Football scandal the manipulations are called of soccer games, which admits Robert Hoyzer in the course of the determinations against the German football arbitrator in January 2005 became.

The football scandal 2005 is considered as the largest affair in the German football since the federal league scandal in the season 1970/71, as numerous players, coach and functionaries was involved in play shifts.

Overview

Hoyzer admitted, plays of the 2. Soccer federal league, DFB cup and football regional league so shifted to have that the desired results, on which was bet before it came out. Plays from the soccer federal league were not concerned. Beyond that accused of Hoyzer further arbitrators and players to be complicated into the scandal.

A Vorsperre received the secondary league arbitrator Dominik Marks. The DFB saw it as proven on that Marks of two plays from the regional league and the 2. Federal league manipulated. Hoyzer had loaded Marks with its hearings. According to Hoyzer Marks shifted the portions and took but 6,000 euro of Croatian clients. The regional league portion of Hertha BSC Berlin amateurs against Arminia Bielefeld amateurs, led by Marks, was repeated (see below).

The confessing Hoyzer, which sat because of danger of absconding temporarily in remand, was condemned on 17 November 2005 by the regional court Berlin to one detention by two years and five months without probation. Since it is to have implemented the bets as well as three Croatian accomplices, bind and professional fraud was charged to it.

In connection with the scandal the DFB arbitrator Torsten Koop was suspended, since he had reported too late of an enlisting attempt Hoyzers.

History

Uncovering the scandal

The four arbitrators Lutz Michael merry, Olaf flower stone, Manuel as well as Felix Zwayer spoke at the beginning of January 2005 with the guidance persons of the DFB over them admit become suspicious factors against Robert Hoyzer.

After becoming known the reproaches Robert Hoyzer laid down first his office for arbitrator. Robert Hoyzers attorney Dr. Stephan getting hoping doorman accused then however to the DFB: "“Which the connecting with my mandator made with the hearing, was no investigation, but an execution."” The lawyer contested the declaration of withdrawal of Robert Hoyzer with the DFB and explained that its mandator had not withdrawn so far yet effectively from the association Hertha BSC Berlin and this will not also do. Robert Hoyzer wants to be further as arbitrators active. Getting hoping doorman successfully represented already twice old Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl.

Hoyzer stood since beginning of the season 2002/2003 on the DFB arbitrator list and led up to its resignation twelve plays of the 2. Soccer federal league, furthermore meetings in the DFB cup and in the regional league (see list below).

Newspapers reported directly after the confession, Hoyzer regularly contact to the Croatian mafia would have had. DFB Pressechef Harald Stenger confirmed, references would be present that it gives connections to a Croatian Wettmafia to Berlin. The suspicion was located in the area that organized criminality puts behind. Several plays were systematically manipulated. After Hoyzer had put its detailed confession down, on 28 January 2005 four objects in Berlin were scanned and three suspected provisionally arrested. Investigators of the police scanned among other things the King in Berlin Charlottenburg. Because of fraud and corruption the public prosecutor's office determines Berlin. Three provisionally of the arresting were taken in remand.

The former FIFA Fussballschiedsrichter, the control system of the federation criticized light courage jug, director/conductor of the DFB Schiedsrichterabteilung, because it was already longer well-known the DFB that Robert Hoyzer made dubious decisions. In the DFB Pokalspiel between Paderborn and Hamburg an arbitrator observer in the stadium was not even. "“The first round in the cup is never occupied. Only in the federal league there are observers, who make written reports"”, so to jug with each play.

The fraud suspicion against three players of Hertha BSC Berlin from the soccer federal league could not be confirmed. On 29 January 2005 the arrested Milan S. and its brother Philip S. had loaded the players Alexander Madlung, Nando Rafael and Josip Simunic. They would have belonged to the guests of the Sportwetten King operated by Milan Sapina. The DFB Pokalspiel between Hertha and Regionalligist Braunschweig on 22 September 2004 moved into the center, there with the second round play in Braunschweig both Rafael, Simunic and Madlung to the employment came and the citizens of Berlin surprisingly with 2:3 lost. The crucial hit for Braunschweig fell by a self-gate in the 80. Minute - of Madlung. It had been exchanged four minutes before. The association Hertha BSC Berlin took however its three players in protection.

Consequences for Hoyzer

Despite the first Unschuldsbekundigungen Hoyzer put a confession down on 27 January 2005 surprisingly: The accusations are stimmig in the core. Since however its membership had not been quit with Hertha BSC yet, it was further subjected to the power of punishment of the DFB. The DFB committee of control requested with the sport court to impose an immediate Vorsperre against Robert Hoyzer. Hoyzer joined the Essener association of sport friends Steele 09 and announced to want to place itself nevertheless to the judgement of the DFB Sportgerichts. Became simultaneous admits, which considers DFB doing because of Hoyzers willing to cooperate shank without the originally demanded fine of 50.000 "€. However Robert Hoyzer became on 28 April 2005 of the DFB lifelong closed. It may function neither as arbitrators nor as coaches, players or youth responsible persons with the DFB. Hoyzer accepted the federation-internal judgement, which is valid thereby. On the other hand the criminal condemnation Hoyzers is not yet valid by the regional court Berlin because of aid to the bind-moderate fraud to one imprisonment of 2 years and 5 months without probation.

Remuneration and repetitions of play

The manipulation suspicion concerned first the DFB Pokalspiel of the first round from 21 August 2004 between the sports club Paderborn 07 and that Hamburg sports association, which had gone surprisingly with 4:2 to end, after it had given two very disputed and one to likewise disputed place reference against the HSV. That Hamburg sports association had later inserted protest against the valuation of this play and the red map imposed by Hoyzer against Emile Mpenza. On 11 February 2005 the DFB Sportausschuss decided that there could not be a repetition play, since meanwhile already two further rounds in the DFB cup were played. As remuneration Hamburg sports association 500,000 euro and the incomes were awarded to that of approximately 1.5 millions euro from an international match of the German national team, which was to be delivered in that Hamburg AOL arena. The HSV Mpenza was begnadigt after his red map in the appropriate play and its barrier was cancelled.

The play from the second federal league between LR awls and Wacker castle living, which the confessing impartial Hoyzer had led and had shifted, was again set. The sport court of the German football federation set thereby in the history of the German football the repetition of a play before criminal background for the first time, by allowing to the objection of castle living.

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