Scuola Calcio Primavera has won its appeal against the City of Salerno over the management of the municipal "Alcide De Gasperi" sports field.
The Council of State annulled the tender procedure launched by the Comune di Salerno with a call published on 20 June 2025. The planned concession had a duration of eight years.
Primavera had finished second in the competition, behind a grouping led by Asd Assocalcio Salerno.
At the center of the dispute was a sub-criterion in the technical evaluation that awarded up to 16 points according to the number of entities taking part in the bidding group. Primavera challenged that mechanism as penalizing single bidders.
The Regional Administrative Court of Campania had initially rejected the appeal, finding the criterion consistent with promoting associative networks in amateur sport.
The Council of State took the opposite view. It held that the criterion had an unreasonably distortive effect on competition and breached equal treatment among bidders.
The winning group included Asd Assocalcio Salerno, Acsd Millenium Calcio Salerno, Asd Coscia Football Academy, Asd G. Gallozzi Porto di Salerno and Asd Torrione F.C.
The ruling annuls the award procedure, meaning the tender for the management of the De Gasperi field will have to be redone. The judgment reported does not specify a judgment number or the exact decision date, and no new tender or interim management arrangement has been reported in the source material.
