Lazio 1971-72

Not an easy season but the objective was promotion and in the end the achieved result was all that counted.

Source Wikipedia

Season Overview

What happened in Serie B 1971-72

What happened in Serie A 1971-72

Complete Player Statistics

Transfers

Pre-season friendly Lazio Turris 3-2, August 16

Squad

Goalkeepers: Giuseppe Avagliano, Claudio Bandoni, Rosario Di Vincenzo, Giorgio Mosa, Dario Trombin

Defenders: Mario Facco, Gaetano Legnaro, Filippo Lilla, Luigi Martini, Giancarlo Oddi, Giuseppe Papadopulo, Luigi Polentes, Giuseppe Wilson

Midfielders: Sandro Ceccaroni, Vincenzo D'Amico, Arrigo Dolso (1), Rino Gritti, Pierpaolo Manservisi (1), Giambattista Moschino (2), Franco Nanni

Forwards: Alessandro Abbondanza (2), Umberto Catarci, Giorgio Chinaglia, Carlo Facchin (2), Costantino Fava (1), Michele Filippini, Giuliano Fortunato, Giuseppe Massa, Massimo Vulpiani (1)

Manager: Tommaso Maestrelli

Assistant: Bob Lovati

Sports Director: Antonio Sbardella

President: Umberto Lenzini

(1) Left in Autumn transfer window

(2) Arrived in Autumn transfer window

Jersey

Image Sources: SS Lazio Museum and Lazio Wiki

Lazio 1971-72

Serie B: Lazio came second and were promoted to Serie A. The other teams promoted were Ternana and Palermo

Coppa Italia: The Biancocelesti came fourth in the Semifinal Group B and did not reach the final. The cup was won by Milan

Competition	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals Scored
Serie B	38	18	13	7	48
Coppa Italia	10	5	2	3	13
Total	48	23	15	10	61

Top five appearances

Player	Total	Serie B	Coppa Italia
Giuseppe Wilson	48	38	10
Giuseppe Massa	44	38	6
Claudio Bandoni	43	36	7
Luigi Martini	42	34	8
Giorgio Chinaglia	41	34	7

Top goal scorers

Player	Total	Serie B	Coppa Italia
Giorgio Chinaglia	26	21	5
Giuseppe Massa	12	12	-
Alessandro Abbondanza	7	7	-
Franco Nanni	3	-	3

Serie B

Game	Date & Venue	Fixture	Goals
1	Sunday, September 26, 1971, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Brescia 1-0	20’ Chinaglia
2	Sunday, October 3, 1971, Stadio Libero Liberati, Terni	Ternana-Lazio 1-0	55' Marinai
3	Sunday, October 10, 1971, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Novara 5-3	7' Picat Re, 34' Chinaglia (pen), 49' Veschetti (og), 54' Massa, 59' Dolso, 69' Massa, 84' Udovicich
4	Sunday, October 17, 1971, Stadio La Fiorita	Cesena-Lazio 1-0	4' Festa
5	Sunday, October 24, 1971, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Como 3-1	46' Chinaglia (pen), 50' Wilson (og), 63' Chinaglia, 74' Chinaglia
6	Sunday, October 31, 1971, Stadio San Paolo, Naples	Sorrento-Lazio 0-1	38' Chinaglia (pen)
7	Sunday, November 7, 1971, Stadio Comunale, Arezzo	Arezzo-Lazio 2-2	9' Abbondanza, 13' Incerti, 41' Chinaglia, 50' Polentes (og)
8	Sunday, November 14, 1971, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Palermo 2-2	20' Massa, 47' Ferrari, 49' Chinaglia (pen), 72' Ferrari
9	Sunday, November 21, 1971, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Monza 2-0	6' Massa, 11' Chinaglia
10	Sunday, November 28, 1971, Stadio Mirabello, Reggio Emilia	Reggiana-Lazio 1-0	72' Vignando (pen)
11	Sunday, December 5, 1971, Stadio Comunale, Livorno	Livorno-Lazio 0-1	58' Massa
12	Sunday, December 12, 1971, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Catania 1-0	37' Abbondanza
13	Sunday, December 19, 1971, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Perugia 4-1	30' Chinaglia, 44' Abbondanza, 73' Moschino, 75' Facchin, 89' Innocenti
14	Sunday, December 26, 1971, Stadio Salinella, Taranto	Taranto-Lazio 0-0
15	Sunday, January 2, 1972, Stadio Alberto Braglia, Modena	Modena-Lazio 0-0
16	Sunday, January 9, 1972, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Reggina 2-1	34' Chinaglia, 39' Martini, 44' Merighi
17	Sunday, January 16, 1972, Stadio Pino Zaccheria, Foggia	Foggia-Lazio 1-0	60' Pavone
18	Sunday, January 23, 1972, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Genoa 2-0	8' Chinaglia (pen), 81' Massa
19	Sunday, January 30, 1972, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Bari 1-1	74' Massa, 81' Fara

