FORZA AZZURRI STATISTICS |
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List of all the Prersidents and Commissioners who led the FIGC (Italian Football Federation) |
Alfonso FERRERO DI VENTIMIGLIA President 1911 |
LEGEND: Names marked in Red are Presidents/Commissioners who played in Azzurro as a player. |
Giovanni SILVESTRI President 1905-1906 Members of FIFA |
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The Italian Football Federation was established on the 15 March 1898 in Turin under the name FIF - Federazione Italiana Football (Italian Football Federation) but moved the Head Office to Milano in 1905 when it became a member of FIFA, the World Football Federation which was founded just a year before. In 1909 the English word 'football' was changed in the name to the Italian 'giuoco calcio' and the current name was established - FIGC - Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. The Italian National team played it's first match on the 15 May 1910 at the 'Arena' of Milano when the Azzurri beat France 6-2. Six years later, in 1911, the Head Office returned to Turin but in 1921 there was a schism between the member clubs and another Federation was created to compete with the FIGC: the CCI - Confederazione Calcistica Italiana (Italian Football Confederation). Truce returned a year later and both Federations merged again into the FIGC, which moved the Head Office to Bologna in 1926. In the summer of 1926 the 'Carte di Viareggio' was enacted by which a distinction was created between 'amateur players' and 'professionals'. The last move of the Head Office occurred in 1929 when it was moved to Rome where it is still today. The Federation was listed by National Law on the 16 February 1942 and like all other Italian National Sports Federations falls under the auspicious of CONI (Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano). The Italian Football Federation was one of the founding members of UEFA, the Union of European Football Associations in 1954 and organized successfully two World Cups (1934 and 1990) and two European Nations Championships (1968 and 1980). During extraordinary times or when no agreement can be reached in electing an FIGC President, CONI creates temporary Commissioners to lead the Federation. During the Second World War, when there was the problem of the federal unity of the country Commissioners where created to reflect the different areas of the peninsula. There were times when the President could not continue and the Vice-President was created 'Interim' President to lead the Federation until a new election was held. In other times the Vice-President was created Regent (that is, leading the Federation without the help of the council) and on one particular occasion a President was elected but refused the position. |
Leandro ARPINATI President 1926-1933 Coppa Internazionale 1930 Runner-up Coppa Internazionale 1932 Olympic Bronze Medal 1928 |
Giovanni MAURO Commissioner Centre / South 1943 Regent North 1945 |
Giorgio VACCARO President 1933-1941 World Champions 1934 & 1938 Olympic Champions 1936 Coppa Internazionale 1935 Hosts of 1934 World Cup |
Luigi (Enrico) D'Ovidio Mario (Ezio) Vicari Giovanni Silvestri Emiliano Barbiano di Belgioioso d'Este Luigi Bosisio Felice Radice Alfonso Ferrero di Ventimiglia Emilio Valvassori (Interim) Vittorio Rignon Luigi De Rossi (Refused) Francesco Mauro (Regent) Carlo Montu Francesco Mauro (Interim) Carlo Montu Francesco Mauro Luigi Bozino Giovanni Lombardi (FIGC) Luigi Bozino (CCI) Luigi Bozino Giuseppe Corbari (Commissioner) Luigi Bozino Lando (Mario) Ferretti (Commissioner) Leandro Arpinati Giorgio Vaccaro Luigi Ridolfi Giovanni Mauro (Commissioner - Centre / South) Mauro Baldo (Commissioner - North) Fulvio Bernardini (Regent) Ottorino Barassi (Regent) Giovanni Mauro (Regent - North) Ottorino Barassi Bruno Zauli (Commissioner) Umberto Agnelli Giuseppe Pasquale Artemio Franchi Franco Carraro (Regent) Franco Carraro Artemio Franchi (Regent) Artemio Franchi Federico Sordillo Franco Carraro (Commissioner) Antonio Matarrese Raffaele Pagnozzi (Commissioner) Luciano Nizzola Giovanni Petrucci (Commissioner) Franco Carraro Guido Rossi (Commissioner) Luca Pancalli (Commissioner) Giancarlo Abete |
Francesco MAURO Regent 1913-1914 Interim President 1915-1918 President 1920 |
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Fulvio BERNARDINI Regent 1944 Only Ex-Azzurro player to lead FIGC |
Ottorino BARASSI Regent 1944-1945 President 1946-1958 Founding Members of UEFA |
Bruno ZAULI Commissioner 1958-1959 |
Umberto AGNELLI President 1959-1961 |
Franco CARRARO Regent 1976 President 1976-1978 Commissioner 1986-1987 President 2001-2006 4th Place World Cup 1978 |
Artemio FRANCHI President 1967-1976 Regent 1978 President 1978-1980 Runner Up World Champions 1970 European Champions 1968 4th Place Euro 1980 Hosts of Euro 1968 & 1980 |
Giuseppe PASQUALE President 1961-1966 |
Federico SORDILLO President 1980-1986 World Champions 1982 |
Antonio MATARRESE President 1987-1996 Runner Up World Champions 1994 3rd Place World Cup 1990 4th Place Euro 1988 Hosts of 1990 World Cup |
Raffaele PAGNOZZI Commissioner 1996-1997 |
Giovanni PETRUCCI Commissioner 2000-2001 |
Luciano NIZZOLA President 1997-2000 Runner Up European Champions 2000 |
PRESIDENTS |
Guido ROSSI Commissioner 2006 World Champions 2006 |
THE WORLD CHAMPIONS |
Luca PANCALLI Commissioner 2006 - 2007 |
Giancarlo ABETE President 2007 - |
Emilio VALVASSORI Interim President 1911-1912 |
Luigi BOZINO President 1920-21 CCI President 1921-1922 President1923-1924 President 1925-1926 |
