Società Sportiva Lazio

The Società Sportiva Lazio (in Spanish: «Sociedad Deportiva Lazio»), popularly known as Lazio, is a sports club in Italy, from the city of Rome. It was founded on January 9, 1900 and plays in the Italian Serie A. He wears a light blue shirt with white shorts, and plays at home at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, the second largest stadium in Italy, only behind San Siro.

Their historic rival is the other team from the Italian capital, A.S. Roma, with whom they dispute the Derby di Roma and in turn share a stadium. So far they have won the Serie A Scudetto twice, won the Italian Cup seven times and the Super Cup five times in their country. On May 26, 2013, the Italian Cup was won against A.S. Rome, in the first and so far only Derby di Roma that has been in a final between the two teams from the Italian Capital in the history of this competition. It is currently the soccer team in the Italian capital with the most official titles (16), the same as A.S. Roma. Internationally, Lazio won the Cup Winners' Cup and the European Super Cup in 1999, and reached the UEFA Cup final in 1998.

History

Beginnings

Plaque of the birth of the Lazio in the Piazza della Libertà of Rome.

La Società Sportiva Lazio was founded on January 9, 1900 in the Prati district of Rome by nine friends and Roman athletes, among whom was Luigi Bigiarelli, non-commissioned officer of the Bersaglieri. Lazio joined the league in 1912, as soon as the Italian Football Federation began to organize championships in central and southern Italy, and reached the final of the national championship playoffs three times, but never won, losing in 1913 against Pro Vercelli, in 1914 against Casale and in 1923 against Genoa 1893.

In 1927 it was the only team to reject the merger, pushed by the fascist regime, which led to the creation of AS Roma.

The 1950s produced a combination of mid-table and top results with a 1958 Italian Cup victory. Lazio were relegated for the first time in 1961, but returned to the top flight two years later. After several mid-table places, they suffered another relegation in 1970-71.

First sporting successes

The club returned to Serie A in 1972-73 and immediately emerged as a surprise rival in the fight for the Scudetto against AC Milan and Juventus in 1972-1973, only losing on the last day of the season, with figures such as captain Giuseppe Wilson, as well as midfielders Luciano Re Cecconi and Mario Frustalupi, striker Giorgio Chinaglia and coach Tommaso Maestrelli. Lazio improved the following season, achieving their first title in the 1973-74 season. However, the tragic death of Luciano Re Cecconi, as well as the departure of Chinaglia, would be a blow to the Laziales. Bruno Giordano's appearance during this period always came as a bit of a relief when he was the league's top scorer in the 1978-79 season, when Lazio finished eighth.

Lazio, first scudetto 1973-74.

Negative time

The Blue and Whites were relegated in 1980, along with AC Milan, because both clubs were involved in a scandal over illegal betting on their own matches. Lazio stayed in the second division of Italy for three seasons, in what marks the darkest period in the history of the club that only returned to the Italian Serie A in 1983 and managed, on the last day, to escape relegation. 1984-85 would prove terrible, managing just 15 points.

In 1986, Lazio was penalized and deducted 9 points for a betting scandal and the involvement of player Claudio Vinazzini. An epic fight against relegation in Serie B, with the club led by Eugenio Fascetti only to avoid relegation to Serie C after play-off wins over Taranto and Campobasso. This was a turning point in the club's history as Lazio returned to Serie A in 1988 and with the careful financial management of Gianmarco Calleri, the club became established.

The Second Great Age

The arrival of Sergio Cragnotti, in 1992, changed the history of the club due to his long-term investments in new players and made the team compete for the 'scudetto'. Cragnotti on several occasions broke all transfer records in the search for players who were considered big stars like Christian Vieri for 46 million. euros, Sebastián Verón 40.3 million and Pavel Nedved 36.6 million. He even held the world record for the highest transfer ever, albeit for only a matter of weeks, by signing Hernán Crespo from Parma for €51m.

The club was runner-up in Serie A in the 1994-95 season, third in 1995-96, and fourth in 1996-97. In the 1997-98 season, the team from the capital finished seventh in Serie A, but won the second Italian Cup in its history, defeating AC Milan 3-1 in the final at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. after losing in the first leg (0-1) at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium. Prior to that, the white and light blue team eliminated great teams such as SSC Napoli, AS Roma (in the derbi di Roma) and Juventus. Against this last team (champion of the 97-98 season), Lazio played the 1998 Italian Super Cup, at the Estadio delle Alpi, Turin. The "Laziales", against all odds, defeated "Vecchia Signora" by the slightest difference, obtaining their first Italian Super Cup.

