Serie A clubs endorse Milan-Cortina chief Malagò as federation president

Serie A clubs have formally endorsed Giovanni Malagò, former head of the Milan‑Cortina Winter Olympics, as their preferred candidate to lead the Italian Football Federation following the men’s national team’s third consecutive World Cup qualification failure. League president Ezio Simonelli confirmed that eighteen of twenty clubs selected Malagò to replace Gabriele Gravina, who resigned after the play‑off defeat to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Simonelli said the next step is for Malagò to complete his consultations, formalise his candidacy and present his programme. The sixty‑seven‑year‑old, who previously served as president of CONI, will meet Serie A representatives in the coming days, though the league controls only eighteen percent of the electoral vote, far less than Italy’s amateur sector. The new FIGC president, to be elected on June twenty‑two, must appoint a new national coach, drive long‑awaited structural reforms and oversee preparations for Euro 2032 amid warnings over Italy’s outdated stadiums.