Editing SS Lazio (section)

==Supporters and rivalries==
{{main|SS Lazio supporters}}
{{main|Derby della Capitale}}
[[File:Tifosi curva nord lazio.jpg|right|thumb|200px|SS Lazio fans in the [[Curva (stadia)|Curva]] Nord of the [[Stadio Olimpico]]]]
Lazio is the sixth-most supported football club in Italy and the second in Rome, with around 2% of Italian football fans supporting the club (according to ''[[La Repubblica]]'s'' research of August 2008).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.repubblica.it/2008/08/sezioni/sport/calcio/sondaggio-calcio/tifo-juve-inter/tifo-juve-inter.html|author=Bordignon, Fabio|author2=Ceccarini, Luigi|work=La Repubblica|title=Tifosi, Juventus la più amata. Inter la più antipatica|date=8 August 2008|access-date=15 October 2009|language=it|archive-date=12 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012224332/http://www.repubblica.it/2008/08/sezioni/sport/calcio/sondaggio-calcio/tifo-juve-inter/tifo-juve-inter.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Historically, the largest section of Lazio supporters in the city of Rome has come from the far northern section, creating an [[arch]]-like shape across Rome with affluent areas such as [[Parioli]], [[Prati]], Flaminio, Cassia and [[Monte Mario]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.itv-football.co.uk/story/0,19239,13224_2713715,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220090202/http://www.itv-football.co.uk/story/0,19239,13224_2713715,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 February 2008|work=ITV-Football|title=S.S. Lazio|date=29 June 2007}}</ref>

Founded in 1987, ''Irriducibili Lazio'' were the club's biggest [[ultras]] group for over 30 years. They typically create traditional Italian ultra displays during the ''[[Derby della Capitale]]'' (Rome Derby),<ref name="fans">{{cite news|url=http://website.lineone.net/~view_from_the_terrace/italsce.html|publisher=View from the Terrace|title=Italian Ultras Scene|date=29 June 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508122124/http://website.lineone.net/~view_from_the_terrace/italsce.html|archive-date=8 May 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> the match between Lazio and their main rivals, [[AS Roma|Roma]]. It is amongst the most heated and emotional footballing rivalries in the world,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/football/10/22/first11.derbies/index.html|work=CNN|author=Duke, Greg|title=Football First 11: Do or die derbies|date=22 October 2008|access-date=4 November 2009|archive-date=17 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017011443/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/football/10/22/first11.derbies/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> such as where Lazio fan Vincenzo Paparelli was killed at one of the derby games during the [[1979–80 Serie A|1979–80 season]] after being hit in the eye by an emergency rocket thrown by a Roma fan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thelaziali.com/2019/10/20/vincenzo-paparelli-death-in-the-terrace/|title=Vincenzo Paparelli: Death in the Terrace|date=20 October 2019|publisher=The Laziali|access-date=26 May 2020|archive-date=3 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603213739/https://thelaziali.com/2019/10/20/vincenzo-paparelli-death-in-the-terrace/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ultraslazio.it/ukstory.htm|work=ultraslazio.it|title=Ultras History|date=29 June 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616011746/http://www.ultraslazio.it/ukstory.htm|archive-date=16 June 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> A minority of Lazio's [[ultras]] used to use [[swastika]]s and [[Fascism|fascist]] symbols on their banners, and they have displayed [[Racism|racist]] behaviour in several occasions during the derbies. Most notably, at a derby of the season 1998–99, laziali unfurled a 50-metre banner around the Curva Nord that read, "[[Auschwitz]] is your town, the ovens are your houses". Black players of Roma have often been receivers of racist and offensive behaviour.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thescore.com/news/951791|title=Play stopped after Lazio supporters racially abuse Napoli's Kalidou Koulibaly|date=3 February 2016 |publisher=thescore.com}}</ref> After 33 years, the Irriducibili disbanded on 27 February 2020, citing "too much blood, too many banning orders, too many arrests."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.football-italia.net/150585/lazio-irriducibili-ultras-disband|title=Lazio 'Irriducibili' ultras disband|publisher=Football Italia|date=27 February 2020|access-date=27 February 2020|archive-date=27 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227171445/https://www.football-italia.net/150585/lazio-irriducibili-ultras-disband|url-status=live}}</ref> Lazio's ultras now go by the name ''Ultras Lazio''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thelaziali.com/2020/02/29/irriducibili-disband-ultras-lazio/|title='Irriducibili' Disband, 'Ultras Lazio' Formed|publisher=The Laziali|date=29 February 2020|access-date=26 May 2020|archive-date=3 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603213739/https://thelaziali.com/2020/02/29/irriducibili-disband-ultras-lazio/|url-status=live}}</ref> Lazio also have a strong rivalry with [[SSC Napoli|Napoli]] and [[AS Livorno Calcio|Livorno]], as well as with [[Pescara Calcio|Pescara]] and [[Atalanta BC|Atalanta]]. The club also maintains strong competitive rivalries with [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]], [[Juventus FC|Juventus]] and [[AC Milan|Milan]].

Conversely, the ultras have friendly relationships with [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]], [[Unione Triestina 2012 S.S.D.|Triestina]] and [[Hellas Verona FC|Hellas Verona]]. Internationally, Lazio's fans maintain a long-standing strong friendship with the supporters of the Bulgarian club [[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]] and as such, Lazio were invited to participate in the centenary football match honouring the birthday of the Bulgarian club.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtN07WOFVf8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/WtN07WOFVf8| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|work=Youtube|title=Levski Sofia – Lazio centenario|date=23 May 2014|access-date=1 August 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sportpeople.net/levski-sofia-lazio-3-2-amichevole-centenario/|work=sportpeople.net|title=Levski Sofia-Lazio 3-2, amichevole centenario|date=24 May 2014|access-date=1 August 2016|archive-date=11 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811035034/http://www.sportpeople.net/levski-sofia-lazio-3-2-amichevole-centenario/|url-status=live}}</ref>