Italian football in crisis as FA chief resigns and Ceferin issues Euro 2032 warning

Gabriele Gravina (left), who has resigned as president of the Italian football federation, is a key ally of Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin (right). Photograph: Matteo Ciambelli/Reuters

The crisis engulfing Italian football has deepened with the country’s football federation president, Gabriele Gravina, resigning and the Uefa president, Aleksander Ceferin, warning that it risks losing its co-hosting rights for Euro 2032.

Gravina announced his resignation at an emergency meeting of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) general council two days after Italy failed to reach a World Cup finals for the third successive time, losing on penalties to the outsiders Bosnia and Herzegovina. He had come under heavy scrutiny since their exit in Zenica, the country’s minister for sport, Andrea Abodi, intensifying the pressure by calling for “a renewal of the FIGC leadership”.