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Line 1: {{Football club infobox \| ~~[[Image:Suvorov_statue_Mars.jpg\|thumb\|right\|160px\|Monument to Suvorov as youthful [[Mars]], the Roman god of war ([[1801]]).]]~~ clubname = S.S. Lazio \| image = [[Image:Ss_lazio.gif\|150px\|logo]] \| fullname = Società Sportiva Lazio<br>1900 SpA \| nickname = ''Biancocelesti'' \| founded = [[1900]] \| ground = [[Stadio Olimpico]],<br/>[[Rome]], [[Italy]] \| capacity = 82,656 \| chairman = [[Claudio Lotito]] \| manager = [[Delio Rossi]] \| league = [[Serie A]] \| season = 2004-05 \| position = [[Serie A]], 10th \| pattern_la1=\|pattern_b1=_thinwhitesides\|pattern_ra1=\| leftarm1=7EC9E4\|body1=7EC9E4\|rightarm1=7EC9E4\|shorts1=FFFFFF\|socks1=FFFFFF\| pattern_la2=\|pattern_b2=\|pattern_ra2=\| leftarm2=FFFFFF\|body2=FFFFFF\|rightarm2=FFFFFF\|shorts2=7EC9E4\|socks2=7EC9E4\| }} '''S.S. Lazio''' ([[Italian language\|Italian]]: ''Società Sportiva Lazio SpA'') is an [[Italy\|Italian]] [[football (soccer)\|football]] club based in [[Rome]]. They are known as the ''biancocelesti''. They play in light blue shirts, with white shorts and socks. '''Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov''' ({{lang-ru\|Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Суво́ров}}) (sometimes transliterated as '''Aleksandr''', '''Aleksander''' and '''Suvarov'''), Count Suvorov of Rymnik, Prince of [[Italy]] (граф Рымникский, князь Италийский) ([[November 24]], [[1729]]–[[May 18]], [[1800]]), was a Russian [[Generalissimo]], reckoned one of a few great [[general]]s in history who never lost a battle. He was famed for his manual ''The Science of Victory'', and noted for the saying "Train hard, fight easy." The club was founded on January 9th 1900 as Società Podistica Lazio. The name Lazio was taken from the Latin word "Latium", that means "wide", meeting the aim of the founders to symbolize something that includes Rome, but which is not limited to Rome (in fact, Lazio is the name of [[Latium\|the region where Rome lies]]). The sky blue and white strip colours were inspired by the [[Greece\|Greek]] flag and the country which gave birth to Olympic tradition. At the very beginning of its history, the club ran a number of different sporting activities and, from 1902, the club started the football section. ~~==Early life and career==~~ Suvorov was born in [[Moscow]] into a noble family of [[Novgorod]] descent. He entered the army as a boy, served against the [[Sweden \| Swede]]s in [[Finland]] and against the [[Prussia]]ns during the [[Seven Years' War]] (1756 - 1763). After repeatedly distinguishing himself in battle he became a colonel in 1762. The club did not join the [[Italian Football League\|league]] competition until 1913. They made the national decider a number of times but lost, often heavily - 9-1 on aggregate to Casale in 1914 and 6-1 on aggregate to [[Genoa 1893]] in 1923. Suvorov next served in [[Poland]] during the [[Confederation of Bar]], dispersed the Polish forces under [[Kazimierz Pulaski \| Pułaski]], stormed [[Kraków]] (1768) and reached the rank of major-general. The [[Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774\|Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774]] saw his first campaigns against the [[Ottoman Empire \| Turk]]s in 1773–1774, and particularly in the battle of [[Kozludji]] in the latter year, he laid the foundations of his reputation. The club played in the first [[Serie A]], but their highest pre-war finish was second in 1937. Post-war the club continued to fail in the league, but did win the [[Coppa Italia]] in 1958. However, they had to wait until 1974 for their first ''scudetto''. In 1775, Suvorov was dispatched to suppress the rebellion of [[Yemelian Ivanovich Pugachev \| Pugachev]] but arrived at the scene only in time to conduct the first interrogation of