professional italian sports club based in Rome

football club
The operation of Lazio in the italian football league structure since the inaugural season of a mix Serie A ( 1929–30 ).

Società Sportiva Lazio ( italian pronunciation : [ sot͡ʃeˈta sporˈtiva ˈlattsjo ] ; BIT : SSL ; Lazio Sport Club ), normally referred to as Lazio, is an italian professional sports club based in Rome, most known for its football activeness. [ 3 ] The society, founded in 1900, plays in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the clear grade of italian football. Lazio have been italian champions twice ( 1974, 2000 ), and have won the Coppa Italia seven times, the Supercoppa Italiana three times, and both the UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup and UEFA Super Cup on one occasion. [ 4 ] The club had their first major achiever in 1958, winning the domestic cup. In 1974, they won their first Serie A title. The 1990s were the most successful period in Lazio ‘s history, with the team reaching the UEFA Cup final in 1998, winning the UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup and UEFA Super Cup in 1999, and clinching the Serie A claim in 2000. Due to a severe economic crisis in 2002 that forced president Sergio Cragnotti out of the baseball club along with respective star players being sold, Lazio ‘s success in the league declined. In hurt of the lower funds, the golf club has won four Coppa Italia titles since then ; in 2004, 2009, 2013 and 2019. Current president Claudio Lotito took agitate of the club in 2004, filling the vacuum that had existed following Cragnotti ‘s departure. Lazio ‘s traditional kit out colours are sky blue sky shirts and blank shorts with white socks ; the colours are evocative of Rome ‘s ancient Hellenic bequest. Sky bluing socks have besides been interchangeably used as home plate colours. Their home is the 70,634 [ 1 ] capacity Stadio Olimpico in Rome, which they share with A.S. Roma. Lazio have a long-standing competition with Roma, with whom they have contested the Derby della Capitale ( in English “ Derby of the capital city ” or Rome bowler hat ) since 1929. [ 5 ] Despite initially not having any parent–subsidiary relation with the male and female master team ( that was incorporated as S.S. Lazio S.p.A. ), the establish of Società Sportiva Lazio allowed for the club that participates in over 40 sports disciplines in total, more than any other sports association in the world. [ 6 ] [ 7 ]

