Nicknamed "la Vecchia Signora", meaning "The Old Lady", the club has won 36 official league titles, 15 Coppa Italia cups and 9 Italian Super Cups, holding the record in all these competitions; There are also 2 Intercontinental Cups, 2 European Cups/UEFA Champions League, 1 European Cup Winners' Cup, 3 UEFA Cups (Italian record), 2 UEFA Super Cups and 1 UEFA Intertoto Cup (Italian record). As a result, the team leads the historical Italian Football Federation (FIGC) rankings, internationally it ranks sixth in Europe and twelfth in the world with 11 trophies, and also ranks fourth in the all-time Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) competitions rankings, having achieved the highest coefficient score in the seven seasons since its introduction in 1979, the highest score for an Italian team in both cases and second place overall in the latter.
Founded as Sport-Club Juventus, initially as an athletics club, the club is the second oldest club of its kind still active in the country after Genoa's football department (1893), and has competed in the first club league (reorganized in different formats until the establishment of Serie A in 1929) every season since its foundation in 1900, except for the 2006–07 season, and has been almost continuously since 1923 owned by the industrialist Agnelli family. is managed.
The relationship between the club and this dynasty is the oldest and longest-running in national sports, making Juventus one of the first sports clubs in the country, having established itself as a major force on the national stage since the 1930s and at confederation level since the mid-1970s, and on an almost stable basis, generating value, revenue and profits since the mid-1990s, and being listed on the Borsa Italiana since 2001.
The club, under the management of Giovanni Trapattoni They won 13 trophies in the decade before 1986, including six league titles and five international tournaments, and became the first club to win all three seasonal competitions organized by the Union of European Football Associations: the 1976–77 UEFA Cup (the first Southern European team to do so), the 1983–84 Cup Winners' Cup and the 1984–85 European Champions' Cup.
With consecutive victories in the 1984 European Super Cup and the 1985 Intercontinental Cup, it became the first, and to date only club in the world, to win all five historic confederation cups; After another successful period under the leadership of Marcello Lippi, they reconfirmed this success with their title win in the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup, and also became, until 2022, the only Italian club to win all ongoing awards organized by a national or international football association and available to the first team.
In December 2000, Juventus were ranked seventh in FIFA's historical ranking of the world's best clubs, and nine years later, according to a series of statistical studies by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS), they were ranked as the second best club in Europe in the 20th century; this was the highest placing for an Italian club in both.
The club's fan base is the largest nationally and one of the largest worldwide. Unlike most European sports fan groups, which are usually concentrated around their club's home city, they have spread throughout the country and the Italian diaspora, making Juventus a symbol of anticampanilismo ("anti-parochialism") and italianità ("Italianness").
Juventus players have won 8 Ballon d'Or awards; four of these were won in consecutive years (1982-1985, a common record overall). In addition to Michel Platini, these players include three of the five players of Italian nationality, such as Omar Sívori, the first player to represent Serie A, and former youth team player Paolo Rossi.
They have also won four FIFA Player of the Year awards; Roberto Baggio and Zinedine Zidane achieved a national record and the third and second highest number of awards overall, respectively. Finally, the club is also the club that has produced the most players for the Italian national team; these players have played in official competitions almost continuously since 1924 and have often formed the group that has carried the Azzurri squad to international success; the most notable being the 1934, 1982 and 2006 FIFA World Cup victories.
History
The club was founded by high school students in 1897; In 1926, it came under the control of the Agnelli family, who also owned Fiat, and began to have successful days in terms of both sporting results and facilities. Starting from 1931, it won championships for 5 consecutive years. The team established under the leadership of the legendary Gaetano Scirea, Dino Zoff, Michel Platini, Antonio Cabrini, Marco Tardelli, Paolo Rossi, Boniek and Giovanni Trapattoni became the first team to win the 3 major European trophies.
He had a direct impact on three of Italy's four FIFA World Cups. In 1934, there were 8 Juventus players in the team. In the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the Italian national team was led by Juventus players Marcelo Lippi and Ciro Ferrara; Gianluigi Buffon, Fabio Cannavaro, Gianluca Zambrotta, Mauro Camoranesi, Alessandro Del Piero; He played a very important role in the country's championship.
