Italian Soccer Chief to Lose Job but Stay as Special Administrator
- 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 and resolve weeks of governance upheaval.
- Legal inquiries questioned Malago's June election because he was not a registered FIGC member at the time, triggering administrative friction despite his winning over 68 per cent of the vote.
- UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin warned against political interference during the dispute, which complicates preparations for the 2032 European Championship 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.
- New elections will occur no later than January 31 next year, with Malago remaining eligible to stand as a candidate after his formal administrative standing is regularized.
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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
"If you make the agreement for the commissioner I am happy because common sense prevailed, but so there are no winners" (ANSA)
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