ON THIS DAY
2008 – A 2-0 win over Bordeaux, with goals from Matteo Brighi and Francesco Totti, ensured Roma finished top of Group A in the Champions League, ahead of Chelsea. Roma were knocked out on penalties by Chelsea's rivals, Arsenal, in the next round. Also:
2015 – Roma drew 0-0 with BATE Borisov in the Champions League, finishing second in their group as a result. 2012 – Roma beat Fiorentina 4-2 with goals from Leandro Castan, Francesco Totti (2) and Dani Osvaldo. 2007 – Roma drew 1-1 with Livorno, as Daniele De Rossi’s early opener was cancelled out within a minute. 2001 – Goals from Marcos Assuncao and Diego Fuser sealed a 2-1 win over Parma. 1999 – Roma drew 0-0 at Newcastle United in the UEFA Cup third round second leg, progressing 1-0 on aggregate. 1992 – Roma lost 3-2 to Galatasaray in the UEFA Cup third round second leg, but still progressed 5-4 on aggregate. Claudio Caniggia and Thomas Hassler scored on the night. 1979 – Juventus beat Roma 2-0. 1973 – Despite taking the lead through Piergiorgio Negrisolo, Roma lost 2-1 to Lazio. 1967 – Roma were held to a goalless draw at Mantova. 1962 – Milan beat Roma 1-0. 1945 – Roma won 3-1 at Salernitana with goals from Amedeo Amadei (2) and Naim Krieziu.
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1926 – Jone Spartano was born. He played for Roma as a midfielder between 1949 and 1951. After joining from Napoli, he made 49 appearances for Roma, scoring seven goals. Also:
2016 – Roma drew 0-0 at Astra Giurgiu in their final Europa League group game, qualifying for the knockout stages as group winners. 2013 – Maicon and Mattia Destro scored as Roma beat Fiorentina 2-1, despite Miralem Pjanic’s red card. 2010 – Roma drew 1-1 at CFR Cluj, thanks to Marco Borriello’s opener. They finished 2nd in their Champions League group, behind Bayern Munich, as a result. 2005 – Roma beat Napoli 3-0 in the first leg of their Coppa Italia Round of 16 clash. Alberto Aquilani, Shabani Nonda and Stefano Okaka scored. It was Nonda’s third goal in three games. 2004 – Real Madrid beat Roma 3-0 in their final Champions League group match. Roma finished bottom of the group with just one point from six games. 1998 – Roma drew 2-2 with Zurich in the UEFA Cup third round second leg, progressing 3-2 on aggregate. Marco Delvecchio and Francesco Totti scored – the latter in the last minute. 1996 – Roma were held to a 0-0 draw by Lazio. 1991 – Valter Bonacina’s opener was cancelled out in a 1-1 draw with Atalanta. 1985 – Zbigniew Boniek scored a penalty in a 1-0 win over Pisa. 1982 – Roma beat Koln 2-0 in the second leg of their UEFA Cup Round of 16 tie. Maurizio Iorio and Paulo Roberto Falcao scored to seal a 3-0 aggregate win. 1981 – Roma beat Inter 4-1 in the first leg of their Coppa Italia Round of 16 clash. The goals came from Odoacre Chierico, Paolo Alberto Faccini, an own goal and an Agostino Di Bartolomei penalty. 1979 – Christian Wilhelmsson was born. The winger spent half a season on loan at Roma in 2007, scoring once. 1974 – Roma beat Cagliari 2-1 with goals from Giorgio Morini and Giancarlo De Sisti. 1968 – Roma won 2-1 against LR Vicenza, as Giuliano Taccola and Franco Cordova scored. 1963 – Roma beat Modena 2-0 with goals from Jurgen Schutz and Angelo Sormani. 1955 – Giacomo Losi scored an own goal as Fiorentina beat Roma 2-0. 1951 – Stig Sundqvust and Arcadio Venturi scored as Roma beat Monza 2-0. 1949 – Roma drew 0-0 Como. 1948 – Roma lost 2-0 at home to Padova. 1946 – Roma drew 0-0 with Modena. 1940 – Miguel Angel Panto scored a consolation as Roma lost 3-1 at Juventus. 1937 – Roma beat Pontedera 3-1 after extra time in the Coppa Italia Round of 32. Mario De Grassi, Ermes Borsetti and Danilo Michelini scored. 1945 – Alberto Batistoni was born. The defender played for Roma between 1973 and 1976. He made a total of 69 Serie A appearances for the club, failing to score any goals. Also:
