US EditionTurkey investigating over 150 referees for betting on soccer matches
The Turkish Football Federation found 152 referees actively betting on matches over five years, with penalties including bans of up to one year, officials said.
- Turkey's Football Federation will take disciplinary action against referees discovered to have betting accounts, according to TFF president Ibrahim Haciosmanoglu.
- A TFF investigation found that 371 out of 571 active referees in Turkey had betting accounts, with 152 actively gambling.
- The findings include seven top referees and 42 referees who bet on over 1,000 matches each.
- Those found guilty of betting may face bans from officiating, ranging from three months to one year, under Article 57 of TFF's disciplinary code.
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Players may also be involved in the betting scandal that rocked Turkish football on Monday.
152 referees are said to have placed bets, the focus of the investigation should now be on clubs and professionals.
In Turkey, hundreds of football referees, some of whom operate at the national level, bet on matches in violation of a ban, said Monday 27 October the president of the Turkish Football Federation (TFF), promising immediate sanctions. This internal investigation is coupled with a judicial investigation by the Istanbul Public Prosecutor's Office.
A few days after the revelations in the basketball professional league NBA, the headlines belong to Turkish football. According to the president of the football association TFF, a Ref alone placed more than 18,000 sports betting.
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