Juventus

Full name Juventus Football Club S.p.A.

La Vecchia Signora (The Old Lady)

Nickname(s)

La Fidanzata d'Italia (The Girlfriend of

Italy)

La Madama (Piedmontese: Madam)

I Bianconeri (The Black and Whites)

Le Zebre (The Zebras)

La Signora Omicidi (The Killer Lady)[1]

La Gheuba (Piedmontese

pronunciation: [la ˈɡøba]: The Hunchback)

Short name Juve, JFC, JUV

Founded 1 November 1897; 121 years ago, as Sport-Club

Juventus[2]

Ground Allianz Stadium

Capacity 41,507[3]

Owner Agnelli family (through EXOR N.V.)

Public shareholders of EXOR and

Juventus (BIT: JUVE)

Chairman[4] Andrea Agnelli[4]

Head coach[5] Massimiliano Allegri

 League Serie A

2017–18 Serie A, 1st

Website Club website

Home colours

Away colours Third colours

Current season

Juventus Football Club (from Latin: iuventūs, "youth"; Italian pronunciation: [juˈvɛntus]), colloquially
known as Juve(pronounced [ˈjuːve]),[6] is an Italian professional football club based
in Turin, Piedmont. Founded in 1897 by a group of Torinese students, the club has worn a black
and white striped home kit since 1903 and has played home matches in different grounds around
its city, the latest being the 41,507-capacity Allianz Stadium. Nicknamed Vecchia Signora ("the
Old Lady"), the club has won 34 official league titles, 13 Coppa Italia titles and eight Supercoppa
Italiana titles, being the record holder for all these competitions; two Intercontinental Cups,
two European Cups / UEFA Champions Leagues, one European Cup Winners' Cup, a joint
national record of three UEFA Cups, two UEFA Super Cups and one UEFA Intertoto Cup.[7]
[8]
Consequently, the side leads the historical Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC)
ranking[a] whilst on the international stage occupies the 4th position in Europe and the eight in the
world for most confederation titles won with eleven trophies, [10] having led the UEFA ranking during
seven seasons since its inception in 1979, the most for an Italian team and joint second overall.
Founded with the name of Sport-Club Juventus, initially as an athletics club,[11] it is the second
oldest of its kind still active in the country after Genoa's football section (1893) and has competed
 uninterruptedly in the top flight league(reformulated as Serie A from 1929) since its debut in 1900
after changing its name to Foot-Ball Club Juventus, with the exception of the 2006–07 season,
being managed by the industrial Agnelli family almost continuously since 1923. [b] The relationship
between the club and that dynasty is the oldest and longest in national sports, making Juventus
the first professional sporting club in the country,[13] having established itself as a major force in
the national stage since the 1930s and at confederation level since the mid-1970s[14] and
becoming one of the first ten wealthiest in world football in terms
of value, revenue and profit since the mid-1990s,[15] being stocked in Borsa italiana since 2001.[16]
Under the management of Giovanni Trapattoni, the club won 13 trophies in the ten years before
1986, including six league titles and five international titles, and became the first to win all three
competitions organised by the Union of European Football Associations: the European
Champions' Cup, Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Cup.[17] With successive triumphs in the 1984
European Super Cup and 1985 Intercontinental Cup, it become the first and thus far only in the
world to complete a clean sweep of all confederation trophies; [18] an achievement that they
revalidated with the title won in the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup after another successful era led
by Marcello Lippi,[19] becoming in addition the only professional Italian club to have won every
ongoing honour available to the first team and organised by a national or international football
association. In December 2000, Juventus was ranked seventh in the FIFA's historic ranking of the
best clubs in the world[20] and nine years later was ranked second best club in Europe during the
20th Century based on a statistical study series by the International Federation of Football History
& Statistics (IFFHS), the highest for an Italian club in both.[21]
The club's fan base is the largest at national level and one of the largest worldwide. [22][23] Unlike
most European sporting supporters' groups, which are often concentrated around their own club's
city of origin,[24] it is widespread throughout the whole country and the Italian diaspora, making
Juventus a symbol of anticampanilismo ("anti-parochialism") and italianità ("Italianness").[25][26] The
club has also provided the most players to the Italy national team—mostly in official competitions
—who often formed the group that led the Azzurri squad to international success, most
importantly in the 1934, 1982 and 2006 FIFA World Cups.[27]

