Serie A
Return to the top flight after promotion
Last season
2nd place in Serie B — 81 points
Stadium
Benito Stirpe — about 16,000
About the stadium
The Benito Stirpe stadium is among the newest in Italy — but its story is longer than most. It was designed back in the early 1970s, construction began in the second half of the 1980s ahead of the 1990 World Cup, and then stopped. For about thirty years it remained an abandoned shell at the edge of the city; in February 2012 part of the old stand's roof even partially collapsed under snow load. The project was only completed between 2015 and 2017 at the club's own initiative, after it received building rights on the site from the city council, and the stadium was inaugurated on 28 September 2017. It's named after Benito Stirpe, a businessman and the club's president in the 1960s, father of the current president. What makes it special isn't the size but the shape: it has no athletics track — all the stands face directly onto the pitch and are raised about a meter and a half above it, giving an unusual sense of closeness for a stadium this size — and it's 100 percent covered with an individual seat everywhere. It's the largest in the province of Frosinone and the third-largest in the whole Lazio region, after the Olimpico and the Flaminio in Rome, and it was the only Italian stadium included in the 2017 World Stadium of the Year shortlist. On capacity there are three numbers: the club publishes 16,227, the stadium management company publishes 16,125, and the club's own detailed breakdown adds up to 16,140 — so we write about 16,000.
FAQ
How do you get tickets to a Frosinone match?
A ticket to a Frosinone match is nominal, and is transferred to another person only through an official name-change process. The ticket in Italy is nominal, and that's written here too in the stadium regulations: the ticket is personal, issued only after registering the buyer's personal details, and cannot be transferred to a third party except through an official process. A valid ID is required at entry, even at stewards' request, to confirm a match between the name on the ticket and the person holding it — and the ticket must be kept until leaving the stadium. The infrastructure behind all of it is a club loyalty card: it's what opens the priority stages, and it's also a condition for a name transfer — whoever receives the ticket must themselves hold a valid loyalty card. The stadium box office itself isn't authorized to carry out a name transfer, and the transfer is only allowed within the same category: full ticket for full ticket, discounted for discounted, child for child. Sales open in stages, not all at once — first priority for last season's season-ticket holders by the type of season ticket they had, and only afterward free sale. There's also a built-in penalty mechanism in these stages: whoever waits and renews at a later stage loses the right to the seat that was allocated to them. The club frames its sales channels as exclusive, and even makes clear that its own club store is not an authorized point of sale for tickets. And what's most important for a tourist to know: before every individual match, the government sports-events authority issues a decision that restricts sales by area of residence. Last season, for example, in one match residents of an entire region were restricted to the away stand only, and in another match they were barred from sales in all the stadium's stands entirely. The decision changes from match to match and is only published close to it. Breaching the regulations carries, per the document, immediate cancellation, removal from the venue, and a ban on entry to sporting events by the authorities. TikTik obtains tickets to Frosinone matches at the Stirpe without waiting for a sales window to open and without depending on a decision that will be published at the last minute.
How do you get to the Benito Stirpe stadium?
Frosinone's Benito Stirpe stadium is reached by car or taxi — there's no bus line that stops there. The address is simple: Viale Olimpia, Frosinone, in the Casaleno neighborhood in the lower town — and this is also the club's own registered address. There's a common mistake worth correcting here: Frosinone is indeed built on a hill and even has a sloped elevator to the old town, but the stadium isn't up there — it's in the lower town, not far from the train station in terms of elevation. Frosinone's train station is at Piazzale Cambio and sits on the Rome–Cassino–Naples line. Important note: the station has been in the midst of a renovation and expansion project since 2025, including a new pedestrian bridge, so localized disruptions are possible. And now the most useful statement on this page, and also the most surprising: there's no city bus line that stops at the stadium. We checked the operator's official timetable in effect for summer 2026, and no route online shows a stop named 'Stadio,' 'Stirpe,' or 'Viale Olimpia.' Wikipedia recommends taking lines B, C, 9, or 20 'to the stadium' — these lines do exist and haven't been cancelled, but they run on the bordering streets, Via Armando Fabi and Viale Michelangelo, not at the stadium itself. In addition, on 3 August 2026 the city transit network was reorganized and a new BRT line was launched — it too doesn't reach the stadium. We also won't invent a figure for the distance and walking time from the station: online sources give anywhere from one to three and a half kilometers, and no official source publishes a number. The practical conclusion: plan for a taxi or a car from the station to the stadium, and don't rely on a bus line to bring you to the gate.
