FIGC, legal opinions: registration not mandatory, election cannot be annulled.

Membership is not an essential requirement to run for the presidency of the FIGC, and the election of the federal president cannot be overturned. This is established by the opinions of the five legal experts consulted by the president of the Football Federation, Giovanni Malagò, in response to the two questions raised about the statute. The lawyers also ruled out the possibility of the federation being placed under commissionership, stating that the conditions for such a measure do not exist.

The experts' responses, delivered today, therefore clarify two crucial issues that had emerged in the institutional debate within Italian football. The question of membership, meaning the mandatory registration with the federation as a condition for presenting a candidacy, is thus resolved in the negative, potentially opening the door to a broader pool of presidential candidates.

The FIGC, the Italian Football Federation, is the governing body of football in Italy, from professional to amateur teams. Its presidency is a crucial position for the national sport. Recently, discussions had emerged regarding the federation's statute, particularly on two points: whether being a 'tesserato' (officially registered with the federation) was mandatory to run for president, and whether the election of the president itself could be annulled under certain circumstances.

The incumbent president, Giovanni Malagò, decided to seek legal advice to clarify these matters, involving five legal experts. This move was made to resolve interpretative doubts that could create uncertainty about the future electoral process or call into question the legitimacy of the current governance. The opinions, now made public, establish that registration is not a binding requirement and that the presidential election is definitive, thereby avoiding potential institutional crises and dispelling any hypothesis of 'commissariamento,' meaning the replacement of elected bodies with a special commissioner appointed by the state.