2008–09 S.S.C. Napoli season

Napoli
2008–09 Serie A season
Chairman	Aurelio De Laurentiis
Manager	Edoardo Reja; until 8 March 2009, then; Roberto Donadoni
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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

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

Matches

UEFA Intertoto Cup

20 June 2009	Panionios	0—1	Napoli	Athens
			Bogliacino 31'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium

26 June 2009	Napoli	1—0 2—0 agg	Panionios	Naples
	Hamšík 65'			Stadium: Stadio San Paolo

Pre-season friendlies

11 July 2009	Hajduk Split	1—0	Napoli
	Linić 29'

15 July 2009	Zalaegerszegi TE	1—1	Napoli
	Waltner 30'		Piá 44'

Serie A

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

2nd qualifying round

14 August 2008	Vllaznia	0—3	Napoli	Shkodër
		(Report)	Piá 28' 47' Denis 75'	Stadium: Loro-Boriçi Stadium

28 August 2008	Napoli	5—0 8—0 agg	Vllaznia	Naples
	Rinaudo 42' 54' Piá 52' Lavezzi 80' Hamšík 87'	(Report)		Stadium: Stadio San Paolo

First round

18 September 2008	Napoli	3—2	Benfica	Naples
	Vitale 18' Denis 19' Maggio 54'	(Report)	Suazo 16' Luisão 59'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo

2 October 2008	Benfica	2—0 4—3 agg	Napoli	Lisbon
	Reyes 57' Gomes 84'	(Report)		Stadium: Estádio da Luz

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 Calcio	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		Gennaro Iezzo	16	0	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Gianluca Grava	9	0	5+1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
3	MF		Luigi Vitale	23	2	17+1	1	2	0	2	1	0+1	0
4	MF		Francesco Montervino	16	1	6+7	1	0	0	1	0	2	0
5	MF		Michele Pazienza	36	1	18+11	1	0+2	0	2+1	0	2	0
6	DF		Salvatore Aronica	25	0	15+8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
7	FW		Ezequiel Lavezzi	34	8	29+1	7	0	0	2+1	1	1	0
8	MF		Manuele Blasi	36	0	31+1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
9	FW		Germán Denis	40	9	22+12	8	2	0	1+2	1	0+1	0
11	MF		Christian Maggio	28	5	22+1	4	2	0	2	1	0+1	0
12	FW		Piá	20	6	8+7	4	0+2	0	1+1	1	1	1
13	DF		Fabiano Santacroce	30	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
15	MF		Jesús Dátolo	9	0	3+6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Marek Hamšík	39	12	31+1	9	2	1	2+1	1	2	1
18	MF		Mariano Bogliacino	19	3	8+7	2	2	1	0	0	0+2	0
19	DF		Mirko Savini	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF		Andrea Russotto	17	0	0+15	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
22	GK		Matteo Gianello	8	0	5+1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
23	MF		Walter Gargano	33	0	23+3	0	2	0	3	0	2	0
24	MF		Samuele Dalla Bona	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW		Marcelo Zalayeta	32	4	17+10	4	0	0	2+1	0	2	0
28	DF		Paolo Cannavaro	36	0	30	0	2	0	3	0	1	0
30	GK		Nicolás Navarro	22	0	18+1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
32	MF		Nicolás Amodio	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	GK		Luigi Sepe	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	GK		Luca Bucci	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	MF		Daniele Mannini	26	0	21+3	0	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
83	MF		Leandro Rinaudo	21	0	13+4	0	1	0	2	0	1	0
96	DF		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

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