Is there parking at the Benito Stirpe stadium?
There's no parking for the general public at the Benito Stirpe stadium — it's allowed only for vehicles with an approved permit. The official venue usage regulations, in the version published in July 2026, state that entry to the stadium's parking areas is permitted only to vehicles with an approved parking permit — such a permit is included, for example, in a certain type of season ticket. The club's website has no 'how to get there and parking' page at all for home matches. What does happen at every match is a city traffic order, and it's worth knowing exactly what it says: from four hours before the match a parking ban with forced towing is imposed on Viale Olimpia itself and the ring around it, on Via dei Giochi Delfici, on Via Michelangelo, on sections of Via Casaleno, on Via Armando Fabi between the traffic circles, and on Via Fanelli. From three hours before the match these streets are closed to traffic (with a permit for approved residents), and Via Armando Fabi becomes one-way. The municipal police explicitly note that vehicles left in the ban areas will be towed. There are some easements: a defined section on Via Armando Fabi is designated for motorcycles and scooters, and another section is reserved for disabled vehicles with a valid badge. A dedicated parking area for away fans has been set up behind the Curva Sud, about 200 spaces. Two honesty notes. First: these orders are issued fresh before every match, not as a standing seasonal order, so check ahead of your match. Second: there's a report circulating online of a free shuttle service from car parks in the city — the only documentation we found for it is from 2017, and there's no confirmation it's operating today, so we won't promise it. There's one more order that repeats at every match and is worth knowing: from 18:00 on match day until the following morning, the sale and serving of strong alcohol and of any drink in a glass or aluminum container is banned across the whole city.
How do you get from Israel to a Frosinone match?
For a Frosinone match you fly directly to Rome, and continue by train with one change at Termini. Frosinone sits about 80 kilometers south of Rome, which makes it one of the most convenient clubs in Italy to reach from Israel. There are direct flights from Tel Aviv to Rome Fiumicino, and several airlines operate the route — we confirmed the existence of the direct flights from two independent sources, including a live search on two different dates. Flight time is about three hours forty to fifty-five minutes. Rome Ciampino, on the other hand, has no direct flight from Tel Aviv — two sources confirmed this, so don't look for one. The weekly number of flights? We won't write it: that same source gave us two different numbers on the same day, and when a source contradicts itself we don't state a figure. From Fiumicino the route is very simple and built of two stages. First stage: the Leonardo Express train from the terminal to Rome Termini station — 32 minutes, departing every quarter hour, according to Rome's own airport authority. Second stage: from Termini there's a direct train to Frosinone, no change, on the FL6 line. In a live check of the rail operator's timetable we found direct services roughly every hour throughout the day, taking about an hour to an hour and a half depending on the train type — and on one of them, a fast train, even just 41 minutes. In total, from the airport to Frosinone: about an hour and a half to two hours, with one change at Termini. There are also intercity buses from Rome, but note that the operator's official notice lists direct services mainly on weekdays — for Sunday, which is the main matchday, we didn't find a published direct service — so the train is the safe bet. A final note for planning: Italy's train timetables change in December, and for dates far in advance sales haven't opened yet, so check the exact times closer to your trip.
Does an Israeli need a visa to fly to the match?
No. Israelis enter Schengen-area countries visa-free for stays of up to 90 days in any 180-day period, and all that's required is a valid passport. Worth knowing what's coming: the European Union is launching the ETIAS authorization system in the last quarter of 2026. Once it takes effect, an online authorization will be required in advance, at a cost of €7, valid for three years or until the passport expires — whichever comes first. As of today the system is not active and no action is required from you. Important warning: the EU warns that many sites impersonate the official site, use the EU logo and charge inflated fees or steal passport and credit card details. There is only one official site — europa.eu/etias — and any address not on the europa.eu domain is not official.
Where's the best place to sit at the Benito Stirpe stadium?
