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UEFAFounded1898
FIFA affiliation1905
UEFA affiliation1954President
Giancarlo AbeteThe Italian Football Federation (
Italian: Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio, FIGC), also known as Federcalcio, is the governing body of
football in
Italy. It organises the
Italian football league,
Coppa Italia,
Italian national football team, and the
Italian women's national football team. It is based in
Rome. It was a founding member of both
FIFA and
UEFA.Contents[
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1 History 2 Honors 3 Notes 4 External links [
edit] HistoryThe Federation was founded in
1898 as the sport of football was picking up in the country and needed a formal structure to take things to the next level. The first presidency was decided in the
Piedmontese capital of
Turin where
Mario Vicary was elected along with
Luigi D'Ovidio.In the few short years before and after the introduction of the FIGC, clubs all over the country from
Genoa,
Turin,
Milan,
Naples,
Rome,
Palermo and others were forming.Between
1964 and
1980 foreign players were banned from the Italian league, primarily to revive the national team.The FIGC was placed in administration in May 2006 as a result of the
Serie A scandal of 2006 and was put under the management of
Guido Rossi. In
May 2006, Rossi was chosen and accepted the role of President of
Telecom Italia. This appointment caused angry reactions from club presidents in Italy. On
September 19, Rossi resigned his position as Commissioner of FIGC.
[1][2] On
September 21,
Luca Pancalli, head of the Italian Paralympic Committee was chosen to replace Rossi.
[3] On
April 2,
2007, a president was finally elected, with former vice-president
Giancarlo Abete being voted by 264 grand electors out of 271.On the 2nd of December 2008 The Italian Football board announced the top ten all time greatest Italian football players, they were (in order):1 -
Giuseppe Meazza2 -
Luigi Riva3 -
Roberto Baggio4 -
Paolo Maldini5 -
Giacinto Facchetti6 -
Sandro Mazzola7 -
Giuseppe Bergomi8 -
Valentino Mazzola9 -
Marco Tardelli10 -
Paolo Rossi [
edit] Honors
World Cup: 4 times (
1934,
1938,
1982,
2006)
European Football Championship: once (
1968)
Olympics: once (
1936)
International Cup: twice (1927 - 1930, 1933 - 1935)
