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2007–08 AS Roma season

During the 2007–08 season Associazione Sportiva Roma played the 75th Serie A season in its history.

Roma
2007–08 season
PresidentRosella Sensi
ManagerLuciano Spalletti
StadiumStadio Olimpico
Serie A2nd
Supercoppa ItalianaWinners
Coppa ItaliaWinners
UEFA Champions LeagueQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Francesco Totti (14)
All:
Francesco Totti (18)
Highest home attendance80,023 vs Manchester United
(1 April 2008, Champions League)
Lowest home attendance15,000 vs Catania
(16 April 2008, Coppa Italia)
Average home league attendance37,276[1]

As in the previous season, Roma finished in second place in Serie A behind Internazionale, but had the chance to win the Championship until the last match.

Further, because giallorossi won the 2006–07 Coppa Italia, they played the Supercoppa Italiana for the second consecutive time against Inter, and won the trophy thanks to a 1–0 victory in the first match of the season in San Siro.

In the European competitions, Roma played 2007–08 UEFA Champions League and, starting from the group stage, beat Real Madrid in the Round of 16, but lost to the eventual champions Manchester United in the quarter-finals.

The last match of the season was the 2007–08 Coppa Italia final against Internazionale, the fourth consecutive final between the two teams. The giallorossi won 2–1, their ninth Coppa Italia triumph.

Season review edit

Pre-season & transfers edit

Early pre-season was dominated by the protracted talks involving the renewal of Cristian Chivu's contract[2] and the many rumours that linked him to many other teams. In fact, the Romanian defender refused a new contract because he already knew he had an offer of about €4M from Internazionale.[3] For this reason in early June Roma extended Philippe Mexès' contract until 2011[4] and signed Brazilian 2007 Copa América winning defender Juan from Bayer Leverkusen.

The speculation involving Chivu lasted almost two months, and after that he refused to extend his contract with Roma. The player also turned down offers from Barcelona and Real Madrid,[5] stating that if he was not transferred to Inter he would keep playing for Roma until his contract ran out the summer of 2008.[6] For this reason Roma's supporters saw him as a "traitor" and whistled him during a training session in Stadio Flaminio;[7] even Roma's director of football Daniele Pradé stated that the Romanian defender made "incalculable damage" to the club because Real Madrid's offer was higher than the others.[8] Eventually, on 27 July, when it seemed that Chivu would have been a giallorosso until the end of his contract period, Inter made a final offer of 14M€ plus the co-ownership of Marco Andreolli.[9]

Roma also signed Ludovic Giuly, Mauro Esposito and, at the end of August, Cicinho. The loans of Christian Wilhelmsson and Francesco Tavano were not renewed, while Vincenzo Montella was loaned to Sampdoria as he wanted more first-team football. However, Roma bought full ownership of David Pizarro, Mirko Vučinić and Marco Cassetti.

The signings of Matteo Brighi, Ahmed Barusso, and Vitorino Antunes further enlarged the squad, while young players such as Aleandro Rosi, Ricardo Faty, Stefano Okaka, Valerio Virga, Alessio Cerci, Andrea Giacomini and Daniele Galloppa were loaned to lower league clubs to gain experience.[10][11]

First part of the season edit

Roma began the 2007–08 season on 19 August 2007 with the Supercoppa Italiana in San Siro against Internazionale. In the previous season, Roma had lost the Supercoppa 4–3, but on this occasion succeeded in winning (by 1–0) the second Supercoppa in its history, thanks to a penalty by Daniele De Rossi after a foul by Nicolás Burdisso on Francesco Totti.[12]

The 2007–08 Serie A began with Roma as one of the favourites, after Internazionale, Milan and together with Juventus.[13]

The first matches confirmed pre-season expectations of a successful campaign, as Roma started well with a 2–0 win against Palermo with goals from Philippe Mexès and Alberto Aquilani, who also scored in the second match against Siena.

Roma qualified for the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League after finishing second in the 2006–07 season, qualifying directly to the group stage, where they were drawn from the second pot into Group F, together with Manchester United, Sporting CP and Dynamo Kyiv.

