AS ROMA

Associazione Sportiva Roma (Rome Sport Association), commonly referred to as Roma. It is a professional football club based in Rome, Italy.

History

AS Roma was founded by a merger in 1927. Meanwhile, it has participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of its existence except for the 1951–52 season. Moreover, the club has won Serie A three times, in 1941–42, 1982–83, and 2000–01, as well as nine Coppa Italia titles and two Supercoppa Italiana titles. In European competitions, Roma won the UEFA Europa Conference League in 2021–22, the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1960–61, and was runner-up in the 1983–84 European Cup and the 1990–91 UEFA Cup.

Notable players

Fifteen players have won the FIFA World Cup while playing at Roma: Attilio Ferraris and Enrique Guaita (1934); Guido Masetti and Eraldo Monzeglio (1934 and 1938); Aldo Donati and Pietro Serantoni (1938); Bruno Conti (1982); Rudi Voller and Thomas Berthold (1990); Aldair (1994); Vincent Candela (1998); Cafu (2002); Daniele De Rossi, Simone Perrotta and Francesco Totti (2006).

Stadium and fanbase

Since 1953, Roma has played home matches at the Stadio Olimpico, a venue the club shares with city rivals Lazio. Meanwhile, it has a capacity of over 72,000, and the stadium is the second-largest of its kind in Italy, with only the San Siro able to seat more. The club plans to move to a new stadium, though it is yet to start construction. Having a strong local rivalry, Roma and Lazio contest the Derby della Capitale.

The club’s home colors are carmine red and golden yellow, which gives Roma its nickname “I Giallorossi” (“The Yellow and Reds”). These colors have often been combined with white shorts. The club badge features a she-wolf, an allusion to the founding myth of Rome.



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