Series A 2007/08

Series A 2007/08
master	Inter Milan
Champions League	Inter Milan AS Roma
Champions League qualification	Juventus Turin AC Florence
Uefa cup	AC Milan Sampdoria Genoa Udinese Calcio
UI cup	SSC Naples
Cup winners	AS Roma
Relegated	FC Empoli FC Parma AS Livorno
Teams	20th
Games	380
Gates	970  (ø 2.55 per game)
Top scorer	Alessandro Del Piero ( Juventus Turin )
← Serie A 2006/07 Series A 2008/09 →
Series B 2007/08 ↓

The Serie A teams of the 2007/08 season

The 2007/08 Serie A was the 76th season in the top Italian men's soccer division. It started on August 25, 2007 and ended on May 18, 2008. The Scudetto , the Italian championship title, won for the third time in a row Inter Milan with three points ahead of AS Roma . The decision was made on the last match day of Serie A. FC Empoli , FC Parma and AS Livorno had to relegate . The top scorer went to Alessandro Del Piero , who scored 21 goals more than his team-mate David Trezeguet from Juventus Turin .

Events

Lazio fan killed by police

On the morning of November 11, 2007, 26-year-old Lazio fan Gabriele Sandri, a DJ from Rome, was shot dead by a police officer. The police had previously become aware of a dispute that took place between supporters of Juventus Turin and Lazio Rome at a rest stop near Badia al Pino in Arezzo on the A1 motorway . The first reports assumed that the bullet was a stray. The bullet hit the Lazio fan sitting in the car in the neck, who then succumbed to his injuries. A meeting between league president Antonio Matarrese and police chief Antonio Manganelli determined that the game between Inter Milan and Lazio Rome was canceled, the other games, however, took place as planned, but with a 10-minute delay. During the games, the players and referees wore mourning ribbons. The game between Atalanta Bergamo and AC Milan had to be canceled after just seven minutes due to fan riots. As a result, the AS Roma game against US Cagliari was canceled. The policeman later testified, "I first fired a warning shot in the air, the second shot came off while I was running." The policeman also insisted that he hadn't aimed at anyone. The dead man's brother, on the other hand, charged the police with murder.

The last few weeks for the championship

In the 2007/08 season, the Italian championship title was still to be had until the last day of the match, after Inter Milan and their coach Roberto Mancini reduced a ten-point lead over AS Roma to one point. So it came on the last day of the long-distance final of the two teams in games against Catania Calcio and FC Parma . Fans of both teams were banned from attending the games to prevent rioting. In the end, Inter Milan secured the championship with a 2-0 win, with a brace in the second half from Zlatan Ibrahimović , who celebrated his comeback after a long injury break. AS Roma, on the other hand, did not get beyond a 1: 1 at Catania Calcio. Catania Calcio did not have to relegate to Serie B due to this draw .

societies

society	city	Stadion	capacity	2006/07 result
Atalanta Bergamo	Bergamo	Atleti Azzurri d'Italia stadium	26,393	8. Series A
Cagliari Calcio	Cagliari	Stadio Sant'Elia	23,486	16. Series A
Calcio Catania	Catania	Angelo Massimino Stadium	23,420	13. Series A
FC Empoli	Empoli	Carlo Castellani Stadium	19,795	7. Series A
AC Florence	Florence	Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence	47,282	6. Series A
Genoa 1893	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris	36,685	3. Series B
Inter Milan	Milan	Giuseppe Meazza Stadium	82,955	1. Series A
Juventus Turin	Turin	Olympic Stadium Turin	27,168	1. Series B
Lazio Rome	Rome	Olympic Stadium Rome	82,307	3. Series A
AS Livorno	Livorno	Armando Picchi Stadium	19,238	11. Series A
AC Milan	Milan	Giuseppe Meazza Stadium	82,955	4. Series A
SSC Naples	Naples	San Paolo Stadium	60,240	2. Series B
US Palermo	Palermo	Renzo Barbera Stadium	37,242	5. Series A
Parma FC	Parma	Stadio Ennio Tardini	27,906	12. Series A
Reggina Calcio	Reggio Calabria	Oreste Granillo Stadium	27,454	16. Series A
AS Roma	Rome	Olympic Stadium Rome	82,307	2. Series A
Sampdoria Genoa	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris	36,685	9. Series A
AC Siena	Siena	Artemio Franchi Stadium, Siena	15,373	15th of the Serie A
Torino FC	Turin	Olympic Stadium Turin	27,168	17th of the Serie A
Udinese Calcio	Udine	Friuli Stadium	41,652	10. Series A

