Caso Genoa

Caso Genoawas anItalian footballscandal in 2005. In the2004–05 Serie Bseason,Genoawon theSerie Bchampionship and were set to be promoted to theSerie Afor the first time in 10 years. Genoa went into their final match of the season againstVeneziaon 11 June 2005, having already secured at least promotion play-off, and beat Venezia 3–2. However, three days later, it was discovered thatStefano Capozucca,a director of Genoa, had paid Venezia directorGiuseppe Pagliara€250,000 for his team to intentionally lose the match. It was later found that the principal protagonists behind the scandal were Genoa's president,Enrico Preziosi,and Venezia's president,Franco Dal Cin.

On 8 August 2005, theItalian Football Federation(FIGC) determined that Genoa would be relegated toSerie C1with a three-point penalty; it was the second time in Genoa's history that they had dropped out of the top two divisions, the first being in 1970. In addition, Preziosi, Dal Cin, Pagliara and Capozucca were each banned from Italian football for five years, whileMichele Dal Cinwas banned for three years and one month.