Lazio Quiz Questions and Answers

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Round 1

  1. In which year was Lazio founded?
  2. Lazio began life as 'Società Podistica Lazio' — what kind of sports club was it originally?
  3. Lazio's white and sky blue colours were chosen as a tribute to which country?
  4. What does Lazio's nickname 'Biancocelesti' refer to?
  5. What is the name of the live bird of prey that began flying over the stadium before Lazio home games in 2010?
  6. What name is given to the derby between Lazio and Roma?
  7. In 1927, when Rome's clubs were merged to create AS Roma, what did Lazio do?
  8. Which Rome stadium, opened in 1953, became the shared home of both Lazio and Roma?
  9. Which end of their home stadium is traditionally the home of Lazio's ultras?
  10. Lazio won their first major trophy in 1958 by beating Fiorentina 1-0 in which competition?
Answers — round 1
  1. 1900 — Lazio were founded on 9 January 1900 by Luigi Bigiarelli and eight companions, making them the older of Rome's two big clubs.
  2. A running club — 'Podistica' means running — the founders set it up as a running and athletics club, and an official football section only arrived a decade later.
  3. Greece — The founders picked white and sky blue in homage to Greece, birthplace of the Olympic Games, reflecting their Olympic sporting ideals.
  4. Their white and sky blue colours — Bianco means white and celeste means sky blue — the colours Lazio have worn from the very beginning.
  5. Olimpia — Since 2010, Olimpia has soared over the pitch before Lazio home matches in one of Italian football's great pre-match rituals.
  6. Derby della Capitale — The Derby della Capitale — the derby of the capital — is one of the most heated fixtures in world football.
  7. Refused to join and stayed independent — Backed by General Giorgio Vaccaro, Lazio stayed out of the fascist-era plan to unify the capital's clubs — a founding spark of the rivalry with Roma.
  8. Stadio Olimpico — The Stadio Olimpico, which also hosted the 1960 Olympics and the 1990 World Cup final, has been shared by the two Roman rivals for decades.
  9. Curva Nord — Lazio's hardcore support has historically occupied the Curva Nord, while Roma's ultras gather in the Curva Sud at the opposite end.
  10. Coppa Italia — Winger Maurilio Prini's header won Lazio the 1958 Coppa Italia, the club's first major silverware.

Round 2

  1. Which song became famous as Lazio's club anthem?
  2. The club name 'Lazio' refers to what?
  3. Which president's heavy spending powered Lazio's trophy-laden era around the turn of the millennium?
  4. Lazio's 2000 Scudetto was sealed on the final day when Juventus lost 1-0 at which club's rain-soaked ground?
  5. What distinction does Lazio's 1999 Cup Winners' Cup triumph hold?
  6. Which Spanish club did Lazio beat 2-1 in the 1999 Cup Winners' Cup final?
  7. Who scored Lazio's 81st-minute winner in the 1999 Cup Winners' Cup final?
  8. Lazio lifted the 1999 Cup Winners' Cup at which English stadium?
  9. Lazio beat which club 1-0 to win the 1999 UEFA Super Cup?
  10. Who came off the bench to score the only goal for Lazio in the 1999 UEFA Super Cup?
Answers — round 2
  1. Vola Lazio Vola — 'Vola Lazio Vola' — 'Fly Lazio Fly' — was recorded by Toni Malco in 1983 and became the anthem that rings out at Lazio's home matches.
  2. The region surrounding Rome — The founders named the club after the wider Lazio (ancient Latium) region, embracing more than just the city of Rome.
  3. Sergio Cragnotti — Food-industry tycoon Sergio Cragnotti bankrolled the star-studded squads of the late 1990s before the money ran out in the early 2000s.
  4. Perugia — A storm delayed play at Perugia's Renato Curi; Alessandro Calori's goal sank Juventus while Lazio beat Reggina 3-0 in Rome.
  5. It was the last ever edition of the competition — The Cup Winners' Cup was absorbed into the UEFA Cup after 1999, so Lazio's name is engraved on it forever as the final winners.
  6. Mallorca — Christian Vieri put Lazio ahead early and a late goal saw off Mallorca 2-1 in the final on 19 May 1999.
  7. Pavel Nedvěd — The Czech midfielder Nedvěd lashed in the late decider to settle the final 2-1.
  8. Villa Park — The final was staged at Villa Park, Aston Villa's home in Birmingham.
  9. Manchester United — The Treble-winning Manchester United side fell to a first-half strike at the Stade Louis II in Monaco on 27 August 1999.
  10. Marcelo Salas — Chile's 'El Matador' Salas replaced the injured Simone Inzaghi and fired home on 35 minutes.