20	Saturday, February 12, 1972, Stadio Mario Rigamonti, Brescia	Brescia-Lazio 4-0	14' Cagni, 35' Nardoni, 69' Nardoni, 78' Guerini
21	Sunday, February 20, 1972, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Ternana 1-1	10' Marchetti, 69' Chinaglia (pen)
22	Sunday, February 27, 1972, Stadio Comunale, Novara	Novara-Lazio 1-0	83' Grossetti
23	Sunday, March 5, 1972, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Cesena 1-1	40' Listanti, 51' Berni (og)
24	Sunday, March 12, 1972, Stadio Sinigaglia, Como	Como-Lazio 1-1	21' Vallongo (pen), 68' Massa
25	Sunday, March 19, 1972, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Sorrento 2-0	60' Abbondanza, 77' Chinaglia
26	Sunday, March 26, 1972, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Arezzo 2-0	21' Chinaglia, 89' Abbondanza
27	Sunday, April 2, 1972, Stadio La Favorita, Palermo	Palermo-Lazio 0-0
28	Sunday, April 9, 1972, Stadio Gino Alfonso Sada, Monza	Monza-Lazio 0-0
29	Sunday, April 16, 1972, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Reggiana 1-0	47’ Massa
30	Sunday, April 23, 1972, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Livorno 3-1	10' Facco, 29' Massa, 31' Chinaglia (pen), 62' Blasig
31	Sunday, April 30, 1972, Stadio Donato Vestuti, Salerno	Catania-Lazio 0-2	53' Abbondanza, 69' Abbondanza
32	Sunday, May 7, 1972, Stadio Santa Giuliana, Perugia	Perugia-Lazio 1-0	22' Morello
33	Sunday, May 14, 1972, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Taranto 1-1	21' Massa, 28' Abbondanza (og)
34	Sunday, May 21, 1972, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Modena 2-1	22' Vecchi, 28' Chinaglia (pen), 29' Chinaglia (pen)
35	Sunday, May 28, 1972, Stadio Comunale, Reggio Calabria	Reggina-Lazio 1-1	17' Chinaglia, 57' Fazzi (pen)
36	Sunday, June 4, 1972, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Foggia 2-0	45' Massa, 49' Chinaglia
37	Sunday, June 11, 1972, Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa	Genoa-Lazio 0-2	31' Gritti, 32' Chinaglia
38	Sunday, June 18, 1972, Stadio della Vittoria, Bari	Bari-Lazio 0-0

Coppa Italia

Game	Date & Venue	Fixture	Goals
First Group Phase, Game 1	Sunday, August 29, 1971, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Roma 1-0	50' Chinaglia
First Group Phase, Game 2	Sunday, September 5, 1971, Stadio Comunale, Bergamo	Atalanta-Lazio 0-0
First Group Phase, Game 3	Wednesday, September 8, 1971, Stadio Santa Giuliana, Perugia	Perugia-Lazio 1-3	9' Chinaglia, 59' Volpi, 71' Manservisi, 76' Chinaglia
First Group Phase, Game 4	Sunday, September 19, 1971, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Ternana 2-0	10' Nanni, 58' Massa
Semifinal Group, Game 1	Wednesday, May 31, 1972, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Fiorentina 1-0	88' Nanni
Semifinal Group, Game 2	Wednesday, June 7, 1972, Stadio San Paolo, Naples	Napoli-Lazio 5-1	30' Facchin, 39' Sormani, 43' Juliano, 47' Montefusco, 73' Macchi, 85' Montefusco
Semifinal Group, Game 3	Wednesday, June 14, 1972, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Bologna 0-1	87' Savoldi
Semifinal Group, Game 4	Sunday, June 25, 1972, Stadio Comunale, Florence	Fiorentina-Lazio 1-1	43' Nanni (pen), 64' Clerici (pen)
Semifinal Group, Game 5	Wednesday, June 28, 1972,  Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio-Napoli 3-0	38’ Gritti, 60’ D’Amico, 75’ Chinaglia
Semifinal Group, Game 6	Saturday, July 1, 1972, Stadio Comunale, Bologna	Bologna-Lazio 2-1	3' Ghetti, 15' Chinaglia, 63' Ghetti