Who Owns AS Roma?

AS Roma was founded on July 22, 1927, when Italian football official Italo Foschi organized the merger of three Rome-based clubs: Roman FC, SS Alba-Audace, and Fortitudo-Pro Roma SGS. The merger was encouraged by the Italian Football Federation and the Fascist regime, which wanted a single powerful club representing the capital rather than several smaller competitors. The new club adopted the red and yellow colors of the city of Rome, colors the club still wears today.

In the 1930s and 1940s, Roma established itself as a Serie A fixture, winning its first Scudetto in 1942. The postwar years brought inconsistency. The club alternated between title contention and mid-table finishes throughout the 1950s and 1960s, with a second-division relegation in 1951 marking a low point before a swift return to the top flight.

The 1980s were Roma's greatest era. Under Swedish coach Nils Liedholm, the club won Serie A in 1983, its second title, ending a 41-year wait. The 1983-84 season took Roma to the UEFA European Cup final against Liverpool at their own Stadio Olimpico. Roma lost on penalties after a 1-1 draw, one of the most painful defeats in club history. The squad of that era included iconic figures such as Bruno Conti, Roberto Pruzzo, and the Brazilian midfielder Falcao.

The 1990s brought a third consecutive near-miss in the league but also Coppa Italia triumphs. Roma moved through several ownership structures during this period, with the Sensi family holding control from 1993. Roma won its third Serie A title in 2001 under Carlo Mazzone's successor Fabio Capello, with Francesco Totti, arguably the club's greatest ever player, at the center of everything.

James Pallotta, an American hedge fund manager and partner at Raptor Capital Management, bought a majority stake in 2011. His tenure was defined by ambitious talk and limited delivery, particularly around a proposed new stadium project that repeatedly stalled. On-field, Roma was consistently a top-four Serie A club and reached the UEFA Champions League semi-finals in 2018, eliminating Barcelona 3-0 in a second leg at the Olimpico after losing the first leg 4-1.

The Friedkin Group took control in August 2020. Under their ownership, the club appointed Jose Mourinho as manager in 2021. Mourinho delivered Roma's first European trophy in 61 years by winning the inaugural UEFA Europa Conference League in 2022, defeating Feyenoord 1-0 in the final in Tirana, Albania. He was dismissed in January 2024 and replaced by Daniele De Rossi, a Roma legend. De Rossi was himself fired in September 2024 after a poor start to the 2024-25 season, replaced by Ivan Juric and subsequently Claudio Ranieri. Ranieri stabilized the club and was confirmed as manager for the 2025-26 season before announcing his retirement from management at season's end.