the rebel leader who had been betrayed by his fellow [[Cossacks]] and later on suffered decapitation in Moscow. However, when [[Sergio Cragnotti]] became president of the club, he was prepared to invest long-term in new players for the club. In 1993 Lazio finished fifth in Serie A, fourth in 1994, second in 1995, third in 1996, and fourth again in 1997 before winning the ''scudetto'' for the second time in 2000 with [[Sven-Göran Eriksson]] (1997-2001) as manager. They had Coppa Italia victories in 1998, 2000 and 2004 and they also won the last UEFA [[Cup Winners' Cup]] in 1999. ~~==Scourge of the Poles and the Turks==~~ From 1777 to 1783 Suvorov served in the [[Crimea]] and in the [[Caucasus]], becoming a lieutenant-general in 1780, and general of infantry in 1783, on the conclusion of his work there. From 1787 to 1791 he again fought the Turks during the [[Russo-Turkish War, 1787-92 \| Russo-Turkish War of 1787 - 1792]] and won many victories; he was wounded twice at Kinburn (1787), took part in the siege of [[Ochakov]], and in 1788 won two great victories at [[Focsani]] and by the river [[Rimnik]]. But after a financial scandal which invested Cragnotti and his foodstuff multinational [[Cirio]], Lazio was controlled in 2004 by a bank pool, in order to be sold to enterpreneur [[Claudio Lotito]], who is the current team owner. The new season for Lazio brought away several strong team players, who were sold to make up the big deficit that regarded the team, which is quoted at the ''Piazza Affari'' Italian stock market. During this summer, former 36-year old Lazio star [[Paolo Di Canio]] accepted to join his favourite team one more time, giving up a much more worthwhile contract from his previous team [[Charlton Athletic F.C.\|Charlton Athletic]]. In both these battles an [[Austria]]n corps under Prince [[Prince Josias of Coburg \| Josias of Saxe-Coburg]] participated but at Rimnik Suvorov was in command of the whole allied forces. For the latter victory [[Catherine II of Russia \| Catherine II]] the Great made Suvorov a count with the name "Rimniksky" in addition to his own name, and the Emperor [[Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor \| Joseph II]] created him a count of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. On [[22 December]] [[1790]] Suvorov stormed the impenetrable fortress of [[Ismail (fortress)\|Ismail]] in [[Bessarabia]]. Turkish forces inside the fortress had the orders to stand their ground to the end and haughtily declined Russian ultimatum. The defeat was seen as a major catastrophe in the [[Ottoman empire]], but in Russia it was glorified in the first national anthem, ''[[Grom pobedy, razdavajsya!\|Let the thunder of victory sound!]]'' The club plays at the 82,656 seater Stadio Olimpico, shared with [[A.S. Roma]]. The two teams play one another each year in the [[Rome derby]], a fiery, emotional match often marked with tension and fights in the stands. The two clubs have a history of rivalry; in the 2003 season an unprecedented event occurred when the [[A.S. Roma\|Roma]] [[Ultras]] forced the game to be suspended after false rumours spread around the stadium that a child had been killed by the police prior to the beginning of the game. In the current 2004/2005 season, Lazio won the first leg of the derby 3-1, while the second leg was a 0-0 draw. Immediately after the peace with Turkey was signed, Suvorov was again transferred to Poland, where he assumed the command of one of the corps and took part in the [[Battle of Maciejowice]], in which he captured the Polish commander-in-chief [[Tadeusz Kosciuszko\|Tadeusz Kościuszko]]. On [[November 4]], [[1794]], Suvorov's forces stormed [[Warsaw]] and in what became known as the [[Massacre of Praga]] captured one of its boroughs. The alleged massacre of many civilians broke the spirits of the defenders and soon put an end to the [[Kosciuszko Uprising\|Kościuszko Uprising]]. Famous Lazio players include [[Alen Bokšić]], [[Giorgio Chinaglia]], [[Paul Gascoigne]], [[Silvio Piola]], [[Giuseppe Signori]], [[Pavel Nedvěd]], [[Juan Sebastián Verón]], [[Paolo Di Canio]], [[Jaap Stam]], [[Angelo Peruzzi]], [[Hernán Crespo]], [[Dino Baggio]], [[Roberto Mancini]], [[Christian Vieri]] and [[Alessandro Nesta]]. ~~[[Image:Geller_Suvorov.