2012–13 AS Roma season
# 2012–13 AS Roma season

The 2012–13 season was Associazione Sportiva Roma's 85th in existence and 84th season in the top flight of Italian football. The pre-season started with the June hiring of former manager Zdeněk Zeman. Zeman replaced Luis Enrique who resigned at the end of the 2011–12 season. Enrique's lone season reign saw the disappointing loss to Slovan Bratislava in the Europa League as well as the inability to qualify for international competitions for the 2012–13 season. Roma eventually finished 7th, losing the Europa League chase to rivals Lazio, Napoli and Internazionale.

Zeman brought back his high-scoring 4–3–3 formation and his hard working ethic which successfully guided former team Pescara to the Serie A. He was, however, sacked on 2 February 2013. Roma also competed in the Coppa Italia, where they started in the round of 16.

## Players

### Squad information

    Last updated on 19 May 2013
    Appearances include league matches only

| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age at end of season) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Bogdan Lobonț | GK | (1978-01-18)18 January 1978 (aged 35) | Dinamo București | 2009 | 28 | 0 |
| 13 | Mauro Goicoechea | GK | (1988-03-27)27 March 1988 (aged 25) | Danubio | 2012 | 15 | 0 |
| 24 | Maarten Stekelenburg | GK | (1982-09-22)22 September 1982 (aged 30) | Ajax | 2011 | 48 | 0 |
| 55 | Tomas Švedkauskas | GK | (1994-06-22)22 June 1994 (aged 19) | Fiorentina | 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 3 | Marquinhos | CB | (1994-05-14)14 May 1994 (aged 19) | Corinthians | 2012 | 26 | 0 |
| 5 | Leandro Castán | CB | (1986-11-05)5 November 1986 (aged 26) | Corinthians | 2012 | 30 | 1 |
| 23 | Iván Piris | RB | (1989-03-10)10 March 1989 (aged 24) | São Paulo | 2012 | 29 | 0 |
| 27 | Dodô | LB | (1992-02-06)6 February 1992 (aged 21) | Corinthians | 2012 | 11 | 0 |
| 29 | Nicolás Burdisso | CB / RB | (1981-04-12)12 April 1981 (aged 32) | Internazionale | 2009 | 96 | 6 |
| 35 | Vasilis Torosidis | RB / LB | (1985-06-10)10 June 1985 (aged 28) | Olympiacos | 2013 | 11 | 1 |
| 42 | Federico Balzaretti | LB | (1981-12-06)6 December 1981 (aged 31) | Palermo | 2012 | 27 | 0 |
| 46 | Alessio Romagnoli | CB | (1995-01-12)12 January 1995 (aged 18) | Youth Sector | 2012 | 2 | 1 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 4 | Michael Bradley | DM / CM | (1987-07-31)31 July 1987 (aged 25) | Chievo | 2012 | 30 | 1 |
| 7 | Marquinho | AM | (1986-07-03)3 July 1986 (aged 26) | Fluminense | 2012 | 41 | 7 |
| 8 | Erik Lamela | AM | (1992-03-04)4 March 1992 (aged 21) | River Plate | 2011 | 62 | 19 |
| 11 | Rodrigo Taddei | LM / RM / AM | (1980-03-06)6 March 1980 (aged 33) | Siena | 2005 | 205 | 23 |
| 15 | Miralem Pjanić | CM / AM | (1990-03-02)2 March 1990 (aged 23) | Lyon | 2011 | 57 | 6 |
| 16 | Daniele De Rossi (Vice-Captain) | DM / CM | (1983-07-24)24 July 1983 (aged 29) | Youth Sector | 2001 | 306 | 33 |
| 20 | Simone Perrotta | LM / CM / AM | (1977-09-17)17 September 1977 (aged 35) | Chievo | 2004 | 246 | 36 |
| 48 | Alessandro Florenzi | RB / CM / RW | (1991-03-11)11 March 1991 (aged 22) | Youth Sector | 2011 | 37 | 3 |
| 77 | Panagiotis Tachtsidis | CM | (1991-02-15)15 February 1991 (aged 22) | AEK Athens | 2012 | 21 | 1 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 9 | Dani Osvaldo | CF / ST | (1986-01-12)12 January 1986 (aged 27) | Espanyol | 2011 | 55 | 27 |
| 10 | Francesco Totti (Captain) | AM / LW / SS / CF / ST | (1976-09-27)27 September 1976 (aged 36) | Youth Sector | 1992 | 535 | 227 |
| 17 | Nicolás López | CF / ST | (1993-10-01)1 October 1993 (aged 19) | Nacional | 2012 | 6 | 1 |
| 22 | Mattia Destro | CF / ST | (1991-03-20)20 March 1991 (aged 22) | Siena | 2012 | 21 | 6 |
| Players transferred during the season |||||||||

