Juventus History

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Description

Name: Juventus Football Club
Nicknames: La Vecchia Signora (The Old Lady), Madama (Madam), La Fidanzata d'Italia (Italy's Girlfriend), Le Zebre (The Zebras), I Bianconeri (The White-blacks)
League: Serie A
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino, Turin, Italy (capacity: 27994)
Founded: 1 November 1897 (as Sport Club Juventus)
Manager: Luigi Del neri


 

Overview

Juventus Football Club, better known as Juventus is a professional football club based in Turin, Italy. The club has spent its entire history in the top league of Italian football, with the exception of just one season. The club was founded in 1897 as Sport Club Juventus by students of the Massimo D'Azeglio Lyceum School. In the year 1905 they won their first league championship at the Velodromo Umberto ground.


 

Early History

In 1923, Edoardo Agnelli helped in building a new stadium. In 1925, the club won their second league championship against Alba Roma by 12-1. The 1930s proved to be even more successful as the club managed five successive league titles in 5 years. Most of the titles and honors were won under the guidance of Carlo Carcano, the coach and talented players like Giovanni Ferrari, Luigi Bertolini, Luis Monti and Raimundo Orsi. For the rest of the 1930s and the 1940s, Juventus were unsuccessful to recapture championship dominance. The club won two more Scudetto championship's during the 1949–50 and 1951–52 seasons after the Second World War.

Welshman John Charles and Italo-Argentine Omar Sivori were the two new strikers who were signed during 1957-58. The same season, Juventus was awarded the Golden Star for Sport Excellence award after they became the only Italian side to win ten league titles. They also defeated Fiorentina to complete their first league and cup double, winning Serie A and Coppa Italia in 1958. In 1961, Boniperti declared his retirement as the top scorer with 182 goals, a record that was maintained for the last 45 years.

In 1966-67, the club won the league again and the 1970s saw Juventus further solidify their strong position in Italian football. They again won the Scudetto in 1971–72 and 1972–73, under the guidance of Čestmír Vycpálek, the former player. During the rest of the decade they emerged as the league winners two more times, with significant contribution from defender Gaetano Scirea. The Trapattoni-period was greatly remarkable in the 1980s, as the club started off well by winning the league three more times by 1984. Their 20 Italian league titles achievement made them the only Italian club to add a second golden star to their shirt. FIFA World Cup.


 

Recent Times

In the 1980s also world class player Michel Platini made a lasting impression on Juventus and its successes. He was declared as the European Footballer of the Year for three years in succession; 1983, 1984 and 1985. It was Platini who scored the winning goal against Liverpool in the 1985 European Cup final. The final is remembered by many as the Heysel tragedy.  

 
 
Michel Platini@Juve
 
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With the exception of winning the Italian Championship of 1985–86, the club did not have any major success. In 1990, Juventus moved into Stadio delle Alpi, the stadium which was built for the 1990 World Cup. At the beginning of 1994–95 campaign, Marcello Lippi was signed as the team manager. His first season with the club was successful as Juventus recorded their first Serie A championship title of the 90s. This period also saw remarkable performance from players like Alessandro Del Piero, Gianluca Vialli, Ciro Ferrara and Roberto Baggio. Lippi also helped Juventus to reach the Champions League by defeating Ajax on penalties after a 1–1 draw. 

 
 
Winning the Champions League against Ajax
 
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After winning the European Cup, the club signed up players like Filippo Inzaghi, Edgar Davids and Zinédine Zidane. Juventus was the Serie A champions in 1996–97 and 1997–98 as well as the European Super Cup champions. Juventus reached the 1997 and 1998 Champions League finals during this period, but lost out to Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid respectively. Later, Lippi signed on players like David Trézéguet, Gianluigi Buffon, Lilian Thuram and Pavel Nedvěd who helped the team to win Scudetto titles in the 2001–02 and 2002–03 seasons. The team also reached the Italian Champions League final in 2003 but was defeated against AC Milan. The following year, Lippi was selected as Italy's head coach, and thus came an end to the successful career spell with Juventus.



 

Club's Honours

27 Italian League Championship Winners (national record)
(1905; 1925-26; 1930-31; 1931-32; 1932-33; 1933-34; 1934-35; 1949-50; 1951-52; 1957-58; 1959-60; 1960-61; 1966-67; 1971-72; 1972-73; 1974-75; 1976-77; 1977-78; 1980-81; 1981-82; 1983-84; 1985-86; 1994-95; 1996-97; 1997-98; 2001-02; 2002-03)
 20 Italian League Championship Runners-up
(1903; 1904; 1906; 1937-38; 1945-46; 1946-47; 1952-53; 1953-54; 1962-63; 1973-74; 1975-76; 1979-80; 1982-83; 1986-87; 1991-92; 1993-94; 1995-96; 1999-2000; 2000-01; 2008-09)
 
9 Coppa Italia Winners (national record)
(1937–38; 1941–42; 1958–59; 1959–60; 1964–65; 1978–79; 1982–83; 1989–90; 1994–95)
4 Coppa Italia Runners-up (1972–73; 1991–92; 2001–02; 2003–04)
 
4 Supercoppa Italiana Winners (1995; 1997; 2002; 2003)
3 Supercoppa Italiana Runners-up (1990; 1998; 2005)
 
1 Serie B Winner (2006–07)

International titles:
2 UEFA Champions League (former European Cup) Winners (1984–85; 1995–96)
5 UEFA Champions League Runners-up (1972–73; 1982–83; 1996–97; 1997–98; 2002–03)
1 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Winners (1983–84)
3 UEFA Cup Winners (1976–77; 1989–90; 1992–93)
1 UEFA Cup Runner-up (1994–95)
1 UEFA Intertoto Cup Winner (1999)
2 UEFA Super Cup Winners (1984; 1996)
2 Intercontinental Cup Winners (1985; 1996)
1 Intercontinental Cup Runners-up (1973)


Squad
NamePositionGrade FansGroups
Marco Storari
Goal
11
 0
Felipe Melo de Carvalho
Midfield
42
0
Armand Traoré
Defense
20
 0
Hasan Salihamidžić
Midfield
42
0
Vincenzo Iaquinta
Offense
81
 0
Miloš Krasić
Midfield
76
 0
Claudio Marchisio
Midfield
37
 0
Giorgio Chiellini
Defense
152
0
Leonardo Bonucci
Defense
10
 0
Fabio Grosso
Defense
120
 0
Alessandro Del Piero
Offense
1912
0
Leandro Rinaudo
Defense
4
 0
Vincenzo Camilleri
Defense
3
 0
Alexander Manninger
Goal
18
 0
Mohamed Lamine Sissoko
Midfield
12
0
Marcel Büchel
Midfield
1
 0
Niccolo Giannetti
Offense
2
0

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