ROME: Juventus president Andrea Agnelli is free to reclaim full control of his club after having appealed successfully against a full one-year suspension for the sale of tickets to ultras lifted,.

The appeal court of the Italian federation curtailed Agnelli’s suspension as of now although he must pay a €100,000 fine.

The Curva Sud stand at Juventus’ Allianz stadium will be shut for the club’s first Serie A home game of 2018 and a fine for infringing ticket regulations has been doubled from €300,000 to €600,000.

Agnelli’s ban had been an embarrassment for the European Club Association whose 200-plus members had elected him as new chairman in succession to Karl-Heinz Rummenigge only three weeks before the original suspension.

Agnelli’s ECA status earned him one of the organisation’s two seats on the executive committee of European federation UEFA although his ban was  domestic only and had never been extended to UEFA or FIFA.

Allegedly Agnelli he authorised the sale of season passes and other tickets. He had 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 touting.

Dominello’s father, Saverio Dominello, was sentenced to 12 years in prison by a court in Turin in June for his role in the scalping case.

Agnelli said the meetings came only with large numbers of other fans at celebratory occasions and that the club never intended to engage in illegal activity.

Juventus security director Alessandro D’Angelo was banned for 15 months while ticketing director Stefano Merulla and former marketing director Francesco Calvo were also handed one-year suspensions.

Each of the four has also been fined €20,000 for violating sporting integrity and illicit relations with fans.

Agnelli, 41, has led Juventus, the club his family has owned for nearly a century, since 2010.

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