Juventus F.C.

association football club in Turin, Italy
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Juventus F.C., sometimes known as Juve, is an Italian football club that plays in Serie A. It was founded in 1897 and they play their home games at the Juventus Stadium in Turin.

Juventus
Juventus' crest
Full nameJuventus Football Club S.p.A.
Nickname(s)I Bianconeri (The Black and Whites)
La Vecchia Signora (The Old Lady)
Le Zebre (The Zebras)
La Signora Omicidi (The Killer Lady)
La Fidanzata d'Italia (The Girlfriend of Italy)
La Madama (Piedmontese: Madam)
La Gheuba (Piedmontese pronunciation: [la ˈɡøba]: The Hunchback)
Short nameJuve
Founded1 November 1897; 126 years ago (1897-11-01), as Sport-Club Juventus[1]
GroundJuventus Stadium
Capacity41,507[2]
Owner
ChairmanAndrea Agnelli
Head coachMassimiliano Allegri
LeagueSerie A
2021-224th
WebsiteClub website
Current season

The club is the most successful team in the history of Italian football. Overall, the club has won 51 official trophies, more than any other team in the country; 40 in Italy, which is also a record, and 11 in European and world competitions. The Old Lady is the third most successful club in Europe and the sixth in the world with the most international titles officially recognized by one of the six continental football confederations and FIFA.

The club was the first Italian to win the UEFA Cup. In 1985, Juventus, the only team in the world to have won all official international cups and championships became the first club in the history of European football to have won all three major UEFA club competitions.

In Italy, Juventus is the club which has the biggest fan base, having also one of the largest numbers of supporters in the world, with a total of 170 million Juventus supporters (Italian "tifosi") worldwide. The club is a founding member of the European Club Association, which was formed after the dissolution of the G-14, a collection of Europe's most elite clubs. The Torinese side is also recognized for its huge contribution to the Italy national team.

According to the all-time ranking published in 2009 by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics, an organization recognized by FIFA, Juventus were Italy's best club and second in Europe of the 20th century.

Name change

  • 1897–1898: S.C. Juventus
  • 1899–1937: F.B.C. Juventus
  • 1937–1943: Juventus
  • 1943–1945: Juventus-Cisitalia
  • 1945–present: Juventus F.C.

Honours change

League position change

Season League Position
2000/01 Serie A 2nd
2001/02 Serie A Champions
2002/03 Serie A Champions
2003/04 Serie A 3rd
2004/05 Serie A Champions
2005/06 Serie A Champions
2006/07 Serie B Champions
2007/08 Serie A 3rd
2008/09 Serie A 2nd
2009/10 Serie A 7th
2010/11 Serie A 7th
2011/12 Serie A Champions
2012/13 Serie A Champions
2013/14 Serie A Champions
2014/15 Serie A Champions
2015/16 Serie A Champions
2016/17 Serie A Champions
2017/18 Serie A Champions
2018/19 Serie A Champions
2019/20 Serie A Champions
2020/21 Serie A 4th

Former position change


Current Squad change

As of 31 January 2020[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   Poland Wojciech Szczęsny
2 DF   Italy Mattia De Sciglio
3 DF   Italy Giorgio Chiellini (captain)
4 DF   Netherlands Matthijs de Ligt
5 MF   Bosnia and Herzegovina Miralem Pjanić
6 MF   Germany Sami Khedira
7 FW   Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
8 MF   Wales Aaron Ramsey
10 FW   Argentina Paulo Dybala
11 FW   Brazil Douglas Costa
12 DF   Brazil Alex Sandro
13 DF   Brazil Danilo
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF   France Blaise Matuidi
16 MF   Colombia Juan Cuadrado
19 DF   Italy Leonardo Bonucci (vice-captain)
21 FW   Argentina Gonzalo Higuaín
24 DF   Italy Daniele Rugani
25 MF   France Adrien Rabiot
28 DF   Turkey Merih Demiral
30 MF   Uruguay Rodrigo Bentancur
31 GK   Italy Carlo Pinsoglio
33 FW   Italy Federico Bernardeschi
77 GK   Italy Gianluigi Buffon

