Lazio 2000

Coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson

Sven-Göran Eriksson's Lazio won the 2000 Serie A title on the final day of the season in dramatic circumstances, capitalising on a shock defeat for league leaders Juventus at already-relegated Perugia — a match that had been delayed earlier in the season due to a snowstorm and rescheduled to the final round, sparking conspiracy theories among Juventus fans that persist to this day — while Lazio thrashed Reggina 3-0 to leapfrog their rivals on the season's last afternoon. The squad was one of the most expensively assembled and star-studded in Serie A history at the time, featuring Argentine World Cup winner Juan Sebastián Verón pulling strings in midfield, Chilean striker Marcelo Salas, Czech international Pavel Nedvěd on the wing, and a defence anchored by Alessandro Nesta, widely regarded as one of the finest defenders of his generation. This title, combined with a Coppa Italia and European Cup Winners' Cup win that same season, represented the absolute peak of a period of heavy financial investment by club president Sergio Cragnotti, a spending spree that ultimately proved financially unsustainable and led to years of decline for the club.