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 Siena 2008 11 0 27 Júlio Sérgio GK América 2006 0 0 32 Doni GK Juventude 2005 126 0 Defenders 2 Christian Panucci (Vice-Captain) RB / CB Monaco 2001 229 20 3 Cicinho RB Real Madrid 2007 52 3 4 Juan CB Bayer Leverkusen 2007 43 4 5 Philippe Mexès CB Auxerre 2004 142 9 13 Marco Motta RB Udinese 2009 13 0 15 Simone Loria CB Siena 2008 9 1 17 John Arne Riise LB Liverpool 2008 31 2 21 Souleymane Diamoutene CB Lecce 2009 4 0 22 Max Tonetto LB Sampdoria 2006 80 1 37 Alessandro Crescenzi RB / LB Youth Sector 2008 1 0 77 Marco Cassetti RB Lecce 2006 75 2 Midfielders 7 David Pizarro CM / DM Internazionale 2006 88 6 8 Alberto Aquilani CM / AM Youth Sector 2002 102 9 11 Rodrigo Taddei LM / RM / AM Siena 2005 121 20 14 Filipe Gomes CM Fiorentina Youth Sector 2008 4 0 16 Daniele De Rossi DM / CM Youth Sector 2001 188 20 20 Simone Perrotta LM / CM / AM Chievo 2004 153 26 33 Matteo Brighi CM Juventus 2004 59 4 38 Marco D'Alessandro CM Youth Sector 2008 3 0 39 Adrian Stoian CM Școala de Fotbal Gheorghe Popescu 2008 1 0 Forwards 9 Mirko Vučinić CF / ST Lecce 2006 85 22 10 Francesco Totti (Captain) AM / LW / SS / CF / ST Youth Sector 1992 419 178 19 Júlio Baptista AM / CF / ST Real Madrid 2008 27 9 23 Vincenzo Montella CF / ST Sampdoria 1999 192 83 94 Jérémy Ménez ST / SS Monaco 2008 29 4 Players transferred during the season 34 Valerio Virga CM Youth Sector 2004 11 0 89 Stefano Okaka CF / ST 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 FinalRunners-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
Serie A
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Coppa Italia
UEFA Champions League
Group stage
Knockout phase
Round of 16
Statistics
Appearances and goals
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! colspan=14 style="background:#B21B1C; color:#FFD700; text-align:center"| Midfielders
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! colspan=14 style="background:#B21B1C; color:#FFD700; text-align:center"| Players transferred out during the season
Goalscorers NameSerie ASupercoppaCoppa ItaliaUEFA CLTotal19FWMirko Vučinić1112317210FWFrancesco Totti1300215319MFJúlio Baptista900211433MFMatteo Brighi3003652DFChristian Panucci3002520MFSimone Perrotta50005716MFDaniele De Rossi3100424FWJérémy Ménez4000494DFJuan20013105DFPhilippe Mexès200027MFDavid Pizarro200028MFAlberto Aquilani2000211MFRodrigo Taddei1010217DFJohn Arne Riise20002153DFCicinho1000115DFSimone Loria10001Own goal00000Totals64231382
Last updated: 31 May 2009
Clean sheets NameSerie ASupercoppaCoppa ItaliaUEFA CLTotal132GKDoni900211225GKArtur30104Totals1201215
Last updated: 31 May 2009
References