Lazio 1907-08

The beginning of football in Rome saw Lazio win a number of tournaments including the Pisa Interregional Trophy where they won three games in one day.

Source Lazio Wiki

Squad

Goalkeepers: Guglielmo Bompiani, Remo Forlivesi, Oreste Zaccagna

Defenders: Alberto Canalini, Egisto Federici, Francesco Marajeni

Midfielders: Pierluigi Andreoli, Filiberto Corelli II, Franciso Dos Santos, Augusto Faccani, Prospero Omodei, Luigi Zucchi I, Angelo Zucchi II

Forwards: Sante Ancherani, Giovanni Baldi, Corrado Corelli I, Carlo Della Longa, Silvio Mizzi, Fernando Pellegrini, Fernando Saraceni I, Scicluna

Manager: Guido Baccani

President: Fortunato Ballerini

Jersey

Source Football Kit Archive

Lazio 1907-08

Perugia Trophy: This match, played during an interprovincial gymnastics competition in Perugia, is remembered because when Lazio was leading 5–0 in the 30th minute of the first half, the organizers asked them to consider the game finished due to their clear superiority and because the event schedule was running late. The players were awarded diplomas and bottles of wine as prizes.

Coppa Tosti: The Coppa Tosti stipulated that Lazio would have to face Roman twice and Virtus once. In reality, the Biancocelesti played only one match against Roman, winning 5–3. The other match against Roman was supposed to be played on February 16, 1908, but it did not take place because Roman failed to show up, and Lazio was awarded the win by default. The same thing happened with the match against Virtus scheduled for March 29, 1908.

Viscogliosi Baccelli Cup: Despite the fact that Lazio played this tournament with their reserves team, there was one match where the first eleven played. Which they won.

INEF Centre-South-North Challenge: There is little information about this tournament in the newspapers of the time. Nevertheless, news of this Roman tournament is very important because, contrary to what is generally believed, Lazio were already participating in nationally significant football events as early as 1908. In fact, the tournament included Juventus of Turin, U.S. Milanese, Naples, and Lazio. The Biancocelesti won the Rome playoff against Roman but then lost heavily with US Milanese. The lack of players available for the third match meant that they could not play with Naples.

Interregional Pisa Tournament: The Tuscan Committee invited Lazio, as winners of the Roman championship, to take part in an interregional tournament in Pisa. The tournament scheduled a series of matches over four days, featuring Foot-ball Club Spezia, Virtus Juventusque Livorno, Foot-ball Club Lucca, Spes Livorno, Forza e Coraggio of Pisa, and Lazio itself. Due to poor organization and the desire of the Tuscan teams to face Lazio, the Biancocelesti were forced—an almost unique case in football history—to play against three of the participating teams on the same day. They won all three.

Competition	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals Scored
Perugia Trophy	1	1	-	-	5
Coppa Tosti	1	1	-	-	5
Viscogliosi-Baccelli Cup	1	1	-	-	4
I.N.E.F. Centre-South-North-Challenge	2	1	-	1	8
Interregional Pisa Tournament	3	3	-	-	8
Total	8	7	-	1	30

Top appearances

Not all games were covered in the press and often information on who played and/or scored is not available. The following is what is known based on info on Lazio Wiki.

Player	Total	Perugia Trophy	Viscogliosi-Baccelli Cup	Coppa Tosti	Interregional Pisa Tournament
Sante Ancherani	6	1	1	1	3
Francisco Dos Santos	6	1	1	1	3
Fernando Saraceni I	6	1	1	1	3
Augusto Faccani	5	1	1	-	3
Egisto Federici	5	1	-	1	3

Top goal scorers

Player	Total	Coppa Tosti	Interregional Pisa Tournament
Sante Ancherani	4	-	4
Fernando Saraceni I	4	2	2
Prospero Omodei	2	-	2
Silvio Mizzi	2	2	-

Perugia Trophy

Date & Venue	Match	Goals
Sunday, September 1, 1907, Perugia	Sport Club Siena Lazio 0-5	Goal scorers unknown. Match abandoned after 30 minutes following Lazio's five goals

Coppa Tosti

Two more games were planned on Sunday, February 16 against Roman and on Sunday, March 28, against Virtus Roma, but the other clubs decided not to play.

Date & Venue	Match	Goals
Sunday, January 19, 1908, Campo Piazza di Siena, Rome	Lazio Roman 5-3	3' Daiber, 4' Saraceni I, 25' Gambetta (og), 44' Mizzi. In second half: Daiber, Saraceni I, Mizzi (pen), Daiber

Viscogliosi-Baccelli Cup

Despite the fact that Lazio played this tournament with their reserves team, there was one match where the first eleven played.

Date & Venue	Match	Goals
Sunday, April 19, 1908, Piazza d'Armi, Rome	Lazio Virtus 4-2	Goals scorers unknown except for Dos Santos (pen) in first half. This was followed by a Virtus goal, then Lazio, Virtus, Lazio and Lazio.

I.N.E.F. Centre-South-North-Challenge

Date & Venue	Match	Goals
Sunday, May 24, 1908, Piazza di Siena, Rome	Lazio Roman 8-1	Scorers unknown
Sunday, May 31, 1908, Campo di Via Flaminia, Rome	Lazio US Milanese 0-6	Scorers unknown
Thursday, June 4, 1908, Campo di Via Flaminia, Rome	Lazio Naples	did not take place due to lack of players for Lazio

Interregional Pisa Tournament

Date & Venue	Match	Goals
Sunday, June 7, 1908, Piazza d'Armi, Pisa	Lucca FBC Lazio 0-3	Ancherani in the first half, the other two unkown
Sunday, June 7, 1908, Piazza d'Armi, Pisa	Spes Livorno Lazio 0-4	Omodei 2, Saraceni I 2
Sunday, June 7, 1908, Piazza d'Armi, Pisa	Virtus Juventusque Livorno Lazio 0-1	Ancherani in the second half