Round 3

  1. Who beat Lazio 3-0 in the 1998 UEFA Cup final in Paris?
  2. Which Lazio striker scored four goals in a single Champions League match against Marseille in March 2000?
  3. Silvio Piola scored twice in the 1938 World Cup final as Italy beat which nation 4-2?
  4. Which striker, then a Lazio player, broke the World Cup's all-time scoring record at the 2014 tournament?
  5. Two years before joining Lazio, Paul Gascoigne became a global star at which World Cup?
  6. Who was Lazio's head coach for the 1999-2000 Scudetto-winning season?
  7. Who coached Lazio to their first ever Scudetto in 1973-74?
  8. Simone Inzaghi ended his five-year spell as Lazio boss in 2021 to take charge of which club?
  9. Which 1982 World Cup-winning captain coached Lazio from 1990 to 1994 and again in 2001?
  10. Which striker's 24 goals made him Serie A capocannoniere as Lazio won the 1973-74 title?
Answers — round 3
  1. Inter — Ronaldo capped a masterclass with Inter's third goal at the Parc des Princes as Lazio were swept aside.
  2. Simone Inzaghi — Simone Inzaghi's four in the 5-1 win equalled the single-game Champions League best Marco van Basten had set in 1992 — and he later returned to coach the club.
  3. Hungary — Italy retained the trophy in Paris in 1938, with Piola bagging a brace against the Hungarians.
  4. Miroslav Klose — Miroslav Klose, at Lazio from 2011 to 2016, netted his record 16th World Cup goal in Germany's semi-final rout of Brazil.
  5. Italia 1990 — Gazza's tears and talent at Italia '90 made him a phenomenon; Lazio brought him to Rome in 1992.
  6. Sven-Göran Eriksson — The Swede arrived in 1997 and delivered the league and cup double, before leaving in January 2001 to become England's first foreign manager.
  7. Tommaso Maestrelli — Maestrelli moulded a wildly talented and famously turbulent dressing room into the 1974 champions of Italy.
  8. Inter — After winning the 2019 Coppa Italia with Lazio, Inzaghi replaced Antonio Conte at Inter and won the 2024 Scudetto there.
  9. Dino Zoff — Goalkeeping legend Dino Zoff also served as Lazio's president from 1994 to 1998, even briefly doubling up as coach again in 1997.
  10. Giorgio Chinaglia — 'Long John' Chinaglia converted the title-clinching penalty that season and later became a New York Cosmos icon.

Round 4

  1. Which forward won three Serie A top-scorer titles with Lazio during the 1990s?
  2. Which Lazio player scored a hat-trick of free kicks in a single Serie A match against Sampdoria in December 1998?
  3. Which Rome-born defender rose through Lazio's academy to captain the 2000 double winners?
  4. Whose 71st-minute goal won the 2013 Coppa Italia final for Lazio against Roma?
  5. Which Rome-born forward, a boyhood Lazio fan, took a big pay cut to return to the club from Charlton in 2004?
  6. Which striker did Lazio sign from Parma in 2000 for a then-world-record £35.5 million?
  7. Which Lazio midfielder became British football's record signing when he joined Manchester United in 2001?
  8. Pavel Nedvěd left Lazio in 2001 to join which club, where he later won the Ballon d'Or?
  9. Financial crisis forced Lazio to sell Alessandro Nesta in 2002 to which club?
  10. From which English club did Lazio sign Paul Gascoigne in 1992?
Answers — round 4
  1. Giuseppe Signori — Beppe Signori's lethal left foot topped the Serie A scoring charts in 1993, 1994 and, in a shared crown, 1996.
  2. Siniša Mihajlović — The Serbian set-piece master struck in the 29th, 44th and 52nd minutes of a 5-2 win — a feat barely seen at the top level.
  3. Alessandro Nesta — Academy product Nesta wore the armband through the glory years and is regarded as one of the finest defenders of his generation.
  4. Senad Lulić — Bosnian wing-back Lulić converted Candreva's low cross in the first ever all-Roman final, making '71' a sacred number for Lazio fans.
  5. Paolo Di Canio — Di Canio, raised following Lazio home and away, came home in 2004 and scored against Roma in the derby.
  6. Hernán Crespo — Crespo was briefly the most expensive player in history and repaid Lazio by finishing 2000-01 as Serie A's top scorer.
  7. Juan Sebastián Verón — United paid £28.1 million for Verón in July 2001, the biggest fee in English football at the time.
  8. Juventus — Juventus paid around €38.7 million for Nedvěd as Zinedine Zidane's replacement, and he won the 2003 Ballon d'Or in Turin.
  9. AC Milan — Milan paid about €31 million, and Nesta won the Champions League in his first season there.
  10. Tottenham Hotspur — Spurs sold Gazza for £5.5 million — a serious knee injury in the 1991 FA Cup final had delayed the move by a year.

Round 5

  1. After eight seasons at Lazio, Sergej Milinković-Savić joined which Saudi club in 2023?
  2. From which Spanish club did Lazio sign Ciro Immobile in 2016?
  3. Which striker did Lazio sell to Inter in 1999 for a then-world-record fee?
  4. Which striker left Lazio in 2024 as the club's all-time leading goalscorer?
  5. Ciro Immobile won the 2019-20 European Golden Shoe with how many Serie A goals?
  6. Which forward, a Lazio star from 1934 to 1943, set Serie A's all-time career scoring record of 274 goals?
  7. Who scored the stoppage-time winner when Lazio beat Juventus 3-2 in the 2017 Supercoppa Italiana?
Answers — round 5
  1. Al-Hilal — The Serbian midfielder, signed from Genk in 2015, left for Al-Hilal in a €40 million deal.
  2. Sevilla — Lazio paid Sevilla less than €10 million in July 2016 — one of the great bargains of the modern era.
  3. Christian Vieri — Inter paid around £32 million (90 billion lire) for Vieri after just one prolific season in Rome.
  4. Ciro Immobile — Immobile departed for Beşiktaş in July 2024 having scored a club-record 207 goals for Lazio.
  5. 36 — His 36 goals equalled the single-season Serie A record and beat Robert Lewandowski and Cristiano Ronaldo to the award.
  6. Silvio Piola — Piola, whose career stretched from 1929 to 1954, set a Serie A scoring mark no rival reached in the following seven decades.
  7. Alessandro Murgia — Academy midfielder Murgia struck deep in stoppage time after Paulo Dybala's late double had hauled Juventus level.

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