S.S. Racing Club Fondi was an

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club, based in

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, Lazio. The club previously known as Unicusano Fondi and Fondi Calcio. In 2018, the club merged with

F.C. Aprilia Football Club Aprilia Racing Club is an Italian football club based in Aprilia, Latina, Lazio. As of 2018–19 season, Aprilia was participating in Serie D. In 2018, F.C. Aprilia merged with S.S. Racing Club Fondi to form the current club. P ...

History

On 15 August 1922 Associazione Sportiva Fondana was founded by engineer Boriello, director of the railway station in the town, who gave birth to this new partnership, mixing all the football fans of Lazio town and bringing them together in a single sport project. Then, on 16 August of that year, the next day, Fondi played its first official game at the old municipal stadium against Lenola, in which it was defeated with score 0–2. The squad was: Calves, Santella, L . Vitelli, Santella, L. Forte, Purificato, D'Alessandro, R. Forte, Amante, Velletri, Fiorillo, Ferrazzoli, Magnarella and Boriello on the bench. On 1 October 1923 the new company elected Luigi Forte as president, Ottorino Fabiani as secretary and Erasmo Di Russo as cashier. The colors of the team, initially, were red and blue, then in the championship of

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in 1952–1953 season, when the club took the name as Unione Sportiva Fondana, changed to amaranth and sky, but when it relegated to Prima Categoria Lazio in 1960–1961 returned to the original ones. In 2008, Fondi Calcio was incorporated as a s.s.d. a r.l.. In the 2009–2010 season in

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reached the first historic promotion to the professional championship of

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with a day in advance after drawing at home 2–2 against Boville Ernica in front of nearly 2,000 spectators. So it finished first in the Group G of Serie D and was promoted to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione. The last two seasons in

Fondi retained its spot in the category. In October 2014, the team was purchased by

Università degli Studi Niccolò Cusano The Niccolò Cusano University ( it, Università degli Studi Niccolò Cusano), often simply abbreviated as UNICUSANO is a private for-profit online university founded in 2006 in Rome, Italy. History The Niccolò Cusano University was founded b ...

. In 2017, chairman of

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, Antonio Pezone, bought the Fondi Calcio, renaming into S.S. Racing Club Fondi. In May 2018, Fondi was relegated to Serie D after a 4-3 loss to

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in the Serie C Group C relegation play out.

Chairmen

Stefano Ranucci Stefano Ranucci (born 1963, Rome, Italy) is an Italian manager and president of the Università degli Studi Niccolò Cusano . Biography Ranucci is president of the Università degli Studi Niccolò Cusano The Niccolò Cusano University ( it, U ...

(2014–2017) *

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(2017–2018)

Colors

The team's colors are red and blue.

Honors

Coppa Italia Serie D Coppa Italia Serie D (Italian for Serie D Italian Cup) is a straight knock-out based competition involving teams from Serie D in Italian football. The competition is held since the 1999–2000, when Serie D clubs split from Coppa Italia Dilettant ...

** Champions: 2015–16

References

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* Defunct football clubs in Italy Defunct football clubs in Lazio Association football clubs established in 1922 1922 establishments in Italy Association football clubs disestablished in 2018 2018 disestablishments in Italy Serie C clubs Province of Latina Università degli Studi Niccolò Cusano {{Italy-footyclub-stub