CLUB HISTORY
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1900
1900
LAZIO IS BORN
Lugi Bigiarelli is the creator of the "Società Podistica Lazio", founded in Rome on January 9, 1900. On that day, he, his brother Giacomo, and seven other friends decided to establish Lazio, sitting on a bench in Piazza della Libertà. The members will then be 15 at the subscription of the first Social Statute on January 13, 1900, all animated by pure Olympic spirit. The Founding Fathers want to constitute a society in order to participate in a foot race, the "Giro di Castel Giubileo," reserved exclusively for teams registered. Exactly for this event, Lazio is originally born only as a running club.
1901
HERE COMES THE FOOTBALL
In 1901, an additional discipline was added to running, rowing, swimming, and hiking: football, still little known in Rome in terms of its details and rules of play. In the city, the only ones practicing it were the seminarians of the Scottish and Irish College. The connection between the newly founded Società Podistica Lazio and the British seminarians who practiced football in Rome was probably Bruno Seghettini. In January 1901, he appeared at Lazio's headquarters on Via Valadier 21, and decided to tell them about the origins and basic rules of this sport that originated in England. He also showed them his knotted rope ball that bounces every time it hits the ground.
1903
THE FIRST WOODEN DOORS APPEAR
In 1903, Alberto Canalini, a carpenter by profession and a member of Lazio, built the first wooden goalposts in Rome and placed them at Piazza d'Armi, the first playing field of Lazio. In the photo, the center forward and captain of Lazio, Sante Ancherani, is seen positioning a goalpost on the field.
1904
The first derby of the capital is Lazio-Virtus
On May 15, 1904, the first documented "derby" of the capital was played, taking place at Piazza d'Armi and won by Lazio 3-0 with a hat-trick from its center forward Sante Ancherani. For the occasion, Lazio debuted their new uniforms, handcrafted by Sante's family. The beautiful jerseys were flannel shirts with white and sky blue inserts made at home and sewn by Captain Ancherani's mother and sister.
1905
The first time of the Roman imperial eagle
"Debut of the symbol adopted at that time and in which the Roman imperial eagle appears for the first time. The coat of arms depicts the raptor, emblem of the Roman legions, in a waiting position, resting on a shield with seven vertical stripes, four blue and three white. The majestic wings of the eagle are gathered downward and follow the curve of the shield on the right side. The beak of the eagle holds a blue scroll with the name "S. Podistica Lazio"
1906
A new pitch for Lazio
In 1906, the club moved its headquarters to Villa Borghese. President Ballerini was able to obtain the concession of the Casina dell'Uccelliera as the headquarters and the green area of the Parco dei Daini was used as a playing field.
1907
Wins the Roman Championship
The 1907 Roman championship was the first tournament open to all capital football clubs. The Biancocelesti immediately imposed themselves on their rivals by inflicting a decisive 2-0 on Roman and a resounding 3-0 on Virtus and immediately became the first Lazio Championship team. As the holder of the title of "Lazio Champion" of 1907, Lazio was invited to Perugia to play a sort of interprovincial playoff. The Biancocelesti faced the Sport Club Siena and, after just half an hour of play, they were already ahead five goals to zero. The game was suspended due to the manifest inferiority of the opposing team. Sante Ancherani was the center-forward and coach of this team.
1908
Lazio Champion Centre-South, with three matches in one day
As a result of the successes achieved in the previous season (Roman championship and interregional phase in Perugia), Lazio was invited to Pisa to participate in the central-southern finals scheduled for Sunday, June 7, 1908. The fact is that Lazio lined up the same formation, playing three consecutive Sunday matches and first beating Lucca 3-0 (at 10 am), then Spes Livorno 4-0 (at 2 pm) and then Virtus Juventusque Livorno 1-0 (at 4:30 pm). On that day Lazio was crowned the winner of the interregional tournament.
1910
The 'Lazio Regional Championship' is born. It was an immediate triumph
On March 13, 1910, a historic match between Lazio and Ginnastica Fortitudo was held, which ended with the telling result of 11-0 for the Biancocelesti. This match is also the debut match of the first Roman Championship organized by the Lazio Regional Committee under the aegis of the new Federation which takes the name of FIGC in 1909. The teams registered are: Lazio, Roman, Juventus and Ginnastica Fortitudo. Lazio easily wins the first official regional tournament, totaling 12 points in 6 games. It scores 31 goals and only concedes 2.
