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The Independent
3 days ago
- Business
- The Independent
Sampdoria handed relegation lifeline as former Italian champions look to avoid new low
Former Italian champions Sampdoria have been handed a dramatic relegation reprieve despite finishing the season in the bottom three after Brescia were dealt a points deduction. The club appeared to have sealed their fate of a first-ever demotion to the Italian third tier when ending the Serie B campaign in 18th, one of three automatic relegation places. However, Brescia have now suffered a four-point deduction for financial irregularities, meaning Sampdoria have leapt above them into the relegation play-off, which are contest between 16th and 17th. Having never competed outside of Italy's top two divisions in their 79-year history, the club will now have the chance to avoid an ignominious new low against Salernitana, who are hoping to avoid back-to-back relegations after finishing rock bottom of Serie A in 2023/24. Sampdoria are not the only beneficiary of Brescia's punishment, with Frosinone - originally due to vie for survival in the play-off on May 19 - moving one place up and out of the play-off places. Italian football watchdog Covisoc's investigation of Brescia threw Serie B relegation proceedings into disarray, informing the league of their probe into the club five days after the conclusion of the regular season. This led to the play-off to be suspended amid the uncertainty of Brescia's status in the league. On top of the four-point deduction in the 2024/25 campaign, Brescia will also start their 2025/26 Serie C season with a four-point penalty. Their owner, former Leeds United chief Massimo Cellino, and his son and board member Edoardo, have been handed sixth-month bans. Sampdoria won Serie A in 1991 and last played in the top flight in 2023, having spent 18 of their last 19 seasons at the highest level of Italian football. Despite teetering on the brink of a first-ever relegation to Serie C, their squad boasts notable ex-Premier League stars in former Liverpool and Sunderland striker Fabio Borini, as well as M'Baye Niang, once of Watford and AC Milan.
Reuters
3 days ago
- Business
- Reuters
Brescia relegated to Serie C after points deduction, Sampdoria to contest play-out
May 29 (Reuters) - Italian side Brescia have been relegated to Serie C after they were docked eight points by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) on Thursday for a series of financial violations, meaning Sampdoria will contest a play-out to stay in the division. Brescia, who finished their Serie B campaign 15th and had avoided the relegation play-out thanks to head-to-head goal difference over 16th Frosinone, were deducted four points in the current season which dropped them to the third tier. They will serve another four-point deduction in the 2025-26 season. The club's president Massimo Cellino, formerly in charge of Leeds United, and managing director Edoardo Cellino were handed six-month bans by a FIGC tribunal. The bottom three teams in Serie B automatically drop to the third tier, while the teams finishing 16th and 17th contest a play-out to stay up. Brescia's relegation means that Frosinone earned Serie B safety, while Salernitana will face Sampdoria instead in the decider. The ruling is subject to appeal, a verdict of which is expected on June 12, Italian news agency ANSA reported. The play-out first leg is expected to be played on June 15, local media said.
New York Times
3 days ago
- Business
- New York Times
Brescia relegated to Serie C after points deduction, Sampdoria in relegation play-off
Brescia have been relegated to Italy's Serie C after being deducted four points for financial irregularities, meaning Sampdoria will now take part in a relegation play-off game, despite finishing the season in the relegation places. Frosinone, who were originally scheduled to play Salernitana in the play-off on May 19, move up one place as a result of Brescia's docked points and are now safe from relegation. Advertisement Three teams are relegated automatically from Serie B, with 16th and 17th contesting a relegation play-off. The Italian football watchdog has been investigating financial irregularities at Brescia, throwing the conclusion of the Serie B season into chaos. The investigation was related to an irregularity in their payment of salaries and tax contributions in February. Covisoc — Italian football's supervisory body — informed the league of the investigation five days after the conclusion of the regular season and the play-off was postponed amid the uncertainty. Brescia originally finished 15th in Serie B on 43 points. Having been found to have breached the rules, their four-point deduction takes them into 18th and into the automatic relegation places. This moves previously-relegated Sampdoria into the relegation play-off, where they will take on Salernitana, and guarantees Frosinone's Serie B safety. Sampdoria have never played outside the top two divisions of Italian football in their 79-year history. Brescia have also been handed a four-point penalty for the 2025-26 season. Brescia most recently played in Serie A in 2019-20 and are owned by former Leeds United owner Massimo Cellino, who, alongside his son and board member Edoardo, have been handed a sixth-month ban. Following the announcement of the investigation, Brescia released a statement reading: 'Brescia announces that it will appeal to any sporting and non-sporting body to protect its position, believing that it has correctly complied with the federal deadlines.' (Image)
