Juventus fail in €444m appeal over title loss Calciopoli says

A Rome court on Tuesday rejected a
€444m lawsuit by Italian champions
Juventus over damages suffered by the
loss of their 2006 Serie A title and
consequent demotion to Serie B.
Juventus were handed the sanctions
following their role in the “Calciopoli”
match-fixing affair which rocked the world
of football in the weeks leading up to the
2006 World Cup, won by Italy.
Although one of five clubs involved in the
scandal, Juventus were handed the stiffest
punishment after police wiretaps caught
Juventus official Luciano Moggi influencing
the selection of supposedly partial match
referees.
Juventus, then coached by Fabio Capello,
were stripped of the 2005 and 2006
league titles and demoted to Italy’s
second division. Italian media reports did
not say why the club only appealed its
2006 title loss.


Juventus, detailing loss of income and
damage to the club’s reputation, cited the
Italian Football Federation and the Italian
Olympic Committee in its appeal to the
TAR, a court with powers to rule on such
appeals.
But the TAR said it threw the case out
because it considered it had already been
dealt with by a previous appeal to CONI’s
arbitration panel.
Juventus launched an appeal against the
ruling in 2006 with CONI’s arbitration
chamber, which they lost in October of
that year.
Now the holder of 32 official Serie A
titles, Juventus maintain that all the titles
were won fairly and squarely. At Juventus
Stadium, for example, a massive “34”
greets fans at the main entrance.