history

Plaque commemorating the foundation garment of Lazio at Piazza della Libertà ( Roma, Prati ) Società Podistica Lazio was founded on 9 January 1900 in the Prati zone of Rome. [ 8 ] Until 1910, the cabaret played at an amateurish level until it formally joined the league competition in 1912 equally soon as the italian Football Federation began organising championships in the center and south of Italy, and reached the final examination of the national backing playoff three times, but never won, losing in 1913 to Pro Vercelli, in 1914 to Casale and in 1923 to Genoa 1893. In 1927, Lazio was the only major Roman baseball club which resisted the Fascist government ‘s attempts to merge all the city ‘s teams into what would become A.S. Roma the lapp class. The club played in the first organised Serie A in 1929 and, led by legendary italian hitter Silvio Piola, [ 9 ] achieved a second-place finish in 1937 – its highest pre-war result. The 1950s produced a mix of mid and upper table results with a Coppa Italia acquire in 1958. Lazio was relegated for the first time in 1961 to the Serie B, but returned in the top flight two years late. After a number of mid-table placements, another relegation followed in 1970–71. [ 10 ] Back to Serie A in 1972–73, Lazio immediately emerged as surprise challengers for the Scudetto to Milan and Juventus in 1972–73, merely losing out on the final day of the season, with a team comprising captain Giuseppe Wilson, a well as midfielders Luciano Re Cecconi and Mario Frustalupi, striker Giorgio Chinaglia, and head coach Tommaso Maestrelli. [ 11 ] Lazio improved such successes the following temper, ensuring its first title in 1973–74. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] however, tragic deaths of Re Cecconi [ 14 ] and Scudetto trainer Maestrelli, a well as the departure of Chinaglia, would be a triple gust for Lazio. The emergence of Bruno Giordano during this time period provided some stand-in as he finished League circus tent scorer in 1979, when Lazio finished one-eighth. [ 15 ]
scudetto in 1974 S.S. Lazio team which won the baseball club ‘s firstin 1974 Lazio were forcibly relegated to Serie B in 1980 due to a remarkable scandal concerning illegal bets on their own matches, along with Milan. They remained in Italy ‘s second division for three seasons in what would mark the darkest period in Lazio ‘s history. They would return in 1983 and manage a last-day escape from relegation the surveil season. The 1984–85 season would prove harrow, with a deplorable 15 points and bottom home complete. In 1986, Lazio was hit with a nine-point tax write-off ( a dependable deathblow back in the day of the two-point winnings ) for a bet scandal involving actor Claudio Vinazzani. An epic poem clamber against relegation followed the lapp temper in Serie B, with the club led by flight simulator Eugenio Fascetti alone avoiding relegation to the Serie C after play-off wins over Taranto and Campobasso. This would prove a turning bespeak in the club ‘s history, with Lazio returning to Serie A in 1988 and, under the careful fiscal management of Gianmarco Calleri, the consolidation of the club ‘s position as a solid top-flight club. [ 16 ] [ 17 ]
The arrival of Sergio Cragnotti in 1992 changed the clubhouse ‘s history due to his long-run investments in raw players to make the team a Scudetto rival. A luminary early transportation during his tenure was the capture of English midfielder Paul Gascoigne from Tottenham Hotspur for £5.5 million. Gascoigne ‘s transfer to Lazio is credited with the increase of concern in Serie A in the United Kingdom during the 1990s. Cragnotti repeatedly broke transfer records in avocation of players who were considered major stars – Juan Sebastián Verón for £18 million, Christian Vieri for £19 million and breaking the universe transfer record, albeit lone for a matter of weeks, to sign Hernán Crespo from Parma for £35 million. [ 18 ] Lazio were Serie A runner-up in 1995, third in 1996 and fourth in 1997, then losing the championship just by one point to Milan on the last backing ‘s match in 1999 before, with the likes of Siniša Mihajlović, Alessandro Nesta, Marcelo Salas and Pavel Nedvěd in the side, winning its moment Scudetto in 2000, a well as the Coppa Italia double with Sven-Göran Eriksson ( 1997–2001 ) as coach .
Lazio had two more Coppa Italia wallow in 1998 and 2004, ampere well as the last UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup in 1999. [ 19 ] They besides reached the UEFA Cup, but lost 0–3 against Internazionale. [ 20 ] In addition, Lazio won the Supercoppa Italiana twice and kill Manchester United in 1999 to win the UEFA Super Cup. [ 21 ] In 2000, Lazio became besides the first italian football club to be quoted on the italian Piazza Affari stock market. [ 22 ] With money running out, however, Lazio ‘s results slowly worsened in the years. In 2002, a fiscal scandal involving Cragnotti and his food products multinational Cirio forced him to leave the club, and Lazio was controlled until 2004 by caretaker fiscal managers and a bank pool. This forced the clubhouse to sell their leading players and even fan favorite captain Alessandro Nesta. In 2004, entrepreneur Claudio Lotito acquired the majority of the club. [ 23 ] In 2006, the club qualified to the 2006–07 UEFA Cup under coach Delio Rossi. The club, however, was excluded from european competitions due to their engagement in a match-fixing scandal. [ 24 ] In the 2006–07 season, despite a later-reduced points deduction, Lazio achieved a third-place finish, thus gaining reservation to the UEFA Champions League third base qualifying round, where they defeated Dinamo București to reach the group phase, and ended one-fourth stead in the group composed of Real Madrid, Werder Bremen and Olympiacos. Things in the league did not go much better, with the team spend most of the season in the bottom one-half of the table, sparking the protests of the fans, and finally ending the Serie A season in 12th place. In the 2008–09 season, Lazio won their fifth Coppa Italia, beating Sampdoria in the final. [ 25 ] Lazio started the 2009–10 season playing the Supercoppa Italiana against Inter in Beijing and winning the match 2–1, with goals from Matuzalém and Tommaso Rocchi. [ 26 ] Lazio won the 2012–13 Coppa Italia 1–0 over rivals Roma with the lone goal coming from Senad Lulić. [ 27 ] Lazio won the 2018–19 Coppa Italia 2–0 over Atalanta, winning their seventh claim overall. [ 28 ] On 22 December 2019, Lazio won their fifth Supercoppa Italiana title, following a 3–1 victory over Juventus. [ 29 ] Lazio mounted an unexpected title challenge during the 2019–20 Serie A season. A hapless hunt of human body following the resume of the Serie A campaign after the COVID-19 abeyance saw Lazio fall out of the title race. On 24 July 2020, Lazio qualified for the Champions League for the first gear time in 12 years after securing a lead 4 finish. [ 30 ]

