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New season fixtures on hold

Thursday’s proposed formulation of the new season’s fixtures has been stopped as a result of Genoa’s on-going struggle to avoid demotion.

The calendars for the 2005-06 campaign were set to be published later this week, but that now looks unlikely to happen.

A Genoa tribunal court has successfully ordered the Italian Football Federation to suspend the composition of the fixtures.

The move comes just 24 hours after Genoa failed in their attempts to be re-instated into the Italian top-flight.

The port club were demoted to the Third Division earlier this summer, after the Serie B champions were found guilty of alleged match-fixing in the final game of last term against Venezia.

The Stadio Marassi outfit unsuccessfully appealed to the Federal Appeal Commission (CAF) on Monday which seemed to bring an end to the saga.

But the Italian season has been thrown into further chaos, with just 19 days to go before the scheduled start, as Genoa are now attempting to prove their innocence with the help of a civil court.

"There have been other situations in football in which different measures have been taken to that of Genoa," said Alessandro Repetto, President of the Genoa Province.

"Several come to mind, such as (Roma's Philippe) Mexes' case, and (Juve doctor Riccardo) Agricola's case.

"We hope that we can suspend the sporting sentence by taking our case to Genoa's tribunal."

It’s unclear at this stage what the Federation will do or when we will definitely know which sides will be playing in what Division next term.

Meanwhile, Genoa have been handed a one-game home stadium ban after their fans caused the abandonment of their Coppa Italia tie over the weekend.

Fans threw flares on to the pitch in protest at their demotion, resulting in Catanzaro being handed a 3-0 victory and safe passage to the next round.

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Genoa force fixture list freeze

Genoa’s legal battle has forced the postponement of the Serie A and B fixture lists, but FIGC President Franco Carraro insists they belong in the Third Division.

“The 2005-06 campaign is set to kick off on August 28 and we will stick to that date,” announced Carraro this evening. “We have postponed the drawing up of the calendars in order to allow the courts to do their job in the best atmosphere.”


The fixture lists were originally set to be drawn on Thursday, but that meeting has been called off and the most optimistic suggestion for a reschedule is August 19 – just over a week before the season begins.


Genoa’s legal battle against their demotion to Serie C1 as a result of a match-fixing scandal has called in the civil courts and blocked any further procedures to begin a top flight campaign without them.


“Genoa’s decision to go to the civil courts has done serious damage on a sporting, moral and economic level to all of Italian football,” added an angry Carraro.


“We cannot delay the start of the season past August 28, as it would constitute a violation of the rules set out by the Government, the CONI (Italian Olympic Committee) and international football organisations.”


The FIGC had in theory protected itself from this sort of interference with the Urbani-Pescante ruling that stated the only courts with jurisdiction over sporting matters were the Lazio TAR tribunal, the CAF Federal Court of Appeal and the State Counsel. However, Genoa’s appeal to their local TAR has succeeded in at least temporarily halting their punishment following the match-fixing trial.


“The tribunal simply does not have jurisdiction over sporting matters,” added the FIGC chief. “Genoa’s case is one of sporting irregularities. It is the duty of the Federation to apply the laws of its own sport. It’s not a question of wanting to do this or not – there is no alternative. Rules must be respected. Genoa will be deferred to the Disciplinary Commission for taking this action and could earn another penalty, forcing them to start Serie C1 with a six-point deduction rather than three.”


There are now rumours that Genoa’s battle will force Serie A to expand to 21 teams, much as Serie B did when Catania staged a legal challenge through a succession of civil courts two summers ago.

“The Federation rules state that to change the format of a Division we need at least a year’s advance, so that is out of the question,” he answered.

Genoa is not the only problem at hand, as Reggina are also under investigation for paperwork they used to register for the new season. Bologna have launched an appeal and the Covisoc will meet on Thursday or Friday to discuss the matter.

These are the teams that will be in Serie A and B next season, pending the result of Genoa’s civil court action and the investigation on Reggina:

SERIE A

Ascoli, Cagliari, Chievo, Empoli, Fiorentina, Inter, Juventus, Lazio, Lecce, Livorno, Messina, Milan, Palermo, Parma, Reggina, Roma, Sampdoria, Siena, Treviso, Udinese

SERIE B:

Albinoleffe, Arezzo, Atalanta, Avellino, Bari, Bologna, Brescia, Catania, Catanzaro, Cesena, Cremonese, Crotone, Mantova, Modena, Pescara, Piacenza, Rimini, Ternana, Torino, Triestina, Verona, Vicenza