1980 Totonero

This article is about the 1980 scandal. For the 1986 scandal, see 1986 Totonero.

Totonero 1980 or Totonero was a match-fixing scandal in Italy in 1980 in Serie A and Serie B. The participants in this scandal were Avellino, Bologna, Lazio, Milan, and Perugia of Serie A and Palermo and Taranto of Serie B, all of whom were declared guilty after the trials.[1] Notably, Paolo Rossi was suspended for three years (reduced to two on appeal),[2] and upon his return helped Italy in their successful 1982 FIFA World Cup campaign.[3]

  1. ^ "Quando il pallone si sgonfiò: 40 anni fa lo scandalo-Totonero che travolse la Serie A". Sportmediaset (in Italian). 23 March 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  2. ^ "The worst scandal of them all". BBC. 14 July 2006. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Rossi sinks the Brazilians". BBC. 10 April 2002. Retrieved 18 December 2022.