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[37][38], In July 2015, and after the prosecutor's proposal to the penal justice, it was announced that are going to be tried for the Koriopolis: the players Avraam Papadopoulos, Kostas Mendrinos, the officials Achilleas Beos, Ioannis Kombotis (owner of Levadiakos F.C. "Κωσταντινέας: "Παρέα που μπαινοβγαίνει στην Ευελπίδων η ΕΠΟ", "Η ομάδα δεν θα αγωνιστεί στον επαναληπτικό Κυπέλλου", Μήνυση στον Άρειο Πάγο από Αλαφούζο για το «Koriopolis», "Olympiakos owner Vangelis Marinakis banned from football over corruption allegations", "Owner of Greek champions banned over corruption probe", "Greeks send 85 to trial for match-fixing, but Olympiakos boss clears first round - Inside World Football", "Παρέμβαση Αρείου Πάγου για το σκάνδαλο "Koriopolis"! Portugal's three other remaining qualifiers are all at home, so they would appear to have taken a major step towards the finals.

[31], In August 2015, Petros Konstantineas stated that the referees in Greece should be professionals and criticized the situation about Hugh Dallas for getting paid without having any jurisdiction. Meazza then delivered a sucker punch just before the interval to leave Apostolos Nikolaidis’s men facing an uphill task at half-time. ), Giorgos Borovilos (president of Asteras Tripolis), Dimitris Bakos (owner of Asteras Tripolis), Michalis Kountouris (president of amateur Olympiacos CFP and board member of Olympiacos F.C.)

Atromitos F.C.

[10], In January 2012, according to the prosecutor, Kouridis and Stathopoulos following Marinakis orders, secretly met referee Petros Konstantineas, currently a member of the Hellenic Parliament and a key participant in the fight against football corruption,[11] and demanded from him to favour Olympiakos against Xanthi at their 22 January 2012 clash. [28], In 2014, Stamatis Vellis, ex-president of Apollon Smyrni, testified to the district attorney that the fate of his team depended on actions of corrupted members of the Hellenic Football Federation, naming a number of officials currently accused, and for that reason he quit from the presidency of his club and the Greek football. Copyright ©1994 - 2020 FIFA. According to the Greek sports-site sdna.gr the Greek Federation has copied the code of FIFA Ethics Committee, but removing all the rules referring to punishments of officials, aiming to self-protection. football director Giannis Agkelopoulos along with club's owner Giorgos Spanos were also questioned by Andreadis on the suspicion of manipulating 4 February 2015 match of Olympiakos against Atromitos, following Panathinaikos F.C. [13] A month later, according to the prosecutor, Marinakis allegedly ordered unknown people to bomb Konstantineas' bakery, which led to bakery's demolition on 23 February 2012,[14] an incident that "established Olympiakos' president domination on Greek football".

against Panionios, being ordered to favour Panionios, as well as the match of Levadiakos F.C. The goal behind their scheme was to "absolutely control Greek football's fate by the methods of blackmailing and fraud",[2][3][4][5][6][7] exploiting the self-governing ("autonomy") status of national football federations promoted by FIFA and UEFA. [39][40] On 5 September 2015, a new conversation recorded by the National Intelligence Service came in the light, with the ex-board member of Olympiakos Emilios Kotsonis asking for a meeting from a judge of the case (Giannis Tziblakis) with Evangelos Marinakis, who was finally cleared for Koriopolis.

A few others in the line-up would go on to write their names into Italian history, with six of the team that began the game against Greece starting 77 days later in the World Cup Final in Rome.

[20], Various acts of violence are also included inside the prosecutor's conclusion against referees (Giorgos Daloukas, Dimitris Kyrkos etc. Βίντεο απο διάφορα παιχνίδια του PS4!! Switzerland (second on 12 points), Israel (third on ten points) and France (fourth on ten points) are all bunched up behind. [52], On 17 June 2015, the English sports-site Inside World Football had revealed that UEFA's integrity officer for the HFF (Dimitris Davakis) didn't state to the UEFA's Ethics and Disciplinary Inspector, Miguel Liétard Fernandez-Palacios, the judicial process and the alleged involvement of Asteras Tripoli in the Greek match-fixing scandal of Koriopolis, regarding their participation in the UEFA Europa League. All defendants deny charges. The phone Marinakis used was registered to a Pakistani individual named "Fataul Haque", while Sarris' phone was registered to a Chinese one named "Qianqian Zhang". "[30], On 27 May 2015, the President of the Football Union of Thessaly, Anastasios Batziakas (head of a Union which appealed the current presidency of the Hellenic Football Federation due to corruption), testified that his life was threatened by anonymous calls. Please sign in to your FIFA.com user account below. Things are getting very tight at the top in Group 7 too, especially after Spain's last-gasp draw with Bosnia-Herzegovina. [26] In one of the recorded conversations, the UEFA's Deputy General Secretary, Theodore Theodoridis, partner of Michel Platini and son of vice-president of Olympiakos Savvas Theodoridis, is heard to provide help to Marinakis. Click here to view the European standings. With the Italians dominating proceedings from the start, Greek resistance was finally broken after 40 minutes, with Brazil-born Anfilogino Guarisi opening the scoring. ), Dimitris Tzelepis (chairman of Panthrakikos F.C. ", "Ομολογία - βόμβα για το Ολυμπιακός-Βέροια 3-0", "Olympiakos' Champions League spot safe for now despite owner's crime scandal", "Exclusive: UEFA ethics chief clears Greeks in match-fixing scandal for Europa League - Inside World Football", "Match-fixing case in Greece just adds to sense of Greek chaos", Greek football clubs in European competitions, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2015_Greek_football_match-fixing_scandal&oldid=980532956, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Former Referee Committee substitute president, Involved in and directing a criminal organization, Forced to report to a police station every 15 days, Constituting and directing a criminal organization, This page was last edited on 27 September 2020, at 01:59.

