Lazio Soccer Team
S.S. Lazio (Italian: Società
Sportiva Lazio SpA) is an Italian football club based in Rome.
They are known as the biancocelesti. They play in light blue
shirts, with white shorts and socks.
The club was founded on January 9th 1900 as
Società Podistica Lazio. The name Lazio was taken from
the Latin word "Latium", that means "wide",
meeting the aim of the founders to symbolize something that
includes Rome, but which is not limited to Rome (in fact,
Lazio is the name of the region where Rome lies). The sky
blue and white strip colours were inspired by the Greek flag
and the country which gave birth to Olympic tradition. At
the very beginning of its history, the club ran a number of
different sporting activities and, from 1902, the club started
the football section.
The club did not join the league competition
until 1913. They made the national decider a number of times
but lost, often heavily - 9-1 on aggregate to Casale in 1914
and 6-1 on aggregate to Genoa 1893 in 1923.
The club played in the first Serie A, but their
highest pre-war finish was second in 1937. Post-war the club
continued to fail in the league, but did win the Coppa Italia
in 1958. However, they had to wait until 1974 for their first
scudetto.
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