TIM and FIGC (Italian Football Federation) have renewed the partnership agreement confirming TIM as Top Partner of the Italian national football teams. The agreement was signed today by Gabriele Gravina, President of the Italian Football Federation, and Pietro Labriola, CEO of TIM, at the FIGC’s headquarters in Rome.
The Technical Commissioner of the men’s national team Roberto Mancini and Technical Commissioner of the women's national team Milena Bertolini, attended remotely from the Federal Technical Centre in Coverciano, where the women's national team are preparing for a friendly match between Italy and Colombia to take place in Rome on 11 April.
“The renewal of this partnership - stated Pietro Labriola - confirms the great attention we pay to the world of sport, in all its forms and varieties. Football has always brought people together but its importance means it can also transmit the values we hold dear. 2023 is set to be an important year for the women's national team, and together with the Italian Football Federation we are here to maintain that all forms of talent should be represented. Partnering with all the national teams, with whom we share the values of sport, social issues and inclusion, is a source of great pride”.
“We are delighted and proud to announce the renewal of this historical partnership, - declared Gabriele Gravina - which represents an international benchmark of great success and through which we will carry out a variety of projects focusing in particular on young people and women's football, two fundamental assets to develop our movement. TIM represents Italian excellence which supports sport and football with passion, placing itself at the service of the country. Its contribution, in terms of knowledge and innovation, is essential to more fully engage the millions of fans and for the overall process of renewing the Federation and the world of football that we want to achieve”.
TIM has been Top Partner of the Italian national football teams since 1999 and for the 24th consecutive year it will stand side by side with all the national teams, men's, women's, youth, futsal, beach soccer, and e-sport, the latest discipline to become part of Club Italia, which in 2020, at the end of the athlete selection carried out with TIM, won its first UEFA European Championship. TIM is also the Title sponsor of the TIM Women's Serie A championship and of all the men's, women's and futsal championships organised by the FIGC Youth and School Sector, from Under 18 to Under 13.
Rome, 3 April 2023
