Lazio on FM26 - Sarri's Year Zero
9th in Serie A 2025-26. Coppa Italia finalists (lost 2-0 to Inter). Sarri calls it a 'Year Zero' after the summer 2025 mass departures. Ciro Immobile — 206 goals, ABSOLUTE club record — has left. The Olimpico lives through a reconstruction. This is your building site.
Why choose Lazio?
Because Lazio is THE OLDEST CLUB IN ROME — founded in 1900, BEFORE AS Roma (founded 1927)! Scudetto 2000, Coppa Italia 2019 (most recent), 5 Italian Super Cups. Alessandro Nesta (one of the greatest defenders in history), Pavel Nedvěd, and Ciro Immobile — 206 goals, ABSOLUTE club record — departed at the end of his career after giving everything to the Olimpico. The Olimpico (70,634 seats, shared with Roma) lives through the great transition: Sarri calls it a 'Year Zero' after the mass departures of summer 2025. Coppa Italia 2025-26 finalists (0-2 defeat to Inter). 9th in Serie A. A transformative January 2026 window. In FM26, you arrive for a TOTAL rebuild of a historic club — with the ambition to return to regular European football and challenge for the Scudetto.
Rebuilding after Immobile
206 Serie A goals for Lazio — no striker can replace him overnight. In FM26, the priority is finding a new offensive symbol. The Lazio academy can produce interesting talents. Sarri's tactical framework (possession, pressing, positional play) is a solid base for reconstruction.
Tactics: Sarrismo
Maurizio Sarri plays a highly structured 4-3-3 with quick short possession, organized high pressing and automated combinations. In FM26, build around this identity: technical midfielders with running volume, quick wingers cutting inside, a striker who presses high. The game is recognizable and effective when players understand it.
Objectives: return to Europe
Season 1: return to the top 6 and Europa League. Seasons 2-3: challenge for top 4 and Champions League. Long term: 2nd Scudetto since 2000 — an eternity for a club of this stature.
Lazio is the HISTORY OF ROME — older than Roma itself! In FM26, rebuilding the Eagles with Sarri is a fascinating tactical project. Forza Lazio!