1912
Record victory on the new Farnesina field
The Lazio team temporarily moved to the Farnesina pitch, located far away, near the shooting range beyond Ponte Milvio, more or less in the area occupied twenty years later by the Stadio dei Marmi. The pitch was inaugurated with a 5-0 win against Audace and was used for just over a year, the time needed to complete work on the Rondinella pitch. Sunday 10 November 1912 saw the Lazio-Pro Roma match 13-1, which was to prove Lazio's victory by the widest margin in league matches in the history of the capital's first club.
1913
The first "National Final" arrives
The FIGC launched the first national championship. It was structured in three groups for northern Italy and three for central and southern Italy. Reaching the final, after beating all its opponents, was Lazio, the undisputed queen of Rome and the Centre-South. It met, in the National Final (played in Genoa), Pro Vercelli who dominated the match, imposing themselves 6-0 on the biancazzurri, winning the title. Northern football is still too superior.
1914
Back in the 'National Final'
The new season begins again and Lazio still starts with the favours of prediction, at least as far as the capital's opponents are concerned, and those in the centre and south of the peninsula. Expectations were not disappointed. In sequence, the biancazzurri extinguished the ambitions of the Roman teams and then of Spes di Livorno and Internazionale di Napoli, becoming the Champion of Central-Southern Italy, a success that would entitle them to the national final. In the two matches against Casale, Lazio were defeated 7-1 in Piedmont and 0-2 in Rome.
1914
The Rondinella stadium is inaugurated
1 November 1914 is a historic date. The Lazio-Audace 3-2 match inaugurated the history of the legendary Rondinella field, located in the newly-born Flaminio district.
1915
The denied championship
On the date of the 1914/15 season suspension due to the outbreak of World War I, Lazio becomes the Champion of Central-Southern Italy and thus earns the right to play in the "National Final" against the leader of the Northern Italy Final Group, a final match for the title of Italian Champion. However, the tournament in Northern Italy is interrupted one game before the end due to the outbreak of World War I, with a resolution adopted by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) on May 22, 1915.
1921
Lazio becomes 'Moral Entity'
The association of the historic president Fortunato Ballerini is honored, with Royal Decree 907/1921 of June 2, 1921, with the award that makes it a Moral Entity for having transformed its field, that of the Rondinella stadium, into a war garden with the aim of feeding the Roman population, worn out by the terrible war famine. Lazio is, to this day, the only company in the national and international sports scene to have achieved such a meritorious award. Furthermore, the acquisition of this status allows General Giorgio Vaccaro, six years later, to successfully oppose the merger with the newly formed A.S. Roma.
1923
Third 'National Final' arrives
Lazio reaches the third Scudetto final in its history. The young players, who stood out in the post-war period, grow and make Lazio great again, fielding players of the caliber of Bernardini, Faccani, and the Saraceni brothers. In the regional group, Lazio eliminates Alba, Fortitudo, U.S. Romana, Juventus, Audax, and Roman. In the next group, it eliminates Ideale, Libertas Palermo, and Internaples. In the semifinals, it beats Savoia, and will only surrender to Genoa in the double final (Genoa-Lazio 4-1, Lazio-Genoa 0-2).
1925
Bernardini is the first Roman player on the national team
In this season, Fulvio Bernardini makes his debut in the national team. He's the first Roman and first Lazio player to make it to the national selection. From the first Roman and Lazio player in the national team to the first professional coach of Lazio: on the bench, in fact, sits the Hungarian Koszegy, the first professional coach in the history of the white and blue team.
1926
From SPL to SSL, goodbye Podistica
On 19 June 1926, Lazio changed its official name from 'Società Podistica Lazio' to 'Società Sportiva Lazio'.
1927
No to the merger with other minor capital clubs
Lazio risks disappearing on the altar of a political decision that wants to achieve the merger of all Roman teams to create a financially strong and competitive company in the national field. But Lazio will oppose it. In this "dispute" the figure of General Giorgio Vaccaro comes in, an influential leader in Italian sports who, as vice president of Lazio, defends its history and uniqueness. The fact that Lazio was a Moral Entity played a fundamental role in the issue. Lazio will remain as such, jealously guarding the title of the first team of Rome.
1929
Single round with Zenobi as president
The new president is Remo Zenobi, one of the best managers in the history of the white-blue team. The 1929/30 season is the first with the championship in a single round. In a 18-team Series A mostly composed of teams from the center-north (with the only exceptions of Napoli, Rome and Lazio), the white-blue team survives after a overwhelming and promising start. On the first day, they beat the Italian champions Bologna 3-0.
