Juventus have been docked 15 points following an investigation into the membership’s previous transfer dealings, Italy’s soccer federation (FIGC) says.
The Serie A giants had been accused of fixing their steadiness sheets by synthetic features from membership transfers.
Juventus had been in third place however the penalty will drop them to tenth.
The membership’s board of administrators, together with former president Andrea Agnelli and vice-president Pavel Nedved, resigned in November.
Juventus have denied any wrongdoing and confirmed they are going to attraction the choice.
In an announcement, the membership mentioned they “await the publication of the explanations of the choice” however have began bringing an attraction to the Sport Guarantee Board of the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI).
The FIGC’s sanction is more durable than the nine-point deduction prosecutors had requested.
Spurs sporting director amongst these banned
Juve’s former sports activities director Fabio Paratici, now Tottenham’s managing director of soccer, has been banned for 30 months.
The FIGC has additionally hit Agnelli and the membership’s former chief government Maurizio Arrivabene with two-year bans, whereas present sports activities director Federico Cherubini has been given a 16-month ban.
A complete of 11 former and present Juventus executives have obtained sanctions, with Nedved given an eight-month ban,
The FIGC says all of the bans embrace a request for the sanction to be prolonged to Uefa and Fifa and due to this fact then apply worldwide.
How did we get right here?
Juventus were initially acquitted alongside 10 different golf equipment, together with present Serie A leaders Napoli, in April 2022. Paratici and Agnelli had been amongst 59 people to even be cleared.
The investigation was reopened in December after the federal prosecutor determined to attraction that ruling.
It adopted new proof from a separate investigation into Juve’s funds carried out by prosecutors in Turin.
The request to reopen the trial and apply sanctions involved 9 of the unique 11 golf equipment investigated, together with Serie A sides Juventus, Sampdoria and Empoli, in addition to 52 of the executives at these golf equipment.
Juventus to attraction
Juventus’ attorneys mentioned the FIGC’s sanctions “represent a transparent disparity of therapy in opposition to Juventus and its managers in comparison with another firm or member”.
They added: “We level out, as of now, that solely Juventus and its managers are attributed the violation of a rule, that the identical sports activities justice had repeatedly recognised that it didn’t exist.
“We imagine that that is additionally a blatant injustice in direction of hundreds of thousands of followers, who we belief will quickly be remedied within the subsequent diploma of judgement.”
In an announcement in November, the outgoing board mentioned their resignations had been “thought-about to be in the most effective social curiosity to advocate that Juventus equip itself with a brand new board of administrators to deal with these points”.
Juventus gained 9 Serie A titles in a row throughout Agnelli’s 13-year tenure, however completed fourth final season and made a 254m euro (£220m) loss – a report in Italy.
Agnelli was one of many chief architects of the breakaway plans to type the European Super League in 2021 and because of this resigned as chairman of the European Club Commission.
A new board of administrators was authorised at a Juventus shareholders meeting on Wednesday, with Gianluca Ferrero changing him as chairman.
Juventus are also facing an investigation from Uefa over potential breaches of its membership licensing and monetary honest play rules, which was introduced final month.
Juve’s subsequent league recreation is at house to Atalanta on Sunday.
In 2006, Juventus had been relegated to Italy’s second division, Serie B. They had been additionally stripped of two Serie A titles.