After the pause for Italy's Euro 2008 qualifying matches against France and Ukraine, in which Daniele De Rossi, Simone Perrotta, Christian Panucci and Alberto Aquilani played, Roma entered a difficult period of fixtures over a short span of time: from 16 September until 3 October, the giallorossi played against Reggina (winning 2–0), Dynamo Kyiv (winning 2–0), Juventus (drawing 2–2), Fiorentina (drawing 2–2), Internazionale (losing 4–1) and Manchester United (losing 1–0).

Roma won 2–0 in the first match against the Calabrese team thanks to Juan's first goal, a volley with his heel, and the second goal by Francesco Totti, who also scored in the 2–0 victory against Ukrainian champions Dynamo Kyiv. In the following two games against Juventus and Fiorentina, Roma led 2–1 but failed to hold on for the win, conceding the equalizer in the last minutes of both games.

After having played Juventus on Sunday and Fiorentina on Wednesday, Roma faced champions Inter on Saturday, 29 September. The giallorossi lost 4–1, but the defeat was abetted by a handball in the penalty area from Ludovic Giuly who was sent off and cost Roma a penalty, after which the numerical inferiority and the disadvantage opened the nerazzurri's overwhelming victory.[14] -

After losing their position as Serie A league leaders, Roma had to face Manchester United for the first time since their débâcle the previous season at the hands of the English champions in the quarter-finals where they had lost 7–1 . Roma lost this time too, but missed many chances,[15] and even the scorer game's only goal, Wayne Rooney, stated that "Roma deserved more".[16] In addition to ending the first match of the season without scoring a goal, the giallorossi lost Alberto Aquilani to a groin injury[17] that would keep him out of play for more than a month,[18] preventing him from playing the derby.

Roma won their next match 3–0 against Parma, thanks to two goals by Francesco Totti and one by Mancini, thus leaving behind a poor run of two draws and two defeats before the break for the Euro 2008 qualifying matches. After the international break Roma played out a thrilling 4–4 draw against Napoli.

In the third Champions League group stage match, Roma had to face Sporting CP and, though Totti was injured, the team won thanks to goals by Juan and Mirko Vučinić, who dribbled two Portuguese defenders before scoring and assuring Roma second place in Group F, after three matches. The Montenegrin captain was also the protagonist of the second consecutive victory in San Siro against Milan, scoring the only goal of the game.[19]

On 31 October 2007 the giallorossi played the Derby della Capitale against Lazio without three important first team players (Totti, Alberto Aquilani and Rodrigo Taddei), all out with injury. Despite this, Roma won 3–2 thanks to the third goal in three matches from Mirko Vučinić (evening the score after a goal from Lazio's Tommaso Rocchi), the second goal of the league campaign for Mancini and the winning goal by Simone Perrotta.[20]