[34], On 18 March 2016, Panathinaikos FC President Giannis Alafouzos sued Mr Marinakis and judges Tziblakis and Poulios for the Koriopolis case.[35]. [1] According to the prosecutor's conclusion, Olympiakos F.C. [33] The board of directors of PAOK also asked the resignation of the Federation's president and the expulsion of all the accused persons from the Greek football, such as arbitration with foreign referees from the next season. Nets rippled across the Old Continent no less than 38 times in 12 encounters, as the clement weather continued to inspire the strikers. Four years earlier, with Europe in the midst of an economic crisis, 13 teams entered the 1930 World Cup in Uruguay by invitation with no qualification process required. [12] Konstantineas refused and Olympiakos were defeated by Xanthi. The Best FIFA Football Awards™ took place on 23 October 2017 at the world-famous London Palladium theatre. In the case intervened the Court of Cassation, the supreme court of Greece for civil and criminal law, and the case for Marinakis is going to be examined again.[41].

That setback all but ends Greece hopes of claiming an automatic spot at the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™ and they will now have to battle with Turkey for a place in the play-offs. Zvjezdan Misimovic pounced on an David Albelda error in the first half to open the scoring for the visitors and they held on to that lead until the very last minute of injury time, when Carlos Marchena grabbed an unlikely equaliser. [8], One of the first actions of the new presidency of HFF was the replacement of the two football prosecutors (Fakos, Antonakakis) with two others (Petropoulos, Karras). With three games left to play, Ukraine (top on 23 points) are seven points clear of Turkey (second on 16 points), the team they entertain on 7 September. Their vital 1-0 win in Estonia (fourth on 11 points) tonight came courtesy of a Cristiano Ronaldo strike and enabled them to maintain their three-point lead over Slovakia, the side they beat last Saturday. For the second time in four days, the qualifiers in Europe were marked by a deluge of goals. As with the majority of the other qualifiers, a return leg was scheduled and expected to take place in Athens. [20], The prosecutor's conclusion goes on mentioning that Super League's control was taken using Marinakis' stated power and economic strength. Their cause was not helped by an early injury to Fernando Torres, but the result leaves their automatic qualifying hopes damaged. The top sides have consistently failed to beat each other, yet have also succeeded in not slipping up against Cyprus and the Faroe Islands. 25 Mar 2019. In Group 3 , Portugal (top on 20 points) can look back on the past week with some satisfaction. Additional suspects include Veria F.C. Please sign in to your FIFA.com user account below. Evangelos Marinakis was questioned on 18 June 2015 and he was released on a €200,000 bail. !Μπείτε στο Facebook μας και κάντε like.Μη διστάσετε να ρωτήσετε το οτιδήποτε. Despite Italy’s friendly defeat to Austria a month previously, and Greece’s win over Bulgaria in February, the Greeks went into the qualifier as huge underdogs.

football director Takis Fyssas testimony. [20] Most important, he managed to influence most of the local Football Clubs Associations across Greece as well as most of the Super League clubs, which out of subordination and financial survival reasons agreed and aided Marinakis' right-hand Giorgos Sarris to become elected as the new president of Greek Football Federation.

Ian Harte and Kevin Kilbane were the scorers for the Irish, who consequently take the lead in this remarkably tight group. Director of Football Giorgos Lanaris and former owner Giorgos Arvanitidis, regarding 6 January 2013 match of Olympiakos F.C. The Best FIFA Football Awards™ Ranking Who We Are ... Meazza stars in unique Greek tragedy. against Veria. Kempes: The moustache had to go.

Club's officials have been recorded by the National Intelligence Service of Greece of even demanding and eventually managing to place in Panionios' manager position Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos, Olympiacos' former goalkeeper, paying half of his contract salary. "Olivier Kapo:" En Grèce, c'est la mafia totale ! [49][50], On 30 June 2015, UEFA's General secretary Gianni Infantino stated that Olympiakos will keep their spot in the Champions League for the time,[51] such as Asteras Tripoli FC.

Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dirk Kuyt, Phillip Cocu on his return to the side, and Robin van Persie all found the target as the Oranje extended their unbeaten run to 11 games. [25] Levadiakos' owner Giannis Kompotis, having acquaintances among the organization's circle, regularly benefit from them. Every great journey, it has been said, begins with a single step. Later, the Court of Arbitration for Sport confirmed the participation of Olympiakos in the Champions League.

promoting to Super League.

It was then decided by FIFA that future World Cup hosts would qualify automatically, starting with France in 1938. A cut above the rest in Group 1 , the Dutch (top with 22 points) and the Czechs (second with 21 points) are now certain of competing for a berth in the global event when they meet in what promises to be a nail-biting clash in Prague on 8 October. Latvia edged out Liechtenstein 1-0 in the other match in the group, a result that has no immediate bearing on the top two places. The decisions that they came up with after their meeting were to support Sarris' candidacy for the presidency of the Greek Football Federation in the upcoming election, aiming to control it, and that Evangelos Marinakis would have a leading role in the organization. [43][44] According to Andreadis, both Marinakis and Arvanitidis had agreed on the match fixing. Despite Italy’s friendly defeat to Austria a month previously, and Greece’s win over Bulgaria in February, the Greeks went into the qualifier as huge underdogs. Denmark (fourth on 12 points) saw off Albania 3-1 to close the gap on the European champions, who now find themselves in a dogfight for second spot. The Iberians face their closest rivals, Serbia and Montenegro (second on 12 points but with a game in hand), in their next game in September and must win that one to reclaim the initiative in the group. Referees, judges, football directors and chairmen are also involved in the scandal.

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