After losing the championship by just one point against AC Milan in the 1998-99 season, led by Mihajlović, Alessandro Nesta, Marcelo Salas and Nedvěd, he managed to win his second scudetto in the 1999-2000 season, thus as the Italian Cup in the 1999-2000 season, defeating Inter in the final with Sven-Göran Eriksson as coach.

On the international level, and before the new millennium arrived, Lazio won the last edition of the European Cup Winners' Cup, thus obtaining its first international title in history. He got it after defeating RCD Mallorca from Spain in the final, 2-1 at Villa Park in Birmingham.

This also gave them the right to play in the 1999 UEFA Super Cup against the 1998-99 UEFA Champions League champion: Sir Alex Ferguson's mighty Manchester United. The match was played in August 1999, at the AS Monaco stadium, and was a 1-0 victory for the Lazio team with a goal from Chilean Marcelo Salas. This is the last international title achieved so far by the biancoceleste team.

In the year 2000, Lazio became the first Italian soccer club to be listed on the Italian Piazza Affari stock market.

Arrival of Lotito and the reconstruction

From 2002, partly as a result of the financial problems of President Cragnotti and his company Cirio, Lazio began to deteriorate due to having to sell the team's big stars, including the captain and symbol of the Alessandro Nesta team.

In the 2003-2004 season, despite financial problems, Lazio managed to finish sixth in Serie A and qualify for European competitions. In turn, they managed to win their fourth Italian Cup by defeating Juventus in the final (2-0 win in Rome, and a long-suffering 2-2 draw in Turin -after losing 0-2-).

However, the club's economy was going from bad to worse, so in 2004 the Italian businessman Claudio Lotito bought the team, after reaching an agreement with the leaders of Capitalia. He is the same president who manages to save Lazio from bankruptcy and begins a transition year at the club.

In the 2004-2005 season the team only managed to place itself in the tenth position and in the following edition Lazio managed to place it sixth in the standings, however, it was involved in the Calciopoli scandal and they penalized it by subtracting points (with which finished 16th in the league) and also has to start the following season with -3 points.

In the 2006-2007 cycle, despite the penalty, Lazio achieved a creditable third place, thus qualifying for the previous round of the UEFA Champions League, where they defeated Dinamo Bucharest and thus managed to enter the phase of groups. Things in the league were not going very well with the team spending most of the season in the bottom half of the table, sparking protests from the fans (the team finished the Italian Serie A in 12th position).. After several seasons of austerity to take care of the club's economy, president Lotito signs Mauro Zárate for 20 million euros and with a clause of 60 million.

In that Italian league, 2008-2009, Lazio finished tenth, but that same year the fifth Italian Cup came, defeating Juventus in the semifinal and Sampdoria in the final (1-1 draw, and 6-1 win). 5 in the penalty shootout).

La lazio celebrates the fifth Italian Cup of its history in 2008-09.

In the 2010-2011 season, led by coach Edoardo Reja, Lazio managed -after several years- to return to the vanguard places in the Italian league, with players like Fernando Muslera, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Sergio Floccari, Mauro Zárate and the newly hired Hernanes. That season the team finished fifth only on points difference, thus qualifying for the UEFA Europa League.

In the 2011-2012 season, after the success of the previous season, Lazio was once again recognized at a European level and thus attracted the attention of world-renowned players, who would join Reja's project, being the most important the French Djibril Cisse and the German Miroslav Klose. In that season, the team finished in fourth place in Serie A, while in the UEFA Europa League they were defeated in the round of 32 against the later champion of that tournament: Atlético de Madrid.

The 2012-13 season would be very auspicious for the biancoceleste team. In the local tournament, Lazio finished seventh, although they managed to qualify for the 2013-14 UEFA Europa League. Internationally, the Italians have a great campaign reaching the quarterfinals of the Europa League, where they were eliminated by Fenerbahçe of Turkey with an aggregate score of 1-3.

