The Italian Federation made official the sanction for Juventus

juventus was sanctioned today by the Federal Court of Appeals of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), after the reopening of the case, with a discount of fifteen points for having adulterated their balances in a legal case called “Caso Plusvalías”.

“Juventus was sanctioned with 15 penalty points to be met in this football season,” the FIGC reported. The Prosecutor’s Office FIGC He had requested nine penalty points for the Turin club but the ruling increased it to fifteen, so he will remain in the middle of the table of the A serieswith 22 units, along with bologna Y Empoli.

In addition, the court ruling imposed heavy sanctions on former directors of juventus with suspensions for two and a half years for the former sports director fabio pataticicurrently in the tottenhamand two years for the former president Andrea Agnelliwho resigned this week.

Before the sanction, juventus have the opportunity to appeal to the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) since the measure jeopardizes their chances of finishing in the top four of the A seriesto be able to play the next championship of the Champions League.

juventus He was the main accused of having noticed the sale price of various players to register capital gains that would allow their accounts to be validated. The Turin club is also under judicial investigation for possible accounting fraud to artificially limit its losses on the balances presented to investors.