22/07/2022
Back in 2006, Juventus were relegated to Serie B and stripped of two Serie A titles for their role in a match-fixing scandal that also resulted in fines and points deductions for AC Milan, Fiorentina, Lazio and Reggina.
Many key players left the club afterwards- Fabio Cannavaro and Emerson to Real Madrid, Patrick Vieira and Zlatan Ibrahimović to Inter Milan, Lilian Thuram and Gianluca Zambrotta to Barcelona and Adrian Mutu to Fiorentina.
Some other 'big names' like Alessandro Del Piero, Gianluigi Buffon, Giorgio Chiellini, Pavel Nedvěd, David Trezeguet, Marcelo Zalayeta and Mauro Camoranesi remained at the club and took part in the 2006-07 Serie B season.
Despite starting with a 9-point deduction, Juventus finished top of the Serie B with 85 points and Del Piero emerged Serie B top scorer with 21 goals. And so they gained promotion back to Italy's top-flight division.