Lupa Roma F.C. is an Italian former professional football club located in

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. The club formerly headquartered in

Frascati Frascati () is a city and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital in the Lazio region of central Italy. It is located south-east of Rome, on the Alban Hills close to the ancient city of Tusculum. Frascati is closely associated wit ...

and then Tivoli. The club withdrew from

Eccellenza Lazio Eccellenza Lazio is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in Lazio, Italy. It is competed amongst 36 teams, in two different groups (A and B). The winners of the Groups are promoted to Serie D. The club who finishes second also have ...

, the fifth tier of national football in 2019. As of 2019, the club focuses on youth sector only. The current club was founded in 2004 and named after the original LVPA Frascati, which known also as A.C. Lupa Frascati. However, the current club was renamed to the current name, Lupa Roma, in 2013. Another unrelated club was founded in 2015, also named after the original Lupa as "A.S.D. Lupa Frascati". That club was known as "Lupa Frascati A.S.D." since 2018.

Predecessors

Società Sportiva L.V.P.A. Frascati (stands for ''Ludentes Vivendi Perdiscimus Artem'') was a football club founded in 1974. The club then became A.C. Lupa Frascati. In 2002, A.C. Lupa Frascati merged with A.S. Frascati G.I.O.C. as A.S.D. Frascati Lupa G.I.O.C.. The club won

in 2003 and promoted to . However, the club was relegated in mid-2004. That club was folded in 2004 by selling its sports title and became U.S.D. Tor di Quinto, named after

Tor di Quinto Tor di Quinto is the 18th ''quartiere'' of Rome (Italy), identified by the initials Q. XVIII. It belongs to the Municipio XV. Geography Boundaries Northward, the ''quartiere'' borders with ''suburbio'' Tor di Quinto (S. I) and with the zone ...

of Rome. That club had a registration number 651,135. At the same time, another club named after Frascati was founded in Serie D, using the sports title of Cisco Calcio Roma. The swapping of sports title effectively made Lupa Frascati (or Frascati Lupa) "remained" in Serie D.

History

A.S.D. Lupa Frascati

In 2004 due to the merger of Cisco Calcio Roma and A.S. Lodigiani as A.S. Cisco Lodigiani, a sports title in

Serie D The Serie D () is the top level of semi-professional football in the country. The fourth tier of the Italian league system, the competition sits beneath the third professional league, Serie C. It is administered by the Lega Nazionale Dilettant ...

was vacated. It was sold and became A.S.D. Frascati Calcio, a phoenix club of A.S.D. Frascati Lupa G.I.O.C. The club has a registration number 651,284. A.S.D. Lupa Frascati added back the prefix Lupa officially in 2006, as well as dropping the suffix ''calcio'' (means football) in the same process. In the 2008–09 season it was relegated from

. In the the team was promoted from Eccellenza Lazio group B to

after winning inter-regional promotion play-offs. The club changed its name and the headquarter from Frascati to Rome in 2013. In 2015, a minor club from Frascati renamed itself, which also naming after the original Lupa Frascati.

Lupa Roma

In the season 2013–14 the club moved to Axa district of Rome changing its name to A.S.D. Lupa Roma, and playing the home matches in nearby Stadio Pietro Desideri of

Fiumicino Fiumicino () is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, central Italy, with a population of 80,500 (2019). It is known for being the site of Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport, the busiest airport in Italy and the eleventh-bu ...

. In the next season it was promoted to

Lega Pro The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C. The unification of the Lega Pro ...

as Group G champions, changing its name again to Lupa Roma F.C. as a sign of return to the professional ranks The team had to also move its home in Aprilia due to the Fiumicino field being unfit for professional league games, and the immediate lack of an available venue in Rome. In 2016–17 season the club moved to Stadio Olindo Galli of Tivoli. The legal address of the club also moved to the same municipality of Greater Rome. In 2017–18 season, in Serie D, moved to Stadio Francesca Gianni of Rome and in 2018–19 moved to Stadio Montefiore of

Rocca Priora Rocca Priora is a small town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, Italy. It is one of the Castelli Romani on the Alban Hills about southeast of Rome, situated in the Regional Park known as the "Parco Regionale dei Castelli Rom ...

. The club relegated at the end of

2018–19 Serie D The 2018–19 Serie D was the seventy-first edition of the top level Italian non-professional football championship. It represents the fourth tier in the Italian football league system. A total of 168 teams, divided on geographical grounds into s ...

season. In 2019, the club dissolved its first team and focus on youth sector only.

Colors and badge

Its colors are yellow red, light blue and white. Year 1974, the foundation of the original Lupa, as well as year 2013, when the club relocated to Rome, were on the badge of the club.

Namesakes

Several clubs from

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also named after Lupa in the past and at present. From 2011 to 2013, a football club from

Monterotondo Monterotondo is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Rome, central Italy. History According to some historians, Monterotondo is the heir of the ancient Sabine town of Eretum, although the modern settlement appeared in the 10th-11th ce ...

, was known as Pol. Monterotondo Lupa. In 2013, another club, A.S.D. Lupa Castelli Romani was founded in Frascati, by the relocation of A.S.D. Real T.B.M. Zagarolo from

Zagarolo Zagarolo is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Rome, in the region of Lazio of central Italy. It lies southeast of Rome, and it borders the municipalities of Colonna, Gallicano nel Lazio, Monte Compatri, Palestrina, Rome, San Cesar ...

. However, that club was renamed to S.S. Racing Club Roma in 2016. In 2015, a minor club in Frascati, A.S.D. Frascati, was renamed to A.S.D. Lupa Frascati. The registration number of that club was 921,320. In 2016, that club merged with A.S.D. G.I.O.C. Cocciano Frascati and became A.S.D. Frascati Calcio. It was renamed to Lupa Frascati A.S.D. again in 2018. The new registration number of that club was 945,129. As of 2019–20 season, that club was participating in Promozione Lazio Group D. It was reported that the club was chaired by Remo Buccella, a manager of the "original" Lupa Frascati in the 2000s. The club was promoted to

in 2021.

References

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