Italian Football Clubs: Profile, Trophy, Facts & History AS Roma

AS Roma last won the Serie A in the 2000/01 season under coach Fabio Capello.

Nevertheless, the team managed to be in Serie A runner-up no less than six times since the turn of the millennium.

In addition, AS Roma also successfully won two Coppa Italia trophy under coach Luciano Spalletti.

Top scorer in the history of the club, Francesco Totti, is a figure of the current generation so that we can directly witness the spectacular performance.

Totti will certainly remain memorable long after he retired and left AS Roma.

Facts about AS Roma

- Established: 1927

- Headquarters Stadium: Stadio Olimpico, Rome (capacity 72 698 people)

- Nickname: Giallorossi (Yellow and Red), La Maggica (The Magic One), i
Lupi (Wolves)

- The color of the costume: yellow and red

- Scorer of all time: Francesco Totti

- Winner of the First Division / Serie A: three times in the year 1941-42, 1982-83; 2000-01

- Winner of the Italian Cup / Coppa Italia: 9 times in 1963-1964, 1968-1969, 1979-1980, 1980-1981, 1983-1984, 1985-1986, 1990-1991, 2006-07; 2007-08

- Winner of the European Cup / Champions League: never

- Winner of Winners' Cup: never

- Winner of the Fairs Cup / UEFA Cup / Europa League: 1 times in the year 1960-1961

History AS Roma

AS Roma was founded in 1927 and originated from the merger of three clubs in an attempt to form a club that can rival clubs more dominant northern Italy.

After finishing as runner-up twice in the 1930s, AS Roma won the first Scudetto in 1942.

AS Roma have experienced relegation in 1951, but could be promoted back to Serie A when under manager Giuseppe Viani.

A decade after being relegated, Roma won the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup by beating Birmingham City 4-2 in the final.

The club then won his first Coppa Italia three years later by beating Torino 1-0 in the final.

Although it won some trophies, AS Roma are not able to perform consistently in Serie A until the 1980-81 season when they finished as runners-up at the bottom of Juventus.

Just two years later, the club won the Serie A league title in one of the most successful era in the history of AS Roma.

Points runner-up in the league and Coppa Italia champions could also they get the 1983-84 season.

Turn of the millennium marks a massive investment by the President of AS Roma, Franco Sensi, who added a series of stars such as Gabriel Batistuta, Vincenzo Montella, Walter Samuel and Emerson and strengthen the existing team members such as Cafu, Aldair, and Totti.

The results are immediately visible to the success of AS Roma won the Serie A title in 2001.