Players edit

Squad information edit

Last updated on 18 May 2008
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
1 Gianluca Curci   GK (1985-07-12)12 July 1985 (aged 22)   Youth Sector 2004 29 0
25 Carlo Zotti   GK (1982-09-03)3 September 1982 (aged 25)   Palermo 2001 14 0
27 Júlio Sérgio   GK (1978-11-08)8 November 1978 (aged 29)   América 2006 0 0
32 Doni   GK (1979-10-22)22 October 1979 (aged 28)   Juventude 2005 97 0
Defenders
2 Christian Panucci (Vice-Captain)   RB / CB (1973-04-12)12 April 1973 (aged 35)   Monaco 2001 207 17
3 Cicinho   RB (1980-06-24)24 June 1980 (aged 28)   Real Madrid 2007 30 2
4 Juan   CB (1979-02-01)1 February 1979 (aged 29)   Bayer Leverkusen 2007 22 2
5 Philippe Mexès   CB (1982-03-30)30 March 1982 (aged 26)   Auxerre 2004 113 7
13 Marco Andreolli   CB (1986-06-10)10 June 1986 (aged 22)   Internazionale 2007 0 0
15 Vitorino Antunes   LB (1987-04-01)1 April 1987 (aged 21)   Paços de Ferreira 2007 5 0
21 Matteo Ferrari   CB (1979-12-05)5 December 1979 (aged 28)   Parma 2004 78 2
22 Max Tonetto   LB (1974-11-18)18 November 1974 (aged 33)   Sampdoria 2006 65 1
77 Marco Cassetti   RB (1977-05-29)29 May 1977 (aged 31)   Lecce 2006 55 2
Midfielders
7 David Pizarro   CM / DM (1979-09-11)11 September 1979 (aged 28)   Internazionale 2006 63 4
8 Alberto Aquilani   CM / AM (1984-07-07)7 July 1984 (aged 23)   Youth Sector 2002 88 7
11 Rodrigo Taddei   LM / RM / AM (1980-03-06)6 March 1980 (aged 28)   Siena 2005 93 19
14 Ludovic Giuly   RW / AM (1976-07-10)10 July 1976 (aged 31)   Barcelona 2007 32 6
16 Daniele De Rossi   DM / CM (1983-07-24)24 July 1983 (aged 24)   Youth Sector 2001 155 17
20 Simone Perrotta   LM / CM / AM (1977-09-17)17 September 1977 (aged 30)   Chievo 2004 128 21
30 Mancini   LW / RW / AM (1980-08-01)1 August 1980 (aged 27)   Venezia 2003 154 40
33 Matteo Brighi   CM (1981-02-14)14 February 1981 (aged 27)   Juventus 2004 24 1
Forwards
9 Mirko Vučinić   CF / ST (1983-10-01)1 October 1983 (aged 24)   Lecce 2006 58 11
10 Francesco Totti (Captain)   AM / LW / SS / CF / ST (1976-09-27)27 September 1976 (aged 31)   Youth Sector 1992 395 165
18 Mauro Esposito   RW (1979-06-13)13 June 1979 (aged 29)   Cagliari 2007 8 0
36 Claudio Della Penna   RW / LW (1989-05-12)12 May 1989 (aged 19)   Youth Sector 2007 0 0
Players transferred during the season
17 Édgar Álvarez   RM (1980-01-09)9 January 1980 (aged 28)   Peñarol 2005 21 0
28 Aleandro Rosi   RB (1987-05-17)17 May 1987 (aged 21)   Youth Sector 2004 37 2
29 Ahmed Barusso   CM (1984-12-26)26 December 1984 (aged 23)   Rimini 2007 3 0
31 Samuel Kuffour   CB (1976-09-03)3 September 1976 (aged 31)   Bayern Munich 2005 21 0

Transfers edit

In edit

— MF   ROU Adrian Piț (free transfer, from Bellinzona)[21]
— MF   GHA Ahmed Barusso (co-ownership from Rimini)[22]
— GK   ITA Carlo Zotti (loan return from Sampdoria)
— MF   SUI Daniel Unal (loan from Bellinzona)
— MF   CHI David Pizarro (full ownership from Internazionale)
— MF   HON Édgar Álvarez (loan return from Messina)
— DF   BRA Juan (full ownership from Bayer Leverkusen)[23]
— FW   ITA Keivan Zarineh (free transfer, from Rieti)[21]
— MF   FRA Ludovic Giuly (from Barcelona)[24]
— DF   ITA Marco Andreolli (co-ownership from Internazionale)[25]
— DF   ITA Marco Cassetti (full ownership from Lecce)
— MF   ITA Matteo Brighi (loan return from Chievo)
— MF   ITA Mauro Esposito (co-ownership from Cagliari)[26]
— FW   MNE Mirko Vučinić (full ownership from Lecce)
— DF   GHA Samuel Kuffour (loan return from Livorno)
— FW   COD Shabani Nonda (loan return from Blackburn Rovers)
— DF   BRA Cicinho (full ownership from Real Madrid)
— DF   POR Vitorino Antunes (loan from Paços de Ferreira)