1931
The "premiere" at the PNF National Stadium
The season is characterized above all by the farewell to the legendary Rondinella stadium. The white-blue team moves to the PNF National Stadium (National Fascist Party) and in 1932 Lazio itself will be entrusted by the City of Rome to manage the sports facility. In line with the existing autarky, all expressions of Anglo-Saxon origin are banned and therefore the word "football" is also censored; from now on the game will be referred to as only "calcio" (Italian for soccer).
1931
The Brasilazio
In order to try to resolve a technical crisis that has been ongoing for years, Lazio also thought of hiring a series of native players, or foreign players who can demonstrate native Italian heritage. So, nine Brazilians were registered by Lazio, seven of whom were native, including Fantoni II and Guarisi. The so-called "Brasilazio" is coached by another Carioca, Amilcar Barbuy. The "Brasilaziali" take the field wearing a paradoxically very "Argentinian" and very little "Brazilian" jersey, with large white and blue vertical stripes.
1934
Piola joins Lazio
In the summer of 1934, Silvio Piola surprisingly moves to Lazio. The player, initially hesitant for family reasons and with the ambition of being soon called up to the National team, agrees to the transfer to the capital thanks to the great persuasive ability of Giorgio Vaccaro, president of the FIGC and former vice president of Lazio.
1935
Piola's first time in the National team
The coach Vittorio Pozzo calls up Silvio Piola for the first time in the national team, ahead of the match against Austria to replace the injured Giuseppe Meazza. Piola makes his debut on March 24, 1935 in Vienna, scoring an extraordinary double that embellishes the success of the Azzurri.
1937
Lazio's first continental final
In 1936/37, the white and blue team played a fantastic season, finishing in 2nd place and qualifying for the European Cup, the most prestigious continental tournament of the time. They reached the final, which took place in September and October of 1937. Unfortunately, Lazio lost the final in a dramatic way against Ferencváros, partly due to questionable refereeing in the first leg played in Hungary, which affected the return leg played in Rome.
1938
Piola is a world champion thanks to his goals
To make room for Piola in the national team, coach Pozzo is forced to use Meazza as a midfielder, but the Lazio striker repays him by scoring 5 goals in the 1938 World Cup, which Italy won with a brace from him in the final, beating Hungary 4-2.
1939
For the first time with numbers on the shirts
September 17, 1939 is a historic date for Italian football, as for the first time fans see their favorite players take to the field with an unusual, large number sewn on the back of their jerseys. Thanks to a circular issued by the then president of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), Giorgio Vaccaro, the numbering of players' jerseys became mandatory. For Lazio, the day of the baptism was the match against Modena (1-1).
1941
Piola, hero of the derby with a bandaged head
Piola falls to the ground with a bloody face after a collision with the yellow-red Acerbi. He is rushed to the locker room and advised not to continue playing. Piola responds that the necessary stitches be applied quickly, and he returns to the field. The first half is about to end when Piola, in a contested ball, lunges, strikes the ball with his bloody forehead and sends it into the net. He collapses again in pain, as the stitches had sunk into his flesh. The doctor tries to stop him again. Piola doesn't listen and doubles the score in the second half. Piola beats Roma 2-0.
1943
Piola leaves Lazio
For a war league, Lazio boasts the deadliest weapon: a red-hot Silvio Piola. It is in fact the white-blue captain who conquers the top scorer title with 21 goals. No one knows it yet, but this 1942/43 season is Piola's last with the Lazio jersey. Events escalate. On July 19, 1943, Rome is heavily bombed. On the 25th, fascism falls. Piola leaves Lazio with 159 goals. He will later become the all-time leading Italian goal scorer, with 274 goals scored in Serie A (290 if counting the 16 goals scored in the post-war mixed A/B league, divided into two groups).
1944
Wins the 1st Roman War Championship
On 27 November 1943, the Federation, through a federal communiqué, announced that the championship would be played through a mixed system, which would group the A, B and C series clubs into a single series divided into regional groups. The finalists would then meet in a single group. Lazio won the Lazio group, but could not participate in the final stages because in the meantime the Allies, after the battle of Monte Cassino and the landing at Anzio, occupied the entire regional territory. Therefore Lazio was left with the title of 'Champion of Lazio'.
1949
For the first time with a red armband on the arm
Starting from the 1949/50 season, the League introduces the use of an armband on the left arm to identify the captain of the team. Lazio chooses the representation of a red armband. The world of football mourns the "Great Turin". On May 4, 1949, the plane that brings back the Toro to the Piedmontese capital crashes on the Superga hill. No survivors. One of the strongest teams of all time is annihilated. The tricolor is awarded by office to Turin. The National Stadium in Rome will be named after this legendary team.
