THE VITALS:

Team: AS Roma

Brand: Nike

Era: 2014-15 (Used for the 2014-15 Serie A season)

Name/Number: Cole #3

CONDITION: EXCELLENT

This wonderful shirt comes to you in nothing short of excellent condition! The material shows very little sign of wear and the Nike swoosh, club crest and name and numbering print stand also in fine condition.

DIMENSIONS:

Size: Medium

Pit to Pit Measurement: 20 inches

Shirt Length: 28 inches

Made by Nike in their ‘Dri-Fit’ range that was used for the 2014-15 season; this shirt provides excellent dimensions for a fine size medium fitting shirt!

DESCRIPTION: 

In Nike’s debut season as Roma’s kit supplier, they quickly erased the memory of the kit-supplier-less 2013-14 episode with a spectacular ‘Giallorossi’ classic! Using a very rich crimson for the main body and collar, only amber hoops on the sleeves and the Nike swoosh break up the red, in what was a simple yet nothing short of classy shirt. Roma would go without a main shirt sponsor for the 2014-15 season (bar the Chinese New Year celebratory decal used in 2015), and the retro look is perfectly complemented by the classic polo collar and button neck attachment. White shorts would be used, and for a 3^rd consecutive season; matching crimson socks would be utilised instead of black socks.

THE SEASON:

A spectacular 2013-14 Serie A campaign would see Roma finish 2^nd; their highest finish since the 2009-10 season! With Radja Nainggolan able to play a full season following his January 2014 acquisition; fans were truly optimistic at what Rudi Garcia’s side could achieve in 2014-15, and in addition, had a return to Champions League football to also look forward too! One of their star performers: Medhi Benatia would leave the club for the pastures of Bayern Munich, however, their would significant investment in the summer as: Juan Iturbe, Antonio Sanabria, Kostas Manolas, Salih Ucan, Leandro Parades, Davide Astori, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa and Jose Holebas came in, as did the experience of: Seydou Keita, Ashley Cole and Urby Emanuelson was also recruited to once again challenge Juventus. 5 straight wins to start the season had fans believing they would surpass their brilliant 10-win opening in the previous season, however, a 3-2 defeat to Juventus on 05/10/14 quickly ended that dream. The Champions League foray began with a  dream 5-1 over CSKA Moscow, however, their form soured and would finish 3^rd in their group. Roma would enjoy a 16 match unbeaten in Serie A between November 9^th to March 8th, however, 10 of those games ended in a draw. The 2015 portion of the season would see Roma hold Juventus, Fiorentina and Lazio to draws, before beating Lazio in the reverse fixture, and defeat also defeat 5^th place Napoli. In the end, Roma would edge past Lazio to once again finish in 2^nd place and runners up to Juventus.

The notable players that season were:

Mattia Destro, Francesco Totti, Antonio Sanabria, Daniele Verde, Gervinho, Vitor Ibarbo, Adem Ljajic, Juan Iturbe, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Salih Ucan, Alessandro Florenzi, Leandro Parades, Seydou Keita, Daniele De Rossi, Miralem Pjanic, Radja Nainggolan, Kevin Strootman, Federico Balzaretti, Vasilis Torosidis, Jose Holebas, Kostas Manolas, Davide Astori, Maicon, Leandro Castan, Ashley Cole, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Morgan De Sanctis