2008–09 Atalanta BC season

Atalanta
2008–09 season
Chairman	Ivan Ruggeri
Manager	Luigi Delneri
Serie A	11th
Coppa Italia	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Sergio Floccari (12); All: ; Sergio Floccari (12)
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Squad

As of 2009-02-02 ^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ITA	Andrea Consigli
2	DF	ARG	Leonardo Talamonti
5	DF	ITA	Thomas Manfredini
6	DF	ITA	Gianpaolo Bellini
8	DF	AUT	György Garics
9	FW	ITA	Gianvito Plasmati (on loan from Catania)
11	FW	ITA	Alessio Cerci (on loan from Roma)
13	DF	ITA	Federico Peluso
15	MF	ITA	Diego De Ascentis
17	MF	ITA	Tiberio Guarente
20	MF	CHI	Jaime Valdés
21	MF	ITA	Luca Cigarini
22	MF	ITA	Simone Padoin


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	MF	POR	Costinha
26	DF	ARG	Maximiliano Pellegrino
27	DF	ITA	Daniele Capelli
31	GK	ITA	Ferdinando Coppola
32	FW	ITA	Christian Vieri
33	FW	ITA	Sergio Floccari
34	FW	ITA	Marino Defendi
46	MF	ITA	Simone Cerea (from youth team)
55	MF	ITA	Francesco Parravicini (on loan from Parma)
72	MF	ITA	Cristiano Doni (captain)
79	MF	BRA	Adriano Ferreira Pinto
91	GK	ITA	Simone Colombi (from youth team)

Transfers

January 2009

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	DF	ITA	Federico Peluso (from AlbinoLeffe, €1,000,000)
9	FW	ITA	Gianvito Plasmati (from Catania, loan)
55	MF	ITA	Francesco Parravicini (from Parma, loan)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	GUI	Karamoko Cissé (to AlbinoLeffe, €500,000, co-ownership)
—	DF	ITA	Claudio Rivalta (to Torino, undisclosed)

Out on loan: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ITA	Michele Marconi (to Grosseto)
—	MF	ITA	Giacomo Bonaventura (to Pergocrema)
—	MF	ITA	Alessio Manzoni (to Parma)
—	MF	ITA	Antonino D'Agostino (to Parma)

Summer 2008

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	CHI	Jaime Valdés (from Lecce, Free)
34	FW	ITA	Marino Defendi (from Chievo, loan return)
—	DF	ITA	~~Dario Bergamelli~~ (from Manfredonia, loan return)
32	FW	ITA	Christian Vieri (from Fiorentina, Free)
—	MF	ITA	~~Christian Tiboni~~ (from Sassuolo, loan return)
1	GK	ITA	Andrea Consigli (from Rimini, loan return)
8	DF	AUT	György Garics (from Napoli, €1,800,000, co-ownership)
7	MF	ITA	Alessio Manzoni (from Spezia, loan return)
—	FW	ITA	~~Andrea Lazzari~~ (from Grosseto, loan return)
21	MF	ITA	Luca Cigarini (from Parma, €5,000,000, co-ownership)
11	MF	ITA	Alessio Cerci (from Roma, loan)
9	FW	GUI	Karamoko Cissé (from Hellas Verona, loan return)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ITA	Antonio Langella (to Udinese, Free)
—	DF	ITA	Manuel Belleri (to Lazio, loan return)
—	DF	ITA	Riccardo Fissore (to Vicenza, loan return)
—	FW	ITA	Simone Inzaghi (to Lazio, loan return)
—	FW	ITA	Michele Paolucci (to Udinese, loan return)
—	DF	ITA	Moris Carrozzieri (to Palermo, €4,000,000)
—	MF	ARG	Fernando Tissone (to Udinese, €4,200,000, co-ownership buyout)
—	FW	ITA	Andrea Lazzari (to Cagliari, €2,000,000, co-ownership)
—	GK	ITA	Andrea Ivan (released)
—	FW	BIH	Zlatan Muslimović (to PAOK, €3,000,000)
—	GK	PER	George Forsyth (to Alianza Lima, €2,000,000)

Out on loan: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Luisito Campisi (to Hellas Verona)
—	FW	ITA	Michael Cia (to Triestina)
—	MF	ITA	Christian Tiboni (to Hellas Verona)
—	GK	ITA	Matteo Andreoletti (to Lecco)
—	DF	ITA	Dario Bergamelli (to Sassuolo)
—	DF	ITA	Gabriele Perico (to Poggibonsi)
—	FW	ITA	Alberto Filippini (to Padova)
—	DF	ITA	Stefano Mauri (to Ternana)
—	MF	SRB	Ivan Radovanović (to Pisa)

