Italy’s Andrea Ciccarelli has been appointed FISTF Development Director, effective immediately.
In the wake of the FISTF AGM, the FISTF Board sought possible candidates and the opportunity wad discussed with Andrea.
Most recently he was involved with the Federazione Italiana Sportiva Calcio Tavolo (FISCT) as a member of the referee commission in 2018 and then Head of Communication from December 2020 to January 2023, being heavily involved in the 2022 FISTF World Cup Local Organising Committee.

“I have played all my life with ASD TS Napoli Fighters. I started with the Youth Team and we won 6 Italian Cup and 3 Italian Championship. After that, I have played in Serie A, B and C with my club. We also won 1 Italian Cup and 1 Italy Super Cup. We took part at 3 Champions League, playing one final,” Andrea said.
Professionally he works as an aerospace engineer, currently living and working in Toulouse, France.
Andrea will start work to create a plan to assist our MNAs, MNA-P and development areas.
Andrea’s appointment is in alignment with the FISTF Statutes 12.12 and will be valid until the next FISTF Congress.
Andrea said his adventure in the table football world started at the end of 2007.
“That was when my class mates Luca Battista and Antonio Peluso told me about the Subbuteo World Cup that they had played in France. I knew this game because my father bought me a basic box to play with my brother, but I had no idea there was a federation and international competitions.
“So, my brother and I started playing with them every Monday in the oratory of the district Church, where we got in touch with all the others club members of the Napoli Fighters, which helped us to improve our way to play making matches and training.”
He said in February 2008 he and his brother played their first official competition.
“It was an amazing feeling to see many people of different ages with the same passion in the same place. After that, I started participating in many national and international competition. In 2009, in Rotterdam, I played my first World Cup with Italy Under 12. I took part at 7 world cups as player in under 12, under 15 and under 19, winning the title with Italy 7 times, then 1 Europe cup won as under 12 coach. Additionally, I participated to the last World Cup in Rome as part of the organization with FISCT board.”
“As a player, I also have won individually 1 Major under 12, 1 Italian Championship under 19 and 1 Italian Cup under 19. Unfortunately, in the individual world cup I just reached the semifinal 2 times.”
The FISTF Board looks forward to working with Andrea.

To paraphrase the American novellist Charles Warner: “Everybody complains about FISTF, but nobody does anything about it.”

Well, here is your chance.

FISTF is looking for TWO replacement board members and several other support personnel.

General Secretary.

We need someone who has a passion for keeping things organised.

The role is to act as a ‘controller’ of information flowing in and out of FISTF.

We have been working hard to reduce the ‘paperwork’ and ‘bureaucracy’ but we know we can go further, to make things simpler, easier to apply.

This person will distribute “the workload” to the members of the Board and be the chief conduit back to the Member Nations.

We need someone who has good English, with French a huge asset; is computer literate and has experience in operations. If you are passionate about keeping things organised, we want to hear from you.

Marketing Director

We need someone to work with the President, the Development Director, and Media Director to broaden the reach of knowledge about FISTF, about the game and how to get involved.

We also need to reach out to the global community to help support development of the game, through schools, community clubs and existing table football clubs. To do this we need to have a “fighting fund” to finance various projects.
Our sport needs further involvement to keep it active and developing.

Rules Committee

Our rules committee currently consists of two members: George Drazinakis and Patizio Lazzaretti, after several members stepped down at the time of the 2022 AGM. The Sports Director Chris Angelinas is a de facto member of the committee.

We are seeking applications for membership of the committee to bring experience and new ideas.

Disciplinary Council

The Disciplinary Council is currently short of one member.

At present it consists of Dr Frank Chetcuti (Chairman) and Francesco Mattiangelli. Our regulations require a third member.

We would prefer someone with a legal background.

Independent Aribtrators Committee

The FISTF Statutes require the appointment of an Independent Arbitrators Committee, consisting of three members.

The IAC will deal with all disputes arising between the Federation, the MNAs and the individual members.

The embers of the IAC do not necessarily have to be members of a FISTF MNA and can be appointed because of their experience in the field of arbitration.
A member of the IAC does not need to be a member of a national association, and in fact would be best suited to an independent person.

 Social Media team

We aim to improve our social media presence as well as communicating with mainstream media – press, broadcast, web, and radio – and are looking for people to assist with keeping a steady flow of information across the globe. Students with a background in media and communications would be ideal. English and French would be ideal, as well as being comfortable with social media, photography, video and audio editing.

Anyone interested in applying or being recommended, should send an email to board@fistf.com

Further information will then be provided regarding detailed job descriptions, and the process of selection.

The FISTF Board will be the final decision makers in all positions.

FISTF Board