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Roman
Full nameFoot Ball Club di Roma
Founded1901 (sports club)
1903 (football section)
DissolvedJune 7, 1927
GroundCampo di "2 Pini" Rome, Italy
Capacityunknown
LeagueI Divisione
1925-26Lega Sud Girone D, 9th

Foot Ball Club di Roma (most known as Roman) was an Italian sports club from the Parioli area of Rome, founded in 1901 and most known for its football activity. The club competed in the early Italian Football Championship competitions. In 1927 it was one of three Rome-based clubs that merged to form AS Roma,[1] to whom they lent their colours.

History

The earliest origins of the club was from 1901 when Foot Ball Club di Roma was founded as a sports club.[citation needed] They did not open their association football section until 1903 however with a slight name change.[2]

During the earliest days of the Italian Football Championship, only Northern Italian football clubs gained entry into the league so Roman had to wait until 1912–13 to make their championship debut and finished mid-table in the Lazio group.[citation needed] The following season the club played well, but did not progress past the Lazio group stage as SS Lazio themselves were more dominant.[citation needed]

Their third season in the championship was more successful, they finished top of the Lazio group earning progression to the Central and Southern finals; even beating rivals SS Lazio 5–2.[citation needed] However, before the competition could progress any further, it was called off because of World War I.

Post-war

After World War I, Roman were weaker, they finished bottom of their group in the 1919–20 return season as they had to forfeit several games.[vague][why?][citation needed] Similar results were returned in the following season.[citation needed] During the Italian Football Federation splinter of 1921, Roman participated in the CCI variation rather than the FIGC one.[citation needed]

When the leagues merged back together, Roman performed poorly and were relegated down to "I Divisione" (now known as Serie B).[citation needed] Roman could not gain promotion after several seasons of trying, and in 1927 they merged with Alba-Audace and Fortitudo to form AS Roma.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "La Storia" (in Italian). AS Roma. Archived from the original on 23 December 2007.
  2. ^ La squadra del mio cuore "La Roma", allegato a Corriere dello Sport - Stadio - Modena, Franco Cosimo Panini Editore 1995 p.19
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