SS Lazio Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==History== {{Further|History of SS Lazio}} [[File:targalazio.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Plaque commemorating the foundation of Lazio at Piazza della Libertà (Roma, Prati)]] ''Società Podistica Lazio'' was founded on 9 January 1900 in the [[Prati (rione of Rome)|Prati]] district of [[Rome]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sslazio.it/societa/storia.html|work=S.S. Lazio|title=Club info|access-date=9 January 2011|archive-date=30 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830153627/http://www.sslazio.it/societa/storia.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Until 1910, the club played at an amateur level until it officially joined the [[Italian Football League|league]] competition in 1912 as soon as the [[Italian Football Federation]] began organising championships in the center and south of Italy, and reached the final of the national championship playoff three times, but never won, losing in 1913 to [[F.C. Pro Vercelli 1892|Pro Vercelli]], in 1914 to [[A.S. Casale Calcio|Casale]] and in 1923 to [[Genoa C.F.C.|Genoa 1893]].{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} In 1927, Lazio was the only major Roman club which resisted the [[Fascist Italy (1922–1943)|Fascist regime's]] attempts to merge all the city's teams into what would become [[A.S. Roma|Roma]] the same year.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} The club played in the first organised [[Serie A]] in 1929 and, led by legendary Italian striker [[Silvio Piola]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cronologia.leonardo.it/sport/crono34.htm|work=cronologia.leonardo.it|title=Silvio Piola|access-date=7 June 2008|archive-date=2 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110702214359/http://cronologia.leonardo.it/sport/crono34.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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 win in 1958.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} Lazio was relegated for the first time in 1961 to [[Serie B]], but returned in the top flight two years later.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} After a number of mid-table placements, another relegation followed in 1970–71.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ital71.html|work=RSSSF|title=Italy 1970/71|access-date=15 June 2008|archive-date=29 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929150915/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ital71.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Back to Serie A in 1972–73, Lazio immediately emerged as surprise challengers for the ''[[Scudetto]]'' to [[A.C. Milan|Milan]] and [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]] in 1972–73, only losing out on the final day of the season, with a team comprising captain [[Giuseppe Wilson]], as well as midfielders [[Luciano Re Cecconi]] and [[Mario Frustalupi]], striker [[Giorgio Chinaglia]], and head coach [[Tommaso Maestrelli]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vecchiasignora.com/lofiversion/index.php/t26959.html|title=La Lazio di Re Cecconi|work=vecchiasignora.com|access-date=15 June 2008}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Lazio improved such successes{{clarify|date=January 2024|reason='improved such successes'?}} the following season, ensuring its first title in [[1973–74 S.S. Lazio season|1973–74]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postadelgufo.it/lazio/lazio74.html|work=postadelgufo.it|title=I banditi e i Campioni – Lazio '73–'74 – Uno scudetto "contro" tutto e tutti|access-date=15 June 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213132357/http://postadelgufo.it/lazio/lazio74.html|archive-date=13 February 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ital74.html|work=RSSSF|title=Italy 1973/74|access-date=15 June 2008|archive-date=9 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809221353/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ital74.html|url-status=live}}</ref> However, tragic{{why|date=January 2024|reason=why were the deaths particularly 'tragic'?}}{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} deaths of Re Cecconi<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pagine70.com/vmnews/wmview.php?ArtID=601|work=pagine70.com|title=Luciano Re Cecconi, l'Angelo biondo|first=Paolo|last=Benetollo|access-date=15 June 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617113325/http://www.pagine70.com/vmnews/wmview.php?ArtID=601|archive-date=17 June 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and ''Scudetto'' trainer Maestrelli, as well as the departure of Chinaglia, would be a triple blow{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} for Lazio.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} The emergence of [[Bruno Giordano]] during this period provided some{{vague|date=January 2024}}{{quantify|date=January 2024}} relief{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} as he finished League top scorer in 1979, when Lazio finished eighth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ital79.html|work=RSSSF|title=Italy 1978/79|access-date=15 June 2008|archive-date=26 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926000119/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ital79.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Lazio 1974 Campioni d'Italia.jpg|thumb|SS Lazio team which won the club's first ''[[scudetto]]'' in 1974]] Lazio were forcibly relegated to Serie B in 1980, due to a remarkable{{why|date=January 2024}}{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} scandal concerning illegal bets on their own matches, along with Milan.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} They remained in Italy's second division for three seasons, in what would mark the darkest{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} period in Lazio's history.