Foot Ball Club di Roma (most known as Roman) was an Italian sports club from the Parioli area of Rome, founded in 1901 and most known for its football activity. The club competed in the early Italian Football Championship competitions. In 1927 it was one of three Rome-based clubs that merged to form AS Roma,^[1] to whom they lent their colours.

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Roman

Full name	Foot Ball Club di Roma
Founded	1901 (sports club) 1903 (football section)
Dissolved	June 7, 1927
Ground	Campo di "2 Pini" Rome, Italy
Capacity	unknown
League	I Divisione
1925-26	Lega Sud Girone D, 9th
Home colours Away colours

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The earliest origins of the club was from 1901 when Foot Ball Club di Roma was founded as a sports club.^{[citation needed]} They did not open their association football section until 1903 however with a slight name change.^[2]

During the earliest days of the Italian Football Championship, only Northern Italian football clubs gained entry into the league so Roman had to wait until 1912–13 to make their championship debut and finished mid-table in the Lazio group.^{[citation needed]} The following season the club played well, but did not progress past the Lazio group stage as SS Lazio themselves were more dominant.^{[citation needed]}

Their third season in the championship was more successful, they finished top of the Lazio group earning progression to the Central and Southern finals; even beating rivals SS Lazio 5–2.^{[citation needed]} However, before the competition could progress any further, it was called off because of World War I.