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Parmalat: Parmalat is the largest Italian
food company and the fourth largest in Europe, controlling 50% of the
Italian
market in milk and milk-derivative products. Suddenly, it was
discovered
that its claimed liquidity of 4 billion euro did not exist, and that EU
8
million in bonds of investors' money had evaporated as well. Parmalat
is
the largest bankruptcy in European history, representing 1.5% of
Italian
GNP—proportionally larger than the combined ratio of the Enron and
WorldCom
bankruptcies to the U.S. GNP.
Parmalat's founder and now former CEO Calisto Tanzi engaged
the firm in several exotic enterprises, such as a tourism agency called
Parmatour, and the purchase of the local
soccer club Parma. Huge sums were poured into these two
enterprises, which have been a loss from the very beginning. It has
been reported that Parmatour, now closed, has a loss of at least
EU 2 billion, an incredibly high figure for a tourist agency.
It is now being
discovered that over the years, Parmalat had become a tool of the
banks, which had invented, built up, and managed the speculative
scheme. Which banks? The list currently investigated by prosecutors in
Parma and Milan reads like the Burke's Peerage of the international
financial system: Bank of America, Citicorp, J.P. Morgan, Deutsche
Bank, Banco Santander, ABN; it goes on with all the largest Italian
banks: Capitalia (Rome), S. Paolo-IMI (Turin), Intesa-BCI (Milan),
Unicredito (Genoa-Milan), Monte dei Paschi (Siena), to name just a few.
Nevio Scala(source wikipedia)
Nevio Scala (born November 22, 1947) is an Italian
football coach and former player.
Scala was born in Lozzo Atestino, (Province of Padua, Veneto). As a
player, he was a midfielder in Roma, Milan, Vicenza, Internazionale,
Foggia and Monza.
As a coach, he brought Reggina to
Serie B in 1988, and was later called to replace Arrigo Sacchi as
manager of Parma. He held that
position for six years, turning the team into a major one in the
Italian Serie A and winning a Cup Winners' Cup in 1992, a UEFA Cup in
1995 and an European Super Cup in 1997.
Reggina Calcio(source wikipedia)
Reggina Calcio is the main football club of the Italian city of Reggio
Calabria, Calabria. It was founded in 11 January 1914 as "Unione
Sportiva Reggio Calabria". Then it changed its name many times: S.C.
Reggio, Reggio F.B.C., A.S. Reggina, S.S. La Dominante, A.S. Reggina,
and finally Reggina Calcio. Its stadium is the 27,763 seater Stadio
Oreste Granillo. Reggina for a long period of time, have been fierce
rivals with neighbours Messina, who are just a 15 minute ferry ride
away from each other. Two times every season they clash in the 'Derby
dello Stretto' (Derby of the straits). Over the last few years battles
have been close with Reggina having a slight advantage in victories.
Reggina were recently indicted for sporting fraud as part of the second
wave of Calciopoli investigations. The trial began on August 13, 2006.
FIGC's Stefano Palazzi asked to relegate the club to Serie B with a
15-point deduction. On August 17, 2006, Italy's football tribunal
reached a verdict that Reggina would remain in Serie A for the 06-07
season, but with a 15-point deduction. [1] Reggina appealed the
decision, and on December 12, 2006, it was reduced to 11 points[2].
Parma Team
(source
wikipedia)
Parma Football Club (formerly Parma Associazione
Calcio) is an Italian football club based in Parma, Emilia-Romagna,
nicknamed Ducali (The Duchy Men), Crociati (Crusaders) and Gialloblu
(Yellow-Blues). The club plays its home matches in the 29,050 seater
Stadio Ennio Tardini.
Parma were a top-flight team in Italian football in the 1990s,
especially in the domestic and European Cup competitions, having been
crowned UEFA Cup. Following the Parmalat scandal which caused the
owning company to collapse, Parma has experienced a troubled period,
having been under controlled administration until January 2007 and
always fighting hard to avoid relegation.
Nevio Scala stepped into Sacchi's place as the new manager of Parma.
Scala brought the club into the top flight for the first time in the
clubs history, on May 27, 1990. Parma beat their old rivals Reggiana
2-0 at home to secure it, thanks to goals from Marco Osio and
Alessandro Melli. Their first ever game in Serie A was a 2-1 defeat to
Turin giants Juventus. Their first Serie A victory came 15 days later,
against Diego Maradona's Napoli, the game ended 1-0.
The promotion attracted many foreign talents to the club, this
achievement was paid for by the multinational dairy concern Parmalat,
who had become the club's new sponsor and taken a 45% stake. A new era
for Parma had begun, what is described by fans as their "Golden Period".
Parma ended ther first ever season in Serie A in sixth place, which
meant they qualified for the UEFA Cup. However, the 1991-92 season saw
Parma exit from the UEFA Cup to CSKA Sofia. Domestically the club was
having more success, securing the Italian Cup with a 2-0 victory
against Juventus. An Italian player at the club, Alberto Di Chiara, was
called up to the national side.
Their first international throphy was won in 1992-93, Parma won the Cup
Winners' Cup, beating Royal Antwerp 3-1 at Wembley in England on May
12, 1993. The following season, the club were successful in the
European Super Cup; winning an all Italian final 2-0 over A.C. Milan.
