Editing AS Roma (section)

===First title victory and decline===
[[File:Associazione Sportiva Roma 1941-42.jpg|thumb|left|The Roma of the first scudetto in 1942]]
After a slump in league form and the departure of high key players, Roma eventually rebuilt their squad, adding goalscorers such as the Argentine [[Enrique Guaita]].<ref name="stars">{{cite news|url=http://www.asrtalenti.altervista.org/index.php?a=calciatoriG.htm|publisher=Viva la Roma|title=Tutti i calciatori dell'A.S. Roma|date=24 June 2007|access-date=30 September 2007|archive-date=26 May 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070526030444/http://www.asrtalenti.altervista.org/index.php?a=calciatoriG.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Under the management of [[Luigi Barbesino]], the Roman club came close to their first title in [[1935–36 Serie A|1935–36]], finishing just one point behind champions [[Bologna F.C. 1909|Bologna]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.asromaultras.it/35-36.html |publisher=ASRomaUltras.it |title=1935–'36: Io Faccio I Gol Non La Guerra! |date=24 June 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022183327/http://www.asromaultras.it/35-36.html |archive-date=22 October 2007  }}</ref>

Roma returned to form after being inconsistent for much of the late 1930s. Roma recorded an unexpected title triumph in the [[1941–42 Serie A|1941–42 season]] by winning their first {{lang|it|[[scudetto]]}} title.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.asrtalenti.altervista.org/index.php?a=campionato4142.htm|publisher=ASRTalenti|title=Campionato 1941–42 – Roma campione d'Italia|date=24 June 2007|access-date=30 September 2007|archive-date=20 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020043050/http://asrtalenti.altervista.org/index.php?a=campionato4142.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The 18 goals scored by local player [[Amedeo Amadei]] were essential to the [[Alfréd Schaffer]]-coached Roma side winning the title. At the time, Italy was involved in [[World War II]] and Roma were playing at the [[Stadio Nazionale PNF]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.asromaultras.it/soprannomi.html |publisher=ASRomaUltras.it |title=I Campi da Gioco |date=24 June 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807000057/http://www.asromaultras.it/soprannomi.html |archive-date=7 August 2007  }}</ref>

In the years just after the war, Roma were unable to recapture their league stature from the early 1940s. Roma finished in the lower half of Serie A for five seasons in a row, before eventually succumbing to their only ever relegation to [[Serie B]] at the end of the [[1950–51 Serie A|1950–51 season]],<ref name = league/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ital52.html |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |title=Italy 1951–52 – Serie B |date=24 June 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070509181203/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/ital52.html |archive-date=9 May 2007  }}</ref> around a decade after their championship victory. Under future [[Italy national football team|Italy national team]] manager [[Giuseppe Viani]], promotion straight back up was achieved.<ref name = "managers" />

After returning to the Serie A, Roma managed to stabilise themselves as a top-half club again with players such as [[Egisto Pandolfini]], [[Dino da Costa]] and Dane [[Helge Bronée]].<ref name = league/> Their best finish of this period was under the management of Englishman [[Jesse Carver]], when in [[1954–55 Serie A|1954–55]], they finished as runners-up after [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]], who originally finished second, were relegated for corruption.<ref name = league/> Although Roma were unable to break into the top four during the following decade, they did achieve some measure of cup success. Their first honour outside of Italy was recorded in [[1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup|1960–61]] when Roma won the [[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]] by defeating [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]] 4–2 in the finals.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec196061.html|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|title=Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1960–61|date=24 June 2007|access-date=2 February 2023|archive-date=1 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101123741/http://rsssf.com/ec/ec196061.html|url-status=live}}</ref> A few years later, Roma won their first [[Coppa Italia]] trophy in 1963–64 after defeating [[Torino F.C.|Torino]] 1–0.<ref name="coppaitalia">{{cite news|url=http://www.vilacom.net/football/coppa.php |publisher=Vilacom Sports |title=TIM Cup – Coppa Italia |date=24 June 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927161909/http://www.vilacom.net/football/coppa.php |archive-date=27 September 2011 }}</ref>

Their lowest point came during the 1964–65 season, when manager [[Juan Carlos Lorenzo]] announced the club could not pay its players and was unlikely to be able to afford to travel to [[Vicenza]] to fulfil its next fixture. Supporters kept the club going with a fundraiser at the Sistine Theatre and bankruptcy was avoided with the election of a new club president [[Franco Evangelisti (politician)|Franco Evangelisti]].

Their second Coppa Italia trophy was won in 1968–69, when it competed in a small, league-like system.<ref name = "coppaitalia" /> [[Giacomo Losi]] set a Roma appearance record in 1969 with 450 appearances in all competitions, a record that would last 38 years.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://asroma.hunsport.hu/?us=23 |publisher=ASRoma Hunsports |title=Rekordok, statisztikák |date=24 June 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011093920/http://asroma.hunsport.hu/?us=23 |archive-date=11 October 2007  }}</ref>