page_title: A.S. Roma
section_title: Time of mixed fortunes
hierarchical_section_title: A.S. Roma / History / Time of mixed fortunes
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: La rosa e lo staff tecnico della campione d'Italia nella stagione 1982-83. Da sinistra, in alto: Scarnecchia (poi ceduto al Napoli), Faccini, Di Bartolomei, Chierico, Biagini, Pruzzo, Turone (poi ceduto al Bologna), Nela, Nappi; al centro: Tessari (all. in 2ª), Prohaska, Righetti, Superchi, Liedholm (allenatore), Tancredi, Falcão, Maldera, Colucci (preparatore atletico); in basso: Boldorini (massaggiatore), Valigi, Iorio, Conti, Alicicco (medico sociale), Giovannelli, Vierchowod, Ancelotti, Rossi (massaggiatore). Licensing 1982-1983
context_page_description: Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as Roma, is an Italian professional football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence except for 1951–52. Roma have won Serie A three times, in 1941–42, 1982–83 and 2000–01, as well as winning nine Coppa Italia titles and two Supercoppa Italiana titles. In European competitions, Roma won the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1960–61 and were runners-up in the 1983–84 European Cup and the 1990–91 UEFA Cup.
  Fifteen players have won the FIFA World Cup while playing at Roma: Ferraris, Guaita and Masetti; Donati, Monzeglio and Serantoni; Bruno Conti; Rudi Voller and Berthold; Aldair; Candela; Cafu; Daniele De Rossi, Simone Perrotta and Francesco Totti.
  Since 1953, Roma have played their home matches at the Stadio Olimpico, a venue they share with city rivals Lazio. With a capacity of over 72,000, it is the second-largest of its kind in Italy, with only the San Siro able to seat more. The club plan to move to a new stadium, though this is yet to start construction.
context_section_description: Roma were able to add another cup to their collection in 1972, with a 3–1 victory over Blackpool in the Anglo-Italian Cup. During much of the 1970s, Roma's appearance in the top half of Serie A was sporadic. The best place the club were able to achieve during the decade was third in 1974–75. Notable players who turned out for the club during this period included midfielders Giancarlo De Sisti and Francesco Rocca.
  The dawning of a newly successful era in Roma's footballing history was brought in with another Coppa Italia victory, they defeated Torino on penalties to win the 1979–80 edition. Roma would reach heights in the league which they had not touched since the 1940s by narrowly and controversially finishing as runners-up to Juventus in 1980–81. Former Milan player Nils Liedholm was the manager at the time, with players such as Bruno Conti, Agostino Di Bartolomei, Roberto Pruzzo and Falcão.
  The second Scudetto did not elude Roma for much longer. In 1982–83, the Roman club won the title for the first time in 41 years, amidst celebrations in the capital. The following season, Roma finished as runners-up in Italy and collected a Coppa Italia title, they also finished as runners-up in the European Cup final of 1984. The European Cup final with Liverpool ended in a 1–1 draw with a goal from Pruzzo, but Roma eventually lost in the penalty shoot-out. Roma's successful run in the 1980s would finish with a runners-up spot in 1985–86 and a Coppa Italia victory, beating out Sampdoria 3–2.
  After, a comparative decline began in the league, one of the few league highs from the following period being a third-place finish in 1987–88. At the start of the 1990s, the club was involved in an all-Italian UEFA Cup final, where they lost 2–1 to Internazionale in 1991. The same season, the club won its seventh Coppa Italia and ended runners-up to Sampdoria in the Supercoppa Italiana. Aside from finishing runners-up to Torino in a Coppa Italia final, the rest of the decade was largely sub-par in the history of Roma, particularly in the league, where the highest they could manage was fourth in 1997–98. The early 1990s also saw the emergence of homegrown striker Francesco Totti, who would go on to be an important member of the team and the club's iconic captain.
caption: The Roma of the second Scudetto in 1983
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