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{{Infobox Football club |
clubname = Roma |
image = [[Image:AS Roma.png|150px|emblem]] |
fullname = Associazione Sportiva Roma SpA |
nickname = ''i Giallorossi'' (the Yellow-reds)<br />''La Magica'' (The Magic) <br /> ''i Lupi'' (the Wolves) |
founded = [[July 22]], [[1927]] |
ground = [[Stadio Olimpico]]<br />[[Rome]], [[Italy]]|
capacity = 72,698 |
chairman = {{flagicon|Italy}} Franco Sensi |
manager = {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Luciano Spalletti]] |
mgrtitle = Head Coach |
league = [[Serie A]] |
season = [[Serie A 2007-08|2007–08]] |
position = Serie A, 2nd |
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'''Associazione Sportiva Roma''', ({{ISE|IT0001008876|ASR}}) commonly referred to as simply '''Roma''' or the abbreviation '''A.S. Roma''', is an [[Italy|Italian]] professional [[Association football|football]] club from [[Rome]]. Founded by a merger in [[1927]], Roma have participated at the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence apart from one season. For their 56th season in a row, Roma are competing in [[Serie A]] for [[Serie A 2007-08|2007–08]].
Roma have won [[Serie A]] three times, first in [[Serie A 1941-42|1941–42]] then again in [[Serie A 1982-83|1982–83]] and [[Serie A 2000-01|2000–01]]. As well as winning nine [[Coppa Italia]] trophies; on the [[UEFA|European stage]] Roma won an [[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]] in [[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1960-61|1960–61]], but have had come close to success finishing as runners-up in the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] in [[European Cup 1983-84|1983–84]] and the [[UEFA Cup]] in [[UEFA Cup 1990-91|1990–91]].
Home games are played at the [[Stadio Olimpico]], a stadium they share with rivals [[S.S. Lazio|SS Lazio]]. With a capacity of over 72,698 it is the second largest of its kind in [[Italy]], only the [[San Siro]] is bigger. Currently A.S. Roma are the [[Coppa Italia]] and [[Supercoppa Italiana]] holders in [[Italian football]].
==History==
{{main|History of A.S. Roma}}''For information on the current season, see [[A.S. Roma 2007-08|A.S. Roma 2007–08]]
[[Image:ASRoma1927.jpg|thumb|right|190px|Historic first ever Roma club shot.]]
'''Associazione Sportiva Roma''' was founded in the summer of 1927 by Italo Foschi,<ref name=lastoria>{{cite news|url=http://www.asroma.it/DocList.aspx?Categoria=42|publisher=ASRoma.it|title=La Storia|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> who initiated the merger of three older [[Italian Football Championship]] clubs from the city of Rome; [[Roman F.C.|Roman]], [[S.S. Alba-Audace Roma|Alba-Audace]] and [[Fortitudo-Pro Roma S.G.S.|Fortitudo]].<ref name=lastoria>{{cite news|url=http://www.asroma.it/DocList.aspx?Categoria=42|publisher=ASRoma.it|title=La Storia|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> The purpose of the merger was to give the [[Eternal City]] a strong club to rival that of the more dominant [[Northern Italy|Northern Italian]] clubs of the time.<ref name=lastoria>{{cite news|url=http://www.asroma.it/DocList.aspx?Categoria=42|publisher=ASRoma.it|title=La Storia|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> The only major Roman club to resist the merger was [[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]] who were already a well established sporting society.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sslazio2000.net/sct_storia.asp|publisher=SSLazio2000.net|title=La storia laziale: da Luigi Bigiarelli ad oggi|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref>
The club played its earliest seasons at the ''Motovelodromo Appio'' stadium,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://albionroad.com/club-profiles/roma.html|publisher=AlbionRoad.com|title=A.S. Roma|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> before settling in the [[working-class]] streets of [[Testaccio]], where it built an all-wooden ground ''Campo Testaccio''; this was opened in November 1929.<ref name="Testaccio">{{cite news|url=http://www.asrtalenti.altervista.org/index.php?a=campo_testaccio.htm|publisher=Viva la Roma|title=Campo Testaccio|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> An early season in which Roma made a large mark was the [[Serie A 1930-31|1930–31]] championship, the club finished as runners-up behind [[Juventus]].<ref name=league>{{cite book| first = Panini Edizioni | last = Modena| title = Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004| year = 2005}}</ref> Captain [[Attilio Ferraris]] along with [[Guido Masetti]], [[Fulvio Bernardini]] and [[Rodolfo Volk]] were highly important players during this period.<ref>{{cite news|url=
http://www.asrtalenti.altervista.org/index.php?a=ferraris.htm|publisher=Viva la Roma|title=Attilio Ferraris|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref>
===First title victory and decline ===
After a slump in league form and the departure of high key players, Roma eventually rebuilt their squad adding goalscorers such as the Argentine [[Enrique Guaita]].<ref name="stars">{{cite news|url=http://www.asrtalenti.altervista.org/index.php?a=calciatoriG.htm|publisher=Viva la Roma|title=Tutti i calciatori dell'A.S. Roma|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> Under the management of [[Luigi Barbesino]], the Roman club came close to their first title in [[Serie A 1935-36|1935–36]]; finishing just one point behind champions [[Bologna F.C. 1909|Bologna]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.asromaultras.it/35-36.html|publisher=ASRomaUltras.it|title=1935-'36: Io Faccio I Gol Non La Guerra! |date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref>
[[Image:ASRoma1941-42.jpg|thumb|left|170px|Serie A winners in [[Serie A 1941-42|1941–42]].]]
