Stadio Matusa
The name Matusa came from a local journalist, Luciano Renna, who in the early 1970s borrowed the Italian slang for 'old fogey' to describe a stadium already showing its age. The nickname stuck, and so, in a way, did the stadium — long after it should have been replaced.
Since 2017, the pitch and terraces are gone, but the original 1949 concrete grandstand still stands at the center of Parco Matusa, a public park that opened in 2018. You can walk its footprint now — past a rampant lion in stone, children's play areas, and a cycling path where the curvas used to be.
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People who grew up in Frosinone remember watching matches from apartment balconies overlooking the ground — the stadium was so tightly wrapped by residential buildings that the city essentially shared a wall with it. That intimacy is what the park still carries. Find a bench near the old tribune on a weekday afternoon and the neighbourhood comes to you.
The story behind Stadio Matusa
Engineer Edgardo Vivoli designed the original structure in 1932 — a single stand and open embankments on the edge of town. By the time the stand got its concrete shell roof in 1949, the city had already begun growing around it. Decades of promotion runs brought incremental upgrades: covered long-side stands in the late 1980s, improved curvas after Frosinone reached Serie B in 2006, and a formal reinauguration on 14 November 2006 with an Italy vs. Czech Republic U-21 international.
When Frosinone finally reached Serie A in 2015, the Matusa — capacity 9,680 — simply couldn't meet top-flight requirements. The new Stadio Benito Stirpe opened in 2017, and the Matusa held its last official ceremony on 15 June of that year. Most of it came down; the tribune survived, anchoring a park inaugurated in November 2018.
Good to know
The park sits on Via Marittima, roughly 1.8 km from Frosinone station — a 20-to-30-minute walk. There are no stadium tours or ticketed entry; it's simply a public park. May through October gives you the most comfortable temperatures for lingering outside.
Summers run hot — August averages above 30°C — so early morning or evening visits make the most sense from June through August. Spring and early autumn, roughly May and September, sit in the 20-to-25°C range and are the most straightforward time to be outdoors here. November is the wettest month.
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What travellers say about Stadio Matusa
Great part for the daily workout. He has fes gym equipment and a well kept lawn. Great for the children too with two playground. The caffee offer hot , cold drinks and snacks.
It's a beautiful park & there held various festival.
Good place!
My son enjoyed too much playing there....
I go there to have fun and do some work out
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