Closing table

League leader

Bottom of the table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Inter Milan (M)	38	25th	10	3	069:260	+43	85
2.	AS Roma (P)	38	24	10	4th	072:370	+35	82
3.	Juventus Turin (N)	38	20th	12	6th	072:370	+35	72
4th	AC Florence	38	19th	9	10	055:390	+16	66
5.	AC Milan	38	18th	10	10	066:380	+28	64
6th	Sampdoria Genoa	38	17th	9	12	056:460	+10	60
7th	Udinese Calcio	38	16	9	13	048:530	−5	57
8th.	SSC Naples (N)	38	14th	8th	16	050:530	−3	50
9.	Atalanta Bergamo	38	12	12	14th	052:560	−4	48
10.	CFC Genoa (N)	38	13	9	16	044:520	−8	48
11.	US Palermo	38	12	11	15th	047:570	−10	47
12.	Lazio Rome	38	11	13	14th	047:510	−4	46
13.	AC Siena	38	9	17th	12	040:450	−5	44
14th	Cagliari Calcio	38	11	9	18th	040:560	−16	42
15th	Torino FC	38	8th	16	14th	036:490	−13	40
16.	Reggina Calcio	38	9	13	16	037:560	−19	40
17th	Catania Calcio	38	8th	13	17th	033:450	−12	37
18th	FC Empoli	38	9	9	20th	029:520	−23	36
19th	Parma FC	38	7th	13	18th	042:620	−20	34
20th	AS Livorno	38	6th	12	20th	035:600	−25	30th

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 3rd goal difference - 4th goals scored

	Italian champion and participation in the UEFA Champions League 2008/09
	Participation in the UEFA Champions League 2008/09
	Participation in the 2008/09 UEFA Champions League qualification
	Participation in the UI Cup 2008
	Participation in qualifying for the 2008/09 UEFA Cup
	Relegation to Serie B
(M)	Last year's champion
(P)	Previous year's cup winner
(N)	Newcomers from the B series

Crosstab

The crosstab shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column, the visiting team in the top row.

