By Andrew Warshaw
June 7 – The latest round of match-fixing allegations in Italian football has implicated 33 players and officials associated with Bari in 2008 and 2009.
The charges relate to two Serie B matches – Bari-Treviso (0-1) in May 2008 and Salernitana-Bari (3-2) in May 2009.
The biggest name on the list is that of Torino and Belgian international goalkeeper Jean-François Gillet (pictured), who played for Bari from 2000 – 2011. The 34-year-old faces charges of sporting fraud and, if found guilty, could face a five-year ban.
Others cited include Bari captain Francesco Caputo and ex-Juventus assistant coach and Bari player Cristian Stellini.
Inter Milan defender Andrea Ranocchia and Juventus coach Antonio Conte, who were both with Bari at the time of the alleged offences, have been cleared of any wrongdoing. Conte served a four-month touchline ban last season for failing to report attempted match-fixing while at Siena. He was coach of Bari from 2007-2009.
Bari now risk starting next season with another points penalty, having already been docked seven for their involvement in other match-fixing cases in the recently concluded season in which it finished 10th in Serie B.
At least 50 people have been arrested in Italy for match-fixing since the middle of 2011, with scores more still under investigation throughout the country.
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