Italian Football Hall of Fame

The Italian Football Hall of Fame (Italian: Hall of Fame del calcio italiano) is the hall of fame for association football players that have had a significant impact on Italian football.^[1]

It is housed at the Museo del Calcio in Coverciano, Italy.^[2]

History and regulations

The Hall of Fame was established by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) and Football Museum Foundation (Italian: Fondazione Museo del Calcio) in 2011 to celebrate football personalities that "had an unforgettable impact on the history of Italian football".^[1] It aims to promote the heritage, history, culture and values of Italian football.^[2]

Since 2011, new members are added every year and are divided into categories: Italian player (retired for at least two seasons), Italian coach (with at least 15 years of activity), Italian veteran (retired for at least 25 years), Foreign player (retired for at least two seasons and that has played in Italy for at least five seasons), Italian referee (retired for at least two seasons), Italian director (with at least 15 years of activity), and Posthumous honours.^[1][2] In the 2022 selection, a non-Italian coach, José Mourinho, was inducted.^[3]

The jury listed in the Italian Football Federation website is composed of the directors of the main Italian sporting press bodies, including: Luigi Ferrajolo (President of Italian Sports Press Association), Andrea Monti (La Gazzetta dello Sport), Alessandro Vocalelli (Corriere dello Sport – Stadio and Guerin Sportivo), Paolo De Paola (Tuttosport), Gabriele Romagnoli (Rai Sport), Federico Ferri (Sky Sport), Matteo Marani (Sky Sport 24), Alberto Brandi (Sport Mediaset), and Piercarlo Presutti (Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata).^[4] However, a different jury composition has been used in different editions.^[5][6][3]

In 2014, the category Female Italian player was added.^[7][8] In 2018, the Fair Play Award category was added in honour of the late Italian footballer Davide Astori.^[5] The same year, a Special Award was awarded to Gianni Brera.^[5]

List of inductees

Italian player

Coach

Italian veteran

Italian referee

Italian director

Foreign player

Female Italian player

Posthumous awards

Players

Coaches

Directors

Referees

Other awards

Davide Astori Fair Play Award

Special Award

References

1. ^ "The award". Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. 26 February 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
2. ^ "Le stelle" (in Italian). Vivo Azzurro. 21 March 2014. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014.
3. ^ "Da Zola a Mourinho e Zidane: le nuove leggende della Hall of fame del calcio italiano" (in Italian). Sky Italia. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
4. ^ "The Jury". Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. 22 February 2019. Archived 20 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
5. ^ "Totti, Zanetti e Allegri tra i premiati dell'8ª edizione della 'Hall of Fame del calcio italiano'" (in Italian). FIGC.it. 19 February 2019. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
6. ^ FIGC (3 February 2022). "Hall of Fame: Nesta, Rummenigge, Conte, Rocchi, Cabrini e Bonansea tra le stelle della decima edizione" (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. Archived from the original on 9 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
7. ^ "Hall of Fame: Allegri miglior allenatore. Nell'Olimpo del calcio italiano anche Zanetti e Totti" (in Italian). Sport Mediaset. 20 May 2019. Archived 28 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
8. ^ "Hall of fame, 10 new entry: con Vialli e Mancini anche Facchetti e Ronaldo" [Hall of fame, 10 new entries: with Vialli and Mancini also Facchetti and Ronaldo] (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
9. ^ "Del Piero, Gullit, Conti e altre 7 leggende entrano nella 'Hall of Fame del calcio italiano'" (in Italian). Vivo Azzurro. 5 December 2017. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
10. ^ "Pirlo, Mazzone, Boniek in Hall of Fame". Football Italia. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
11. ^ "Hall of Fame: Nesta, Rummenigge, Conte, Rocchi, Cabrini and Bonansea among those inducted". Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
12. ^ "Hall of Fame del calcio italiano: tra i premiati De Rossi, Spalletti e Shevchenko" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport. 6 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
13. ^ "'Hall of Fame del Calcio Italiano': revocato il riconoscimento conferito a Graziano Cesari" (in Italian). FIGC.it. Italian Football Federation. 11 November 2016. Archived from the original on 12 November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
14. ^ "Azeglio Vicini" (in Italian). FIGC.it. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2023.

External links

• Official website