1998
Zdenek Zemen accuses Juventus of supplying players with illegal performance enhancing drugs.

1998
Inquiry into doping at Juventus begins.

2001
Edgar Davids failed a drugs test in 2001 while playing for Juventus. He was banned for 16 months.

2001
Juventus club records reveal particularly high haematocrit levels in the blood of several players. On two occassions in that year, tests show that the red blood cell count of midfielder Didier Deschamps exceeded the legally allowed limit cycling. Giuseppe d'Onofrio, a leading haematologist, said that it was 'very probable' that Deschamps had taken performance enhancing drugs.

2003
In October 2003, an Italian pharmacologist told the trial that Juventus had a store containing 281 medicines with at least five prohibited anti-inflammatory drugs. A witness at the trial into doping at Juventus comments on the massive volume of drugs, "either the players were always sick or they took drugs without justification...to improve performance."

2004
In November 2004, a six-year judicial inquiry into doping at Juventus came to an end when club doctor Riccardo Agricola was found guilty of giving players performance-enhancing drugs, including neoton, between 1994 and 1998.

2005
Italian state broadcaster RAI aired a documentary apparently showing Juventus captain Fabio Cannavaro being administered a drug that strengthens the heart on the eve of the 1999 UEFA Cup final.

2009
Juventus captain Fabio Cannavaro fails a drugs test after tests reveal he had taken the banned substance cortisone.

Good sources
Ivan Waddington & Andy Smith, An Introduction to Dugs in Sport: Addicted to Winning? 2009