Frosinone

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Frosinone Calcio is an Italian professional football club based in Frosinone, Lazio, currently playing in Serie A. The club was founded in 1912 under the name Union Sportive Frusinate. Following cancellation by the Italian Football Federation, it was refounded 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 for the 2015–16 season. 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 its history Frosinone have won at a national level, 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.