Full name | Frosinone Calcio S.r.l. |
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Nickname(s) | I Canarini (The Canaries) I Giallazzurri (The Yellow and Blues) I Ciociari (The Ciociarians) |
Founded | 1906 | as Unione Sportiva Frusinate
Ground | Stadio Benito Stirpe |
Capacity | 16,227[1] |
Owner | Stirpe Family |
Chairman | Maurizio Stirpe |
Manager | Leandro Greco |
League | Serie B |
2023–24 | Serie A, 18th of 20 (relegated) |
Website | http://www.frosinonecalcio.com |
Frosinone Calcio (Italian pronunciation: [froziˈnoːne] ) is a professional football club based in Frosinone, Lazio, Italy. The club was founded on 5 March 1906 under the name Unione Sportiva Frusinate,[2] but conventionally the year 1928 is indicated as the beginning of competitive activities of significant importance. Following cancellation by the Italian Football Federation, it was refounded in 1959 and in 1990. In the 2014–15 season the club played in Serie B for the sixth time in its history. The club earned its first promotion to the top flight Serie A in the 2015–16 season, but were relegated back down to Serie B after just one season. In the 2018–19 season it was promoted to Serie A for a second time.
After a long tradition of playing in Serie C, in recent years, following the historic promotion which took place in the 2005–06 season, the club participated in five consecutive seasons in Serie B, becoming, after the two teams in Rome, the third most notable team of the region of Lazio. In the club's history at a national level, Frosinone have won two championships of Serie C2 (1986–87 and 2003–04) and two of Serie D (1965–66 and 1970–71). On 16 May 2015, the Ciociari, with a 3–1 win over Crotone, secured their first, historic promotion to Serie A.