Lazio 1977-78

Not a positive year for the Biancocelesti who arrive only 10th in Serie A

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Complete player statistics

Squad

Goalkeepers: Giuseppe Avagliano, Marco Cari, Claudio Garella, Felice Pulici

Defenders: Paolo Ammoniaci, Pietro Ghedin, Lionello Manfredonia, Luigi Martini, Carlo Perrone, Dario Pighin, Ligi Tarallo, Mauro Tassotti, Roberto Valentini, Pino Wilson

Midfielders: Andrea Agostinelli, Roberto Badiani, Luigi Boccolini, Ciccio Cordova, Vincenzo D'Amico, Massimo De Stefanis, Stefano Ferretti, Antonio Lopez, Silvano Pivotto

Forwards: Ernesto Apuzzo, Sergio Clerici, Renzo Garlaschelli, Bruno Giordano

Managers: Luis Vinicio, Bob Lovati

Assistant: Alberto Delfrati

Sports Director: Franco Manni

President: Umberto Lenzini

Lazio 1977-78

Serie A: Lazio arrived 10th. The scudetto was won by Juventus.

Coppa Italia: The Biancocelesti arrived 2nd in Group 2 and were eliminated. The cup was won by Inter.

Intertoto Cup: Came second in Group 4.

Competition	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals Scored
Serie A	30	8	10	12	31
Coppa Italia	4	2	-	2	7
UEFA Cup	4	2	-	2	7
Intertoto	6	4	1	1	13
Total	44	16	11	17	58

Top five appearances

Player	Total	Serie A	Coppa Italia	UEFA Cup	Intertoto
Andrea Agostinelli	42	29	4	4	5
Bruno Giordano	42	29	3	4	6
Claudio Garella	41	29	2	4	6
Antonio Lopez	41	28	3	4	6
Roberto Badiani	39	25	4	4	6
Ciccio Cordova	39	27	4	3	5

Top goal scorers

Player	Total	Serie A	Coppa Italia	UEFA Cup	Intertoto
Bruno Giordano	27	12	3	4	8
Renzo Garlaschelli	12	7	-	2	3
Vincenzo D'Amico	3	2	1	-	-

Serie A games

Game	Date & Venue	Fixture	Goals Scored
1	Sunday, September 11, 1977, Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa	Genoa Lazio 2-1	29' D'Amico, 60' Badiani (og), 85' Pruzzo (pen)
2	Sunday, September 18, 1977, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio Verona 1-1	84' Luppi, 86' Garlaschelli
3	Sunday, September 25, 1977, Stadio Comunale, Bergamo	Atalanta Lazio 1-1	49' Libera, 80' D'Amico
4	Sunday, October 2, 1977, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio Juventus 3-0	3' Garlaschelli, 55' Giordano, 67' Giordano
5	Sunday, October 23, 1977, Stadio San Siro, Milan	Inter Lazio 1-1	37' Altobelli, 63' Garlaschelli
6	Sunday, October 30, 1977, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio Pescara 2-1	4' Agostinelli (pen), 18' Orazi, 65' Giordano
7	Sunday, November 7, 1977, Stadio Romeo Menti, Vicenza	Vicenza Lazio 2-1	22' P.Rossi, 53' Garlaschelli, 58' Prestanti
8	Sunday, November 20, 1977, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Roma Lazio 0-0
9	Sunday, November 27, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio Foggia 1-1	5' A.Bordon, 59' C.Gentile (og)
10	Sunday, December 11, 1977, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio Napoli 1-1	75' Garlaschelli, 88' Juliano
11	Sunday, December 18, 1977, Stadio Comunale, Florence	Fiorentina Lazio 0-1	87' Giordano (pen)
12	Saturday, December 31, 1977, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio Torino 1-1	3' Wilson, 69' Santin
13	Sunday, January 8, 1978, Stadio Renato Curi, Perugia	Perugia Lazio 4-0	45' Speggiorin, 67' Speggiorin, 80' Goretti, 88' Bagni
14	Sunday, January 15, 1978, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio Milan 2-0	61' Boccolini, 82' Giordano
15	Sunday, January 22, 1978, Stadio Comunale, Bologna	Bologna Lazio 2-1	12' De Ponti, 54' Giordano (pen), 90' De Ponti