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} They would return in 1983 and manage a last-day escape from relegation the following season.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} The 1984–85 season would prove harrowing,{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} with a pitiful{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} 15 points and bottom place finish. In 1986, Lazio was hit{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} with a nine-point deduction (a true{{vague|date=January 2024|reason=so who died?}} deathblow{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} back in the day{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} of the two-point win) for a betting scandal involving player [[Claudio Vinazzani]].{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} An epic{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} struggle against relegation followed the same season in Serie B, with the club led by trainer [[Eugenio Fascetti]] only avoiding relegation to the [[Serie C]] after play-off wins over [[Taranto F.C. 1927|Taranto]] and [[S.S.D. Città di Campobasso|Campobasso]].{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} This would prove a turning point in the club's history,{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} with Lazio returning to Serie A in 1988 and, under the careful financial management of Gianmarco Calleri,{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} the consolidation of the club's position as a solid top-flight club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ital89.html|work=RSSSF|title=Italy 1988/89|access-date=14 October 2008|archive-date=23 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823221546/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ital89.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ital90.html|work=RSSSF|title=Italy 1989/90|access-date=14 October 2008|archive-date=26 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926003804/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ital90.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Big giordano01.jpg|thumb|left|170px|[[Bruno Giordano]] with the Lazio jersey]] The arrival of [[Sergio Cragnotti]] in 1992 changed the club's history, due to his long-term investments in new players to make the team a ''Scudetto'' competitor.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} A notable early transfer during his tenure was the capture{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} of English midfielder [[Paul Gascoigne]] from [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] for £5.5 million.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} Gascoigne's transfer to Lazio is credited with the increase of interest in Serie A in the United Kingdom during the 1990s.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} Cragnotti repeatedly broke transfer records in pursuit of players who were considered major stars – [[Juan Sebastián Verón]] for £18 million, [[Christian Vieri]] for £19 million and breaking the [[List of most expensive association football transfers|world transfer record]], albeit only for a matter of weeks, to sign [[Hernán Crespo]] from [[Parma Calcio 1913|Parma]] for £35 million.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/829225.stm|work=BBC Sport|title=Lazio's £40m Crespo deal|date=12 July 2000|access-date=4 November 2009|archive-date=3 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803212516/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/829225.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> Lazio were Serie A runners-up in 1995, third in 1996 and fourth in 1997, then losing the championship just by one point to Milan on the last championship's match in 1999 before, with the likes of{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} [[Siniša Mihajlović]], [[Alessandro Nesta]], [[Marcelo Salas]] and [[Pavel Nedvěd]] in the side, winning its second ''Scudetto'' in 2000, as well as the Coppa Italia [[Double (association football)|double]] with [[Sven-Göran Eriksson]] (1997–2001) as manager. [[File:Alessandro Nesta.jpg|right|thumb|240px|[[Alessandro Nesta]], homegrown player and captain of Lazio 1999–2002]] Lazio had two more Coppa Italia triumphs{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} in 1998 and 2004, as well as the last [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]] in [[1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final|1999]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/news/kind=4/newsid=490842.html|work=UEFA|title=Lazio leave it late|date=19 May 1999|access-date=9 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101024010740/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/news/kind=4/newsid=490842.html|archive-date=24 October 2010|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> They also reached the [[1998 UEFA Cup Final|UEFA Cup]] final, but lost 0–3 against [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/history/season=1997/intro.html|work=UEFA|title=Zamorano leads Inter rout|date=1 June 1998|access-date=9 January 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100625234524/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/history/season=1997/intro.html|archive-date=25 June 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In addition, Lazio won the [[Supercoppa Italiana]] twice and defeated [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] in 1999 to win the [[UEFA Super Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/supercup/history/season=1999/intro.html|work=UEFA|title=Salas downs United|date=1 September 1999|access-date=27 October 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831071220/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/supercup/history/season%3D1999/intro.html|archive-date=31 August 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 2000, Lazio became also the first Italian football club to be quoted on the Italian [[Borsa Italiana|Piazza Affari]] stock market.