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AS Roma
Italian Name: AS Roma
Club History & Facts:
AS [Associazone Sportiva] Roma were formed in the Italian capital city of Rome. They were founded in 1927 by Italo Foschi, their invention can also be accredited to infamous dictator Benito Moussilini who wanted a football club to rival the dominance of Northern Italians clubs such as Ac Milan.
Their city rivals Lazio were not to keen on the idea of another Roman team, but could not oppose the move. Their stadium is called the Stadio Olympico and has a capacity of 72,000, and the club president IS Mr. Rosella Sensi.
Their nickname is La Magica [The Magic] and their home strip is a dark red almost claret colour. They won their first of 3 serie A titles in 1942 this was largely due to top goalscorer with 18 Amadeo Amadei.
Their standards dropped in years to come especially with a brief stint in Serie b in the 1950's. Their next successful period came at the beginning of the 1980's when they had the likes of Conti and the Brazillian Falcao in their ranks. They won the Scudetto[Italian title] in 1983.
European Performance:
In the 1984 European cup final where they lost to Liverpool. In 1991 they made it to an all Italian Uefa cup final where they also lost out this time to Inter Milan. They last won the serie a title in 2001 with Club legend Francesco Totti being pivotal in that success, this side also included names such as Cafu and Argentinian legend Gabriella Batistuta.
They have recently appeared in the Champions League being knocked out two seasons in a row at the quarter final stage by Manchester United.
They have won an amazing 9 coppa Italias which is like the English FA cup, they are the current holders of that trophy. They finished second in the 2007/2008 season . Roma were beaten on penalties by Arsenal iin the last 16, it was a cruel way to exit the tournament as they lost on penalty kicks. They have failed to reach this season's Champions League after a poor showing in Serie A, ending up in 6th place.
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