Derby della Capitale

Derby della Capitale

Players from both Lazio and Roma observing a moment of silence for the victims of the L'Aquila earthquake before the 11 April 2009 match.
Other names Rome Derby
Locale Rome, Italy
Teams
First meeting Lazio 0–1 Roma
Serie A
(8 December 1929)
Latest meeting Roma 1–3 Lazio
Serie A
(30 April 2017)
Stadiums Stadio Olimpico
Statistics
Meetings total Official matches: 168
Unofficial matches: 16
Total matches: 184
Most wins Official matches: Roma (63)
Unofficial matches: Lazio (7)
Total matches: Roma (69)
Most player appearances Francesco Totti (44)
Top scorer Dino da Costa
Francesco Totti (11 official)
Largest victory Roma 5–0 Lazio
Serie A
(1 November 1933)
Lazio
Roma

The Derby della Capitale (English: Derby of the capital city), also known as Derby Capitolino and Derby del Cupolone, as well as The Rome Derby in English and Derby di Roma in Italian, is the football local derby in Rome, Italy, between Roma and Lazio. It is considered to be the fiercest intra-city derby in the country ahead of the other major local derbies, Derby della Madonnina (Milan derby) and Derby della Mole (Turin derby), and one of the greatest and hotly contested derbies in Europe.[1]

History

Football rivalry

Roma was founded in 1927 as a result of a merger between three teams: Roman, Alba-Audace and Fortitudo, initiated by Italo Foschi. It was the intention of Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini to create a unified Roman club to challenge the dominance of Northern clubs. Thanks to the influence of Fascist general, Giorgio Vaccaro, Lazio were the only major team from Rome to resist the merger, thus a kind of rivalry emerged from the very early years of the coexistence in the same city.

Lazio was founded in the neighbourhood of Prati and initially played at the Rondinella field in the upper-class quartiere of Parioli. Roma began playing at the Motovelodromo Appio and subsequently, when the new stadium was built after only two years, moved to the working-class rione of Testaccio. Thus, Lazio's ultras traditionally occupy the northern one (Curva Nord) and Roma's the southern end (Curva Sud) of the Stadio Olimpico. Making ironic remarks, known as sfottò, focused on the origins of both sets of fans, is a traditional way of teasing between the supporters of Lazio and Roma.

In 1979, Lazio fan Vincenzo Paparelli was hit in the eye and killed by a flare fired by a Roma fan from the opposite end of the stadium, becoming the first fatality in Italian football due to violence.[2]

On 17 December 2000, Lazio's Paolo Negro scored an own goal in a 1–0 Roma victory. Roma eventually went on to lift the scudetto that season, as Lazio finished the season in third place. Negro continues to be taunted by Roma fans for the goal.[3]

The derby on 21 March 2004 was abandoned four minutes into the second half with the score tied at 0–0, when a riot broke out in the stand; the president of the Lega Nazionale Professionisti, Adriano Galliani, ordered referee Roberto Rosetti to suspend the match. The riots began with the spreading of a rumour that a boy had been killed by a police car just outside the stadium. In fact, from last row of the stadium, some fans noticed in the square below a body covered with a white sheet. Later, medics put the sheet explained that the boy had difficulty breathing, dangerously exacerbated by the air full of tear gas, and then the sheet was used as a filter. The denial by the police, spread through the speakers of the stadium, though it was not able to remove all doubt. Roma captain Francesco Totti then asked for the match to be called off, at which point President Galliani was reached by the referee by mobile phone—from the pitch—and ordered the game postponed.[4] After the match was postponed, a prolonged battle between fans and police, with streets near the stadium being set on fire, eventually resulting in 13 arrests and over 170 injured among the police alone.[2] The match was replayed on 28 March and ended in a 1–1 draw with no crowd trouble.

