When was roma fc founded

By the mid s Roma were seriously struggling both on and off the pitch and faced an enforced transfer ban for a short period. Luciano Spalletti was hired to turn things around, he did so on a shoe string budget managing to guide the club to 5th using a variety of cheap and young players.

When the Calciopoli match fixing scandal broke Roma were not involved and this gave them another chance to grow once the punishments had been dished out to other clubs.

The past 3 years have seen slight improvements with Nicolas Burdisso joining the club and financial stability coming when the Sensi family sold the club on in Flop Julio Baptista and Cicinho left the team and after a number of short term managers Frenchman Rudi Garcia was chosen in June to lead the club forward.

The Crest Dissected. TNT said…. Zavarov, Sosa, Balbo? Is this a joke? Zavarov was godawful at Juventus, the other ones were average or above average players at best. They probably couldn't even make it in the best 11 of any year they played in, let alone of all time.

Francesco Totti, Gabriel Batistuta and Vincenzo Montella all netted in a victory to give Roma their first title win since Roma lost just three games all season and averaged two goals per game during the Serie A campaign. Francesco Totti is the definition of a one-club man. Totti is a Roma legend. Perhaps more importantly to Roma fans, Totti is the all-time leading scorer in Rome derby fixtures.

In , Roma tasted their first international success when the club reached the Fairs Cup final, beating first Union St. Gilloise , , Colon , , and then Hibernian , , on the way. In the first leg, away in England, Roma took a two-goal lead thanks to Pedro Manfredini, only for Birmingham to claw back two goals and level the tie.

The return match, played at the Olimpico, went more smoothly — with Roma winning , thanks to a Birmingham own goal and another scored by Paulo Pestrin. The star of the tournament was undoubtedly the great striker Pedro Manfredini, who scored 12 goals. The season was marred however by the unforgettable and tragic loss of Giuliano Taccola, who died following a seizure in the dressing room on 16 March Fifty years later, the club paid tribute to Taccola's memory as they wore a special shirt in a game against SPAL.

The strategy paid off as Roma finished third during the season. The summer of was a crucial one for the club as Dino Viola became President. Under his direction, Roma reached the top of Italian football. In , the historical rivalry with Juventus raged on - the Bianconeri won the championship in controversial fashion whilst Roma doubled the Coppa Italia success.

It was during these years that the outstanding Paulo Roberto Falcao first pulled on a Roma shirt. The club claimed its second Scudetto in Genova on 8 May , thanks to an equalising goal from Pruzzo. The team, put together by Liedholm, turned out to be a perfect machine: an impenetrable defence with pilars such as Tancredi, Vierchowod, Nela and Maldera, an admirable midfield with Di Bartolomei, Falcao, Ancelotti and Prohaska and an explosive attack with striker Pruzzo and winger Bruno Conti.

The season following the Scudetto win was a disappointing one from Roma - with Juventus beating the Giallorossi to the title by just two points. Even more painful for the fans was the European Cup final defeat to English champions Liverpool. Liverpool were out to spoil the party and after Puuzzo had cancelled out a much-debated opening goal by Phil Neal — with the Roma players complaining that the goalkeeper had been fouled in the build-up to the goal - the match went to penalties. It proved a great disappointment for Roma and its fans, who saw this as their biggest chance yet to be crowned the greatest team in Europe.

Sven Goran Eriksson, who had taken over as coach in , came close to landing a third Scudetto for Roma during the season but his side came unstuck in the penultimate league fixture of the season against lowly Lecce.

There was silverware for Roma during the season after defeating Sampdoria in the the final of the Coppa Italia. After a brief interim joint presidency with Pietro Mezzaroma, Franco Sensi became the sole owner of the club. The new president, a great Roma fan, appointed the local coach Carlo Mazzone and invested in big name players such as Abel Balbo and Daniel Fonseca during his early years. Teams Players Betting Insights. League Asia Challenge J.

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