Article 52 of NOIF

Art.52, Norme organizzative interne della FIGC ("Article 52 of the Italian Football Federation regulations for internal organisation") governs the status of phoenix clubs of football in Italy. The article was revised in 2004,^[1] 2008,^[2] 2010,^[3] and 2014. Many Commas, or paragraphs, are present throughout the document. Comma 1 describes the article's main points, while Comma 2 forbids to sell a club sport's rights.

Comma 3 and 4

According to Comma 3, a new company may replace a bankrupt football club from the same city. With this acquisition, the new company has to take over the liabilities to pay any costs, as well as any outstanding taxes.

Examples

Serie B

• F.C. Bari 1908: (2014)^[4]

Serie C

• Ascoli Picchio F.C. 1898: (2014)^[5]
• Carrarese Calcio 1908: (2016)^[6]
• U.S. Foggia: (2004)^[7]
• S.S. Virtus Lanciano 1924: (2008)^[8]
• A.C. Monza Brianza 1912: (2004)^[9]
• Delfino Pescara 1936: (2009)^[10]
• Aurora Pro Patria 1919: (2009)^[11]
• S.S. Sambenedettese Calcio: (2006)^[12]
• Savona F.B.C.: (2012)^[13]

Comma 4 is similar to Comma 3 in semiprofessional and amatorial leagues.

Serie D

• A.R.L.S.S.D. Atletico San Paolo Padova: (2014)^[14]
• A.S.D. Città di Foligno 1928: (2015)^[15]
• U.S. Imperia 1923: (2000)^[16]
• A.C.R. Messina: (2009)^[17]
• S.S.D. Vivi Altotevere Sansepolcro: (2014)^[18]

Eccellenza

• S.S.D. Massese: (2009)^[19]
• Fulgor Maceratese: (2009)^[20]
• F.C. Sezze Latina: (2003)^[21]

Promozione

• A.C. Cesenatico: (2000)^[22]
• A.C. Trento S.C.S.D.: (2014)^[23]
• A.S.D. Amici del Verbania: (2006)^[24]

Comma 5

Comma 5 allows the merging of two or more clubs. The new team follows the sport rights of any one of the two clubs that is considered to be more convenient. It is one of the oldest FIGC rules, and one team who applied this rule was UC Sampdoria (1946), which inherited and continued the history of its forerunner, SG Sampierdarenese, in Serie A.

Commas 6 through 9 (Lodo Petrucci)

Lodo Petrucci (Petrucci Award) was a ruling named after Gianni Petrucci. Ratified in 2004, instead of acquiring the sports title by clearing the debt, FIGC awards the title to a new company based on the historic sporting merit of an 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 However, the ruling was repealed in 2015, as its criteria were too subjective.

Examples

Serie A → Serie B

• Società Civile Campo Torino: (2005)^[25]

Serie B → Serie C1

• Perugia Calcio: (2005)^[26]
• Salernitana Calcio 1919: (2005)^[27]

Serie C1 → Serie C2

• A.S. Andria BAT: (2005)^[28]
• Benevento Calcio: (2005)^[29]
• Reggio Emilia F.C.: (2005)^[30]
• SPAL 1907: (2005)^[31]
• S.S.C. Venezia: (2005)^[32]

Some clubs unsuccessfully tried the Lodo Petrucci, so they had to pay part of the old debts to create the new phoenix club. These cases were privately managed by the FIGC without specific rules as the ACF Fiorentina case in 2002:

• Napoli: (2004)^[33]
• A.C. Ancona: (2004)^[34]

Comma 10

Comma 10 of the article allowed a new company to be admitted to Serie D in order to replace the old football club that was not admitted to professional leagues. Formerly Comma 9, it was changed to Comma 10 in the 2010 amendment. One example was the failed auction of Parma F.C., which was in debt with €22.6 million^[35] (reduced from €70 million by the resettlement during administration^[36]).

Examples

City	Team	Year	Ref.
Serie D
Arezzo	A.S.D. Atletico Arezzo	2010	[37]
Avellino	Avellino Calcio.12 S.S.D.	2009	[38]
	U.S. Avellino 1912	2018
Bari	S.S.C. Bari	2018
Como	Calcio Como	2005	[39][40][41]
	Como 1907	2017	[42]
Ferrara	Real SPAL	2012
Foggia	A.C.D. Foggia Calcio	2012
	Calcio Foggia 1920	2019
Grosseto	F.C. Grosseto S.S.D.	2015	[43]
Latina		2017	[42]
Livorno	U.S. Livorno	2021
Mantua	Mantova F.C. S.r.l.	2010	[37]
		2017	[42]
Messina	A.C. Rinascita Messina	2008	[42]
		2017	[42]
Modena	Modena Football Club	2018
Monza	S.S.D. Monza 1912	2015	[44]
Novara	Novara Football Club	2021	[45]
Padua	S.S.D. Biancoscudati Padova	2014	[46]
Palermo	Palermo Football Club	2019
Parma	S.S.D. Parma Calcio 1913	2015	[47]
Perugia	A.S.D. Perugia Calcio S.r.l.	2010	[37]
Pisa	A.C. Pisa 1909	2009	[48]
Reggio Calabria	A.S.D. Reggio Calabria	2015	[49]
	LFA Reggio Calabria	2023
Reggio Emilia	Reggio Audace F.C.	2018
Rimini	A.C. Rimini 1912 S.S.D. a r.l.	2010	[37]
Salerno	Salerno Calcio	2011
Siena	Robur Siena S.S.D.	2014	[46]
Spezia	Spezia Calcio	2008
Venice	F.B.C. Unione Venezia	2009
	Venezia Football Club	2015	[43]
Eccellenza
Alessandria	U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912	2003
Barletta	A.S.D. Barletta 1922	2015	[43]
Imola	Imolese	2005
Manfredonia	A.S.D. Manfredonia Football 1932	2010	[37]
Olbia	A.S.D. Olbia 1905	2010	[37]
Sora	Sora	2005
Trieste	Unione Triestina 2012 S.S.D.	2012	[50]
Varese	Varese Calcio S.S.D.	2015	[49]
Promozione
Chieti	A.S.D. Chieti	2006	[51]
Cassino	A.S.D. Nuova Cassino Calcio 1924	2010	[52][53]
Gallipoli	Gallipoli Football 1909	2010	[49]

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