1973–74 SS Lazio season

Societa Sportiva Lazio
1973-74 season
Chairman	Umberto Lenzini
Manager	Tommaso Maestrelli
Stadium	Stadio Olimpico
Serie A	1st
Coppa Italia	Second round
UEFA Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Chinaglia (24); All: Chinaglia (34)
Average home league attendance	49,833
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1972-73 1974-75 ⊟

During the 1973–74 season S.S. Lazio competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and UEFA Cup.

Summary

Back to Serie A in 1973, Lazio immediately emerged as surprise challengers for the Scudetto to Milan and Juventus previous season, only losing out on the final day of the season, with a team comprising captain Giuseppe Wilson, as well as midfielders Luciano Re Cecconi and Mario Frustalupi, striker Giorgio Chinaglia who led the top Italian league in scoring with 24 goals, and head coach Tommaso Maestrelli.^[2] Lazio improved such successes this season, ensuring its first title in 74 years.^[3]^[4]^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8]

In UEFA Cup the team advanced to the second round. Then they faced English squad Ipswich Town in a bizarre series they never forget. Lazio came to Portman Road for the first leg. Coach Tommaso Maestrelli made changes to tighten his defence. They backfired. Ipswich established a 4–0 lead with Trevor Whymark scoring all four goals. The fourth was hotly disputed by the angry Italians who claimed that Whymark had handled the ball. It was a rugged match.

Sightseeing in Rome went smoothly for the return leg. It was when Ipswich had their first training session in Rome that the flames of Lazio fury were ignited. A delegation from the AC Roma supporters, Lazio's big rivals, arrived to make a presentation with Press photographers present. Pietro Magliocchetti, their president, handed Whymark a trophy with the following inscription. "To Whymark in recognition of Ipswich v Lazio 4-0. Il Roma Club FC 12" Giallorossa, with affection and gratitude. There was an atmosphere of intimidation in the Olympic Stadium. Whymark took a blow to the head early on and Bryan Hamilton later admitted that he was "genuinely scared" by Lazio's physical and violent approach.

Lazio opened the scoring in 43 seconds and added another in nine minutes. A third goal after 26 minutes brought the Italians back into the game. They were pegged back after 73 minutes when Dutch referee Leo van der Kroft awarded what Lazio felt was a soft penalty after Clive Woods had been tripped. Colin Viljoen calmly converted the spot kick. Whymark went to congratulate him and was chased back into his own goalmouth by enraged Lazio players.

Giorgio Chinaglia, the Lazio captain and super star, scored a penalty in the 82nd minute to set up a tense finish although the Italians had to score two more because of the away-goal rule. Johnson was on the bench. He was spat on by an Italian which made him determined to play his part on the field despite his injury which had not fully healed.

In injury-time Johnson scored for Ipswich to clinch a 6-4 overall success.

The Lazio fans got onto the pitch despite a metal fence and a moat. They threw full beer cans and lighted rockets at the Police who used tear gas in a forlorn effort to maintain control. The Italian Press had a heading "Thugs of the Olimpico" and "Madness at Stadio Olimpico."

The riot proved ever so costly for Lazio. That season they went on to win the Scudetto but were banned by UEFA from playing in the European Cup.^[9]

Squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ITA	Giuseppe Avagliano
—	GK	ITA	Avelino Moriggi
—	GK	ITA	Felice Pulici
—	DF	ITA	Mario Facco
—	DF	ITA	Domenico Labrocca
—	DF	ITA	Luigi Martini
—	DF	ITA	Giancarlo Oddi
—	DF	ITA	Giustino Paris
—	DF	ITA	Sergio Petrelli
—	DF	ITA	Luigi Polentes
—	DF	ITA	Giuliano Tinaburri
—	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Wilson
—	MF	ITA	Sergio Borgo


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Vincenzo D'Amico
—	MF	ITA	Mario Frustalupi
—	MF	ITA	Fausto Inselvini
—	MF	ITA	Pierpaolo Manservisi
—	MF	ITA	Ferruccio Mazzola
—	MF	ITA	Franco Nanni
—	MF	ITA	Luciano Re Cecconi
—	MF	ITA	Franco Tripodi
—	FW	ITA	Vito Chimenti^[10]
—	FW	ITA	Giorgio Chinaglia
—	FW	ITA	Paolo Franzoni^[11]
—	FW	ITA	Renzo Garlaschelli

