S.S. Lazio

S.S. Lazio

Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football...

survived the Italian football scandal with only three points reverted, following successive appeals. Initially, Lazio looked set to take part in the Serie B

Serie B

Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...

 season, but instead was able to enjoy its most successful league season since 2000–01

2000–01 S.S. Lazio season

S.S. Lazio failed to defend their Serie A title won in 2000 following a troubled season, in which Sven-Göran Eriksson resigned following the announcement by the FA that he would succeed Kevin Keegan as England's manager....

, securing a third place, despite having no international star players.

Competition

Serie A - 3rd
The Italian association football club S.S. Lazio

S.S. Lazio

Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football...

 had three points deducted as punishment for their involvement in the Calciopoli

2006 Serie A scandal

The 2006 Italian football scandal involved Italy's top professional football leagues, Serie A and Serie B...

 scandal. In addition, they were not allowed to participate in the UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

. Surprisingly, they managed to overcome this deficit finishing the season in third place ahead of AC Milan

A.C. Milan

Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...

 and qualified for the UEFA Champions League

UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

 for the first time since 2003. Tommaso Rocchi

Tommaso Rocchi

Tommaso Rocchi is an Italian footballer who is the current captain of Serie A club Lazio. Rocchi has also been capped for the Italian national team.-Early years:...

 was Lazio's top scorer with sixteen goals. At the end of the season, veteran goalkeeper Angelo Peruzzi

Angelo Peruzzi

Angelo Peruzzi, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian former World Cup-winning football goalkeeper, and a three-time winner of the Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year award....

 announced his retirement and captain Massimo Oddo

Massimo Oddo

Massimo Oddo, Ufficiale OMRI, is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Lecce, on loan from Milan. He was part of the Italian squad that won the 2006 FIFA World Cup.-Club career:...

 left for Milan in January.

Coppa Italia - eliminated in 3rd round by Messina

F.C. Messina Peloro

Associazione Calcio Rinascita Messina is an Italian football club based in Messina, Sicily. It currently plays in Serie D.- Brief history :The origins of the team go back to 1900 when Messina F.C was founded in the city. The club has spent most of its history in the lower Italian football leagues...

Squad

Goalkeepers
1	Angelo Peruzzi Angelo Peruzzi Angelo Peruzzi, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian former World Cup-winning football goalkeeper, and a three-time winner of the Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year award....
14	Tommaso Berni Tommaso Berni Tommaso Berni is an Italian football goalkeeper currently playing for S.C. Braga.-Career:Berni started his career at F.C. Internazionale Milano and played for Primavera Team at 2001 Torneo di Viareggio....
32	Marco Ballotta Marco Ballotta Marco Ballotta is a retired Italian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.His senior club career spanned a quarter of a century, but Ballotta was never capped for the Italian national team...

Defenders
2	Guglielmo Stendardo Guglielmo Stendardo Guglielmo "Willy" Stendardo is an Italian football defender currently playing for Lazio.His brother, Mariano, is also a footballer, currently playing for Grosseto....
3	Riccardo Bonetto Riccardo Bonetto Riccardo Bonetto is an Italian football of Bassano Virtus.-Career:He also played at Serie A level with Empoli and Livorno. Bonetto was sold to Empoli in co-ownership deal in 2001 from Juve, for €516K.-External links:...
7	Manuel Belleri Manuel Belleri Manuel Belleri is an Italian football defender-Football career:Belleri started his career at Lumezzane. He played in Serie A for Empoli in the 2002–03 season. When Empoli failed to protect his place in 2004, Belleri, Di Natale and Emílson were sold to Udinese in a co-ownership deal, with Almirón...
8	Luciano Zauri Luciano Zauri Luciano Zauri is an Italian footballer who plays for Lazio.-Atalanta:Zauri made his debut in Serie A in the 1996–97 season with Atalanta in a 4–0 loss at home to Roma....
13	Sebastiano Siviglia Sebastiano Siviglia Sebastiano Siviglia is a former Italian footballer. Siviglia has played over 250 matches at Serie A.-Early career:Born in Palizzi, the Province of Reggio Calabria, Siviglia started his senior career at Audax Ravagnese, a Serie D club located in Ravagnese, Reggio Calabria, southern Italy...
15	Mobido Diakité
22	Massimo Oddo Massimo Oddo Massimo Oddo, Ufficiale OMRI, is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Lecce, on loan from Milan. He was part of the Italian squad that won the 2006 FIFA World Cup.-Club career:... *
25	Emílson Sánchez Cribari Emílson Sánchez Cribari Emílson Sánchez Cribari is a Brazilian footballer currently playing for Cruzeiro Esporte Clube.-Career:...
29	Lorenzo De Silvestri Lorenzo De Silvestri Lorenzo De Silvestri is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Fiorentina. He is an offensive fullback with an imposing physique.-Lazio:...