Contents

 1History
o 1.1Early years

o 1.2League dominance

o 1.3European stage

o 1.4Second Champions League and first Supercoppa Italiana titles

o 1.5Calciopoli scandal

o 1.6Return to Serie A

o 1.7Historic four consecutive doubles and seven consecutive league titles

 2Colours, badge, nicknames and symbols

 3Stadiums

 4Supporters

 5Club rivalries

 6Women Team

 7Youth programme
 8Players
o 8.1Current squad

o 8.2Out on loan

o 8.3Reserve team

o 8.4Women team

o 8.5Youth teams

o 8.6Managerial and technical staff

o 8.7Medical staff

 9Chairmen history

 10Managerial history

 11Honours

 12Club statistics and records

 13Contribution to the Italy national team

 14Financial information
o 14.1Shirt sponsors and manufacturers

o 14.2Kit deals

 15See also

 16Notes

 17References

 18Bibliography
o 18.1Books

o 18.2Other publications

 19External links

History
Main article: History of Juventus F.C.

Early years

Historic first ever Juventus club shot, circa 1897 to 1898

Juventus were founded as Sport-Club Juventus in late 1897 by pupils from the Massimo
D'Azeglio Lyceum school in Turin,[28] but were renamed as Foot-Ball Club Juventus two years
later.[2] The club joined the Italian Football Championship during 1900. In 1904, the
businessman Ajmone-Marsan revived the finances of the football club Juventus, making it also
possible to transfer the training field from piazza d'armi to the more appropriate Velodrome
Umberto I. During this period, the team wore a pink and black kit. Juventus first won the league
championship in 1905 while playing at their Velodrome Umberto I ground. By this time the club
colours had changed to black and white stripes, inspired by English side Notts County.[29]
There was a split at the club in 1906, after some of the staff considered moving Juve out of Turin.
[2]
President Alfred Dick[c] was unhappy with this and left with some prominent players to
found FBC Torino which in turn spawned the Derby della Mole.[30] Juventus spent much of this
period steadily rebuilding after the split, surviving the First World War. [29]

League dominance

Omar Sívori, John Charles and Giampiero Boniperti: “Trio Magico” (the Magical Trio)

FIAT owner Edoardo Agnelli gained control of the club in 1923 and built a new stadium. [2] This
helped the club to its second scudetto(league championship) in the 1925–26 season, after
beating Alba Roma with an aggregate score of 12–1 (Antonio Vojak's goals were essential that
season).[29] The club established itself as a major force in Italian football since the 1930s,
becoming the country's first professional club and the first with a decentralised fan base, [31] which
led it to win a record of five consecutive Italian championships(the first four under the
management of Carlo Carcano) and form the core of the Italy national team during the Vittorio
Pozzo's era, including the 1934 world champion squad,[32] with star players such as Raimundo
Orsi, Luigi Bertolini, Giovanni Ferrari and Luis Monti, among others.
Juventus moved to the Stadio Comunale, but for the rest of the 1930s and the majority of the
1940s they were unable to recapture championship dominance. After the Second World
War, Gianni Agnelli was appointed honorary president.[2] The club added two more league
championships to its name in the 1949–50 and 1951–52 seasons, the latter of which was under
the management of Englishman Jesse Carver. Two new strikers were signed during 1957–58:
Welshman John Charles and Italian Argentine Omar Sívori, playing alongside longtime
member Giampiero Boniperti. That season saw Juventus awarded with the Golden Star for Sport
Excellence to wear on their shirts after becoming the first Italian side to win ten league titles. In
the same season, Sívori became the first ever player at the club to win the European Footballer
of the Year.[33] The following season, they beat Fiorentina to complete their first league and cup
double, winning Serie A and Coppa Italia. Boniperti retired in 1961 as the all-time top scorer at the
club, with 182 goals in all competitions, a club record which stood for 45 years.[34]
During the rest of the decade, the club won the league just once more in 1966–67.[29] However,
the 1970s saw Juventus further solidify their strong position in Italian football. Under former
player Čestmír Vycpálek, they won the scudetto in 1971–72 and 1972–73,[29] with players such
as Roberto Bettega, Franco Causio and José Altafini breaking through. During the rest of the
decade, they won the league twice more, with defender Gaetano Scirea contributing significantly.
The later win was under Giovanni Trapattoni, who also led the club to their first ever major
European title (the UEFA Cup) in 1977 and helped the club's domination continue on into the
early part of the 1980s.[35] During Trapattoni's tenure, many Juventus players also formed
the backbone of the Italy national team during Enzo Bearzot's successful managerial era,
including the 1978 World Cup, UEFA Euro 1980 and 1982 world champion squads.[36][37]