Competitions

Serie A

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	D
Position	1	1	1	2	4	5	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed; = Leader; = 1974–75 UEFA Cup; = 1974–75 Serie B

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lazio (C)	30	18	7	5	45	23	22	43	Not admitted to Europe
2	Juventus	30	16	9	5	50	26	24	41	Qualification to UEFA Cup
3	Napoli	30	12	12	6	35	28	7	36
4	Internazionale	30	12	11	7	47	33	14	35
5	Torino	30	10	14	6	27	24	3	34

Source: Panini
(C) Champions

Matches

7 October 1973 1	Lanerossi	0-3	Lazio	Vicenza
15:00 UTC 2		Report	7' Chinaglia 62' Re Cecconi 86' Garlaschelli	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Referee: Michelotti

14 October 1973 2	Lazio	1-0	Sampdoria	Roma
15:00 UTC 2	Wilson 83'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Casarin

28 October 1973 3	Juventus	3-1	Lazio	Torino
15:00 UTC 2	Altafini 50' Bettega 62' Cuccureddu 86'	Report	45' Chinaglia	Stadium: Comunale Referee: C. Lo Bello

4 November 1973 4	Lazio	0-0	Fiorentina	Roma
15:00 UTC 2		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Gonella

18 November 1973 5	Cesena	0-0	Lazio	Cesena
15:00 UTC 2		Report		Stadium: Stadio La Fiorita Referee: Branzoni

25 November 1973 6	Lazio	1-1	Inter	Roma
15:00 UTC 2	Chinaglia 28'	Report	75' Bedin	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Panzino

2 December 1973 7	Cagliari	0-1	Lazio	Cagliari
15:00 UTC 1		Report	21' Chinaglia	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Referee: Giunti

9 December 1973 8	Lazio	2-1	Roma	Roma
15:00 UTC 1	Franzoni 46' Chinaglia 68'	Report	34' Negrisolo	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: C. Lo Bello

16 December 1973 9	Lazio	1-0	Napoli	Roma
15:00 UTC 1	Chinaglia 76'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Michelotti

23 December 1973 10	Hellas Verona	0-1	Lazio	Verona
15:00 UTC 1		Report	36' Garlaschelli	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Referee: Gonella

30 December 1973 11	Lazio	1-0	Milan	Roma
15:00 UTC 1	Re Cecconi 90'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Ciacci

6 January 1974 12	Genoa	1-2	Lazio	Genova
15:00 UTC 1	S. Corradi 52' (pen)	Report	18', 70' Garlaschelli	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Motta

13 January 1974 13	Lazio	0-1	Torino	Roma
15:00 UTC 1		Report	55' F. Graziani	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Giunti

20 January 1974 14	Foggia	0-1	Lazio	Foggia
15:00 UTC 1		Report	86' Chinaglia	Stadium: Stadio Pino Zaccheria Referee: Torelli

27 January 1974 15	Lazio	4-0	Bologna	Roma
15:00 UTC 1	Garlaschelli 4' D'Amico 60' Chinaglia 75', 89'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Mascali

3 February 1974 16	Lazio	3-0	Lanerossi	Roma
15:00 UTC 1	Garlaschelli 10' F. Berni 69' (aut.) Chinaglia 80'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Branzoni

10 February 1974 17	Sampdoria	1-0	Lazio	Genova
15:00 UTC 2	Maraschi 72'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Gialluisi

17 February 1974 18	Lazio	3-1	Juventus	Roma
15:00 UTC 2	Garlaschelli 5' Chinaglia 27', 66' (pen)	Report	55' (pen) Anastasi	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Panzino

3 March 1974 19	Fiorentina	1-1	Lazio	Firenze
15:00 UTC 2	Desolati 41'	Report	64' (pen) Chinaglia	Stadium: Comunale Referee: C. Lo Bello

10 March 1974 20	Lazio	2-0	Cesena	Roma
15:00 UTC 2	Chinaglia 35' Nanni 40'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Agnolin

17 March 1974 21	Inter	3-1	Lazio	Milan
15:00 UTC 2	Fedele 5' Oriali 32' G. Mariani 69'	Report	51' Garlaschelli	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Referee: Michelotti

