AS ROMA

Full Name: Associazione Sportiva Roma

City: Rome
Founded: 1927
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico (82,307)
Colors: Red, Yellow, White, Black
Nicknames: Giallorossi, Lupi
Rival: Lazio
Stadium: Olimpico
Official Website: asroma.it


Description:

Associazione Sportiva Roma were formed on July 22, 1927 by the merger of Alba-Audace, Roman and Fortitudo (who themselves had just absorbed Pro
Roma). The Fascist government of the time encouraged the creation of one club for each major city within the center and south of the country in an effort to bring more balance to northern-dominated Italian football. Roma have only missed one season of Serie A, although three scudetti seems a bit a poor result for all those years at the top. On the positive side they've recently equaled Juventus for the most Coppa Italia trophies won.

Roma’s emblem (the she-wolf and her twins) is the symbol of historic Rome. The Lupi nickname is a reference to this. The colors red and gold symbolize
imperial dignity and the Christian God respectively. They are taken from the banner of Campidoglio, one of the seven hills of Rome and a promiment place in the psychology of the Roman Empire. The nickname Giallorossi means The Yellow and Red. The derby with Lazio (il Derby della Capitale) is probably the
fiercest in Italian soccer. Roma supporters are traditionally from the south and center of the city. The two clubs share the city's Stadio Olimpico, built for the
1960 Olympics. Previous stadiums - Motovelodromo Appio (1927), Testaccio (1927-40), and Flaminio (1940-1952).


AS Roma History

A.S. Roma (Associazione Sportiva Roma) is a Italian football club. Nicknamed the giallorossi, it plays in Serie A. Roma's home uniforms are dark red shirts
with dark yellow borders, white shorts and black socks.
The emblem is the Capitoline she-wolf lactating twins, symbol of Rome, superimposed a bipartite golden-yellow over red shield; official colors are the same as those of Rome, red for imperial dignity, gold for the Christian God.
The current stadium is the 82,656 seater Stadio Olimpico, which is shared with S.S. Lazio. The two teams compete against one another each year in the Rome derby, a major and emotional event in Italian football.

A.S. Roma was founded in July 1927, when Rome already had three teams in the Italian football league - Alba, Fortitudo and Lazio. The Fascist regime's idea at the time was to merge all the Rome clubs into one which the many newly-arrived immigrants could identify with, Lazio considered very much a patrician club of the Roman social elite, and strong enough to challenge the northerners. Lazio refused even a meeting but Alba, Pro Roma, Fortitudo and Roman attended and Roma was formed. Roma was named after the city and with the red and yellow strip of the Roman club. The initial stadium was Motovelodromo Appio.They took part in their first league in the 1929-30 season.

A.S. Roma won their first scudetto in the 1941-42 season. The second 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 and 2003-04. They were relegated only once,at the end of the 1950-51 season.
The club has won the Coppa Italia seven times: 1963-64, 1968-69, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1983-84, 1985-86, and 1990-91, and the UEFA Cup (Fairs Cup) once in 1960-61, defeating Birmingham City. In 1984, A.S. Roma lost the final match of the European Cup, played in Rome, against Liverpool F.C., after a penalty shootout.


AS Roma Honours, Trophies & Awards

* Serie A (1942, 83, 2001)
* Coppa Italia (1964, 69, 80, 81, 84, 86, 91, 2007, 08)
* Supercoppa Italiana (2001, 2007)
* Fairs Cup (1961)