Giuseppe Adami

Between 1954-56, Giuseppe Adami refereed 64 matches in Series B and then, from 1956-64, officiated in a further 104 games in Serie A. He won the Giovanni Mauro Award as Best Referee of the Year for 1962.

Adami started his international career in 1960, and at the Roma Olympics that year, was used as only a linesman. He was involved in nearly 100 games at international level, with the highlight of his career being in 1963, when he took control of the first leg of the 1963 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup between Dinamo Zagreb and Valencia. He also refereed the 1962 Coppa delle Alpi (Cup of the Alps) final between Genoa and Grenoble. In the European Cup, he twice refereed Barcelona games.

After his retirement, Adami became an official of the A. I. A. (Associazione Italiana Arbitri), the Association of Italian Football Referees, and was a vice-president from 1972-81, when he was also a UEFA observer of referees.