Paolo Bergamo (born 21 April 1943) is an Italian former football referee. He is better known as the former

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(FIGC) referee designator who was implicated in the

2006 Italian football scandal ''Calciopoli'' () was a sports scandal in Italy's top professional association football league Serie A and to a lesser extent Serie B. Involving various clubs and numerous executives, both from the same clubs and from the main Italian football b ...

, and who resigned his position on 4 July 2006. Bergamo officiated at

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, supervising the semifinal between

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and

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. His additional competitions include qualifiers for the

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"World Cup 1982 qualifications"
Retrieved on May 17, 2013.

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,''RSSSF''
"World Cup 1986 qualifications"
Retrieved on May 17, 2013. and Euro 1984.Haisma, Marcel
"European Championship 1984 - Qualifying - Full Details"
''RSSSF'', July 31, 2008. Retrieved on May 17, 2013. He is known to have served as a

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referee during the period from 1981 to 1985.

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1943 births Italian football referees People involved in the 2006 Italian football scandal Living people UEFA Euro 1984 referees {{Italy-footy-bio-stub