Roma returned to form after being inconsistent for much of the late 1930s; A.S. Roma recorded an unexpected title triumph in the [[Serie A 1941-42|1941–42]] season by winning their first ever'' scudetto'' title.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.asrtalenti.altervista.org/index.php?a=campionato4142.htm|publisher=ASRTalenti|title=Campionato 1941-42 - Roma campione d'Italia|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> The eighteen goals scored by local player [[Amedeo Amadei]] were essential to the [[Alfréd Schaffer]] coached Roma side winning the title. At the time Italy was involved in [[World War II]] and Roma were playing at the ''[[Stadio Nazionale PNF|Stadio del Partito Nazionale Fascista]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.asromaultras.it/soprannomi.html|publisher=ASRomaUltras.it|title=I Campi da Gioco|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref>
In the years just after the war, Roma were unable to recapture their league stature from the early 1940s.<ref name=league>{{cite book| first = Panini Edizioni | last = Modena| title = Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004| year = 2005}}</ref> Roma finished in the lower half of Serie A for five seasons in a row, before eventually succumbing to their only ever relegation to [[Serie B]] at the end of the [[Serie A 1950-51|1950–51]] season;<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/ital52.html|publisher=RSSSF.com|title=Italy 1951-52 - Serie B|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref><ref name=league>{{cite book| first = Panini Edizioni | last = Modena| title = Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004| year = 2005}}</ref> around a decade after their championship victory. Under future [[Italy national football team|national team]] manager [[Giuseppe Viani]], promotion straight back up was achieved.<ref name="managers">{{cite news|url=http://www.asrtalenti.altervista.org/index.php?a=allenatori.htm|publisher=Viva la Roma|title=Gli Allenatori dell'A.S. Roma dal 1927 al Oggi|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref>
After returning to Serie A, Roma managed to stabilise themselves as a top half club again with players such as [[Egisto Pandolfini]], [[Dino Da Costa]] and Dane [[Helge Bronée]].<ref name=league>{{cite book| first = Panini Edizioni | last = Modena| title = Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004| year = 2005}}</ref> Their best finish of this period was under the management of Englishman [[Jesse Carver]], when in [[Serie A 1954-55|1954–55]] they finished as runners-up, after [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]] who originally finished second were relegated for corruption.<ref name=league>{{cite book| first = Panini Edizioni | last = Modena| title = Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004| year = 2005}}</ref>
Although Roma were unable to break into the top four during the following decade, they did achieve some measure of cup success. Their first honour outside of Italy was recorded in [[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1960-61|1960–61]] when Roma won the [[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]] by beating [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]] 4–2 in the finals.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rsssf.com/ec/ec196061.html#icfc|publisher=RSSSF.com|title=Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1960-61|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> A few years later Roma won their first [[Coppa Italia]] trophy in 1963–64, by beating [[Torino F.C.|Torino]] 1–0.<ref name="coppaitalia">{{cite news|url=http://www.vilacom.net/football/coppa.php|publisher=Vilacom Sports|title=TIM Cup - Coppa Italia|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> Their second Coppa Italia trophy was won in 1968–69 when it was competed in a small league like system.<ref name="coppaitalia">{{cite news|url=http://www.vilacom.net/football/coppa.php|publisher=Vilacom Sports|title=TIM Cup - Coppa Italia|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> [[Giacomo Losi]] set a Roma appearance record during 1969 with 450 appearances in all competitions, the record he set would last for 38 years.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://asroma.hunsport.hu/?us=23|publisher=ASRoma Hunsports|title=Rekordok, statisztikák|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref>
===Time of mixed fortunes===
Roma were able to add another cup to their collection in 1972, with a 3–1 victory over [[Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool]] in the [[Anglo-Italian Cup]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/angloit72.html|publisher=RSSSF.com|title=Anglo-Italian Cup 1972|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> During much of the 1970s Roma's appearance in the top half of Serie A was sporadic. The best place the club were able to achieve during the decade was third in [[Serie A 1974-75|1974–75]].<ref name=league>{{cite book| first = Panini Edizioni | last = Modena| title = Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004| year = 2005}}</ref> Notable players who turned out for the club during this period included midfielders [[Giancarlo De Sisti]] and [[Francesco Rocca]].
[[Image:Pruzzo 78-79.jpg|thumb|left|120px|[[Roberto Pruzzo|Pruzzo]] with Roma and a ''[[scudetto]]'' patch.]]
