Article 52 of N.O.I.F.


Art.52, Norme organizzative interne della FIGC governs the status of phoenix clubs in football in Italy. The article was revised in 2004, 2008, 2010 and 2014.

Comma 3

According to Comma 3 of the article, a new company from the same city could be admitted to the same division to replace a bankrupted football club company, if the company had acquired the bankrupted company as well as being willing to take over the liabilities to pay sports related debt, as well as any outstanding taxes.

Examples

;Serie B
;Lega Pro
;Serie D
;Eccellenza
;Promozione
Lodo Petrucci was a ruling named after Gianni Petrucci. Ratified in 2004, instead of acquiring the sports title by clearing the debt, FIGC could award the title to a new company based on the historic sporting merit of the old club. However, in such a situation the new club was automatically relegated to one level below the original club. In 2008 this changed to an automatic relegation two levels below the original club, and was limited to Serie A and B clubs only. However, the ruling was abolished completely in 2015 as its criteria were too subjective.

Examples

;Serie A → Serie B
;Serie B → Serie C1
;Serie C1 → Serie C2
Comma 10 of the article allowed a new company could be admit to Serie D to replace the old football club that not admitted to professional leagues. It was the Comma 9 but became 10 in the 2010 amendment. One of the example was the failed auction of Parma F.C., which the debt was stood at €22.6 million.

Examples