Midfielders
4	Fabio Firmani Fabio Firmani Fabio Firmani is an Italian footballer who plays for Shaanxi Renhe Commercial Chanba F.C. in China, as a midfielder.-Club career:...
5	Massimo Mutarelli Massimo Mutarelli Massimo Mutarelli is an Italian football midfielder, who most recently played for Italian Serie A club Bologna.- Career :...
10	Roberto Baronio
11	Stefano Mauri Stefano Mauri Stefano Mauri is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Lazio. An attacking midfielder/winger, his key attributes are dribbling and passing. He is predominantly left-footed but is also skilled with his right.-Club career:Mauri started his career at 16 years of age with...
24	Cristian Ledesma Cristian Daniel Ledesma Cristian Daniel Ledesma is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Lazio. A dual citizen of Argentina and Italy, he represents the latter at international level since November 2010....
26	Gaby Mudingayi Gaby Mudingayi Gaby Mudingayi is a Congolese-Belgian footballer who plays for Bologna of Italian Serie A.-Biography:Mudingayi started his career at the Belgian club Gent. In January 2004, he joined Italian Serie B side Torino Calcio and helped them win promotion back to Serie A in 2005. However, the club went...
68	Christian Manfredini Christian Manfredini Christian José Manfredini Sisostri, known as Christian Manfredini, is an Ivorian-Italian footballer. Manfredini currently plays for Italian club Sambonifacese in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.-Personal life:...
77	Luis Jiménez**
85	Valon Behrami Valon Behrami Valon Behrami is a Swiss footballer of Albanian descent who plays for Fiorentina in the Italian Serie A, as well as the Swiss national team.-Early life:Behrami was born in Titova Mitrovica, Yugoslavia to Albanian parents...
	Pasquale Foggia Pasquale Foggia Pasquale Foggia is an Italian footballer, who plays as a left winger or attacking midfielder for Serie B club Sampdoria, on loan from Lazio. He is known for his pace, dribbling, tricks, flicks and accurate crossing.... ***
	Alberto Quadri Alberto Quadri Alberto Quadri is an Italian football player, who last played for Chernomorets Burgas.In 2005, he left for Pizzighettone along with Matteo Deinite.... ****

Forwards
17	Igli Tare Igli Tare Igli Tare is an Albanian former football striker. He is currently the technical area coordinator of Lazio.-Career:...
18	Tommaso Rocchi Tommaso Rocchi Tommaso Rocchi is an Italian footballer who is the current captain of Serie A club Lazio. Rocchi has also been capped for the Italian national team.-Early years:...
19	Goran Pandev Goran Pandev Goran Pandev , is a Macedonian footballer who plays as a forward for Italian Serie A club Napoli on loan from Internazionale. He is also considered a key player for the Macedonian national team.-Early career:...
20	Stephen Ayodele Makinwa
21	Simone Inzaghi Simone Inzaghi Simone Inzaghi is a retired Italian professional footballer who played as a striker.During his professional career, he played for a host of clubs, namely Lazio, where he remained for more than one decade, being used irregularly....

Manager
Delio Rossi Delio Rossi Delio Rossi is an Italian association football manager, currently managing Fiorentina.-Playing career:Rossi's playing career was not a bright one, as he reached his personal top from 1981 to 1983, playing Serie B with U.S. Foggia, where he spent most of his footballing time...