1949
Gradella leaves football
At just 28 years old, due to repeated injuries, goalkeeper Uber Gradella ends his sports career. But the singularity of Gradella's life is his loyalty to the white and blue colors. A true sportsman who will never want to leave Rome despite the economic crisis. Lazio does not have the money to pay his salary, so they help him face a new challenge, in the business sector, by giving him the "chance" to open a clothing and sports equipment store, called "Bottega dello Sport".
1951
Sentimenti brothers 'condemn' cousins to Serie B
The Sentimenti brothers become three with the arrival of Sentimenti V. Lazio wins both derbies. In the second local match, the Roman crowd is agitated against the Sentimenti brothers who, after returning home escorted by the Carabinieri, show all their support for Lazio by opening the doors of their home to Lazio fans to celebrate the victory in the derby. Roma finishes nineteenth and is relegated to Serie B.
1953
Opening of the Olympic Stadium
Designed in 1927 and originally known as the "stadio dei Cipressi," this stadium was designed by Enrico Del Debbio. In 1949, the CONI, its owner, decided to complete it and it was finished in 1953 by Annibale Vitellozzi. At the time it was known as the "stadio dei Centomila" due to its capacity of around 100,000 seats. It was renamed the "Olympic Stadium" after Rome was awarded the 1960 Olympic Games. It was inaugurated by the Lazio team in a league match on September 20, 1953, in the match Lazio-Legnano (1-1).
1958
The first trophy in history is the Coppa Italia
In 1958, the FIGC decided to restore the Coppa Italia. Lazio won the competition by beating Fiorentina in the final. The first trophy also marked the debut of the tricolor ribbon, a distinctive mark that, similarly to what was already happening with the Scudetto, identifies the winning team of the Coppa Italia. Therefore, starting from the 1958/59 season, Lazio is the first club to wear the ribbon on the jersey.
1965
Lenzini becomes president
During the 1965 season (November 18th), a historical event occurred: the appointment of Umberto Lenzini as the president of Lazio. The man, who will become famous by the affectionate nickname of "Sor Umberto," was born in America, in Colorado. He was a builder by profession and will lead Lazio to its first Scudetto. It will take almost a decade.
1967
The Gold Star for Sports Merit
In the summer, S.S. Lazio is awarded the "Golden Star" for sports merit, recognized for having been able to cultivate the tradition and activity of that great moral and sports heritage consisting of the numerous sports disciplines practiced.
1969
Lights go out, but Chinaglia comes in and 'turns them back on'
With Lazio promoted to Serie A, Giorgio Chinaglia, a young player from Serie C, makes his debut and scores 12 goals. The season begins with a Coppa Italia derby that ends in controversy. A few minutes before the end of the match, the stadium lights go out and take a while to come back on. The victory is awarded to the opposing team, Roma, by default because Lazio is the home and organizer of the match.
1971
Lazio wins the Coppa delle Alpi and Maestrelli arrives
With Lazio relegated to Serie B, coach Lorenzo was exonerated. There is, however, the Alpine Cup, a European competition that takes place at the end of the championship. The FIGC designated Lazio, Sampdoria, Verona and Varese as representatives of Italian football. On 25 June 1971, at the 'Stadio San Giacomo di Basilea', the Biancozzurra team won the Alpine Cup by beating Basilea 3-1, with a brace from Chinaglia. President Lenzini identified Tommaso Maestrelli as the right profile to relaunch Lazio.
1973
From B to near-scudetto in a few months
Double success in the derbies and a great turnaround allowed Maestrelli's men to reach the top of the table with four days to go. The last day is a thrilling one. There were three teams competing for the title: Milan on 44 points, Juventus and Lazio on 43. At the end of the first half Milan were losing in Verona and Juventus in Rome, while Lazio drew in Naples. In the 90th minute the Rossoneri fell in Verona, Juventus defeated the Giallorossi, finding the clear highway to mock the Bianconeri, defeated by Napoli.
1974
Champion of Italy
The team for the 1973/74 championship was essentially the same one that had played an outstanding season in the previous year, with the permanent addition of D'Amico, a jewel of the youth team. On the eve of the championship few believed that the biancazzurri could repeat themselves. Chinaglia proved infallible as a scorer. Pulici and Wilson were the leaders of the defence and King Cecconi proved to be a mix of quality and quantity. Frustalupi played the role of director and D'Amico that of fantasist. Lazio also boasted players like Petrelli, Martini, Oddi, Nanni and Garlaschelli who made an excellent contribution to the cause. Sunday 12 May 1974 was a historic date, celebrating the conquest of the first tricolour.
