2009 Supercoppa Italiana
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The 2009 Supercoppa Italiana
Supercoppa Italiana
The Supercoppa Italiana is a pre-season football competition held the week before the season begins in Italy every year. It is contested by the winners of the Serie A and the Coppa Italia in the previous season, as a curtain raiser to the new season. It is usually played at the home of the Serie A...

was a match played by the 2008–09 Serie A winners Internazionale
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...

 and 2008–09 Coppa Italia winners Lazio
S.S. Lazio
Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football...

. It took place on 8 August 2009 at the Beijing National Stadium
Beijing National Stadium
Beijing National Stadium, also known officially as the National Stadium, or colloquially as the Bird's Nest , is a stadium in Beijing, China. The stadium was designed for use throughout the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.-History:...

 in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

, China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

. Lazio won the match 2–1 to earn their third Supercoppa. Retrospectively, this was to be the only trophy of the 2009-10 season in which Inter participated in but failed to win.

Match details


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style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> INTERNAZIONALE:
GK 12   Júlio César
Júlio César Soares Espíndola
Júlio César Soares de Espíndola , commonly known as simply Júlio César, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Internazionale of the Italian Serie A...

RB 13   Maicon 
CB 6   Lúcio
CB 26   Cristian Chivu
Cristian Chivu
Cristian Eugen Chivu is a Romanian footballer. He currently plays for Internazionale of the Italian Serie A. He usually plays as a left back but can play as a center back as well as in defensive midfield when needed....

 
LB 4   Javier Zanetti
Javier Zanetti
Javier Adelmar Zanetti is an Argentine footballer who plays for Serie A club Inter. Javier Zanetti has played for Inter since 1995, taking the captain's armband from 29 August 1999. Known for his versatility, he is adept on both the left and right wing, having played on both flanks as a fullback...

 (c)
DM 19   Esteban Cambiasso
Esteban Cambiasso
Esteban Matías Cambiasso Deleau , nicknamed "Cuchu" , is an Argentine football midfielder who plays for Italian Serie A club Internazionale....

 
CM 11   Sulley Muntari
Sulley Muntari
Sulleyman Ali "Sulley" Muntari is a Ghanaian international footballer who currently plays as a central midfielder for Serie A club Inter Milan in Italy. He has 66 caps for The Black Stars of Ghana.-Early career:...

 
CM 8   Thiago Motta
Thiago Motta
Thiago Motta Santon Olivares , known as Thiago Motta, is a Brazilian-born Italian footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Serie A club Internazionale....

 
AM 5 Dejan Stanković
Dejan Stankovic
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CF 9   Samuel Eto'o
Samuel Eto'o
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CF 22   Diego Milito
Diego Milito
Diego Alberto Milito is an Argentine footballer who plays as a striker for the Italian Serie A team Internazionale. He also plays for the Argentine national team. A prolific and consistent center-forward, Milito has statistically averaged just over a goal every two appearances, over the course of...

Substitutes:
GK 1   Francesco Toldo
DF 2   Iván Córdoba 
DF 16   Nicolás Burdisso
Nicolás Burdisso
Nicolás Andrés Burdisso is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a central or right defender for A.S. Roma. He also holds European Union nationality.-Boca Juniors:...

 
DF 39   Davide Santon
Davide Santon
Davide Santon is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Premier League club Newcastle United, and for the Italian national team...

MF 14   Patrick Vieira
Patrick Vieira
Patrick Vieira is a retired French footballer of Senegalese descent who is the Football Development Executive at Manchester City....

 
FW 18   David Suazo
David Suazo
Óscar David Suazo Velázquez is a Honduran football striker who currently plays for Calcio Catania in the Italian Serie A. He is also a member of the Honduran national team.-Early career:...

 
FW 45   Mario Balotelli
Mario Balotelli
Mario Balotelli is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for English team Manchester City and the Italian national team.He started his professional football career at Lumezzane and only played for the first team twice before having an unsuccessful trial at FC Barcelona, and subsequently...

 
Manager:
  José Mourinho
José Mourinho
José Mário dos Santos Félix Mourinho is a Portuguese football manager and the current manager of Real Madrid. He is commonly known as "The Special One".Mourinho is regarded by some players, coaches and critics as the best ever coach in football....

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center> LAZIO: | GK 86   Fernando Muslera
Fernando Muslera
Néstor Fernando Muslera Micol is an Uruguayan footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Galatasaray and is first-choice keeper for the Uruguayan national team.-Uruguay:...

