Aldair, Amadei, Bernardini, Cafu, Conti, Di Bartolomei, Falcao, Ferraris IV,

Giannini, Losi, Montella, Nela, Pruzzo, Rocca, Tancredi

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Rome, Monday July 22, 2013  

 Associazione Sportiva Roma is pleased to announce to its supporters, sports fans and the media that the following four Giallorossi legends shall be inducted into the Hall of Fame: Attilio Ferraris IV, Giuseppe Giannini, Vincenzo Montella and Sebastiano Nela. These four Roma greats bring the number of ex-Giallorossi stars in the Hall of Fame to 15, as they join the 2012 Class of Aldair Nascimento Santos, Amedeo Amadei, Fulvio Bernardini, Marcos Evangelista de Moraes ‘Cafu’, Bruno Conti, Agostino Di Bartolomei, Paulo Roberto Falcao, Giacomo Losi, Roberto Pruzzo, Francesco Rocca and Franco Tancredi.  

 

Ferraris IV, Giannini, Montella and Nela – who make up the Hall of Fame Class of 2013 – were chosen following voting by fans and a Committee appointed by AS Roma, comprising journalists Piero Mei, Piero Torri and Fulvio Stinchelli, Fabrizio Grassetti, president of supporters group UTR, and composer Nicola Piovani. The polls opened on June 7, and voting came to a close on Wednesday July 17.  

"Today our Hall of Fame is further bolstered by four more legends – said James Pallotta, President of AS Roma – players who have made footballing history and Roma's history. We'd like to thank them along with all the other fantastic players involved in this year's vote for everything they have done for the club. We would also like to thank the Committee for their work and of course our fans for their crucial role in this second year of what is a new tradition for our club."

"We are very proud to welcome these legends from our club's history into this prestigious house, their home, which we will continue to expand so that we can pay Giallorossi greats the tribute they deserve”, said Italo Zanzi, CEO of AS Roma. “On behalf of the club I wish to thank Roma's first captain Attilio Ferraris IV, Giuseppe Giannini, Vincenzo Montella and Sebastiano Nela for everything they still represent: to us, to the players in the first team and our youth academy, and to the Giallorossi faithful as a whole."

     

 Aldair, Amadei, Bernardini, Cafu, Conti, Di Bartolomei, Falcao, Ferraris IV,

Giannini, Losi, Montella, Nela, Pruzzo, Rocca, Tancredi

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Renato Ferraris, the nephew of

Attilio Ferraris IV

"Having known my uncle Attilio I can say with absolute certainty that he would be proud of his place in AS Roma's Hall of Fame, having been the club's first captain and first iconic player. As a boy I was lucky enough to enter the Campo Testaccio in the arms of Guido Masetti. Masetti said to

me back then that this way the crowd could see the Roma of today and the Roma of tomorrow. Today, July 22, 2013, his words have come true and

the link between the Roma of the Testaccio era – with uncle Attilio – and the Roma of today has been strengthened."

Giuseppe Giannini

"It's very flattering to be recognized and I'm delighted to accept. I'm really very proud. I'd like to thank everyone who voted for me, this is one of the best things to have ever happened to me. I always experienced everything

with Roma at 100 miles an hour. The good times and the bad, my goal against Foggia just like the penalty I missed in the derby: moments I

experienced first and foremost as a fan, not just a player. For me Roma was always more something in my heart than just a job."

Vincenzo Montella

"I'm very flattered to receive this important recognition, although it does feel strange to be entering the Hall of Fame at my age. It fills me with

pride to know that it was the fans who voted for me, the same fans who were at the Olimpico when we won the Scudetto. I'll never forget the

years I spent at Roma and all the great times I had with my team-mates."

Sebastiano Nela

"I'm honored and proud. Personally being inducted into the Hall of Fame is a triumph for me. I wasn't born in Rome but I'm an adopted Roman, from the day I began the first of my 12 seasons at the club. In this long period of my life the most enthralling times always coincided with defeats. We won very little and we could have achieved more, but it was during the tough

times that I witnessed displays of support which you won't find outside this city and this club. That's when you see how great the Giallorossi support is,

when you learn what it means to be at Roma."

     

 Aldair, Amadei, Bernardini, Cafu, Conti, Di Bartolomei, Falcao, Ferraris IV,

Giannini, Losi, Montella, Nela, Pruzzo, Rocca, Tancredi

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The Vote  

 The results of the vote for the 2013 Class of the AS Roma Hall of Fame can be found in the table below. Votes were cast by both fans and the five members of the Commission.  