The dawning of a newly successful era in Roma's footballing history was brought in with another Coppa Italia victory, they beat [[Torino F.C.|Torino]] on penalties to win the 1979–80 cup.<ref name="coppaitalia">{{cite news|url=http://www.vilacom.net/football/coppa.php|publisher=Vilacom Sports|title=TIM Cup - Coppa Italia|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> Roma would reach heights in the league which they had not touched since the '40s by narrowly and [[Turone's goal|controversially]] finishing as runners-up to [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]] in [[Serie A 1980-81|1980–81]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=420526|publisher=Goal.com|title=Roma - Juventus: A Historical Look|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> Former [[A.C. Milan|Milan]] player [[Nils Liedholm]] was the manager at the time, with prominent players such as [[Bruno Conti]], [[Agostino Di Bartolomei]], [[Roberto Pruzzo]] and [[Falcão]].<ref name="legends">{{cite news|url=http://www.laroma-online.com/3.html|publisher=LaRoma-Online.com|title=A.S. Roma Legends|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref>
The second ''scudetto'' did not elude Roma for much longer; in [[Serie A 1982-83|1982–83]] the Roman club won the title for the first time in 41 years, amidst joyous celebrations in the capital.<ref name=officialtitles>{{cite web | url=http://www.lega-calcio.it/ita/atim_albo.shtml| title=Campionato Serie A - Albo D'oro| work=Lega Calcio | accessdate=August | accessyear=2007}}</ref> The [[Serie A 1983-84|following season]] Roma finished as runners-up in Italy<ref name=league>{{cite book| first = Panini Edizioni | last = Modena| title = Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004| year = 2005}}</ref> and collected a Coppa Italia title,<ref name="coppaitalia">{{cite news|url=http://www.vilacom.net/football/coppa.php|publisher=Vilacom Sports|title=TIM Cup - Coppa Italia|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> they also finished as runners-up in the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] final of [[1984 European Cup Final|1984]].<ref name="liverpoolfinal">{{cite news|url=http://www.europeancuphistory.com/euro84.html|publisher=European Cup History|title=Season 1983-84|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> The European Cup final with [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] ended in a 1–1 draw with a goal from Pruzzo, but Roma eventually lost the penalty shoot-out.<ref name="liverpoolfinal">{{cite news|url=http://www.europeancuphistory.com/euro84.html|publisher=European Cup History|title=Season 1983-84|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> Roma's successful run in the 1980s would finish with a runners-up spot in [[Serie A 1985-86|1985–86]]<ref name=league>{{cite book| first = Panini Edizioni | last = Modena| title = Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004| year = 2005}}</ref> and a Coppa Italia victory, beating out [[U.C. Sampdoria|Sampdoria]] 3–2.<ref name="coppaitalia">{{cite news|url=http://www.vilacom.net/football/coppa.php|publisher=Vilacom Sports|title=TIM Cup - Coppa Italia|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref>
After that a comparative decline began in the league, one of the few league highs from the following period was a third place in [[Serie A 1987-88|1987–88]].<ref name=league>{{cite book| first = Panini Edizioni | last = Modena| title = Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004| year = 2005}}</ref> At the start of the 1990s the club was involved in an all-Italian [[UEFA Cup]] final, where they lost 2–1 to [[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Internazionale]] in [[UEFA Cup 1990-91|1991]];<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=428273|publisher=Goal.com|title=Roma - Inter: A Historical Look|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> the same season the club won its [[Coppa Italia 1990-91|seventh]] Coppa Italia trophy<ref name="coppaitalia">{{cite news|url=http://www.vilacom.net/football/coppa.php|publisher=Vilacom Sports|title=TIM Cup - Coppa Italia|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> and ended runners-up to [[U.C. Sampdoria|Sampdoria]] in the [[Supercoppa Italiana]]. Aside from finishing runners-up to [[Torino F.C.|Torino]] in a Coppa Italia final,<ref name="coppaitalia">{{cite news|url=http://www.vilacom.net/football/coppa.php|publisher=Vilacom Sports|title=TIM Cup - Coppa Italia|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> the rest of the decade was largely sub-par in the history of Roma; especially in the league where the highest they could manage was fourth in [[Serie A 1997-98|1997–98]].<ref name=league>{{cite book| first = Panini Edizioni | last = Modena| title = Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004| year = 2005}}</ref>
===In the new millennium===
Roma returned to form in the 2000s, starting the decade in great style by winning their third ever Serie A title in [[Serie A 2000-01|2000–01]]; the ''scudetto'' was won on the last day of the season by beating [[Parma F.C.|Parma]] 3–1, edging out Juventus by two points.<ref name=league>{{cite book| first = Panini Edizioni | last = Modena| title = Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004| year = 2005}}</ref> The club's captain, [[Francesco Totti]] was a large reason for the title victory and he would become one of the main heroes in the club's history,<ref name="legends">{{cite news|url=http://www.laroma-online.com/3.html|publisher=LaRoma-Online.com|title=A.S. Roma Legends|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> going on to break several [[A.S. Roma statistics and records|club records]].<ref name="legends">{{cite news|url=http://www.laroma-online.com/3.html|publisher=LaRoma-Online.com|title=A.S. Roma Legends|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> Other important players during this period included [[Aldair]], [[Cafu]], [[Gabriel Batistuta]] and [[Vincenzo Montella]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.italica.rai.it/principali/argomenti/altro/calcio/roma/roma.htm|publisher=Italica RAI|title=A.S. Roma 2000-2001|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref>
