1980 Totonero

Totonero 1980 or Totonero was a match-fixing scandal in Italy in 1980 in Serie A and Serie B. It was uncovered on 23 March 1980 by the Guardia di Finanza, after the complaint of two Roman shopkeepers, Alvaro Trinca and Massimo Cruciani, who declared that some Italian football players sold football matches for money.

The protagonists in this scandal were Avellino, Bologna, Juventus, Lazio, A.C. Milan, Napoli, Perugia, Pescara (Serie A), Genoa, Lecce, Palermo, Pistoiese and Taranto (Serie B). Notably, Paolo Rossi was suspended for three years (reduced to two on appeal), and upon his return helped Italy in their successful 1982 FIFA World Cup campaign.[1]

Club punishments
  • A.C. Milan (Serie A); relegated to Serie B.[2]
  • Lazio (Serie A); relegated to Serie B (10 million in original punishment).[2]
  • Avellino (Serie A); -5 in Serie A 1980-81.
  • Bologna (Serie A); -5 in Serie A 1980-81.
  • Perugia (Serie A); -5 in Serie A 1980-81.
  • Palermo (Serie B); -5 in Serie B 1980-81 (acquitted in original verdict).
  • Taranto (Serie B); -5 in Serie B 1980-81 (acquitted in original verdict).

Sentences

Managers

  • Felice Colombo (Milan's president); disbar.
  • Tommaso Fabretti (Bologna's president); 1 year.

Players

  • Stefano Pellegrini (Avellino); 6 years.
  • Massimo Cacciatori (Lazio); 5 years (disbar in original punishment).
  • Enrico Albertosi (Milan); 4 years (disbar in original punishment).
  • Bruno Giordano (Lazio); 3 years and 6 months (1 year and 6 months in original punishment).
  • Lionello Manfredonia (Lazio); 3 years and 6 months (1 year and 6 months in original punishment).
  • Carlo Petrini (Bologna); 3 years and 6 months.
  • Guido Magherini (Palermo); 3 years and 6 months (1 year and 6 months in original punishment).
  • Giuseppe Savoldi (Bologna); 3 years and 6 months.
  • Lionello Massimelli (Taranto); 3 years (1 year in original punishment).
  • Luciano Zecchini (Perugia); 3 years.
  • Giuseppe Wilson (Lazio); 3 years (disbar in original punishment).
  • Paolo Rossi (Perugia); 2 years (3 years in original punishment).[1]
  • Franco Cordova (Avellino); 1 year and 2 months.
  • Carlo Merlo (Lecce); 1 year (1 year and 6 months in original punishment).
  • Giorgio Morini (Milan); 1 year.
  • Stefano Chiodi (Milan); 6 months.
  • Piergiorgio Negrisolo (Pescara); 5 months (1 year in original punishment).
  • Maurizio Montesi (Lazio); 4 months.
  • Franco Colomba (Bologna); 3 months.
  • Oscar Damiani (Napoli); 3 months (4 months in original punishment).

References
  1. UEFA target betting mob, Daily Mail, 2 December 2007.
  2. Italian FA under emergency rule, BBC Sport, 16 May 2006.
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