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| Full name | Associazione Sportiva Roma SpA | ||
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| Nickname(s) | i Giallorossi (the Yellow-reds) La Magica (The Magic) i Lupi (the Wolves) | ||
| Founded | July 22, 1927 | ||
| Ground | Stadio Olimpico Rome | ||
| Capacity | 82,307 | ||
| Chairman |  Franco Sensi | ||
| Head Coach | Luciano Spalletti | ||
| League | Serie A | ||
| 2006-07 | Serie A, 2nd | ||
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Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma or the abbreviation AS Roma, is an Italian professional football club from Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have partipicated at the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence apart from one season.[1] For their 56th season in a row, Roma are competing in Serie A for 2007–08.
Roma have won Serie A three times, first in 1941–42 then again in 1982–83 and 2000–01. As well as winning eight Coppa Italia trophies; on the European stage Roma won an Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1960–61, but have had come close to success finishing as runners-up in the European Cup in 1983–84 and the UEFA Cup in 1990–91.
Home games are played at the Stadio Olimpico, a stadium they share with rivals SS Lazio. With a capacity of over 82,000 it is the second largest of its kind in Italy, only the San Siro is bigger. Currently AS Roma are the Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana holders in Italian football.
History
Associazione Sportiva Roma was founded in the summer of 1927 by Italo Foshi,[2] who initiated the merger of three older Italian Football Championship clubs from the city of Rome; Roman, Alba-Audace and Fortitudo.[2] The purpose of the merger was to give the Eternal City a strong club to rival that of the more dominant Northern Italian clubs of the time.[2] The only major Roman club to resist the merger was Lazio who were already a well established sporting society.[3]
The club played its earliest seasons at the Motovelodromo Appio stadium,[4] before settling in the working-class streets of Testaccio, where it built an all-wooden ground Campo Testaccio; this was opened in November 1929.[5] An early season in which Roma made a large mark was the 1930–31 championship, the club finished as runners-up behind Juventus.[6] Captain Attilio Ferraris along with Guido Masetti, Fulvio Bernardini and Rodolfo Volk were highly important players during this period.[7]
1920's-1950's
A.S. Roma took part in their first national league in the 1929-30 season and after took 2nd place in 1930-31 and 1935-36 won their first Scudetto in 1941-42. However, they would have to wait a considerable 41 years for their second triumph in the 1982-83 season and 18 years for their third in 2000-01. They have been runners-up in 1980-81, 1983-84, 1985-86, 2001-02, 2003-04, 2005-06 (after the final verdict on the match-fixing scandal) and 2006-07 too. A.S. Roma have been relegated only once in their 80 year history: this came at the end of the 1950-51 season, though they made a swift return to Serie A the following season.
1950s to 1970s
After returning to Serie A in 1952, Roma spent the remainder 1950s and early 1960s in the top half of Serie A with 2nd place in 1954-55. From 1963 to 1979 AS Roma endured a period of mediocrity with 3rd place in 1974-75 being the best they could manage, punctured by either mid-table mediocrity or flirtation with relegation. The only victory is the Anglo-Italian Cup in 1972. Notable players in this period include defender Giacomo Losi and midfielders Franco Cordova, Giancarlo De Sisti and Francesco Rocca.
1980s and onwards
With talented players including Bruno Conti, Agostino Di Bartolomei, Roberto Pruzzo and Falcao, Roma would begin the 1980s in its best position to challenge for the title since 1942. After narrowly (and controversially) missing out in 1981 to Juventus, they broke through in 1983 amidst joyous celebrations in the capital. They reached the European Cup final at home the following year, only to lose to Liverpool on penalties (3-5), took 2nd place in the Serie A and won the fifth Coppa Italia. In the 1990-1991 season, Roma reached the UEFA Cup final in which they lost to Inter Milan 2-1 on aggregate but won the seventh Coppa Italia reaching its first Supercoppa Italiana final against Sampdoria.
In 1992-1993 season reached another Coppa Italia final but lost against FC Torino (0-3 away and 5-2 at home).
They have more or less remained in the top half of Serie A ever since, occasionally mounting a serious challenge for the title, which they won again in the 2000/2001 season by beating Parma 3-1 on the last day of the season, edging out Juventus by two points.
Francesco Totti was one of the main reasons for Roma's victory that season and has since become an icon of the club equal in status to Pruzzo and Conti before him. He is a hero to Roma supporters, even more today thanks to Italy's 2006 FIFA World Cup success. Since then Totti has become Roma's top scorer beating Pruzzo's previous tally of 106 goals.
