Colours, badge and nicknames

Roma's colours of maroon red with a golden yellow trim represents the traditional colours of the Eternal City, the official seal of the Comune di Roma features the same colours. The gold symbolizes God in Roman Catholicism, while the maroon represents imperial dignity. White shorts and black socks are usually worn with the maroon red shirt, however in particularly high key games the shorts and socks are the same colour as the home shirt.

Roma's crest used from 1979 to 1997, also used for their 2009/10 third kit.

The kit itself was originally worn by Roman Football Club; one of the three clubs who merged to form the current incarnation in 1927. Because of the colours they wear, Roma are often nicknamed i giallorossi meaning the yellow-reds. Roma's away kit is traditionally white, with a third kit changing colour from time to time.
Maybe because of modern sport marketing, the last few years have seen the golden trim and details substituted by light orange. Modern alternate kits have included all orange and orange-maroon versions.
A popular nickname for the club is i lupi (the wolves), the animal has always featured on the club's badge in different forms throughout their history. Currently the emblem of the team is the one which was used when the club was first founded. It portrays the female wolf with the two infant brothers Romulus and Remus, illustrating the myth of the creation of Rome, superimposed on a bipartite golden yellow over maroon red shield.
In the myth from which the club take their nickname and logo, the twins (sons of Mars and Rhea Silvia) are thrown into the River Tiber by their uncle Amulius, a she-wolf saved the twins and looked after them. Eventually the two twins took revenge on Amulius, before falling out themselves; Romulus killed Remus and as thus was made king of a new city named in his honour, Rome.

Shirt sponsors and manufacturers

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
1970–71	Lacoste	None
1972–76	None
1977–79	Adidas
1979–80	Pouchain
1980–81	Playground
1981–82		Barilla (Pasta)
1982–83	Patrick
1983–86	Kappa
1986–91	NR
1991–94	Adidas
1994–95	Asics	Nuova Tirrena (Insurance)
1995–97		INA Assitalia (Insurance)
1997–00	Diadora
2000–02	Kappa
2002–03		Mazda (Automobile)
2003–05	Diadora
2005–06		Banca Italease (Banking Group)
2006–07		None
2007–	Kappa	WIND (Telecommunication)