Roma (Ita)

Location: Rome, Italy
Year Founded: 1927
Nickname: Giallorossi
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Capacity: 82922
Italian League Championship/Serie A:
Winners (3): 1941-42, 1982-83, 2000-01
Italian Cup/Coppa Italia :
Winners (8): 1963-64, 1968-69, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1983-84, 1985-86, 1990-91, 2006-07
Italian Super Cup/Super Coppa di Lega:
Winners (2): 2001, 2007
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Winners (1): 1960-61
Anglo-Italian Cup
Winners (1): 1971/72


Squad Information:

Staff:
Luciano Spalletti 

Goalkeepers:
Carlo Zotti
Doni
Gianluca Curci

Defenders: 
Cicinho
Christian Panucci
Juan
Matteo Ferrari
Sammy Kuffour
Philippe Mexes
Guiseppe Scurto
Marco Andreolli
Luigi Sartor

Midfielders
Matteo Brighi
Simone Perrotta
David Pizarro
Gianni Guigou
Alberto Aquilani
Ahmed Barusso
Marco Cassetti
Daniele De Rossi
Diego Fuser
Ludovic Giuly
Max Tonetto
Mauro Esposito
Rodrigo Taddei
Edgard Alvarez
Mancini

Forwards:
Francesco Totti
Alessio Cerci
Vincenzo Montella
Shabani Nonda
Mirko Vucinic


                                        Team History

                  Associazione Sportiva Roma was founded in July 1927 by a merger of three older clubs from the city of Rome who had played in the Italian football league; Roman FC (the oldest, founded in 1903), Alba-Audace Roma and Fortitudo-Pro Roma. The only major Roman club to refuse to merge was Lazio[1]. The clubs which ultimately merged, spurned on by the regime's desire for each Italian city to be represented by one major club (as had happened in Florence, Naples and Bari already), either had good players but were struggling financially or had healthy finances but ordinary players.
                After a short use of the Motovelodromo Appio stadium, the yellow-red team settled in the working-class streets of Testaccio, where it built the extraordinary all-wooden homonym ground. The area still remains the club's spiritual heartland. Other grounds that have been used by A.S. Roma are the Stadio Flaminio and the Stadio Olimpico (the latter was built in 1952)
               A.S. Roma took part in their first national league in the 1929-30 season and 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 1930-31, 1935-36, 1980-81, 1983-84, 1985-86, 2001-02, 2003-04, 2005-06 (after the final verdict on the match-fixing scandal) and 2006-07. 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.
             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.
           

            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 Italian Supercup of A.S Roma's history.