The same season however, they lost the Cup Winners' Cup, 1-0 in the
final against Arsenal. The 1994-1995 season saw perhaps their greatest
achievement to date, when they beat Italian rivals Juventus in the UEFA
Cup Final.
Chelsea
F.C. (London)(source wikipedia)
Chelsea Football Club (also known as The Blues or previously The
Pensioners) are an English professional football club based in west
London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent
most of their history in the top tier in English football. They have
had two broad periods of success, one during the 1960s and early 1970s,
and the second from the late 1990s to the present day. Chelsea have won
three league titles, four FA Cups, four League Cups and two UEFA Cup
Winners' Cups.[2]
After a long-running legal battle, Bates reunited the stadium freehold
with the club in 1992 by doing a deal with the banks of the property
developers, who had been bankrupted by a market crash.[12] Chelsea's
form in the new Premier League was unconvincing, although they did
reach the FA Cup final in 1994. It was not until the appointment of
former European Footballer of the Year Ruud Gullit as player-manager in
1996 that their fortunes changed. He added several top-class
international players to the side, particularly Gianfranco Zola, as the
club won the FA Cup in 1997 and established themselves as one of
England's top sides again. Gullit was replaced by Gianluca Vialli, who
led the team to victory in the League Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup in
1998, the FA Cup in 2000 and the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals
in 2000. Vialli was sacked in favour of another Italian, Claudio
Ranieri, who guided Chelsea to the 2002 FA Cup final and Champions
League qualification in 2002–03.
FIGC
(Federazione Nazionale Italiana Giuoco Calcio)
National Soccer Federation . www.figc.it
The 2006
Serie a scandal (wikipedia
source)
The 2006 Serie A scandal (Italian more common names: Calciopoli or
Moggiopoli, sometimes referred to as Calciocaos[1]) involved alleged
match fixing in Italy's top professional football league, Serie A. The
scandal was uncovered in May 2006 by Italian police, implicating league
champions Juventus, and other major teams including A.C. Milan,
Fiorentina, Lazio, and Reggina when a number of telephone interceptions
showed a thick network of relations between team managers and referee
organisations. Juventus were the champions of Serie A at the time. The
teams have been accused of rigging games by selecting favourable
referees.
The scandal first came to light as a consequence of investigations of
Naples prosecutors on the Italian football agency GEA world.
Transcripts of recorded telephone conversations published in Italian
newspapers suggested that during the 2004-05 season, Juventus general
manager Luciano Moggi had conversations with several officials of
Italian football to influence referee appointment. The name Calciopoli
is a pun on Tangentopoli, [rough English translation:Bribesville], a
corruption-based attitude starting in the early 80s and ending with the
Mani Pulite investigation in the early 90s, led by, among others,
Antonio di Pietro. Another very common name for Calciopoli is
Moggiopoli after the name of Luciano Moggi. Also Calciogate, a pun on
Watergate, is used. Calcio means football in Italian.
Gianfranco
Zola(wikipedia
source)
Gianfranco Zola OBE (born July 5, 1966 in Oliena, Sardinia) footballer.
He spent the first decade of his career in Italy, most notably with
Napoli and Parma, before moving to English side Chelsea, where he was
voted Football Writers' Player of the Year in 1997
Gianluca
Pessotto(wikipedia
source)
Gianluca Pessotto (born August 11, 1970) is an Italian former
footballer who played with Juventus for the majority of his career. A
versatile player, Pessotto was able to play as a full back or
midfielder, preferably on the left side Pessotto's fall from a
building
Pessotto survived a 15-metre fall from a a fourth story window at the
headquarters of Juventus, on 27 June 2006. As he was holding a rosary,
it is believed that he was attempting suicide. To date, there has been
no proof supporting this speculation (His suicide attempt coincides
with widening investigations regarding possible match fixing amongst
Italy's top clubs including Juventus, where Pessotto is Sports
Director. Though not implicated in the scandal, Pessotto was said to be
feeling depressed and unhappy with his role at the club. He suffered
multiple fractures and internal bleeding from the fall. On 17th July
2006 the medical staff declared him out of danger and stated that he
will not have long-term mental damage or physical paralysis).
Lazio
Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as simply Lazio or the
abbreviation SS Lazio, is an Italian professional sports club most
noted for its football section, based in Rome,.
Sergio
Cragnotti
Sergio Cragnotti (born January 9, 1940 in Rome) is an Italian
entrepreneur and author.
One of the most high-profile and wealthy business figures in Italy in
recent times, Cragnotti is best known for having been President of S.S.
Lazio. However, his most influential position was as head of food
conglomerate Cirio. This company included all Cirio food brands as well
as those of the acquired Del Monte Foods International from the late
1990s. The corporation disintergrated after it defaulted on a 150
million eurobond and was subsequently placed into administration. In
1992 Cragnotti bought football team S.S. Lazio from previous owner
Calleri. The Cragnotti family owned 80% of the Cirio group which in
turn owned a 51% stake in the Roman club, all of which was seized by
the banks and subsequently sold off.
Cragnotti was arrested in February 2004 and released in August of the
same year from prison in the aftermath of the Cirio collapse and
scandal.
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