On 26 May 2013, the teams met in the 2013 Coppa Italia Final, the first cup final in the history of the fixture. Lazio won the match 1–0 with a goal by Senad Lulić in the 71st minute, a low right footed shot from a low cross from the right by Antonio Candreva after the goalkeeper Bogdan Lobonț failed to cut out the crossed ball.[5][6][7]

On 15 January 2015, Roma's Francesco Totti, playing in his 40th derby, scored twice to salvage a 2–2 draw for Roma, becoming the all-time leading goalscorer in the fixture. He celebrated by taking a selfie in front of Roma's fans in the Curva Sud, having given his phone to goalkeeping coach before kick off.[8]

On 4 December 2016, Roma recorded their fourth victory in a row against Lazio and extended their unbeaten run in the fixture to 7 games with a 0–2 away victory.[9] However, the game was marred by controversy, with Lazio's Danilo Cataldi sent off for grabbing Roma's Kevin Strootman, after Strootman had thrown the contents of a water bottle in Cataldi's face after scoring the opening goal, sparking a mass brawl. Strootman subsequently received a two match ban for his role in the incident.[10] Lazio's Senad Lulić was also given a 20-day ban for offensive comments made towards Roma's Antonio Rüdiger after the game.[11]

Lazio beat Roma 3–1 on 30 April 2017 and four days later, dummies with Roma jerseys were left hanging from a pedestrian walkway near the Colosseum in the Italian capital. The mannequins was accompanied with a banner read: "A warning without offence...sleep with the lights on!" It was later confirmed the act was the work of the Lazio Ultras.

Cultural rivalry

The devout regionalism, that is perceived throughout the country, is one of the reasons that make the derby more heated, as the fans view it as a battle between two clubs fighting for the right to represent the city in the rest of the country and local bragging rights. This is partly fueled by the fact that Italian football has mostly been dominated by the biggest clubs in Northern Italy – namely Juventus, Milan and Internazionale.

The Roman derby has been the scene of several actions related to the political views of the fan bases. A minority of Lazio's ultras used to use swastikas and fascist symbols on their banners and they have displayed racist behaviour in several occasions during the derbies. Most notably at a derby of the season 1998–99 when laziali unfurled a 50-metre banner around the Curva Nord that read, "Auschwitz is your town, the ovens are your houses". Black players of Roma have often been receivers of racist and offensive behaviour; a banner that Lazio's ultras had once displayed claimed that Roma is a "Team of niggers followed by Jews". In 2000 Lazio fans showed their support for Serbian nationalist and war criminal Arkan. The club has distanced itself from these fans, who make up a minority, and fights to combat these kind of actions. As a result, Roma fans are sometimes incorrectly depicted as left wing, when in fact both clubs' ultras have right wing ideologies. Roma fans have also been known to hold up racist banners from time to time.

In November 2015, Roma's ultras and their Lazio counterparts boycotted Roma's 1–0 victory in the Derby della Capitale in a protest against the new safety measures imposed at the Stadio Olimpico. The measures, imposed by Rome’s prefect, Franco Gabrielli, had involved plastic glass dividing walls being installed in both the Curva Sud and Curva Nord, splitting the sections behind each goal in two.[12] Both sets of ultras continued their protests for the rest of the season, including during Roma's 4–1 victory in the return fixture. Lazio's ultras returned to the Curva Nord for Roma's 1–4 victory in December 2016, but the Roma ultras continue to boycott games.[13]