European stage

Michel Platini holding the Ballon d'Or in bianconeri (black and white) colours

The Trapattoni era was highly successful in the 1980s and the club started the decade off well,
winning the league title three more times by 1984. [29] This meant Juventus had won 20 Italian
league titles and were allowed to add a second golden star to their shirt, thus becoming the only
Italian club to achieve this.[35] Around this time, the club's players were attracting considerable
attention and Paolo Rossi was named European Footballer of the Year following his contribution
to Italy's victory in the 1982 World Cup, where he was named Player of the Tournament. [38]

Tacconi

Scirea (c)

Favero

Brio

Cabrini

Bonini

Tardelli

Briaschi

Platini

Rossi
 Boniek
1985 European Cup Final starting lineup

Frenchman Michel Platini was also awarded the European Footballer of the Year title for three
years in a row in 1983, 1984 and 1985, which is a record. [33] Juventus are the only club to have
players from their club winning the award in four consecutive years.[33] It was Platini who scored
the winning goal in the 1985 European Cup final against Liverpool, but this was marred by
a tragedy which changed European football.[39] That year, Juventus became the first club in the
history of European football to have won all three major UEFA competitions[17][40] and, after their
triumph in the Intercontinental Cup, the club also became the first, and thus far, the only in
association football history, to have won all possible confederation competitions,[41](The Technician
(UEFA) 2010:5) an achievement that it revalidated with the title won in the 1999 UEFA Intertoto
Cup.[19] With the exception of winning the closely contested Italian Championship of 1985–86, the
rest of the 1980s were not very successful for the club. As well as having to contend with Diego
Maradona's Napoli, both of the Milanese clubs, Milan and Internazionale, won Italian
championships. However, Juventus did win a Coppa Italia-UEFA Cup double in 1990 under the
guidance of former club legend Dino Zoff.[29] In 1990, Juventus also moved into their new home,
the Stadio delle Alpi, which was built for the 1990 World Cup.[42] Despite the arrival of Italian
star Roberto Baggio later that year for a world record transfer fee, the early 1990s under Luigi
Maifredi and subsequently Trapattoni once again also saw little success for Juventus, as they
only managed to win the UEFA Cup in 1993.[43]

Second Champions League and first Supercoppa Italiana titles

Marcello Lippi took over as Juventus manager at the start of the 1994–95 campaign.[2] His first
season at the helm of the club was a successful one, as Juventus recorded their first Serie A
championship title since the mid-1980s, as well as the Coppa Italia.[29] The crop of players during
this period featured Ciro Ferrara, Roberto Baggio, Gianluca Vialliand a young Alessandro Del
Piero. Lippi led Juventus to their first Supercoppa Italiana and the Champions League the
following season, beating Ajax on penalties after a 1–1 draw in which Fabrizio Ravanelli scored
for Juventus.[44] The club did not rest long after winning the European Cup: more highly regarded
players were brought into the fold in the form of Zinedine Zidane, Filippo Inzaghi and Edgar
Davids. At home, Juventus won the 1996–97 and 1997–98 Serie A titles, as well as the 1996
UEFA Super Cup[45] and the 1996 Intercontinental Cup.[46] Juventus reached
the 1997 and 1998 Champions League finals during this period, but lost out to Borussia
Dortmund and Real Madridrespectively.[47][48]

