L’Ancona officially bids farewell to professionalism and does so on the day of the Federal Council which saw the president of the FIGC as protagonists, Gabriele Gravina, and the leaders of Italian football. Once the exclusion of the Marche club was ratified, guilty of having submitted an incomplete registration application, the repechage criteria were established involving B teams, newly relegated to D and winners of the fourth series playoffs. Milan U23 already ready to take over from Ancona, which is why all the teams in the top amateur championship have no hope of being brought back to Pro League.
Ancona excluded from Lega Pro
After having delivered incomplete documentation, without the transfers intended for members for the months of March and April 2024, theUS Ancona was officially excluded from Serie C. Having not lodged an appeal in the 24 hours following the deadline of 4 June, the red and whites were already widely aware of their fate and, above all, of not having integrated in time the documents necessary to obtain the granting of the license for the Lega Pro championship .
The objective now is to clarify the organizational chart and the corporate situation: Tiong, the majority shareholder, commented on the exclusion immediately via an Italian legal office, after having condemned Ancona with deafening silence. With him, also the minority shareholder Caril and the CEO Nocelli, who inevitably ended up in the sights of the square and of the organized fans, furious about what happened. It is unlikely that we can start again from the same components, but the priority is to at least save the registration Serie D 2024/25currently not a given.
Repechage criteria in Serie C: space for Milan U23
Only one staff shortage to fill. During the day, the Council had the opportunity to appoint the new leaders of Covisoc and to approve the criteria for the repechages, which include a second team from the championship in first place A league, who will have the opportunity to submit the registration application no later than June 25th. The Milan U23 he has been ready for some time and is already working to put together a competitive squad, with Daniele Bonera at the helm. The Recanatese were deceived, as they were awaiting readmission after the relegation reported in the past year: the Giallorossi would have been brought back among the Pros if Ancona had not submitted the application, effectively renouncing their registration.
“If there were to be another Second Team – underlined Gravina – it would be a further source of pride and a sign of quality for the Lega Pro championship too. Over the course of two years we would go from one to three Second Teams”with Atalanta And Juventus who are carrying out the U23 project, waiting to understand the intentions of Oaktree’s Inter. The Nerazzurri, in fact, could develop their idea of a “B team” between the summer of 2025 and 2026. This is a non-repayable investment of around 8 million euros, plus one million and 200 thousand euros to be paid into the coffers of the Lega Pro every year.
Gravina: “Full staff by the end of June”
On the sidelines of today’s Federal Council, the president Gravina expressed all his satisfaction with “having secured the system”which recorded a smaller number of companies in serious economic and financial difficulties compared to previous seasons. “The staff has been ready since the end of June, – announced the number one of the FIGC – we made a commitment and we kept it. It will be the first summer without appeals for admission to the championships. Never in the history of Italian football had the championships been fully staffed at the beginning of June with the exception of the void left by Ancona, which will be filled by 27 June – date on which the new Federal Council will take place -. The fact of having no recourse reassures us and makes us proud of the great commitment made”he added.