Colours, badge and nicknames



first kit ever worn by the club Lazio ‘s color of white and flip blue were inspired by the national emblem of Greece, ascribable to the fact that Lazio is a mix sports baseball club this was chosen in recognition of the fact that the Ancient Olympic Games and along with it the sporting tradition in Europe is linked to Greece. [ 31 ] originally, Lazio wore a shirt which was divided into white and flip blue quarters, with black shorts and socks. [ 32 ] After a while of wearing a homely white shirt very early on, Lazio reverted to the colours which they wear today. [ 32 ] Some seasons Lazio have used a flip blue and white shirt with stripes, but normally it is sky amobarbital sodium with a white shave, with the white shorts and socks. [ 32 ] The club ‘s colours have led to their italian nickname of Biancocelesti. [ 33 ] Lazio ‘s traditional club badge and symbol is the eagle, which was chosen by founding member Luigi Bigiarelli. [ 34 ] It is an acknowledgment to the emblem of Zeus ( the god of flip and thunder in Greek mythology ) normally referred to as Aquila ; Lazio ‘s manipulation of the symbol has led to two of their nicknames ; le Aquile ( “ the Eagles ” ) and Aquilotti ( “ Eaglets ” ). The current cabaret badge features a aureate eagle above a blank shield with a blue frame ; inside the shield is the club ‘s name and a smaller tripartite harbor with the colours of the clubhouse .

stadium

Stadio Olimpico, located on the Foro Italico, is the major stadium of Rome. It is the home of the Italy national football team ampere well as of both local teams Lazio and Roma. It was opened in 1937 and after its latest renovation in 2008, [ 35 ] the stadium has a capacity of 70,634 seats. [ 1 ] It was the locate of the 1960 Summer Olympics, but has besides served as the location of the 1987 World Athletics Championships, the 1980 european Championship final, the 1990 World Cup and the Champions League Final in 1996 and 2009. [ 1 ] besides on the Foro Italico lies the Stadio dei Marmi, or “ marble stadium ”, which was built in 1932 and designed by Enrico Del Debbio. It has tiers topped by 60 white marble statues that were gifts from italian cities in commemoration of 60 athletes. During the 1989–90 season, Lazio and Roma played their games at the Stadio Flaminio of Rome, located in the zone Flaminio, because of the renovation works carried out at the Stadio Olimpico .

In June 2018, Lazio President Claudio Lotito stated that “ Lazio should be granted the like favor and discussion as Roma – the ability to besides build a new stadium. He besides added that “ Lazio ‘s stadium will be built before Roma ‘s stadium. ” [ 36 ] In June 2019, Lazio President Claudio Lotito was set to present the designs of a electric potential future stadium for Lazio, named the Stadio delle Aquile. [ 37 ] however, this did not occur for reasons nameless .

Supporters and rivalries

Lazio is the sixth-most supported football golf club in Italy and the second in Rome, with around 2 % of italian football fans supporting the baseball club ( according to La Repubblica’s research of August 2008 ). [ 38 ] Historically, the largest section of Lazio supporters in the city of Rome has come from the far northerly part, creating an arch -like determine across Rome with affluent areas such as Parioli, Prati, Flaminio, Cassia and Monte Mario. [ 39 ]

Founded in 1987, Irriducibili Lazio were the club ‘s biggest ultras group for over 30 years. They typically create traditional italian extremist displays during the Derby della Capitale ( Rome Derby ), [ 40 ] the peer between Lazio and their main rivals, Roma. It is amongst the most heated and emotional footballing rivalries in the world, [ 41 ] such as where Lazio sports fan Vincenzo Paparelli was killed at one of the bowler hat games during the 1979–80 season after being hit in the center by an emergency rocket thrown by a Roma fan. [ 42 ] [ 43 ] A minority of Lazio ‘s ultras used to use swastika and fascist symbols on their banners, and they have displayed racist behavior in several occasions during the derbies. Most notably, at a bowler hat of the temper 1998–99, laziali unfurled a 50-metre standard around the Curva Nord that read, “ Auschwitz is your town, the ovens are your houses ”. Black players of Roma have much been receivers of racist and offensive demeanor. [ 44 ] After 33 years, the Irriducibili disbanded on 27 February 2020, citing “ besides much blood, excessively many banning orders, excessively many arrests. ” [ 45 ] Lazio ‘s ultras now go by the name Ultras Lazio. [ 46 ] Lazio besides have a strong competition with Napoli and Livorno, angstrom well as with Pescara and Atalanta. The club besides maintains strong competitive rivalries with Fiorentina, Juventus, and Milan. conversely, the ultras have friendly relationships with Internazionale, Triestina, and Hellas Verona. Internationally, Lazio ‘s fans maintain a long-standing potent friendship with the supporters of the Bulgarian club Levski Sofia and as such, Lazio were invited to participate in the centennial football match honouring the birthday of the bulgarian club. [ 47 ] [ 48 ]

Players

For a list of all early and current S.S. Lazio players with a Wikipedia article, see class : S.S. Lazio players

current team

As of 24 October 2021[49]

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

other players under sign

As of 12 September 2021.

