Juventus have been docked 15 points following an investigation into the club’s past transfer dealings, Italy’s football federation (FIGC) says.<\/span><\/p>\n The Serie A giants were accused of fixing their balance sheets by artificial gains from club transfers.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Juventus had been in third place but the penalty will drop them to 10th.<\/span><\/p>\n The club’s board of directors, including former president Andrea Agnelli and vice-president Pavel Nedved, <\/span>resigned in November.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Juventus have denied any wrongdoing and confirmed they will appeal the decision.<\/span><\/p>\n In a statement, the club said they “await the publication of the reasons of the decision” but have started bringing an appeal to the Sport Guarantee Board of the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI).<\/span><\/p>\n The FIGC’s sanction is tougher than the nine-point deduction prosecutors had requested.<\/span><\/p>\n Juve’s former sports director Fabio Paratici, now Tottenham’s managing director of football, has been banned for 30 months.<\/span><\/p>\n The FIGC has also hit Agnelli and the club’s former chief executive Maurizio Arrivabene with two-year bans, while current sports director Federico Cherubini has been given a 16-month ban.<\/span><\/p>\n A total of 11 former and current Juventus executives have received sanctions, with Nedved given an eight-month ban,<\/span><\/p>\n The FIGC says all the bans include a request for the sanction to be extended to Uefa and Fifa and therefore then apply worldwide.<\/span><\/p>\n Juventus were initially acquitted<\/span><\/a> alongside 10 other clubs, including current Serie A leaders Napoli, in April 2022. Paratici and Agnelli were among 59 individuals to also be cleared.<\/span><\/p>\n The investigation was reopened in December after the federal prosecutor decided to appeal that ruling.<\/span><\/p>\n It followed new evidence from a separate investigation into Juve’s finances conducted by prosecutors in Turin.<\/span><\/p>\n The request to reopen the trial and apply sanctions concerned nine of the original 11 clubs investigated, including Serie A sides Juventus, Sampdoria and Empoli, as well as 52 of the executives at those clubs.<\/span><\/p>\n Juventus’ lawyers said the FIGC’s sanctions “constitute a clear disparity of treatment against Juventus and its managers compared to any other company or member”.<\/span><\/p>\n They added: “We point out, as of now, that only Juventus and its managers are attributed the violation of a rule, that the same sports justice had repeatedly recognised that it did not exist.<\/span><\/p>\n “We believe that this is also a blatant injustice towards millions of fans, who we trust will soon be remedied in the next degree of judgement.”<\/span><\/p>\n In a statement in November, the outgoing board said their resignations were “considered to be in the best social interest to recommend that Juventus equip itself with a new board of directors to address these issues”.<\/span><\/p>\n Juventus won nine Serie A titles in a row during Agnelli’s 13-year tenure, but finished fourth last season and made a 254m euro (\u00a3220m) loss – a record in Italy.<\/span><\/p>\n A new board of directors was approved at <\/span>a Juventus shareholders meeting<\/span><\/a> on Wednesday, with Gianluca Ferrero replacing him as chairman.<\/span><\/p>\n
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