Appearances and goals

Correct as of 17:19, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ITA	Andrea Consigli	1	0	1	0	0	0
2	DF	ITA	Leonardo Talamonti	22	0	21	0	1	0
5	DF	ITA	Thomas Manfredini	21	2	19	1	2	1
6	DF	ITA	Gianpaolo Bellini	20	0	19	0	1	0
7	MF	ITA	Alessio Manzoni	1	0	1	0	0	0
8	DF	AUT	György Garics	24	1	22	1	2	0
9	FW	GUI	Karamoko Cissé	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	ITA	Gianvito Plasmati	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	ITA	Alessio Cerci	7	0	7	0	0	0
13	FW	ITA	Federico Peluso	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF	ITA	Diego De Ascentis	18	0	16	0	2	0
16	DF	ITA	Claudio Rivalta	12	0	11	0	1	0
17	MF	ITA	Tiberio Guarente	23	2	21	2	2	0
18	MF	ITA	Antonino D'Agostino	1	0	1	0	0	0
20	MF	CHI	Jaime Valdés	18	2	16	2	2	0
21	MF	ITA	Luca Cigarini	12	0	10	0	2	0
22	MF	ITA	Simone Padoin	23	1	21	1	2	0
23	MF	POR	Costinha	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	ARG	Maximiliano Pellegrino	8	0	7	0	1	0
27	DF	ITA	Daniele Capelli	8	0	7	0	1	0
28	MF	ITA	Giacomo Bonaventura	1	0	1	0	0	0
31	GK	ITA	Ferdinando Coppola	23	0	21	0	2	0
32	FW	ITA	Christian Vieri	8	2	8	2	0	0
33	FW	ITA	Sergio Floccari	24	10	22	10	2	0
34	FW	ITA	Marino Defendi	4	0	4	0	0	0
46	MF	ITA	Simone Cerea	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	MF	ITA	Francesco Parravicini	0	0	0	0	0	0
72	MF	ITA	Cristiano Doni	21	5	20	5	1	0
79	MF	BRA	Adriano Ferreira Pinto	23	3	21	3	2	0
89	FW	ITA	Michele Marconi	5	1	3	0	2	1
91	GK	ITA	Simone Colombi	0	0	0	0	0	0

Top scorers

Friendlies not included

Position	Number	Name	Goals
1	33	Sergio Floccari	10
2	72	Cristiano Doni	5
3	79	Adriano Ferreira Pinto	3
4	17	Tiberio Guarente	2
=	20	Jaime Valdés	2
=	32	Christian Vieri	2
5	8	György Garics	1
=	5	Thomas Manfredini	1
=	7	Michele Marconi	1
=	22	Simone Padoin	1

Matches

Pre-season friendlies

2008-08-05

Atalanta	7–0	Team Veneto
Valdés 9', 12' (pen.), 32' Colombo 21' (o.g.) D'Agostino 65' Ferreira Pinto 73' Vukomanović 78' (o.g.)	Report (in Italian)

Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo

2008-08-09

Mons	0–2	Atalanta
	Report (in Italian)	Floccari 1' Doni 34'

Stade Charles Tondreau, Mons, Belgium

2008-08-13

Atalanta	5–0	AlzanoCene
Valdés , Marconi , Cissé	Report (in Italian)

Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo

2008-08-15

Atalanta	a–a Match abandoned at HT (bad weather) Score was 3–0	Legnano
Valdés 3' Guarente 8' Floccari 38'	Report (in Italian)

Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo

2008-08-20

Atalanta	6–1	Merate
Padoin 7' Rivalta 21' De Ascentis 25', 43' Manfredini 31' Manzoni 59'	Report (in Italian)	Pereira 90' (pen.)

Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo

Referee: Massimo Ballini

2008-08-28

Atalanta	3–2	Villa d'Adda
Floccari 10' Guarente 31' Padoin 50'	Report (in Italian)	Pesenti 22' (pen.) Posenato 65'

Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo

Coppa Italia

2008-08-23

15:30 CET

Atalanta	2–1	Modena
Manfredini 31' Marconi 90'		Bruno 40' (pen.)

Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo

Attendance: 4,900

Referee: Nicola Ayroldi (Molfetta)

2008-10-01

20:30 CET

Lazio	2–0	Atalanta
Ledesma 17' Pandev 84'	Report (in Italian)

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Siena)

Serie A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
9	Cagliari	38	15	8	15	49	50	−1	53
10	Lazio	38	15	5	18	46	55	−9	50	Qualification to Europa League play-off round^[a]
11	Atalanta	38	13	8	17	45	48	−3	47
12	Napoli	38	12	10	16	43	45	−2	46^[b]
13	Sampdoria	38	11	13	14	49	52	−3	46^[b]

Source: lega-calcio.it (in Italian)
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.
Notes:

^ Lazio qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 Coppa Italia.
^ ^a ^b Napoli finished ahead of Sampdoria on head-to-head points: Napoli 2–0 Sampdoria, Sampdoria 2–2 Napoli.