Out edit

— FW   NGA Adewade Dauda Wahab (loan, to Bellinzona)
— FW   ITA Alessandro Simonetta (full ownership, to Arezzo)
— FW   ITA Alessandro Tulli (co-ownership renewed, to Lecce)
— FW   ITA Alessio Cerci (loan, to Pisa)[27]
— MF   ITA Andrea Giacomini (loan, to Vicenza)[28]
— MF   SWE Christian Wilhelmsson (end of loan, to Nantes)
— DF   ROU Cristian Chivu (to Internazionale)[29]
— DF   ITA Damiano Ferronetti (full ownership, to Parma)
— FW   ITA Daniele Corvia (full ownership, to Siena)
— MF   ITA Daniele Galloppa (co-ownership, to Siena)[30]
— DF   ITA Daniele Magliocchetti (loan, to Cagliari)[31]
— FW   ITA Francesco Tavano (end of loan, to Valencia)
— DF   ITA Gianluca Comotto (full ownership, to Torino)
— MF   ITA Gianluca Galasso (co-ownership, to Bari)[28]
— DF   CRC Gilberto Martinez (end of loan, to Brescia)
— DF   ITA Giuseppe Scurto (full ownership, to Chievo)
— MF   SEN Ricardo Faty (loan, to Bayer Leverkusen)[32]
— DF   BRA Rodrigo Defendi (end of loan, to Tottenham Hotspur)
— MF   ITA Simone Palermo (loan, to Rimini)[33]
— FW   ITA Stefano Okaka (loan, to Modena)[34]
— MF   ITA Valerio Virga (loan, to Grosseto)[35]
— FW   ITA Vincenzo Montella (loan, to Sampdoria)[36]
— FW   ITA Keivan Zarineh (to Cisco Roma)[37]
— FW   COD Shabani Nonda (to Galatasaray)[38]
— MF   HON Édgar Álvarez (on loan to Livorno)
— DF   ITA Gianluca Freddi (to Grosseto)[39]
— GK   ITA Pietro Pipolo (on loan to Potenza)[40]
— DF   GHA Samuel Kuffour (on loan to Ajax)
— DF   ITA Dario Polverini (loan to Prato)

Competitions edit

Overall edit

Competition Started round Final position First match Last match
Serie A Matchday 1 Runners-up 26 August 2007 18 May 2008
Supercoppa Italiana Final Winners 19 August 2007
Coppa Italia Round of 16 Winners 19 December 2007 24 May 2008
Champions League Group stage Quarter-finals 19 September 2007 9 April 2008

Last updated: 24 May 2008

Supercoppa Italiana edit

Main article: 2007 Supercoppa Italiana
19 August 2007 Internazionale 0–1 Roma Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) De Rossi   78' (pen.) Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 34,898
Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Serie A edit

Main article: 2007–08 Serie A

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Internazionale (C) 38 25 10 3 69 26 +43 85 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Roma 38 24 10 4 72 37 +35 82
3 Juventus 38 20 12 6 72 37 +35 72 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Fiorentina 38 19 9 10 55 39 +16 66
5 Milan 38 18 10 10 66 38 +28 64 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
Source: Serie A
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.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ The 7th-placed team qualified for the UEFA Cup due to both of the Coppa Italia finalists, Roma and Internazionale, finishing 6th or higher.

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 24 10 4 72 37  +35 82 15 3 1 43 20  +23 9 7 3 29 17  +12

Last updated: 18 May 2008.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
ResultWWWDDLWDWWDWWWDDWWWWLWLWDWWWLWDWWDWWWD
Position52111434223222222222222222222222222222
Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2008. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

