Italian football champions Juventus have been relegated to Serie B, along with Lazio and Fiorentina, over a match-fixing scandal.
AC Milan will remain in Serie A but was given a 15-point penalty from the start of next season.
The Italian Football Federation punished them for conspiring to rig matches in the top division during the 2004/05 season.
Serie A champions Juventus were also deducted 30 points from start of next season and stripped of their last two Serie A titles.
Club president Giovanni Cobolli Gigli said: "This verdict is unheard of.
"We could have expected relegation to the second division but to be also handed a 30-point deduction is almost like relegation to the third division."
Fiorentina was deducted 12 points and Lazio lost seven. All four teams will not play in European tournaments next season.
The decision came five days after Italy won its fourth World Cup title defeating France in the final in Berlin.
Thirteen of the 23-man Italian squad that won Sunday's cup final belong to the four teams hit by the penalties.
The rulings are bound to spark a massive sell-off of some of the world's finest players.
Juventus was at the centre of the scandal, which erupted in May, and hung over Italian players throughout the World Cup.
Phone taps revealed the club's former general manager Luciano Moggi had discussed refereeing appointments with federation officials.
All those found guilty can appeal, but the appeals process must be completed by July 25.
The verdicts mean Italy's entrants in the Champions League will be Inter Milan, Roma, Chievo and Palermo. Livorno, Parma and Empoli will compete in the UEFA Cup.
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