1976
Maestrelli saves Lazio and says goodbye
Maestrelli's illness forced a change on the bench. Coach Corsini was called up to the bench in his place. Bruno Giordano, a striker from the Primavera team, exploded into the first team, scoring the goal on his debut that allowed the team to beat Sampdoria. Relations between Chinaglia and Corsini were bad and, with a team by then in freefall, Maestrelli returned to give his Lazio the last helping hand. The painful draw in Como (2-2) prevented Lazio from relegation on the last day. On 2 December 1976 Maestrelli died.
1977
King Cecconi's last game
It is Sunday 24 October 1976 and at the Stadio Olimpico Lazio face Bologna in the league. The match ended 3-0. The match, however, was marked by the injury that occurred in the 20th minute to Luciano Re Cecconi, who was forced to leave the pitch. It was a singular incident: in the 13th minute, while turning to pass the ball to Wilson, the knee that was acting as a pivot suddenly locked. This was to be Angelo Biondo's last match in the Bianzzurri, who died on 18 January 1977 due to a tragic episode.
1979
The Paparelli tragedy
Bruno Giordano became top scorer at the end of the 1978/79 season with 19 goals. But another drama unfolded: on 28 October 1979 Vincenzo Paparelli died. Paparelli's murder, which occurred before the derby on 28 October 1979 inside the Stadio Olimpico, is one of the blackest pages in the history of capital city football. On 18 November of the same year, Lazio and Roma decided to play a friendly match with mixed teams and donate the proceeds to the family of the deceased fan.
1981
The first commercial sponsor is Tonini
The 1981/82 football season presented itself with an absolute novelty, that of commercial sponsors who could advertise their brands on players' shirts. Over 28 Italian Serie A and B clubs took to the pitch sporting a sponsor on their chest. It is a novelty that initially creates much perplexity among fans accustomed to the immaculate jerseys of their idols. Lazio is sponsored by Tonini, a Turin-based food company and leading manufacturer of breadsticks.
1982
The myth of the 'Maglia Bandiera' is born
President Casoni graphically created a new futuristic, aggressive eagle with long outstretched wings: it is the stylised eagle. Designer of the logo and the first jersey is the creative Otello Cecchi of Marksport in Florence. The new uniform has a light blue lower half and a white upper half, surmounted on the chest by the stylised blue eagle. A drawing of the bird of prey with long wings that, passing through the sleeves, embraces the footballer up to the back, ending near the number.
1987
The legend of 'Meno Nove'
After the painful events involving Lazio in the calcioscommesse humiliation, three key figures saved the club from bankruptcy: Bocchi and the Calleri brothers. In the scorching summer of 1986, Lazio was relegated to Serie C, but the conviction was mitigated by Caf, which confirmed Serie B but with nine penalty points. The last dramatic match is at home with Vicenza and is decided by Fiorini. However, more is needed; it is a double playoff in Naples, with Taranto and Campobasso. In front of 35,000 Lazio fans, Taranto beats Lazio, making the clash won with Campobasso a dramatic one: another goal enters the legend and is scored by Poli, who saves Lazio.
1988
Goodbye Olimpico, goodbye old Curva Nord
Lazio-Taranto is the promotion match to Serie A, but the heart of the Biancozzurro fans is in the Curva Sud. The historic Nord is a building site for the construction of the new Olimpico for the Italia '90 World Cup. A banner accompanies this farewell: 'Dear, old Nord, with our hearts we will never forget you'.
1989
Back in the Flaminio bowl
Due to the renovation of the Stadio Olimpico for the 1990 World Cup, Lazio played their home games at the Stadio Flaminio in the 1989/90 season. In the matches played at the Flaminio, it is a dive in the heart for all the fans who can see their favourites up close, without athletics tracks, and with a perfect view. A warm and passionate cheer accompanies Lazio in all 17 home games that season.
1990
Calleri brings the Zoff myth to Rome
A name of great prestige and renown for the Lazio bench. From Juventus came the myth, the legend, the 1982 world champion, 'mister' Dino Zoff, fresh winner of the Coppa Italia and Uefa Cup with Juventus. Calleri assigned the ex-flag of the Italian national team the task of making the team make the quality leap.
1991
Dreaming with Gazza
The enthusiasm for the arrival of English star Paul Gascoigne suddenly subsides. Gazza was seriously injured with his Tottenham team. He arrived at Roma a year late. In his place was signed the German Thomas Doll who would prove to be the best signing of the 1991/92 season.
