FIGC: five "weak points" in Italian football "impacting the national team" according to G. Gravina

Too few young players, a declining technical level, a deficient economic model, a lack of modern stadiums and ineffective governance: these are the five “weak points” of Italian football “impacting the national team,” according to Gabriele Gravina, resigning president of the Italian Football Federation.

This assessment is set out in a report on the “state of Italian football” that Gabriele Gravina had planned to present before the Committee on Culture, Science and Education of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, which was due to hear him on 08/04/2026.

This hearing had been scheduled immediately after Bosnia-Herzegovina - Italy (1-1, 4-1 on penalties) in Zenica (BIH) on 31/03/2026, a match that led to Italy’s third consecutive elimination from a World Cup qualifying campaign.

However, Gabriele Gravina, president of the FIGC since October 2018, announced on 02/04/2026 that he would step down from his position and convene an elective assembly on 22/06/2026. The hearing before the Chamber of Deputies was then cancelled, "as if the problems of the football movement had therefore been…