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During the 1941–42 season Associazione Sportiva Roma competed in Serie A and Coppa Italia.

Summary

The 1941–42 Serie A campaign started with a delay of one month.^[1] Actually Roma was non favourite to win the title due to last season results with an 11th spot.^[2] Igino Betti left the club leadership to Edgardo Bazzini.^[3] The team grab the transferred in Edmondo Mornese from Novara, winger Renato Cappellini from Napoli, known as "Il barone" by giallorossi fans, defender Sergio Andreoli and, nearby closure of the transfers market, goalkeeper Fosco Risorti. The squad showed a competitive style of play clinching the leader spot of the table from the very first round. On 1 February 1942 clinched the Winter championship and on 14 June won its first Italian title ever, thanks to the victory 2–0 against Modena scoring Renato Cappellini.^[4] and Ermes Borsetti: the club broke the Northern Supremacy^[5] on scudetto winning champions ending the trophy to a squad from center-south of Italy.^[6]

Squad

Source:^{[citation needed]} Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ITA	Ippolito Ippoliti
—	GK	ITA	Guido Masetti (Captain)
—	GK	ITA	Fosco Risorti
—	DF	ITA	Mario Acerbi
—	DF	ITA	Sergio Andreoli
—	DF	ITA	Luigi Brunella
—	DF	ITA	Luigi Nobile
—	MF	ITA	Giuseppe Bonomi
—	MF	ITA	Renato Cappellini
—	MF	ITA	Aristide Coscia


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Mario De Grassi
—	MF	ITA	Luigi Di Pasquale
—	MF	ITA	Aldo Donati
—	MF	ITA	Paolo Jacobini
—	MF	ALB	Naim Krieziu
—	MF	ITA	Edmondo Mornese
—	FW	ITA	Amedeo Amadei
—	FW	ITA	Cesare BenedettiI
—	FW	ITA	Ermes Borsetti
—	FW	ARG	Miguel Ángel Pantó

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
GK	Fosco Risorti	Savoia
DF	Sergio Andreoli	Perugia	(25,000 £)
MF	Renato Cappellini	Napoli	(140,000 £)
MF	Luigi Di Pasquale	Padova
MF	Edmondo Mornese	Novara	definitivo (120,000 £)
FW	Cesare Benedetti (I)	Ilva Savona

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
GK	Ugo Ceresa	Ferrara
GK	Amedeo Rega	Lazio
DF	Pietro Acquarone	Venezia
DF	Romolo Alzani	Calcio Ala Italiana
DF	Erminio Asin	-	released
MF	Cataldo Spitale	Gimnasia La Plata
FW	Trentino Bui	Vis Pesaro
FW	Omero Carmellini	Alba Motor
FW	Francisco Providente	Calcio Velez

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Roma (C)	30	16	10	4	55	21	2.619	42
2	Torino	30	16	7	7	60	39	1.538	39
3	Venezia	30	15	8	7	40	25	1.600	38
4	Genova 1893	30	13	11	6	53	35	1.514	37
5	Lazio	30	14	9	7	55	37	1.486	37

Source: goal average officially used in event of equal points.
(C) Champions

Matches

Win Draw Loss

25 October 1941 1	Roma	5-1	Napoli	Roma
15:30	Di Pasquale 13' Coscia 20' (pen) Amadei 42', 85', 88'	Report	37' Dugini	Stadium: Stadio Nazionale del PNF Attendance: 15 000 Referee: Giuseppe Scarpi

2 November 1941 2	Bologna	1-2	Roma	Bologna
	Andreoli 79'	Report	55' Donati 82' Krieziu	Stadium: Stadio del Littoriale Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina

9 November 1941 3	Roma	2-0	Juventus	Roma
15:30	Krieziu 16' Pantó 52'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Nazionale del PNF Attendance: 28 000 Referee: Raffaele Scorzoni

16 November 1941 4	Genoa 1941	2-0	Roma	Genova
	Conti 44', 60'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Achille Pizziolo

23 November 1941 5	Fiorentina	2-2	Roma	Firenze
	Penzo 19' Valcareggi 51' (pen)	Report	24' Pantó 47' Amadei	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Berta Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina

30 November 1941 6	Roma	2-0	Milano	Roma
	Di Pasquale 29' Donati 45'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Nazionale del PNF Attendance: 28.000 circa Referee: Bertolio

7 December 1941 7	Atalanta	2-2	Roma	Bergamo
	Corbelli 15', 48'	Report	38' Pantó 69' (pen) Mornese	Stadium: Stadio Mario Brumana Attendance: 8 000 Referee: Giovanni Galeati

14 December 1941 8	Roma	0-0	Venezia	Roma
15:30		Report		Stadium: Stadio Nazionale del PNF Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Renzo Curradi

21 December 1941 9	Triestina	0-0	Roma	Trieste
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Littorio Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Raffaele Scorzoni

28 December 1941 10	Roma	0-0	Torino	Roma
15:30		Report		Stadium: Stadio Nazionale del PNF Attendance: 20 000 Referee: Mario Scotto

4 January 1942 11	Liguria	0-3	Roma	Genova
		Report	46' Coscia 62' Cappellini 74' Amadei	Stadium: Stadio del Littorio Attendance: 9 000 Referee: Giacomo Bertolio

11 January 1942 12	Roma	2-1	Lazio	Roma
15:30	Amadei 17' Faotto 90+2' (o.g.)	Report	26' Piola	Stadium: Stadio Nazionale del PNF Attendance: 30 000 Referee: Raffele Scorzoni

18 January 1942 13	Ambrosiana-Inter	0-2	Roma	Milan
		Report	45', 86' Krieziu	Stadium: Arena Civica Attendance: 20.000 circa Referee: Giovanni Galeati