24 March 1974 22	Lazio	2-0	Cagliari	Roma
15:00 UTC 1	Chinaglia 24', 80' (pen)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Torelli

31 March 1974 23	Roma	1-2	Lazio	Roma
15:00 UTC 1	F. Pulici 5' (o.g.)	Report	47' D'Amico 50' Chinaglia	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Gonella

7 April 1974 24	Napoli	3-3	Lazio	Napoli
15:00 UTC 1	Clerici 18', 53' (pen) Juliano 25'	Report	23', 41', 63' (pen) Chinaglia	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Ciacci

14 April 1974 25	Lazio	4-2	Hellas Verona	Roma
15:00 UTC 1	Bet 8' (aut.) Garlaschelli 49' Nanni 76' Chinaglia 78'	Report	25' Zigoni 43' (o.g.) Oddi	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Giunti

21 April 1974 26	Milan	0-0	Lazio	Milan
15:00 UTC 1		Report		Stadium: San Siro Referee: Picasso

28 April 1974 27	Lazio	1-0	Genoa	Roma
15:00 UTC 1	Garlaschelli 43'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Bernardis

5 May 1974 28	Torino	2-1	Lazio	Torino
15:00 UTC 1	P. Pulici 13', 43'	Report	32' Chinaglia	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Gussoni

12 May 1974 29	Lazio	1-0	Foggia	Roma
15:00 UTC 1	Chinaglia 60' (pen)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Panzino

19 May 1974 30	Bologna	2-2	Lazio	Bologna
15:00 UTC 1	G. Savoldi 19' Pecci 45'	Report	7' Petrelli 48' Chinaglia	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Referee: Paolo Toselli

Coppa Italia

First round

Group 2

Team	Pt
1. Lazio^[12]	5
2. Brescia	5
3. Varese	4
4. Roma	4
5. Novara	2

29 August 1973 1	Lazio	1-0	Varese	Roma
21:00 UTC 1	Facco 32'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Levrero

2 September 1973 2	Brescia	2-0	Lazio	Brescia
19:00 UTC 1	Bellotto 46', 53'			Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Referee: Toselli

9 September 1973 3	Roma	0-0	Lazio	Roma
21:00 UTC 1				Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Gussoni

23 September 1973 5	Lazio	6-0	Novara	Roma
21:00 UTC 1	Chinaglia 40', 51' Garlaschelli 54', 81' Martini 44' F. Mazzola 88'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Panzino

Second round

Group B

Team	Pt
1. Palermo	8
2. Juventus	7
3. Cesena	5
4. Lazio	4

12 December 1973 1	Cesena	2-1	Lazio	Cesena
21:00 UTC 1	Scungio 1' Zaniboni 83'		62' Chinaglia	Stadium: Stadio La Fiorita Referee: Picasso

23 January 1974 2	Lazio	0-0	Juventus	Roma
15:00 UTC 1				Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Bernadis

6 February 1974 3	Lazio	1-0	Palermo	Roma
15:00 UTC 1	Viganò 14' (o.g.)			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Reggiani

20 February 1974 4	Lazio	1-1	Cesena	Roma
15:00 UTC 1	Chinaglia 88' (pen)		3' Tombolato	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Cantelli

27 March 1974 5	Juventus	3-0	Lazio	Torino
15:00 UTC 1	Bettega 1', 55' Causio 75'			Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Lazzaroni

1 May 1974 6	Palermo	2-0	Lazio	Palermo
15:00 UTC 1	Vanello 43' S. Magistrelli 49'			Stadium: Stadio La Favorita Referee: Lenardon

UEFA Cup

First round

19 September 1973	Lazio	3-0	Sion	Roma
21:00 UTC 1	Chinaglia 2', 22' (pen), 25' (pen)			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee:

3 October 1973	Sion	3-1	Lazio	Sion
21:00 UTC 1	Isoz 14', 90' Barberis 57'		10' Garlaschelli	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Referee:

Second round

24 October 1973	Ipswich Town	4-0	Lazio	Ipswich
21:00 UTC 1	Whymark 16', 42', 47', 56'			Stadium: Portman Road Referee:

7 November 1973	Lazio	4-2	Ipswich Town	Roma
21:00 UTC 1	Garlaschelli 1' Chinaglia 26', 83' (pen), 86'		70' (pen) Viljoen 90' D. Johnson	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee:

