2009–10 Parma FC season

The 2009–10 season was Parma Football Club's 19th season in Serie A, having spent a year in Serie B, where they finished second the previous year. Parma enjoyed a successful league season, securing eighth position and narrowly missing out on a return to European competition for the first time since 2006–07.

Parma

2009–10 season
President	Tommaso Ghirardi
Manager	Francesco Guidolin
Stadium	Stadio Ennio Tardini
Serie A	8th
Coppa Italia	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Valeri Bojinov (8) All: Valeri Bojinov (8)
Highest home attendance	11,745 vs Catania 30 August 2009
Lowest home attendance	21,323 vs Roma 1 May 2010
Average home league attendance	17,073
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2009–10 Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Napoli	38	15	14	9	50	43	+7	59	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
7	Juventus	38	16	7	15	55	56	−1	55	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
8	Parma	38	14	10	14	46	51	−5	52
9	Genoa	38	14	9	15	57	61	−4	51
10	Bari	38	13	11	14	49	49	0	50

Source: Lega Calcio and Yahoo! Sport
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.

Matches

Udinese v Parma

23 August 2009 1	Udinese	2 – 2	Parma	Stadio Friuli, Udine
20:45 CEST	Di Natale 44' (pen.), 89'	Report	Paloschi 42' A. Lucarelli 49'	Attendance: 15,383 Referee: Paolo Valeri

Parma v Catania

30 August 2009 2	Parma	2 – 1	Catania	Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma
20:45 CEST	Galloppa 13' Paloschi 47'	Report	Biagianti 15'	Attendance: 11,745 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

Inter v Parma

13 September 2009 3	Inter	2 – 0	Parma	San Siro, Milan
15:00 CEST	Eto'o 71' Milito 88'	Report		Attendance: 51,237 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Parma v Palermo

20 September 2009 4	Parma	1 – 0	Palermo	Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma
15:00 CEST	Zaccardo 17'	Report		Attendance: 14,815 Referee: Antonio Giannoccaro

Lazio v Parma

23 September 2009 5	Lazio	1 – 2	Parma	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
20:45 CEST	Zárate 42' (pen.) Kolarov  44'  44'	Report	Bojinov 21' Amoruso 44' (pen.)	Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Massimiliano Velotto

Parma v Cagliari

27 September 2009 6	Parma	0 – 2	Cagliari	Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma
20:45 CEST		Report	Jeda 8' Dessena 58'	Attendance: 15,078 Referee: Dino Tommasi

Sampdoria v Parma

4 October 2009 7	Sampdoria	1 – 1	Parma	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
15:00 CEST	Pazzini 23'	Report	Galloppa 30'	Attendance: 25,786 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

Parma v Siena

18 October 2009 8	Parma	1 – 0	Siena	Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma
15:00 CEST	Bojinov 6'	Report	Fini  34'	Attendance: 15,126 Referee: Christian Brighi

Atalanta v Parma

25 October 2009 9	Atalanta	3 – 1	Parma	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo
15:00 CET	Valdés 43' (pen.) Tiribocchi 52' Peluso 84'	Report	Paloschi 77'	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Andrea Romeo

Parma v Bari

28 October 2009 10	Parma	2 – 0	Bari	Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma
20:45 CET	Bojinov 58' Paloschi 66'	Report		Attendance: 15,952 Referee: Leonardo Baracani

Milan v Parma

31 October 2009 11	Milan	2 – 0	Parma	San Siro, Milan
20:45 CET	Borriello 12', 90'	Report		Attendance: 33,303 Referee: Carmine Russo

Parma v Chievo

8 November 2009 12	Parma	2 – 0	Chievo	Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma
20:45 CET	Zaccardo 41' Lanzafame 72'	Report		Attendance: 14,793 Referee: Riccardo Pinzani

Fiorentina v Parma

21 November 2009 13	Fiorentina	2 – 3	Parma	Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence
20:45 CET	Gilardino 26', 62' Donadel  82'  86'	Report	Amoruso 30' Bojinov 52' Lanzafame 68'	Attendance: 25,068 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Parma v Napoli

29 November 209 14	Parma	1 – 1	Napoli	Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma
15:00 CET	Amoruso 86' (pen.)	Report	Denis 33' Contini  84'	Attendance: 19,737 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

Genoa v Parma

6 December 2009 15	Genoa	2 – 2	Parma	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
15:00 CET	Palacio 13' Palladino 66'	Report	Biabiany 36', 58'	Attendance: 25,869 Referee: Christian Brighi

Parma v Bologna

13 December 2009 16	Parma	2 – 1	Bologna	Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma
15:00 CET	Panucci 57' Amoruso 86'	Report	Mudingayi 43' Britos  71'	Attendance: 17,535 Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo

Roma v Parma

20 December 2009 17	Roma	2 – 0	Parma	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
15:00 CET	Burdisso 47' Brighi 90'	Report	Paci  71'  87'	Attendance: 36,899 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Parma v Juventus