Official match results

  Lazio win   Draw   Roma win

Season Competition Date Home team Result Away team
1929–30 Serie A 8 December 1929 Lazio
0–1
Roma
4 May 1930 Roma
3–1
Lazio
1930–31 Serie A 7 December 1930 Roma
1–1
Lazio
24 May 1931 Lazio
2–2
Roma
1931–32 Serie A 6 December 1931 Roma
2–0
Lazio
1 May 1932 Lazio
1–4
Roma
1932–33 Serie A 23 October 1932 Lazio
2–1
Roma
26 March 1933 Roma
3–1
Lazio
1933–34 Serie A 1 November 1933 Roma
5–0
Lazio
11 March 1934 Lazio
3–3
Roma
1934–35 Serie A 18 November 1934 Roma
1–1
Lazio
1 March 1935 Lazio
0–0
Roma
1935–36 Serie A 13 October 1935 Lazio
0–1
Roma
Coppa Italia R16 19 January 1936 Lazio
2–1
Roma
Serie A 16 February 1936 Roma
1–0
Lazio
1936–37 Serie A 18 October 1936 Roma
3–1
Lazio
21 February 1937 Lazio
0–1
Roma
1937–38 Serie A 3 October 1937 Lazio
1–1
Roma
6 February 1938 Roma
2–1
Lazio
1938–39 Serie A 15 January 1939 Roma
0–2
Lazio
21 May 1939 Lazio
1–3
Roma
1939–40 Serie A 7 January 1940 Roma
1–0
Lazio
26 May 1940 Lazio
1–0
Roma
1940–41 Serie A 24 November 1940 Roma
1–1
Lazio
16 March 1941 Lazio
2–0
Roma
1941–42 Serie A 11 January 1942 Roma
2–1
Lazio
24 May 1942 Lazio
1–1
Roma
1942–43 Serie A 22 November 1942 Lazio
3–1
Roma
7 March 1943 Roma
1–0
Lazio
Coppa Italia QF 15 May 1943 Roma
2–1
Lazio
1945–46 Serie A-B 23 December 1945 Lazio
1–2
Roma
24 March 1946 Roma
0–1
Lazio
1946–47 Serie A 6 October 1946 Roma
3–0
Lazio
2 March 1947 Lazio
0–0
Roma
1947–48 Serie A 16 November 1947 Lazio
0–1
Roma
21 April 1948 Roma
0–2
Lazio
1948–49 Serie A 17 October 1948 Roma
1–1
Lazio
6 February 1949 Lazio
0–0
Roma
1949–50 Serie A 16 November 1949 Lazio
3–1
Roma
19 February 1950 Roma
0–0
Lazio
1950–51 Serie A 15 October 1950 Roma
0–1
Lazio
25 February 1951 Lazio
2–1
Roma
1952–53 Serie A 16 November 1952 Lazio
1–0
Roma
22 March 1953 Roma
0–2
Lazio
1953–54 Serie A 29 November 1953 Roma
1–1
Lazio
18 April 1954 Lazio
1–2
Roma
1954–55 Serie A 17 October 1954 Lazio
1–1
Roma
6 March 1955 Roma
1–3
Lazio
1955–56 Serie A 16 October 1955 Roma
0–0
Lazio
4 April 1956 Lazio
1–0
Roma
1956–57 Serie A 14 October 1956 Lazio
0–3
Roma
3 March 1957 Roma
2–2
Lazio
1957–58 Serie A 27 October 1957 Roma
3–0
Lazio
16 March 1958 Lazio
2–1
Roma
Coppa Italia GS 21 June 1958 Roma
2–3
Lazio
12 July 1958 Lazio
1–1
Roma
1958–59 Serie A 30 November 1958 Lazio
1–3
Roma
12 April 1959 Roma
3–0
Lazio
1959–60 Serie A 18 October 1959 Roma
3–0
Lazio
6 March 1960 Lazio
0–1
Roma
1960–61 Serie A 13 November 1960 Lazio
0–4
Roma
19 March 1961 Roma
1–2
Lazio
1961–62 Coppa Italia R16 25 April 1962 Roma
0–01
Lazio
1963–64 Serie A 6 October 1963 Roma
0–0
Lazio
23 February 1964 Lazio
1–1
Roma
1964–65 Serie A 15 November 1964 Lazio
0–0
Roma
28 March 1965 Roma
0–0
Lazio
1965–66 Serie A 10 October 1965 Roma
0–1
Lazio
27 February 1966 Lazio
0–0
Roma
1966–67 Serie A 22 October 1966 Lazio
0–1
Roma
5 March 1967 Roma
0–0
Lazio
1968–69 Coppa Italia GS 8 September 1968 Roma
1–0
Lazio
1969–70 Coppa Italia GS 7 September 1969 Lazio
0–22
Roma
Serie A 26 October 1969 Roma
2–1
Lazio
1 March 1970 Lazio
1–1
Roma
1970–71 Coppa Italia GS 6 September 1970 Roma
2–0
Lazio
Serie A 15 November 1970 Lazio
1–1
Roma
14 March 1971 Roma
2–2
Lazio
1971–72 Coppa Italia R1 29 August 1971 Lazio
1–0
Roma
1972–73 Serie A 12 November 1972 Roma
0–1
Lazio
11 March 1973 Lazio
2–0
Roma
1973–74 Coppa Italia R1 9 September 1973 Roma
0–0
Lazio
Serie A 9 December 1973 Lazio
2–1
Roma
31 March 1974 Roma
1–2
Lazio

