SS Lazio

SS Lazio, based at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, which they share with Roma, have won 2 Serie A titles and 7 Coppa Italia trophies, with their most recent championship in 2000.

The 2000 Serie A title was won on the final day of the season against Reggina, with Sven-Göran Eriksson’s side containing Hernán Crespo, Juan Sebastián Verón, Pavel Nedved, and Alessandro Nesta. It was a squad built with pre-UEFA Financial Fair Play ambition that ended in financial catastrophe: the club’s parent company Cirio went bankrupt in 2003, and Lazio spent the decade recovering from debts that had been accumulated to finance that one title. The Championship cost more than the club could afford and the reckoning took ten years to settle.

The relationship between Lazio and Roma is one of the most hostile derbies in world football. The Derby della Capitale divides the city by neighbourhood, by class, and by political alignment in a way that makes it more than sport. Lazio’s ultras have been involved in repeated incidents involving racially abusive chanting directed at opposing players, drawing significant disciplinary action from UEFA.

Maurizio Sarri managed the club from 2021 to 2023 and produced the best football Lazio had played since the 2000 title season. His departure in the middle of the 2023-24 campaign midway through a poor run of results led to the appointment of Igor Tudor. Mattia Zaccagni, the Italian international winger who scored a stoppage-time equaliser against Croatia at Euro 2024 to send Italy into the knockout stages, provides the current squad’s most direct goal threat.

When does Lazio play? Serie A kickoffs at the Stadio Olimpico are typically 15:00, 18:00, or 20:45 CET (UTC+1). Rome is Italy’s capital and sits at UTC+1 in winter. A 20:45 CET Sunday evening kickoff means 19:45 GMT in London and 14:45 ET in New York. Check Rome time for live conversions. See the Serie A schedule.