2008-08-31	Atalanta	1–0	Siena	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo
15:00 CET	Padoin 15'	Report	Maccarone 55' 88'	Attendance: 11,682 Referee: Carmine Russo (Nola)

2008-09-14	Bologna	0–1	Atalanta	Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna
15:00 CET		Report (in Italian)	Guarente 9'	Attendance: 17,849 Referee: Paolo Valeri (Roma)

2008-09-20	Catania	1–0	Atalanta	Stadio Angelo Massimino, Catania
18:00 CET	Paolucci 60'	Report (in Italian)		Attendance: 17,246 Referee: Maurizio Ciampi (Roma)

2008-09-24	Atalanta	1–0	Cagliari	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo
20:30 CET	Floccari 79'	Report (in Italian)		Attendance: 11,846 Referee: Nicola Stefanini (Prato)

2008-09-28	Roma	2–0	Atalanta	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
15:00 CET	Panucci 17' Vučinić 31'	Report (in Italian)		Attendance: 30,366 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Terni)

2008-10-05	Atalanta	4–2	Sampdoria	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo
15:00 CET	Floccari 35', 77' Garics 39' Doni 83'	Report (in Italian)	Cassano 7', 54' (pen.) Accardi 47' 73' Dessena 82'	Attendance: 12,020 Referee: Oscar Girardi (San Dona)

2008-10-19	Chievo	1–1	Atalanta	Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona
15:00 CET	Mantovani 45+4'	Report (in Italian)	Ferreira Pinto 62'	Attendance: 11,462 Referee: Paolo Valeri (Roma)

2008-10-26	Atalanta	0–1	Milan	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo
15:00 CET		Report (in Italian)	Kaká 80'	Attendance: 20.100 Referee: Stefano Farina (Novi Ligure)

2008-10-29	Torino	2–1	Atalanta	Stadio Olimpico, Turin
20:30 CET	Amoruso 62' Stellone 64'	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]} (in Italian)	Floccari 66'	Attendance: 20.000 Referee: De Marco

2008-11-02	Atalanta	0–0	Lecce	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo
15:00 CET		Report^{[permanent dead link‍]} (in Italian)		Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Luca Marelli

2008-11-09	Fiorentina	2–1	Atalanta	Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence
15:00 CET	Melo 20' Gilardino 23'	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]} (in Italian)	Floccari 76'	Referee: Antonio Damato

2008-11-16	Atalanta	3–1	Napoli	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo
15:00 CET	Ferreira Pinto 64' Manfredini 89' Floccari 90+1'	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]} (in Italian)	Hamšík 72' (pen.)	Referee: Christian Brighi

2008-11-23	Reggina	3–1	Atalanta	Stadio Oreste Granillo, Reggio Calabria
15:00 CET	Cozza 10' Corradi 21', 79'	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]} (in Italian)	Doni 90+4'	Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

2008-11-30	Atalanta	2–0	Lazio	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo
15:00 CET	Valdés 54' Floccari 68'	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]} (in Italian)		Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

2008-12-07	Atalanta	3–0	Udinese	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo
15:00 CET	Valdés 20' Doni 78' Vieri 88'	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]} (in Italian)		Referee: Carmine Russo

2008-12-14	Genoa	1–1	Atalanta	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
15:00 CET	Sculli 86'	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]} (in Italian)	Floccari 17'	Referee: Antonio Giannoccaro

2008-12-21	Atalanta	1–3	Juventus	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo
15:00 CET	Vieri 48'	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]} (in Italian)	Del Piero 30' Legrottaglie 37' Amauri 81'	Referee: Stefano Farina

2009-01-11	Palermo	3–2	Atalanta	Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo
15:00 CET	Miccoli 22' Bresciano 39' Cavani 81'	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]} (in Italian)	Floccari 65' Ferreira Pinto 78'	Referee: Oscar Girardi

2009-01-18	Atalanta	3–1	Internazionale	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo
15:00 CET	Floccari 18' Doni 28', 33'	Report (in Italian)	Ibrahimović 90+2'	Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

2009-01-25	Siena	1–0	Atalanta	Stadio Artemio Franchi, Siena
15:00 CET	Frick 44'	Report (in Italian)		Referee: Renzo Candussio

2009-01-28	Atalanta	0–1	Bologna	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo
20:30 CET		Report (in Italian)	Volpi 80'	Referee: Antonio Giannoccaro

2009-01-31	Atalanta	1–0	Catania	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo
15:15 CET	Guarente 24'	Report (in Italian)		Referee: Paolo Dondarini

References

^ "ROSA UFFICIALE ATALANTA BERGAMASCA CALCIO - STAGIONE 2008/2009". Atalanta BC. Archived from the original on 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2008-09-15.

[table_note_res_ELPR0.23393789177478-2] Lazio qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 Coppa Italia.

[table_hth_NAP0.23393789177478-3] Napoli finished ahead of Sampdoria on head-to-head points: Napoli 2–0 Sampdoria, Sampdoria 2–2 Napoli.

[1] "ROSA UFFICIALE ATALANTA BERGAMASCA CALCIO - STAGIONE 2008/2009". Atalanta BC. Archived from the original on 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2008-09-15.

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