26 August 2007 1 Palermo 0–2 Roma Palermo
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Barzagli   17'
Guana   53'
Bresciano   64'		 Report Mexès   4'
Aquilani   27'
Brighi   76'		 Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera
Attendance: 32,202
Referee: Emidio Morganti
2 September 2007 2 Roma 3–0 Siena Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Aquilani   17'
Giuly   82'
Totti   89'
Cassetti   90+4'		 Report Galloppa   51'
Codrea   55'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Antonio Damato
16 September 2007 3 Reggina 0–2 Roma Reggio Calabria
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Cascione   30'
Tullberg   50'
Valdez   53'
Ceravolo   84'		 Report Tonetto   23'
Taddei   45'
Juan   51'
Totti   85'		 Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo
Attendance: 14,030
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi
23 September 2007 4 Roma 2–2 Juventus Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Mancini   18'
Totti   30', 36'
De Rossi   49'		 Report Trezeguet   17'
Iaquinta   18',   88'
Criscito   23'
Chiellini   80'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 62,241
Referee: Emidio Morganti
26 September 2007 5 Fiorentina 2–2 Roma Florence
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Gamberini   24'
Donadel   45'   85'
Mutu   76',   80' (pen.)
Montolivo   90'		 Report Mexès   16'
Mancini   19'
Giuly   37'
Ferrari   79'		 Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 36,056
Referee: Mauro Bergonzi
29 September 2007 6 Roma 1–4 Internazionale Rome
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Giuly   29'
Perrotta   53'
Pizarro   73'		 Report Ibrahimović   29' (pen.)
Samuel   45'
Crespo   57'
Cruz   60'
Córdoba   68'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 51,150
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
7 October 2007 7 Parma 0–3 Roma Parma
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Couto   3'
Corradi   17'   26'
Paci   32'		 Report Totti   2', 82'
Vučinić   15'
Mancini   21',   55'
De Rossi   54'		 Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 16,922
Referee: Luca Banti
20 October 2007 8 Roma 4–4 Napoli Rome
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Totti   30' (pen.)
Perrotta   42'
De Rossi   52',   62'
Ferrari   53'
Pizarro   80'		 Report Lavezzi   2',   29'
Hamšík   46',   59'
Cupi   58'
Gargano   64'
Zalayeta   84'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 27,313
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento
28 October 2007 9 Milan 0–1 Roma Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Ambrosini   12'   80'
Nesta   40'
Pirlo   52'
Favalli   82'
Seedorf   89'		 Report Vučinić   38',   72'
Mexès   67'
Panucci   85'
De Rossi   87'		 Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 60,205
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
31 October 2007 10 Roma 3–2 Lazio Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Vučinić   19',   20'
Mancini   42'
Cassetti   45'
Perrotta   56'
De Rossi   61'
Pizarro   84'		 Report Rocchi   12',   61'
Pandev   61'
Ledesma   69'
Mutarelli   88'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 54,860
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi
4 November 2007 11 Empoli 2–2 Roma Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Raggi   55'
Saudati   62'
Vannucchi   67'
Marchisio   76'
Giovinco   90+1'		 Report Giuly   13'
Brighi   32',   64'
Ferrari   64'
Barusso   82'
Cassetti   84'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 9,657
Referee: Luca Banti
5 December 2007 12 Roma 2–0 Cagliari Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Taddei   28', 36',   64' Report Bianco   22'
Agostini   90+1'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 31,000
Referee: Daniele Orsato
24 November 2007 13 Genoa 0–1 Roma Genoa
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Danilo   45'
Paro   51'
Bovo   79'
Bega   86'
Jurić   89'		 Report Ferrari   72'
Panucci   90'		 Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 24,106
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
2 December 2007 14 Roma 2–1 Udinese Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Juan   10'
Taddei   26',   48'
De Rossi   43'
Tonetto   65'		 Report Quagliarella   11'
D'Agostino   25'
Pepe   71'
Pinzi   78'
Dossena   79'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 32,323
Referee: Massimiliano Saccani
9 December 2007 15 Livorno 1–1 Roma Livorno
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Tristán   6',   47'
Balleri   18'		 Report De Rossi   5'
Taddei   27'		 Stadium: Stadio Armando Picchi
Attendance: 8,254
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
16 December 2007 16 Torino 0–0 Roma Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Bjelanović   7'
Dellafiore   8'
Lanna   38'
Comotto   90'		 Report De Rossi   23'
Panucci   38'
Mexès   72'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino
Attendance: 18,501
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi
22 December 2007 17 Roma 2–0 Sampdoria Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Totti   18' (pen.), 90'
Pizarro   38'
Cassetti   38'
De Rossi   85'		 Report Gastaldello   17'
Lucchini   18'
Volpi   48'   57'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Andrea Gervasoni
13 January 2008 18 Atalanta 1–2 Roma Bergamo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Carrozzieri   12'
Ferreira Pinto   17'
Guarente   52'
Langella   54'		 Report Totti   38'
Panucci   42'
Mancini   45'
Mexès   55'
Doni   67'
Tonetto   70'
Aquilani   90+3'		 Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Attendance: 7,662
Referee: Massimiliano Saccani
20 January 2008 19 Roma 2–0 Catania Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Giuly   8',   74'
