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‘Supporter’s card’ and stadium attendance in Italy: a successful experiment?

Friday, 22 March 2013 Author: Paolo Garraffa

The current football season (2012-2013) will be the third season during which the ‘Supporter’s Card’ has been in force in Italy. According to the National Observatory for Sporting Events’1, the number of cards released has exceeded the one million on June 30, 2012. The introduction of the cards has raised a multi-angled debate, from a legal, political and sporting perspective.

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Paolo Garraffa

Paolo Garraffa

Paolo Garraffa is an attorney-at-law (in Italy) since 2006, with experience in the matter of civil, labour, criminal and sports law. He was nominated Vice-Public Prosecutor by the Italian Football Federation (“FIGC”) in November 2012.

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