6 January 2010 18	Parma	1 – 2	Juventus	Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma
15:00 CET	Amoruso 25'	Report	Salihamidžić 3' Castellini 39' (o.g.) Cáceres  32'  73'	Attendance: 20,530 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Livorno v Parma

10 January 2010 19	Livorno	2 – 1	Parma	Stadio Armando Picchi, Livorno
15:00 CET	Tavano 23' Lucarelli 62'	Report	Džemaili 68'	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Andrea De Marco

Parma v Udinese

17 January 2010 20	Parma	0 – 0	Udinese	Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma
20:45 CET	Galloppa  31'	Report		Attendance: 14,839 Referee: Leonardo Baracani

Catania v Parma

23 January 2010 21	Catania	3 – 0	Parma	Stadio Angelo Massimino, Catania
18:00 CET	Mascara 15' Martínez 71' Morimoto 77'	Report		Attendance: 12,733 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

Palermo v Parma

6 February 2010 22	Palermo	2 – 1	Parma	Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo
18:00 CET	Cavani 62' Simplício 87'	Report	Biabiany 72'	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Nicola Pierpaoli

Parma v Inter

10 February 20101 23	Parma	1 – 1	Inter	Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma
20:45 CET	Bojinov 54' Valiani  64'  72'	Report	Balotelli 59'	Attendance: 20,128 Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

Parma v Lazio

14 February 2010 24	Parma	0 – 2	Lazio	Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma
15:00 CET	Jiménez  73'	Report	Stendardo 68' Zárate 89'	Attendance: 15,313 Referee: Andre De Marco

Cagliari v Parma

21 February 2010 25	Cagliari	2 – 0	Parma	Stadio Sant'Elia, Cagliari
15:00 CET	Lazzari 6' Matri 39'	Report		Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Carmine Russo

Parma v Sampdoria

28 February 2010 26	Parma	1 – 0	Sampdoria	Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma
15:00 CET	Zaccardo 54' Galloppa  61'  90'	Report		Attendance: 18,789 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Siena v Parma

7 March 2010 27	Siena	1 – 1	Parma	Stadio Artemio Franchi, Siena
20:45 CET	Vergassola 69'	Report	Biabiany 35' Jiménez  36'  79'	Attendance: 10,151 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

Parma v Atalanta

14 March 2010 28	Parma	1 – 0	Atalanta	Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma
15:00 CET	Bojinov 71'	Report	Doni  73'	Attendance: 15,560 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

Bari v Parma

21 March 2010 29	Bari	1 – 1	Parma	Stadio San Nicola, Bari
15:00 CET	Masiello 85'	Report	Zenoni 36'	Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Marco Guida

Parma v AC Milan

24 March 2010 30	Parma	1 – 1	AC Milan	Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma
20:45 CET	Bojinov 90'	Report	Pirlo 90'	Attendance: 20,493 Referee: Emidio Morganti

Chievo v Parma

28 March 2010 31	Chievo	0 – 0	Parma	Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona
15:00 CEST		Report		Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Daniele Doveri

Parma v Fiorentina

3 April 2010 32	Parma	1 – 1	Fiorentina	Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma
15:00 CEST	Bojinov 67'	Report	De Silvestri 22'	Attendance: 18,702 Referee: Andrea De Marco

Napoli v Parma

10 April 2010 33	Napoli	2 – 3	Parma	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
18:00 CEST	Quagliarella 3' Hamšík 78' Quagliarella  84'  86'	Report	Antonelli 63' Lucarelli 68' Jiménez 87'	Attendance: 36,527 Referee: Andrea Romeo

Parma v Genoa

18 April 2010 34	Parma	2 – 3	Genoa	Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma
15:00 CEST	Zaccardo 59' Bocchetti 62' (o.g.)	Report	Palacio 33', 52' Fatić 73'	Attendance: 16,660 Referee: Luca Banti

Bologna v Parma

25 April 2010 35	Bologna	2 – 1	Parma	Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna
15:00 CEST	Di Vaio 39', 50'	Report	Biabiany 23' Zaccardo  29'	Attendance: 23,970 Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

Parma v Roma

1 May 2010 36	Parma	1 – 2	Roma	Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma
18:00 CEST	Lanzafame 81' Jiménez  6'  88'	Report	Totti 5' Taddei 75'	Attendance: 21,323 Referee: Gianlucca Rocchi

Juventus v Parma

9 May 2010 37	Juventus	2 – 3	Parma	Stadio Olimpico di Torino, Turin
20:45 CET	Del Piero 16' Iaquinta 90'	Report	Lanzafame 20', 40' Biabiany 84'	Attendance: 23,656 Referee: Andrea Romeo

Parma v Livorno

16 May 2010 38	Parma	4 – 1	Livorno	Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma
15:00 CEST	Lanzafame 44', 46' Morrone 49' Crespo 90'	Report	Danilevičius 72'	Attendance: 17,272 Referee: Emiliano Gallione

Notes

• The match was originally scheduled for 31 January 2010 but was postponed due to snow.

