Juventus F.C.

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Juventus

Full
name

Juventus Football Club S.p.A.

La Vecchia Signora (The Old Lady)

La Fidanzata d'Italia (The Girlfriend
of Italy)
La Madama (Piedmontese for:
Madam)
Nicknam
I Bianconeri (The White and Blacks)
e(s)
Le Zebre (The Zebras)
La Signora Omicidi (The Killer Lady)
[1]

La Goeba (Gallo-Italic for:

Hunchback)
Founded

1 November 1897; 118 years ago,

as Sport-Club Juventus[2]

Ground

Juventus Stadium

Capacity 41,475[3]
Owner

Agnelli family (through EXOR S.p.A,

BIT: JUVE)

Chairma Andrea Agnelli

n
Manager Massimiliano Allegri
League

Serie A

201516 Serie A, 1st

Website Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Current season

Juventus Football Club S.p.A. (from Latin iuvents, "youth"; Italian pronunciation: [ju
vntus]), commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve (pronounced [juve]),[4]
is a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont. The club is the
third oldest of its kind in the country and has spent the majority of its history, with the
exception of the 200607 season, in the top flight First Division (known as Serie A since
1929).
Founded in 1897 as Sport-Club Juventus by a group of young Torinese students,[2] among
them, who was their first president, Eugenio Canfari, and his brother Enrico, author of the
company's historical memory;[5][6][7] they have been managed by the industrial Agnelli family
since 1923, which constitutes the oldest sporting partnership in Italy, thus making Juventus
the first professional club in the country.[8][9]
Over time, the club has become a symbol of the nation's Italianit ("Italianness"),[10][11][12] due
to their tradition of success, some of which have had a significant impact in Italian society,
especially in the 1930s and the first post-war decade;[13] and the ideological politics and
socio-economic origin of the club's sympathisers.[14] This is reflected, among others, in the
club's contribution to the national team, uninterrupted since the second half of the 1920s and
recognised as one of the most influential in international football, having performed a
decisive role in the World Cup triumphs of 1934, 1982 and 2006.[15][16] The club's fan base is
larger than any other Italian football club and is one of the largest worldwide. Support for
Juventus is widespread throughout the country and abroad, mainly in countries with a
significant presence of Italian immigrants.[17][18]
Juventus is historically the most successful club in Italian football and one of the most
laureated and important globally.[19][20][21] Overall, they have won sixty-one official titles on
the national and international stage, more than any other Italian club: a record thirty-two
official league titles, a record eleven Coppa Italia titles, a record seven Supercoppa Italiana
titles, and, with eleven titles in confederation and inter-confederation competitions (two
Intercontinental Cups, two European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions Leagues, one
European Cup Winners' Cup, three UEFA Cups, one UEFA Intertoto Cup and two UEFA
Super Cups) the club ranks fourth in Europe and eighth in the world with the most trophies
won.[22]
In 1985, under the management of Giovanni Trapattoni, who led the Torinese team to thirteen
official trophies in ten years until 1986, including six league titles and five international titles;
Juventus became the first club in the history of European football to have won all three major
competitions organised by the Union of European Football Associations: the European
Champions' Cup, the (now-defunct) Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Cup (the first Italian
and Southern European side to win the tournament).[23][24][25] After their triumph in the
Intercontinental Cup the same year, the club also became the first in football historyand
remains the only one at presentto have won all possible official continental competitions
and the world title.[26][27][28] According to the all-time ranking published in 2009 by the

International Federation of Football History and Statistics, an organisation recognised by

FIFA, based on clubs' performance in international competitions, Juventus were Italy's best
club and second in Europe of the 20th century.[21]