Lecce, Messina, and Treviso will avoid relegation to Serie B and keep their places in the top flight as a result of the verdict. Roberto Formigoni, the governor of Lombardy, the region around Milan, said the outcome of the trial was "a disgrace". On Thursday, Berlusconi's son, Piersilvio, the vice-president of the television group Mediaset, began talks with league officials on adjusting payments for next season. "I will not make any decisions until a final sentence is given.". Since Juventus and Lazio are quoted companies, yesterday's verdicts were held until after the closure of the Milan bourse. Fri 14 Jul 2006 19.17 EDT As recently as January of this year, Juve launched an appeal against the FIGC’s decision to award Inter with the 2005/06 Serie A title but their appeal was rejected in May. Following the enforced relegation, Juventus lost Fabio Cannavaro and Emerson to Real Madrid, Lilian Thuram and Gianluca Zambrotta to Barcelona, Adrian Mutu to Fiorentina, and Patrick Vieira and Zlatan Ibrahimović to Internazionale. The Bianconeri club were one of the clubs at the centre of the scandal which saw them stripped of … Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Patrick Vieira joined rivals Inter Milan for a combined £23m, Fabio Cannavaro and Emerson went to Real Madrid for a total of £13.7m, Lilian Thuram and Gianluca Zambrotta joined Barcelona for £13m, while Adrian Mutu went to Fiorentina for £5.5m. I only did what I had to do. They have three days to appeal to the Federal Court, but they may find they will run out of time to rescue their European places regardless of the outcome of any appeal because the deadline for entry is only 11 days away. It is a disgrace. Juventus were also stripped of their last two Serie A titles and had 30 points deducted, meaning they are likely to stay down for two seasons. 51.6", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2005–06_Juventus_F.C._season&oldid=981647653, Short description with empty Wikidata description, Pages using football box collapsible with unsupported stack parameter, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2020, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 3 October 2020, at 16:26. Juventus finished top that year but had the title revoked. Last updated: 14 May 2006. Individuals directly involved with the scandal were also penalised. At one end of the line were key figures in Italian football, at the other were refereeing officials. "The main driving factor for this amazing winning cycle is definitely that sense of humiliation we felt going down to Serie B.". joined rivals Inter Milan for a combined £23m. Thirteen of Italy's World Cup-winning squad play for the clubs involved, with five at Juventus, who also have Patrick Vieira, Lilian Thuram, David Trezeguet, Pavel Nedved and Zlatan Ibrahimovic in their ranks. Juventus are embarking on their first campaign in Serie B, Italy's second tier, and the 1-1 draw against minnows Rimini was another low point in a scandal that shook European football. They will play table-topping Inter Milan on Sunday (19:45 BST) in a match with an intriguing backdrop after Juve's decision this week to make a new pitch to the Italian Olympic Committee's Collegio di Garanzia dello Sport tribunal to strip Inter of the 2005-06 title. This implicated league champions Juventus and several other teams including Milan, Fiorentina, Lazio, and Reggina. "Juventus does not ask for the Scudetto of Calciopoli to be returned. The Juventus president Giovanni Cobolli Gigli said: "The 30-point deduction is not acceptable. Fleet Street's first female football reporter, Julie Welch, tells Football Focus' Caroline de Moraes about the ups and downs of making her way in such a male-dominated industry. They only ask for it to be removed from Inter, who do not deserve it.". We expected a balanced sentence not only in form but in substance, our expectations were different ones. Your email address will not be published. A statement on Fiorentina's official site called the decision "profoundly unjust". Three months ago, following the country's general elections, the former prime minister Berlusconi was ousted from power by the Italian centre-left. LIVE UPDATES : The Probable XI; Who will Partner CR7 tonight – Gazzetta VIDEO, 13th August : Juve’s Top 3 News Of The Day; Icardi issues final ultimatum, Wanda : I am not sure about Mauro Icardi’s future, Atletico v Juventus : Juventus’ Injury Updates on Costa, Pjanic and Higuain. "That humiliation quickly became anger and we had the desire to show we were stronger than what had happened to us," Juve season ticket-holder. "It was like a gang war," says Beccantini. Docked 44 points from last season's total, Luciano Moggi ex-Juventus general manager banned for five years, Andrea Della Valle president of Juventus banned for four years, Claudio Lotito Lazio president, banned for three