The club attempted to defend the title in the [[Serie A 2001-02|following season]] but ended as runners-up to [[Juventus]] by just one point.<ref name=league>{{cite book| first = Panini Edizioni | last = Modena| title = Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004| year = 2005}}</ref> This would be the start of Roma finishing as runners-up many times in both Serie A and [[Coppa Italia]] during the 2000s; they lost out 4–2 to [[AC Milan]] in the Coppa Italia final of [[Coppa Italia 2002-03|2003]]<ref name="coppaitalia">{{cite news|url=http://www.vilacom.net/football/coppa.php|publisher=Vilacom Sports|title=TIM Cup - Coppa Italia|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> and lost out to Milan again by finishing second in Serie A for the [[Serie A 2003-04|2003–04]] season.<ref name=league>{{cite book| first = Panini Edizioni | last = Modena| title = Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004| year = 2005}}</ref>
A [[2006 Serie A scandal|Serie A scandal]] was revealed during 2006 and Roma were one of the teams not involved; after punishments were handed out Roma was re-classified as runners-up for [[Serie A 2005-06|2005–06]];<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/5215178.stm|publisher=BBC.co.uk|title=Punishments cut for Italian clubs|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> the same season in which they finished second in the Coppa Italia losing to Inter.<ref name="coppaitalia">{{cite news|url=http://www.vilacom.net/football/coppa.php|publisher=Vilacom Sports|title=TIM Cup - Coppa Italia|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> In the [[Serie A 2006-07|two]] [[Serie A 2007-08|following seasons]] Roma finished as Serie A runners-up, meaning that in the 2000s Roma have finished in the top two positions more than any other decade in their history.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/serie_a_2007/index.shtml|publisher=Gazzetta.it|title=Serie A 2006-07|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> Meanwhile in the [[Champions League]] during both of these seasons they reached the quarter-finals before going out to [[Manchester United]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://football.guardian.co.uk/news/matchreport/0,,2053680,00.html|publisher=Guardian Unlimited|title=Man Utd 7 - 1 Roma (Agg: 8 - 3)|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref>
== Players ==
=== Current squad ===
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:''As of 17 March, 2008''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.asroma.it/LaSquadraList.aspx|publisher=ASRoma.it|title=La Rosa 2007-08|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref>
{{Football squad start}}
{{Football squad player|no=2|nat=Italy|name=[[Christian Panucci]]|pos=DF|other=[[Captain (football)|vice-captain]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=3|nat=Brazil|name=[[Cicinho]]|pos=DF}}
{{Football squad player|no=4|nat=Brazil|name=[[Juan Silveira dos Santos|Juan]]|pos=DF}}
{{Football squad player|no=5|nat=France|name=[[Philippe Mexès]]|pos=DF}}
{{Football squad player|no=7|nat=Chile|name=[[David Pizarro]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no=8|nat=Italy|name=[[Alberto Aquilani]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no=9|nat=Montenegro|name=[[Mirko Vučinić]]|pos=FW|}}
{{Football squad player|no=10|nat=Italy|name=[[Francesco Totti]]|pos=FW|other=[[Captain (football)|captain]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=11|nat=Brazil|name=[[Rodrigo Taddei]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no=14|nat=France|name=[[Ludovic Giuly]]|pos=FW}}
{{Football squad player|no=15|nat=Portugal|name=[[Vitorino Antunes]]|pos=DF}}
{{Football squad player|no=16|nat=Italy|name=[[Daniele De Rossi]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no=18|nat=Italy|name=[[Mauro Esposito]]|pos=FW}}
{{Football squad player|no=20|nat=Italy|name=[[Simone Perrotta]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no=22|nat=Italy|name=[[Max Tonetto]]|pos=DF}}
{{Football squad mid}}
{{Football squad player|no=25|nat=Italy|name=[[Carlo Zotti]]|pos=GK}}
{{Football squad player|no=26|nat=Romania|name=[[Adrian Piţ]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no=27|nat=Brazil|name=[[Júlio Sérgio Bertagnoli|Júlio Sérgio]]|pos=GK}}
{{Football squad player|no=32|nat=Brazil|name=[[Donieber Alexander Marangon|Doni]]|pos=GK}}
{{Football squad player|no=33|nat=Italy|name=[[Matteo Brighi]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no=77|nat=Italy|name=[[Marco Cassetti]]|pos=DF}}
{{Football squad player|no=|nat=Honduras|name=[[Edgar Alvarez]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no=|nat=Italy|name=[[Marco Andreolli]]|pos=DF}}
{{Football squad player|no=|nat=Italy|name=[[Alessio Cerci]]|pos=FW}}
{{Football squad player|no=|nat=Italy|name=[[Leandro Greco]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no=|nat=Italy|name=[[Simone Loria]]|pos=DF}}
{{Football squad player|no=|nat=Italy|name=[[Vincenzo Montella]]|pos=FW}}
{{Football squad player|no=|nat=Brazil|name=[[Arthur Moraes]]|pos=GK}}
{{Football squad player|no=|nat=Italy|name=[[Stefano Okaka Chuka]]|pos=FW}}
{{Football squad player|no=|nat=Norway|name=[[John Arne Riise]]|pos=DF}}
{{Football squad player|no=|nat=Italy|name=[[Valerio Virga]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad end}}
:''For all transfers events pertaining to Roma for the current season, please see: [[A.S. Roma 2008-09]]''
===Retired numbers===
{{main|Retired numbers in football (soccer)|l1=Retired numbers in football}}
<big>'''6'''</big> – {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Aldair]], [[Football (soccer) positions#centre back|centre back]], 1990–2003<ref name="legends">{{cite news|url=http://www.laroma-online.com/3.html|publisher=LaRoma-Online.com|title=A.S. Roma Legends|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref>
===Notable players===
{{main|List of A.S. Roma players}}
{{for|a list of all former and current Roma players with a Wikipedia article|Category:A.S. Roma 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.<ref name=president>{{cite news|url=http://www.asrtalenti.altervista.org/index.php?a=presidenti.htm|publisher=Viva la Roma|title=I presidenti dell'A.S. Roma dall 1927 ad oggi|date=[[8 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> Here is a complete list of Roma presidents from 1927 until the present day.<ref name=president>{{cite news|url=http://www.asrtalenti.altervista.org/index.php?a=presidenti.htm|publisher=Viva la Roma|title=I presidenti dell'A.S. Roma dall 1927 ad oggi|date=[[8 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref>
