Originally a track and field team the soccer team was formed in 1901 and joined league competition in 1912.

This team play there home games at the Stadio Olympico stadium in the capital city of Rome which they share with Roma. The 'Rome Derby' as it is known to everyone connected to Italian football is always a passionately contested fixture.

Always a threat both locally and internationally even though they have only been Italian champions twice. It could so easily have been three but for losing out on the last day of the season to perennial favourites Juventusand at one time had a reputation of being a very physical side to play against.

Nevertheless many a great player has donned the light blue of Lazio including the likes of Pavel Nedved, Christian Vieri, Jaap Stam, Paul Gascoigne and the very fiery Paulo Dicanio in his twighlight years.

One of three teams that were relegated to Seria B after being found guilty for their part in the match fixing scandal that shocked Italy and the soccerworld in 2006. However that relegation was shortlived and their status was re-instated in the Seria A but they still had to give up their place in the UEFA Cup.

After further appeal they even had there point reduction cut. This is the second time that the Lazio team has been caught in a scandal. Back in 1980 they were relegated because of a betting scandal.