Editing AS Roma (section)

===Time of mixed fortunes from the 1970s to the 1990s===
[[File:Associazione Sportiva Roma - Coppa delle Fiere 1960-1961.jpg|thumb|upright|Club captain [[Giacomo Losi]] with the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in [[1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup|1960–61]]]]
Roma were able to add another cup to their collection in 1972, with a 3–1 victory over [[Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool]] in the [[Anglo-Italian Cup]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/angloit72.html |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |title=Anglo-Italian Cup 1972 |date=24 June 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529192231/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/angloit72.html |archive-date=29 May 2014  }}</ref> During much of the 1970s, Roma's appearance in the top half of Serie A was sporadic. The best place the club were able to achieve during the decade was third in [[1974–75 Serie A|1974–75]].<ref name = league/> Notable players who turned out for the club during this period included midfielders [[Giancarlo De Sisti]] and [[Francesco Rocca]].

The dawning of a newly successful era in Roma's footballing history was brought in with another Coppa Italia victory; they defeated Torino on penalties to win the 1979–80 edition.<ref name = "coppaitalia" /> Roma would reach heights in the league which they had not touched since the 1940s by narrowly and [[Turone's goal|controversially]] finishing as runners-up to {{lang|it|[[Juventus]]|italic=no}} in [[1980–81 Serie A|1980–81]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=420526 |publisher=Goal.com |title=Roma – Juventus: A Historical Look |date=24 June 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201012742/http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=420526 |archive-date=1 December 2008 }}</ref> Former [[A.C. Milan|Milan]] player [[Nils Liedholm]] was the manager at the time, with players such as [[Bruno Conti]], [[Agostino Di Bartolomei]], [[Roberto Pruzzo]] and [[Paulo Roberto Falcão|Falcão]].<ref name="legends">{{cite news|url=http://www.laroma-online.com/3.html |publisher=LaRoma-Online.com |title=A.S. Roma Legends |date=24 June 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011105345/http://laroma-online.com/3.html |archive-date=11 October 2007  }}</ref>

The second ''scudetto'' did not elude Roma for much longer. In [[1982–83 Serie A|1982–83]], the Roman club won the title for the first time in 41 years, amidst celebrations in the capital.<ref name="officialtitles">{{cite web | url=http://www.lega-calcio.it/ita/atim_albo.shtml| title=Campionato Serie A – Albo D'oro| work=Lega Calcio | access-date=12 September 2016 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070824141336/http://www.lega-calcio.it/ita/atim_albo.shtml| archive-date= 24 August 2007|url-status = dead}}</ref> The [[1983–84 Serie A|following season]], Roma finished as runners-up in Italy<ref name = league/> and collected a Coppa Italia title;<ref name = "coppaitalia" /> they also finished as runners-up in the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] final of [[1984 European Cup Final|1984]].<ref name = "liverpoolfinal" /> The European Cup final with [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] ended in a 1–1 draw with a goal from Pruzzo, but Roma eventually lost in the penalty shoot-out.<ref name="liverpoolfinal">{{cite news|url=http://www.europeancuphistory.com/euro84.html|publisher=European Cup History|title=Season 1983–84|date=24 June 2007|access-date=30 September 2007|archive-date=28 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928223508/http://www.europeancuphistory.com/euro84.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Roma's successful run in the 1980s would finish with a runners-up spot in [[1985–86 Serie A|1985–86]]<ref name = league/> and a Coppa Italia victory, beating out [[U.C. Sampdoria|Sampdoria]] 3–2.<ref name = "coppaitalia" />

After, a comparative decline began in the league, one of the few league highs from the following period being a third-place finish in [[1987–88 Serie A|1987–88]].<ref name = league/> At the start of the 1990s, the club was involved in an all-Italian [[1991 UEFA Cup Final|UEFA Cup final]], where they lost 2–1 to {{lang|it|[[Internazionale]]|italic=no}} in [[1990–91 UEFA Cup|1991]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=428273 |publisher=Goal.com |title=Roma – Inter: A Historical Look |date=24 June 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201012747/http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=428273 |archive-date=1 December 2008 }}</ref> The same season, the club won its [[1990–91 Coppa Italia|seventh]] Coppa Italia<ref name = "coppaitalia" /> and ended runners-up to Sampdoria in the [[Supercoppa Italiana]]. Aside from finishing runners-up to Torino in a Coppa Italia final,<ref name = "coppaitalia" /> the rest of the decade was largely sub-par in the history of Roma, particularly in the league, where the highest they could manage was fourth in [[1997–98 Serie A|1997–98]].<ref name = league/> The early 1990s also saw the emergence of homegrown striker [[Francesco Totti]], who would go on to be an important member of the team and the club's iconic captain.