The “Old Ladies” now have their 15-point deduction reversed by Italian football chiefs, it has been confirmed.
The Serie A now sit third in the league table, forcing Milan giants Inter and AC out of the places with eight games to go.
As well as the points deduction, the FIGC also handed out bans to 11 former and current Juventus executives, preventing them from holding office in Italian football.
The longest single ban – totalling 30 months – was imposed on former Juventus sporting director and current Tottenham managing director Fabio Paratici.
Former president Andrea Agnelli was also handed a 24-month suspension, while vice president Pavel Nedved received an eight-month ban. Both were former members of the club’s board of directors, which resigned en masse in November in response to the probe into the club’s bookkeeping.
The FIGC also requested that the bans it has imposed be extended to “UEFA and FIFA activities” – a move which, if applied, would mean the individuals sanctioned are also prohibited from working in football outside of Italy
Italy’s court had therefore ordered that these sanctions be re-examined. Former player and director Pavel Nedved, Paolo Garimberti and Enrico Vellano were successful with their appeals.
Rather than the club being cleared, Juve's case will now return to the Italian Football Federation appeals court, the body which gave the initial punishment.
With eight games to go in the season, AC Milan have been knocked out of the Champions League places by Juve while Roma drop to fourth.
Juventus chief football officer Francesco Calvo welcomed the decision, saying it provided certainty to theTurin club and the other sides battling to finish in the top four.
"As of today, we finally have certainty and we expect that the points that have been given back to us will remain with us forever," he added.
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