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Revision as of 23:10, 26 December 2006

Roma
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Full nameAssociazione Sportiva Roma
SpA
Nickname(s)Giallorossi (Yellow-red),
Magica (Magic)
I Lupi (The Wolves)
FoundedJuly 22, 1927
GroundStadio Olimpico,
Rome
Capacity82,307
ChairmanItaly Franco Sensi
Head CoachItaly Luciano Spalletti
LeagueSerie A
2005-06Serie A, 5th (2nd)

Associazione Sportiva Roma (BIT: {{{2}}}) is an Italian football club and one of the major teams in Rome and in central Italy. Nicknamed the giallorossi (yellow-reds), they currently play in Serie A. Roma's home uniforms are maroon red shirts with golden yellow borders, white shorts and black socks.

The emblem of the team is the Capitoline she-wolf suckling twins, symbol of Rome, superimposed a bipartite golden-yellow over red shield; official colors are the same as those of the city of Rome, red for imperial dignity, and gold which represents the Pope or God in Christianity.

History

Foundation

A.S. Roma was founded in July 1927. The city of Rome, at the time, had several teams in the Italian football league: S.S. Alba-Audace Roma (founded in 1926 with the fusion of Alba - 1911 - and Audace), Fortitudo-Pro Roma S.G.S. (founded in 1926 with the fusion of Fortitudo - 1908 - and Pro Roma - 1912), Roman F.C. (1901[citation needed]) and S.S. Lazio (1900)[1]. The clubs' managements (as was done in Florence, Naples and Bari) wanted to merge the latter into one which the working classes could identify with and strong enough to challenge the traditional northern teams.[citation needed] Lazio management refused to even discuss the matter, but Alba-Audace, Fortitudo-Pro Roma and Roman agreed to merge and thus A.S. Roma was founded. Roma was named after the city with the traditional colors of the city of Rome. Their first stadium was Motovelodromo Appio. The following grounds have been Testaccio, Stadio Flaminio and Stadio Olimpico (the latter was built in 1952).

AS Roma took part in their first national league in the 1929-30 season and won their first Scudetto in 1941-42. The second one was won in the 1982-83 season and the third in 2000-01. They were runners-up in 1930-31, 1935-36, 1980-81, 1983-84, 1985-86, 2001-02, 2003-04 and 2005-06 (due to match-fixing scandal). They were relegated only once, at the end of the 1950-51 season, returning to Serie A the next season.

1950s to 1970s

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Pierino Prati and Giancarlo De Sisti, with A.S. Roma players in the 1970s.

After returning to Serie A in 1952, Roma spent the remainder 1950s and early 1960s in the top half of Serie A. 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. Notable players in this period include defender Giacomo Losi and midfielders Franco Cordova and Giancarlo De Sisti.

1980s and onwards

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Roberto Pruzzo was Roma's most effective striker in the 1980s.

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 FC, they broke through in 1983 amidst joyous celebrations in the capital. They reached the European Cup final the following year, only to lose to Liverpool on penalties. In the 1990-1991 season, Roma reached the UEFA Cup final in which they lost to Inter Milan 2-1 on aggregate.

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 Juve 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 2005-06, Roma matched the 1989-1990 record of eleven consecutive wins by AC Milan[2], beating city rivals Lazio 2-0 in the Rome derby on February 26th. AS Roma also made it 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.

Supporters

The club plays at the 82,656 seater Stadio Olimpico, shared with S.S. Lazio. The two teams play one another each year in the Rome derby, a fiery, emotional match often marked with tension and occasional crowd trouble in and around the stadium. Two extreme incidents in particular have left their mark on the history of this fixture. In 1979, Lazio fan Vincenzo Paparelli was hit in the eye and killed by a flare fired by a Roma fan from the opposite end of the stadium (becoming the first fatality in Italian football history), and in 2003 an unprecedented event occurred when the Roma Ultras forced the game to be suspended after spreading false rumours among the crowd present that a child had been killed by the police prior to the beginning of the game.

Roma's principal ultras group until the middle of the 1990s was the left-leaning CUCS (Comando Ultrà Curva Sud). However the group was slowly usurped by rival factions and ultimately broke up. The Curva Sud has been controlled since then by various groups which lean markedly to the right (AS Roma Ultras, Boys, Giovinezza, etc.) This change is comparable to what had happened a few years earlier at neighbors Lazio when the a-political "Eagles Supporters" were purged by the far right "Irriducibili", who on the other hand, have enjoyed complete control of the Curva Nord since 1992. It is worth bearing in mind that in both team's cases the political leanings of the actual groups, though more likely to generate media attention, is usually not their raison d'etre and more just a part of their overall identity.

