The 5 biggest scandals which shocked the football world

FIFA's corruption

Football's governing body has been caught up in a number of corruption scandals, among other crimes. Several of its members were arrested. Blatter and Platini were forced to resign and were banned from carrying out any FIFA-related activity.

Match fixing in the Bundesliga

In 2005, German referee Robert Hoyzer was jailed for participating in an illegal gambling network. He started to arouse suspicion when he officiated over a cup match between SC Paderborn and Hamburg. Paderborn surprisingly won 4-2 as a result of some highly questionable decisions in their favour. Hoyzer later confessed to attempting to influence the outcome of the match.

Maradona's expulsion from the Argentina squad at the 1994 World Cup

The Golden Boy said farewell to Argentina in this World Cup after testing positive to five illegal substances in a drugs test. The South American side were eliminated in round of 16.

Olympique de Marseille's bribes

French businessman Bernard Tapie took over as president of French side Marseille in 1986 with the aim of winning the Champions League, something which they achieved in 1993. He was convicted of bribing various players from Valenciennes to let his side to win their final game of the season and secure the Ligue 1 title, so his players wouldn't have to exert too much effort before their Champions League final .Their league title was taken away from them and they were relegated to the second tier and banned from European competitions the following year, although they did keep their Champions League title.

Match fixing in Italy

During the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons, intercepted telephone calls helped to reveal several cases of match fixing in Serie A. Milan, Lazio, Fiorentina and Reggina were involved, and they were all given various punishments. Juventus lost their league titles which they had won during those two seasons and they were relegated to Serie B. There were also punishments for members of the Italian FA, directors and referees.