FIGC: Roberto Fabbricini is appointed extraordinary commissioner after failure to elect a president

The president of CONI, Giovanni Malagò, has appointed Roberto Fabbricini, the secretary general of the Italian Olympic Committee, as the extraordinary commissioner of the FIGC for a period of six months, with Alessandro Costacurta and Angelo Clarizia as vice commissioners. The national council of the CONI approved these nominations unanimously, announced the Italian Olympic Committee, after a meeting at Foro Italico (University) in Rome (ITA), on 01/02/2018.

The national council of the CONI said it took note of the Italian Football Federation's situation by deciding to appoint a commissioner. The FIGC's elective federal assembly failed to elect a president despite four rounds of voting on 29/01/2018. Damiano Tommasi, president of the Italian Players' Association (AIC); Cosimo Sibilia, president of the Italian Amateur Leagues (LND); and Gabriele Gravina, president of the Lega Pro (third division) were the three candidates inline to succeed Carlo Tavecchio, who announced his resignation on 20/11/2017, a week after the elimination of the Italian national team from qualifying for the…