Players received 0.5 points for every vote they received from a single member of the Commission.  

The four ex-Roma stars who received the highest number of votes from Giallorossi fans via

www.asroma.it meanwhile picked up 1.0 point each.  Therefore each player could receive up to 3.5 points (in the first two years of the process, only Paulo Roberto Falcao – Class of 2012 – has achieved this).  

In the event of a tie, as stipulated in the Hall of Fame guidelines, the player with the highest number of votes from the fans will prevail.  

The Pioneers, 1927-1961

Ferrar is IV (3,0) Da Costa (0,5) Volk (0) Ghiggia (0) Guaita (0)

Goalkeepers and Defenders

Nela (1,5) Candela (1,0) Masetti (1,0) Panucci (0) Santarini (0)

Midf ie lders

Giannini (2,0) Cerezo (1,0) Ancelotti (0,5) De Sisti (0) Venturi (0)

Attackers

Montel la (1,5) Voeller (1,5) Balbo (0,5) Delvecchio (0) Manfredini (0)

Hall of Fame Day  

The four new members of the Giallorossi Hall of Fame will be honoured in the second annual Hall of Fame Day, which will be held at the Stadio Olimpico (date TBC). The club will announce the date in advance to supporters and the media to celebrate the induction of Attilio Ferraris IV, Giuseppe Giannini, Vincenzo Montella and Sebastiano Nela.  

     

 Aldair, Amadei, Bernardini, Cafu, Conti, Di Bartolomei, Falcao, Ferraris IV,

Giannini, Losi, Montella, Nela, Pruzzo, Rocca, Tancredi

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The Hall of Fame  

Aldair Nascimento Santos – 2012 Amedeo Amadei – 2012 Fulv io Bernardin i – 2012

Marcos Evangel ista de Moraes, Cafu – 2012 Bruno Conti – 2012

Agost ino Di Bartolomei – 2012 Paulo Roberto Falcao – 2012

Att i l io Ferrar is IV – 2013 Giuseppe Giannin i – 2013

Giacomo Losi – 2012 V incenzo Montel la – 2013 Sebast iano Nela – 2013 Roberto Pruzzo – 2012

Francesco Rocca – 2012 Franco Tancredi – 2012

The 2013 AS Roma Hall of Fame now numbers 15 ex-Giallorossi stars. Here are some interesting statistics about the legends.  

0.47 – Amadei's goals-to-game ratio, the highest among the attackers in the Hall of Fame   1 – Only one player has been unanimously inducted so far (3.5 points): Falcao in 2012   1 – Only Ferraris IV (Fortitudo) played for one of the three clubs that merged to become AS Roma in 1927   3 – Famers to have come through the Roma Primavera side (Di Bartolomei, Conti and Giannini)   3 – Foreigners inducted, all Brazilians: Aldair, Cafu and Falcao in 2012   4 – World Champions: Aldair, Cafu, Conti and Ferraris IV   5 – The number of times Conti won the Coppa Italia   6 – Captains inducted: Ferraris IV, Bernardini, Amadei, Losi, Di Bartolomei and Giannini   7 – Famers from in and around Rome: Ferraris IV, Bernardini, Amadei, Conti, Di Bartolomei, Giannini and Rocca   10 – The number of Hall of Fame Commission members in its first two years   11 – The number of Italian champions with Roma   12 – Pruzzo's goals in European competition   16 – Seasons Conti spent in the first team, the highest number among the Hall of Famers   20 – Pruzzo's goals in the Coppa Italia, one more than Giannini 39 – Montella became the youngest Hall of Famer when he was inducted at age 39 in 2013 64 – European appearances made by Aldair, the highest number in the Hall of Fame   79 – Coppa Italia appearances for Giannini, the highest number in the Hall of Fame   138 – Goals scored by Pruzzo for Roma, the Hall of Fame's top goalscorer   455 – Competitive games played by Losi, the highest number in the Hall of Fame   533 – Combined total league goals scored by the 15 Famers   668 – Combined goals in all competitions scored by the 15 Famers   1955 – The year four of the 15 Members of the Hall of Fame were born: Tancredi, Di Bartolomei, Conti and Pruzzo   41,281 – The number of votes from Giallorossi fans in 2012 and 2013.