Peruzzi

Ferrara
 Vierchowod

Torricelli

Pessotto

Sousa

Conte

Deschamps

Vialli (c)

Ravanelli

Del Piero
1996 Champions League Final starting lineup

After a two-and-a-half-season absence, Lippi returned to the club in 2001, following his
replacement Carlo Ancelotti's dismissal, signing big name players such as Gianluigi Buffon, David
Trezeguet, Pavel Nedvěd and Lilian Thuram, helping the team to two more scudettotitles during
the 2001–02 and 2002–03 seasons.[29] Juventus were also part of an all Italian Champions
League final in 2003, but lost out to Milan on penalties after the game ended in a 0–0 draw. At the
conclusion of the following season, Lippi was appointed as the Italy national team's head coach,
bringing an end to one of the most fruitful managerial spells in Juventus' history. [35]

Calciopoli scandal
Fabio Capello was appointed as Juventus' coach in 2004 and led the club to two more
consecutive Serie A first places. In May 2006, Juventus became one of the five clubs linked to
a 2006 Italian football scandal, the result of which saw the club placed at the bottom of the league
table and relegated to Serie B for the first time in its history. The club was also stripped of the
2005 title won under Capello, while the 2006 title, after a period sub judice, was assigned to Inter
Milan.[49]
Many key players left following their relegation to Serie B, including Lillian Thuram, star
striker Zlatan Ibrahimović and defensive stalwart Fabio Cannavaro. However, other big name
players such as Alessandro Del Piero, Gianluigi Buffon, David Trezeguet and Pavel Nedvěd
remained to help the club return to Serie A, while youngsters from the Primavera (youth team),
such as Sebastian Giovinco and Claudio Marchisio, were integrated into the first team. Juventus
won the Cadetti (Serie B championship) and gained promotion straight back up to the top division
as league winners after the 2006–07 season,[50] as captain Del Piero claimed the top scorer award
with 21 goals.

Star goalkeeeper Gianluigi Buffon was among a group of players who remained with the club following their
demotion to Serie B in 2006.

As early as 2010, Juventus considered challenging the stripping of their scudetto from 2005 and
the non-assignment of the 2006 title, dependent on the results of trials connected to the 2006
scandal.[51] When former general manager Luciano Moggi's conviction in criminal court in
connection with the scandal was partially written off by the Supreme Court on 23 March 2015,
[52]
the club sued the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) for €443 million for damages caused by
their 2006 relegation. FIGC president Carlo Tavecchiooffered to discuss reinstatement of the
lost scudetti in exchange for Juventus dropping the lawsuit.[53] On 9 September 2015, the
Supreme Court released a 150-page document that explained its final ruling of the case: despite
that Moggi's remaining charges were cancelled without a new trial due to statute of limitations,
[52]
the court confirmed that Moggi was actively involved in the sporting fraud which was intended
to favor Juventus and increase his own personal benefits. [54] Eventually, in 2016 the TAR tribunal
rejected the request of compensation promoted by Juventus. [55]

Return to Serie A
After returning to Serie A in the 2007–08 season, Juventus appointed Claudio Ranieri as
manager.[56] They finished in third place in their first season back in the top flight and qualified for
the Champions League third qualifying round in the preliminary stages. Juventus reached the
group stages, where they beat Real Madrid in both home and away legs, before losing in the
knockout round to Chelsea. Ranieri was sacked following a string of unsuccessful results
and Ciro Ferrara was appointed as manager on a temporary basis for the last two games of
the 2008–09 season,[57] before being subsequently appointed as the manager for the 2009–10
season.[58]
Ferrara's stint as Juventus manager, however, proved to be unsuccessful, with Juventus knocked
out of Champions League and Coppa Italia, as well as just lying on the sixth place in the league
table at the end of January 2010, leading to the dismissal of Ferrara and the naming of Alberto
Zaccheroni as caretaker manager. Zaccheroni could not help the side improve, as Juventus
finished the season in seventh place in Serie A. For the 2010–11 season, Jean-Claude Blanc was
replaced by Andrea Agnelli as the club's president. Agnelli's first action was to replace Zaccheroni
and director of sport Alessio Secco with Sampdoria manager Luigi Delneri and director of
sport Giuseppe Marotta.[59]However, Delneri failed to improve their fortunes and was dismissed.
Former player and fan favourite Antonio Conte, fresh after winning promotion with Siena, was
named as Delneri's replacement. [60] In September 2011, Juventus relocated to the new Juventus
Stadium.[61]