May 26, 2013 would become a historic day for fans and supporters of SS Lazio. That day, as part of the 2012-13 Italian Cup final, they beat their eternal rival, AS Roma, 1-0 in a packed and roaring Olympic Stadium. The hero of that final was the Bosnian Senad Lulić who managed to convert the only goal of the match in the 71st minute. In this way, the blanquicelestes led by Vladimir Petković won the sixth Italian Cup in their history.

News

In the 2014-15 season Stefano Pioli is announced as the new coach, in addition to the signings of the Dutchman Stefan de Vrij and the Serbian Filip Đorđević, Lazio seeking to achieve a good image both in Serie A and in the Italian Cup.

In the local tournament, and thanks to figures such as Miroslav Klose (the team's top scorer with 12 goals), Antonio Candreva (maximum assist with 13), Felipe Anderson and Marco Parolo, the biancoceleste produced an excellent campaign finishing third and qualifying for the UEFA Champions League after eight years without being able to do so. In the championship they won 21 games, drew 6 and lost 11, and qualified for the international tournament on the last date, after defeating Napoli 4-2 as a visitor.

In the 2014-15 Italian Cup, Lazio managed to reach the final again where they had to face the powerful Juventus. The game ended tied 1-1 in the first 90 minutes; In extra time, despite the fact that both had chances to win, luck favored the Turin team who, through their striker, Alessandro Matri, won the match 2-1, leaving Lazio empty-handed.

In April 2016, and in the midst of a mediocre campaign in Serie A (Lazio would finish eighth in the tournament), Stefano Pioli resigned as manager, after losing the classic against Roma by a humiliating 4-1. In his place, comes the coach of the lower divisions of the squad -and former player of the team-, Simone Inzaghi.

In his first experience as manager of a professional team, Inzaghi would have a truly satisfying season. Thanks to the valuable additions of Ciro Immobile, Luis Alberto and Jordan Lukaku, added to the presence of young talents such as Felipe Anderson, Keita Baldé and Sergej Milinković-Savić, and other important players (Senad Lulić and Marco Parolo), Lazio reached the fifth place in Serie A 2016-17, thus achieving the passage to the group stage of the UEFA Europa League 2017-18.

On the other hand, the team reached the 2016-17 Italian Cup final that same season, being defeated 2-0 at the Olympic Stadium in Rome by Juventus.

Despite the greed for titles, the club's management decided that Simone Inzaghi should remain as Coach of the lacial team.

The 2017-18 season was again successful for the "Águilas" and it also began with a new title: the 2017 Italian Super Cup. On August 13, 2017, Lazio had the right to play that match for being the runner-up in the 2016-17 Italian Cup, against Juventus, a squad that She was the Cup and Serie A champion in the 2016-17 season. The match, held at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, was exciting: Lazio took a 2-0 lead thanks to two goals from Immobile, but Juventus eventually reached equality thanks to two goals from Argentine Paulo Dybala. And when everything seemed to go into extra time, i biancocelesti scored the consecration goal in the 93rd minute through the young midfielder Alessandro Murgia. In this way, Lazio reached its fourth Italian Super Cup in history.

In terms of their participation in Serie A, Inzaghi's team had another good campaign, repeating the fifth place of last season and again obtaining a direct place in the UEFA Europa League. In addition, Lazio was the team with the highest scorer in the competition (89 goals in 38 games) and had one of the top scorers in the championship (Ciro Immobile who scored 29 goals as well as Mauro Icardi, forward for Inter Milan). In turn, several important victories of the team in this tournament are remembered, although the most remembered was a heroic 2-1 against Juventus as a visitor (something that they had not achieved since 2002), cutting the Turin team from a streak of more than a year without defeats at home. Ciro Immobile, with two conquests, was one of the heroes, while Thomas Strakosha, the Albanian goalkeeper for Lazio, also dressed as a hero, deflecting a penalty from Paulo Dybala on the last play of the game.

On an international level, the team from the Italian capital would reach the quarterfinals of the 2017-18 UEFA Europa League, where they lost in an unusual way against Red Bull Salzburg of Austria by an aggregate score of 6-5.

In 2019, the team would obtain its seventh Italian Cup by defeating the surprising Atalanta 2-0 in the final played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. Previously, he had left Novara Calcio and the two Milanese teams (Inter and Milan) on the road.

