Ivan Juric got off to a winning start in the Stadio Olimpico hotseat as his Roma side beat Udinese 3-0 on a surreal evening.
While it was Roma’s first win of the 2024-25 season, it was the third time in a row that their most recently appointed manager has led them to a victory at the first time of asking.
Here are the last 10 times a Roma manager has got going immediately with a win.
Ivan Juric (3-0, 2024)
With the start of an unexpected new era marred by protests from the Curva Sud in the wake of Daniele De Rossi’s sacking earlier this week, it’s fair to say Ivan Juric was the subject of less focus than usual for a new manager.
But having inherited the biggest job of his managerial career so far, the former Torino boss led his new side to their first win of 2024-25 as they overcame Udinese.
Artem Dovbyk opened the scoring while the Curva Sud was still empty, before playing a part in later goals by Paulo Dybala and Tommaso Baldanzi.
Under the radar, Juric became the first Roma manager to win his opening match by three goals since 2005 – and the first to do so having been appointed with the season already in progress since Luciano Tessari in 1970.
Daniele De Rossi (2-1, 2024)
Of course, Juric’s appointment came in extraordinary circumstances, following the sacking of De Rossi just four games into the three-year contract he had been awarded after impressing in a caretaker role towards the end of the 2023-24 season.
When he replaced Jose Mourinho in January 2024, many Roma fans were worried De Rossi had been unfairly thrown into a tricky situation too early into his coaching career (a prediction that would later prove true, given the way he was removed from his position), but he inspired a turnaround in the team’s fortunes during his interim spell.
A few days after Mourinho’s final loss to AC Milan, De Rossi’s Roma went two goals up against Hellas Verona thanks to Romelu Lukaku and Lorenzo Pellegrini scoring, eventually settling for a 2-1 win.
Despite a couple of hitches, the fleeting dream return to Roma continued for De Rossi as he won eight of his first 10 games back at the club.
Jose Mourinho (2-1, 2021)
The appointment of Jose Mourinho in 2021 prompted widespread – but not unanimous – euphoria within the Roma fanbase, especially when contrasted against the bleak ending to Paulo Fonseca’s reign with a seventh-place finish.
That lowly placing put Roma into the newly founded Europa Conference League, which was the competition in which Mourinho’s reign began. In the play-off round, the first leg saw Roma claim a 2-1 win over Trabzonspor, with goals by Pellegrini and Eldor Shomurodov.
It was the start of a journey that culminated in Roma winning the whole competition by the end of the season, their first UEFA-official European honour.
Claudio Ranieri (2-1, 2019)
The first match of Claudio Ranieri’s second spell in charge of Roma finished with the same scoreline as the first of his first (more on that later).
After taking the reins from the fired Eusebio Di Francesco in March 2019 after one of Roma’s most turbulent campaigns in recent memory, Ranieri helped steady the ship for his hometown team.
He was given 12 games to stabilise Roma, and he won the first thanks to Stephan El Shaarawy and Patrik Schick scoring in a 2-1 win over Empoli.
Ranieri’s side lost their next two matches but didn’t taste defeat again in the remaining nine games of his emotional final stretch in charge of his beloved club.
Eusebio Di Francesco (1-0, 2017)
The coach chosen to lead Roma in their first season after Francesco Totti’s retirement was the captain’s former teammate, Di Francesco.
After his impressive work with Sassuolo up until 2017, Di Francesco returned to Roma for a new era in more ways than one.
Things got off to a steady start thanks to new signing Aleksandar Kolarov scoring a free kick to earn a 1-0 win away against Atalanta.
Rudi Garcia (2-0, 2013)
When you think of Roma managers starting well, you automatically think of Rudi Garcia. A former Ligue 1 winner with Lille but a newcomer to Serie A in 2013, the Frenchman won all of his first 10 matches in the Italian top flight with the Giallorossi.
That streak started with a 2-0 triumph away at Livorno, with Rome-born duo De Rossi and Alessandro Florenzi scoring within a quickfire spell.
Garcia’s inspiring start eventually tapered off, although he did lead Roma to their first runners-up finish in four years.
Vincenzo Montella (1-0, 2011)
After Ranieri’s resignation from his first Roma reign in February 2011, former Scudetto-winning striker Vincenzo Montella took on the role of caretaker manager for the remainder of the season.
Ranieri had stepped aside after Roma surrendered a three-goal lead to lose 4-3 to Cagliari, but just three days later the players had to dust themselves off and go again.
This time, they beat Bologna 1-0 thanks to a goal by De Rossi on the stroke of half time. Not allowing any comeback on this occasion, Roma earned their first of seven wins with Montella at the helm.
Claudio Ranieri (2-1, 2009)
As stated earlier, Ranieri won 2-1 when he took charge of Roma for the first time. His initial reign began when he succeeded Luciano Spalletti in September 2009.
Spalletti had lost Roma’s first two games of the season, but an international break gave a two-week window before Ranieri would get to make his debut in the dugout.
Away at Siena, Roma went behind in the first half, but goals after the break by Philippe Mexes and – in the 89th minute – John Arne Riise secured a first win of the season.
Luciano Spalletti (3-0, 2005)
Prior to Juric, Spalletti was the most recent Roma coach to win his first game in charge by three goals – but that was not in his second spell, which began with a draw, but rather in his first, almost 20 years ago.
Providing Roma with some stability after their turbulent 2004-05 season, Spalletti started strongly with a 3-0 win over Reggina. The goals were by Amantino Mancini, De Rossi and Shabani Nonda.
Ironically, Spalletti’s next game was against the club he had just been taken from, Udinese, and Roma lost. But by the end of the season, and after the table was adjusted due to other clubs’ Calciopoli sins, Roma were officially the Serie A runners-up – something they would get accustomed to throughout Spalletti’s reign.
Rudi Voller (1-0, 2004)
One of Roma’s four coaches in the 2004-05 season was their former striker Rudi Voller, who despite having managed the Germany national team for four years, only lasted six games – over a space shorter than a month – with the Lupi.
Roma lost more games than they won that season, but it actually started with a win under Voller, whose side overcame Fiorentina by a single goal scored by Montella.
A clean sheet was kept that day, but never again with Voller in charge. A few weeks later, Roma accepted his resignation (with a degree of reluctance initially) and appointed Luigi Delneri as his successor.
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