2007/08
Inter Milan		1: 1	3-0	2: 1	2-0	2: 1	1-0	2: 1	3-0	1: 1	2-0	3: 2	2-0	2-0	2: 2	2: 1	4-0	1: 2	2: 1	4: 1
AS Roma	1: 4		3: 2	2: 1	1-0	1-0	2: 1	2: 1	2-0	2: 1	1: 1	4-0	2-0	2-0	3-0	2-0	4: 1	2: 2	4: 4	3: 2
Lazio Rome	1: 1	3: 2		1: 5	0: 1	1: 2	0-0	3-0	2: 1	0: 1	2-0	1-0	2-0	1-0	1: 1	3: 1	2: 2	2: 3	2: 1	1: 2
AC Milan	2: 1	0: 1	1: 1		1: 1	2: 1	0: 1	1: 2	1: 2	4: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	5: 1	1-0	3: 1	0-0	0-0	5: 2	2-0
AC Florence	0: 2	2: 2	1-0	0: 1		1-0	3: 1	2: 2	2: 2	1: 2	1-0	3: 1	2: 1	2-0	3-0	5: 1	2: 1	1: 1	1-0	3: 1
US Palermo	0-0	0: 2	2: 2	2: 1	2-0		2-0	0-0	0: 2	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	2: 3	2: 1	1: 1	3: 2	2: 1	2: 3
FC Empoli	0: 2	2: 2	1-0	1: 3	0: 2	3: 1		0: 1	0: 2	0: 1	2: 1	1: 1	2-0	1: 1	0: 2	4: 1	0-0	0-0	0-0	1: 1
Atalanta Bergamo	0: 2	1: 2	2: 1	2: 1	2: 2	1: 3	4: 1		4: 1	0-0	3: 2	2-0	0-0	2: 2	2: 2	2: 2	2: 2	0: 4	5: 1	2-0
Sampdoria Genoa	1: 1	0: 3	0-0	0: 5	2: 2	3-0	3-0	3-0		3-0	2-0	3-0	3: 1	3-0	1-0	1: 1	2: 2	3: 3	2-0	0-0
Udinese Calcio	0-0	1: 3	2: 2	0: 1	3: 1	1: 1	2: 2	2-0	3: 2		2-0	2: 1	2: 1	2-0	2-0	0: 2	2: 1	1: 2	0: 5	3: 5
AS Livorno	2: 2	1: 1	0: 1	1: 4	0: 3	2: 4	1-0	1: 1	3: 1	0-0		1: 1	1-0	1: 1	0-0	1: 2	0: 1	1: 3	1: 2	1: 1
Parma FC	0: 2	0: 3	2: 2	0-0	1: 2	2: 1	1-0	2: 3	1: 2	2-0	3: 2		2: 2	3-0	2: 2	1: 1	2-0	2: 2	1: 2	1-0
Catania Calcio	0: 2	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	0: 1	3: 1	1-0	1: 2	2-0	2-0	1-0	0-0		1: 2	0-0	2: 1	1: 2	1: 1	3-0	0-0
Reggina Calcio	0: 1	0: 2	1: 1	0: 1	0-0	0-0	2-0	1: 1	1-0	1: 3	1: 3	2: 1	3: 1		4-0	2-0	1: 3	2: 1	1: 1	2-0
AC Siena	2: 3	3-0	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	2: 2	3-0	1: 1	1: 2	1: 1	2: 3	2-0	1: 1	0-0		1-0	0-0	1-0	1: 1	0: 1
Cagliari Calcio	0: 2	1: 1	1-0	1: 2	2: 1	0: 1	2-0	1-0	0: 3	0: 1	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	2: 2	1-0		3-0	2: 3	2: 1	2: 1
Torino FC	0: 1	0-0	0-0	0: 1	0: 1	3: 1	0: 1	1-0	1-0	0: 1	1: 2	4: 4	1: 1	2: 2	1: 1	2-0		0: 1	2: 1	1: 1
Juventus Turin	1: 1	1-0	5: 2	3: 2	2: 3	5-0	3-0	1-0	0-0	0: 1	5: 1	3-0	1: 1	4-0	2-0	1: 1	0-0		1-0	1-0
SSC Naples	1-0	0: 2	2: 2	3: 1	2-0	1-0	1: 3	2-0	2-0	3: 1	1-0	1-0	2-0	1: 1	0-0	0: 2	1: 1	3: 1		1: 2
CFC genoa	1: 1	0: 1	0: 2	0: 3	0-0	3: 3	0: 1	2: 1	0: 1	3: 2	1: 1	1-0	2: 1	2-0	1: 3	2-0	3-0	0: 2	2-0

List of goalscorers

Alessandro Del Piero

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
1		Alessandro Del Piero	Juventus Turin	21st
2		David Trezeguet	Juventus Turin	20th
3		Marco Borriello	CFC genoa	19th
4th		Antonio Di Natale	Udinese Calcio	17th
		Zlatan Ibrahimović	Inter Milan	17th
		Adrian Mutu	AC Florence	17th
7th		Amauri	US Palermo	15th
		Kaká	AC Milan	15th
9		Goran Pandev	Lazio Rome	14th
		Tommaso Rocchi	Lazio Rome	14th
		Francesco Totti	AS Roma	14th
12		Julio Cruz	Inter Milan	13
		Massimo Maccarone	AC Siena	13

Champions team

(The games and goals are given in brackets)

Inter Milan

Goal : Júlio César (35 / -); Francesco Toldo (3 / -); Paolo Orlandoni (2 / -) Defense : Maicon (31/1); Maxwell (31 / -); Cristian Chivu (27 / -); Nicolás Burdisso (24/1); Marco Materazzi (24/1); Iván Córdoba (20/3); Walter Samuel (12 / -); Nelson Rivas (11 / -) Midfield : Javier Zanetti (38 / -); Esteban Cambiasso (32/6); Dejan Stanković (21/1); Cesar (17/1); Luis Figo (17/1); Patrick Vieira (16/3); Luis Jiménez (15/3); Pelé (15 / -); Olivier Dacourt (9 / -); Maniche (8/1); Santiago Solari (5 / -) Forward : Julio Cruz (28/13); David Suazo (27/8); Zlatan Ibrahimović (26/17); Hernán Crespo (19/4); Mario Balotelli (11/3); Adriano (4/1) Coach : Roberto Mancini

See also

• Series B 2007/08
• Coppa Italia 2007/08

Web links

Commons : Serie A 2007/08  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Serie A 2007/08 at RSSSF

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Police officer shot Lazio supporters near Arezzo
2. ↑ Brother accuses police of murder  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.