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2009–10 Coppa Italia

Parma v Novara

14 August 2009 Third round	Parma	1–2	Novara	Parma
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lucarelli 56'		Vicentini 45+1' Bertani 63'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 2,751 Referee: Renzo Candussio

Squad statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ITA	Nicola Pavarini	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
3	DF	ITA	Luca Antonelli	25	1	13+11	1	0+1	0
4	MF	ITA	Stefano Morrone	31	1	30+1	1	0+0	0
5	DF	ITA	Cristian Zaccardo	34	4	34+0	4	0+0	0
6	DF	ITA	Alessandro Lucarelli	34	2	33+0	1	1+0	1
7	DF	ITA	Paolo Castellini	29	0	20+8	0	1+0	0
8	MF	ITA	Francesco Lunardini	18	0	7+11	0	0+0	0
9	FW	ITA	Davide Lanzafame	28	7	14+13	7	1+0	0
10	MF	SUI	Blerim Džemaili	19	1	17+2	1	0+0	0
11	MF	CHI	Luis Jiménez	12	1	10+2	1	0+0	0
14	MF	ITA	Daniele Galloppa	35	1	33+1	1	1+0	0
15	MF	ITA	Paolo Dellafiore	23	0	22+1	0	0+0	0
19	DF	ITA	Damiano Zenoni	19	1	14+4	1	1+0	0
20	FW	FRA	Jonathan Biabiany	31	6	26+4	6	0+1	0
21	FW	ITA	Alessio Manzoni	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
24	DF	ITA	Massimo Paci	27	0	22+4	0	1+0	0
34	DF	SOM	Abel Gigli	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
43	FW	ITA	Alberto Paloschi	18	5	9+8	5	1+0	0
77	FW	ARG	Hernán Crespo	13	1	10+3	1	0+0	0
80	MF	ITA	Francesco Valiani	14	0	14+0	0	0+0	0
83	GK	ITA	Antonio Mirante	38	0	37+0	0	1+0	0
86	FW	BUL	Valeri Bojinov	31	8	15+15	8	0+1	0
90	FW	ITA	Riccardo Pasi	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
Players who appeared for Parma that left the club during the season:
2	DF	ITA	Christian Panucci	20	1	19+0	1	1+0	0
17	MF	KEN	McDonald Mariga	10	0	8+1	0	1+0	0
23	FW	FRA	Nicola Amoruso	17	5	10+7	5	0+0	0
32	MF	ITA	Alessandro Budel	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	MF	CHI	Nicolás Córdova	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0

Top scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Total
1	FW		86	Valeri Bojinov	8	0	8
2	FW		9	Davide Lanzafame	7	0	7
3	FW		20	Jonathan Biabiany	6	0	6
4	FW		23	Nicola Amoruso	5	0	5
	FW		43	Alberto Paloschi	5	0	5
6	DF		5	Cristian Zaccardo	4	0	4
7	MF		14	Daniele Galloppa	2	0	2
	DF		6	Alessandro Lucarelli	1	1	2
9	DF		2	Christian Panucci	1	0	1
	DF		3	Luca Antonelli	1	0	1
	MF		4	Stefano Morrone	1	0	1
	MF		10	Blerim Džemaili	1	0	1
	DF		19	Damiano Zenoni	1	0	1
	DF		11	Luis Jiménez	1	0	1
	FW		77	Hernán Crespo	1	0	1
				Own Goal	1	0	1
				TOTALS	46	1	47

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Serie A		Coppa Italia		Total
1		GK	Nicola Pavarini	1	0	0	0	1	0
2		DF	Christian Panucci	7	0	0	0	7	0
3		DF	Luca Antonelli	1	0	0	0	1	0
4		MF	Stefano Morrone	9	0	0	0	9	0
5		DF	Cristian Zaccardo	6	1	0	0	6	1
6		DF	Alessandro Lucarelli	9	0	0	0	9	0
7		DF	Paolo Castellini	2	0	0	0	2	0
8		MF	Francesco Lunardini	3	0	0	0	3	0
9		FW	Davide Lanzafame	5	0	0	0	5	0
10		MF	Blerim Džemaili	5	0	0	0	5	0
11		MF	Luis Jiménez	4	3	0	0	4	3
14		MF	Daniele Galloppa	10	2	0	0	10	2
15		MF	Paolo Dellafiore	6	0	0	0	6	0
19		DF	Damiano Zenoni	2	0	0	0	2	0
20		FW	Jonathan Biabiany	5	0	0	0	5	0
23		FW	Nicola Amoruso	1	0	0	0	1	0
24		DF	Massimo Paci	7	0	0	0	7	0
43		FW	Alberto Paloschi	4	1	0	0	4	1
80		MF	Francesco Valiani	6	1	0	0	6	1
83		GK	Antonio Mirante	2	0	0	0	2	0
86		FW	Valeri Bojinov	2	0	1	0	3	0
			TOTALS	97	8	1	0	98	8