FIGC: No more club recalls
The FIGC has voted to abolish pulling clubs back up a division to replace those who go bankrupt, hoping to reduce the number of teams. Today the Federation passed a…
The FIGC has voted to abolish pulling clubs back up a division to replace those who go bankrupt, hoping to reduce the number of teams. Today the Federation passed a…
Como won the promotion play-off and are back in Serie B after 11 years, joining Salernitana, Novara and Teramo. Gianluca Zambrotta’s team took the step up from Lega Pro thanks…
Police have made 17 arrests in connection with a match-fixing investigation, with the Savona-Teramo match under suspicion. Teramo won promotion from the Lega Pro B this term, sealing the deal…
Virtus Entella drop back into Lega Pro after losing the Serie B relegation play-out to Modena. The first leg had ended 2-2 in Entella and the return was a 1-1…
Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon is ‘disappointed and saddened’ after giving up ownership of Carrarese. The Italy captain is from the town of Carrara, and invested in the local club in…
Lega Serie B President Andrea Abodi wants tougher sentences for match-fixing, but points out ‘currently our League is not involved’. A new scandal erupted yesterday when it was revealed that…
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is ‘disgusted’ with the latest match-fixing scandal, while FIGC President Carlo Tavecchio demands monitoring of directors. More than 50 people were arrested in Catanzaro on…
FIGC President Carlo Tavecchio declared ‘we’re not police’ as a match-fixing scandal hits Serie D and Lega Pro. More than 50 people were arrested by prosecutors in Catanzaro, with charges…
Italian football is in mourning after former Torres Coach Vincenzo Cosco lost his battle with cancer, aged 51. The tactician left the Lega Pro club at Christmas, writing an open…
Salernitana have been promoted into Serie B for the first time since 2009-10. The club from the Campania region secured promotion with two rounds to spare thanks to a 3-1…
Claudio Lotito has been referred to the Federal Tribunal by the FIGC for having 'publicly damaged' Pino Iodice, director of Lega Pro side Ischia Isolaverde. The Lazio President has been…
A row erupted between the Players’ Association and President of the Lega Pro Mario Macalli over the Parma crisis. All Serie A games last weekend started 15 minutes late due…
The man at the centre of the Claudio Lotito phoncecall furore has described the Lazio President as a ‘miserable human being’. Pino Iodice, a director of Lega Pro side Ischia…
Claudio Lotito doubled down on controversial comments, saying Andrea Agnelli “hates me” and Lega Serie B President Andrea Abodi is “a cretin.” The patron is in the eye of the…
Lazio President Claudio Lotito hit back at the “ambush” of recorded phone calls released to the media, defending his comments. The controversy has erupted today after Lotito’s conversation was leaked…
Pino Iodice claims he has “far worse” recorded phone calls featuring “threats” from Lazio President Claudio Lotito. The director of Lega Pro side Ischia released the first call to La…
Andrea Abodi and Mario Macalli replied to Claudio Lotito after a “nauseating” taped phone call on power in football. The controversy erupted today when La Repubblica released a taped call…
Roma attacking winger Giammario Piscitella, who is on loan in Lega Pro with Pistoiese, has failed a doping test. A statement from the CONI confirmed Piscitella tested positive for Tuaminoheptane…
Lebanon Coach Giuseppe Giannini is among 104 people charged with sporting fraud around Gallipoli’s 2008-09 Lega Pro campaign. The Naples investigation, code name Aracne, claims figures within the club were…
Arezzo have been promoted back into Lega Pro to replace Vicenza, who were bumped up to Serie B. The situation was thrown into chaos by the bankruptcy of Siena, which…