Societa Sportiva Lazio (Italian pronunciation"sotSe'ta spor'ti'va 'l and BIT: SSL; Lazio Sport Club) is commonly called Lazio is an Italian professional sports team based in Rome and is most well-known for its football activities. The society was established in 1900, is part of the Serie A and have spent the majority of their time in the top division in Italian football. Lazio were Italian champions two times (1974 as well as 2000) and have also won their Coppa Italia 7 times as well as it was the Supercoppa Italiana three times, and the UEFA Cup Winners' Trophy along with the UEFA Super Cup on one occasion.
The club enjoyed their first major win in 1958when they won the cup for their country. The following year, the club took home their very first Serie A title. It was the 90s that were the most prosperous period in the history of Lazio including the team making it to finals in the UEFA Cup final in 1998 as well as being awarded the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Super Cup in 1999 and winning their first Serie A title in 2000. In the wake of a major economic downturn in 2002, which made the president Sergio Cragnotti out of the club and several of the club's stars selling, Lazio's performance in the league decreased. Despite the reduced budget, the club has had 4 Coppa Italia titles since then in the years 2004, 2013, 2009 and 2019. The present President Claudio Lotito took charge of the club in 2004 to fill the void that had been created following the departure of Cragnotti.
Lazio's classic colors for kit are white shorts and white socks. The colors recall Rome's earlier Hellenic tradition. Sky blue socks are also for home and team colours. Their stadium is the capacity of 70,634 at Stadio Olimpico located in Rome that they share together with A.S. Roma. Lazio have a long-running battle with Roma and have played in at the Derby della Capitale (in English "Derby of the capital city" or Rome derby) since 1929.
Although initially there was no parent-subsidiary relationship with the female and male professional teams (that was later incorporated under the name S.S. Lazio S.p.A.) in the beginning, the establishment of Societa Lazio made it possible the club to participate in more than 40 sports in total and greater than every other sport organization anywhere in the world.