2003 – Roma beat Chievo 3-0 with goals from Francesco Totti, Mancini and Antonio Cassano. It was the third successive league game in which Totti had scored. 2002 – Milan beat Roma 1-0 at San Siro. 2000 – Roma beat Hamburg 3-0 in the UEFA Cup third round second leg, sealing a 4-0 aggregate win. Aldair, Marco Delvecchio and Walter Samuel scored. 1997 – Roma beat Atalanta 3-0 thanks to an own goal, plus strikes from Francesco Totti and Paulo Sergio. 1988 – Dynamo Dresden beat Roma 2-0 in the UEFA Cup third round second leg, winning the tie 4-0 on aggregate. 1979 – Lampros Choutos was born. The Greek striker began his senior career at Roma, making a handful of appearances between 1996 and 1999. 1975 – Roma lost 2-0 to Fiorentina. 1969 – Roma lost 3-0 to LR Vicenza. 1958 – Roma beat Udinese 3-0 with goals from Severino Lojodice, Alcides Ghiggia and Arne Selmosson. 1952 – Roma and Sampdoria drew 0-0. 1947 – Stefano Ferrari scored a brace to give Roma a 2-0 win over Sampdoria. 1942 – Roma equalised twice to draw 2-2 at Atalanta. Miguel Angel Panto and Edmondo Mornese scored. 1981 – Federico Balzaretti was born. The left-back spent the last three years of his career with Roma before retiring and accepting an off-the-field role with the club. The most memorable moment of his time with Roma was his goal in the 2013 Derby Della Capitale, one of two goals he scored for the club. Also:
2014 – Adem Ljajic scored a late brace as Roma came from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Sassuolo. Daniele De Rossi was sent off early in the second half. 2009 – Roma beat Lazio 1-0 thanks to a Marco Cassetti goal, making it five games unbeaten in Serie A as a result. 2008 – Roma beat Chievo 1-0 at the Stadio Marc’Antonio Bentegodi. Jeremy Menez scored before Matteo Brighi was sent off. 1992 – Ruggiero Rizzitelli scored a late winner in a 1-0 victory over Parma. 1967 – Roma lost 2-1 to Spartak TAZ Trnava in the Central European Cup first round first leg. Fabio Enzo scored a consolation. 1959 – Roma drew 0-0 with Alessandria. 1953 – Juventus beat Roma 3-0. 1942 – Roma threw away a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Bari. Cesare Benedetti and Aristide Coscia had scored. 1979 – Matteo Ferrari was born. The defender played for Roma between 2004 and 2008, winning two Coppe Italia and one Supercoppa Italiana. Ferrari made a total of 104 appearances for the club, scoring just once. He also played for the likes of Inter, Parma and Genoa in his career. Also:
2017 – Roma confirmed their place as Group C winners in the Champions League after beating Qarabag 1-0 through a Diego Perotti goal. 2015 – Miralem Pjanic’s opener was cancelled out by a late penalty as Roma drew 1-1 with Torino. 2007 – Rodrigo Taddei scored a brace as Roma beat Cagliari 2-0. 2006 – Roma beat their Champions League group winners Valencia 1-0 on the final matchday to finish second. Christian Panucci scored the winner. 2004 – Francesco Totti scored a late penalty to seal a 1-1 draw with Sampdoria. 2001 – Roma were held to a 0-0 draw by Liverpool in the Champions League second group stage. 1999 – Vincent Candela scored a brace to follow up Francesco Totti’s opener in a 3-2 win over Lecce. 1998 – Zdenek Zeman’s Roma secured their biggest win of the season by beating Perugia 5-1. Francesco Totti, Daniele Conti, Marco Delvecchio (2) and Carmine Gautieri scored. 1995 – Roma beat Brondby 3-1 in the UEFA Cup third round second leg, to progress 4-3 on aggregate. Francesco Totti, Abel Balbo and Amedeo Carboni scored. 1993 – Goals from Antonio Comi and Massimiliano Cappioli gave Roma a 2-0 win over Parma. 1979 – Roma drew 2-2 with Milan in the Coppa Italia quarter-final second leg, winning 6-2 on aggregate. Roberto Pruzzo followed up an own goal. 1976 – Agostino Di Bartolomei scored as Roma drew 1-1 with Milan. 1971 – Roma came from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Cagliari. An own goal and a Sergio Petrelli strike sealed the comeback. 1962 – Roma lost 5-2 to Genoa in the Coppa Italia Round of 16. Francisco Lojacono and Giampaolo Menichelli scored for the Lupi, but Egidio Guarnacci and Giulio Corsini scored own goals. 1948 – Roma lost 2-1 to Palermo, with Omero Losi scoring a consolation. 1943 – Amedeo Amadei scored a brace in a 2-0 win over Juventus Roma. 1983 – Roberto Pruzzo scored an overhead kick as a last-minute equaliser as Roma drew 2-2 with Juventus. Bruno Conti had opened the scoring in the second half. Roma finished as runners up to Juventus that season, falling three points short of retaining their title. Also:
2016 – Kevin Strootman and Radja Nainggolan scored as Roma defeated Lazio 2-0. 2011 – Roma lost 3-0 to Fiorentina in a game in which they finished with eight men, after the dismissals of Juan, Fernando Gago and Bojan Krkic. 2010 – Roma drew 2-2 at Chievo, despite taking a two-goal lead through a Fabio Simplicio brace in the first half. Daniele De Rossi was sent off late on. 2005 – Roma gave away a two-goal lead as they drew 2-2 with Lecce. Antonio Cassano and Shabani Nonda scored. 2003 – Marco Delvecchio scored to give Roma a 1-0 Coppa Italia Round of 16 first leg win over Palermo. 2002 – Gabriel Batistuta scored a late equaliser in a 1-1 Coppa Italia Round of 16 first leg draw at Triestina. 1994 – Roma beat Padova 2-0 with goals from Aldair and Massimiliano Cappioli. 1992 – Ruggiero Rizzitelli scored a brace as Roma lost 3-2 to Napoli in the Coppa Italia Round of 16 second leg, qualifying for the next round on away goals after a 1-0 win in the home leg. 1988 – Roma won 2-0 at Sampdoria, with goals from Rudi Voller and Daniele Massaro. 1966 – A last-minute own goal gave Roma a 1-0 win over Juventus. 1963 – Roma beat Belenenses 2-1 in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Round of 16 first leg. Jurgen Schutz opened the scoring before a late own goal gave Roma the win. 1960 – Francisco Lojacono scored as Roma drew 1-1 with Catania. 1949 – Aleksandar Arangelovich scored a brace for the second game running as Roma drew 2-2 with Lucchese. 1919 – Alfredo Bordonali was born. A midfielder, he played for Roma in the 1946-47 season. 2000 – Roma drew 0-0 away at Perugia, their first draw of the title-winning campaign. Roma drew a total of nine times that season, with three being goalless. However, it was still good enough for Roma to secure their third Scudetto. Also:
2009 – Roma beat Basel 2-1 in the Europa League group stage, with goals from Francesco Totti and Mirko Vucinic. 1995 – Abel Balbo scored a last-minute equaliser in a 1-1 draw with Udinese. 1989 – Roma beat Fiorentina 2-1 with goals from Stefano Desideri and Ruggiero Rizzitelli. 1978 – Roma beat Avellino 2-1 with goals from Guido Ugolotti and Roberto Pruzzo. 1972 – Roma beat Ternana 4-1. Franco Cordova, Valerio Spadoni and Renato Cappellini (2) scored. 1967 – Roma lost 3-2 to Cagliari. Francesco Carpenetti and Joaquin Peiro scored. 1961 – Roma beat SPAL 4-1 Pedro Manfredini scored a brace after Antonio Valentin Angelillo and Alberto Orlando had netted earlier. 1950 – Roma drew 3-3 with Atalanta. Stig Sundqvist, Mario Tontodonati and Jone Spartano scored. 1939 – Roma drew 0-0 at home to Torino. 1962 – Roma beat Real Zaragoza 4-2 in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Round of 16 first leg. Francisco Lojacono, Pedro Manfredini, Giancarlo De Sisti and John Charles scored. Charles’ goal was the only ever goal scored for Roma by a British player in European football. Also:
2012 – Roma beat Siena 3-1, with Simone Perrotta scoring in between two goals from Mattia Destro. 2007 – Roma brat nine-man Udinese 2-1 thanks to first half goals from Juan and Rodrigo Taddei. 2006 – Francesco Totti scored two penalties to secure a 2-1 comeback win for Roma over Atalanta. 2001 – Diego Fuser scored in stoppage time to give Roma a 1-0 win over Venezia. 1990 – Rudi Voller scored a penalty as Roma drew 1-1 with Lazio. It was the first of five consecutive draws in Serie A. 1984 – Roma beat Udinese 2-1 with goals from Roberto Pruzzo and Francesco Graziani. 1979 – Agostino Di Bartolomei scored a brace to bring Roma from behind to win 2-1 against Fiorentina. 