Historic four consecutive doubles and seven consecutive league

titles

Playmaker Andrea Pirloplaying for Juventus in 2012

With Conte as manager, Juventus went unbeaten for the entire 2011–12 Serie A season. Towards
the second half of the season, the team was mostly competing with northern rivals Milan for first
place in a tight contest. Juventus won the title on the 37th matchday after beating Cagliari2–0 and
Milan losing to Internazionale 4–2. After a 3–1 win in the final matchday against Atalanta,
Juventus became the first team to go the season unbeaten in the current 38-game format.
[62]
Other noteworthy achievements included the biggest away win (5–0 at Fiorentina), best
defensive record (20 goals conceded, fewest ever in the current league format) in Serie A and
second best in the top six European leagues that year. [63] In 2013–14, Juventus won a third
consecutive scudetto with a record 102 points and 33 wins.[64][65] The title was the 30th official
league championship in the club's history.[66] They also achieved the semi-finals of Europa
League, where they were eliminated at home against ten-man Benfica's catenaccio, missing
the final at the Juventus Stadium.[67][68]

Juventus captain Giorgio Chiellini receives the 2017 Coppa Italia from the President of Italy Sergio
Mattarella

In 2014–15, Massimiliano Allegri was appointed as manager, with whom Juventus won their 31st
official title, making it a fourth-straight, as well as achieving a record tenth Coppa Italia for
the double.[69] The club also beat Real Madrid in the semi finals of the Champions League 3–2 on
aggregate to face Barcelona in the final in Berlin for the first time since the 2002–03 Champions
League.[70] Juventus lost the final to Barcelona 3–1 after an early fourth-minute goal from Ivan
Rakitić, followed by an Álvaro Morata equalizer in the 55th minute. Then Barcelona took the lead
again with a goal from Luis Suárez in the 70th minute, followed by a final minute goal
by Neymar as Juventus were caught out on the counterattack.[71] On 14 December 2015, Juventus
won the Serie A Football Club of the Year award for the 2014–15 season, the fourth time in
succession.[72] On 25 April 2016, the club won their fifth-straight title (and 32nd overall) since last
winning five-straight between 1930–31 and 1934–35, after second place Napoli lost to Roma to
give Juventus mathematical certainty of the title with three games to spare; last losing
to Sassuolo on 25 October 2015, which left them in 12th place, before taking 73 points of a
possible 75.[73] On 21 May, the club then won the Coppa Italiafor the 11th time and their second-
straight title, becoming the first team in Italy's history to complete Serie A and Coppa
Italia doubles in back-to-back seasons.[74][75][76]
On 17 May 2017, Juventus won their 12th Coppa Italia title in a 2–0 win over Lazio (the first team
to win three consecutive championships).[77] Four days later on 21 May, Juventus became the first
team to win six consecutive Serie A titles.[78] On 3 June 2017, Juventus reached a second
Champions League Final in three years, but were defeated 1–4 by defending champions Real
Madrid—a stampede in Turin happened ten minutes before the end of the match. [79][80] On 9 May
2018, Juventus won their 13th Coppa Italia title, and fourth in a row, in a 4–0 win over Milan,
extending the all-time record of successive Coppa Italia titles. [81] Four days later on 13 May,
Juventus secured their seventh consecutive Serie A title, extending the all-time record of
successive triumphs in the competition. [82] In July 2018, Juventus broke the record for a fee paid
for a player over 30 years old and the record for a fee paid by an Italian club by purchasing the 33
year old Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid for €112 million, or £99.2 million.[83]

