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Frosinone Calcio is an Italian football club, based in Frosinone, Lazio. The club was founded in 1928 and refounded in 1991, following cancellation by the Italian Football Federation.
Frosinone currently plays in Serie B. Its colours are yellow and light blue.
[edit] History
Old crest of Frosinone Calcio (before 2006)
Frosinone was founded in 1928. After having played on several fields, Frosinone moved to the current Stadio Matusa following its inauguration in 1932. In 1990, after having narrowly missed promotion to Serie C1, the club was cancelled because of financial troubles, and successively admitted to play Serie D. In 1993/1994, despite having lost in the latter days a promotion place, Frosinone was admitted to Serie C2 because of league vacancies. After having missed again Serie C1 in 1996, despite a final second place, Frosinone relegated to Serie D in 1999 after playoffs. The team returned back to Serie C2 in 2001, again by office because of league vacancies. In 2003, the current property, led by Maurizio Stirpe, bought the club and won 2003/2004 Serie C2/C under coach Daniele Arrigoni, today manager of Serie A side Livorno.
Frosinone narrowly missed its first ever promotion to Serie B in 2004/2005, being stopped by A.C. Mantova in the playoffs. The canarini however made better the following year, under coach Ivo Iaconi, who had already won two Serie B promotions in his career, with Fermana and Pescara, ending the regular season in second place (only behind giants Napoli) and defeating Sangiovannese in the playoff semi-finals and Grosseto in the playoff finals, being therefore promoted in Serie B for the first time ever. The canarini made their Serie B debut in an away match lost 1-0 to Triestina on September 9, 2006, and, despite fighting for survival several times in their first season, they staved off relegation by finishing a respectable 14th in Serie B. They also played in the Coppa Italia, being eliminated in the first round by Napoli after a 3-1 loss.
Famous people who have played for Frosinone include sport commentator Sandro Ciotti.
[edit] Current squad
As of 2008-02-02[1]
[edit] Out on loan
[edit] Notable former players
[edit] Notable former managers
[edit] Records
Source: Frosinone Calcio official website[2]
- Most league appearances – 287, Marco Cari
- Most league goals – 64, Paolo Santarelli
[edit] References
- ^ Frosinone Calcio 2007/2008 (Italian). Retrieved on 2008-02-02.
- ^ (Italian) La storia del Frosinone Calcio
[edit] External links
Maurizio Stirpe
Matthew Palleschi
