4,346 Matches and Counting: Lazio’s Most-Faced Opponents

According to our calculations, Lazio have played 4,346 official matches throughout their history, taking into account Serie A, Serie B, UEFA competitions, pre-UEFA competitions such as the Fairs Cup, Mitropa Cup and Alps Cup, as well as pre-Serie A national, regional and Roman tournaments.

Our total differs not only from the figure published by the club, whose statistical records do not cover every historical competition, but also from LazioWiki, which applies its own criteria when classifying official matches. Rather than simply reproducing figures already available elsewhere, we have gone back through Lazio's history and established our own criteria for what constitutes an official match, excluding games defined as friendlies while including official competitions that are sometimes omitted from modern statistical databases.

The result is a different and, we hope, more comprehensive way of looking at Lazio's history. It allows us to examine not only the club's most familiar opponents, but also the many competitions and teams that have formed part of Lazio's story over more than a century.

In this article, we look in detail at Lazio's top 10 opponents, ranked by the number of official matches played against them and in brief another 15 plus other current Serie A clubs.

Please note that in case of penalty shootout, we have considered the game as a draw.

Juventus 198 games

The Biancocelesti had played 164 times against Juventus in Serie A, 27 in Coppa Italia, 2 in the National Division of 1928-29 and 5 times the Super Coppa.

First game: Sunday, January 20, 1929, Lazio Juventus 1-2

Total Lazio wins: 50 (34 home, 13 away, 3 times in Super Coppa – Turin, Rome, Riyadh)

Total draws: 47 (24 home, 23 away)

Total Juventus wins: 101 (39 home, 38 away, 2 in Coppa Italia single final (both in Rome), 2 in Super Coppa – Rome, Shanghai)

Best win: Lazio Juventus 4-0 (November 19, 1939, October 29, 1995)

Match with greater number of goals: 8 (Lazio Juventus 5-3, November 4, 1934, and November 8, 1942; Juventus Lazio 5-3, September 23, 1951

Worst defeat: Juventus Lazio 6-1 (March 17, 1935, February 28, 1937, January 18, 1959, April 17, 1994)

Milan 195 games

Milan is second with 166 Serie A matches, 4 in Serie B, 22 in Coppa Italia, 2 in the National Division 1927-28 and once in the Super Coppa.

First game: Sunday, November 20, 1927, Lazio Milan 3-1

Total Lazio wins: 43 (27 home, 16 away)

Total draws: 67 (41 home, 26 away)

Total Milan wins: 85 (26 home, 58 away (including one in Monza in Coppa Italia), 1 in Super Coppa in Milan)

Best win: Lazio Milan 4-0 (January 21, 1934, May 9, 1976, February 19, 1995, February 11, 2004 (Coppa Italia), January 24, 2023)

Match with greater number of goals: 8 (Milan Lazio 5-3, January 17, 1937 and October 18, 1992; Lazio Milan 4-4, October 3, 1999)

Worst defeat: Milan Lazio 5-0 March 15, 1936 and December 28, 1958; Milan Lazio 6-1 April 13, 1958

That other club from Rome 192 games

Roma is third with 164 Serie A meetings, 21 in Coppa Italia, 2 in the National Division 1945-46, 4 in the Roman War League and one in the final of the 1945 Inter Regional Tournament.

First game: Sunday, December 8, 1929, Lazio Roma 0-1

Total Lazio wins: 53 (33 home, 19 away, one Coppa Italia final)

Total draws: 67 (31 home, 36 away)

Total Roma wins: 72 (32 home, 39 away, one Inter Regional Tournament)

Best win: Lazio Roma 3-0 (December 10, 2006, March 2, 2019, January 15, 2021); Lazio Roma 4-1 January 6, 1998 (Coppa Italia)

Match with greater number of goals: 6 (Lazio Roma 3-3, March 11, 1934, November 29, 1998; Lazio Roma 1-5, March 10, 2002; Lazio Roma 4-2, April 11, 2009)

Worst defeat: Roma Lazio 5-0, November 1, 1933

Inter 191 games

Lazio have played Inter 191 times: 166 in Serie A, 19 in Coppa Italia, 2 in the National Division of 1928-29, 3 in Super Coppa and once in the UEFA Cup

First game: Sunday, December 9, 1928, Ambrosiana Inter Lazio 3-1

Total Lazio wins: 47 (33 home, 12 away, 2 in Super Coppa – Rome, Beijing)

Total draws: 62 (31 home, 31 away including one in Bari)

Total Inter wins: 82 (28 home, 51 away, 1 Coppa Italia final (Rome), 1 Super Coppa (Riyadh), 1 UEFA Cup in Paris)

Best win: Lazio Inter 3-0 (September 18, 1983, February 22, 1998)