Colours, badge, nicknames and symbols

Juventus have played in black and white striped shirts, with white shorts, sometimes black shorts
since 1903. Originally, they played in pink shirts with a black tie. The father of one of the players
made the earliest shirts, but continual washing faded the colour so much that in 1903 the club
sought to replace them.[84] Juventus asked one of their team members, Englishman John Savage,
if he had any contacts in England who could supply new shirts in a colour that would better
withstand the elements. He had a friend who lived in Nottingham, who being a Notts
County supporter, shipped out the black and white striped shirts to Turin. [84] Juventus have worn
the shirts ever since, considering the colours to be aggressive and powerful. [84]
The Juventus badge used between 1990 and 2004 (left), and the badge used between 2004 and 2017
(right)

Juventus's official emblem has undergone different and small modifications since the 1920s. The
previous modification of the Juventus badge took place in 2004, when the emblem of the team
changed to a black-and-white oval shield of a type used by Italian ecclesiastics. It is divided in
five vertical stripes: two white stripes and three black stripes, inside which are the following
elements, while in its upper section the name of the society superimposed on a white convex
section, over golden curvature (gold for honour). The white silhouette of a charging bull is in the
lower section of the oval shield, superimposed on a black old French shield and the charging bull
is a symbol of the comune of Turin. There is also a black silhouette of a mural crown above the
black spherical triangle's base. This is a reminiscence to Augusta Tourinorum, the old city of
the Roman era which the present capital of Piedmont region is its cultural heiress.

Juventus logo since 2017–18 season

In January 2017, president Andrea Agnelli announced the most recent change to the Juventus
badge, revealing a video showing the introduction of the new badge. The badge shows the word
Juventus on top, with two capital Js shown together in different fonts with a small opening
between them to almost make a bigger J. Agnelli said that the badge reflects "the Juventus way
of living".[85] Juventus was the first team in association football historyto adopt a star, who added
one above their badge in 1958 to represent their tenth Italian Football Championship and Serie A
title, and has since become popularized with other clubs as well. [86]
In the past, the convex section of the emblem had a blue colour (another symbol of Turin) and it
was concave in shape. The old French shield and the mural crown, also in the lower section of
the emblem, had a considerably greater size. The two "Golden Stars for Sport Excellence" were
located above the convex and concave section of Juventus' emblem. During the 1980s, the club
emblem was the blurred silhouette of a zebra, alongside the two golden stars with the club's
name forming an arc above.
Juventus unofficially won their 30th league title in 2011–12, but a dispute with the FIGC, which
stripped Juventus of their 2004–05 and 2005–06 titles due to their involvement in a 2006 Italian
football scandal, left their official total at 28. They elected to wear no stars at all the following
season.[87] Juventus won their 30th title in 2013–14 and thus earned the right to wear their third
star, but club president Andrea Agnelli stated that the club suspended the use of the stars until
another team wins their 20th championship, thus having the right to wear two stars, "to
emphasise Juventus' superiority".[88] However, for the 2015–16 season, Juventus reintroduced the
stars and added the third star to their jersey as well with new kit manufacturers Adidas, in addition
to the Coppa Italia badge for winning their tenth Coppa Italia the previous season.[89][90] For
the 2016–17 season, Juventus re-designed their kit with a different take on the trademark black
and white stripes.[91] For the 2017–18 season, Juventus introduced the J shaped logo onto the
kits.[92]

