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, Genoa, Lecce, Palermo, Pistoiese and Taranto. Notably, Paolo Rossi was suspended for three years, and upon his return helped Italy in their successful 1982 FIFA World Cup campaign.Club punishments
- A.C. Milan ; relegated to Serie B.
- Lazio ; relegated to Serie B.
- Avellino ; -5 in Serie A 1980-81.
- Bologna ; -5 in Serie A 1980-81.
- Perugia ; -5 in Serie A 1980-81.
- Palermo ; -5 in Serie B 1980-81.
- Taranto ; -5 in Serie B 1980-81.
Sentences
Managers
- Felice Colombo ; disbar.
- Tommaso Fabretti ; 1 year.
Players
- Stefano Pellegrini ; 6 years.
- Massimo Cacciatori ; 5 years.
- Enrico Albertosi ; 4 years.
- Bruno Giordano ; 3 years and 6 months.
- Lionello Manfredonia ; 3 years and 6 months.
- Carlo Petrini ; 3 years and 6 months.
- Guido Magherini ; 3 years and 6 months.
- Giuseppe Savoldi ; 3 years and 6 months.
- Lionello Massimelli ; 3 years.
- Luciano Zecchini ; 3 years.
- Giuseppe Wilson ; 3 years.
- Paolo Rossi ; 2 years.
- Franco Cordova ; 1 year and 2 months.
- Carlo Merlo ; 1 year.
- Giorgio Morini ; 1 year.
- Stefano Chiodi ; 6 months.
- Piergiorgio Negrisolo ; 5 months.
- Maurizio Montesi ; 4 months.
- Franco Colomba ; 3 months.
- Oscar Damiani ; 3 months.
