MILAN, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Italian second-tier soccer

club SS Juve Stabia has been placed under judicial

administration for alleged mafia infiltration, Italian

prosecutors and police said on Tuesday.

Juve Stabia are based in Castellammare di Stabia, close to

the city of Naples where Italy's Camorra crime group has its

roots. The team currently sits in seventh spot in the Serie B

league.

Extensive investigations "uncovered a system of mafia-style

influence over the economic activities of the football club" by

a local Camorra clan, Naples prosecutors and police and the

national anti-mafia prosecutor said in a joint statement.

Juve Stabia's current owners "inherited longstanding

economic relationships that were, from the outset, subject to

mafia influence," and "failed to implement adequate control and

prevention mechanisms in response," the statement said.

Brera Holdings ( SLMT ), an Ireland-based holding company

listed on Nasdaq and focused on expanding its portfolio of

soccer teams through a multi-club ownership (MCO) strategy,

bought a 52% stake in the club in June.

Juve Stabia and Brera ( SLMT ) did not immediately respond to

requests for comment.

People tied to the Camorra's D'Alessandro clan controlled

club activities including ticketing, catering, cleaning,

healthcare and even, until last year, travel services for the

first team, prosecutors and police said.

"Players just had to play, while the Camorra took care of

the rest", Naples prosecutor Nicola Gratteri told a press

conference.

"It was a complete, all-round package", he said.

Judicial administration allows the club to continue its

sporting activities, but places it under the supervision of

court-appointed administrators.

The move "aims to restore legality and transparency in

management, interrupting the mafia facilitation circuit that had

taken root, and returning the club to conditions of autonomy,

integrity, and operational compliance," prosecutors and police

said.

Prosecutors in the southern Italian region of Calabria took

the same step against third-tier club Crotone last month, one of

a series of investigations into alleged infiltration of soccer

clubs' activities and hardline fan groups by organised crime.