25 January 1942 14	Roma	4-0	Livorno	Roma
15:30	Del Bianco 51' (o.g.) Pantó 55' Amadei 70', 77'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Nazionale del PNF Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Giorgio Bernardi

1 February 1942 15	Modena	0-0	Roma	Modena
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Cesare Marzari Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Mario Ciamberlini

15 February 1942 16	Napoli	1-1	Roma	Napoli
	Verrina 67'	Report	30' Amadei	Stadium: Stadio Partenopeo Attendance: 15 000 Referee: Giuseppe Zelocchi

22 February 1942 17	Roma	1-0	Bologna	Roma
15:30	Renato Cappellini 80'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Nazionale del PNF Attendance: 29 000 Referee: Giacomo Bertolio

1 March 1942 18	Juventus	2-0	Roma	Torino
	Colaneri 24' Sentimenti III 77' (rig.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Benito Mussolini Attendance: 35 000 Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina

8 March 1942 19	Roma	1-2	Genoa 1941	Roma
15:30	Krieziu 82'	Report	46' Bertoni I 57' Ispiro	Stadium: Stadio Nazionale del PNF Referee: Giuseppe Zelocchi

15 March 1942 20	Roma	1-0	Fiorentina	Roma
15:30	Pantó 80'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Nazionale del PNF Attendance: 25 000 Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina

22 March 1942 21	Milano	4-2	Roma	Milan
	Meazza 6' Boffi 49' Bollano 64', 86'	Report	41' Amadei 82' Krieziu	Stadium: Arena Civica Referee: Raffaele Scorzoni

29 March 1942 22	Roma	2-0	Atalanta	Roma
15:30	Pantó 40', 56'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Nazionale del PNF Attendance: 13 000 Referee: Achille Pizziolo

26 April 1942 23	Venezia	0-1	Roma	Venezia
		Report	62' Amadei	Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Mario Ciamberlini

3 May 1942 24	Roma	0-0	Triestina	Roma
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Nazionale del PNF Referee: Giorgio Bernardi

10 May 1942 25	Torino	2-2	Roma	Torino
	Baldi 9' Petron 76'	Report	6', 24' Amadei	Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Attendance: 30 000 Referee: Giovanni Galeati

17 May 1942 26	Roma	7-0	Liguria	Roma
	Borsetti 2' Cappellini 52' Amadei 57', 70', 73' Coscia 63' Pantó 83'			Stadium: Stadio Nazionale del PNF Referee: Raffaele Scorzon

24 May 1942 27	Lazio	1-1	Roma	Roma
	Puccinelli 68'	Report	5' Pantó	Stadium: Stadio Nazionale del PNF Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina

31 May 1942 28	Roma	6-0	Ambrosiana-Inter	Roma
	Pantó 5', 82' Amadei 8' Borsetti 38', 59' Coscia 84'			Stadium: Stadio Nazionale del PNF Referee: Mario Ciamberlini

7 June 1942 29	Livorno	0-2	Roma	Livorno
			24' Pantó 81' Amadei	Stadium: Stadio Edda Ciano Mussolini Referee: Giovanni Galeati

14 June 1942 30	Roma	2-0	Modena	Roma
	Cappellini 21' Borsetti 35'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Nazionale del PNF Referee: Mario Ciamberlini

Coppa Italia

Round of 32

12 October 1941	Novara	1-0 (a.e.t.)	Roma	Novara
	Calzolai 113'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Littorio Referee: Renzo Curradi

Statistics

Squad statistics

Source:^[7]

Competition	Points	Home						Away						Total						GD
Competition	Points	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	GD
Serie A	42	15	11	3	1	35	4	15	5	7	3	20	17	30	16	10	4	55	21	+34
Coppa Italia		-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1
Total		15	11	3	1	35	4	16	5	7	4	20	18	31	16	10	5	55	22	+33

Players statistics

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Appearances

Goalscorers

References

^ Romano. 1927-1942 Dalla fondazione al primo scudetto. Panini..
^ "Storia della stagione". asrtalenti.altervista.it.
^ "Non Cavaliere". Gazzetta di Parma. 18 March 1969. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
^ "Liste di trasferimento". Il Corriere dello Sport. 28 August 1946.
^ "Mussolini e lo scudetto della Roma". enciclopediadelcalcio.it. Archived from the original on March 13, 2011.
^ Romano. 1927-1942 Dalla fondazione al primo scudetto. La Stampa..
^ "Serie A 1941-42". RSSSF.
^ Included two own goals in championship

Bibliography

Paolo Castellani, Massimilano Ceci and Riccardo de Conciliis, Roma (2012). La maglia che ci unisce. Storia delle divise dell'AS Roma dalla nascita ai giorni nostri. Goalbook Edizioni,2012. ISBN 978-88-908115-0-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Videography

Manuela Romano (a cura di). "La storia della A.S. Roma". Corriere dello Sport, Rai Trade, 2006, 10 DVD-Video.

External links

"Sito ufficiale".
"Serie A 1941-1942". RSSSF.

[1] Romano. 1927-1942 Dalla fondazione al primo scudetto. Panini..

[2] "Storia della stagione". asrtalenti.altervista.it.

[3] "Non Cavaliere". Gazzetta di Parma. 18 March 1969. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

[4] "Liste di trasferimento". Il Corriere dello Sport. 28 August 1946.

[5] "Mussolini e lo scudetto della Roma". enciclopediadelcalcio.it. Archived from the original on March 13, 2011.

[6] Romano. 1927-1942 Dalla fondazione al primo scudetto. La Stampa..

[7] "Serie A 1941-42". RSSSF.

[8] Included two own goals in championship

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