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!rowspan="1"|Name
!rowspan="1"|Years
|-
|align=left|Italo Foschi
|align=left|1927–1928
|-
|align=left|Renato Sacerdoti
|align=left|1928–1934
|-
|align=left|Vittorio Scialoja
|align=left|1934–1936
|-
|align=left|Igino Bettini
|align=left|1936–1941
|-
|align=left|Edgardo Bazzini
|align=left|1941–1943
|-
|align=left|Pietro Baldassarre
|align=left|1943–1949
|-
|align=left|Pier Carlo Restagno
|align=left|1949–1952
|-
|align=left|Romolo Vaselli
|align=left|1952
|-
|align=left|Pier Carlo Restagno<br />Renato Sacerdoti
|align=left|1952–1953
|-
|align=left|Renato Sacerdoti
|align=left|1953–1958
|-
|align=left|Anacleto Gianni
|align=left|1958–1962
|-
|}
|width="30"|
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="1"|Name
!rowspan="1"|Years
|-
|align=left|Francesco Marini-Dettina
|align=left|1962–1965
|-
|align=left|Franco Evangelisti
|align=left|1965–1968
|-
|align=left|Francesco Ranucci
|align=left|1968–1969
|-
|align=left|Alvaro Marchini
|align=left|1969–1971
|-
|align=left|Gaetano Anzalone
|align=left|1971–1979
|-
|align=left|Dino Viola
|align=left|1979–1991
|-
|align=left|Flora Viola
|align=left|1991
|-
|align=left|Giuseppe Ciarrapico
|align=left|1991–1993
|-
|align=left|Franco Sensi<br />Pietro Mezzaroma
|align=left|1993
|-
|align=left|Franco Sensi
|align=left|1993–present
|-
|align=left|Rosella Sensi <small>(''Honorary president'')</small>
|align=left|2004–present
|}
|}
</div>
==Managerial history==
:{{main|List of A.S. Roma managers}}
Roma have had many managers and trainers running the team during their history, here is a chronological list of them from 1927 onwards.<ref name="managers">{{cite news|url=http://www.asrtalenti.altervista.org/index.php?a=allenatori.htm|publisher=Viva la Roma|title=Gli Allenatori dell'A.S. Roma dal 1927 al Oggi|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref>
<div style="font-size:100%">
{|
|width="10"|
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="1"|Name
!rowspan="1"|Nationality
!rowspan="1"|Years
|-
|align=left|[[William Garbutt]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1927–1929
|-
|align=left|Guido Baccani
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1929–1930
|-
|align=left|[[Herbert Burgess]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1930–1932
|-
|align=left|Lászlo Barr
|{{flagicon|Hungary}}
|align=left|1932–1933
|-
|align=left|[[Lajos Kovács]]
|{{flagicon|Hungary}}
|align=left|1933–1934
|-
|align=left|[[Luigi Barbesino]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1934–1938
|-
|align=left|[[Guido Ara]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1938–1939
|-
|align=left|[[Alfréd Schaffer]]
|{{flagicon|Hungary}}
|align=left|1939–1942
|-
|align=left|[[Géza Kertész]]
|{{flagicon|Hungary}}
|align=left|1942–1943
|-
|align=left|[[Guido Masetti]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1943–1945
|-
|align=left|[[Giovanni Degni]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1945–1947
|-
|align=left|[[Imre Senkey]]
|{{flagicon|Hungary}}
|align=left|1947–1948
|-
|align=left|[[Luigi Brunella]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1948–1949
|-
|align=left|[[Fulvio Bernardini]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1949–1950
|-
|align=left|[[Adolfo Baloncieri]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1950
|-
|align=left|[[Pietro Serantoni]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1950
|-
|align=left|[[Guido Masetti]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1950–1951
|-
|align=left|[[Giuseppe Viani]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1951–1953
|-
|align=left|[[Mario Varglien]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1953–1954
|-
|align=left|[[Jesse Carver]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1954–1956
|-
|align=left|[[György Sarosi]]
|{{flagicon|Hungary}}
|align=left|1956
|-
|align=left|[[Guido Masetti]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1956–1957
|-
|align=left|[[Alec Stock]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1957–1958
|-
|align=left|[[Gunnar Nordahl]]
|{{flagicon|Sweden}}
|align=left|1958–1959
|-
|align=left|[[György Sarosi]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1959–1960
|-
|align=left|[[Alfredo Foni]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1960–1961
|-
|align=left|[[Luis Carniglia]]
|{{flagicon|Argentina}}
|align=left|1961–1963
|-
|align=left|[[Naim Krieziu]]
|{{flagicon|Albania}}
|align=left|1963
|-
|align=left|[[Alfredo Foni]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1963–1964
|-
|}
|width="30"|
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="1"|Name
!rowspan="1"|Nationality
!rowspan="1"|Years
|-
|align=left|[[Luis Miró]]
|{{flagicon|Spain}}
|align=left|1964–1965
|-
|align=left|[[Juan Carlos Lorenzo]]
|{{flagicon|Argentina}}
|align=left|1965–1966
|-
|align=left|[[Oronzo Pugliese]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1966–1968
|-
|align=left|[[Helenio Herrera]]
|{{flagicon|Argentina}}
|align=left|1968–1970
|-
|align=left|[[Luciano Tessari]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1970
|-
|align=left|[[Helenio Herrera]]
|{{flagicon|Argentina}}
|align=left|1971–1972
|-
|align=left|Tonino Trebiciani
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1972–1973
|-
|align=left|[[Nils Liedholm]]
|{{flagicon|Sweden}}
|align=left|1974–1977
|-
|align=left|[[Gustavo Giagnoni]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1978–1979
|-
|align=left|[[Ferruccio Valcareggi]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1979–1980
|-
|align=left|[[Nils Liedholm]]
|{{flagicon|Sweden}}
|align=left|1980–1984
|-
|align=left|[[Sven-Göran Eriksson]]
|{{flagicon|Sweden}}
|align=left|1984–1986
|-
|align=left|[[Angelo Sormani]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1986–1988
|-
|align=left|[[Nils Liedholm]]
|{{flagicon|Sweden}}
|align=left|1988
|-
|align=left|[[Luciano Spinosi]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1988–1989
|-