RB 2 Stephan Lichtsteiner
Stephan Lichtsteiner
Stephan Lichtsteiner is a Swiss footballer, currently playing for Juventus and the Swiss national team. He is known for his runs down the right flank when on the counterattack, hence his nickname "Forrest Gump"...

  CB 87   Modibo Diakité
Modibo Diakité
Modibo Diakité is a French footballer of Senegalese descent who plays for Serie A club S.S...

CB 13   Sebastiano Siviglia
Sebastiano Siviglia
Sebastiano Siviglia is a former Italian footballer. Siviglia has played over 250 matches at Serie A.-Early career:Born in Palizzi, the Province of Reggio Calabria, Siviglia started his senior career at Audax Ravagnese, a Serie D club located in Ravagnese, Reggio Calabria, southern Italy...

LB 11 Aleksandar Kolarov
Aleksandar Kolarov
Aleksandar Kolarov is a professional association footballer playing for Premier League side Manchester City and the Serbian national team....

  DM 33   Roberto Baronio  CM 32   Cristian Brocchi
Cristian Brocchi
Cristian Brocchi is an Italian footballer, who currently plays for Lazio.-Career:Early careerStarting his career at his native club A.C. Milan youth system, he was loaned to Pro Sesto and Lumezzane in early years.Hellas Verona...

  CM 5   Stefano Mauri
Stefano Mauri
Stefano Mauri is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Lazio. An attacking midfielder/winger, his key attributes are dribbling and passing. He is predominantly left-footed but is also skilled with his right.-Club career:Mauri started his career at 16 years of age with...

AM 8   Matuzalém  ST 9   Tommaso Rocchi
Tommaso Rocchi
Tommaso Rocchi is an Italian footballer who is the current captain of Serie A club Lazio. Rocchi has also been capped for the Italian national team.-Early years:...

  CF 10   Mauro Zárate
Mauro Zárate
Mauro Matías Zárate is an Argentine footballer who plays for Serie A club Internazionale on loan from Lazio.Zárate started his career with Vélez Sársfield in his native country, playing three years for the team and winning the Primera División title in the 2005 Clausura tournament...

Substitutes: GK 1   Albano Bizzarri DF 25   Emílson Sánchez Cribari
Emílson Sánchez Cribari
Emílson Sánchez Cribari is a Brazilian footballer currently playing for Cruzeiro Esporte Clube.-Career:...

  DF 26   Ştefan Radu
Stefan Radu
Ştefan Daniel Radu is a Romanian football player who plays for Lazio, as a full back.-Dinamo Bucharest:Radu began his career with major Romanian club side Dinamo Bucureşti. Radu played four seasons of first team football with Dinamo, gaining a reputation as one of his country's brightest talents...

MF 6   Ousmane Dabo
Ousmane Dabo
Ousmane Dabo is a retired French footballer.He has previously played for Rennes, Internazionale, Vicenza, Parma, Monaco, Atalanta, Lazio, Manchester City and New England Revolution. He has represented France three times at full international level...

  MF 7   Eliseu
Eliseu Pereira dos Santos
Eliseu Pereira dos Santos , simply Eliseu, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Málaga CF in Spain. A left winger who can also operate as a left back, he is mostly known for his blazing speed.-Early years:...

MF 17   Pasquale Foggia
Pasquale Foggia
Pasquale Foggia is an Italian footballer, who plays as a left winger or attacking midfielder for Serie B club Sampdoria, on loan from Lazio. He is known for his pace, dribbling, tricks, flicks and accurate crossing....

  FW 74   Julio Cruz
Julio Ricardo Cruz
Julio Ricardo Cruz is a former Argentine footballer.-Early career:A tall, physical striker at , Cruz started his career with Banfield in 1993. He moved to River Plate in 1996.-Feyenoord:...

  Manager:   Davide Ballardini
Davide Ballardini
Davide Ballardini is an Italian association football manager who is currently the head coach at Serie A club Cagliari...


Supercoppa Italiana
2009 Winners
Lazio
S.S. Lazio
Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football...


Third title


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MATCH OFFICIALS
  • Assistant referees: Niccolai , Papi
  • Fourth official: Orsato

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MATCH RULES
  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions.

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Ticket sales

By 15 July 2009, about half the 70,000 tickets for the match had been sold.

By mid-noon of 6 August 2009, 56,780 tickets had been sold.

About two hours before the match started, 68,961 tickets had been sold.

Others

As the match day is the 1-year anniversary of the 2008 Beijing Olympics a year past, the organisation invited 100 Chinese Olympic gold medallists to attend the match.
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