Out on loan change

As of 6 February 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   Italy Davide Barosi (at Grosseto until 30 June 2020)[4]
GK   Romania Laurențiu Brănescu (at   Kilmarnock until 30 June 2020)[5]
GK   San Marino Edoardo Colombo (at Torres until 30 June 2020)[6]
GK   Italy Mattia Del Favero (at Piacenza until 30 June 2020)[7]
GK   Italy Mattia Perin (at Genoa until 30 June 2020)[8]
GK   Romania Razvan Sava (at Lecce until 30 June 2020)[9]
DF   Romania Gabriel Boloca (at Bologna until 30 June 2020)[10]
DF   Italy Riccardo Capellini (at Pistoiese until 30 June 2020)[11]
DF   Italy Dario Del Fabro (at   Kilmarnock until 30 June 2020)[12]
DF   Portugal Rafael Fonseca (at   Amiens until 30 June 2020)[13]
DF   Italy Claudio Mosagna (at Chieri until 30 June 2020)[14]
DF   Italy Luca Pellegrini (at Cagliari until 30 June 2020)[15]
DF   Argentina Cristian Romero (at Genoa until 30 June 2020)[16]
DF   Ghana Ransford Selasi (at   Lugano until 30 June 2020)[17]
DF   Italy Raffaele Spina (at SPAL Primavera until 30 June 2020)[18]
DF   Italy Claudio Zappa (at   Sliema Wanderers until 30 June 2020)[19]
MF   Italy Michael Brentan (at Sampdoria until 30 June 2020)[20]
MF   Germany Emre Can (at   Borussia Dortmund until 30 June 2020)[21]
MF   Italy Luca Clemenza (at Pescara until 30 June 2020)[22]
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   Switzerland Yannick Cotter (at   Sion until 30 June 2020)[23]
MF   Netherlands Leandro Fernandes (at   Fortuna Sittard until 30 June 2020)[24]
MF   Italy Nicolò Francofonte (at Sampdoria until 30 June 2020)[25]
MF   Cyprus Grigoris Kastanos (at Pescara until 30 June 2020)[26]
MF   Sweden Dejan Kulusevski (at Parma until 30 June 2020)[27]
MF   France Kévin Monzialo (at   Grasshopper until 30 June 2020)[28]
MF   Italy Nicola Mosti (at Monza until 30 June 2020)[29]
MF   Italy Hans Nicolussi (at Perugia until 30 June 2020)[30]
MF   Brazil Matheus Pereira (at   Barcelona B until 30 June 2020)[31]
MF   Italy Amedeo Poletti (at Novara until 30 June 2020)[32]
MF   Italy Matteo Stoppa (at Sampdoria until 30 June 2020)[25]
FW   Denmark Nikolai Frederiksen (at   Fortuna Sittard until 30 June 2020)[13]
FW   Italy Erik Gerbi (at Sampdoria until 30 June 2020)[25]
FW   Italy Mirco Lipari (at Empoli until 30 June 2020)[33]
FW   England Stephy Mavididi (at   Dijon until 30 June 2020)[34]
FW   Portugal Dany Mota (at Monza until 30 June 2020)[35]
FW   Italy Lorenzo Petronelli (at Fiorentina Primavera until 30 June 2020)[36]
FW   Croatia Marko Pjaca (at   Anderlecht until 30 June 2020)[37][36]
FW   Italy Carmine Sterrantino (at Novara until 30 June 2020)[14]

Notable players change

Chairman change

In more than 110 years of corporate history, at the helm of Juventus 23 presidents have come and gone and two management committees. The first president was Eugenio Canfari Juventus, one of the founding members.

The longest period in office was dominated by Giampiero Boniperti, at the helm of Juventus for 19 years from 1971 to 1990 [117]; Boniperti, like its successor Caissotti di Vittorio Chiusano, president from 1990 to 2003, boasts the largest trophy the history of the club.

The businessman Umberto Agnelli, who became chairman less than 21 years of age, in 1955, was the youngest to hold this office. Also noteworthy is the presidencies of the Swiss Alfred Dick and Giuseppe Hess and Frenchman Jean-Claude Blanc, the only non-Italian to become presidents of the club. In particular, Dick was the President of the Bianconeri's first championship (1905).

Currently, the contractor in charge of Juventus is Andrea Agnelli, who was elected president on April 28, 2010 by the shareholders at the club.


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