A court in Pamplona, ​​Spain, announced on Friday its decisions regarding a number of former players, coaches and referees in the match-fixing case known as the "Osasuna case".

Sentences ranged from nine months to nine years in prison, marking the first time in the history of Spanish football that prison sentences have been imposed in a match-fixing case.

Sports corruption and embezzlement were among the charges against those involved, including nine former players.

The case focused on tampering with the results of some first-class matches in Spain in the 2013-2014 season, and the Osasuna club management reported that 2.4 million euros of the team's accounts had disappeared.

The maximum sentence handed down by the court today is imprisonment for eight years and eight months, which is the sentence imposed on Angel Vizcay, one of the Osasuna club officials, while the court issued a one-year prison sentence for both former players Antonio Amaya and Javier Torres.

Sentences of prison terms of up to two years in Spain are subject to a decision to suspend execution in most cases, if the convicted person does not have a criminal record.

In contrast, two defendants were acquitted, including Jordi Figueiras, who also played in the German Karlsruhe team in the past.

The convicts can appeal these rulings to the Spanish Supreme Court.