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Serie A 2007-08 team distribution
Serie A 2007-08 Winners
Internazionale
16th Title

The 2007-08 Serie A football season was the seventy-sixth since its establishment, and started on August 26, 2007 and ended on May 18, 2008.[1] Internazionale successfully defended the championship on the final day of the season, finishing first with 85 points, three ahead of AS Roma.

Events

Plusvalenze investigation

Inquiries are being conducted by the CO.VI.SOC. (Italian football's financial watchdogs) into the finances of four Serie A clubs (Internazionale, Milan, Sampdoria, and Reggina) who stand accused of falsely inflating player values - a practice known as plusvalenze in Italian - in order to qualify financially for the 2005-06 Serie A campaign. If the allegations prove true, penalties could range from fines to point deductions, relegation to Serie B, and even the stripping of Internazionale's 2005-06 scudetto (which was actually stripped from Juventus as a result of the Calciopoli scandal before being awarded to Internazionale). [2]

Lazio fan killed by police

In the morning of November 11, 2007 26-year old Lazio fan Gabriele Sandri, a DJ from Rome, was killed,[3] apparently by a policeman, after the police had clashed with Juventus ultras on the A1 Motorway service station of Badia al Pino in Arezzo.[4] Early reports suggested that a stray bullet from a gun, set to distract the group of ultras, hit the Lazio fan in the neck as he sat in a car and killed him.[4] An emergency meeting set up between Lega Calcio president Antonio Matarrese and police chief Antonio Manganelli decided that the game between Inter and Lazio would be called off, but the rest of the fixtures would go ahead that day, starting at a slightly later time (about 10 minutes later).[3] The Atalanta–Milan game was eventually suspended following unrest caused by local ultras attempting to break off the protection glass in order to invade the pitch and stop the match. Later in the afternoon, the Italian Football Federation chose to postpone also the game between AS Roma and Cagliari, whose kick off was scheduled for 8.30 pm at Stadio Olimpico, Rome. However, this did not prevent violent riots, as hundreds of armed hooligans attacked a police barracks and the CONI (Italian Olympic National Committee) headquarters in Rome.[5]

Sandri's death was later shown to have been caused by a tragic error by a policeman who allegedly did not recognize him as a football fan.[6] Prosecutors then opted initially to open an inquiry into manslaughter against the policeman.[7]

Final week

The championship was assigned in the final week, as Inter, who managed to secure even a 10-point advantage to rivals Roma in mid-season, lost almost all of it in the final weeks, maintaining only a one-point advantage with only one match to play. In the final week, both Inter and Roma were scheduled to play away matches opposed to relegation-battling sides, respectively Parma and Catania. Both matches were successively forbidden to be attended by Inter and Roma fans. In the end, Inter secured the scudetto with a 2–0 win, with both goals being scored in the second half by Zlatan Ibrahimović, who recovered from a long-time injury right in time to play the game, whereas Roma only managed to achieve a 1–1 tie at Stadio Angelo Massimino against Walter Zenga's Catania, a result which allowed the Sicilian side to escape relegation at the expense of Empoli and Parma.

2007-2008 teams

Club City Stadium Capacity 2006-2007 season
Atalanta B.C. Bergamo Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia 26,378 8th in Serie A
Cagliari Calcio Cagliari Stadio Sant'Elia 23,486 16th in Serie A
Calcio Catania Catania Stadio Angelo Massimino 23,420 13th in Serie A
Empoli F.C. Empoli Stadio Carlo Castellani 19,795 7th in Serie A
ACF Fiorentina Florence Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence 47,282 6th in Serie A
Genoa C.F.C. Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris (Marassi) 36,685 3rd in Serie B
F.C. Internazionale Milano Milan Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro) 82,955 Serie A Champions
Juventus F.C. Turin Stadio Delle Alpi 69,000 Serie B Champions
S.S. Lazio Rome Stadio Olimpico 82,307 3rd in Serie A
A.S. Livorno Calcio Livorno Stadio Armando Picchi 19,238 11th in Serie A
A.C. Milan Milan Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro) 82,955 4th in Serie A
S.S.C. Napoli Naples Stadio San Paolo 60,240 2nd in Serie B
U.S. Città di Palermo Palermo Stadio Renzo Barbera 37,242 5th in Serie A
Parma F.C. Parma Stadio Ennio Tardini 27,906 12th in Serie A
Reggina Calcio Reggio Calabria Stadio Oreste Granillo 27,454 16th in Serie A
A.S. Roma Rome Stadio Olimpico 82,307 2nd in Serie A
U.C. Sampdoria Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris (Marassi) 36,685 9th in Serie A
A.C. Siena Siena Stadio Artemio Franchi, Siena 15,373 15th in Serie A
Torino F.C. Turin Stadio Olimpico di Torino 27,168 17th in Serie A
Udinese Calcio Udine Stadio Friuli 41,652 10th in Serie A

League table

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2007-2008 results table

  • Please note that the home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.