*	Joined from Milan Milan Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...  during January transfer window
**	Joined on loanTernana during January transfer window
***	Sent on loan to Reggina during January transfer window
****	Sent on loan to Spezia Spezia Calcio 1906 Spezia Calcio 1906 is an Italian football club, based in La Spezia, Liguria. Founded in 1906, the team's colors are black and white. The club's home ground is Stadio Alberto Picco.-1944 scudetto:...  during January transfer window

Serie A

Tommaso Rocchi

Tommaso Rocchi

Tommaso Rocchi is an Italian footballer who is the current captain of Serie A club Lazio. Rocchi has also been capped for the Italian national team.-Early years:...

 16 (3) Goran Pandev

Goran Pandev

Goran Pandev , is a Macedonian footballer who plays as a forward for Italian Serie A club Napoli on loan from Internazionale. He is also considered a key player for the Macedonian national team.-Early career:...

 11 Stefano Mauri

Stefano Mauri

Stefano Mauri is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Lazio. An attacking midfielder/winger, his key attributes are dribbling and passing. He is predominantly left-footed but is also skilled with his right.-Club career:Mauri started his career at 16 years of age with...

 6 Massimo Oddo

Massimo Oddo

Massimo Oddo, Ufficiale OMRI, is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Lecce, on loan from Milan. He was part of the Italian squad that won the 2006 FIFA World Cup.-Club career:...

 5 (3) Stephen Ayodele Makinwa 3 Sebastiano Siviglia

Sebastiano Siviglia

Sebastiano Siviglia is a former Italian footballer. Siviglia has played over 250 matches at Serie A.-Early career:Born in Palizzi, the Province of Reggio Calabria, Siviglia started his senior career at Audax Ravagnese, a Serie D club located in Ravagnese, Reggio Calabria, southern Italy...

 3 Luis Jiménez 2 Cristian Ledesma

Cristian Daniel Ledesma

Cristian Daniel Ledesma is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Lazio. A dual citizen of Argentina and Italy, he represents the latter at international level since November 2010....

 2 Christian Manfredini

Christian Manfredini

Christian José Manfredini Sisostri, known as Christian Manfredini, is an Ivorian-Italian footballer. Manfredini currently plays for Italian club Sambonifacese in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.-Personal life:...

 2 Massimo Mutarelli

Massimo Mutarelli

Massimo Mutarelli is an Italian football midfielder, who most recently played for Italian Serie A club Bologna.- Career :...

 2 Valon Behrami

Valon Behrami

Valon Behrami is a Swiss footballer of Albanian descent who plays for Fiorentina in the Italian Serie A, as well as the Swiss national team.-Early life:Behrami was born in Titova Mitrovica, Yugoslavia to Albanian parents...

 1 Manuel Belleri

Manuel Belleri

Manuel Belleri is an Italian football defender-Football career:Belleri started his career at Lumezzane. He played in Serie A for Empoli in the 2002–03 season. When Empoli failed to protect his place in 2004, Belleri, Di Natale and Emílson were sold to Udinese in a co-ownership deal, with Almirón...

 1 Emílson Sánchez Cribari

Emílson Sánchez Cribari

Emílson Sánchez Cribari is a Brazilian footballer currently playing for Cruzeiro Esporte Clube.-Career:...

 1 Pasquale Foggia

Pasquale Foggia

Pasquale Foggia is an Italian footballer, who plays as a left winger or attacking midfielder for Serie B club Sampdoria, on loan from Lazio. He is known for his pace, dribbling, tricks, flicks and accurate crossing....

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Coppa Italia

Goran Pandev

Goran Pandev

Goran Pandev , is a Macedonian footballer who plays as a forward for Italian Serie A club Napoli on loan from Internazionale. He is also considered a key player for the Macedonian national team.-Early career:...

 3 Tommaso Rocchi

Tommaso Rocchi

Tommaso Rocchi is an Italian footballer who is the current captain of Serie A club Lazio. Rocchi has also been capped for the Italian national team.-Early years:...

 3 Lorenzo De Silvestri

Lorenzo De Silvestri

Lorenzo De Silvestri is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Fiorentina. He is an offensive fullback with an imposing physique.-Lazio:...

 1 Luciano Zauri

Luciano Zauri

Luciano Zauri is an Italian footballer who plays for Lazio.-Atalanta:Zauri made his debut in Serie A in the 1996–97 season with Atalanta in a 4–0 loss at home to Roma....

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Matches

Sources

| RSSSF - Italy 2006/07