Daily Record
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Daily Record
Sampdoria in relegation reprieve after bombshell Serie B twist hands former Scudetto winners a lifeline
Sampdoria were relegated to Italy's third tier for the first time in 79 years earlier this week - but that could be about to change Former Serie A powerhouses Sampdoria suffered the ignominy of becoming one of the few former Scudetto winners to drop to Italy's third tier when they were relegated from Serie B earlier this week. But in a a bombshell development that can be considered quite normal in Italian football, the Genoese club are now set to be handed the chance to retain their status in the second division. After a dismal campaign which saw them win just eight of their 38 league matches, I Blucerchiati were sent down to Serie C for the first time in 79 years - despite the return of club legends Alberico Evani and Attilo Lombardo in the coaching department to try to spark a late revival. Sampdoria famously won the Serie A title back in 1991 with a side that boasted world class talents including ex Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini, the late Gianluca Vialli and future Dundee player/manager Ivano Bonetti, reaching the final of the European Cup in the following season where they lost out to Barcelona. But the club has been on the decline in recent years and were relegated back to Serie B at the end of the 2022/23 season after 11 years in the top-flight. And while their misery was poised to continue, problems elsewhere in the league are set to give them a lifeline to avoid a second relegation in three seasons. Sampdoria finished the season in 18th place on 41 points - with the bottom three sides in the 20-team league automatically going down - just below Frosinone and Salernitana in 16th and 17th position respectively, with those two teams facing off in a two-legged relegation-play off to determine who stays in the division. But it has now been all but confirmed that 15th place Brescia - who finished the season on 43 points will be hit with a four point deduction for unpaid player wages that will see them drop below Sampdoria and be relegated to the third tier. In turn, that will mean that Frosinone will be guaranteed safety by moving up to 15th position, leaving Salertinana and Samp to battle it out to retain their Serie B status. The news will be welcomed by some Italian football fans in the UK, who grew up watching Sampdoria on Channel 4's weekly show Football Italia, which ran from 1992 to 2004. The popular programme - which was hosted by James Richardson - attracted more than three million viewers in its pomp. As well as showing the highlights from each game, also included interviews and famous skits from some of the biggest names in Serie A at the time, such as Paul Gascoigne, Roberto Baggio and Paul Ince.
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
🚨Serie B shock: Brescia face -4 and drop, Samp to play-offs?
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here. Incredible earthquake in Serie B after the season has ended. Due to serious irregularities, Brescia is heading towards a 4-point penalty and consequent relegation to Serie C, which would potentially save Frosinone directly and allow Sampdoria to play the playouts against Salernitana. The scoop was reported by Gazzetta dello Sport. "The upheaval is due to an irregularity committed by Brescia at the February deadline for the payment of salaries and contributions. Massimo Cellino's club allegedly covered the tax portion with tax credits that turned out to be non-existent. When such operations occur, Covisoc carries out the necessary checks with the Revenue Agency, and the response times were extremely long. In fact, Covisoc's letter was dated February 28, while the Agency's response only arrived last Friday, May 16, notifying that the credits declared by Brescia were actually non-existent. On Saturday the 17th, Covisoc forwarded the documents to the FIGC Prosecutor's Office, which on Sunday the 18th sent the notice of conclusion of the investigation. In short, the FIGC sped up its entire procedure as much as possible, but the timing of the Revenue Agency disrupted everything." Meanwhile, Lega B has officially suspended the playouts. Below is the statement. The President of the National Professional League B, • having seen the notice of conclusion of the investigation sent to the LNPB by the Federal Prosecutor's Office today, following the findings and the investigative activities carried out as a result of the report; • having acknowledged the statement therein of the facts for which the Federal Prosecutor's Office communicates its current intention to proceed with referral, the rules that are assumed to have been violated, as well as the invitation to make the appropriate assessments regarding the regular conduct of the Competition and the consequent scheduling of matches; • considering the potential impact of the above on the final standings and, as a result, on the scheduling of the Play-Out matches of the Serie BKT 2024/2025 Championship; • considering the need to protect fair competition and safeguard the regularity of the Championship, as well as the organizational and sporting planning needs of the Clubs; • taking into account art. 27.2 of the LNPB Statute; orders the postponement of the Play-Out matches of the Serie BKT 2024/2025 Championship, scheduled for May 19 and 26, 2025 as per 202 of May 10, 2025 and 209 of May 14, 2025, to a date to be determined. 📸 Emilio Andreoli - 2020 Getty Images