Mexès   22'
De Rossi   27',   57' (pen.)		 Report Terlizzi   56'
Sardo   59'
Baiocco   73'
Mascara   85'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 33,378
Referee: Daniele Orsato
26 January 2008 20 Roma 1–0 Palermo Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Cassetti   48'
Mancini   59'		 Report Simplício   20'
Rinaudo   57'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 32,618
Referee: Christian Brighi
3 February 2008 21 Siena 3–0 Roma Siena
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Vergassola   11'
De Ceglie   15'
Tonetto   43' (o.g.)
Manninger   74'
Frick   83'		 Report Totti   74'
De Rossi   77'
Mancini   86'		 Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi – Montepaschi Arena
Attendance: 10,158
Referee: Paolo Dondarini
9 February 2008 22 Roma 2–0 Reggina Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Panucci   21'
Aquilani   27'
Cicinho   63'
Mancini   76'		 Report Valdez   74' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 31,635
Referee: Luca Banti
16 February 2008 23 Juventus 1–0 Roma Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Del Piero   45'
Chiellini   55'
Nocerino   85'		 Report Mexès   40'
Mancini   77'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino
Attendance: 21,139
Referee: Massimiliano Saccani
24 February 2008 24 Roma 1–0 Fiorentina Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Cicinho   54',   85'   90+2'
De Rossi   66'
Perrotta   90'		 Report Vieri   45+1' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 34,254
Referee: Emidio Morganti
27 February 2008 25 Internazionale 1–1 Roma Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Burdisso   51'
Zanetti   88'
Balotelli   90+1'		 Report Totti   38'
Taddei   58'
Mexès   83'   84'
Perrotta   90+4'		 Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 48,717
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
1 March 2008 26 Roma 4–0 Parma Rome
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Aquilani   27',   34'
Falcone   51' (o.g.)
Totti   80'
Vučinić   90+4'		 Report Gasbarroni   45+1'
Castellini   54'
Rossi   76'
Dessena   90+1'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 31,788
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi
9 March 2008 27 Napoli 0–2 Roma Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Mannini   49'
Domizzi   69'
Blasi   76'		 Report Perrotta   2'
Totti   49' (pen.)		 Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 59,272
Referee: Massimiliano Saccani
15 March 2008 28 Roma 2–1 Milan Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Giuly   78'
Vučinić   81'		 Report Gattuso   47'
Kaká   56'
Pato   66'
Favalli   85'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 48,447
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
19 March 2008 29 Lazio 3–2 Roma Rome
21:15 CET (UTC+01:00) Siviglia   25'
Kolarov   37'
Pandev   43'
Dabo   45+1'
Rocchi   57' (pen.)
Behrami   90+2'		 Report Mexès   20'
Taddei   31'
Aquilani   54'
Juan   57'
Perrotta   62'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 49,284
Referee: Emidio Morganti
22 March 2008 30 Roma 2–1 Empoli Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Tonetto   36'
De Rossi   43'
Perrotta   57'
Panucci   61',   63'
Vučinić   84'		 Report Raggi   10'
Piccolo   40'
Giovinco   50'
Abate   82'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 31,392
Referee: Gabriele Gava
29 March 2008 31 Cagliari 1–1 Roma Cagliari
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Ferrari   3' (o.g.)
Storari   84'		 Report Tonetto   19'
Totti   45'
Pizarro   66'
Cicinho   77'
Cassetti   85'		 Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia
Referee: Massimiliano Saccani
5 April 2008 32 Roma 3–2 Genoa Rome
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Taddei   14'
Vučinić   17'
De Rossi   63',   80' (pen.)
Mancini   85'		 Report Bovo   51'
Rossi   58'
De León   59',   60'
Fabiano   78'
Borriello   79'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 36,366
Referee: Luca Banti
13 April 2008 33 Udinese 1–3 Roma Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Dossena   14'
Pepe   45'
Di Natale   52'		 Report Totti   53'
Vučinić   64'
Taddei   71',   88'
Giuly   90'		 Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 20,405
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
19 April 2008 34 Roma 1–1 Livorno Rome
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Mexès   28'
Vučinić   54'
Juan   82'		 Report Melara   20'
De Vezze   69'
Diamanti   83'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 34,061
Referee: Daniele Orsato
27 April 2008 35 Roma 4–1 Torino Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Pizarro   18' (pen.),   22'
Vučinić   20'
Mancini   26', 32'
Juan   76'		 Report Stellone   22'
Lazetić   40'
Ventola   50',   90+5'
Di Loreto   56'
Dellafiore   62'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 34,001
Referee: Domenico Celi
4 May 2008 36 Sampdoria 0–3 Roma Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Panucci   75'
Pizarro   78'
Cicinho   85'		 Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 24,311
Referee: Massimiliano Saccani
11 May 2008 37 Roma 2–1 Atalanta Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Panucci   23'
De Rossi   67'		 Report Talamonti   25'
Pellegrino   30'
De Ascentis   52'
Bellini   60',   88'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 36,416
Referee: Luca Banti
18 May 2008 38 Catania 1–1 Roma Catania
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Terlizzi   14'
Baiocco   44'
Martínez   85'		 Report Vučinić   8',   15'
Panucci   28'		 Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino
Attendance: 21,148
Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

