NAPLES - FORMER Juventus executive Luciano Moggi reportedly listed Italian Prime Minister and AC Milan president Silvio Berlusconi as a possible witness in his upcoming trial on charges of sports fraud and criminal association.

Moggi, a leading figure in the match-fixing scandal that shook Italian football three years ago, has been ordered to stand trial in Naples starting next week.

Moggi's list of possible witnesses totals 498 people, including nearly every president in Serie A from the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons - the period the trial is focused on - Naples newspaper Il Mattino reported on Tuesday.

'I don't know anything about it,' Mr Berlusconi said, according to the ANSA news agency. 'Anyhow, there were never any paths crossed between me and Moggi, so I don't see what I would be useful for.'

Prosecutors Filippo Beatrice and Giuseppe Narducci have listed 108 possible witnesses, including coaches Carlo Ancelotti, Roberto Mancini, Carlo Mazzone and Zdenek Zeman, according to Il Mattino.

Prosecutors will try to establish whether there was a system in place whereby Juventus could insure favourable results via the corruption of referees and linesmen.

Last week, Moggi received an 18-month suspended jail sentence for illegal activity involving the now defunct player agency GEA.

Moggi allegedly influenced player moves involving GEA, which was run by his son, Alessandro Moggi, who received a 14-month suspended sentence in the case.

Moggi was banned from football for five years by a sports court in 2006 on charges of influencing the outcome of matches. He denies any wrongdoing.

Juventus was stripped of its 2005 and '06 Serie A titles and relegated to the second division with a nine-point penalty. It immediately won promotion back to Serie A.

The scandal, which broke in 2006, was the most widespread corruption case in the history of Italy's biggest sport. Besides Juventus, three other big clubs - AC Milan, Lazio and Fiorentina - were penalised, as were Reggina and Arezzo. -- AP