Match with greater number of goals: Inter Lazio 8-1 (March 18, 1934)

Worst defeat: Inter Lazio 7-0 (March 5, 1961), Inter Lazio 8-1 (March 18, 1934)

Napoli 171 games

Napoli and Lazio have played 171 times: 140 in Serie A, 22 in Coppa Italia, 2 in Serie B, and 7 times in National Division

First game: Sunday, November 13, 1927, Napoli Lazio 0-0

Total Lazio wins: 54 (34 home, 20 away)

Total draws: 53 (27 home, 25 away, one playoff in Milan)

Total Napoli wins: 64 (25 home, 39 away)

Best win: Lazio Napoli 4-0 (May 9, 1937 and October 14, 1997 in Coppa Italia); Lazio Napoli 5-1, October 16, 1994

Match with greater number of goals: Napoli Lazio 3-5, January 3, 1937

Worst defeat: Napoli Lazio 5-0, September 20, 2015

Lazio have also played against Naples five times (1 win, two draws and two defeats) and Internaples (two wins). The former joined Internazionale Napoli in 1922 to form F.B.C. Internaples who then changed name to Associazione Calcio Napoli in 1926.

Fiorentina 170 games

Lazio have played Fiorentina 170 times: 154 in Serie A, 11 in Coppa Italia, 4 in National Division and once in the Inter Regional Tournament.

First game: Sunday, November 1, 1928, Fiorentina Lazio 0-4 (played in Modena)

Total Lazio wins: 70 (46 home, 24 away including one in Modena)

Total draws: 45 (24 home, 21 away)

Total Fiorentina wins: 55 (16 home, 39 away including once at Pistoia)

Best win and match with greater number of goals: Lazio Fiorentina 8-2, March 5, 1995

Worst defeat: Lazio Fiorentina 0-5, December 13, 1959

Lazio have also played once (and won) against Firenze Football Club which was absorbed by Club Sportivo Firenze after World War I and joined Fiorentina in 1926.

Bologna 167 games

There have been 167 matches between Bologna and Lazio: 144 in Serie A, 8 in Serie B, 12 in Coppa Italia, 2 in National Division and one in the Coppa di Pasqua of 1914.

First game: Sunday, April 12, 1914, Bologna Lazio 0-1, Coppa di Pasqua

Total Lazio wins: 60 (42 home, 18 away)

Total draws: 46 (25 home, 21 away)

Total Bologna wins: 61 (16 home, 45 away)

Best win and match with greater number of goals: Lazio Bologna 8-2, November 21, 1948

Worst defeat: Bologna Lazio 5-0 (February 2, 1958 and March 16, 2025); Bologna Lazio 7-2, June 17, 1951

Torino 154 games

Lazio have played Torino 154 times: 142 in Serie A, 10 in Coppa Italia and twice in National Division

First game: Sunday, November 27, 1927, Torino Lazio 3-0

Total Lazio wins: 44 (26 home, 18 away)

Total draws: 65 (39 home, 26 away)

Total Torino wins: 45 (13 home, 32 away)

Best win: Lazio Torino 6-0, December 12, 1937

Match with greater number of goals: 7 (Torino Lazio 4-3, May 30, 1948 and February 26, 1989; Torino Lazio 3-4, November 1, 2020)

Worst defeat: Torino Lazio 5-1, February 23, 1947; Lazio Torino 1-5, April 6, 1975; Torino Lazio 4-0, November 20, 1983.

Genoa 140 games

Lazio vs Genoa has taken place 140 times: 110 in Serie A, 16 in Serie B, 2 in First Division, 4 in National Division, 8 in Coppa Italia

First game: Sunday, July 15, 1923, Genoa Lazio 4-1, national final

Total Lazio wins: 57 (38 home, 19 away)

Total Draws: 36 (21 home, 15 away)

Total Genoa wins: 47 (12 home, 35 away)

Biggest Lazio win: Lazio Genova 1893 5-0, November 23, 1930

Match with greater number of goals: Genova 1893 Lazio 6-5, November 15, 1942

Worst defeat: Genova 1893 Lazio 5-0, January 6, 1937 (Coppa Italia)

Atalanta 135 games

Our final team of the top ten is Atalanta against whom Lazio have played 135 times: 116 in Serie A, 6 in Serie B and 13 in Coppa Italia

First game: Sunday, December 19, 1937, Lazio Atalanta 4-0

Total Lazio wins: 39 (28 home, 11 away)

Total Draws: 53 (22 home, 31 away)

Total Atalanta wins: 43 (17 home, 26 away including one in Bologna)

Best Lazio win: Lazio Atalanta 5-0, March 24, 1951

Match with greater number of goals: 7 (Atalanta Lazio 3-4, August 21, 2016)

Worst defeat: Atalanta Lazio 5-0, May 2 1948

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