Supporter's anthem "Roma Roma Roma" written by Antonello Venditti is played before each match, and 'Grazie Roma', by the same singer, is played at the end of home games when the team wins.

First team squad

As of 12 September 2006 Per uefa.com, asroma.it

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Italy ITA Gianluca Curci
2 DF Italy ITA Christian Panucci
3 DF Costa Rica CRC Gilberto Martínez
5 DF France FRA Philippe Mexès
7 MF Chile CHI David Pizarro
8 MF Italy ITA Alberto Aquilani
9 FW Italy ITA Vincenzo Montella
10 FW Italy ITA Francesco Totti (captain)
11 MF Brazil BRA Rodrigo Taddei
12 GK Italy ITA Pietro Pipolo
13 DF Romania ROU Cristian Chivu
14 MF France FRA Ricardo Faty
16 MF Italy ITA Daniele De Rossi
18 MF Italy ITA Valerio Virga
19 DF Brazil BRA Rodrigo Defendi
20 MF Italy ITA Simone Perrotta
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Italy ITA Matteo Ferrari
22 DF Italy ITA Max Tonetto
23 FW Montenegro MNE Mirko Vučinić
24 GK Italy ITA Carlo Zotti
27 GK Brazil BRA Julio Sergio
28 MF Italy ITA Aleandro Rosi
30 MF Brazil BRA Mancini
31 DF Italy ITA Fabrizio Grillo
32 GK Brazil BRA Doni
33 DF Italy ITA Gianluca Freddi
34 MF Italy ITA Massimiliano Marsili
35 FW Italy ITA Stefano Okaka Chuka
36 MF Italy ITA Simone Palermo
37 MF Italy ITA Andrea Giacomini
77 DF Italy ITA Marco Cassetti
-- FW Italy ITA Francesco Tavano



Retired numbers

As of 2006, AS Roma has officially retired only one shirt, the number 6 worn by Aldair, centre back, 1990-2003.

Team honours

AS Roma has won three Italian Championships (Scudetti), seven Italian Cups (Coppa Italia) in 1963-64, 1968-69, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1983-84, 1985-86, and 1990-91; 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.

Youth team

International Record

Season Achievement Notes
European Champions Clubs' Cup
1983-84 Final defeated by Liverpool FC, 1-1, 2-4 on penalties
Cup Winners' Cup
1969-70 Semi-finals eliminated by Górnik Zabrze 1-1 in Rome, 2-2 in Zabrze
1984-85 Quarter-finals eliminated by FC Bayern München 0-2 in Munich, 1-2 in Rome
1991-92 Quarter-finals eliminated by AS Monaco FC 0-0 in Rome, 0-1 in Monaco
UEFA Cup
1982-83 Quarter-finals eliminated by SL Benfica 1-2 in Rome, 1-1 in Lisbon
1990-91 Final defeated by FC Internazionale Milano, 0-2 in Milan, 1-0 in Rome
1992-93 Quarter-finals eliminated by BV Borussia Dortmund 1-0 in Rome, 0-2 in Dortmund
1995-96 Quarter-finals eliminated by SK Slavia Praha 0-2 in Prague, 3-1 in Rome
1998-99 Quarter-finals eliminated by Club Atlético de Madrid 1-2 in Madrid, 1-2 in Rome
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
1959-60 Quarter-finals eliminated by Union Saint-Gilloise 0-2 in Brussels, 1-1 in Rome
1960-61 Winner won Birmingham City, 2-2 in Birmingham, 2-0 in Rome
1962-63 Semi-finals eliminated by Valencia CF 0-3 in Valencia, 1-0 in Rome
1963-64 Quarter-finals eliminated by 1.FC Köln 3-1 in Rome, 0-4 in Koln



Notable former players

See also: List of AS Roma players

Coaches

 

References

  1. ^ S.S. Lazio was founded in 1900 as an athletics club [1] and a football section was founded in 1901 which began playing official matches in 1902. Over the course of the next decade the club played a mixture of tournaments and local championships until 1912 when the Italian football association began recognizing and organizing teams from the center and south of Italy into national championships.(Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio, Edizioni Panini)

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