Monterosi Tuscia Football Club, commonly known just as Monterosi, is an Italian association football club located in

Monterosi Monterosi is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Viterbo in the Italian region Lazio, located about 30 km (18,64 mi) north of the Grande Raccordo Anulare of Rome, about 40 km (24,85 mi) south of Viterbo. Geography Mo ...

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. It currently plays in

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History

The club was founded in 1968, but the first news about it date back to 2004, when it competed in

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. They reached

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in 2007, and were first promoted to Eccellenza in 2009 through playoffs. In 2016, when Luciano Capponi took the presidency and the club was merged with Nuova Sorianese, the club was renamed to Nuova Monterosi and won the 2016–17 Eccellenza league, thus ensuring themselves a historical first time to

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the following season. In 2020, under head coach David D'Antoni, Monterosi narrowly missed on promotion to Grosseto following the 2019–20 season halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. In the

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season, Monterosi won the Girone H of the league, thus ensuring themselves a spot in the

for the following season. Following te promotion, the club was renamed Monterosi Tuscia, in order to better represent the whole area of the city of Monterosi historically known as Tuscia. For their

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debut season, Monterosi had to move from their hometown stadium, Stadio Marcello Martoni, as its capacity of 500 was deemed incompatible with the league rules, and opted to relocate at the Stadio Enrico Rocchi in

Viterbo Viterbo (; Viterbese: ; lat-med, Viterbium) is a city and ''comune'' in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo. It conquered and absorbed the neighboring town of Ferento (see Ferentium) in its early history. ...

for their home games.

Colors and badge

Its colors are red and white.

Current squad

Out on loan

Honours

* Eccellenza Lazio: 1 :2016–17 *

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References

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