The Juventus F.C. mascot J, introduced in 2015

In September 2015, Juventus officially announced a new project called JKids for its junior
supporters on its website. Along with this project, Juventus also introduced a new mascot to all its
fans which is called J. J is a cartoon-designed zebra, black and white stripes with golden edge
piping on its body, golden shining eyes, and three golden stars on the front of its neck. [93] J made
its debut at Juventus Stadium on 12 September 2015.[94]
During its history, the club has acquired a number of nicknames, la Vecchia Signora (the Old
Lady) being the best example. The "old" part of the nickname is a pun on Juventus which means
"youth" in Latin. It was derived from the age of the Juventus star players towards the middle of
the 1930s. The "lady" part of the nickname is how fans of the club affectionately referred to it
before the 1930s. The club is also nicknamed la Fidanzata d'Italia(the Girlfriend of Italy), because
over the years it has received a high level of support from Southern Italian immigrant workers
(particularly from Naplesand Palermo), who arrived in Turin to work for FIAT since the 1930s.
Other nicknames include; [La] Madama (Piedmontese for: Madam), i bianconeri(the black-and-
whites), le zebre (the zebras)[d] in reference to Juventus' colours. I gobbi (the hunchbacks) is the
nickname that is used to define Juventus supporters, but is also used sometimes for team's
players. The most widely accepted origin of gobbi dates to the fifties, when the bianconeriwore a
large jersey. When players ran on the field, the jersey, which had a laced opening at the chest,
generated a bulge over the back (a sort of parachute effect), making the players look
hunchbacked.[95]
The official anthem of Juventus is Juve (storia di un grande amore), or Juve (story of a great
love) in English, written by Alessandra Torre and Claudio Guidetti, in the version of the singer and
musician Paolo Belli composed in 2007.[96] In 2016, a documentary film called Black and White
Stripes: The Juventus Story was produced by the La Villa brothers about Juventus.[97] On 16
February 2018, the first three episodes of a docu-series called First Team: Juventus, which
followed the club throughout the season, by spending time with the players behind the scenes
both on and off the field, was released on Netflix; the other three episodes were released on 6
July 2018.[98]

Stadiums
Allianz Stadium

Location Corso Gaetano Scirea,

5010151 Turin, Italy

Owner Juventus F.C.

Operator Juventus F.C.

Capacity 41,507 seated

Construction

Broke ground 1 March 2009

Opened 8 September 2011

Construction cost €155,000,000[99]

Architect Hernando Suarez,

Gino Zavanella,

Giorgetto Giugiaro

Main articles: Juventus Stadium, Stadio Olimpico di Torino, Stadio delle Alpi, Stadio di Corso
Marsiglia, and Stadio Motovelodromo Umberto I
After the first two years (1897 and 1898), during which Juventus played in the Parco del Valentino
and Parco Cittadella, their matches were held in the Piazza d'Armi Stadium until 1908, except in
1905 (the first year of the scudetto) and in 1906, years in which it played at the Corso Re
Umberto.
From 1909 to 1922, Juventus played their internal competitions at Corso Sebastopoli Camp
before moving the following year to Corso Marsiglia Camp, where they remained until 1933,
winning four league titles. At the end of 1933, they began to play at the new
Stadio Mussolini stadium inaugurated for the 1934 World Championships. After the Second World
War, the stadium was renamed as Stadio Comunale Vittorio Pozzo. Juventus played home
matches at the ground for 57 years, a total of 890 league matches.[100] The team continued to host
training sessions at the stadium until July 2003. [101]
From 1990 until the 2005–06 season, the Torinese side contested their home matches at Stadio
delle Alpi, built for the 1990 FIFA World Cup, although in very rare circumstances the club played
some home games in other stadia such as Renzo Barbera at Palermo, Dino
Manuzzi at Cesena and the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza at Milan.[101]
In August 2006, Juventus returned to play in the Stadio Comunale, then known as Stadio
Olimpico, after the restructuring of the stadium for the 2006 Winter Olympics onward. In
November 2008, Juventus announced that they would invest around €120 million to build a new
ground, the Juventus Stadium, on the site of delle Alpi. [102] Unlike the old ground, there is not a
running track and instead the pitch is only 7.5 metres away from the stands. [3] The capacity is
41,507.[3] Work began during spring 2009 and the stadium was opened on 8 September 2011,
ahead of the start of the 2011–12 season.[61] Since 1 July 2017, the Juventus Stadium is known
commercially as the Allianz Stadium of Turin for six seasons until 30 June 2023.[103]

