Editing AS Roma (section)

===Hooliganism===
Rivalries with other teams have escalated into serious violence. A group of ultras who label themselves the Fedayn — 'the devotees' — after a group of long-forgotten Iranian guerrilla fighters are regarded to be responsible for the organised hooliganism.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/champions-league/they-were-throwing-rocks-wielding-iron-bars-the-sordid-history-of-romas-ultras-as-liverpool-fans-head-to-rome-36863134.html|title='They were throwing rocks, wielding iron bars' - The sordid history of Roma's Ultras as Liverpool fans head to Rome|work=Irish Independent|date=May 2018 |access-date=2 May 2018|archive-date=2 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502214101/https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/champions-league/they-were-throwing-rocks-wielding-iron-bars-the-sordid-history-of-romas-ultras-as-liverpool-fans-head-to-rome-36863134.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/liverpool-fans-roma-travel-advice-tickets-champions-league-semifinal-a8329076.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501183503/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/liverpool-fans-roma-travel-advice-tickets-champions-league-semifinal-a8329076.html |archive-date=2018-05-01 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|title=Instead of 'why always Liverpool?' we should be asking 'why always Rome?'|website=[[Independent.co.uk]]|date=30 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43910787|title=Roma v Liverpool: Roma's passionate support blighted by a violent minority|date=1 May 2018|work=BBC|access-date=2 May 2018|archive-date=2 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502101958/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43910787|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2014 Daniele De Santis, a Roma ultra, was convicted of shooting Ciro Esposito and two others during clashes with Napoli fans who were in Rome for their club's [[2014 Coppa Italia Final|Coppa Italia final]] against Fiorentina. Esposito died of his wounds. De Santis was sentenced to 26 years in prison, later reduced to 16 years on appeal. Roma ultras have displayed banners celebrating De Santis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thejournal.ie/football-hooligan-jailed-italy-2786699-May2016/|title=Notorious football hooligan given 26 years in prison for shooting rival fan|last=AFP|date=24 May 2016 |access-date=26 April 2018|archive-date=27 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427120045/http://www.thejournal.ie/football-hooligan-jailed-italy-2786699-May2016/|url-status=live}}</ref>

There have been multiple instances of Roma [[ultras]] attacking supporters of foreign clubs when playing in Rome. These attacks have regularly featured the Roma ultras using knives, poles, flares, bottles and stones on unarmed foreign supporters, resulting in multiple hospitalisations. Home games against Liverpool in 1984 and 2001,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/disgrace-of-rome-708305|title=DISGRACE OF ROME|work=Daily Mirror|date=5 April 2007|access-date=28 April 2018|archive-date=29 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429091944/https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/disgrace-of-rome-708305|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Times call for final move">{{cite news|url=http://timesonline.typepad.com/thegame/2009/03/ahead-of-the-14.html|title=Times call for final move|date=19 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100915024920/http://timesonline.typepad.com/thegame/2009/03/ahead-of-the-14.html|archive-date=15 September 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> Middlesbrough in 2006,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/boro-fans-roma-flashback-disgusting-9804329|title=Boro fans in Roma: Flashback to disgusting treatment on European trip|last=Barley|first=Sophie|date=7 August 2015|access-date=27 April 2018|archive-date=28 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428094853/https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/boro-fans-roma-flashback-disgusting-9804329|url-status=live}}</ref> [[2007 A.S. Roma–Manchester United F.C. conflict|Manchester United in 2007]],<ref name="inews.co.uk">{{cite web|url=https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/roma-vs-liverpool-2001-rome-travel-advice-warning-stabbings-ultras-carabinieri/|title=A warning to Liverpool fans travelling to Rome – from one who was there in 2001|date=27 April 2018|access-date=27 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428093734/https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/roma-vs-liverpool-2001-rome-travel-advice-warning-stabbings-ultras-carabinieri/|archive-date=28 April 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/apr/05/world.championsleague20062007|title=Inquiry launched after violent clashes see English fans stabbed and beaten|last=Walker|first=Michael|date=5 April 2007|website=The Guardian|access-date=19 June 2018|archive-date=24 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624204641/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/apr/05/world.championsleague20062007|url-status=live}}</ref> Arsenal in 2009,<ref name="Times call for final move"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7938851.stm|title=Arsenal fan attacked in Rome|date=12 March 2009|access-date=5 January 2010|work=BBC News|location=London|archive-date=21 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321025401/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7938851.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> Tottenham Hotspur in 2012,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/tottenham-hotspur/10411146/Italian-football-hooligans-jailed-for-unprovoked-attack-on-Tottenham-Hotspur-fans-in-Rome.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/tottenham-hotspur/10411146/Italian-football-hooligans-jailed-for-unprovoked-attack-on-Tottenham-Hotspur-fans-in-Rome.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Italian football hooligans jailed for unprovoked attack on Tottenham Hotspur fans in Rome|last=Squires|first=Nick|date=29 October 2013|work=The Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="bbc.co.uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20442906|title=Tottenham fans injured in Rome|date=22 November 2012|work=BBC|access-date=21 July 2018|archive-date=22 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022013043/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20442906|url-status=live}}</ref> and Chelsea in 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.calciomercato.com/en/news/roma-fans-attack-chelsea-supporters-in-pub-brawl-in-rome-70895|title=Roma fans attack Chelsea supporters in pub brawl in Rome|access-date=28 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429024721/http://www.calciomercato.com/en/news/roma-fans-attack-chelsea-supporters-in-pub-brawl-in-rome-70895|archive-date=29 April 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> have all resulted in multiple stabbings and other injuries to foreign supporters. In 2018 Roma ultras travelling to an away game at Liverpool attacked home supporters, resulting in a home supporter being critically injured.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/italians-court-after-being-charged-14578322|title=Italians in court after being charged over brutal attack on Liverpool fan|last=Turner-LE|first=Ben|date=26 April 2018|access-date=26 April 2018|archive-date=26 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426112800/https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/italians-court-after-being-charged-14578322|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/apr/25/roma-condemn-fans-behaviour-attack-liverpool-supporter|title=Roma condemn fans' behaviour after attack on Liverpool supporter|last=Perraudin|first=Frances|date=25 April 2018|website=The Guardian|access-date=19 June 2018|archive-date=23 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623004835/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/apr/25/roma-condemn-fans-behaviour-attack-liverpool-supporter|url-status=live}}</ref>