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Out on loanword

As of 31 August 2021.

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

youth sector

retire numbers

12 – Since the 2003–04 season, Curva Nord of Stadio Olimpico, as a sign of the zodiac of realization towards the Curva Nord, is considered the 12th man in the field .

noteworthy managers

The follow managers have all won at least one trophy when in charge of Lazio :

Honours

National

Winners (5): 1998, 2000, 2009, 2017, 2019

european

Winners (1): 1999

Statistics and records

Giuseppe Favalli holds Lazio ‘s official appearance read, having made 401 over the course of 16 years from 1992 until 2004. [ 54 ] The record for total appearances by a goalkeeper is held by Luca Marchegiani, with 339 appearances, [ 54 ] while the record for most league appearances is held by Aldo Puccinelli with 339. [ 54 ] The all-time leading goalscorer for Lazio is Ciro Immobile, with 160 goals [ 55 ] scored, followed by Silvio Piola with 159 goals. [ 54 ] Piola, who played besides with Pro Vercelli, Torino, Juventus and Novara, is besides the highest goalscorer in Serie A history, with 274 goals. [ 56 ] Simone Inzaghi is the all-time top goalscorer in european competitions, with 20 goals. [ 54 ] He is besides one of the five players who scored four goals in a single UEFA Champions League peer. [ 57 ] officially, Lazio ‘s highest home attendance is approximately 80,000 for a Serie A match against Foggia on 12 May 1974, the match that awarded to Lazio their first gear Scudetto. This is besides the record for the Stadio Olimpico, including matches held by Roma and the Italy national football team. [ 6 ]

Società Sportiva Lazio as a company

In 1998, during Sergio Cragnotti ‘s menstruation in charge as the chair, Società Sportiva Lazio S.p.A. became a listed party : latium were the first italian club to do so. [ 58 ] [ 59 ] however, Cragnotti resigned as chair in 2001, after a “ huge fix in the budget ” of the clubhouse. [ 60 ] Claudio Lotito, the current chair of Lazio, purchased the club from Cragnotti in 2004, but owned precisely 26.969 % of shares as the largest shareholders at that fourth dimension. It was followed by banking group Capitalia ( and its subsidiaries Mediocredito Centrale, Banca di Roma and Banco di Sicilia ) as the second largest shareholders for 17.717 %. [ 61 ] Capitalia besides hold 49 % stake of Italpetroli ( via Capitalia ‘s subordinate Banca di Roma ), the rear company of city rival Roma ( via Italpetroli ‘s auxiliary “ gypsy 2000 ” ). [ 62 ] Lotito subsequently purchased the minority stake from Capitalia. As of 2018, Claudio Lotito owns just over two-thirds of the shares of Lazio. [ 63 ] Lazio is one of only three italian clubs listed on the Borsa Italiana, the others being Juventus and Roma. [ 59 ] [ 64 ] In the past, Lazio was the only one with a one elementary share holder ( Lotito ). however, following respective capital increases by Roma and Juventus, they besides are significantly owned by a stockholder. According to The Football Money League, published by consultants Deloitte, in the 2004–05 season, Lazio was the twentieth highest earning football club in the world with an calculate tax income of €83 million ; [ 65 ] the 2005 rank of the club was 15th. [ 65 ] however, in 2016 rank ( the absolute used data in 2014–15 season ), Lazio was not in the top 20. [ 66 ] Lazio was one of the few clubs that self-sustain from the fiscal support of a stockholder, and besides systematically make an aggregate profit after every season. Unlike Inter Milan, Roma and Milan, who were sanctioned by UEFA due to breaches of Financial Fair Play, Lazio passed the regulations held by the administrative consistency with the high gear achievements. Lotito besides received a prize that joint awarded by Associazione Italiana Allenatori Calcio [ it ] and DGS Sport & Cultura, due to Lazio ‘s fiscal health. [ 67 ] In 2017, the club renewed their sponsorship cope with shirt manufacturer Macron. It is worth €16 million a season, plus variables of about €9 million stemming from league and european rival finishes. [ 68 ]

See besides

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