Juventus president hit with year-long ban over ticket sales

Juventus president Andrea Angelli has been banned for a year Monday following accusations of selling match tickets to fans with links to organised crime.

The club has also been fined €300,000, while Agnelli had to cover a personal €20,000 fine, according to The Associated Press.

The punishment could've been worse for the 41-year-old, who was previously threatened with a two-and-a-half-year suspension by the Italian Football Federation and a €50,000 fine.

Agnelli's ban relates to his role in "selling tickets to hard-core 'ultra' fans that encouraged scalping," according to the AP, and comes just three weeks after he was elected as chairman of the 220-member European Club Association.

Agnelli's lawyer said his client intends to appeal the punishment, but the federation's prosecutor, Giuseppe Pecoraro, would like to request a tougher crackdown on the Juve chief.

"I am partially satisfied because we managed to prove everyone's guilt but the facts are so serious that I think they should be punished more," Pecoraro told Italian outlet Ansa, with translation from the AP. "I think the judgment of another court would be useful, taking into account that the resources coming from the ticket scalping went to a criminal organisation, and that is very serious."

One of Angelli's acquaintances when he allegedly authorised the sales of season passes and other tickets was Rocco Dominello, an ultra linked to a notorious Calabrian crime mob who previously served nearly eight years behind bars for scalping. His father, Saverio, was sentenced to 12 years in prison when he was found guilty of scalping in June.

Juventus ticketing director Stefano Merulla and former marketing director Francesco Calvo were also handed one-year bans, while security director Alessandro D'Angelo will serve a 15-month suspension.