1976 – Tommaso Maestrelli died in Rome at the age of 54. He had played as a midfielder for Roma between 1948 and 1951. 1973 – Roma lost 1-0 at home to Napoli in Nils Liedholm’s first game in charge. 1956 – Gunnar Nordahl scored a brace as Roma thrashed SPAL 5-1. Luigi Giuliano, Paolo Pestrin and Dino Da Costa scored earlier. 1951 – Roma beat Salernitana 2-0, as Sune Andersson and Carlo Galli scored. 1945 – Bari beat Roma 1-0. 2017 – Roma beat SPAL 3-1. Edin Dzeko, Kevin Strootman and Lorenzo Pellegrini scored – the latter with his first senior goal for the club. Pellegrini had returned to Roma from Sassuolo that summer after two years with the Neroverdi. He has since become an important part of the first team. Also:
2013 – Kevin Strootman scored a last-minute equaliser in a 1-1 draw with Atalanta to maintain Roma’s unbeaten start to the season. 2005 – Despite taking the lead through Shabani Nonda, Roma lost 3-1 to Red Star Belgrade in the UEFA Cup group stage. 2002 – Juventus came from two goals down to peg Roma back to a 2-2 draw. Francesco Totti and Antonio Cassano had given Roma the advantage. 1999 – Piacenza beat Roma 1-0 in the Coppa Italia Round of 16 first leg. 1996 – Roma drew 3-3 with Fiorentina. Abel Balbo, Marco Delvecchio and Francesco Totti scored, the latter with the late equaliser. 1993 – Despite taking an early lead through Silvano Benedetti, Roma lost 2-1 to Sampdoria in the Coppa Italia Round of 16 first leg. Former Roma man Fausto Salsano scored the winner. 1991 – Marco De Marchi scored a late own goal as Roma lost 2-1 to Juventus. Giuseppe Giannini had put Roma on level terms in the second half. 1985 – Sampdoria beat Roma 1-0. 1974 – Giancarlo De Sisti scored to give Roma a 1-0 win over Lazio. 1968 – Roma beat Bologna 2-1 with goals from Giuliano Taccola and Francesco Scaratti. 1963 – SPAL beat Roma 2-0. 1920 – Omero Urilli was born in Rome. He played for Roma in the 1940s. 1965 – Aldair was born. The Brazilian defender made over 300 appearances for Roma across 13 seasons, being an integral part of the side which won the 2001 Scudetto and Supercoppa Italiana. He also won the Coppa Italia in 1991, at the end of his first season with the club. He lies fifth on the club's all-time leading appearance chart, and is the only foreign player in the top 15. Aldair was highly regarded for his loyalty and is still revered by supporters. Also:
2014 – Miralem Pjanic scored a brace in a 4-2 win over Inter. Gervinho and Jose Holebas also scored. 2008 – Francesco Totti scored the winner in a 1-0 triumph against Fiorentina. 2003 – Roma beat Lecce 3-1 with goals from Mancini, John Carew and Francesco Totti. 1997 – Francesco Totti and Paulo Sergio scored in a 2-0 triumph over Parma. 1994 – Roma lost 3-0 to Juventus in the first leg of their Coppa Italia quarter-final. 1986 – Roma beat Juventus 3-0 as Klaus Bergreen, Stefano Desideri and Giuseppe Giannini scored. 1980 – Roberto Pruzzo scored a hat trick as Roma won 3-1 over Udinese. 1975 – Roma drew for the fourth consecutive game in Serie A, 1-1 against Torino. Piergiorgio Negrisolo scored the equaliser. 1972 – Abel Xavier was born. The defender played for Roma briefly in 2004-05. 1969 – Roma and Torino drew 0-0. 1958 – Arne Selmosson became the first player to have scored for either side in the Derby Della Capitale by scoring nine minutes into Roma’s game against his former side Lazio. The Giallorossi won 3-1 as Dino Da Costa scored a brace to follow up. 1952 – Roma lost 3-1 to Inter, with Giovanni Perissinotto scoring a consolation. 1947 – Roma drew 1-1 with Vicenza. Paolo Jacobini scored early on. 1941 – Alberto Ginulfi was born. The goalkeeper played for Roma more than 100 times between 1962 and 1975, only conceding 152 goals in 157 league appearances. 1941 – Goals from Luigi Di Pasquale and Aldo Donati gave Roma a 2-0 win over Milan, sending the Giallorossi top of the league. 1930 – Roma beat Pro Vercelli 3-0 away with goals from Arturo Chini, Raffaele Costantino and Fernando Eusebio. |
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