Coppa Italia edit

Main article: 2007–08 Coppa Italia

Round of 16 edit

19 December 2007 First leg Torino 3–1 Roma Turin
19:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Recoba   12', 50'
Comotto   88'		 Mancini   45+1' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino
Attendance: 5,462
Referee: Oscar Girardi
16 January 2008 Second leg Roma 4–0
(5–3 agg.)		 Torino Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Mancini   60'
Totti   62', 73' (pen.)
Giuly   90'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Paolo Dondarini

Quarter-finals edit

23 January 2008 First leg Sampdoria 1–1 Roma Genoa
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Ziegler   62' Vučinić   69' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Emidio Morganti
29 January 2008 Second leg Roma 1–0
(2–1 agg.)		 Sampdoria Rome
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Mancini   60' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 24,715
Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

Semi-finals edit

16 April 2008 First leg Roma 1–0 Catania Rome
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Totti   46' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Nicola Ayroldi
8 May 2008 Second leg Catania 1–1
(1–2 agg.)		 Roma Catania
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Silvestri   29' Aquilani   26' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Emidio Morganti

Final edit

Main article: 2008 Coppa Italia Final
24 May 2008 Final Roma 2–1 Internazionale Rome
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Mexès   36'
Perrotta   55'		 Pelé   61' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Emidio Morganti

UEFA Champions League edit

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League

Group stage edit

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group F

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Manchester United 6 5 1 0 13 4 +9 16 Advance to knockout stage
2   Roma 6 3 2 1 11 6 +5 11
3   Sporting CP 6 2 1 3 9 8 +1 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4   Dynamo Kyiv 6 0 0 6 4 19 −15 0
Source: RSSSF
19 September 2007 1 Roma   2–0   Dynamo Kyiv Rome, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Perrotta   9'
Tonetto   65'
Totti   70'		 Report Yussuf   29' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 35,552
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
2 October 2007 2 Manchester United   1–0   Roma Manchester, England
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Rooney   70' Report Mexès   39' Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 73,652
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
23 October 2007 3 Roma   2–1   Sporting CP Rome, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Juan   15',   90'
Cassetti   44'
Vučinić   70',   70'		 Report Liédson   18'
Tonel   46'
Moutinho   87'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 26,893
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
7 November 2007 4 Sporting CP   2–2   Roma Lisbon, Portugal
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Liédson   22', 64'
Abel   58'
Veloso   81'		 Report Cassetti   4',   52'
Cicinho   29'
Vučinić   44'
Perrotta   67'
Polga   90' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 32,273
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
27 November 2007 5 Dynamo Kyiv   1–4   Roma Kyiv, Ukraine
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Bangoura   63'
Vashchuk   72'		 Report Panucci   4'
Giuly   32'
Vučinić   36', 78'
Cassetti   89'		 Stadium: Olimpiyskiy NSC
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
12 December 2007 6 Roma   1–1   Manchester United Rome, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Barusso   49'
Mancini   71'		 Report Piqué   34' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 29,490
Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

