2015–16 SS Lazio season
# 2015–16 SS Lazio season

The 2015–16 season was Società Sportiva Lazio's 116th since their founding and the club's 28th consecutive season in the topflight of Italian football. The club competed in Serie A, the Coppa Italia, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Europa League. Having finished 3rd the previous season, Lazio began in the play-off round but failed to qualify after a 3–1 loss on aggregate against Bayer Leverkusen.

## Players

### Squad information

    As of 13 January 2016

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2 | DF | NED | Wesley Hoedt |
| 3 | DF | NED | Stefan de Vrij |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Patric |
| 5 | DF | NED | Edson Braafheid |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Stefano Mauri |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Ravel Morrison |
| 8 | DF | SRB | Dušan Basta |
| 9 | FW | SRB | Filip Đorđević |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Felipe Anderson |
| 11 | FW | GER | Miroslav Klose |
| 13 | DF | SRB | Milan Biševac |
| 14 | FW | SEN | Keita Baldé |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Marco Parolo |
| 17 | FW | ITA | Alessandro Matri (on loan from Milan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | ARG | Santiago Gentiletti |
| 19 | MF | BIH | Senad Lulić |
| 20 | MF | ARG | Lucas Biglia (captain) |
| 21 | MF | SRB | Sergej Milinković-Savić |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Federico Marchetti |
| 23 | MF | NGA | Ogenyi Onazi |
| 26 | DF | ROU | Ștefan Radu (vice-captain) |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Abdoulay Konko |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Danilo Cataldi |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Maurício |
| 87 | MF | ITA | Antonio Candreva |
| 88 | FW | NED | Ricardo Kishna |
| 99 | GK | ALB | Etrit Berisha |

## Transfers

### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 21 January 2015 | DF | Wesley Hoedt | 20 | AZ | Free | |
| 15 February 2015 | MF | Ravel Morrison | 22 | West Ham United | Free | |
| 9 June 2015 | MF | Patric | 22 | Barcelona | Free | |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Dušan Basta | 30 | Udinese | €5M | |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Maurício | 26 | Sporting CP | €2.65M | |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Riccardo Serpieri | 21 | Cosenza | Free | |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Franjo Prce | 19 | Lazio Primavera | Free | Youth Academy |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Christopher Ikonomidis | 20 | Lazio Primavera | Free | Youth Academy |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Alessandro Murgia | 18 | Lazio Primavera | Free | Youth Academy |
| 28 July 2015 | FW | Ricardo Kishna | 20 | Ajax | €4M | |
| 6 August 2015 | MF | Sergej Milinković-Savić | 20 | Genk | €9M | |
| 6 January 2016 | DF | Milan Biševac | 32 | Lyon | Undisclosed | |

**Loans in**

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31 August 2015 | FW | Alessandro Matri | 31 | Milan | Loan | | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 24 June 2015 | DF | Diego Novaretti | 30 | Club León | Released |
| 12 July 2015 | DF | Luis Pedro Cavanda | 24 | Trabzonspor | Undisclosed |
| 15 July 2015 | MF | Bruno Pereirinha | 27 | Atlético Paranaense | Free |
| 19 July 2015 | DF | Michaël Ciani | 31 | Sporting CP | Free Agent |
| 19 July 2015 | MF | Ederson | 29 | Flamengo | Mutual Consent |
| 12 August 2015 | FW | Ettore Mendicino | 25 | Siena | Undisclosed |
| 12 August 2015 | MF | Enrico Zampa | 23 | Ternana | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2015 | MF | Lorik Cana | 32 | Nantes | Undisclosed |

**Loans out**

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25 June 2015 | DF | Josip Elez | 21 | Aarhus | Loan | |
| 6 July 2015 | MF | Joseph Minala | 18 | Latina | Loan | |
| 9 July 2015 | DF | Gianluca Pollace | 19 | Salernitana | Loan | |
| 31 August 2015 | FW | Cristiano Lombardi | 20 | Ancona | Loan | Loan until the end of the season |
| 10 January 2016 | MF | Chris Ikonomidis | 20 | Salernitana | Loan | |