|align=left|[[Gigi Radice]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1989–1990
|-
|align=left|[[Ottavio Bianchi]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1990–1992
|-
|align=left|[[Vujadin Boškov]]
|{{flagicon|Serbia}}
|align=left|1992–1993
|-
|align=left|[[Carlo Mazzone]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1993–1996
|-
|align=left|[[Carlos Bianchi]]
|{{flagicon|Argentina}}
|align=left|1996
|-
|align=left|[[Nils Liedholm]]
|{{flagicon|Sweden}}
|align=left|1996
|-
|align=left|[[Ezio Sella]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1996
|-
|align=left|[[Zdeněk Zeman]]
|{{flagicon|Czech Republic}}
|align=left|1997–1999
|-
|align=left|[[Fabio Capello]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1999–2004
|-
|align=left|[[Cesare Prandelli]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2004
|-
|align=left|[[Rudi Völler]]
|{{flagicon|Germany}}
|align=left|2004
|-
|align=left|[[Luigi Del Neri]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2004–2005
|-
|align=left|[[Bruno Conti]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2005
|-
|align=left|[[Luciano Spalletti]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2005–present
|-
|}
|}
</div>
==Club statistics and records==
{{main|A.S. Roma statistics and records}}
[[Image:ASRomapositions08.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Historical A.S. Roma positions in Serie A]]
[[Francesco Totti]] holds Roma's official appearance record, having made 496 (as of March 2008) appearances in all competitions, over the course of 15 seasons from 1992 until the present day.<ref name=uefa>{{cite news|url=http://www.uefa.com/printoutfiles/competitions/ucl/2006/e/e_1116385_pk.pdf|publisher=UEFA|title=FC Shakhtar Donetsk v A.S. Roma|date=[[June 24]] [[2007]]}}</ref> He also holds the record for [[Serie A]] appearances with 388, as he passed [[Giacomo Losi]] on [[March 1]], [[2008]], during a home match against [[Parma F.C.|Parma]]. <ref name=Yahoo!>{{cite news|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080301/sp_soccer_afp/fblita|publisher=[[Yahoo! Sports]]|title=Comedy of errors helps Roma keep title hopes alive|date=[[March 1]] [[2008]]}}</ref>
Including all competitions, Francesco Totti is the all-time leading goalscorer for Roma, with 188 goals since joining the club, 151 of which were scored in Serie A (another Roma record).<ref name=uefa>{{cite news|url=http://www.uefa.com/printoutfiles/competitions/ucl/2006/e/e_1116385_pk.pdf|publisher=UEFA|title=FC Shakhtar Donetsk v A.S. Roma|date=[[June 24]] [[2007]]}}</ref> [[Roberto Pruzzo]], who was the all-time topscorer since 1988 comes in second in all competitions with 136. In the 1930–31 season, [[Rodolfo Volk]] scored 29 goals in Serie A over the course of a single season, not only was he the league's topscorer that year, but he set a Roma record for most goals scored in a season, which still lasts today.<ref name=uefa>{{cite news|url=http://www.uefa.com/printoutfiles/competitions/ucl/2006/e/e_1116385_pk.pdf|publisher=UEFA|title=FC Shakhtar Donetsk v A.S. Roma|date=[[June 24]] [[2007]]}}</ref>
The first ever official game participated in by Roma was in the [[Italian Football Championship]] of [[Italian Football Championship 1928-29|1928–29]], the predecessor of [[Serie A]], against [[A.S. Livorno Calcio|Livorno]]; Roma won 2–0.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.asrtalenti.altervista.org/index.php?a=campionato2829.htm|publisher=ASRTalenti|title=Campionato 1928-29 A.S. Roma|date=[[June 24]] [[2007]]}}</ref> The biggest ever victory recorded by Roma was 9–0 against [[U.S. Cremonese|Cremonese]] during the Serie A season of [[Serie A 1929-30|1929–30]].<ref name=uefa>{{cite news|url=http://www.uefa.com/printoutfiles/competitions/ucl/2006/e/e_1116385_pk.pdf|publisher=UEFA|title=FC Shakhtar Donetsk v A.S. Roma|date=[[June 24]] [[2007]]}}</ref> The highest defeat Roma have ever suffered is 7–1, this has happened three times; first against [[Juventus]] during [[Serie A 1931-32|1931–32]], then against [[Torino F.C.|Torino]] in [[Serie A 1947-48|1947–48]] and most recently against [[Manchester United]] in [[UEFA Champions League 2006-07|2006–07]].<ref name=uefa>{{cite news|url=http://www.uefa.com/printoutfiles/competitions/ucl/2006/e/e_1116385_pk.pdf|publisher=UEFA|title=FC Shakhtar Donetsk v A.S. Roma|date=[[June 24]] [[2007]]}}</ref>
==Colours, badge and nicknames==
Roma's colours of [[maroon (colour)|maroon red]] with a [[gold (colour)|golden yellow]] trim represents the traditional colours of the [[Eternal City]], the official seal of the ''[[comuni]]'' features the same colours.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.comuni-italiani.it/058/091/stemma.html|publisher=Comuni-Italiani|title=Stemma Comune di Roma|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> The gold symbolizes [[God]] in [[Roman Catholicism]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newfoundationspubl.org/househld.htm|publisher=New Foundations|title=The Great Household of God|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> while the maroon represents [[Roman Empire|imperial]] dignity.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.123football.com/clubs/italy/roma/index.htm|publisher=123football.com|title=A.S. Roma|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.viewimages.com/Search.aspx?mid=56943226&epmid=2&partner=Google|publisher=ViewImages.com|title=Roma - Lazio: February 2006|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref>
[[Image:ASRomaOldBadge.png|thumb|right|125px|Roma's crest used since 1979 until 1997]]
The kit itself was originally worn by ''[[Roman F.C.|Roman Football Club]]''; one of the three clubs who merged to form the current incarnation in 1927.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.asromaultras.it/roman.html|publisher=ASRomaUltras.it|title=Il Roman - La storia (tratta da "La Roma")|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> Because of the colours they wear, Roma are often nicknamed ''i giallorossi'' meaning the yellow-reds.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.footballinitaly.com/roma.html|publisher=Football In Italy|title=A.S. Roma|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> Roma's away kit is traditionally white, with a third kit changing colour from time to time.