Knockout phase edit

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League knockout stage
Round of 16 edit
19 February 2008 First leg Roma   2–1   Real Madrid Rome, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Pizarro   24'
De Rossi   42'
Mancini   58'
Perrotta   68'
Cassetti   90+1'		 Report Raúl   8'
Diarra   23'
Torres   64'
Ramos   69'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 59,617
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)
5 March 2008 Second leg Real Madrid   1–2
(2–4 agg.)		   Roma Madrid, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Heinze   14'
Pepe   41'   71'
Raúl   75'
Robinho   76'
Guti   81'		 Report Taddei   20',   73'
De Rossi   35'
Perrotta   55'
Cicinho   67'
Aquilani   83'
Tonetto   84'
Vučinić   90+2'		 Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu
Attendance: 71,569
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
Quarter-finals edit
1 April 2008 First leg Roma   0–2   Manchester United Rome, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Pizarro   45+3'
Mexès   53'		 Report Ronaldo   39'
Anderson   45+2'
Rooney   66'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 80,023
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
9 April 2008 Second leg Manchester United   1–0
(3–0 agg.)		   Roma Manchester, England
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Tevez   70' Report Perrotta   73' Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 74,423
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Supercoppa Italiana Coppa Italia Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   ITA Gianluca Curci 8 0 1+1 0 0 0 5 0 1 0
25 GK   ITA Carlo Zotti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 GK   BRA Júlio Sérgio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 GK   BRA Doni 50 0 37 0 1 0 2+1 0 9 0
Defenders
2 DF   ITA Christian Panucci 39 6 21+6 5 1 0 4+1 0 5+1 1
3 DF   BRA Cicinho 43 2 18+12 2 0 0 5+1 0 4+3 0
4 DF   BRA Juan 32 3 19+3 2 0 0 2 0 8 1
5 DF   FRA Philippe Mexès 45 2 30+1 1 1 0 4 1 9 0
15 DF   POR Vitorino Antunes 9 0 0+5 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
21 DF   ITA Matteo Ferrari 23 0 16 0 0 0 2 0 2+3 0
22 DF   ITA Max Tonetto 52 1 34+2 1 1 0 4+3 0 6+2 0
77 DF   ITA Marco Cassetti 41 1 21+6 0 1 0 5+1 0 7 1
Midfielders
7 MF   CHI David Pizarro 46 4 28+3 3 0 0 2+3 0 7+3 1
8 MF   ITA Alberto Aquilani 31 4 11+10 3 1 0 4 1 4+1 0
11 MF   BRA Rodrigo Taddei 35 7 25+1 6 1 0 2 0 6 1
14 MF   FRA Ludovic Giuly 48 8 17+15 6 1 0 5+1 1 5+4 1
16 MF   ITA Daniele De Rossi 51 6 34 5 1 1 6 0 9+1 0
20 MF   ITA Simone Perrotta 41 7 25+4 5 0 0 5+1 1 6 1
26 MF   ROU Adrian Piț 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
30 MF   BRA Mancini 46 13 27+4 8 0 0 5+1 3 9 2
33 MF   ITA Matteo Brighi 31 1 6+18 1 0+1 0 3+1 0 0+2 0
Forwards
9 FW   MNE Mirko Vučinić 48 14 24+9 9 1 0 5+1 1 4+4 4
10 FW   ITA Francesco Totti 35 18 25 14 1 0 2+1 3 6 1
18 FW   ITA Mauro Esposito 16 0 0+8 0 0 0 1+1 0 1+5 0
36 FW   ITA Claudio Della Penna 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
17 MF   HON Édgar Álvarez 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF   ITA Aleandro Rosi 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
29 MF   GHA Ahmed Barusso 4 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0

Last updated: 24 May 2008
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers edit

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Supercoppa Coppa Italia UEFA CL Total
1 10 FW   Francesco Totti 14 0 3 1 18
2 9 FW   Mirko Vučinić 9 0 1 4 14
3 30 MF   Mancini 8 0 3 2 13
4 14 MF   Ludovic Giuly 6 0 1 1 8
5 11 MF   Rodrigo Taddei 6 0 0 1 7
20 MF   Simone Perrotta 5 0 1 1 7
7 2 DF   Christian Panucci 5 0 0 1 6
16 MF   Daniele De Rossi 5 1 0 0 6
9 7 MF   David Pizarro 3 0 0 1 4
8 MF   Alberto Aquilani 3 0 1 0 4
11 4 DF   Juan 2 0 0 1 3
12 3 DF   Cicinho 2 0 0 0 2
5 DF   Philippe Mexès 1 0 1 0 2
14 22 DF   Max Tonetto 1 0 0 0 1
33 MF   Matteo Brighi 1 0 0 0 1
77 DF   Marco Cassetti 0 0 0 1 1
Own goal 1 0 0 1 2
Totals 72 1 11 15 99

Last updated: 24 May 2008

Clean sheets edit

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Supercoppa Coppa Italia UEFA CL Total
1 32 GK   Doni 16 1 1 1 19
2 1 GK   Gianluca Curci 0 0 2 0 2
Totals 16 1 3 1 21

Last updated: 24 May 2008

Disciplinary record edit

No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Supercoppa Coppa Italia UEFA CL Total
                                       
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated:

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