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|''Exiled [[Suvorov]] receiving the Emperor's order to lead the Russian army against [[Napoleon]]''.]]~~ ==First team squad== It is said that the Russian commander sent a report to his sovereign consisting of only three words: ''hurrah from Warsaw, Suvorov.'' The Empress of Russia replied equally briefly: ''Congratulations, Field Marshal. Catherine.'' The newly-appointed field marshal remained in Poland until 1795, when he returned to [[Saint Petersburg]]. But his sovereign and friend [[Catherine II of Russia \| Catherine]] died in 1796, and her successor [[Paul of Russia \| Paul]] dismissed the veteran in disgrace. {\| \|valign="top"\| '''Goalkeepers''' 1 {{flagicon\|Italy}} [[Angelo Peruzzi]] 32 {{flagicon\|Italy}} [[Marco Ballotta]] 33 {{flagicon\|Italy}} [[Matteo Sereni]] '''Defenders''' 2 {{flagicon\|Italy}} [[Guglielmo Stendardo]] 5 {{flagicon\|Italy}} [[Felice Piccolo]] 7 {{flagicon\|Italy}} [[Manuel Belleri]] 8 {{flagicon\|Italy}} [[Luciano Zauri]] 13 {{flagicon\|Italy}} [[Sebastiano Siviglia]] 16 {{flagicon\|Italy}} [[Andrea Giallombardo]] 22 {{flagicon\|Italy}} [[Massimo Oddo]] 25 {{flagicon\|Brazil}} [[Emilson Sanchez Cribari\|Cribari]] \|valign="top"\| '''Midfielders''' 3 {{flagicon\|Italy}} [[Roberto Baronio]] 4 {{flagicon\|Italy}} [[Fabio Firmani]] 6 {{flagicon\|France}} [[Ousmane Dabo]] 10 {{flagicon\|Brazil}} [[César Rodríguez Aparecido\|Fucking Bitch]] 20 {{flagicon\|Italy}} [[Fabio Liverani]] 31 {{flagicon\|Denmark}} [[Christian Keller]] 68 {{flagicon\|Italy}} [[Christian Manfredini]] 85 {{flagicon\|Switzerland}} [[Valon Behrami]] TBD {{flagicon\|Belgium}} [[Gaby Mudingayi]] \|width="50"\|  \|valign="top"\| '''Attackers''' 9 {{flagicon\|Italy}} [[Paolo Di Canio]] 17 {{flagicon\|Albania}} [[Igli Tare]] 18 {{flagicon\|Italy}} [[Tommaso Rocchi]] 19 {{flagicon\|Macedonia}} [[Goran Pandev]] 21 {{flagicon\|Italy}} [[Simone Inzaghi]] \|} ==Team honors== ~~==Suvorov's Italian campaign==~~ Italian Champions '''2''' 1973/74 1999/00 Suvorov then lived for some years in retirement on his estate of Konchanskoe, near [[Novgorod]]. He criticised the new military tactics and dress introduced by the emperor, and some of his caustic verse reached the ears of Paul. His conduct therefore came under surveillance and his correspondence with his wife, who had remained at Moscow - for his marriage relations had not been happy - was tampered with. On Sundays he tolled the bell for church and sang among the rustics in the village choir. On week days he worked among them in a smock frock. But in February [[1799]] the Emperor [[Paul I of Russia]] summoned him to take the field again, this time against the [[French Revolution]]ary armies in [[Italy]]. [[Coppa Italia\|Italian Cup]] '''4''' 1958 1997/98 1999/00 2003/04 Italian SuperCup '''1''' 1998 UEFA [[Cup Winners' Cup]] '''1''' 1998/99 [[European Super Cup]] '''1''' 1999 ==External links== The [[French Revolutionary Wars\|campaign]] opened with a series of Suvorov's victories ([[battle of Cassano d'Add\|Cassano d'Adda]], [[Battle of Trebia (1799)\|Trebbia]], [[Battle of Novi\|Novi]]) which reduced the French government to desperate straits and drove every French soldier from Italy, save for the handful under [[Jean Victor Marie Moreau \| Moreau]], which maintained a foothold in the [[Maritime Alps]] and around [[Genoa]]. Suvorov himself gained the rank of "prince of the [[House of Savoy]]" from king of [[Sardinia]]. ''[http://www.sslazio.it/ Official site]'' (in [[Italian language\|Italian]]) [http://www.lazionet.net Lazio.net Community] (Ass. Cult. Lazio.net) [http://www.fcitalia.com/lazio/news/newslazio.htm SS Lazio News] (FC Italia, in Italian) [http://www.laziofever.com LazioFever] The International site in English language about Lazio [http://www.franciabiancoceleste.com Francia Biancoceleste] (Ultras Lazio, in french) {{Serie A}} ~~[[Image:suvorov_crossing_the_alps.