In the 2019-20 season, Lazio would have a great campaign in Serie A, achieving an unbeaten streak of 21 games and fighting inch by inch for the title with Juventus. Unfortunately, due to COVID19, the championship was temporarily suspended, and at the restart, the Roman team suffered a bad run that relegated it to fourth place.

Despite everything, Lazio qualified for a group stage of the UEFA Champions League 13 years later and, furthermore, Ciro Immobile became the top scorer in Serie A with 36 goals, being the first Italian Golden Boot since the achievement by Luca Toni and Francesco Totti, and also equaling the record held by Gonzalo Higuaín since the 2015-16 season.

In 2022-23 they ended up being runners-up for the first time in 24 years.

Uniform

• Uniform holder: Celeste t-shirt, white pants and white stockings.
• Alternative uniform: White t-shirt, caleste pants and white stockings.
• Third: Marine blue t-shirt, navy blue pants and marine blue stockings.

Evolution

2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23

Sponsorships

Hymns

Currently, Lazio has two official anthems.

• So' già du' ore: Composed by the Roman singer Aldo Donati in 1977. It is written in Romanesque dialect.
• Vola Lazio Vola: Composed by the singer Tony Malco, together with Claudio Natili and Silvio Subelli, in 1983.

In the year 2000, to celebrate the 100 years of Lazio, the hymn "Cent'anni insieme" (one hundred years together), performed by various Lazio fan singers.

Rivalries

The local rivalry between SS Lazio and the other team from the capital, A.S. Rome is undoubtedly the strongest.

Stadium

Stadio Olimpico, located in the Foro Italico, is the largest stadium in Rome, Italy. It is the home stadium of the Italian National Soccer Team, where the two teams from the city, SS Lazio and AS Roma, play at home. The stadium was inaugurated in 1937 and later in 2008 it underwent a renovation. The stadium has a capacity to accommodate 72,698 spectators. It was the stadium where the Olympic Games in Rome were held in 1960. It has also hosted important events such as the 1980 Euro Cup, the 1990 World Cup in Italy and Champions League finals such as the one in 2009 where FC Barcelona and Manchester United faced each other.

Also in the Foro Italico is the Stadio dei Marmi, or "marble stadium," which was built in 1932 and designed by Enrico Del Debbio. It has levels topped by 60 white marble statues that were gifts from Italian cities, in commemoration of the 60 athletes.

During the 1989-90 season, SS Lazio and AS Roma played their matches at the Stadio Flaminio in Rome, located in the Flaminio district, because of renovation works carried out on the Stadio Olimpico.

The ultras of SS Lazio are located on the North Curve of the stadium, known as "Irriducibili" and the ultras of AS Roma who are located in the South Curve of the stadium, known as "Commando Ultra Curva Sud".

Club details

• Seasons in Serie A: 93 (1912/13–1960/61, 1963/64–1966/67, 1969/70–1970/71, 1972/73–1979/80, 1983/84–1984/85, 1988/89–present)
• Seasons in Series B: 11 (1961/62–1962/63, 1967/68–1968/69, 1971/72, 1980/81–1982/83, 1985/86–1987/88)
• Best position in Serie A: 1o
• Worse position in Serie A: 18th (1960-1961).
• Historical position6o
• Maximum scorer: MiaSanMia (18goles).
• More contested parties: Giuseppe Favalli (401 matches).