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Top goalscorers

Only players with at least 10 goals

Updated to games played May 17, 2008[8]

21 goals
20 goals
19 goals
17 goals
15 goals
14 goals
13 goals
12 goals
11 goals
10 goals

Coaches

Club Head coach From To
Atalanta Luigi Del Neri June 9, 2007[9]
Cagliari Marco Giampaolo February 26, 2007[10] November 13, 2007[11]
Nedo Sonetti November 13, 2007[12] December 27, 2007[13]
Davide Ballardini December 27, 2007[13]
Catania Silvio Baldini June 3, 2007[14] March 31, 2008[15]
Walter Zenga April 1, 2008[16]
Empoli Luigi Cagni January 19, 2006[17] November 26, 2007[18]
Alberto Malesani November 26, 2007[18] March 31, 2008[19]
Luigi Cagni March 31, 2008[19]
Fiorentina Cesare Prandelli June 10, 2005[20]
Genoa Gian Piero Gasperini June 29, 2006[21]
Internazionale Roberto Mancini July 7, 2004[22]
Juventus Claudio Ranieri June 4, 2007[23]
Lazio Delio Rossi June 10, 2005[20]
Livorno Fernando Orsi March 21, 2007[24] October 9, 2007[25]
Giancarlo Camolese October 10, 2007[26] April 28, 2008[27]
Fernando Orsi April 28, 2008[27]
Milan Carlo Ancelotti November 5, 2001[28]
Napoli Edoardo Reja January 18, 2005[29]
Palermo Stefano Colantuono June 7, 2007[30] November 26, 2007[31]
Francesco Guidolin November 26, 2007[31] March 24, 2008[32]
Stefano Colantuono March 24, 2008[32]
Parma Domenico Di Carlo June 12, 2007[33] March 10, 2008[34]
Héctor Cúper March 11, 2008[35] May 12, 2008[36]
Andrea Manzo May 12, 2008[36]
Reggina Massimo Ficcadenti July 1, 2007[37] November 1, 2007[38]
Renzo Ulivieri November 1, 2007[39] March 3, 2008[40]
Nevio Orlandi March 3, 2008[40]
Roma Luciano Spalletti June 17, 2005[41]
Sampdoria Walter Mazzarri May 31, 2007[42]
Siena Andrea Mandorlini June 12, 2007[43] November 12, 2007[44]
Mario Beretta November 12, 2007[44]
Torino Walter Novellino June 6, 2007[45] April 16, 2008[46]
Gianni De Biasi April 16, 2008[46]
Udinese Pasquale Marino June 5, 2007[47]

