S.S. LAZIO OFFICIAL
LA PRIMA SQUADRA DELLA CAPITALE
PALMARES
History of the Firm and Trophies

The S.S. Lazio is, from 27 April 1967, a joint-stock company under the name of "S.S. Lazio - S.p.A.". The S.S. Lazio Group S.p.A. is the group controlled by the parent company S.S. Lazio S.p.A. The Group operates in the professional football sector and manages the technical-sporting and broadcasting rights management activities relating to the homonymous team in the Italian Serie A championship.

The 2000s

Lazio began the decade brightly by winning the Supercoppa Italiana and finishing in third place in the league, but the departure of manager Sven-Göran Eriksson accelerated the decline of the club. With money running out, or wasted on transfer flops such as the Spaniard Gaizka Mendieta for £28 million from Valencia, Lazio missed out on the all-important qualification for the UEFA Champions League in 2001–02, finishing in a disappointing sixth-place. A financial scandal involving Cragnotti and his food products multinational Cirio forced him to leave the club in 2002, and Lazio was controlled until 2004 by caretaker financial managers and a bank pool. This forced the club to sell their star players and even the "symbol" of the club – club captain Alessandro Nesta – in quick succession. Lazio was subsequently sold to entrepreneur Claudio Lotito, who is the current majority share owner.