SS Lazio Women 2015

"S.S. Lazio (women)" redirects here. For 5-a-side football team, see S.S. Lazio Calcio a 5 (women).

Società Sportiva Lazio Women 2015 a r.l. is an Italian women's football team representing professional male football club S.S. Lazio S.p.A.'s female's section. They currently play in Serie A Femminile.

Lazio

Full name	Società Sportiva Lazio Women 2015 a r.l.[1]
Nickname(s)	Biancocelesti (White and sky blue)
Founded	1969 2015 (as company)
Ground	Centro sportivo di Formello – Rome, Lazio, Italy
Capacity	3,000
Owner	S.S. Lazio S.p.A.
President	Claudio Lotito
Head Coach	Massimiliano Catini
League	Serie A
2023–24	Serie B, winners (promoted)
Website	https://www.sslazio.it/it/giovanili/settore-giovanile/settore-giovanile-stagione-2021-2022/squadre-femminili/lazio-women-prima-squadra
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

Founded in 1969 as Olimpic Lazio, in 1975, the team became a section of S.S. Lazio [it] multi-sport club.^{[citation needed]}

Consistently finishing in the top four positions through the 1970s, Lazio seemed to emerge as a powerhouse in the last years or the decade winning the Coppa Italia in 1978 and its two first national championships in 1979 [it] and 1980 [it]. The second half of the 1980s was also successful, with two further championships (1987 [it], 1988 [it]) and cups, including a double in 1987.

Lazio declined throughout the 1990s and narrowly avoided relegation in 1997 [it]. However, after changing their name from S.S. Lazio Calcio Femminile to S.S. Ruco Line Lazio Calcio Femminile in 1999, they rose back to win their fifth national championship in the 2001-02 [it] season (plus two additional Cups).

At the end of the season, they were renamed as S.S. Enterprise Lazio Calcio Femminile but this lasted just one season before switching to A.D. Decimum Lazio Femminile in 2003.

In 2006, the team was renamed from A.D. Decimum Lazio Femminile to S.S. Lazio Calcio Femminile.^[2] By 2009 [it] they were back in the top flight; despite finishing midtable in 2010 [it], in 2011 the team avoided relegation by just one point.^[3]

In September 2015, S.S. Lazio Women 2015 a r.l. was incorporated as a società a responsabilità limitata.^[4] This new women's team was a wholly owned subsidiary of the professional male football club S.S. Lazio S.p.A. which originated from but was not owned by S.S. Lazio [it] multi-sport club. They took S.S. Lazio Calcio Femminile's spot in Serie B (who were the original S.S. Lazio women's team).^[5]

They finished seventh in their first (2015-16) and second (2016-17) seasons in Group D of Serie B. In 2017-18 they finished second, just 7 points away from first place Roma Calcio Femminile. In 2018-19, the format of Italian football for women was changed. 12 teams composed the league and Lazio Women finished in eighth.

In 2019-20, the season was suspended due to COVID-19. Despite having more points than third place San Marino Academy, because of the formula that was used to calculate each club's final position, they were promoted to Serie A instead of Lazio Women.

In 2020-21, Lazio Women dominated the league and finished in first place to secure promotion to Serie A for the first time. Ashraf Seleman was in charge from rounds 1-14 but was replaced by Carolina Morace on December 31, 2021 and she led the squad for the remainder of the season.^[6]

In October 2021, Carolina Morace was dismissed and replaced by Massimiliano Catini.^[7][8]

Honours

Official

• 5 Italian Leagues (1979, 1980, 1987, 1988, 2002)
• 4 Italian Cups (1978, 1985, 1999, 2003)

1 Italy women's cup

Invitational

• 1 Menton Tournament (1991)
• 1 Italy Women's Cup (2003)

Record in UEFA competitions

Season	Competition	Stage	Result	Opponent
2002–03	UEFA Women's Cup	Group Stage	5–0	Maccabi Haifa
			1–1	Toulouse
			5–2	Femina Budapest

Players

Current squad

As of 20 August 2024^[9]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ITA Fabiana Fierro 2 DF  PAN Carina Baltrip-Reyes 4 MF  ITA Giulia Mancuso 6 MF  DEN Louise Eriksen 7 FW  POR Adriana Gomes 8 MF  ITA Giulia Ferrandi 9 FW  DEN Maria Hovmark 10 FW  ITA Claudia Palombi 11 FW  ITA Giuseppina Moraca 15 DF  SWE Maja Göthberg 16 MF  ITA Antonietta Castiello 21 MF  ITA Sofia Colombo 22 GK  ITA Emma Guidi 24 DF  ITA Francesca Pittaccio

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 DF  ITA Marta Varriale 71 DF  ITA Raffaella Giuliano 91 FW  ITA Elena Proietti 99 FW  ITA Noemi Visentin — GK  SRB Sara Cetinja — GK  FIN Kerttu Karresmaa — DF  FRA Inès Belloumou (on loan from West Ham United) — DF  ITA Federica D'Auria (on loan from Juventus) — DF  ITA Elisabetta Oliviero — DF  ITA Martina Zanoli (on loan from Fiorentina) — MF  IRL Megan Connolly — MF  HUN Zsanett Kaján — MF  FRA Clarisse Le Bihan — MF  ITA Flaminia Simonetti

Non-playing staff

• Team Managers: Monica Caprari / Andrea Pulcini / Daniele Morganti
• Head Coach: Massimiliano Catini
• Assistant Coach: Lorenzo Calabria
• Fitness Coach: Lorenzo Marcelli
• Goalkeeping Coach: Francisco Ruiz
• Team Doctors: Daniela Ceccarelli
• Physiotherapists: Daniele Di Paolo / Saverio Venuti

Former players

For details of current and former players, see Category:SS Lazio Women 2015 players.

Former internationals

• Susanne Augustesen
• Carla Couto
• Kerry Davis
• Charmaine Hooper
• Anne O'Brien
• Thaís Picarte
• Beverly Ranger
• Conchi Sánchez
• Florentina Spânu
• Pia Sundhage

See also

• S.S. Lazio
• S.S. Lazio Youth Sector
• S.S. Lazio Calcio a 5
• S.S. Lazio Calcio a 5 (Women)
• Serie A Femminile
• List of women's association football clubs
• List of women's football clubs in Italy

References

1. "Rilascio licenze UEFA 2022–2023" (PDF). FIGC. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
2. "CAMBIO DI DENOMINAZIONE SOCIALE" (PDF). Comunicato Ufficiale (in Italian). 2006–07 (28/A). Italian Football Federation. 30 June 2007. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
3. Tables in Soccerway
4. "Bilancio S.S. LAZIO al 30 giugno 2015" (PDF) (in Italian). Rome: S.S. Lazio S.p.A. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
5. "ATTRIBUZIONE TITOLO SS LAZIO CALCIO FEMMINILE" (PDF). Comunicato Ufficiale (in Italian). 2015–16 (139/A). Italian Football Federation. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
6. Heyes, Apollo (1 February 2021). "Official: Lazio Women Dismiss Coach Ashraf Seleman, Bring in Ex-Italy Coach Carolina Morace". The Laziali. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
7. Heyes, Apollo (4 October 2021). "Lazio Women Suffer 3-0 Loss to Sassuolo Femminile, Coach Carolina Morace Dismissed". The Laziali. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
8. Heyes, Apollo (4 October 2021). "Official: Massimiliano Catini Replaces Carolina Morace as Lazio Women Coach". The Laziali. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
9. "SS Lazio 2015 ARL - Squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 August 2024.