Club Facts:
Club Name: Associazione Sportiva Roma
Nicknames: Giallorossi (Yellow-Red), Magica (Magic), I Lupi (The Wolves)
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy
Capacity: 82,307
Founded: July 22, 1927
Coach: Luciano Spalletti
President: Franco Sensi
Rivals: SS Lazio
History Behind the Logo
Romolus and Remus
Many writers have told the story of the twins. They say, that near the Tiber banks, an old shepherd and his wife Faustolo and Laurenzia, lived in a poor shed.
One evening a tired Faustolo was sitting near the shed door and Laurenzia was preparing a meal. Suddenly they heard a rustle coming from the woods. Near the river a dark shadow slid down the bank.
Faustolo decided to go and see what had happened. He told his wife to wait for him. He moved forward with caution, because the ground near the river was full of puddles because of the recent rains. In one of these puddles at the foot of a tree, Faustolo saw a big she-wolf lying down on one side with two children sucking her milk.
He thought he was dreaming. He went back to the shed and told his astonished wife about the she-wolf and the twins, and then he took her to the river. Some time later the two children, were sleeping in Faustolo and Laurenzias warm shed. Here they grew up and became two strong boys, a little savage but good boys. Faustolo called them Romulus and Remus; they respected him as a father. Everyday they went farther and farther from the shed to seek adventure......
Once Romulus and Remus had grown up they founded a new town.
But who would decide the name?
They decided to watch the flight of the birds: the first who had seen the greatest number of birds would have given the name to the town. Romolo was luckier, and he took a plough and marked out about the town's perimeter on the Palatine Hill. He called it Roma (Rome). It was April 21st, 753 years before Christ.
The foundation of the new town marked the end of Remus. It had been decided that no-one could pass the boundary without permission of Romulus. But Remus for envy or in fun, jumped over it and laughing said:"Look! Its so easy!"
Romulus full of wrath, flung himself on Remus, took up a sword and killed him, shouting that anyone who had insulted the name of Rome was to die.
Romulus, ruled the town wisely. One day during a storm, he disappeared, carried off by the god Mars.
Club Honours
AS Roma has won three Italian Championships (Scudetto), 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.
Serie A: 3
1941-42, 1982-83, 2000-01
Coppa Italia: 8
1963-64, 1968-69, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1983-84, 1985-86, 1990-91, 2006-2007
SuperCoppa Italia: 2
2000-2001, 2006-2007
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: 1
1960-61
Anglo-Italian Cup: 1
1971-72
Youth team
Torneo di Viareggio: 3
1981, 1983, 1991
International Records
European Champions Clubs' Cup / UEFA Champions League
2006-07 Quarter-finals defeated by Manchester United FC, 2-1 in Rome, 1-7 in Manchester
1983-84 Final defeated by Liverpool FC, 1-1, 2-4 on penalties
Cup Winners' Cup
1991-92 Quarter-finals eliminated by AS Monaco FC 0-0 in Rome, 0-1 in Monaco
1984-85 Quarter-finals eliminated by FC Bayern München 0-2 in Munich, 1-2 in Rome
1969-70 Semi-finals eliminated by Górnik Zabrze 1-1 in Rome, 2-2 in Zabrze
UEFA Cup
1998-99 Quarter-finals eliminated by Club Atlético de Madrid 1-2 in Madrid, 1-2 in Rome
1995-96 Quarter-finals eliminated by SK Slavia Praha 0-2 in Prague, 3-1 in Rome
1992-93 Quarter-finals eliminated by BV Borussia Dortmund 1-0 in Rome, 0-2 in Dortmund
1990-91 Final defeated by FC Internazionale Milano, 0-2 in Milan, 1-0 in Rome
1982-83 Quarter-finals eliminated by SL Benfica 1-2 in Rome, 1-1 in Lisbon
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
1963-64 Quarter-finals eliminated by FC Köln 3-1 in Rome, 0-4 in Koln
1962-63 Semi-finals eliminated by Valencia CF 0-3 in Valencia, 1-0 in Rome
1960-61 Winner won Birmingham City FC, 2-2 in Birmingham, 2-0 in Rome
1959-60 Quarter-finals eliminated by Union Saint-Gilloise 0-2 in Brussels, 1-1 in Rome
History of Roma Captains
1998 -Pres (9) - Francesco Totti FW
1997-1998 (1) - Abel Balbo FW
1996-1997 (1) - Amedeo Carboni LB
1987-1996 (9) - Giuseppe Giannini MF
1984-1987 (3) - Carlo Ancelotti MF
1980-1984 (4) - Agostino Di Bartolomei MF
1976-1980 (4) - Sergio Santarini DF
1972-1976 (4) - Franco Cordova MF
1970-1972 (2) - Luis Del Sol MF
1968-1970 (2) - Joaquín Peiró MF
1959-1968 (9) - Giacomo Losi DF
1958-1959 (1) - Egidio Guarnacci MF
1957-1958 (1) - Alcides Ghiggia MF
1953-1957 (4) - Arcadio Venturi MF
1950-1953 (3) - Armando Tre Re DF
1948-1950 (2) - Sergio Andreoli DF
1943-1948 (5) - Amedeo Amadei FW
1939-1943 (4) - Guido Masetti GK
1934-1939 (5) - Fulvio Bernardini MF
1927-1934 (7) - Attilio Ferraris IV MF
History of the Coaches
Luciano Spalletti (2005-)
Bruno Conti (2005)
Luigi Del Neri (2004-05)
Rudi Völler (2004)
Cesare Prandelli (2004)
Fabio Capello (1999-04)
Zdeněk Zeman (1997-99)
Ezio Sella (1996)
Carlos Bianchi (1996)
Carlo Mazzone (1993-96)
Vujadin Boškov (1992-93)
Ottavio Bianchi (1990-92)
Gigi Radice (1989-90)
Luciano Spinosi (1988-89)
Angelo Sormani (1986-88.)
Sven-Göran Eriksson (1984-86)
Ferruccio Valcareggi (1979-80)
Gustavo Giagnoni (1978-79)
Nils Liedholm (1974-77, 1980-84, 1988, 1996)
Manlio Scopigno (1973-74)
Tonino Trebiciani] (1972-73)
Luciano Tessari (1970)
Helenio Herrera (1968-70, 1971-72)
Oronzo Pugliese (1966-68.)
Juan Carlos Lorenzo (1965-66)
Luis Mirò (1963-65)
Naim Krieziu (1963)
Luis Carniglia (1961-63)
Alfredo Foni (1960-61, 1963-64)
Gunnar Nordahl (1958-59)
Alec Stock (1957-58.)
György Sarosi (1956, 1959-1960)
Jesse Carver (1954-56)
Mario Varglien (1953-54)
Giuseppe Viani (1951-53)
Pietro Serantoni (1950)
Adolfo Baloncieri (1950)
Fulvio Bernardini (1949-50)
Luigi Brunella (1948-49)
Imre Senkey (1947-48.)
Giovanni Degni (1945-47)
Guido Masetti (1943-45, 1950-51, 1956-57)
Geza Kertesz (1942-43)
Alfréd Schäffer (1939-42)
Guido Ara (1938-39)
Luigi Barbesino (1934-38.)
Lajos Kovács (1933-34)
Jonas Barr (1932-33)
Francis Burgess (1930-32)
Guido Baccani (1929-30)
Willy Garbutt (1927-29)
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