Roma came close to a successful defense of their title, but lost out as another title race with Juventus went to the wire. They missed out by just one point and had to settle for second place and an automatic UEFA Champions League spot. Since they won the scudetto Roma have finished second every season in either the Serie A or the Coppa Italia. They lost out to AC Milan in the Coppa Italia final in the 2002-2003 season (losing 4-2 on aggregate), and again in the Serie A in the 2003-2004 season where they finished second.
2004-2005 was an abysmal campaign where Roma flirted with relegation before finishing in 8th place. They managed to secure a UEFA Cup spot by reaching the Coppa Italia final which they lost to Inter Milan 3-0 on aggregate. Their Champions League campaign was even worse as they only managed 1 point from 6 games before finishing last in their group. Their first game was a 3-0 victory for Dynamo Kiev as they got penalized because an object from the stands hit the referee. The match was called off, victory was given to the Ukrainian outfit, and Roma had to play 2 home games behind closed doors. Their only point came from the 1-1 draw at home with Bayer Leverkusen thanks to a late goal by Vincenzo Montella.
In 2005/2006 Roma classified 5th, but after de-scoring of Juventus, Milan and Fiorentina, Roma reached 2nd place. 2005/2006 season was remarkable because Roma won 11 consecutive matches, beating previous record of ten, owned by Juventus (1931-'32, trainer Carlo Carcano), Milan (1950-'51 trainer Lajos Czeizler) and Bologna (1963-'64, trainer Fulvio Bernardini). The record only lasted a matter of months as Inter beat it the following season. AS Roma also made to the final of the 2005/06 Coppa Italia to face Inter Milan. They drew the First leg 1-1 but lost the return leg 3-1, losing 4-2 on aggregate. This was the second year in a row they lost to Inter Milan in the Coppa Italia final.
AS Roma beat Olympique Lyonnais to reach the quarter finals of the Champions League in 2007, but after taking a 2-1 lead over Manchester United at home and being undefeated in 10 games in all competitions, they suffered a 7-1 defeat in the second leg at Old Trafford (8-3 on aggregate). This was their first defeat in Europe since losing 1-0 to Shakhtar Donetsk in the group stage. It was also the biggest margin of victory in a quarter final match of either the European Cup or Champions League, since 1957-58, when Real Madrid beat Sevilla 8-0 (10-2 on aggregate).
The team secured second place in Serie A with three games to go, behind Inter Milan. Although the nerazzurri dominated the championship, they lost the match against Roma 1-3 in San Siro. The two clubs also faced each other in the two legs of the 2007 Coppa Italia final. Roma won the cup after an impressive 6-2 in the first leg, while lost 2-1 the second leg. It was the eighth Coppa Italia in Roma's history.
On August 19th, 2007, at San Siro, again Roma contested for the Supercup against Inter at home. After an inarguable foul by Burdisso on Totti, De Rossi converted the penalty created to win 1-0 away from home and secure the second Supercoppa Italiana of A.S Roma's history.
Players
- As of 8 September, 2007[8]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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- For all transfers events pertaining to Roma for the current season, please see: AS Roma 2007-08
Retired numbers
6 – 
Aldair, centre back, 1990–2003[9]
Notable players
Presidential history
Roma have had numerous presidents over the course of their history, some of which have been the owners of the club, others have been honorary presidents. Currently Franco Sensi is the chairman, with his daughter Rossella Sensi in place as honorary president.[10] Here is a complete list of Roma presidents from 1927 until the present day.[10]
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Managerial history
Roma have had many managers and trainers running the team during their history, here is a chronological list of them from 1927 onwards.[11]
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Colours and badge
Roma's colours of maroon red with a golden yellow trim represents the traditional colours of the Eternal City, the official seal of the comuni features the same colours.[12] The gold symbolizes God in Roman Catholicism,[13] while the maroon represents imperial dignity.
White shorts and black socks are usually worn with the maroon red shirt, however in particularly high key games the shorts and socks are the same colour as the home shirt. The kit itself was originally worn by Roman Football Club; one of the three clubs who merged to form the current incarnation in 1927. Because of the colours they wear, Roma are often nicknamed i giallorossi meaning the yellow-reds.[14]
The emblem of the team portrays the female wolf with the two infant brothers Romulus and Remus, illustrating the well-known myth of the creation of Rome, superimposed on a bipartite golden yellow over maroon red shield. The wolf featured on the badge has led to another of the club's nicknames; i lupi, meaning the wolves.