Season Competition Date Home team Result Away team
1974–75 Coppa Italia R1 22 September 1974 Lazio
0–1
Roma
Serie A 1 December 1974 Roma
1–0
Lazio
23 March 1975 Lazio
0–1
Roma
1975–76 Serie A 16 November 1975 Lazio
1–1
Roma
14 March 1976 Roma
0–0
Lazio
1976–77 Serie A 28 November 1976 Lazio
1–0
Roma
27 March 1977 Roma
1–0
Lazio
1977–78 Serie A 20 November 1977 Roma
0–0
Lazio
19 March 1978 Lazio
1–1
Roma
1978–79 Serie A 12 November 1978 Lazio
0–0
Roma
18 March 1979 Roma
1–2
Lazio
1979–80 Serie A 28 October 1979 Roma
1–1
Lazio
2 March 1980 Lazio
1–2
Roma
1983–84 Serie A 23 October 1983 Lazio
0–2
Roma
26 February 1984 Roma
2–2
Lazio
1984–85 Coppa Italia GS 9 September 1984 Roma
2–0
Lazio
Serie A 11 November 1984 Roma
0–0
Lazio
24 March 1985 Lazio
1–1
Roma
1988–89 Serie A 15 January 1989 Lazio
1–0
Roma
28 May 1989 Roma
0–0
Lazio
1989–90 Serie A 19 November 1989 Roma
1–1
Lazio
18 March 1990 Lazio
0–1
Roma
1990–91 Serie A 2 December 1990 Lazio
1–1
Roma
6 April 1991 Roma
1–1
Lazio
1991–92 Serie A 6 October 1991 Roma
1–1
Lazio
1 March 1992 Lazio
1–1
Roma
1992–93 Serie A 29 November 1992 Lazio
1–1
Roma
18 April 1993 Roma
0–0
Lazio
1993–94 Serie A 24 October 1993 Roma
1–1
Lazio
6 March 1994 Lazio
1–0
Roma
1994–95 Serie A 27 November 1994 Lazio
0–3
Roma
23 April 1995 Roma
0–2
Lazio
1995–96 Serie A 1 October 1995 Roma
0–0
Lazio
18 February 1996 Lazio
1–0
Roma
1996–97 Serie A 8 December 1996 Lazio
0–0
Roma
4 May 1997 Roma
1–1
Lazio
1997–98 Serie A 2 November 1997 Roma
1–3
Lazio
Coppa Italia QF 6 January 1998 Lazio
4–1
Roma
21 January 1998 Roma
1–2
Lazio
Serie A 8 March 1998 Lazio
2–0
Roma
1998–99 Serie A 29 November 1998 Lazio
3–3
Roma
11 April 1999 Roma
3–1
Lazio
1999–2000 Serie A 21 November 1999 Roma
4–1
Lazio
25 March 2000 Lazio
2–1
Roma
2000–01 Serie A 17 December 2000 Lazio
0–1
Roma
29 April 2001 Roma
2–2
Lazio
2001–02 Serie A 27 October 2001 Roma
2–0
Lazio
10 March 2002 Lazio
1–5
Roma
2002–03 Serie A 27 October 2002 Lazio
2–2
Roma
Coppa Italia SF 5 February 2003 Lazio
1–2
Roma
Serie A 8 March 2003 Roma
1–1
Lazio
Coppa Italia SF 16 April 2003 Roma
1–0
Lazio
2003–04 Serie A 9 November 2003 Roma
2–0
Lazio
21 April 2004 Lazio
1–1
Roma
2004–05 Serie A 6 January 2005 Lazio
3–1
Roma
15 May 2005 Roma
0–0
Lazio
2005–06 Serie A 23 October 2005 Roma
1–1
Lazio
26 February 2006 Lazio
0–2
Roma
2006–07 Serie A 10 December 2006 Lazio
3–0
Roma
29 April 2007 Roma
0–0
Lazio
2007–08 Serie A 31 October 2007 Roma
3–2
Lazio
19 March 2008 Lazio
3–2
Roma
2008–09 Serie A 16 November 2008 Roma
1–0
Lazio
11 April 2009 Lazio
4–2
Roma
2009–10 Serie A 6 December 2009 Roma
1–0
Lazio
18 April 2010 Lazio
1–2
Roma
2010–11 Serie A 7 November 2010 Lazio
0–2
Roma
Coppa Italia R16 19 January 2011 Roma
2–1
Lazio
Serie A 13 March 2011 Roma
2–0
Lazio
2011–12 Serie A 16 October 2011 Lazio
2–1
Roma
4 March 2012 Roma
1–2
Lazio
2012–13 Serie A 11 November 2012 Lazio
3–2
Roma
8 April 2013 Roma
1–1
Lazio
Coppa Italia Final 26 May 2013 Roma
0–1
Lazio
2013–14 Serie A 22 September 2013 Roma
2–0
Lazio
9 February 2014 Lazio
0–0
Roma
2014–15 Serie A 11 January 2015 Roma
2–2
Lazio
25 May 2015 Lazio
1–2
Roma
2015–16 Serie A 8 November 2015 Roma
2–0
Lazio
3 April 2016 Lazio
1–4
Roma
2016–17 Serie A 4 December 2016 Lazio
0–2
Roma
Coppa Italia SF 1 March 2017 Lazio
2–0
Roma
4 April 2017 Roma
3–2
Lazio
Serie A 30 April 2017 Roma
1–3
Lazio