At Frosinone's Benito Stirpe stadium every seat is numbered, and there's no family stand or defined quiet stand. First, a correction of a term, because it confuses tourists: this stadium has no 'Distinti.' The long stand facing the main stand is called the Tribuna Est, and if you saw 'Distinti,' that's copied from a different Italian stadium. The layout in practice: Curva Nord (about 3,900 seats), Curva Sud (about 2,845), Tribuna Est (4,500) — and facing them the main stand, which is divided into Tribuna Centrale, Laterale, Superiore, Tribuna d'Onore and Tribuna Autorità, and it also holds the boxes and sky boxes. The away section is a separate sector of 1,035 seats in the southwest corner, next to the Curva Sud. Accessible seats: 17 in each of three stands — Curva Nord, Tribuna Laterale Nord and Tribuna Est. Two honesty notes. First: the club itself doesn't state in writing which stand is the ultras' stand. What professional stadium sites say is that the Curva Nord is the home stand and the beating heart, and that's probably true — but it isn't an official statement, so it isn't a fact we'll present as one. Second: the stadium has no family stand and no defined quiet stand. We checked the official map, the ticketing notices and the season membership campaign — there's no such thing, only price categories. For those who want a calm viewing experience — the main stand and the Tribuna Est are the natural choice, but that's our inference, not an official label. On entry: a valid ID is mandatory, there's a body search and metal detectors, you must sit in your allocated seat and standing during the match is forbidden — this can lead to removal. The official list of banned items includes weapons and objects that could be thrown, laser pointers, flammable or staining materials, alcohol above 5 degrees, glass or plastic cans and bottles, belts with large metal buckles, umbrellas except small ones without pointed tips, animals, items that hide the face, and signs, banners and flags without authorization. Anyone wanting to bring a banner, drum or megaphone needs to request authorization from the club at least seven working days in advance. And finally two statements that must be said explicitly: the club doesn't publish anywhere the gate-opening time — we read both versions of the regulations end to end and there's no time in them — and the regulations also have no rule at all about bags or backpacks, no size limit, no ban and no storage service. So we won't invent numbers.
What's special about Frosinone's 2026/27 season?
Frosinone returns in the 2026/27 season to Serie A, after finishing second in Serie B. It's a season of return — and not the return of a club that was dragged upward. Frosinone finished Serie B in second place with 81 points, 76 goals and only three losses in 38 matches, with the youngest squad in the league, and also lifted the league cup. It's the club's fourth promotion in 11 years — a club that goes up and down, and every promotion feels like an event in the city. On the bench is Massimiliano Alvini, who led the promotion and was confirmed to continue in the club's official announcement on the season's coaching staff from 29 May 2026. In the summer the club strengthened mainly through loans and two permanent signings from Napoli — midfielder Luis Hasa and winger Alessio Zerbin, both on long contracts; also joining were defender Kevin Akpoguma on a contract until 2028, goalkeeper Sebastiano Desplanches on loan from Palermo, and defender Giorgio Cittadini from Atalanta. Five of the new arrivals are actually returns to the club — players who were already here and are coming back for their top-flight debut season. And a practical angle for tourists: Frosinone is one of the smaller clubs in the league, the stadium holds only about 16,000, and in a season of returning to Serie A, demand for matches against the big clubs exceeds supply. Anyone aiming for a match against one of the big six should book early. Another operational detail worth knowing: a new access road to the stadium area is under construction, and according to the city's planning director it won't be ready for the start of the season but only toward the end of September — another reason to plan getting there by train and not by car.
What's Frosinone's big game in the 2026/27 season?
The season's first home match is also the biggest game: Frosinone against Juventus, Sunday 23 August 2026 at 18:30, on matchday one — a final date and time published in an official club announcement. The club itself defines six matches as 'big matches' on its season-ticket page: Inter, Juventus, Lazio, Milan, Napoli and Roma — and all of them come to the Stirpe this year. Per the official schedule: Inter on 6 December 2026, Lazio on 20 December, Milan on 24 January 2027, Napoli on 28 February, and Roma on 25 April. And now the warning that matters most for anyone buying a flight: only matchdays 1 to 5 have received final dates and times. All the rest are nominal dates that shift according to broadcast scheduling — and the proof is already on the ground, since matchday 2 has already been moved from Sunday to Saturday. So buy a flight with a day's margin, and don't assume a time. And what about a derby? Frosinone's historic rivalry is with Latina, a neighboring provincial capital less than 60 kilometers away — but Latina isn't in Serie A, so that derby won't be played this season. We'll say honestly too: we found this rivalry in fan history, not in an official club statement. The season ends on 30 May 2027.