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2000/maggio/23/oggi_Roma_quotata_Borsa_ga_0_0005238328.shtml|work=La Gazzetta dello Sport|author=Capone, Antonello|title=Da oggi la Roma è quotata in Borsa|date=3 February 2000|access-date=14 October 2008|archive-date=13 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113085407/http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2000/maggio/23/oggi_Roma_quotata_Borsa_ga_0_0005238328.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> With money running out, Lazio's results slowly worsened in the years.{{clarify|date=January 2024|reason='in the years'? in what years?}}{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} In 2002, a financial scandal involving Cragnotti and his food products multinational [[Cirio]] forced him to leave the club, and Lazio was controlled until 2004 by caretaker financial managers and a bank pool.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} This forced the club to sell their star players and even fan favourite captain Alessandro Nesta.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} In 2004, entrepreneur [[Claudio Lotito]] acquired the majority of the club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://guide.dada.net/ss_lazio/interventi/2004/07/168883.shtml|title=Claudio Lotito is the new Lazio chairman|work=guide.dada.net|access-date=12 June 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007214942/http://guide.dada.net/ss_lazio/interventi/2004/07/168883.shtml|archive-date=7 October 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 2006, the club qualified to the 2006–07 [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]] under coach [[Delio Rossi]].{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} The club, however, was excluded from European competitions due to their involvement in the [[2006 Italian football scandal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/2006/07/sezioni/sport/calcio/sentenza-caf/sentenza-caf/sentenza-caf.html|title=Prima sentenza sullo scandalo calcio: Juve, Lazio e Fiorentina in serie B|work=La Repubblica|access-date=12 June 2008|archive-date=21 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521051530/http://www.repubblica.it/2006/07/sezioni/sport/calcio/sentenza-caf/sentenza-caf/sentenza-caf.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In the 2006–07 season, despite a later-reduced points deduction, Lazio achieved a third-place finish, thus gaining qualification to the [[UEFA Champions League]] third qualifying round, where they defeated [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo București]] to reach the group phase, and ended fourth place in the group composed of [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]], [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]] and [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]].{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} Things{{clarify|date=January 2024|reason=what 'things'?}}{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} in the league did not go much better, with the team spending most of the season in the bottom half of the table, sparking{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} the protests of the fans, and eventually ending the Serie A season in 12th place.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} In the 2008–09 season, Lazio won their fifth [[2008–09 Coppa Italia|Coppa Italia]], beating [[UC Sampdoria|Sampdoria]] in the [[2009 Coppa Italia final|final]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espnstar.com/football/serie-a/news/detail/item266953/Lazio-win-Coppa-Italia/ |title=Lazio win the Coppa Italia |date=14 May 2009 |work=ESPN Star Sports |access-date=9 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324210831/http://www.espnstar.com/football/serie-a/news/detail/item266953/Lazio-win-Coppa-Italia/ |archive-date=24 March 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Lazio started the [[2009–10 in Italian football|2009–10 season]] playing the [[Supercoppa Italiana]] against Inter in [[Beijing]] and winning the match 2–1, with goals from [[Matuzalém]] and [[Tommaso Rocchi]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/08-08-2009/inter-sara-subito-milito-eto-o-50983975351.shtml|work=La Gazzetta dello Sport|title=Supercoppa alla Lazio. Battuta l'Inter 2–1|date=8 August 2009|access-date=11 August 2009|language=it|archive-date=3 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103073120/http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/08-08-2009/inter-sara-subito-milito-eto-o-50983975351.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Lazio won the [[2012–13 Coppa Italia]] 1–0 over [[Derby della Capitale|rivals]] [[AS Roma|Roma]], with the lone goal coming from [[Senad Lulić]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Squadre/Lazio/26-05-2013/roma-lazio-0-1-decide-gol-lulic-biancocelesti-europa-20458852545.shtml|title=Roma-Lazio 0-1, decide un gol di Lulic. Biancocelesti in Europa|publisher=La Gazzetta della Sport|date=26 May 2013|access-date=2 February 2017|language=it|archive-date=5 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005202748/http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Squadre/Lazio/26-05-2013/roma-lazio-0-1-decide-gol-lulic-biancocelesti-europa-20458852545.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Lazio won the [[2018–19 Coppa Italia]] 2–0 over [[Atalanta B.C.|Atalanta]], winning their seventh title overall.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.football-italia.net/138092/coppa-italia-atalanta-bow-lazio|title=Coppa Italia: Atalanta bow to Lazio|publisher=Football Italia|date=15 May 2019|access-date=15 May 2019|archive-date=13 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413203027/https://www.football-italia.net/138092/coppa-italia-atalanta-bow-lazio|url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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