Roma are the fifth most supported football club in Italy behind Juventus, Internazionale, Milan and Napoli with around 6% of Italian football fans supporting the club (according to the Doxa Institute-L'Expresso’s research of April 2006). Historically the largest section of Roma supporters in the city of Rome have come from the inner-city, especially Testaccio.

The traditional ultras group of the club was Commando Ultrà Curva Sud commonly abbreviated as CUCS; this group was founded by the merger of many smallers groups and was considered one of the most historic in the history of European football. However, by the mid-1990s CUCS had been usurped by rival factions and ultimately broke up. Since that time, the Curva Sud of the Stadio Olimpico has been controlled by more right-wing groups; A.S. Roma Ultras, Boys, Giovinezza and others. The oldest group Fedayn is apolitical however and politics is not the raison d'être of Roma, just a part of their overall identity. In September 2009 the club unveiled plans to build a new 55,000-capacity stadium in Rome's western suburbs.
Stadio Olimpico during a Roma match

The most known club anthem and motto is Roma,Roma,Roma by local singer Antonello Venditti. The title roughly means "Roma is not to be questioned, it is to be loved" and is sung before each match, the song Grazie Roma, by the same singer, is played at the end of victorious home games. Recently, the main riff of The White Stripes song Seven Nation Army has also become widely popular at games.

In Italian football Roma are a club with many rivalries; first and foremost is their rivalry with Lazio, the club who they share the Stadio Olimpico stadium with. The derby between the two is called the Derby della Capitale, it is amongst the most heated and emotional footballing rivalries in the world. The fixture has seen some occasional instances of violence in the past including the death of Lazio fan, Vincenzo Paparelli in 1979–80 as a result of an emergency flare fired from the Curva Sud, and the abandonment of a game in 2003, following unfounded rumours of a fatality which led to violence outside the stadium.

With Napoli, Roma also compete in the Derby del Sole rivalry meaning the "Derby of the Sun"; the two cities are within close proximity to each other and the two clubs are the most successful in Central and Southern Italy. Nowadays fans also consider other Serie A giants like Juventus, Milan and Internazionale amongst their rivals as these four compete for the top four spots in the league table to secure a spot in the Champions League.
Conflict with English fans

There have been a number of instances of conflict in recent years between some Roma supporters and fans of English clubs, pointing to an apparent dislike for English fans in some Giallorossi supporters. One reason forwarded for this is the 1984 defeat to Liverpool in the European Cup Final at the Stadio Olimpico, and the subsequent violence outside the stadium which saw a number of Liverpool fans stabbed. Since then, there have been further instances of some English supporters being attacked and stabbed in Rome, including incidents in 2001 when Liverpool visited Roma twice and subsequent clashes with Middlesbrough fans in 2006 and Manchester United fans in 2007. In March 2009, a coach carrying Arsenal supporters was attacked by a group of Roma "Ultras" just outside the Stadio Olimpico. The coach's windows were smashed and at least one person entered the vehicle, letting off a flare and "allegedly" stabbing a supporter in the knee. Arsenal had posted advice to their fans on how to avoid routes taken by Roma Ultras.

Shirt sponsors and manufacturers

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
1970–1971	Lacoste	None
1972–1976	None
1977–1979	Adidas
1979–1980	Pouchain
1980–1981	Playground
1981–1982		Barilla (Pasta)
1982–1983	Patrick
1983–1986	kappa
1986–1991	NR
1991–1994	Adidas
1994–1995	Asics	Nuova Tirrena (Insurance)
1995–1997		INA Assitalia (Insurance)
1997–2000	Diadora
2000–2002	Kappa
2002–2003		Mazda (Automobile)
2003–2005	Diadora
2005–2006		Banca Italease (Banking Group)
2006–2007		None
2007–	Kappa	Wind(Telecommunication)

Frannesco Tottiholds Roma's official appearance record, having made 496 (as of March 2008) appearances in all competitions, over the course of 15 seasons from 1992 until the present day. He also holds the record for Serie Aappearances with 388, as he passed Giacomo Lossi on March 1, 2008, during a home match against Parma.

Including all competitions, Francesco Totti is the all-time leading goalscorer for Roma, with 188 goals since joining the club, 151 of which were scored in Serie A (another Roma record). Roberto Pruzo, who was the all-time topscorer since 1988 comes in second in all competitions with 136. In the 1930–31 season, Rodolfo Volk scored 29 goals in Serie Aover the course of a single season, not only was he the league's topscorer that year, but he set a Roma record for most goals scored in a season, which still lasts today.

