AS Roma History, Ownership, Squad Members, Support Staff, and Honors.

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Associazione Sportiva Roma also is known as AS Roma is an Italian Club based in the city of Rome. The club plays for Italian League that is Seria A and also competes in European competitions. Tyrian purple and golf are the clubs home colour, the club is called I Giallorossi as its nickname. Their club badge features a she-wolf, an allusion to the founding myth of Rome.

History

The club was founded in the year 1927, when the three clubs Roman FC, SS Alba-Audace and Fortitudo-Pro Roma SGS were merged. The reason behind this was to make the club strong to give a perfect rival to the Roman club Lazio because of the intervention of the army General Vaccaro, the executive of the Italian Football Federation and also the member of the club.

The club their matches at Motovelodromo Appio Stadium, before building an all wooden ground Campo Testaccio in November 1929. In 1930-31 Roma had an outstanding season in which ended up being the runners-up just behind Juventus in the championship. Attilio Ferraris the captain and Guido Masetti, followed by Fulvio Bernardini and Rodolfo Volk played a major role in the season.

Ownership

James Pallotta is the chairman and co-owner of the club but it is likely that Dan Friedkin owner of Friedkin group is going to buy the majority of the shares of the club. Friedkin is a compatriot and executive board member of the NBA’s Boston Celtics.

440m Euros is the total market value of the club as recorded in 2019-20. AS Roma is the 18th most valuable club in the world as described by Forbes, AS Roma made a $217m revenue last year. Nearly 57% of Roma’s valuation was predicated upon their broadcasting revenue, followed by commercial, brand, and matchday

Coaching Staff

Name Position Age
Paulo Fonseca Manager 46
Nuno Campos Assistant Manager 44
Marco Savorani Goalkeeping Manager 54
Tiago Leal Technical Manager 34
Manrico Ferrari Athletic Coach 50
Pedro Moreira Athletic Coach 44
Nuno Romano Athletic Coach 30

 

Medical Staff

Name Position Age
Andrea Causarano Club Doctor
Marco Esposito Physiotherapist 32
Valerio Flammini Physiotherapist 44
Alessandro Cardini Physiotherapist 34
Walter Martinelli Osteopath 37

 

Management

Name Position Age
James Pallotta President 61
Mauro Baldissoni Vice-President 49
Guido Fienga Chairman 49

 

Scouting

Name Position Age
Antonio Cavallo Chief Scout 55
Bruno Conti Youth Co-ordinator 64

 

Squad

Name Position Jersey No.
Pau López Goalkeeper 13
Antonio Mirante Goalkeeper 83
Daniel Fuzato Goalkeeper 63
Gianluca Mancini Defender 23
Chris Smalling Defender 6
Juan Jesus Defender 5
Federico Fazio Defender 20
Mert Cetin Defender 15
Roger Ibañez Defender 41
Leonardo Spinazzola Defender 37
Aleksandar Kolarov Defender 11
Davide Zappacosta Defender 2
Davide Santon Defender 18
Bruno Peres Defender 33
Amadou Diawara Midfielder 42
Lorenzo Pellegrini Midfielder 7
Bryan Cristante Midfielder 4
Jordan Veretout Midfielder 21
Gonzalo Villar Midfielder 14
Nicolò Zaniolo Midfielder 22
Henrikh Mkhitaryan Midfielder 77
Javier Pastore Midfielder 27
Justin Kluivert Forward 99
Diego Perotti Forward 8
Cengiz Ünder Forward 17
Carles Pérez Forward 31
Edin Dzeko Forward 9
Nikola Kalinic Forward 19

 

Honours

Serie A

  • Winners (3): 1941–42, 1982–83, 2000–01

Coppa Italia

  • Winners (9): 1963–64, 1968–69, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1990–91, 2006–07, 2007–08

Supercoppa Italiana

  • Winners (2): 2001, 2007

Serie B

  • Winners (1): 1951–52

European titles

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

  • Winners (1): 1960–61