A popular nickname for the club is ''i lupi'' (the wolves), the animal has always featured on the club's badge in different forms throughout their history. Currently the emblem of the team is the one which was used when the club was first founded. It portrays the female wolf with the two infant brothers [[Romulus and Remus]], illustrating the [[Founding of Rome|myth of the creation of Rome]],<ref name="rom">{{cite news|url=http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/Reticulum/NORTHERNFRONTIER/WeCameWeSawWeConq/WhereDidTheyComeFrom/Story.htm|publisher=Museums.ncl.ac.uk|title=The Legend of Romulus and Remus|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> superimposed on a bipartite golden yellow over maroon red shield.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/search/?query_id=21223833&page=2&brand_id=30492|publisher=BrandsoftheWorld.com|title=Roma|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref>
In the myth from which the club take their nickname and logo, the twins (sons of [[Mars (god)|Mars]] and [[Rhea Silvia]]) are thrown into the [[River Tiber]] by their uncle [[Amulius]], a she-wolf saved the twins and looked after them.<ref name="rom">{{cite news|url=http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/Reticulum/NORTHERNFRONTIER/WeCameWeSawWeConq/WhereDidTheyComeFrom/Story.htm|publisher=Museums.ncl.ac.uk|title=The Legend of Romulus and Remus|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> Eventually the two twins took revenge on Amulius, before falling out themselves; [[Romulus]] killed [[Remus]] and as thus was made king of a new city named in his honour, Rome.<ref name="rom">{{cite news|url=http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/Reticulum/NORTHERNFRONTIER/WeCameWeSawWeConq/WhereDidTheyComeFrom/Story.htm|publisher=Museums.ncl.ac.uk|title=The Legend of Romulus and Remus|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref>
===Shirt sponsors and manufacturers===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!Period
!Kit manufacturer
!Shirt sponsor<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.asromaultras.org/maglienuova.html |publisher= asromaultras.org |title= maglienuova|date=[[30 April]] [[2008]]}}</ref>
|-
|1970–1971
|rowspan=1|[[Lacoste]]
|rowspan=5|''None''
|-
|1972–1976
|rowspan=1|''None''
|-
|1977–1979
|rowspan=1|[[Adidas]]
|-
|1979–1980
|rowspan=1|Pouchain
|-
|1980–1981
|rowspan=2|Playground
|-
|1981–1982
|rowspan=5|[[Barilla Group|Barilla]] (Pasta)
|-
|1982–1983
|rowspan=1|Patrick
|-
|1983–1986
|rowspan=1|[[Kappa (company)|Kappa]]
|-
|1986–1991
|rowspan=1|NR
|-
|1991–1994
|rowspan=1|Adidas
|-
|1994–1995
|rowspan=2|[[Asics]]
|rowspan=1|Nuova Tirrena (Insurance)
|-
|1995–1997
|rowspan=3|INA Assitalia (Insurance)
|-
|1997–2000
|rowspan=1|[[Diadora]]
|-
|2000–2002
|rowspan=2|Kappa
|-
|2002–2003
|rowspan=2|[[Mazda]] (Automobile)
|-
|2003–2005
|rowspan=3|Diadora
|-
|2005–2006
|rowspan=1|Banca Italease (Banking Group)
|-
|2006–2007
|rowspan=1|''None''
|-
|2007–
|rowspan=1|Kappa
|rowspan=1|[[WIND (Italy)|WIND]] (Telecommunication)
|}
==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).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://espresso.repubblica.it/dettaglio-archivio/163496|publisher=L'Expresso|title=''L'altra metà del pallone'': Supporters of football clubs in Italy|date=April 2006}}</ref> Historically the largest section of Roma supporters in the city of Rome have come from the [[Inner city|inner-city]] and south parts, which is the [[working-class]] area of the city, especially [[Testaccio]].<ref name="Testaccio">{{cite news|url=http://www.asrtalenti.altervista.org/index.php?a=campo_testaccio.htm|publisher=Viva la Roma|title=Campo Testaccio|date=[[24 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref>
[[Image:ASRomaOlimpico.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Roma fans at the Stadio Olimpico.]]
The traditional [[ultras]] group of the club was the politically [[left-wing|left-leaning]] ''Commando Ultrà Curva Sud''<ref name="fans">{{cite news|url=http://website.lineone.net/~view_from_the_terrace/italsce.html
|publisher=View from the Terrace|title= Italian Ultras Scene|date=[[29 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> 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]].<ref name="fans">{{cite news|url=http://website.lineone.net/~view_from_the_terrace/italsce.html
|publisher=View from the Terrace|title= Italian Ultras Scene|date=[[29 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> 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;<ref name="fans">{{cite news|url=http://website.lineone.net/~view_from_the_terrace/italsce.html
|publisher=View from the Terrace|title= Italian Ultras Scene|date=[[29 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> ''A.S. 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''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.goal.com/en-US/Squadra.aspx?IdSquadra=7&SEOTeamName=AS+Roma|publisher=Goal.com|title=Roma Profile|date=April 2006}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indie-rock.it/news_look.php?id=408|publisher=Indie-Rock.it|title= 'Seven Nation Army' coro dei tifosi romanisti|date=[[29 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref>[[Image:OlimpicoRoma.JPG|thumb|right|250px|[[Stadio Olimpico]] during a Roma match]]
In [[Italian football]] Roma are a club with many rivalries; first and foremost is their rivalry with [[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]], the club who they share the Stadio Olimpico stadium with. The [[Local derby|derby]] between the two is called the ''[[Derby della Capitale]]'', it is amongst the most heated and emotional [[List of football (soccer) rivalries|footballing rivalries]] in the world. A Lazio fan, Vincenzo Paparelli was killed at one of the derby games during the [[Serie A 1979-80|1979–80]] season after being hit in the eye by a [[Flare (pyrotechnic)|flare]] thrown by a Roma fan.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ultraslazio.it/ukstory.htm|publisher=UltrasLazio.it|title=Ultras History|date=[[29 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref>
