Article 52 of N.O.I.F.

Art.52, Norme organizzative interne della FIGC is a regulation that governing the sports title of Italian football club.

The article was changed in 2004, 2008, 2010 and 2014.

According to Comma 3 of the article, a new company from the same city could be admitted to the same division to replace a bankrupted football club, if the company had acquired the bankrupted company as well as willing to take the liabilities to pay sports related debt, as well as taxes.

Lodo Petrucci was a ruling name after Gianni Petrucci. Ratified in 2004, instead of acquiring the sports title by clearing the debt, FIGC could awarded the title to a new company based on sports merit of the old club. However, the club automatically relegated one level below the original club. In 2008 the rule had changed to two level below the original club, and limited to Serie A and B clubs only. The ruling was finally abolished in 2015.

Comma 10 of the article allowed a new company could be admit to Serie D to replace the old football club that not admitted to professional leagues. It was the Comma 9 but became 10 in the 2010 amendment. The most recent example was the failed auction of Parma F.C., which the debt was stood at €22.6 million. (reduced from over €70 million by the resettlement during administration)

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