Among others, they refereed the match of Apollon Smyrni F.C. promoting to Super League. against Niki Volou. [54], "Greece charges 41 over match-fixing as football scandal deepens", "Op-Ed: Greek officials still playing dirty", "Sixteen reportedly charged in Greek football match-fixing investigation", "Εισαγγελέας για τους εισαγγελείς υπάρχει;", "Ορίστηκαν οι νέοι αθλητικοί εισαγγελείς", "Olympiakos muss gewinnen: Korruption in Griechenland", "Greek corruption: Olympiacos owner charged in match-fixing ring round-up - Inside World Football", "Matt Scott: Greek football's tragedy is a lesson for us all - Inside World Football", "Greek Coast Guard seize over two tons of heroin", "SPORTSDNA - ΠΟΔΟΣΦΑΙΡΟ - Superleague - Παναθηναϊκός - Χρυσαυγίτες πίσω από τα επεισόδια στο ντέρμπι "αιωνίων, "Panathinaikos and PAOK set to sue Olympiakos to UEFA", "Olympiakos: Grosses Combines et relations troubles".

The goal behind their scheme was to "absolutely control Greek football's fate by the methods of blackmailing and fraud",[2][3][4][5][6][7] exploiting the self-governing ("autonomy") status of national football federations promoted by FIFA and UEFA. Meazza also scored against the USA and grabbed the winner in the replay against La Roja. A cut above the rest in Group 1 , the Dutch (top with 22 points) and the Czechs (second with 21 points) are now certain of competing for a berth in the global event when they meet in what promises to be a nail-biting clash in Prague on 8 October.

Qualifying began in June 1933 and ran up until USA’s final qualifier against Mexico – remarkably just three days before the finals themselves kicked off on 27 May. Club's officials have been recorded by the National Intelligence Service of Greece of even demanding and eventually managing to place in Panionios' manager position Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos, Olympiacos' former goalkeeper, paying half of his contract salary.

Italy lined up in front of 20,000 partisan supporters at the San Siro with the feared forward Giuseppe Meazza in Vittorio Pozzo’s starting XI. Please sign in to your FIFA.com user account below. Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dirk Kuyt, Phillip Cocu on his return to the side, and Robin van Persie all found the target as the Oranje extended their unbeaten run to 11 games.

Kempes: The moustache had to go.

The next qualifiers in the European Zone will be played on 3 September. ), Giorgos Borovilos (president of Asteras Tripolis), Dimitris Bakos (owner of Asteras Tripolis), Michalis Kountouris (president of amateur Olympiacos CFP and board member of Olympiacos F.C.) He is also forced to stop being involved in any football activity, as well as he must report to a police station every 15 days. He described also the Football Federation as a company who "pop in and out the Greek courts" and that Syriza "is going to finish the job". Please sign in to your FIFA.com user account below. In Group 2, European champions Greece fell to a 1-0 defeat by Ukraine on home soil, a result that effectively ends their dreams of finishing the campaign in the top spot.

Βίντεο απο διάφορα παιχνίδια του PS4!! With three games left to play, Ukraine (top on 23 points) are seven points clear of Turkey (second on 16 points), the team they entertain on 7 September. 06 Feb 2019. The other goals were netted by Tomas Rosicky and the top finisher at UEFA EURO 2004, Milan Baros. Switzerland (second on 12 points), Israel (third on ten points) and France (fourth on ten points) are all bunched up behind. Two of the goalscorers against the Greeks would go on to form a crucial part of Pozzo’s squad at the finals, with Ferrari scoring against USA in the opening game as well as the equaliser in the hosts’ first quarter-final clash against Spain. After putting eight past Andorra on Saturday, this time it was the Macedonians who found themselves on the receiving end as they went down 6-1 in Teplice. "Κωσταντινέας: "Παρέα που μπαινοβγαίνει στην Ευελπίδων η ΕΠΟ", "Η ομάδα δεν θα αγωνιστεί στον επαναληπτικό Κυπέλλου", Μήνυση στον Άρειο Πάγο από Αλαφούζο για το «Koriopolis», "Olympiakos owner Vangelis Marinakis banned from football over corruption allegations", "Owner of Greek champions banned over corruption probe", "Greeks send 85 to trial for match-fixing, but Olympiakos boss clears first round - Inside World Football", "Παρέμβαση Αρείου Πάγου για το σκάνδαλο "Koriopolis"! [15][16], Marinakis, Kouridis and Sarris used prepaid mobile phones owned typically by Chinese and Pakistani immigrants so as to communicate avoiding surveillance from the National Intelligence Service of Greece, although they were eventually wiretapped nonetheless.

