Why did Juventus get relegated in 2006

Last July marked the 15th anniversary of the day Juventus was rocked by the Calciopoli scandal. On July 14, 2006 the court in Naples condemned the Vecchia Signora to relegation to Serie B and stripped them of their last two 'Scudetti'.

Locally, it is the team with the most first division leagues (36), the most Italian Cups (14) and the most Italian Super Cups (8). Juventus is the team with the second most Serie A seasons played, absent only in the season in which they were suspended. Find the latest news about the European leagues and do not miss any of their results.

Of the squad that had won the Serie A championship in the past, only 6 players remained when the "moggigate" scandal occurred, and all of them became legends of the club. Some of them were Mauro Camoranesi, Alessandro del Piero and David Trezeguet. These six men remained in the worst moment in their team's history and would be the key to the great comeback.

The sanctions for the scandal not only affected Juventus. Milan lost points and could not play in the Champions League, and Fiorentina and Lazio were relegated to Serie B and deducted 12 and 7 points respectively. In addition, all teams were fined financially. Learn more about other international competitions and get to know their economic downturns.

Moggigate

Also known as "Calciopoli", the scandal took place in the 2004-2005 season. The teams Juventus, Milan, Fiorentina and Reggina were accused of conspiring to generate advantages in the results of Serie A soccer matches by appointing "favored" referees for key championship matches.

The judicial investigations concluded that several people in the soccer world were aware of the sporting fraud and benefited from it, the most damaged being Luciano Moggi (general manager) and Antonio Giraudo (Juventus' managing director).

In the end, the Italian Football Federation decided to declare the 2004-2005 season's title void and award Inter Milan the scudetto for the 2005-2006 campaign, which had no involvement in the scandal. Eventually, the penalties for the clubs were reduced, but not in the case of Luciano Moggi, who was banned for life in 2011.

As a result of their relegation, Juventus was forced to transfer practically all of its stars, such as Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Fabio Cannavaro and Gianluca Zambrotta. 

Just one season later, Juventus would return to the Italian top flight and become a virtually unrivaled team in Italy, winning five consecutive leagues.