Supporters and rivalries
Roma is the fourth most supported football club in Italy with around 6% of Italian football fans supporting the club (according to the Doxa Institute-L'Expresso’s research of April 2006).[15] Historically the largest section of Roma supporters in the city of Rome have come from the inner-city and south parts, which is the working-class area of the city, especially Testaccio.[5]
The traditional ultras group of the club was the politically left-leaning Commando Ultrà Curva Sud[16] commonly abbreviated as CUCS; this group was founded by the merger of many smallers groups and was considered one of the most historic in the history of European football.[16] However, by the mid-1990s CUCS had been usurped by rival factions and ultimately broke up. Since that time, the Curva Sud of the Stadio Olimpico has been controlled by more right-wing groups;[16] AS Roma Ultras, Boys, Giovinezza and others. The oldest group Fedayn is apolitical however and politics is not the raison d'être of Roma, just a part of their overall identity.
The club anthem and motto is La Roma non si discute, si ama[17] by local singer Antonello Venditti. The title roughly means "Roma is not discussed, it is loved" and is sung before each match, the song Grazie Roma, by the same singer, is played at the end of victorious home games. Recently, the main riff of The White Stripes song Seven Nation Army has also become widely popular at games.[18]
In Italian football Roma are a club with many rivalries; first and foremost is their rivalry with Lazio, the club who they share the Stadio Olimpico stadium with. The derby between the two is called the Derby della Capitale, it is amongst the most heated and emotional footballing rivalries in the world. A Lazio fan, Vincenzo Paparelli was killed at one of the derby games during the 1979–80 season after being hit in the eye by a flare thrown by a Roma fan.[19]
A second extreme incident happened during the Rome derby in 2003, when it was called off after Roma ultras spread untrue rumours that a child had been killed by police during the game.[20] The game was called off but there was trouble on the streets outside of the stadium, with battles between police and ultras in which 150 police officers were injured, as well as a number of tifosi; nobody was killed.[20] With Napoli, Roma also compete in the Derby del Sole rivalry meaning the "Derby of the Sun"; the two cities are within close proximity to each other and the two clubs are the most successful in Central and Southern Italy.[21] The fans also consider Juventus, AC Milan and Inter amongst their rivals.[16]
Team honours
AS Roma has won three Italian Championships (Scudetti), eight Italian Cups (Coppa Italia) in 1963-64, 1968-69, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1983-84, 1985-86, 1990-91, and 2006-07; the Supercoppa Italiana in 2001, and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup once in 1960-61, defeating Birmingham City. In 1984 AS Roma lost the final match of the European Cup, played in Rome, against Liverpool F.C., after a penalty shootout.
National Competitions
- Coppa Italia
A mural of Francesco Totti painted after the 2001 Serie A victory
- Supercoppa Italiana
- Winners (2): 2001-02, 2007-08
- Runners-up (2): 1991-92, 2006-07
- Supercoppa Armando Picchi
- Winners (1): 1971
- CONI League Cup
- Winners (1): 1928
- UEFA European Cup
- Runners-up (1): 1983-84
- Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
- Winners (1): 1960-61
- Anglo-Italian Cup (Intertoto Cup FIGC - The FA)
- Winners (1): 1971/72
- Ottorino Barassi Cup (Anglo-Italian Cup Winners' Cup FIGC - The FA - Amateurs): 1
- Winners (1): 1969 (with team Affiliate denominate Almas Roma)
- Alpes Cup (Intertoto Cup FIGC - Schweizerischer Fussballverband): 1
- Winners (1): 1959-60
- Mundialito Sol Cup: 1
- Winners (1): 1961-62
- World Series of Football: 1
- Winners (1): 2004
Young Competitions
- FIFA World Youth Cup: 1
- Winners (1): 2003
See also
References
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{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "AS Roma Legends". LaRoma-Online.com. 24 June 2007.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b "I presidenti dell'A.S. Roma dall 1927 ad oggi". Viva la Roma. 8 June 2007.
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{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Stemma Comune di Roma". Comuni-Italiani. 24 June 2007.
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- ^ a b c d "Italian Ultras Scene". View from the Terrace. 29 June 2007.
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- ^ "'Seven Nation Army' coro dei tifosi romanisti". Indie-Rock.it. 29 June 2007.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Ultras History". UltrasLazio.it. 29 June 2007.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b "22 March: Derby confusion". FootballInRome.co.uk. 29 June 2007.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Football Derby matches in Italy". FootballDerbies.com. 29 June 2007.
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