1992
Cragnotti becomes president
On 20 February 1992, president Gianmarco Calleri sold all his shares to Roman financier Sergio Cragnotti, inspired by his brother Giovanni. On 12 March, Cragnotti took over as president of the capital's first team. In addition to his brother Giovanni as vice-president, Lionello Celon as managing director also appeared in the company organigram.
1992
Social emblem changes
With Cragnotti also came the new corporate emblem. The change of ownership from Calleri to Cragnotti led the marketing department to graphically revise the S.S. Lazio logo. The coat of arms was designed in a more modern and stylised version. With the new corporate emblem, the chromatic definition that has always been associated with S.S. Lazio also changed, from biancazzurri (or biancoazzurri) to biancocelesti.
1993
Signori is the top scorer
'And he always scores... his name is Beppe Signori, his name is Beppe Signori...'. So sings the curva Nord to its new idol. The newcomer Beppe Signori, with his unmistakable blond forelock, immediately won the top scorer's chart. On the penultimate day with a spectacular 4-3 win over Napoli, Lazio finished fifth, returning to Europe after a 15-year abstinence.
1994
Zoff becomes president with Zeman as coach
Cragnotti asked for a show from the team, so a change in technical leadership was needed. Cragnotti hired Zdenek Zeman from Foggia, while Dino Zoff surprisingly took over as president. The Bohemian coach did not ask for any big names, but only for players who were functional to his proverbial tactical module '4-3-3'. Lazio played great football and was admired by all. The biancoceleste goal machine exalted itself with 8 goals against Fiorentina, 7 against Foggia, 5 against Napoli and Padova, 4 against Milan, Genoa and Inter, 3 at home against Juventus.
1994
Signori still king of goal
The star is always him Beppe Signori, 24 games, 23 goals and second top scorer. In the return derby Signori punished Roma. Marchegiani completed the job by neutralising a penalty for Giannini. Lazio finished fourth and flew to Europe. Of particular note was the debut of the jewel of Lazio's youth academy, Alessandro Nesta.
1995
Jerseys are customised
In 1995/96, there was a new phenomenon that overturned the classic numbering of football outfits. Italian uniforms are no longer numbered in order from 1 to 11, but as in rugby, basketball, American football and English football: footballers can customise their own jersey at the beginning of the season, choosing a number from 1 to 99 with the addition of the player's name, which can no longer be changed.
1998
It's poker with '4 out of 4 derbies'
"4 derbies out of 4" in four months, from 1 November 1997 to 8 March 1998. The history of the Capitoline derbies is marked by this incredible score: 1 November 1997, Roma vs Lazio 1-3 (league); 6 January 1998, Lazio v Roma 4-1 (Coppa Italia, first quarter-final); 21 January 1998, Roma v Lazio 1-2 (Coppa Italia, return quarter-final) and finally 8 March 1998, Lazio v Roma 2-0 (league). In the Coppa Italia return leg a mocking banner appeared in the North Curve, 'Tranquilli, stare su Scherzi a parte', as Gottardi flew in on a counter-attack in the 94th minute to score a rapturous 1-2.
1998
Wins the Italian Super Cup
Lazio came to Turin to face their first Italian Super Cup final. The match unblocked at 38′ on a ball from De la Pena, Mancini touched for Nedved who scored to put Lazio 1-0 up. From 65′ the Bianconeri, however, remained in ten because of the expulsion of F. Inzaghi. The referee Bettin 4 minutes from the end conceded a penalty kick for Juventus. Del Piero converted it, making it 1-1. But the Biancocelesti's reaction was praiseworthy: it was Conceicao who, in the third minute of added time, from the penalty spot, pierced the Bianconeri goalkeeper Peruzzi, thus allowing the Biancocelesti to inscribe their name in the roll of honour of the Supercoppa di Lega for the first time in history.
1999
Wins the Coppa delle Coppe
Lazio, thanks to its conquest of the Italian Cup in the previous season, played in the last historic edition of the Cup of Cups, arriving undefeated in the final of the competition. On May 19, 1999 in Birmingham in the final, there was Mallorca which in the semifinals eliminated the heavy favorite Chelsea. The scoring opened with a header by Vieri, quickly tied by Dani. In the end, Nedved, with a shot from outside the area, gave the fans the Cup of Cups.
