Artemio Franchi - Citizendia

Artemio Franchi (1922-1983) was an Italian football administrator. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered He served as Italian Football Federation President (1967-1976, 1978-1980), UEFA President (1972-1983) and as a member of the FIFA Executive Committee (1974-1983). The Italian Football Federation (Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio FIGC) also known as Federcalcio, is the governing body of football in Italy Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) The Union of European Football Associations (Union des associations européennes de football is the administrative and controlling body for European football. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (French for International Federation of Association Football) Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. He died in a road accident near Siena in August 1983. Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Siena.

The home stadium of ACF Fiorentina and that of A.C. Siena are both named in his honor, as well as the Artemio Franchi Trophy. Stadio Artemio Franchi is a football Stadium in Florence, Italy. ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as simply Fiorentina, is a professional Italian football club from Florence, Tuscany. Stadio Artemio Franchi is a multi-use Stadium in Siena, Italy. Associazione Calcio Siena is a football club based in Siena, Italy. The Artemio Franchi Trophy was a competition held twice ( 1985 and 1993) between the champions of the European Football Championship and the Copa América

Preceded by Gustav Wiederkehr	President of UEFA 1972–1983	Succeeded by Jacques Georges

Gustav Max Wiederkehr ( 2 October 1905 – 7 July 1972) was an Swiss football administrator The following is a list of Presidents of UEFA, the European Football (soccer governing body. Jacques Georges (born May 30, 1916 in Saint-Maurice-sur-Moselle, France, died 25 February, 2004) was the president of the

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