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|''Russian troops under [[Generalissimo]] Suvarov crossing the [[Alps]] in [[1799]].'']]~~ [[Category:Italian football clubs\|Lazio]] But the later events of the eventful year went uniformly against the Russians. General [[Korsakov]]'s force was defeated by [[André Masséna \| Masséna]] at [[Zürich]]. Betrayed by the [[Austria]]ns, the old field marshal, seeking to make his way over the Swiss passes to the Upper Rhine, had to retreat to [[Vorarlberg]], where the army, much shattered and almost destitute of horses and artillery, went into winter quarters. When Suvorov battled his way through the snow-capped [[Alps]] his army was checked but never defeated. For this marvel of strategic retreat, unheard of since the time of [[Hannibal]], Suvorov was raised to the unprecedented rank of [[generalissimo]]. He was officially promised to be given the military [[triumph]] in Russia but the court intrigues led the Emperor Paul to cancel the ceremony. [[Category:Rome\|Lazio S.S.]] [[cs:SS Lazio]] Early in 1800 Suvorov returned to Saint Petersburg. Paul refused to give him an audience, and, worn out and ill, the old veteran died a few days afterwards on 18 May 1800, at Saint Petersburg. Lord Whitworth, the English ambassador, and the poet [[Derzhavin]] were the only persons of distinction present at the funeral. [[da:S.S. Lazio]] [[de:Lazio Rom]] Suvorov lies buried in the church of the Annunciation in the [[Alexander Nevsky Monastery]], the simple inscription on his grave stating, according to his own direction, "Here lies Suvorov". But within a year of his death the tsar [[Alexander I of Russia \| Alexander I]] erected a statue to his memory in the Field of Mars, Saint Petersburg. [[es:SS Lazio]] [[fr:SS Lazio]] ~~==His progeny and titles==~~ [[it:Società Sportiva Lazio]] ~~His full name and titles (according to Russian pronunciation), ranks and awards~~ [[he:אס אס לאציו]] are the following:Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Suvorov, Prince of [[Italy]] (''Kniaz Italyiskiy''), Count of Rimnik (''Graf Rimnikskiy''), Count of the Holy Roman Empire, Prince of Sardinia, Generalissimo of Russia's Ground and Naval forces, Field Marshal of the [[Austria]]n and [[Sardinia]]n Armies; seriously wounded six times, he was the recipient of the [[Order of St. Andrew]] the First Called Apostle, [[Order of St. George]] the Triumphant First Class, [[Order of St. Vladimir]] First Class, [[Order of St. Aleksandr Nevskiy]], [[Order of St. Anna]] First Class, Grand Cross of the [[Order of St. Joan of Jerusalem]], (Austria) Order of Maria Teresia First Class, (Prussia) Order of the Black Eagle, Order of the Red Eagle, the Pour le Merite, (Sardinia) Order of the Revered Saints Maurice and Lazarus, (Bavaria) Order of St. Gubert, the Golden Lionness, (France) Order of the Carmelite Virgin Mary, St. Lasara, (Poland) [[Order of the White Eagle]], the [[Order of St. Stanislaus]]. [[nl:SS Lazio]] [[ja:SSラツィオ]] Suvorov's son Arkadi (1783 - 1811) served as a general officer in the Russian army during the Napoleonic and Turkish wars of the early 19th century, and drowned in the same river Rimnik that had brought his father so much fame. His grandson Alexander Arkadievich (1804 - 1882) also became a Russian general. [[pl:Lazio Rzym]] [[ru:Лацио Рим (футбольный клуб)]] ~~==Assessment==~~ [[sv:SS Lazio]] ~~[[Image:Suworow-denkmal.