The CUS

C.U.S. – Centro Universitario Sportivo di Firenze – is a non-profit amateur sports organization that has been organizing and promoting sports activities among Florentine university students and employees for over 60 years.
C.U.S. is affiliated with FederCUSI (Italian University Sports Federation). Institutionally, C.U.S. organizes: recreational and promotional activities, competitive and recreational events, inter-faculty tournaments, national and international meetings with representatives from other universities, basic and pre-competitive courses for numerous sports, and competitive activities at the federal level. The Board of Directors of CUS Firenze, serving a four-year term, is elected by the Shareholders’ Assembly, which is composed of university students and alumni who have carried out effective and specific activities for C.U.S. for at least two years.

The Board of Directors is currently composed as follows:

President: Matteo Bindi

Board Members: Gianluigi Blandolino, Andrea Impavidi, Caterina Biondi, Simone Tagliafraschi, Alessandro Torre, Fernando Gambassi, Lorenzo Morganti, Giacomo Morganti, Iacopo Genovese, Martino Scudero

Representative members of the University of Florence:

Prof. Maria Paola Monaco, Prof. Nicola Poli.

C.U.S. operates across three facilities:

The University Sports Hall
Via Vittoria della Rovere 40 – 50141 Florence
Phone: 055 450244 and 055 451789, where the General Secretariat is located

The Athletics Facility
Via delle Montalve 21 – 50141 Florence
Phone: 055 450244 and 055 451789

Val di Rose Sports Facility – Scientific Campus – Sesto Fiorentino
Via Lazzerini 217 – Sesto Fiorentino (FI), where the branch office of the General Secretariat is located
Tel. and Fax: 055 4251150

The University Sports Committee
The University Sports Committee oversees the management guidelines for sports facilities and development programs for related activities concerning funds related to Law 394/77 and the contribution from the University of Florence. It serves a two-year term and is composed of: 1 representative of the Rector, 1 representative of the Administrative Director with secretarial functions, 2 representatives of C.U.S., and 2 student representatives.