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Governing body of association football in Italy

The Italian Football Federation (, ; FIGC ), known colloquially as Federcalcio , is the governing body of football in Italy. It is based in Rome and the technical department is in Coverciano, Florence. It manages and coordinates the Italian football league system. It is also responsible for appointing the management of the Italy national football team (men's), women's, and youth national football teams. The Italy national futsal team also belongs to the federation.

The Federation was established in Turin on 26 March 1898 as the Federazione Italiana del Football (FIF), on the initiative of a Constituent Assembly established on 15 March by Enrico D'Ovidio. Mario Vicary was elected the first official president of the FIF on 26 March. When, in 1909, it was suggested to change the Federation's name at an annual board elections held in Milan, the few teams attending, representing less than 50% of the active clubs, decided to send a postcard asking all teams to vote for the five new names discussed during the meeting. The new name approved was "Federazione Italiana Giuoco del Calcio" (FIGC), and since then has been the name of the Italian Football Federation. The debut of the Men's National Team was on 15 May 1910, at Arena Civica, wearing a white jersey where Italy defeated France 6–2. The following year, the blue jersey was introduced on the occasion of the match against Hungary as a tribute to the colour of the House of Savoy. This Italian Federation was an amateur federation respecting FIFA rules when it became a member in 1905. At the end of World War I, the federation had seen impressive development and several footballers were judged to be professional players and banned according to FIFA agreements. From 1922 to 1926, new and more severe rules were approved for keeping the "amateur" status real and effective, such as footballers' residence and transfer controls but the best players were secretly paid and moved from other provinces illegally. Foreigners had to live in the country to get a residence visa and a players' card. When, in 1926, the Italian Federation Board resigned following a very difficult referees' strike, the fascist Lando Ferretti, president of the Italian Olympic Committee (C. O. N. I. ), nominated a Commission to reform all Leagues and federal rules. The Commission signed a document called the Carta di Viareggio (Rules issued in Viareggio) where football players were recognised as "non amateurs" and able to apply for refunds for the money they had lost while playing for the football teams. They had to sign the declaration not being professional players so that FIFA rules were respected because for FIGC; they were appearing as "amateurs" receiving just refunds. It was the beginning of professionalism in Italy. The Carta di Viareggio reduced the number of foreign players to just one per match so that the majority of Hungarians remained jobless and returned to their country. Commissioner Bruno Zauli led the FIGC renovation process (1959), with the establishment of three Leagues (Professional, Semi professional, Amateur) and the creation of the Technical and Youth Sectors. Between 1964 and 1980, foreign players were banned from the Italian league, primarily to revive the national team. In December 1998, the FIGC celebrated its centenary at the Stadio Olimpico in a match featuring Italy vs World XI, with Italy winning 6–2. The FIGC was placed in administration in May 2006 as a result of the 2006 Italian football scandal 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 19 September, Rossi resigned as Commissioner of FIGC. On 21 September, Luca Pancalli, head of the Italian Paralympic Committee, was chosen to replace Rossi. On 2 April 2007, a new President was elected, with former Vice President Giancarlo Abete being voted by 264 grand electors out of 271. Following the 2014 FIFA World Cup Abete resigned and Carlo Tavecchio was elected president of the Federation and Michele Uva as general manager. The new governance began many reforms on the main aspects of Italian football, particularly through the use of young players trained in Italy, the economic sustainability financial professional clubs, start the reorganization of the operating structure of the FIGC. In support of the activity and with a view of maximum transparency, the FIGC public a series of documents: Football Report, Integrated Budget (evolution of the Social Report), Management Report, Income Statement of Italian football. On 20 November 2017, Tavecchio resigned as Italian Football Federation president, seven days after Italy failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the first time since 1958.

No. Name Tenure1Mario Vicarj1898–19052Giovanni Silvestri1905–19073Emilio Balbiano di Belgioioso1907–19094Luigi Bosisio1909–19105Felice Radice1910–19116Emilio Valvassori19117Alfonso Ferrero de Gubernatis Ventimiglia1911–19128Vittorio Rignon1912–19139Luigi De Rossi1913–191410Carlo Montù1914–191511Francesco Mauro1915–191912Carlo Montù1919–192013Francesco Mauro192014Luigi Bozino1920–192115Giovanni Lombardi1922–192316Luigi Bozino1923–1924Directory192417Luigi Bozino1924–192618Leandro Arpinati1926–193319Giorgio Vaccaro1933–194220Luigi Ridolfi Vay da Verrazzano1942–194320Giovanni Mauro1943Directory1943–194421Fulvio Bernardini194423Ottorino Barassi1944–195824Bruno Zauli1958–195925Umberto Agnelli1959–196126Giuseppe Pasquale1961–196727Artemio Franchi1967–197628Franco Carraro1976–197829Artemio Franchi1978–198030Federico Sordillo1980–198631Franco Carraro1986–198732Antonio Matarrese1987–199633Raffaele Pagnozzi1996–199734Luciano Nizzola1997–200035Gianni Petrucci2000–200136Franco Carraro2001–200637Guido Rossi200638Luca Pancalli2006–200739Giancarlo Abete2007–201440Carlo Tavecchio2014–201841Roberto Fabbricini201842Gabriele Gravina2018–