Genoa's Serie A promotion celebrations were spoilt Monday when the Italian Soccer Federation (FIGC) called the club's chairman a "danger to sport" for his dodgy dealing.
The dressing-down in the FIGC Disciplinary Commission's explanation of a five-year ban it handed Genoa Chairman Enrico Preziosi in April.
The FIGC banned Preziosi for murky transfer business in the 2003/04 season between Genoa and his former club Como, which subsequently went bankrupt. Genoa was fined 150,000 euros too.
The commission's report on the ban was released the day after Genoa won promotion to the top flight to end a 12-year absence.
A goalless draw in Sunday afternoon's home game with Napoli guaranteed Serie A soccer for both sides next season.
Napoli went up as Serie B runners-up, while third-placed Genoa managed to avoid the play-offs because they finished 10 points ahead of fourth-placed Piacenza, who drew 1-1 with Triestina.
They go up with second-division champs Juventus. Juve won promotion in May after being relegated for the first time in their history last summer for the club's role in the Calciopoli referee-rigging scandal.
It is not the first time Preziosi has had trouble with Italian soccer's disciplinary authorities.
In 2005 Genoa were relegated to the third-division, when he was found guilty of buying the last game of the 2004-05 Serie B season - a 3-2 victory over Venezia.
If the result had stood, it would have won Genoa promotion to the top flight.
The return of Genoa, Napoli and Juve - all former title-winners - has Italian sports fans licking their lips at the prospect of the most exciting championship of recent years.
It means Serie A will have high-voltage derbies in four cities next season - Turin (Torino-Juventus), Genoa (Sampdoria-Genoa), Rome (AS Roma-Lazio) and Milan (Inter Milan-AC Milan).
"Super Serie A" read the front-page headline of sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport on Monday.
The three newcomers have 38 league titles between them - Juve 27, Genoa nine and Napoli two.
So they undoubtedly bring more glamour to the top flight than the three relegated sides they are replacing - Ascoli, Messina and Chievo Verona.
Genoa and Napoli are two of Italy's best-supported teams and their fans are famously passionate. Pundits believe they have big ambitions for their return.
The waking giants will be seeking to do much more than stay up, the pundits say, with UEFA Cup qualification a likely target for both.
Juve will be aiming even higher.
Serie A needs the boost the trio will bring.
Last season's championship was widely regarded as being below par because of Juve's absence and Inter's dominance, which left little doubt about the eventual outcome.
Inter galloped to the title with five games to spare.
Napoli are back in the big time after six seasons away.
Like Genoa, they have also had a spell in their third tier since their last campaign in the first division.
In 2004 Napoli went bankrupt and were demoted to Serie C1 as a result.