A second extreme incident happened during the Rome derby in [[Serie A 2003-04|2003]], when it was called off after Roma ultras spread untrue rumours that a child had been killed by [[police]] during the game.<ref name="derby">{{cite news|url=http://www.footballinrome.co.uk/news.html|publisher=FootballInRome.co.uk|title=22 March: Derby confusion|date=[[29 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> 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.<ref name="derby">{{cite news|url=http://www.footballinrome.co.uk/news.html|publisher=FootballInRome.co.uk|title=22 March: Derby confusion|date=[[29 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> With [[S.S.C. Napoli|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 Italy|Central]] and [[Southern Italy]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.footballderbies.com/index.php?country=2
|publisher=FootballDerbies.com|title= Football Derby matches in Italy|date=[[29 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref> The fans also consider [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]], [[A.C. Milan|AC Milan]] and [[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Inter]] amongst their rivals.<ref name="fans">{{cite news|url=http://website.lineone.net/~view_from_the_terrace/italsce.html
|publisher=View from the Terrace|title= Italian Ultras Scene|date=[[29 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref>
==Honours==
===National titles===
'''[[Serie A]]:'''
:*'''Champions (3)''': [[Serie A 1941-42|1941–42]]; [[Serie A 1982-83|1982–83]]; [[Serie A 2000-01|2000–01]]
;*'''Runners-up (11)''': [[Serie A 1930-31|1930–31]]; [[Serie A 1935-36|1935–36]]; [[Serie A 1954-55|1954–55]]; [[Serie A 1980-81|1980–81]]; [[Serie A 1983-84|1983–84]]; [[Serie A 1985-86|1985–86]]; [[Serie A 2001-02|2001–02]]; [[Serie A 2003-04|2003–04]]; [[Serie A 2005-06|2005–06]]; [[Serie A 2006-07|2006–07]]; [[Serie A 2007-08|2007–08]]
[[Image:Totti-a.s.Roma-celebration.jpg|305px|right|thumb|A mural of [[Francesco Totti]] painted after Roma's [[Serie A 2000-01|2000–01 Serie A]] title victory, their third in total]]
'''[[Coppa Italia]]:'''
:*'''Winners (9)''': 1963–64; 1968–69; 1979–80; 1980–81; 1983–84; 1985–86; [[Coppa Italia 1990-91|1990–91]]; [[Coppa Italia 2006-07|2006–07]]; [[Coppa Italia 2007-08|2007–08]]
:*'''Runners-up (6)''': 1936–37; 1940–41; [[Coppa Italia 1992-93|1992–93]]; [[Coppa Italia 2002-03|2002–03]]; [[Coppa Italia 2004-05|2004–05]]; [[Coppa Italia 2005-06|2005–06]]
'''[[Supercoppa Italiana]]:'''
:*'''Winners (2)''': [[2001 Italian Super Cup|2001]]; [[2007 Italian Super Cup|2007]]
:*'''Runners-up (2)''': [[1991 Italian Super Cup|1991]]; [[2006 Italian Super Cup|2006]]
'''[[Serie B]]:'''
:* '''Winners (1):''' 1951–52
===European titles===
'''[[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]''' / '''[[UEFA Champions League]]:'''
:*'''Runners-up (1)''': [[European Cup 1983-84|1983–84]]
'''[[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]]:'''
:*'''Winners (1)''': [[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1960-61|1960–61]]
'''[[UEFA Cup]]:'''
:*'''Runners-up (1)''': [[UEFA Cup 1990-91|1990–91]]
'''[[Anglo-Italian Cup]]:'''
:*'''Winners (1)''': 1971–72
'''[[Anglo-Italian League Cup]]:'''
:*'''Runners-up (1)''': [[1969 Anglo-Italian League Cup|1969]]
===Youth titles===
'''[[Campionato Nazionale Primavera]]:'''
:*'''Winner (6)''': 1972–73; 1973–74; 1977–78; 1983–84; 1989–90; 2004–05
'''[[Coppa Italia Primavera]]:'''
:*'''Winner (3)''': 1973–74; 1974–75; 1993–94
'''[[Torneo di Viareggio]]:'''
:*'''Winner (3)''': 1981; 1983; 1991
:*'''Runners-up (7)''': 1950; 1957; 1978; 1985; 1989; 1992; [[Torneo di Viareggio 2007|2007]]
==Associazione Sportiva Roma as a company==
Since [[1999]], during Franco Sensi's period in charge, Associazione Sportiva Roma has been a ''[[joint stock company]]''. Currently Roma's [[share]]s are distributed between; 64.3% to Compagnia Italpetroli SpA (the Sensi family ''[[holding]]''), 2.7% to [[ABN AMRO|ABN AMRO Holding NV]], 2.5% to Danilo Coppola and 30.4% to other shareholders.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.consob.it/mainen/issuers/listed_companies/index.html?codconsob=117470|publisher=Consob|title= A.S. Roma SpA Ownership|date=[[8 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref>
Along with [[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]] and [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]], ''i Lupi'' is one of only three Italian clubs quotated in [[Borsa Italiana]] (Italian stock exchange). According to [[Deloitte Football Money League|The Football Money League]] published by consultants [[Deloitte]], in the season 2005–06, Roma was the twelfth highest earning football club in the world with an [[Deloitte Football Money League#Full listing|estimated revenue]] of €127 million.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/press_release/0,1014,sid%253D2834%2526cid%253D145152,00.html|publisher=Deloitte UK|title= Real Madrid stays at the top|date=[[8 June]] [[2007]]}}</ref>
In April [[2008]], after months of speculation, [[George Soros]] was confirmed by [[Rosella Sensi]], CEO of [[Italy|Italian]] [[Serie A]] [[association football]] club [[A.S. Roma]], to be bidding for a takeover.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/SerieA/Squadre/Roma/Primo_Piano/2008/04_Aprile/18/puntoroma.shtml |language=Italian |publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport |accessdate=2008-04-26 |date=[[2008-04-18]]| title=La stretta finale di Soros distrae lo sprint della Roma}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.asroma.it Official Site] {{it icon}} {{zh icon}}
* [http://www.romaforever.it/en/ A.S. Roma Forever fansite]
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