Overview

• FIGC registered nearly 1.5 million licensed players in 2023-24, surpassing pre-Covid levels and involving almost 900 000 young athletes aged 5–16.
• Registered female players have more than doubled since 2008 to nearly 50 000, supported by a 21.8% increase in FIGC development funding to over €9 million in 2023-24.
• Italy’s football sector generated close to €7 billion in direct revenues in 2023-24 and contributed an estimated €12.4 billion to GDP, sustaining about 141 000 jobs.
• Professional men’s clubs have reported €9.3 billion in cumulative losses over the past 17 years and carried €5.5 billion in debt at the end of the latest season.
• Foreign investors have injected nearly €5 billion since 2011, resulting in 27 of 99 professional clubs being foreign-owned and prompting FIGC plans to renovate aging stadiums and enforce tighter financial controls ahead of UEFA Euro 2032.