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! ==Supporters and rivalries== {{More citations needed section|date=January 2024}} [[File:Tifosi curva nord lazio.jpg|right|thumb|190px|SS Lazio fans in the [[Curva (stadia)|Curva]] Nord of the [[Stadio Olimpico]]]] {{main|SS Lazio supporters}} Lazio is the sixth-most supported football club in Italy and the second in Rome, with around 2% of Italian football fans supporting the club (according to ''[[La Repubblica]]'s'' research of August 2008).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.repubblica.it/2008/08/sezioni/sport/calcio/sondaggio-calcio/tifo-juve-inter/tifo-juve-inter.html|author=Bordignon, Fabio|author2=Ceccarini, Luigi|work=La Repubblica|title=Tifosi, Juventus la piΓΉ amata. Inter la piΓΉ antipatica|date=8 August 2008|access-date=15 October 2009|language=it|archive-date=12 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012224332/http://www.repubblica.it/2008/08/sezioni/sport/calcio/sondaggio-calcio/tifo-juve-inter/tifo-juve-inter.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Historically, the largest section of Lazio supporters in the city of Rome has come from the far northern section, creating an [[arch]]-like shape across Rome with affluent areas such as [[Parioli]], [[Prati]], Flaminio, Cassia and [[Monte Mario]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.itv-football.co.uk/story/0,19239,13224_2713715,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220090202/http://www.itv-football.co.uk/story/0,19239,13224_2713715,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 February 2008|work=ITV-Football|title=S.S. Lazio|date=29 June 2007}}</ref> Founded in 1987, ''Irriducibili Lazio'' were the club's biggest [[ultras]] group for over 30 years. They typically create traditional Italian ultra displays during the ''[[Derby della Capitale]]'' (Rome Derby),<ref name="fans">{{cite news|url=http://website.lineone.net/~view_from_the_terrace/italsce.html|publisher=View from the Terrace|title=Italian Ultras Scene|date=29 June 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508122124/http://website.lineone.net/~view_from_the_terrace/italsce.html|archive-date=8 May 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> the match between Lazio and their main rivals, [[AS Roma|Roma]]. It is amongst the most heated and emotional footballing rivalries in the world,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/football/10/22/first11.derbies/index.html|work=CNN|author=Duke, Greg|title=Football First 11: Do or die derbies|date=22 October 2008|access-date=4 November 2009|archive-date=17 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017011443/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/football/10/22/first11.derbies/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> such as where Lazio fan Vincenzo Paparelli was killed at one of the derby games during the [[1979β80 Serie A|1979β80 season]] after being hit in the eye by an emergency rocket thrown by a Roma fan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thelaziali.com/2019/10/20/vincenzo-paparelli-death-in-the-terrace/|title=Vincenzo Paparelli: Death in the Terrace|date=20 October 2019|publisher=The Laziali|access-date=26 May 2020|archive-date=3 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603213739/https://thelaziali.com/2019/10/20/vincenzo-paparelli-death-in-the-terrace/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ultraslazio.it/ukstory.htm|work=ultraslazio.it|title=Ultras History|date=29 June 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616011746/http://www.ultraslazio.it/ukstory.htm|archive-date=16 June 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> A minority of Lazio's [[ultras]] used to use [[swastika]]s and [[Fascism|fascist]] symbols on their banners, and they have displayed [[Racism|racist]] behaviour in several occasions during the derbies.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} Most notably, at a derby of the season 1998β99, laziali unfurled a 50-metre banner around the Curva Nord that read, "[[Auschwitz]] is your town, the ovens are your houses".{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} Black players of Roma have often been receivers of racist and offensive behaviour.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thescore.com/news/951791|title=Play stopped after Lazio supporters racially abuse Napoli's Kalidou Koulibaly|date=3 February 2016 |publisher=thescore.com}}</ref> After 33 years, the Irriducibili disbanded on 27 February 2020, citing "too much blood, too many banning orders, too many arrests."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.football-italia.net/150585/lazio-irriducibili-ultras-disband|title=Lazio 'Irriducibili' ultras disband|publisher=Football Italia|date=27 February 2020|access-date=27 February 2020|archive-date=27 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227171445/https://www.football-italia.net/150585/lazio-irriducibili-ultras-disband|url-status=live}}</ref> Lazio's ultras now go by the name ''Ultras Lazio''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thelaziali.com/2020/02/29/irriducibili-disband-ultras-lazio/|title='Irriducibili' Disband, 'Ultras Lazio' Formed|publisher=The Laziali|date=29 February 2020|access-date=26 May 2020|archive-date=3 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603213739/https://thelaziali.com/2020/02/29/irriducibili-disband-ultras-lazio/|url-status=live}}</ref> Lazio also have a strong rivalry with [[SSC Napoli|Napoli]] and [[AS Livorno Calcio|Livorno]], as well as with [[Pescara Calcio|Pescara]] and [[Atalanta BC|Atalanta]].{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} The club also maintains strong competitive rivalries with [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]], [[Juventus FC|Juventus]] and [[AC Milan|Milan]]. Conversely, the ultras have friendly relationships with [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]], [[Unione Triestina 2012 S.S.D.|Triestina]] and [[Hellas Verona FC|Hellas Verona]]. Internationally, Lazio's fans maintain a long-standing strong friendship with the supporters of the Bulgarian club [[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]] and as such, Lazio were invited to participate in the centenary football match honouring the birthday of the Bulgarian club.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtN07WOFVf8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/WtN07WOFVf8| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|work=Youtube|title=Levski Sofia β Lazio centenario|date=23 May 2014|access-date=1 August 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sportpeople.net/levski-sofia-lazio-3-2-amichevole-centenario/|work=sportpeople.net|title=Levski Sofia-Lazio 3-2, amichevole centenario|date=24 May 2014|access-date=1 August 2016|archive-date=11 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811035034/http://www.sportpeople.net/levski-sofia-lazio-3-2-amichevole-centenario/|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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