AP
Former Juventus executive Luciano Moggi, a leading figure in a match-fixing scandal that shook Italian soccer, was ordered on Friday to stand trial on charges of sports fraud and criminal association.
The trial will open on Jan. 20 in Naples, said his lawyer, Paolo Trofino.
The ANSA news agency said another 23 people, including club officials and referees, were also indicted by judge Eduardo De Gregorio on charges of conspiring to commit sports fraud.
Former Italian soccer federation president Franco Carraro and federation secretary Francesco Ghirelli were cleared.
Moggi was banned from soccer for five years by a sports court in 2006 on charges of influencing the outcome of matches. He denies any wrongdoing.
Juventus was stripped of its 2005 and ’06 Serie A titles and relegated to the second division with a nine-point penalty. It immediately won promotion back to Serie A.
The scandal, which broke in 2006, was the most widespread corruption case in the history of Italy’s biggest sport. Besides Juventus, three other big clubs — AC Milan, Lazio and Fiorentina — were punished, as were Reggina and Arezzo.