Frosinone Calcio
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Frosinone Calcio (Italian pronunciation: [froziˈnoːne] ⓘ) 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.
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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; 118 years ago (1906) as Unione Sportiva Frusinate 1945; 79 years ago (1945) as Unione Sportiva Frosinone 1959; 65 years ago (1959) 1990; 34 years ago (1990) as Frosinone Calcio | ||
Ground | Stadio Benito Stirpe | ||
Capacity | 16,227[1] | ||
Owner | Stirpe Family | ||
Chairman | Maurizio Stirpe | ||
Manager | Eusebio Di Francesco | ||
League | Serie A | ||
2022–23 | Serie B, 1st of 20 (champions) | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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After a long tradition of playing in Serie C, in recent years,[when?] following the historic[tone] 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.