Italian Football Hall of Fame explained

Italian Football Hall of Fame
Sport:Association football
Competition:Italian football
Givenfor:Football personalities that had an unforgettable impact on the history of Italian football
Country:Italy
First:2011
Number:11
Url:Official website

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.

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". 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. In the 2022 selection, a non-Italian coach, José Mourinho, was inducted.

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).[3] However, a different jury composition has been used in different editions.[4]

In 2014, the category Female Italian player was added.[5] [6] In 2018, the Fair Play Award category was added in honour of the late Italian footballer Davide Astori. The same year, a Special Award was awarded to Gianni Brera.[7]

List of inductees

Italian player

NameYearRef.
Roberto Baggio
Paolo Maldini
Franco Baresi
Fabio Cannavaro
Gianluca Vialli
Giuseppe Bergomi
Alessandro Del Piero
Francesco Totti
Andrea Pirlo
Alessandro Nesta
Gianfranco Zola

Coach

NameYearRef.
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021
2022

Italian veteran

NameYearRef.
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021
2022

Italian referee

NameYearRef.
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015

2016[8]
2018
2019
2021

Italian director

NameYearRef.
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021
2022

Female Italian player

NameYearRef.
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021
2022

Posthumous awards

Players

NameYearRef.
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2018
2019
2021
2022

Coaches

NameYearRef.
Enzo Bearzot
Fulvio Bernardini
Vittorio Pozzo
Ferruccio Valcareggi
Nereo Rocco
Carlo Carcano
\ Helenio Herrera
Cesare Maldini
Nils Liedholm
Azeglio Vicini
Árpád Weisz
Giuseppe Viani
Luigi Radice
Vujadin Boškov
Luigi Simoni
Ernő Egri Erbstein

Directors

NameYearRef.
Ottorino Barassi
Artemio Franchi
Ferruccio Novo
Umberto Agnelli
Italo Allodi
Renato Dall'Ara
Fino Fini

Referees

NameYearRef.
Giovanni Mauro
Concetto Lo Bello
Giulio Campanati
Stefano Farina

Other awards

Davide Astori Fair Play Award

NameYearRef.
Igor Trocchia
Mattia Agnese
Romelu Lukaku
Simon Kjær
Luca Martelli

Special Award

NameYearRef.
2018
2022

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The award . 22 May 2021 . Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio . 26 February 2019 . en.
  2. Web site: 21 March 2014. Le stelle. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140625065517/http://vivoazzurro.it/le-stelle/. 25 June 2014. Vivo Azzurro. it.
  3. Web site: The Jury . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190620012136/https://www.figc.it/en/museum/hall-of-fame/the-jury/ . 20 June 2019 . 22 May 2021 . Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. 22 February 2019 .
  4. Web site: FIGC . 3 February 2022 . Hall of Fame: Nesta, Rummenigge, Conte, Rocchi, Cabrini e Bonansea tra le stelle della decima edizione . 3 February 2022 . Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio . it . 9 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220209145822/https://figc.it/it/federazione/news/hall-of-fame-nesta-rummenigge-conte-rocchi-cabrini-e-bonansea-tra-le-stelle-della-decima-edizione/ . dead .
  5. Web site: Hall of Fame: Allegri miglior allenatore. Nell'Olimpo del calcio italiano anche Zanetti e Totti . 20 May 2019 . Sport Mediaset . it . https://web.archive.org/web/20210128131752/https://www.sportmediaset.mediaset.it/calcio/seriea/hall-of-fame-allegri-miglior-allenatore-nell-olimpo-del-calcio-italiano-anche-zanetti-e-totti_1276543-201902a.shtml . 28 January 2021 . live . 17 April 2021.
  6. Web site: 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. La Gazzetta dello Sport. it. 27 October 2015. 27 October 2015.
  7. Web site: 19 February 2019. Totti, Zanetti e Allegri tra i premiati dell'8ª edizione della 'Hall of Fame del calcio italiano'. 20 May 2019. FIGC.it. it. 16 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210116220807/https://www.figc.it/it/formazione-ed-eventi/news/totti-zanetti-e-allegri-tra-i-premiati-dell-8-edizione-della-hall-of-fame-del-calcio-italiano/. dead.
  8. Web site: 'Hall of Fame del Calcio Italiano': revocato il riconoscimento conferito a Graziano Cesari . 11 November 2016 . FIGC.it . Italian Football Federation . it . https://web.archive.org/web/20161112213326/http://www.figc.it/it/204/2534963/2016/11/News.shtml . 12 November 2016 . dead . 12 November 2016.