Polisportiva Monterotondo Lupa was an Italian association football club headquartered in

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 ...

, in the

Province of Rome The Province of Rome ( it, Provincia di Roma) was one of the five provinces that formed part of the region of Lazio in Italy. It was established in 1870 and disestablished in 2014. It was essentially coterminous with the Rome metropolitan area. T ...

, but played their home match inside

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. In 2013, the club relocated to Maccarese ''frazione'' 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 ...

''comune'', a suburb of Rome, as a phoenix club of

A.S.D. Maccarese Calcio A.S.D. Maccarese Calcio was an Italian football club headquartered in Maccarese, a ''frazione'' of Fiumicino, itself part of the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital (formerly Province of Rome). The club was also known as S.S. Maccarese until renam ...

, formerly known as A.S.D. Giada Maccarese Calcio. The club then known as Pol. Maccarese Giada. At the same time, a namesake was also found in 2013 in Monterotondo as A.S.D. Monterotondo Calcio.

History

The club was founded in 1935 as Polisportiva Monterotondo Calcio. The club participated 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 ...

a number of times. In

2010–11 Serie D The 2010–11 Serie D was the sixty-third edition of the top level Italian non-professional football championship. It represented the fifth tier in the Italian football league system. It originally consisted of 166 teams, with two divisions allocat ...

, the club finished as the runner-up of promotional play-offs. The club speculated itself would be a repêchage candidate to

2011–12 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione The 2011–12 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season was the thirty-fourth football league season of Italian Lega Pro Seconda Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the fourth since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro. It was divided into t ...

. In mid-2011, the club changed its name to Polisportiva Monterotondo Lupa. In the season 2011–12 it was relegated to

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 ...

. In 2012–13 season the club won a promotion back to Serie D. However, in July 2013, the club was relocated to

Maccarese Maccarese is a locality in Lazio, Italy, in the Metropolitan City of Rome. Its administration is divided between the Municipalities of Rome ( Maccarese Nord) and Fiumicino, of which it is a ''frazione''. It was entirely part of the Municipality of ...

and renamed to Pol. Maccarese Giada.

Colors and badge

The colors of the team are yellow and blue.

Notable former players

Honours

** (2) Winner (2012–13, 1999–2000)

References

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