## Competitions

### Serie A

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | Sassuolo | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 61 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 7 | Milan | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 49 | 43 | +6 | 57 | |
| 8 | Lazio | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 54 | |
| 9 | Chievo | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 50 | |
| 10 | Empoli | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 46 | |

* ↑ Since the winners of the 2015–16 Coppa Italia, Juventus, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to fifth-placed team and the spot awarded to the fifth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team.
* ↑ Empoli ahead of Genoa on head-to-head goal difference; Empoli +1, Genoa –1.

**Results summary**

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

Last updated: 15 May 2016. 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 | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | W | D | W | D | W | D | L | D | W | D | L | D | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | L |
| Position | 4 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

### UEFA Europa League

**Group stage**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LAZ | SET | DNI | ROS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lazio | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Saint-Étienne | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| 3 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 7 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 2 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — |

## Statistics

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Supercoppa Italiana | Supercoppa Italiana | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Europe | Europe |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 22 | GK | ITA | Federico Marchetti | 35 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 99 | GK | ALB | Etrit Berisha | 20 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | NED | Wesley Hoedt | 35 | 1 | 24+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | NED | Stefan de Vrij | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Patric | 9 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NED | Edson Braafheid | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | SRB | Dušan Basta | 29 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | SRB | Milan Biševac | 15 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ARG | Santiago Gentiletti | 27 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ROU | Ștefan Radu | 25 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Abdoulay Konko | 29 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Maurício | 36 | 0 | 19+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ITA | Stefano Mauri | 19 | 1 | 6+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Ravel Morrison | 7 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Felipe Anderson | 47 | 9 | 21+14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 8+1 | 2 |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Marco Parolo | 40 | 6 | 30+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| 19 | MF | BIH | Senad Lulić | 39 | 2 | 28+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ARG | Lucas Biglia | 36 | 5 | 26+1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | SRB | Sergej Milinković-Savić | 35 | 3 | 17+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5+3 | 2 |
| 23 | MF | NGA | Ogenyi Onazi | 22 | 2 | 14+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Danilo Cataldi | 27 | 2 | 16+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | ITA | Antonio Candreva | 44 | 12 | 28+2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7+4 | 2 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | SRB | Filip Đorđević | 32 | 6 | 16+11 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | GER | Miroslav Klose | 31 | 7 | 14+10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | SEN | Keita Baldé | 39 | 5 | 15+16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+3 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | ITA | Alessandro Matri | 31 | 7 | 7+12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 7+3 | 2 |
| 88 | FW | NED | Ricardo Kishna | 16 | 2 | 7+4 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||

Last updated: 15 May 2016 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Supercoppa | Coppa Italia | UEFA CL | UEFA EL | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 87 | MF | | Antonio Candreva | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | 10 | MF | | Felipe Anderson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 11 | FW | | Miroslav Klose | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | 17 | FW | | Alessandro Matri | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | | Filip Đorđević | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 16 | MF | | Marco Parolo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 |
| 7 | 14 | FW | | Keita Baldé | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | 20 | MF | | Lucas Biglia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | 19 | MF | | Senad Lulić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 21 | MF | | Sergej Milinković-Savić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 |
| 11 | 23 | MF | | Ogenyi Onazi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 32 | MF | | Danilo Cataldi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 88 | FW | | Ricardo Kishna | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | 2 | DF | | Wesley Hoedt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 6 | MF | | Stefano Mauri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 13 | DF | | Milan Biševac | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 52 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 73 |

Last updated: 15 May 2016

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Supercoppa | Coppa Italia | UEFA CL | UEFA EL | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 22 | GK | | Federico Marchetti | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | 99 | GK | | Etrit Berisha | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 |

Last updated: 1 May 2016