## Transfers

### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 July 2012 | DF | Dodô | Corinthians | Undisclosed |
| 18 July 2012 | DF | Leandro Castán | Corinthians | €5.5M |
| 1 August 2012 | DF | Federico Balzaretti | Palermo | €4.5M |
| 15 July 2012 | MF | Michael Bradley | Chievo | €3.75M |
| 19 July 2012 | MF | Panagiotis Tachtsidis | Genoa | €2.5M |
| 22 January 2013 | DF | Vasilis Torosidis | Olympiacos | €0.5M |

Total spending: €16.75M

**Loans in**

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 August 2012 | DF | Iván Piris | Cerro Porteño | €1M |
| 30 July 2012 | FW | Mattia Destro | Genoa | €11.5M |

Total spending: €12.5M

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 17 July 2012 | DF | Juan | Internacional | Free |
| 22 June 2012 | DF | Cicinho | Sport Recife | Free |
| 22 June 2012 | MF | Gianluca Caprari | Pescara | Co-ownership |
| 15 July 2012 | MF | Adrian Stoian | Chievo | €0.5M |
| 19 July 2012 | MF | Andrea Bertolacci | Genoa | €1.2M |
| 27 July 2012 | MF | Fábio Simplício | Cerezo Osaka | Free |
| 13 July 2012 | FW | Fabio Borini | Liverpool | €13.3M |
| 30 July 2012 | FW | Giammario Piscitella | Genoa | €1.5M |
| 30 July 2012 | MF | Valerio Verre | Siena | €1.5M |
| 9 August 2012 | MF | David Pizarro | Fiorentina | Undisclosed |
| 11 August 2012 | DF | Gabriel Heinze | Newell's Old Boys | Free |
| 20 August 2012 | FW | Stefano Okaka | Parma | Undisclosed |

Total income: €18M

Net Income: €1.25M

**Loans out**

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 July 2012 | GK | Gianluca Curci | Bologna | Undisclosed |
| 2 August 2012 | DF | Alessandro Crescenzi | Pescara | €0.2M |
| 8 August 2012 | DF | Paolo Frascatore | Sassuolo | Undisclosed |
| 3 August 2012 | DF | José Ángel | Real Sociedad | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2012 | DF | Simone Sini | Pro Vercelli | Undisclosed |
| 11 August 2012 | MF | Matteo Brighi | Torino | Undisclosed |
| 6 July 2012 | MF | Federico Viviani | Padova | Undisclosed |
| 9 July 2012 | FW | Marco D'Alessandro | Cesena | Undisclosed |
| 7 August 2012 | FW | Filippo Scardina | Gubbio | Undisclosed |
| 29 August 2012 | FW | Bojan Krkić | Milan | €0.25M |
| 31 August 2012 | FW | Marco Borriello | Genoa | €0.25M |

Total income: €0.7M

Net Income: €11.8M

## Competitions

### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position | First match | Last match |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Serie A | Matchday 1 | 6th | 26 August 2012 | 19 May 2013 |
| Coppa Italia | Round of 16 | Runners-up | 11 December 2012 | 26 May 2013 |

Last updated: 26 May 2013

### Serie A

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Fiorentina | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 72 | 44 | +28 | 70 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 5 | Udinese | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 59 | 45 | +14 | 66 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Roma | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 71 | 56 | +15 | 62 | |
| 7 | Lazio | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 61 | Qualification to Europa League group stage |
| 8 | Catania | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 56 | |

* ↑ Lazio qualified to 2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage after winning 2012–13 Coppa Italia.

