Spanish football clubs hit by match fixing allegations

Spain’s state prosecutor has summoned representatives from Spanish La Liga Football Clubs, Real Zaragoza and Real Levante regarding suspicious match play and allegations of match fixing regarding a 2011 football match.

The game under investigation took place at the end of the 2010-11 season, when Real Zaragoza beat Real Levante 2-1

The state prosecutor’s office in Madrid announced that a number of players had been summoned for questioning on October 3.

The match under investigation was played during the last round of the 2010-11 season which saw Zaragoza stave off relegation.

Two goals from current Atletico Madrid captain Gabi Fernandez gave Zaragoza run out 2-1 winners.

The La Liga president, Javier Tebas, included the match in a list of nine matches to be investigated in a report in June 2013.

Zaragoza said in a statement that it had ‘no knowledge of any circumstances connected to the investigation’ but that it would ‘cooperate with any requests’ made by the prosecutor.

Match fixing is a crime in Spain and can lead to prison sentences for individuals and a club being banned from official competition.