2000
It's a Triplete: Serie A, Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana
Serie A and Coppa Italia won within five days, from 6:04 PM on Sunday, May 14th to late evening on Thursday, May 18th, in the year 2000. Juventus in the league, and Inter in the Coppa Italia, at the feet of Lazio. But it doesn't end here, of course. It's a hungry Lazio that leaves nothing, not even crumbs, to its opponents. On September 8, 2000, always against Inter, in an Olympic Stadium dressed for the occasion, in an unforgettable gala evening, here is the national "triplete", with the Italian Super Cup raised to the sky of Rome. Now Lazio also rhymes with "triplete".
2002
Lazio receives the Golden Collar
In December 2002, S.S. Lazio received from the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI), the Gold Collar of Sporting Merit, the first sports club in Italy which is currently composed of seventy-one sections engaged in more than sixty different disciplines, was awarded this high honor. The precious recognition is displayed at the Lazio Rowing Club.
2003
Cragnotti leaves and the 'Banda Mancini' is born
An economic crisis erupted in November 2002 with the default of Cirio bonds. Sergio Cragnotti was forced to step aside, leaving Lazio in the hands of the banks. Inevitable are the sales of valuable players, such as Crespo and Nesta. Technical management was handed over to Roberto Mancini. Lazio finished its season in 4th place. On January 3rd, 2003, Sergio Cragnotti officially resigned as president of Lazio. It's the end of a golden era where Lazio wins almost everything, excluding the Champions League.
2003
The “Maglia Day”
On September 11th, 2003, the "Unique Jersey" signed by the players who adhere to the "Baraldi Plan" and intended for the fans with season tickets, was presented at Formello. The "Baraldi Plan" is an agreement between the club and the players to reduce the huge deficit accumulated by the club, and consists in spreading out the players' wages and converting part of their salaries into shares of the company. All season ticket holders went to the Flaminio stadium to pick up, as a gift, the special jersey. The "Unique Jersey" was worn by all season ticket holders on Sunday October 5th, 2003, during the league match Lazio-Chievo (1-0), a historic day and remembered as the "Jersey Day".
2004
Wins the Coppa Italia
Double Coppa Italia final with Juventus featuring Del Piero and Nedved. Stefano Fiore, Lazio hero, scores two goals in the first leg and one in the second leg, defeating Juventus and giving the Coppa Italia victory to Mancini's team. The performance in the first leg is sumptuous: Stefano Fiore decides the match with two extraordinary goals, the first one from the outside with a flying shot and the second one with a semi-scissor kick. In the second leg, Juventus, thanks to Trezeguet and Del Piero's goals, manages to level the score until the 69th minute. Then a winning header from Corradi puts Lazio back on track and Fiore scores the definitive 2-2 that gives the fourth Coppa Italia to the white and sky blues.
2004
Lotito becomes president of Lazio
From possible bankruptcy to the dream of rebirth. The season began with the most important news: on 19 July 2004, Roman businessman Claudio Lotito took over the Biancoceleste club, saving it from bankruptcy and guiding it towards an economic stability that would be the prelude to winning other sports titles.
2007
Gabriele Sandri in the heart
Nothing can seem important in the face of a fan's death. Gabriele Sandri, on the morning of 11 November 2007, was travelling by car to Milan with his friends to attend the Inter-Lazio match. Unfortunately, the boy's journey is interrupted in a chilling way: at a motorway service station near Arezzo, there comes the insane gesture of an officer who explodes a gunshot on the opposite side of the road and fatally strikes the young fan inside his car. Italian football is in mourning and, for the people of Lazio, the figure of Gabriele will remain indelibly in their hearts.
2009
Wins the Coppa Italia
This season, Lazio gives two moments of great glory for itself and its fans. On April 11, 2009, in the return Derby della Capitale, Lazio dealt a four-goal blow to Roma, winning 4-2. On May 13, 2009, Lazio conquers its fifth Italian Cup in its history against Sampdoria. Spectacular goal by Zarate matched by a header from Pazzini. In the penalty shootout, Dabo doesn't miss the penalty kick of the Lazio triumph.
2009
Wins the Supercoppa Italiana in Beijing
August 8th, 2009, a historic date for Lazio but also for Italian football. The 2009 edition of the Italian Super Cup is the first to be played on foreign soil. At the Bird's Nest Stadium in Beijing, against all odds, Ballardini's Lazio defeats Mourinho's Inter 2-1, which was destined to conquer the "triplete". Lazio takes the first trophy of the season by winning its third Italian Super Cup in its history. Matuzalem and Rocchi's goals were decisive.
2011
Ferguson never forgets Lazio
On November 5th, 2011, Sir Alex Ferguson, coach of Manchester United, tracing a balance of his extraordinary career, when asked by an English colleague, if he had any regrets, replied: "I've won a lot, 12 times the Premier League and a total of more than 30 trophies, however, the biggest regret is not having beaten Lazio in August 1999 in the European Super Cup final in Monaco, because at that time Eriksson's team was the strongest in the world."