years, Adriano Galliani Milan's vice-president, one-year ban, Italy's Champions League entrants Internazionale, Roma, Chievo and Palermo, Uefa Cup entrants Livorno, Parma and Empoli, Available for everyone, funded by readers. Fiorentina and Lazio followed them but Milan avoided the drop. Moggi reacted by saying: "I'm not saddened for myself but for the teams involved and for their fans.". Juventus were last night dealt the most crushing blow in the club's illustrious history when a sporting tribunal set up by the Italian federation to decide on claims of match-fixing ordered the club be relegated to Serie B and forced to start next season with a 30-point deduction. The latest rumours and stories from around the world of football. Part of that humiliation was having two first-place finishes stripped from them - including the 2006 Serie A title, which was handed to Inter Milan, the team they face on Sunday. Lazio and Fiorentina were sent down to Serie B, where they will enter the championship with minus-seven and minus-12 points respectively. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. As it stands Italy's entrants in the Champions League next season will be Internazionale, Roma, Chievo and Palermo, while Livorno, Parma and Empoli will compete in the Uefa Cup. Juventus were also stripped of their last two Serie A titles and had 30 points deducted, meaning they are likely to stay down for two seasons. Details of the Calciopoli scandal in this article were first published by BBC Sport on 14 July 2006. We were expecting a more balanced verdict. Luciano Moggi, the Juventus general manager at the centre of the affair, was banned from football for five years and the former president of the Italian federation, Franco Carraro, was excluded for 4½ years for failing to stop this rot at the very heart of the game. Fiorentina's owner Diego Della Valle said: "We were the victims of a theorem and we had no chance to defend us because they had to meet a deadline. In May, transcripts were published of telephone conversations between Moggi and Italian Football Association officials, discussing refereeing appointments in the 2004-05 season. As recently as January of this year, Juve launched an appeal against the FIGC’s decision to award Inter with the 2005/06 Serie A title but their appeal was rejected in May. "Even though we have had scandals like doping, false passports and betting, I think this is the biggest sporting scandal the country has seen.". Juventus will appeal against this verdict, we want to safeguard our fans and our small shareholders.". The scandal was uncovered in May 2006, when a number of telephone interceptions showed relations between team managers and referee organizations during the 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons, being accused of selecting favourable referees. AC Milan vice-resident Adriano Galliani was suspended for one year. Lazio were penalised seven league points while Fiorentina suffered a 12-point penalty. Lazio president Claudio Lotito, who was banned for three years for his part in the scandal, was fuming following the verdict. "Fiorentina will fight with every means possible so that the truth of the facts are revealed.". Italy's sports tribunal has relegated Juventus to Serie B with a 30 point handicap. Read the full story here. AC Milan, Fiorentina, Juventus and Lazio were punished Serie A sides Juventus, Lazio and Fiorentina have been demoted to the second division for their involvement in Italy's match-fixing scandal… Required fields are marked *. Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2006. Appeals are expected to be lodged against many of the tribunal's verdicts but there were doubts over whether they could be resolved before the deadline later this month set by Uefa for the naming by national federations of the teams to next season's European competitions. All rights reserved. The hammer kept falling hard on the Old Lady as they were stripped of their league titles of 2004-05 and 2005-06, with the latter being awarded to Inter Milan. The 2005–06 season was Juventus Football Club's 108th in existence and 104th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football before the 2006 Italian football scandal stripped the club of its previous league title as well as this season's league title, later awarded to Internazionale, and relegated to Serie B. Following the enforced relegation, Juventus lost Fabio Cannavaro and Emerson to Real Madrid, Lilian Thuram and Gianluca Zambrotta to Barcelona, Adrian Mutu to Fiorentina, and Patrick Vieira and Zlatan Ibrahimović to Internazionale. The story of Moggi and Juventus chairman Antonio Giraudo being investigated by prosecutors is quite remarkable. "The story was like the eruption of a volcano," Roberto Beccantini, who worked as a correspondent for La Stampa newspaper in Italy during the scandal, tells BBC Sport.