Juventus have had their appeal against the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) for its refusal to pay damages relating to the 2006 match-fixing scandal rejected by the regional administrative court (TAR) of the state of Lazio.
Juve were relegated to Serie B and docked points after being found guilty of running an "illicit system influencing games in the 2004-05 season," according to the official findings of a trial into the Calciopoli scandal.
The Turin-based club were not happy with the findings of that investigation and launched a legal bid for compensation from the Italian Football Association (FIGC). They demanded a payment of almost €440 million to cover the damages -- both financial and moral -- they incurred from being relegated, but FIGC rejected their claim.
The sports tribunal declared in 2011 that it could not rule on the issue, which is why Juve instead took their claim to the regional administrative court of Lazio, who dismissed it on Tuesday as "unfounded and inadmissible."
"The entire issue has already been dealt with in a previous claim, presented also by Juventus, in 2006 and then abandoned by the club, who preferred instead to take it to arbitration, where they did not succeed," read the statement from TAR, published by ANSA. "The TAR cannot deliberate on something that arbitration has already deliberated on."
Juve were not only stripped of their 2005 Scudetto, but the 2006 title which they also won was instead awarded to Inter Milan.
The Bianconeri returned to the top flight after just one season in Serie B, under the guidance of current France coach Didier Deschamps, although they did not win Serie A again until 2012, under Antonio Conte. Since then, they have gone on to win the last five league titles.