2007-08 events

  • Atalanta: on June 9, 2007 Luigi Del Neri was announced as new head coach following Stefano Colantuono's departure to Palermo.[9]
  • Cagliari: on November 13 Cagliari chairman Massimo Cellino sacked Marco Giampaolo and replaced him with veteran coach Nedo Sonetti, who already served twice with the rossoblu before this new appointment.[11][12] On December 19 Sonetti tendered his resignation, after he managed to achieve only one point in three matches in charge, and Cellino called Giampaolo to serve again as rossoblu head coach.[48] However, Giampaolo, still linked to Cagliari by a contract, turned down the opportunity to return.[49] The next day, the club announced that it had rejected Sonetti's resignation.[50] Sonetti was ultimately sacked only a few days later, on December 27, following a crushing 5–1 loss to Fiorentina, and replaced by Davide Ballardini, who served as Cagliari head coach in the early weeks of the 2005–06 season.[13]
  • Catania: on June 3, 2007 Silvio Baldini was announced as new head coach.[14] The team initially enjoyed a good shape, notably gaining a spot in the Coppa Italia semi-finals, but lost position with time, being in 16th place as of Week 31, only three points ahead of last-placed Empoli, convincing Baldini to leave the club with mutual consent on March 31, 2008.[15] He was replaced the next day by Walter Zenga, former head coach of Red Star Belgrade and Steaua Bucharest, at his first coaching experience with a Serie A team.[16]
  • Empoli: on November 26, 2007 the Tuscan side chose to sack Luigi Cagni, who achieved only ten points in fourteen matches (18th place in the league table) and failed to win the UEFA Cup 2007-08 first round, replacing him with Alberto Malesani.[18] On March 31, 2008, after a 2–0 home loss to Sampdoria which left Empoli alone in last place, the board decided to sack Malesani, reinstalling Cagni in charge.[19]
  • Juventus: on June 4, 2007 former Parma head coach Claudio Ranieri was unveiled as new boss.[23]
  • Livorno: on October 9, 2007 Fernando Orsi was sacked following a string of poor results that brought the team down to bottom place in the league with two points and no win after seven games.[25] The position was then filled by Giancarlo Camolese the next day.[26] Camolese initially managed to improve Livorno's performances; however in the final part of the season Livorno entered into a deep result crisis that led them down to the league bottom, with three matches remaining, and Camolese being ultimately sacked on April 28, 2008, with Orsi re-appointed back at the helm of the amaranto.[27]
  • Palermo: on June 7, 2007 Stefano Colantuono of Atalanta was announced to be the next rosanero boss for the 2007-08 season.[30] However, on November 26 Colantuono was sacked following a 5–0 defeat to Juventus, and club chairman Maurizio Zamparini appointed Francesco Guidolin as his replacement, inaugurating a fourth spell with Palermo for the tactician.[31] However, results did not improve under Guidolin, and three consecutive losses, followed by some controversial post-match comments in a 2–3 home loss to Genoa on March 22, 2008 led Zamparini to re-appoint Colantuono at the helm of the rosanero on March 24.[32]
  • Parma: on June 12, 2007 Domenico Di Carlo was announced as new boss following the departure of Claudio Ranieri.[33] However, as Parma struggled to keep themselves off the relegation battle, Di Carlo was sacked on March 10, 2008 following a 1–2 home defeat to Sampdoria.[34] The next day the club announced to have appointed Héctor Cúper as new head coach.[35] The Argentine boss did not manage to improve results, with Parma finding themselves in 18th place with only one remaining match to be played at home against first-placed Internazionale, only two points behind the last Serie A spot. On May 12 Parma chairman Tommaso Ghirardi then surprisingly announced to have sacked Cúper, replacing him with youth team coach Andrea Manzo for the final league matchday in a desperate attempt to escape relegation.[36]
  • Reggina: on June 23, 2007 news reports announced Massimo Ficcadenti as new boss following the departure of Walter Mazzarri.[51] However, on June 27 Verona announced they were not giving Ficcadenti permission to leave the club and move to Reggina.[52][53] On July 1, Reggina finally announced on their website to have appointed Ficcadenti as coach, after he successfully rescinded his contract with Verona.[37] Ficcadenti was however sacked on November 1, following a 3–1 home loss to last-placed Livorno and no wins in the first ten league days,[38] and veteran coach Renzo Ulivieri was appointed to replace him.[39] However, on March 3, 2008 the club management decided to dismiss Ulivieri from his post following a 0–0 home draw to Palermo, as Reggina was filling the 19th place with 22 points, and replaced him with team scout and former youth team coach Nevio Orlandi.[40]
  • Sampdoria: on May 31, 2007 Walter Mazzarri was named new Samp boss.[42]
  • Siena: on June 12, 2007 Andrea Mandorlini was confirmed new head coach following separation by mutual consent between the club and its boss Mario Beretta.[54][43] However Mandorlini was sacked on November 12, after a 2–3 home loss to Livorno which left the team in last place, and Beretta accepted to return at Siena.[44]
  • Torino: on June 6, 2007 former Sampdoria boss Walter Novellino was announced head coach for the new season, replacing Gianni De Biasi.[45] On April 16, 2008, following a string of disappointing results that left the granata only four points ahead the relegation zone, leading to heavy criticisms from the supporting fanbase, Torino president Urbano Cairo chose to sack Novellino and reappoint De Biasi, a fan favourite, as head coach.[46]
  • Udinese: on June 5, 2007 former Catania boss Pasquale Marino was officially unveiled as new head coach.[47]

