The Rugby Roma Olimpic Club 1930 is an Italian
rugby union
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team, based in
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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.
The club won 5 Italian titles, in 1935, 1937, 1948, 1949 and 2000, the
Coppa Italia
The ("Italy Cup") is an annual knockout cup competition in Italian football organized by the FIGC until the 2009–10 season and the Lega Serie A ever since.
History
The beginning of the tournament was turbulent, due to the complexity of ...
in 1998 and competed in 58 editions of the Italian top tier championship (now, the
Top12) from his foundation in 1930 as Rugby Roma.
From 1969 to 2011 Rugby Roma's home ground was the
Stadio Tre Fontane
Stadio Tre Fontane is a sports stadium located in Rome, Italy. It is the home ground of rugby union side Rugby Roma Olimpic, who play in the Super 10 competition. It currently has a capacity of 4,000, although there are plans to redevelop and expa ...
, located in the Roman South-western suburb of
EUR
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.
In the last 2010–11
Excellence season Rugby Roma Olimpic's
head coach
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es were
Danie de Villiers and
Jaco Stoumann led the team to conquer the
Excellence Trophy.
In 2011 the club is disbanded. In the same year the name is changed to Rugby Roma Olimpic 1930, but without participating in any league.
In 2015 the new Rugby Roma Olimpic Club 1930 compete in 2015–16
Serie C
The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C.
The unification of the Lega Pro ...
season, conquering the promotion to Serie B. The club currently plays in
Serie B
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.
History
The Rugby Roma was founded on 21 October 1930, from the ashes of
A.S. Roma Rugby (1929) and
S.S. Lazio Rugby (1927), clubs associated with the
football
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clubs of the
Italian capital, when, after two seasons bankruptcy, under the management of the football clubs the decision was taken to form a separate organisation devoted to
rugby
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Sport
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** Rugby league: 13 players per side
*** Masters Rugby League
*** Mod league
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*** Touch (sport)
*** Wheelchair rugby league
** Rugby union: 1 ...
. The colours adopted were those of the
Club Atlético San Isidro
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:
black
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and
white
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.
The new team were soon successful, winning the
Italian championship in the 1934–35 season and again in 1936–37, before financial difficulties restricted ambitions during the
war years. In 1937 the team is incorporated into
A.S. Roma
' (''Rome Sport Association''), commonly referred to as Roma (), is a professional football club based in Rome, Italy. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma has participated in the top tier of Italian football for all of its existence, except for ...
and reconstituted in 1940 like Amatori Rugby Roma.
In 1945 the club returns to the name of Rugby Roma for a year before merging with the Olympic '44 (a rugby club based in Rome) and become Rugby Roma Olimpic. This resurgent post war team were champions again in 1947–48 and 1948–49, before further lean years throughout the 1950s and 1960s, during which the team were relegated.
The subsequent years saw the arrival of a new
coach
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Dick Greenwood
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during the 1970s. The club also toured
East Africa
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Due to the historical ...
in 1976, playing games against teams like
East Africa
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Due to the historical ...
and
Scorpions RFC
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. Rugby Roma Olimpic qualified for the Italian
playoffs
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in 1985, before further difficulties resulted in another relegation.
The next boom period led to
All Blacks
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imports, victory in the
Coppa Italia
The ("Italy Cup") is an annual knockout cup competition in Italian football organized by the FIGC until the 2009–10 season and the Lega Serie A ever since.
History
The beginning of the tournament was turbulent, due to the complexity of ...
in 1998 and a fifth Italian championship in 2000 before yet another financial crisis resulted in relegation once more.
In the last 2010–11
Excellence season Rugby Roma Olimpic's head coaches were
Danie de Villiers and
Jaco Stoumann led the team to conquer the
Excellence Trophy. In 2011 the club is disbanded. In the same year the name is changed to Rugby Roma Olimpic 1930, but without participating in any league.
In 2015 the new Rugby Roma Olimpic Club 1930 compete in 2015–16
Serie C
The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C.
The unification of the Lega Pro ...
season, conquering the promotion to
Serie B
The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 ...
. The club currently plays in Serie B.
Honours
*
Italian championship
** Champions (5): 1934–35, 1936–37, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1999–2000
** ''Runners-up (2)'': 1930–31, 1945–46
*
Coppa Italia
The ("Italy Cup") is an annual knockout cup competition in Italian football organized by the FIGC until the 2009–10 season and the Lega Serie A ever since.
History
The beginning of the tournament was turbulent, due to the complexity of ...
** Champions (1): 1998/99
** ''Runners-up (1)'': 1970–71
*
Excellence Trophy
** Champions (1): 2010–11
References
{{Rugby union in Italy
Rugby clubs established in 1930
Sports clubs in Rome
Rugby union in Rome