Juventus	2004	59	4
38	Marco D'Alessandro	ITA	CM	ITA Youth Sector	2008	3	0
39	Adrian Stoian	ROU	CM	ROU Școala de Fotbal Gheorghe Popescu	2008	1	0
9	Mirko Vučinić	MNE	CF / ST	ITA Lecce	2006	85	22
10	Francesco Totti (Captain)	ITA	AM / LW / SS / CF / ST	ITA Youth Sector	1992	419	178
19	Júlio Baptista	BRA	AM / CF / ST	ESP Real Madrid	2008	27	9
23	Vincenzo Montella	ITA	CF / ST	ITA Sampdoria	1999	192	83
94	Jérémy Ménez	FRA	ST / SS	FRA Monaco	2008	29	4
34	Valerio Virga	ITA	CM	ITA Youth Sector	2004	11	0
89	Stefano Okaka	ITA	CF / ST	ITA Youth Sector	2005	23	1

Transfers

In

Out

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

Main article: 2008 Supercoppa Italiana

Ibrahimović Balotelli , Stanković Pizarro De Rossi Cassetti Balotelli Stanković Maxwell Cambiasso Jiménez Zanetti Baptista Cassetti De Rossi Totti Pizarro Juan

Serie A

Main article: 2008–09 Serie A

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

De Rossi Santacroce Hamšík Bresciano Cavani Taddei Pizarro Aquilani Perrotta Lanzaro Criscito Milito Jurić Olivera Perrotta Ménez Cicinho Loria Aquilani Vučinić , Virga De Ascentis Portanova Curci Coppola Perrotta Mexès Stanković Obinna Chivu Floro Flores , Luković Isla Handanović Vučinić Cicinho Totti , Marchionni Panucci Cicinho Terzi Pizarro Baptista Perrotta Radu Lichtsteiner Juan Baptista Totti Totti Taddei Mutu Mandelli Yepes Brighi Ménez , Cicinho Perrotta Vučinić , Biondini Jeda Marchetti Baiocco , Morimoto , Terlizzi Tedesco Perrotta Cassetti Ménez De Rossi Mexès Riise Brighi Pato Seedorf Perrotta Aquilani Gastaldello Lucchini Amoruso Colombo Baptista Cicinho Contini Cannavaro Gargano Montervino Santacroce Juan Vučinić Taddei Brighi Doni Liverani Corradi Cirillo Cozza Pizarro Taddei Vučinić Baptista Vanden Borre Biava Jurić Doni Manfredini De Rossi Perrotta Taddei Codrea Brandão Galloppa Balotelli Stanković Crespo Vieira Riise , Pizarro Brighi Panucci Vučinić , De Rossi Felipe Pepe D'Agostino Sánchez Pazzini Padalino Lucchini Diamoutene Motta Pizarro Mexès Riise Ménez Iaquinta Mellberg Molinaro Nedvěd Pizarro Mexès Marazzina Castellini Mutarelli Zárate Brocchi Lichtsteiner , Matuzalém Kolarov Mauri Mexès , Pizarro Panucci Brighi Diamoutene Munari Papadopoulos Ariatti Donadel Dainelli Gilardino Semioli Gobbi Brighi Pizarro Baptista Mantovani Pinzi Matri Pisano Cossu Acquafresca Conti Totti , Perrotta Vučinić De Rossi Panucci Silvestre Mascara Morimoto Izco Motta Artur Taddei Ménez Totti Vučinić Mexès Totti Panucci Franceschini Ventola

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2008–09 Coppa Italia

Samuel Ibrahimović Vučinić Perrotta Taddei Mexès

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Champions League group stage#Group A

Cicinho Culio Peralta Diarra Henrique Chalmé Taddei Baptista , De Rossi Vučinić Terry , Panucci Vučinić Perrotta Terry Trică Panin Totti , De Rossi Totti Jurietti Diawara

Knockout phase

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

Round of 16

Touré Nasri Brighi De Rossi Pizarro Motta Vučinić Baptista Montella Totti Aquilani Riise Tonetto Van Persie Walcott Nasri Denílson Touré Sagna Diaby

Statistics

Appearances and goals

|- ! colspan=14 style="background:#B21B1C; color:#FFD700; text-align:center"| Goalkeepers |- ! colspan=14 style="background:#B21B1C; color:#FFD700; text-align:center"| Defenders |- ! colspan=14 style="background:#B21B1C; color:#FFD700; text-align:center"| Midfielders |- ! colspan=14 style="background:#B21B1C; color:#FFD700; text-align:center"| Forwards |- ! colspan=14 style="background:#B21B1C; color:#FFD700; text-align:center"| Players transferred out during the season

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Supercoppa	Coppa Italia	UEFA CL	Total
1	9	FW	MNE	Mirko Vučinić	11	1	2	3	17
2	10	FW	ITA	Francesco Totti	13	0	0	2	15
3	19	MF	BRA	Júlio Baptista	9	0	0	2	11
4	33	MF	ITA	Matteo Brighi	3	0	0	3	6
5	2	DF	ITA	Christian Panucci	3	0	0	2	5
20	MF	ITA	Simone Perrotta	5	0	0	0	5
7	16	MF	ITA	Daniele De Rossi	3	1	0	0	4
24	FW	FRA	Jérémy Ménez	4	0	0	0	4
9	4	DF	BRA	Juan	2	0	0	1	3
10	5	DF	FRA	Philippe Mexès	2	0	0	0	2
7	MF	CHI	David Pizarro	2	0	0	0	2
8	MF	ITA	Alberto Aquilani	2	0	0	0	2
11	MF	BRA	Rodrigo Taddei	1	0	1	0	2
17	DF	NOR	John Arne Riise	2	0	0	0	2
15	3	DF	BRA	Cicinho	1	0	0	0	1
15	DF	ITA	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	Nat	Name	Serie A	Supercoppa	Coppa Italia	UEFA CL	Total
1	32	GK	BRA	Doni	9	0	0	2	11
2	25	GK	BRA	Artur	3	0	1	0	4
Totals	12	0	1	2	15

Last updated: 31 May 2009

Disciplinary record

Totals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated:

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