Supporters
See also: Juventus F.C. ultras
Juventus is the best-supported football club in Italy, with over 12 million fans or tifosi, which
represent approximately 34% of the total Italian football fans according to a research published in
September 2016 by Italian research agency Demos & Pi,[22] as well as one of the most supported
football clubs in the world, with over 300 million supporters (41 million in Europe alone),
[23]
particularly in the Mediterranean countries to which a large number of Italian diaspora have
emigrated.[104] The Torinese side has fan clubs branches across the globe. [105]
Demand for Juventus tickets in occasional home games held away from Turin is high, suggesting
that Juventus have stronger support in other parts of the country. Juventus is widely and
especially popular throughout mainland Southern Italy, Sicily and Malta, leading the team to have
one of the largest followings in its away matches,[106] more than in Turin itself.

Club rivalries
Main articles: Derby della Mole, Derby d'Italia, Juventus F.C.–A.C. Milan rivalry, ACF Fiorentina–
Juventus F.C. rivalry, and Juventus F.C.–S.S.C. Napoli rivalry

Scene from the Derby d'Italia in 1930

Juventus have significant rivalries with two main clubs. Their traditional rivals are fellow Turin club
Torino; matches between the two sides are known as the Derby della Mole (Turin Derby). The
rivalry dates back to 1906 as Torino was founded by break-away Juventus players and staff. Their
most high-profile rivalry is with Internazionale, another big Serie A club located in Milan, the
capital of the neighbouring region of Lombardy. Matches between these two clubs are referred to
as the Derby d'Italia (Derby of Italy) and the two regularly challenge each other at the top of the
league table, hence the intense rivalry.[107] Until the Calciopoli scandal which saw Juventus forcibly
relegated, the two were the only Italian clubs to have never played below Serie A. Notably, the
two sides are the first and the second most supported clubs in Italy and the rivalry has intensified
since the later part of the 1990s; reaching its highest levels ever post-Calciopoli, with the return of
Juventus to Serie A.[107]
The rivalry with A.C. Milan is a rivalry between the two most titled teams in Italy.[108] The challenge
confronts also two of the clubs with greater basin of supporters as well as those with the greatest
turnover and stock market value in the country.[109] The match-ups between Milan and Juventus, is
regarded as the championship of Serie A, and both teams were often fighting for the top positions
of the standings, sometimes even decisive for the award of the title. [110] They also have rivalries
with Roma,[111] Fiorentina[112] and Napoli.[113]

Women Team
Main article: Juventus F.C. Women
On 1 June 2017 Juventus announced the creation of Juventus Women team by acquiring
the Women's Serie A licence of Cuneo Calcio Femminile.[114][115][116] On 20 May 2018 the newly
created women's team won the national title in their first participation in Women's Serie A,
beating Brescia 5–4 in a penalty shootout after a goalless draw in the single match play-off
triggered because the two teams finished the season tied at 60 points. [117]

Youth programme
Main article: Juventus F.C. Youth Sector
The Juventus youth set-up has been recognised as one of the best in Italy for producing young
talents.[118] While not all graduates made it to the first team, many have enjoyed successful careers
in the Italian top flight. Under long-time coach Vincenzo Chiarenza, the Primavera (Under-20)
squad enjoyed one of its successful periods, winning all age-group competitions from 2004 to
2006. Like Dutch club Ajax and many Premier League clubs, Juventus operates several satellite
clubs and football schools outside of the country (i.e. United States, Canada, Greece, Saudi
Arabia, Australia and Switzerland) and numerous camps in the local region to expand talent
scouting.[119]
The youth system is also notable for its contribution to the Italian national senior and youth teams.
1934 World Cup winner Gianpiero Combi, 1936 Gold Medal and 1938 World Cup winner Pietro
Rava, Giampiero Boniperti, Roberto Bettega, 1982 World Cup hero Paolo Rossi and more
recently Claudio Marchisio and Sebastian Giovinco are a number of former graduates who have
gone on to make the first team and full Italy squad.[120]

Players