2013
'No revenge' Lazio beats Roma in the final
At the Olimpico in Rome on May 26, 2013, Lazio wins its sixth Coppa Italia by defeating its rivals Rome in a historic derby 1-0. In terms of city supremacy, it is an unrepeatable victory. The man of the match is Senad Lulic who, at the seventy-first minute, perfectly takes advantage of an assist by Candreva, deceiving the goalkeeper Lobont. Thanks to the victory in the Coppa Italia, Lazio qualifies for the group stage of the 2013/14 Europa League, and also earns a spot in the Italian Super Cup final against Juventus.
2015
The 'Flag Shirt' is back
After too many years of waiting, the "Maglia Bandiera" returns. The third version of the historic jersey from the 80s is reintroduced. On January 24, 2015, Lazio and Macron presented (for the match against Milan) the new "Maglia Bandiera" that will accompany the team throughout the second half of the season and that evokes that of the 1982/83 and 1986/87 seasons. The third life of the shirt with the eagle on the chest produced by Macron is completely inspired by the second version, that made by Tuttosport in 1986. The jersey is half white and half blue, with the stylized eagle with wings that continue on the sleeves in the center.
2016
Lazio for Amatrice
On August 24th, 2016 at 3:36 am, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake devastated the towns of Amatrice, Accumoli, and Arquata del Tronto, resulting in 299 deaths. In the days following the disaster, the entire Lazio team and staff visited the earthquake victims along with President Lotito, who is originally from Amatrice. During the Lazio-Juventus match on August 27th, 2016, the Lazio players took the field with the message "We are with you" on their jerseys, featuring an image of the clock tower of Amatrice, with the clock hands frozen at the moment of the earthquake that destroyed the town.
2017
Wins the Italian Super Cup
A fantastic triumph, as deserved as it is incredible for how it materialized: the first trophy of the season ends up in the hands of Lazio, in the hands of Inzaghi who wins his first title as a coach by putting on a true tactical masterpiece, capable of controlling Juventus for almost the entire game: Immobile's double directed the match, Dybala's in the end brought it back to parity, then at the very last moment the young Murgia (who had just entered the game) struck with a dream goal that defeated the Italian champions and awarded the 2017/18 Italian Super Cup to captain Lulic. And it's a white and blue party.
2019
Wins the Supercoppa Italiana in Ryiad
Fantastic Lazio: in the Ryiad final, in Saudi Arabia, wins the Italian Super Cup (Super Cup Coca Cola). Inzaghi's team defeats Juventus 3-1 (same result as the match played in the league), playing a great second half and legitimizing the success with the goals of Luis Alberto, Lulic and Cataldi. Dybala's goal was the temporary equalizer for Juventus. It is the fifth Super Cup won, the sixteenth trophy in history.
2019
Wins the Coppa Italia
The 2018/19 season goes down in the archives with yet another trophy of the Lotito era (five, including three Italian Cups and two Italian Super Cups). On May 15, 2019, in the Italian Cup final, Lazio sinks the surprising Atalanta in a very tough and very fought game. 35,000 Laziali support Lazio in the most important game of the season and the team rewards the support of the Curva Nord and the Tribuna Tevere completely colored in sky blue. The predictions of the vigil give the Bergamo people favorites given the state of physical and psychological form shown by the Orobics in the league. But it will be a determined and warrior Lazio to triumph.
2020
Immobile wins the Golden Shoe
Lazio's striker, scoring a goal against Napoli on 1 August 2020, closes the championship with 36 goals and, in addition to winning the top scorer's list for the third time in his career, inscribes his name in the history of European football. Thanks to his 36 goals, Lazio's bomber Ciro Immobile wins the 2019/2020 Golden Shoe, succeeding Barcelona's star player Lionel Messi, who has won the award six times in his career, including three consecutive times in the previous three seasons.
2021
Immobile overcomes Piola
From Bergamo to Marseille. On Thursday, 4 November 2021, Immobile scored his 160th goal in a Lazio shirt and surpassed Piola to become the highest scorer in the history of biancoceleste. Ciro struck at the "Velodrome" in Marseille, scoring the momentary 1-2 goal (the match ended 2-2, ed.), scoring five days after his goal against Atalanta, with which he had pipped Piola. A beautiful story, which began in August 2016 at the Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo, when Immobile scored his first goal with Lazio. The legend welcomed him with open arms, but King Ciro promises many more jubilations.