The 2015 Greek football scandal emerged on 6 April 2015 when prosecutor Aristidis Korreas' 173-page work was revealed. [8], One of the first actions of the new presidency of HFF was the replacement of the two football prosecutors (Fakos, Antonakakis) with two others (Petropoulos, Karras).

With the Italians dominating proceedings from the start, Greek resistance was finally broken after 40 minutes, with Brazil-born Anfilogino Guarisi opening the scoring. The Iberians face their closest rivals, Serbia and Montenegro (second on 12 points but with a game in hand), in their next game in September and must win that one to reclaim the initiative in the group. For their part, the Czechs offered their fans a festival of attacking football before departing on their summer holidays, taking their tally in their last two matches to 14 goals. [33] The board of directors of PAOK also asked the resignation of the Federation's president and the expulsion of all the accused persons from the Greek football, such as arbitration with foreign referees from the next season. For the second time in four days, the qualifiers in Europe were marked by a deluge of goals. Despite Italy’s friendly defeat to Austria a month previously, and Greece’s win over Bulgaria in February, the Greeks went into the qualifier as huge underdogs.

A few others in the line-up would go on to write their names into Italian history, with six of the team that began the game against Greece starting 77 days later in the World Cup Final in Rome.

In Group 2 , European champions Greece fell to a 1-0 defeat by Ukraine on home soil, a result that effectively ends their dreams of finishing the campaign in the top spot. On Sunday, 25 March 1934, a truly unique game took place when Italy played a World Cup qualifier – the only hosts in the history of the competition to do so.

However, the Greeks pulled out, discouraged after the Meazza-inspired hammering they had received in Milan.

[32], On 2 March 2016, the owner oF PAOK FC, Ivan Savvidis, criticized the Hellenic Football Federation's officials and referees, stating at TV that "he is ashamed to be linked with the Greek football" and asked the resignation of Olympiakos' president, Marinakis, and the Federation's president. Telephone tapping operated by the National Intelligence Service of Greece since 2011 has played a significant role in the case.

[27], According to the Greek sports-site sdna.gr the Greek Federation has copied the code of FIFA Ethics Committee, but removing all the rules referring to punishments of officials, aiming to self-protection. Things are getting very tight at the top in Group 7 too, especially after Spain's last-gasp draw with Bosnia-Herzegovina. The decisions that they came up with after their meeting were to support Sarris' candidacy for the presidency of the Greek Football Federation in the upcoming election, aiming to control it, and that Evangelos Marinakis would have a leading role in the organization. The heroes of that Greek victory played another key part in the country’s footballing history; Ferrari featured and Meazza captained Gli Azzurri in their 1938 Final win against Hungary to retain the Jules Rimet trophy. This will allow you to make the most of your account with personalization. [22] According to telephone recordings, Marinakis, along with the president of second-division club Ilioupoli, Giorgos Tsakogiannis, and others, cooperated so that a group of hardcore Olympiakos fans would travel on 13 March 2011 to a third division match and provoke riots to bring about a penalty. [25] Levadiakos' owner Giannis Kompotis, having acquaintances among the organization's circle, regularly benefit from them. Belarus v Scotland finished goalless in Group 5 , a scoreline that does nothing for either side, while Iceland beat Malta 4-1 in Group 8 to pull away from their visitors at the bottom of the table. His heroics for the national side would later see the stadium renamed in his honour, and he would not disappoint the fans that afternoon.

Director of Football Giorgos Lanaris and former owner Giorgos Arvanitidis, regarding 6 January 2013 match of Olympiakos F.C.

Ireland (top on 13 points) travelled north to the Faroe Islands and came away with all three points after enjoying a 2-0 win.

Two months earlier, the hosts had to secure a place in their home finals, and were drawn to face Greece. against Panionios, being ordered to favour Panionios, as well as the match of Levadiakos F.C. Later, the Court of Arbitration for Sport confirmed the participation of Olympiakos in the Champions League.