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		1973-74 Serie A
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ITA	Pulici	30	-23	30	-23
	DF	ITA	Martini	28	0	28	0
	DF	ITA	Oddi	30	0	30	0
	DF	ITA	Wilson	30	1	30	1
	DF	ITA	Petrelli	22	1	22	1
	MF	ITA	Re Cecconi	23	2	23	2
	MF	ITA	Frustalupi	30	0	30	0
	MF	ITA	Nanni	30	2	30	2
	FW	ITA	D'Amico	27	2	22 5	2
	FW	ITA	Chinaglia	30	24	30	24
	FW	ITA	Garlaschelli	29	10	29	10
	GK	ITA	Moriggi	0	0	0	0
	DF	ITA	Facco	6	0	6	0
	DF	ITA	Polentes	9	0	5 4	0
	MF	ITA	Borgo	1	0	0 1	0
	MF	ITA	Inselvini	11	0	9 2	0
	FW	ITA	Manservisi	4	0	4	0
	FW	ITA	Franzoni^[13]	10	1	2 8	1
	MF	ITA	Tripodi	1	0	0 1	0
	MF	ITA	Mazzola	0	0	0	0
	GK	ITA	Avagliano	0	0	0	0
	DF	ITA	Labrocca
	DF	ITA	Paris
	DF	ITA	Tinaburri
	FW	ITA	Chimenti^[14]

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1973/733/

References

^ Disqualified to the 1974-75 European Cup by the UEFA, due to a corruption case where Lazio was involved and it was proved when they already played round of 16 in 1973-74 UEFA Cup against Ipswich Town.
^ "La Lazio di Re Cecconi". vecchiasignora.com. Retrieved 15 June 2008.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "I banditi e i Campioni – Lazio '73–'74 – Uno scudetto "contro" tutto e tutti". postadelgufo.it. Archived from the original on 13 February 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
^ "Italy 1973/74". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
^ Franco Melli and Marco Melli, La storia della Lazio, L'Airone Editrice, 2003, =Roma, p. 20-27, ISBN 88-7944-863-4
^ Giovanni Arpino (18 February 1974). "Una giornata nera per le due torinesi". Europa - La Stampa. p. 1.
^ Bruno Bernardi (25 March 1974). "Lazio a fatica sul Cagliari sprecone". Europa - La Stampa. p. 9.
^ Mario Bianchini (8 April 1974). "Lo scudetto a questo punto non dovrebbe più sfuggirci". Europa - La Stampa. p. 9.
^ Tony Garnett (17 November 2019). "Ipswich Town in Europe". eadt.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
^ Loan out during winter.
^ Transferred in during autumn.
^ Best goal-average.
^ Transferred in during autumn.
^ Loan out during winter.

[1] Disqualified to the 1974-75 European Cup by the UEFA, due to a corruption case where Lazio was involved and it was proved when they already played round of 16 in 1973-74 UEFA Cup against Ipswich Town.

[2] "La Lazio di Re Cecconi". vecchiasignora.com. Retrieved 15 June 2008.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[3] "I banditi e i Campioni – Lazio '73–'74 – Uno scudetto "contro" tutto e tutti". postadelgufo.it. Archived from the original on 13 February 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2008.

[4] "Italy 1973/74". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 June 2008.

[5] Franco Melli and Marco Melli, La storia della Lazio, L'Airone Editrice, 2003, =Roma, p. 20-27, ISBN 88-7944-863-4

[6] Giovanni Arpino (18 February 1974). "Una giornata nera per le due torinesi". Europa - La Stampa. p. 1.

[7] Bruno Bernardi (25 March 1974). "Lazio a fatica sul Cagliari sprecone". Europa - La Stampa. p. 9.

[8] Mario Bianchini (8 April 1974). "Lo scudetto a questo punto non dovrebbe più sfuggirci". Europa - La Stampa. p. 9.

[9] Tony Garnett (17 November 2019). "Ipswich Town in Europe". eadt.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.

[10] Loan out during winter.

[11] Transferred in during autumn.

[12] Best goal-average.

[13] Transferred in during autumn.

[14] Loan out during winter.

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