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|Suvorov monument in the Swiss Alps]]~~ The Russians long cherished the memory of Suvorov. A great captain, viewed from the standpoint of any age of military history, he functions specially as the great captain of the Russian [[nation]], for the character of his [[leadership]] responded to the character of the Russian soldier. In an age when war had become an act of [[diplomacy]] he restored its true significance as an act of force. He had a great simplicity of manner, and while on a campaign lived as a private soldier, sleeping on straw and contenting himself with the humblest fare. But he had himself passed through all the gradations of military service. His gibes procured him many enemies. He had all the contempt of a man of ability and action for ignorant favourites and ornamental carpet-knights. But his drolleries served sometimes to hide, more often to express, a soldierly genius, the effect of which the Russian army did not soon outgrow. If the tactics of the Russians in the [[Russo-Japanese War]] of 1904 - 1905 reflected too literally some of the maxims of Suvorov’s Turkish wars, the spirit of self-sacrifice, resolution and indifference to losses there shown formed a precious legacy from those wars. [[Mikhail Ivanovich Dragomirov]] declared that he based his teaching on Suvorov's practice, which he held representative of the fundamental truths of war and of the military qualities of the Russian nation. The magnificent [http://www.enlight.ru/camera/104/index_e.html Suvorov museum of military history] was opened in [[1904]]. Apart from St Petersburg, other Suvorov monuments have been erected in Ochakov (1907), Sevastopol, Izmail, Tulchin, Kobrin, Ladoga, Kherson, Timanovka, Simferopol, Kaliningrad, Konchanskoe, Rymnik, and in the Swiss Alps. On [[July 29]], [[1942]] The [[Presidium of the Supreme Soviet]] of the USSR established the [[Order of Suvorov]]. It was awarded for successful offensive actions against superior enemy forces. ~~----~~ ~~{{1911}}~~ ~~==External links and references==~~ [http://www.ganesha.org/hall/suvorov.html Alexander V. Suvorov: Russian Field Marshal, 1729-1800] [http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/aureview/1986/nov-dec/menning.html Speed, Assessment, and Hitting Power: Suvorov's Art of Victory] [http://www.enlight.ru/camera/222/index_e.html Suvorov military musum in St Petersburg] [http://voyage.home.nov.ru/suvorovskoe.htm Suvorov's home and family] Anthing, ''Versuch einer Kriegsgeschichte des Grafen Suworow'' (Gotha, 1796 - 1799) F. von Smut, ''Suworows Leben und Heerzüge'' (Vilna, 1833—1834) and ''Suworow and Polens Untergang'' (Leipzig, 1858,) Von Reding-Biberegg, ''Der Zug Suworows durch die Schweiz'' (Zürich 1896) * Lieut.-Colonel Spalding, ''Suvorof'' (London, 1890) G. von Fuchs, ''Suworows Korrespondenz, 1799'' (Glogau, 1835) ''Souvorov en Italie'' by Gachot, Masséna’s biographer (Paris, 1903) The standard Russian biographies of Polevoi (1853; Ger. trans., Mitau, 1853); Rybkin (Moscow, 1874), Vasiliev (Vilna, 1899), Meshcheryakov and Beskrovnyi (Moscow, 1946), and Osipov (Moscow, 1955). The Russian examinations of his martial art, by Bogolyubov (Moscow, 1939) and Nikolsky (Moscow, 1949). ~~[[Category:1729 births\|Suvorov, Aleksandr]]~~ ~~[[Category:1800 deaths\|Suvorov, Aleksandr]]~~ ~~[[Category:Russian nobility\|Suvorov, Aleksandr]]~~ ~~[[Category:Russian Field Marshals\|Suvorov, Aleksandr]]~~ ~~[[Category:Napoleonic wars Russian commanders\|Suvorov, Aleksandr]]~~ ~~[[de:Alexander Wassiljewitsch Suworow]]~~ ~~[[he:אלכסנדר סובורוב]]~~ ~~[[pl:Aleksander Suworow]]~~ ~~[[ru:Суворов, Александр Васильевич]]~~ ~~[[sl:Aleksander Vasiljevič Suvorov]]~~ ~~[[fi:Aleksander Suvorov]]~~

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