Footnotes

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  5. ^ "Italy fans rampage after killing". BBC News. 2007-11-12. Retrieved 2007-11-15.
  6. ^ "Officer 'rues' killing Lazio fan". BBC News. 2007-11-12. Retrieved 2007-11-15.
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  8. ^ "SPORT - CALCIO - SERIE A - Marcatori" (in Italian). La Repubblica. Retrieved 2007-10-21.
  9. ^ a b "Atalanta appoint Del Neri". Football Italia. 2007-06-09. Retrieved 2007-06-09.
  10. ^ "De Biasi-Giampaolo, il ritorno" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 2007-02-26. Retrieved 2007-06-16.
  11. ^ a b "Cagliari sack Giampaolo - official". Football Italia. 2007-11-13. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
  12. ^ a b "Cagliari: ufficiale, il nuovo tecnico e` Sonetti" (in Italian). Datasport. 2007-11-13. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
  13. ^ a b c "Cagliari appoint new coach". Football Italia. 2007-12-27. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
  14. ^ a b "Baldini is new Catania coach". Football Italia. 2007-06-03. Retrieved 2007-06-04.
  15. ^ a b "Catania, Baldini se ne va. Zenga sempre più vicino" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 2008-03-31. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
  16. ^ a b "Zenga riparte da Catania" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 2008-04-01. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
  17. ^ "Somma addio, ecco Cagni" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 2006-01-19. Retrieved 2007-06-16.
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  24. ^ "Sorpresa Livorno: arriva Orsi" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 2007-03-21. Retrieved 2007-06-16.
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  26. ^ a b "Livorno turn to Camolese". Football Italia. 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2007-10-10.
  27. ^ a b c "Spinelli caccia Camolese. Il Livorno torna ad Orsi" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 2008-04-28. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
  28. ^ "Via Terim, arriva Ancelotti" (in Italian). RAI Sport. 2001-11-05. Retrieved 2007-06-16.
  29. ^ "Calcio. Napoli, ora e' ufficiale: Reja il nuovo tecnico" (in Italian). RAI News 24. 2005-01-18. Retrieved 2007-06-16.
  30. ^ a b "Palermo confirm Colantuono deal". Football Italia. 2007-06-07. Retrieved 2007-06-16.
  31. ^ a b c "Palermo sack Colantuono". Football Italia. 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2007-11-26.
  32. ^ a b c "Guidolin axed, Colantuono back". Football Italia. 2008-03-24. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
  33. ^ a b "Di Carlo nets Parma job". Football Italia. 2007-06-12. Retrieved 2007-06-12.
  34. ^ a b "Parma: via Di Carlo. Scala e Zac tra i candidati" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 2008-03-10. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
  35. ^ a b "Cuper-Parma: è ufficiale" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 2008-03-11. Retrieved 2008-03-11.
  36. ^ a b c "Clamoroso ribaltone al Parma. Esonerato Cuper, in panchina Manzo" (in Italian). Quotidiano Nazionale. 2008-05-12. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
  37. ^ a b "Ficcadenti free to lead Reggina". Football Italia. 2007-07-01. Retrieved 2007-07-01.
  38. ^ a b "Reggina sack Ficcadenti". Football Italian. 2007-11-01. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
  39. ^ a b "Reggina call on Ulivieri". Football Italia. 2007-11-01. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
  40. ^ a b c "Reggina: esonerato Ulivieri" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 2008-03-03. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
  41. ^ "Spalletti alla Roma" (in Italian). RAI Sport. 2005-06-17. Retrieved 2007-06-16.
  42. ^ a b "Mazzarri named Samp boss". Football Italia. 2007-05-31. Retrieved 2007-05-31.
  43. ^ a b "Mandorlini lands Siena post". Football Italia. 2007-06-12. Retrieved 2007-06-12.
  44. ^ a b c "Mandorlini out, Beretta in". Football Italia. 2007-11-12. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
  45. ^ a b "Novellino lands Toro job". Football Italia. 2007-06-06. Retrieved 2007-06-06.
  46. ^ a b c "Torino sack Novellino". SKY Sports. 2008-04-16. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
  47. ^ a b "Udinese net Marino – official". Football Italia. 2007-06-05. Retrieved 2007-06-05.
  48. ^ "Sonetti si è dimesso" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 2007-12-19. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
  49. ^ "Giampaolo rejects Cagliari call". Football Italia. 2007-12-19. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
  50. ^ "Respinte le dimissioni di Sonetti" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 2007-12-20. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
  51. ^ "Reggina appoint Ficcadenti". Football Italia. 2007-06-23. Retrieved 2007-06-24.
  52. ^ "Hellas Verona Football Club smentisce di essere alla ricerca di un nuovo allenatore" (in Italian). Hellas Verona FC. 2007-06-27. Retrieved 2007-06-27.
  53. ^ "Reggina coach poached!". Football Italia. 2007-06-27. Retrieved 2007-06-27.
  54. ^ "Beretta ends Siena spell". Football Italia. 2007-06-07. Retrieved 2007-06-07.

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