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 19 May 2013. Source: Competitive matches

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | D | D | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | L | D | W |
| Position | 10 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 |

## Statistics

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ROU | Bogdan Lobonț | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | URU | Mauro Goicoechea | 16 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | NED | Maarten Stekelenburg | 22 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 | GK | LTU | Tomas Švedkauskas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | BRA | Marquinhos | 30 | 0 | 22+4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Leandro Castán | 34 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | PAR | Iván Piris | 32 | 0 | 28+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | BRA | Dodô | 15 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ARG | Nicolás Burdisso | 29 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | GRE | Vasilis Torosidis | 12 | 2 | 9+2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | DF | ITA | Federico Balzaretti | 32 | 0 | 24+3 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | ITA | Alessio Romagnoli | 3 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | USA | Michael Bradley | 35 | 1 | 24+6 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Marquinho | 30 | 4 | 11+15 | 4 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Erik Lamela | 36 | 15 | 30+3 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Rodrigo Taddei | 6 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | BIH | Miralem Pjanić | 29 | 4 | 20+7 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Daniele De Rossi | 29 | 0 | 21+4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Simone Perrotta | 17 | 2 | 5+11 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 48 | MF | ITA | Alessandro Florenzi | 39 | 4 | 25+11 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 77 | MF | GRE | Panagiotis Tachtsidis | 23 | 1 | 17+4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ITA | Dani Osvaldo | 31 | 17 | 25+4 | 16 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Francesco Totti | 37 | 12 | 33+1 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | URU | Nicolás López | 7 | 1 | 0+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ITA | Mattia Destro | 26 | 11 | 11+10 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||

Last updated: 26 May 2013 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Dani Osvaldo | 16 | 1 | 17 |
| 2 | 8 | MF | | Erik Lamela | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 3 | 10 | FW | | Francesco Totti | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 4 | 22 | FW | | Mattia Destro | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 7 | MF | | Marquinho | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 15 | MF | | Miralem Pjanić | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 48 | MF | | Alessandro Florenzi | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 20 | MF | | Simone Perrotta | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 35 | DF | | Vasilis Torosidis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 4 | MF | | Michael Bradley | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 5 | DF | | Leandro Castán | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 17 | FW | | Nicolás López | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 29 | DF | | Nicolás Burdisso | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 46 | DF | | Alessio Romagnoli | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 77 | MF | | Panagiotis Tachtsidis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 71 | 9 | 80 |

Last updated: 26 May 2013

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 24 | GK | | Maarten Stekelenburg | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | | Bogdan Lobonț | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 13 | GK | | Mauro Goicoechea | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 9 | 2 | 11 |

Last updated: 26 May 2013

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | | Bogdan Lobonț | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | | Mauro Goicoechea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | | Maarten Stekelenburg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | GK | | Tomas Švedkauskas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Marquinhos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | | Leandro Castán | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Iván Piris | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | | Dodô | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | DF | | Nicolás Burdisso | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | | Vasilis Torosidis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | | Federico Balzaretti | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | | Alessio Romagnoli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Michael Bradley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Marquinho | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Erik Lamela | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Rodrigo Taddei | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Miralem Pjanić | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Daniele De Rossi | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | | Simone Perrotta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | MF | | Alessandro Florenzi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | | Panagiotis Tachtsidis | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | | Dani Osvaldo | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Francesco Totti | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Nicolás López | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | | Mattia Destro | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 85 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 97 | 7 | 4 |

Last updated: 26 May 2013

