Rome, Italy – May 24: Franco Cararo will attend a press conference at the FIGC Special Olympics held in Rome, Italy on May 24, 2024. (Photo: Paolo Bruno/Getty Images)
Former President Figc Franco Carraro, looking back on the 2006 Calciopolli scandal, claims that Juventus was stripped of two Serie A titles is correct.
Chaos broke out in the final weeks of the 2005-06 campaign. Italian football was drawn to its head by a survey of influence campaigns against umpires, which were said to be at the helm by then-Juventus director Luciano Mogie.
It prompted mass resignations and terminations, several trials, at sports level, Juventus’ demoted to Serie B, and revoked the 2004-05 and 2005-06 Serie A title.
While the first one was not assigned, 2005-06 Scudetto was handed over to Intel. Inter finished third in the table behind Juventus and Milan.
Cararo looks back on the Calciopoli scandal
La Gazzetta delo Sports sat down with Cararo, then the president of the Italian football federation, and looked back at the times.
“It hurts me that people doubt my honesty, probably because I resigned to avoid embarrassment with the Commonwealth for the start of the next season,” the 85-year-old said.
“I was exempt from all wrongdoing, but it still to this day and I seriously regret that it all started with a major political mistake of my own.”
The scandal revolved around former referee designators Pierluigi Pailento and Paolo Bergamo, with calls to many club directors being intercepted by police.
“In 2004, I thought Bergamo and Pairett should no longer be designated candidates. It’s not because they went badly, but because some positions are best when they change regularly. I called Pierrigi Korina to offer him a role, but he wasn’t ready to retire yet,” Carrara continued.
“A year later, I discovered what Corina spoke to Bergamo and Pairett (Milan’s director Leandro) to Minet on a television special dedicated to Calciopoli.
“But there were two major issues in 2004, too. They had been eliminated in the group phase since Euro 2004 in 2004. Napoli took a very realistic risk of disappearing through bankruptcy. No one could find them to save the club.
“Anyway, it was good that the investigation at the responsible club was punished in 2006. Juventus had to revoke those titles because their manager made an error, but the 2006 Inter should not be assigned to anyone.
Many exams, both sports and citizens around Calciopoli, have been dragged out for years.
Sport sanctions led Juventus to be demoted to Serie B with a nine-point penalty, with Fiorentina, Milan, Lazio, Regina and Arezzo all docked.
Despite the general misconceptions, no one was charged or committed a match amendment in the Calciopoli scandal.
They were accused of trying to influence the designation of certain judges to coincidence.
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