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Juventus president Andrea Agnelli looks on during the Italian Serie A match against Napoli at the Juventus Stadium in Turin in this May 23 Rush LeSean McCoy Jersey , 2015, photo.
Juventus president Andrea Agnelli was banned for one year by the Italian soccer federation on Monday for his role in selling tickets to hardcore "ultra" fans that encouraged scalping.


The court also fined Juventus 300,000 euros (US$350 Rush Jim Kelly Jersey ,000).


The ban comes less than three weeks after Agnelli was elected to chair the 220-member European Club Association.


"Having taken note of today's decision by the FIGC's National Tribunal, Juventus preannounces its appeal to the FIGC Court of Appeal in the full conviction of its own good arguments, which have still not found adequate recognition Cheap LeSean McCoy Jersey ," the Serie A club said in a statement.


"The club expresses its own satisfaction because today's sentence, even though it inflicted heavy bans on the president and other people involved, has 'after extensive evaluation of the evidentiary material' (page 11 of the sentence) excluded all alleged links with representatives of organized crime."


Federation prosecutor Giuseppe Pecoraro also said he would appeal for a harsher sentence. Pecoraro requested a 2 12-year suspension Cheap Jim Kelly Jersey , a fine and an order to force Juventus to play two home matches behind closed doors.


"I am partially satisfied because we managed to prove everyone's guilt but the facts are so serious that I think they should be punished more," Pecoraro told Italian news agency Ansa. "The judgment of another court would be useful, taking into account that the resources coming from the ticket scalping went to a criminal organization LeSean McCoy Jersey , and that is very serious."


Agnelli allegedly authorized the sale of season passes and other tickets. He has acknowledged meeting with Rocco Dominello, an "ultra" fan linked to the Calabrian 'ndrangheta crime mob who has since been sentenced to nearly eight years in prison for scalping.


But Agnelli said the meetings came only with large numbers of other fans at celebratory