Olympiakos and Atromitos are threatened with relegation, while their owner Evangelos Marinakis and Giorgos Spanos, Portuguese coach Ricardo Sa Pinto and a dozen others are threatened with very serious sanctions, all for corruption and match fixing in Greek soccer, according to a report on Athens radio station Sport FM.

The 15 individuals and the two clubs are accused according to the provisions of Article 27 of the Code of Conduct of the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) about “fixing the result of a match for betting purposes”.

Article 27 provisions point to penalties described in Article 29 of the same code, concerning match manipulation, and bear the heaviest sanctions across the entire Code of Conduct in Greek soccer: They are relegation to the next division and a fine up to 3 million euros for each guilty club, and a lifelong ban from the sport for every individual found to be involved.

The match in question was that between Olympiakos and Atromitos on February 4, 2015 that, Olympiakos won with a 2-1 score.

Among the persons accused are Evangelos Marinakis, owner of Olympiakos as well as Nottingham Forest, Giorgos Spanos who owns Atromitos, former EPO president Giorgos Sarris and vice-president Aristidis Stathopoulos, three more former EPO officials, six former referees and refereeing officials, the Atromitos technical director Yiannis Angelopoulos and former Atromitos manager Ricardo Sa Pinto.

If found guilty, Marinakis will have to relinquish control not only of Olympiakos but also of Nottingham Forest.

Ekathimerini