Serie C crisis club Pro Piacenza were beaten 20-0 at Cuneo on Sunday after being able to field only seven players, two above the minimum number needed for a game to go ahead.
Pro Piacenza, whose players were all under 20 and were managed by 19-year-old captain Nicola Cirigliano, were 16-0 down at half-time in the Italian third-tier clash.
Their regular playing and coaching staff had refused to travel to Cuneo because of their ongoing wait for overdue wages.
Local media outlet Sport Piacenza abandoned its reporting of the match, writing that readers would be informed of the final result once the “farce” was over.
Pro Piacenza had already forfeited three games in Serie C this season, and played on Sunday because to miss a fourth would have seen them expelled under league rules.
The club, suffering severe financial problems, was sold for a nominal €1 last summer.
Senior players had been on strike and then left over non-payment of wages, while those on loan returned to their parent clubs.
The Lega Pro had only given the green light for the game earlier in the week amid the ongoing uncertainty at a club who have changed their general manager four times in six months.
Piacenza prop up the rest of the division with just eight points and relegation is inevitable even if the club gets through the rest of the season.
Cueno, who before the game had scored 18 goals all season, went 17-0 up with 20 minutes remaining, scoring their 20th goal in the 90th minute.
Information from ESPN FC’s Italy correspondent Ben Gladwell was used in this report.