Rimini, 10 December 2025 – The history recent history of Rimini football resembles a slow falla journey that began many years ago and which today reaches one of its most critical points. There Rimini Prosecutor’s Office filed, at the beginning of December, a bankruptcy petitionopening a new phase in the red and white corporate story. On 16 December the Court will examine the request in the hearing that follows the liquidation decided by the shareholders in mid-November and the exclusion from the Serie C championship.
The economic situation and the role of the Prosecutor’s Office
Under the magnifying glass is the economic situation of the red and white club which, as is known, has been compromised for some time. Years of financial difficulties, complex ownership changes and mounting debts have brought the company to the point of no return. In recent months the difficulties have worsened: salaries and contributions arrears, liquidity reduced to a minimum, inability to operate continuously. The corporate events have been followed carefully by the company for months Rimini prosecutor’s officewhich until now has played the role of silent spectator but which could be covered from now on a new functionexamining accounting elements to understand whether conduct occurred along the descent of the Rimini that could constitute a crime.
The debt, the seizure of shares
Since August, the Piazzale del Popolo club has been under the control of a judicial guardian after the seizure of Rimini’s shares by the Milan court following the so-called ‘Rota debt’ never repaid. Those 200 thousand euros (including interest) that the former president Alfredo Rota had yet to receive, have never allowed the red and white course to operate ‘hands free’, so much so that the Court responded in spades to the release of Rimini’s sharesthus leaving the liquidator and judicial custodian in place. A black hole resulting from years of complex management with the last few months having given the final blow to the century-old Piazzale del Popolo company. Passed from hand to hand with the result of having only increased the debt and brought the ‘mess’ to light.
When the crisis begins
The crisis del Rimini starts from very far away. After the death of Vincenzo Bellavista, Longiano’s Cocif abandoned the company at the end of the 2009-2010 season and a dark period began. Rimini alternates dominated Serie D championships with rapid falls in brief periods in Serie C between 2011 and 2014. In 2016 comes a new failure, in 2020 a further change of ownership.
In the post-Covid the club played two decent seasons in Serie Cconquer the Italian Cup in 2025 and cultivates the project of a new stadium with 13 thousand seats. However, as of June 30, the balance sheet presents a liabilities of 4 million euros. The changes of ownership that have alternated over time confirm one crisis at this point structural. Until we arrive, on November 28th, at what represents a real tombstone on the parable of the red and white team, with the official press release from the FIGC announcing the revocation of affiliation and therefore the forfeiture of all memberships. Now we await the last, definitive chapter of this ugly story, which will be written in a week in Court, with the decision that could lead the club to judicial liquidation.