International participation

Players

Source: Transfermarkt

Squad 2022-23

Plantilla del Società Sportiva Lazio de la temporada 2022-23

Players	Technical body		More used tactical scheme
N.o Nac. Pos. Name Age Eq. provenance Porteros 1 Portugal! 0BY Luís Maximiano 24 years Grenada C. F. 31 Lithuania! 0BY Marius Adamonis 26 years Lower divisions 94 Italy! 0BY Ivan Provedel 29 years Spezia Calcio Defenders 4 Spain! 1DEF Patric 30 years F. C. Barcelona "B" 13 Italy! 1DEF Alessio Romagnoli 28 years A. C. Milan 15 Italy! 1DEF Nicolò Casale 25 years Hellas Verona 16 Serbia! 1DEF Dimitrije Kamenović 22 years FK Čukarički 23 Albania! 1DEF Elseid Hysaj 29 years S. S. C. Napoli 26 Romania! 1DEF Ştefan Radu 2nd 36 years Dinamo Bucharest 29 Italy! 1DEF Manuel Lazzari 29 years SPAL 2013 34 Spain! 1DEF Mario Gila 22 years Real Madrid C. F. 77 Montenegro! 1DEF Adam Marušić 30 years K.V. Oostende Midfielders 5 Uruguay! 2MED Neighborhood 31 years Inter de Milan 6 Brazil! 2MED Marcos Antônio 23 years Shakhtar Donetsk 10 Spain! 2MED Luis Alberto 30 years Liverpool F. C. 18 Argentina! 2MED Luka Romero 18 years R. C. D. Mallorca 21 Serbia! 2MED Sergej Milinković-Savić 3o 28 years KRC Genk 32 Italy! 2MED Danilo Cataldi 4o 28 years Lower divisions 50 Italy! 2MED Marco Bertini 23 years Lower divisions 88 Croatia! 2MED Toma Bašić 26 years Girondins de Bordeaux 96 Algeria! 2MED Mohamed Fares 27 years SPAL 2013 Delanteros 7 Brazil! 3OF THE Felipe Anderson 30 years West Ham United F. C. 9 Spain! 3OF THE Pedro 35 years A. S. Rome 11 Italy! 3OF THE Matteo Cancellieri 21 years Hellas Verona 17 Italy! 3OF THE Ciro Immobile 1o 33 years Sevilla F. C. 20 Italy! 3OF THE Mattia Zaccagni 28 years Hellas Verona 22 Paraguay! 3OF THE Diego González Alcaraz 20 years Celaya Soccer Club Cessions N.o Nac. Pos. Name Age Eq. provenance Lost to ITA! 1DEF Francesco Acerbi 35 years US Sassuolo Inter de Milan ESP! 3OF THE Raúl Moro 20 years Lower divisions Ternana ARG! 2MED Gonzalo Escalante 30 years Deportivo Alavés US Cremonese CIV! 2MED Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro 30 years US Salernitana Empoli FC ITA! 2MED André Anderson 23 years Santos FC São Paulo FC ESP! 3OF THE Jony Rodriguez 31 years Málaga CF Real Sporting de Gijón DEN! 1DEF Riza Durmisi 28 years Real Betis Leganese CD ITA! 3OF THE Emanuele Cicerelli 28 years US Salernitana Reggina Calcio ITA! 3OF THE Christian Lombardi 27 years Lower divisions US Triestina ITA! 1DEF Nicolò Armini 22 years Lower divisions Potenza Calcio ITA! 3OF THE Alessandro Rossi 26 years Lower divisions Monterosi FC ITA! 1DEF Mattia Novella 22 years US Salernitana AZ Picerno ITA! 0BY Alessio Furlanetto 21 years Lower divisions AC Renate	Coach(s) Maurizio Sarri Deputy(s) Giovanni Martusciello Legend Captain Mission quarry (club-trained) Training (association-trained) European passport Aliens Extracommunity without restriction Lost to the club Granted to another club Discarded / No chip		4-3-3 ITA! BY 94 DEF 29 DEF 4 DEF 13 DEF 77 MED 21 MED 32 MED 10 OF THE 7 OF THE 20 OF THE 17

Coaches

Coach Timeline

Honours of Prizes

Lazio won the Teresa Herrera Trophy in 1950.

National tournaments (14)

National competition	Titles	Subcamponatos
Series A (2/6)	1973-74, 1999-00.	1912-13,1913-14, 1922-23, 1936-37, 1994-95,1998-99, 2022-23
Italian Cup (7/3)	1958, 1997-98, 1999-00, 2003-04, 2008-09, 2012-13, 2018-19.	1960-61, 2014-15, 2016-17.
Italian Super Cup (5/3)	1998, 2000, 2009, 2017, 2019.	2004, 2013, 2015.
Series B (1/2)	1968-69.	1971-72, 1982-83.

International tournaments (2)

Note: in bold current competitions.

Women's section

Other sports sections

In addition to soccer, Polisportiva S.S. Lazio has 49 more sports sections, including those for baseball, American football, women's football, futsal, rugby and water polo.