Italian Serie B club Juve Stabia under judicial supervision for mafia infiltration

Italian football club SS Juve Stabia has been placed under judicial administration for alleged mafia infiltration, Italian prosecutors and police said on Tuesday.

Juve Stabia is based in Castellammare di Stabia, close to the city of Naples, where the Italian crime group Camorra has its roots. The team is currently in seventh place in Serie B.

Extensive investigations have revealed “a system of mafia-like influence over the economic activities of the football club” by a local Camorra clan, Naples prosecutors and police and the national anti-mafia prosecutor in a joint statement.

The current owners of Juve Stabia «inherited long-standing economic relationships that were subject to the influence of the mafia from the beginning,» and «failed to implement adequate control and prevention mechanisms,» the statement said.

Brera Holdings, an Ireland-based holding company listed on the Nasdaq and focused on expanding its portfolio of football teams through a multi-club ownership strategy (MCO), bought a 52% stake in the club in June.

Juve Stabia and Brera did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

People linked to the Camorra’s D’Alessandro clan controlled club operations, including ticket sales, catering, cleaning, health care and even, until last year, travel services for the first team, prosecutors and police said.

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“Players just had to play, while the Camorra took care of the rest,” Naples prosecutor Nicola Gratteri said at a news conference.

“It was a complete, all-round package,” he said.

The judicial administration allows the club to continue its sporting activities, but places them under the supervision of administrators appointed by the court.

The measure “aims to restore legality and transparency in management, interrupt the mafia facilitation circuit that has taken root and return the club to conditions of autonomy, integrity and operational compliance,” prosecutors and police said.

Prosecutors in the southern Italian region of Calabria took the same step last month against third-tier club Crotone, one of a series of investigations into alleged infiltration of the activities of football clubs and hardline fan groups by organized crime.

Published on October 21, 2025