Malagò Kept in Charge of Italian Soccer Federation After Last-Minute Compromise
The compromise lets Giovanni Malagò oversee daily operations after a legal challenge to his June election, with a new vote due by Jan. 31.
- On Tuesday, the Italian Olympic Committee placed the Italian Football Federation under extraordinary administration, with President Giovanni Malago stepping down to serve as special administrator ending weeks of governance upheaval.
- Legal inquiries questioned Malago's June election because he was not a registered member of the FIGC at the time, despite winning over 68 per cent of the vote and triggering significant administrative friction.
- UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin warned against political interference during the dispute, while the federation faces structural challenges including 2032 European Championship preparations and recovery from missing three consecutive World Cups.
- Under the compromise, Malago assumes the role of emergency commissioner to oversee daily operations and navigate the federation toward new elections within three months while regularizing his administrative standing.
- New elections will occur no later than January 31 next year, with Malago remaining eligible to stand as a candidate and potentially regain the presidency after resolving the technical irregularity.
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The president of the Italian Football Federation, Malago, has been appointed as an "administrator" of his own federation. The debate over the legitimacy of Malago's presidency has extended to the autonomy of sports in the country.
Sorry, we joked. After almost three months of institutional clashes, investigations, legal opinions on the famous lack of membership, the ball crisis ends with the usual all-Italian farce: Malagò commissioner of Malagò. A paradoxical solution that we had told first here about the Quotidiano fact three weeks ago: at the time it seemed almost a boutade, yet another provocation of the [...] The article Buonfiglio backs, so Malagò wins again: becaus…
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ROME, Oct 6 : Italy's soccer federation president Giovanni Malago is set to lose his job and return as a special administrator under a compromise crafted by the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) on Tuesday which ends weeks of governance upheaval.The Olympic body's executive board voted unanimously to place the
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Malagò kept in charge of Italian soccer federation after last-minute compromise
ROME (AP) — A solution was found to keep Giovanni Malagò in charge of the beleaguered Italian soccer federation on Tuesday despite an irregularity in his election this year.
The Council of the Cones unanimously approved the proposal of Luciano Buonfiglio. Now the ratification of the National Council: the elected assembly of the Federcalcio will have to hold by 31 January 2027. The article Commissariat the Figc: Malagò will be the commissioner, then new elections comes from The Truth.
Unanimously voting on the Executive Board of the Council
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