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ITALY FOOTBALL FEDERATION
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ITALY FOOTBALL FEDERATION (FEDERALCALCIO)
Founded: 1898
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ITALY FOOTBALL FEDERATION
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Beginnings
The Federation was founded in 1898 as the sport of football was picking up in the country and needed a formal structure to take things to the next level. The first presidency was decided in the Piedmontese capital of Turin where Mario Vicary was elected along with Luigi D'Ovidio.
In the few short years before and after the introduction of the FIGC, clubs all over the country from Genoa, Turin, Milan, Naples, Rome, Palermo and others were forming.
FIGC has had a long journey to becoming what it is known today. Just when FIGC was slowly recovering from the effects of the war -having won four consecutive championships until 1949 - the national team suffered a heavy blow when the team’s plane crashed, taking away Italy’s best players. FIGC also had a rough period in the 1950s when the national team failed at the World Cups in Brazil (1950) and in Switzerland (1954). This dark period in FIGC’s history was capped when they were eliminated during the qualifying rounds in 1958.
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Recent years - 2000s
The FIGC was placed in administration in May 2006 as a result of the Serie A scandal of 2006 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.
Thus, major efforts to develop the national team intensified between 1964 and 1980 when foreign players were banned from the Italian league, primarily to revive the national team. A betting scandal in 1982, however, led to the resignation of then President Franchi; and in 1994, controversies between "sacchians" and "anti-sacchians" came about. By 2003, FIGC passed stricter regulations to promote economic advantages for the amateur sector and deter violence in stadiums. 2004 was a busy and winning year for Italy, having won the Under 21 European Champions and the bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Athens.
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