Parma will start the 2018-19 Serie A season with a five-point deduction after striker Emanuele Calaio was judged to have sent "suspicious messages" to a rival player ahead of a decisive match in May.
Calaio, meanwhile, has been banned for two years and fined €20,000 for sending text messages to Spezia defender Filippo De Col before the teams met in a Serie B promotion clash on May 18.
Parma, who risked defaulting on their historic promotion to the top flight over the affair, needed to win at Spezia while hoping Frosinone failed to do so against Foggia.
That scenario occurred, with a 2-0 triumph and Frosinone's 2-2 draw sealing Parma's return to Serie A just three years after their reformation in the fourth tier following bankruptcy.
A statement published on figc.it confirmed the hefty sanction for Calaio, 36, and declared that Parma would head into their next domestic campaign at a five-point disadvantage following a verdict from the National Federal Court.
Italian football law dictates that clubs associated with such player misconduct have an "objective responsibility" for the breach of regulations.
Former Napoli and Siena forward Calaio was ruled to have broken a rule referring to the "solicitation and/or invitation to omit interventions of play". Reports in Italy claim Calaio had asked De Col "not to mess it up" for Parma as they looked to clinch promotion at Spezia.
Parma intend to appeal against the sentence, with a statement on the club website reading: "Parma note with great bitterness the verdict issued by the court. We consider the condemnation of our employee Emanuele Calaio to be abnormal when it comes to the facts that led to his referral and the inquiry.
"It is a very heavy penalty to inflict on our club for objective responsibility. We trust that the complete lack of connection of Parma to any unlawful behaviour will be recognised by the Federal Court of Appeal, to which we will resort in a short matter of time, in the hope of finding justice."
Parma deducted points over 'suspicious messages'