16	Sunday, January 29, 1978, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio Genoa 0-0
17	Sunday, February, 5, 1978, Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona	Verona Lazio 2-2	24' Negrisolo, 46' Gori, 57' Giordano, 87' Negrisolo (og)
18	Sunday, February 12, 1978, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio Atalanta 0-2	59' A.Scala, 66' A.Scala
19	Sunday, February 19, 1978, Stadio Comunale, Turin	Juventus Lazio 3-0	5' ' Bettega, 68' Boninsegna, 82' Boninsegna (pen)
20	Sunday, February 26, 1978, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio Inter 1-0	87' Clerici
21	Sunday, March 5, 1978, Stadio Adriatico, Pescara	Pescara Lazio 1-0	19' Ferro
22	Sunday, March 12, 1978, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio Vicenza 1-3	22' P.Rossi, 25' Garlaschelli, 66' P.Rossi, 74' P.Rossi
23	Sunday, March 19, 1978, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio Roma 1-1	10' Clerici (og), 55' Giordano (pen)
24	Sunday, March 26, 1978, Stadio Pino Zaccheria, Foggia	Foggia Lazio 3-1	19' Iorio, 46' Garlaschelli, 59' Colla, 80' Del Neri.
25	Sunday, April 2, 1978, Stadio San Paolo, Naples	Napoli Lazio 4-3	6' Juliano, 25' Savoldi, 43' Giordano (pen), 55' Capone, 61' Capone, 83' Giordano, 85' Lopez
26	Sunday, April 9, 1978, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio Fiorentina 1-0	83' Giordano
27	Sunday, April 16, 1978, Stadio Comunale, Torino	Torino Lazio 1-0	75' Mozzini
28	Sunday, April 23, 1978, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio Perugia 2-0	15' Vannini (og), 55' Giordano
29	Sunday, April 30, 1978, Stadio San Siro, Milan	Milan Lazio 1-0 (0-2 after Sports Tribunal decision)	86' Martini
30	Sunday, May 7, 1978, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio Bologna 0-1	58' Nanni

UEFA Cup

Game	Date & Venue	Fixture	Goals Scored
First Round, First Leg	Wednesday, September 14, 1977, Estadio Do Bessa, Porto	Boavista Lazio 1-0	35’ Vitor Pereira
First Round, Second Leg	Wednesday, September 27, 1977, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio Boavista 5-0	7' Garlaschelli, 13' Giordano, 20' Garlaschelli, 53' Giordano, 87' Giordano
Second Round, First Leg	Wednesday, October 19, 1977, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio Lens 2-0	30' Wilson, 31' Giordano
Second Round, Second Leg	Wednesday, November 2, 1977, Stade Felix Bollaert, Lens	Lens Lazio 6-0 (aet)	45’ Six, 57’ Six, 109’ Bousdira, 115’ Six, 118’ Djebali, 119’ Djebali

Coppa Italia

Game	Date & Venue	Fixture	Goals Scored
Game 1, Group Phase	Sunday, August 21, 1977, Stadio Franco Ossola, Varese	Varese Lazio 2-1	58' Tresoldi, 80' Bardelli, 90' Clerici
Game 2, Group Phase	Wednesday, August 24, 1977, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio Monza 2-1	34' Agostinelli (pen), 43' Cantarutti, 51' Anquilletti (og)
Game 3, Group Phase	Sunday, August 28, 1977, Stadio Comunale, Bologna	Bologna Lazio 1-0	19' De Ponti
Game 4, Group Phase	Wednesday, August 31, 1977, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio Ternana 4-1	6' Giordano, 34' Casone, 44' D'Amico, 65' Giordano, 88' Giordano

Intertoto

Game	Date & Venue	Fixture	Goals Scored
Game 1, Group Phase	Wednesday, May 10, 1978, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio Nantes 2-1	60' Benion, 77' Giordano, 90' Giordano
Game 2, Group Phase	Saturday, May 13, 1978, Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel, Rotterdam	Sparta Rotterdam Lazio 1-2	37' Van Steveren, 45' Giordano, 53' Giordano
Game 3, Group Phase	Tuesday, May 16, 1978, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio Beerschot VAC	20' Mucker, 31' Mucker, 68' De Stefanis, 64' Mucker, 90' Giordano (rig)
Game 4, Group Phase	Sunday, May 21, 1978, Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Lazio Sparta Rotterdam 3-2	18' Van Steveren, 45' Giordano, 48' Van Zoest, 53' Garlaschelli, 78' Garlaschelli
Game 5, Group Phase	Wednesday, May 24, 1978, Stade Marcel-Saupin, Nantes	Nantes Lazio 1-2	38' Garlaschelli, 74' Badiani, 77’ Pecout.
Game 6, Group Phase	Saturday, May 27, 1978, Olympisch Stadion, Antwerp	Beerschot VAC Lazio 2-2	31' Giordano, 56' Lozano, 64' Giordano, 78' rig. Lozano