Italian Soccer Chief to Lose Job but Stay as Special Administrator
The compromise keeps Giovanni Malagò in charge after a vote irregularity, and a new election is likely by January, officials said.
- On Tuesday, the Italian soccer federation named Giovanni Malago as emergency commissioner, following his removal from the presidency after officials discovered he was not a registered member during his June election.
- Malago secured 68.58% of the vote in June, defeating former president Giancarlo Abete in an election held to replace Gabriele Gravina, who resigned after Italy failed to qualify for a third consecutive World Cup.
- UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin warned Italian authorities against political interference regarding Malago's status; Malago previously led the Italian Olympic Committee and the Milan Cortina Olympics organizing committee, and is an International Olympic Committee member.
- A compromise reached in a meeting between Malago and Italian Olympic Committee president Luciano Buonfiglio secured his temporary role, with a new election likely in January.
- Malago inherits Italy's troubled preparations for the 2032 European Championship, for which the federation recently submitted 14 stadiums in 13 cities to UEFA, though only Juventus' Allianz Stadium is currently ready.
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Italian soccer chief to lose job but stay as special administrator
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 executive commission of the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) on Tuesday unanimously voted to put the Italian Soccer Federation (FIGC) into administration and named its current president, Giovanni Malagò, its commissioner. (ANSA)
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.
The decision after a meeting lasted ten minutes
The National Council of the Coni has unanimously deliberated the Commissamenti di Figc (with Giovanni Malagò commissioner) and the Italian Federation of Pesas (Fipe)....
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