11961–62 Coppa Italia round of 16 match won by Roma 6–4 in penalty shoot-out
2Roma won match 2–0 as a walkover

Statistics and records

As of 30 April 2017

Matches Wins
Lazio
Draws Wins
Roma
Goals
Lazio
Goals
Roma
Divisione Nazionale 2 1 0 1 2 2
Serie A 146 37 57 52 141 184
Coppa Italia 20 7 3 10 21 24
Total official matches 168 45 60 63 164 210
Campionato Romano 4 1 2 1 3 2
Friendlies 4 2 1 1 10 9
Other meetings 8 4 0 4 9 11
Total matches 184 52 63 69 186 232

Goalscorers

Player Club(s) League Cup Total
1 Italy Francesco Totti Roma 11 0 11
2 Italy Dino da Costa Roma 9 2 11
3 Italy Marco Delvecchio Roma 9 0 9
4 Italy Vincenzo Montella Roma 7 1 8
5 Italy Rodolfo Volk Roma 7 0 7
6 Italy Silvio Piola Lazio 6 1 7
7–11 Italy Amedeo Amadei Roma 5 0 5
7–11 Brazil Alejandro Demaría Lazio 5 0 5
7–11 Italy Pedro Manfredini Roma 5 0 5
7–11 Italy Tommaso Rocchi Lazio 5 0 5
7–11 Sweden Arne Selmosson Lazio
Roma
5 0 5

Players

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