Its major founders Fortitudo and Alba having been relegated at the end of 1926–27 campaign, new-founded Roma had to take part to Southern First Division championship (Serie B) for its inaugural season; nevertheless FIGC decided a special enlargement of first level division re-admitting AS Roma as SSC Napoli. The first ever official game participated in by Roma was in the National division, the predecessor of Serie A, of 1927-28, against livorno; Roma won 2–0. The biggest ever victory recorded by Roma was 9–0 against Cremonese during the Serie A season of 1929-30. The highest defeat Roma have ever suffered is 7–1, this has happened three times; first against juventus during 1931-32, then against Torino in 1947-48 and most recently against Manchester United in 2006-2007.

Non-playing staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Claudio Ranieri
Assistant Coach	Christian Damiano
Goalkeeping Coach	Giorgio Pellizzaro
Technical assistant	Paolo Benetti
Physical fitness Coach	Vito Scala
Physical fitness Coach	Riccardo Capanna
Head of health staff	Vincenzo Affinito
Masseur	Giorgio Rossi
Director for Referees	Vittorio Benedetti
Team Manager	Salvatore Scaglia

No. Position Player 1 GK Bogdan Lobonţ (on loan from Dinamo Bucureşti) 3 DF Marco Andreolli 4 DF Juan 5 DF Philippe Mexès 7 MF David Pizarro 8 FW Fabio Zamblera (on loan from Newcastle United) 9 FW Mirko Vučinić 10 FW Francesco Totti (captain) 11 MF Rodrigo Taddei 13 DF Marco Motta 14 MF Ricardo Faty 16 MF Daniele De Rossi (vice captain) 17 DF John Arne Riise

No. Position Player 19 FW Júlio Baptista 20 MF Simone Perrotta 22 DF Max Tonetto 24 FW Alessio Cerci 25 GK Artur 27 GK Júlio Sérgio 29 DF Nicolás Burdisso (on loan from Internazionale) 30 FW Luca Toni (on loan from Bayern Munich)[27] 32 GK Doni 33 MF Matteo Brighi 77 DF Marco Cassetti 94 FW Jeremy Menez

For all transfers events pertaining to Roma for the current season, please see: A.S. Roma 2009-10

Roma have had many managers and trainers running the team during their history, here is a chronological list of them from 1927 onwards.

Name Nationality Years William Garbutt 1927–1929 Guido Baccani 1929–1930 Herbert Burgess 1930–1932 Lászlo Barr 1932–1933 Lajos Kovács 1933–1934 Luigi Barbesino 1934–1938 Guido Ara 1938–1939 Alfréd Schaffer 1939–1942 Géza Kertész 1942–1943 Guido Masetti 1943–1945 Giovanni Degni 1945–1947 Imre Senkey 1947–1948 Luigi Brunella 1948–1949 Fulvio Bernardini 1949–1950 Adolfo Baloncieri 1950 Pietro Serantoni 1950 Guido Masetti 1950–1951 Giuseppe Viani 1951–1953 Mario Varglien 1953–1954 Jesse Carver 1954–1956 György Sarosi 1956 Guido Masetti 1956–1957 Alec Stock 1957–1958 Gunnar Nordahl 1958–1959 György Sarosi 1959–1960 Alfredo Foni 1960–1961 Luis Carniglia 1961–1963 Naim Kryeziu 1963 Alfredo Foni 1963–1964 Luis Miró 1964–1965

Name Nationality Years Juan Carlos Lorenzo 1965–1966 Oronzo Pugliese 1966–1968 Helenio Herrera 1968–1970 Luciano Tessari 1970 Helenio Herrera 1971–1972 Tonino Trebiciani 1972–1973 Nils Liedholm 1974–1977 Gustavo Giagnoni 1978–1979 Ferruccio Valcareggi 1979–1980 Nils Liedholm 1980–1984 Sven-Göran Eriksson 1984–1986 Angelo Sormani 1986–1988 Nils Liedholm 1988 Luciano Spinosi 1988–1989 Gigi Radice 1989–1990 Ottavio Bianchi 1990–1992 Vujadin Boškov 1992–1993 Carlo Mazzone 1993–1996 Carlos Bianchi 1996 Nils Liedholm 1996 Ezio Sella 1996 Zdeněk Zeman 1997–1999 Fabio Capello 1999–2004 Cesare Prandelli 2004 Rudi Völler 2004 Luigi Del Neri 2004–2005 Bruno Conti 2005 Luciano Spalletti 2005–2009 Claudio Ranieri 2009–