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About AS Roma
AS Roma (also known as Associazione Sportiva Roma or Roma) is a professional Italian football club which is based in Rome, Italy. AS Roma was founded in 1927 and has played in the top tier of the Italian football since then.
AS Roma home games are played at the Stadio Olimpico stadium which is also used by the rivals, Lazio. The Stadio olimpico stadium is the second largest of its kind in Italy with a capacity of nearly 75,000 seats (the largest stadium is San Siro).
AS Roma won Serie A for the first time in the 1941/42 season, AS Roma has also won Serie A in the 1982/83 and 2000/01 seasons. AS Roma has won more than 8 Coppa Italia titles and several Italian Super Cups. In the 80's, AS Roma reached high league rankinghs which they had not touched since the '40s when AS Roma finished as runners-up to juventus in the 1980/81 season. In the 1982/83 football season, AS Roma won the title for the first time in 41 years. In the following years, AS Roma has finished in the 3rd place in the 1987/88 season. After winning its 7th Coppa Italia in 1991, AS Roma was not measuring up to its traditional standards of performance for the rest of the 90's but in the 2001 AS Roma has rised again and won its 3rd Serie A title. However, AS Roma has failed in protecting the Serie A title in the following season in which AS Roma has ended as runners-up to Juventus.
In 2006, AS Roma fans were very proud in their team when the Serie A Scandal was revealed and it was clearly proved that AS Roma was not involved. Because of the punishments that were handed out in regards to the scandal, AS Roma was classified as runners-up for the 2005/06 season. In the 2 following seasons, AS Roma finished as Serie A runners-up. Eventually, during the 2000's; AS Roma has finished in the top 2 positions more than in any other decade in the AS Roma history. AS Roma News
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