In the 1998 FIFA World Cup held in France, host France won the FIFA World Cup, and Juventus' Zidane scored 2 goals in the final and brought the cup to his team. The one who lifted that cup on the podium was another Juventus player, Didier Deschamps. When Italy and France met in the final of the 2000 European Football Championship, David Trezeguet of Juventus brought the cup to his country with the golden goal, while Alessandro Del Piero of Juventus was in shock.
Exactly 6 years later, this time in the FIFA World Cup final held in Germany, while Del Piero was taking the cup to his country, David Trezeguet was shocked by the penalty he missed. These two players have been playing side by side at Juventus since the 2001 season.
Colours, emblems and nicknames
Juventus has used a black-and-white striped jersey and sometimes white, sometimes black shorts since 1903. Initially, they wore pink shirts with black ties, provided by the father of one of the team players. However, they decided to replace the jerseys, which had faded as a result of constant washing, in 1903.
Juventus asked one of their players, Englishman John Savage, if he had a contact in England who could provide new jerseys with more durable colours. Then a friend of John Savage's, a Notts County supporter living in Nottingam, sent the black and white striped jerseys to Turin.
Juventus' emblem has undergone numerous changes since 1920. The last change was made in January 2017 and the emblem, which had been in use since 2004, was completely changed. A more minimal and simpler emblem was designed in January 2017 to replace the old emblem, which had more symbols and details. The slogan "More Black, More White" was preferred in the promotional show of the new emblem, which was designed in a dynamic form.
In the emblem introduction published by Juventus, it was explained that the new emblem consists of the combination of the "Shield" shape, which was also used in the old emblem, the black bars and the letter "J", which was also used in the old emblems and jerseys.
The club has received many nicknames throughout its history. la Vecchia Signora (The old lady) is the best example. The club has also been nicknamed la Fidanzata d'Italia (Italy's sweetheart). This nickname was given by migrant workers who came to Turin from Southern Italy to work in FIAT factories. Apart from these, the most well-known nicknames are bianconeri (black-whites), le zebre (zebras). The zebra is the official mascot of Juventus, and their emblems and home jerseys evoke the zebra.
Stadium
The club played its matches in the Parco del Valentino and Parco Cittadella stadiums between 1897 and 1898. The Italian Football Championship was held at the Piazza d'Armi Stadium until 1908, except for its first year. During the year 1906 Corso Re played at the Umberto Stadium. The club won four league championships at the Corso Sebastopoli Stadium from 1909 to 1922 and continued to play in this stadium until 1933.
At the end of 1933, he began playing at the Mussolini Stadium, which was reopened for the 1934 FIFA World Cup. After World War II, the stadium was renamed Stadio Comunale Vittorio Pozzo. Juventus played 890 league matches in this stadium over 57 years. On very rare occasions the club has also played at other stadiums in Italy, such as Palermo's home stadium, the Stadio Renzo Barbera.
However, from 1990 until the 2005-06 season, he played at the Alps Stadium in Turin, which was built for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. In 2006, he returned to the Rome Olympic Stadium because the 2006 Winter Olympics were to be held in Turin. In November 2008, Juventus announced that the Alps Stadium was no longer a stadium that met its needs and that it would allocate 120 Million Euros to build a new stadium.
The new stadium will not have a running track as before, and the stands will be 7.5 meters closer to the field. Construction works started on March 1, 2009 and were completed on September 8, 2011.
2006 Match-fixing Scandal
In February 2006, it was alleged that Juventus' general manager Luciano Moggi was involved in the appointment and guidance of referees as a result of phone conversations. During these meetings, Luciano Moggi was sued with the President of the Referee Committee of the Italian Football Federation, the presidents of clubs such as Fiorentina, Lazio, Messina, referees and rival football players, alleging that the results of the matches were changed.
The incident was reported in the press as Juventus being relegated to the 3rd league for the first time. On May 1, 2006, Juventus beat its rival Reggina 2-0 and won its 29th league championship. However, this championship was not registered because it was involved in the prosecutor's investigation.
On May 22, a lawsuit was filed against the club along with Milan, Fiorentina and Lazio, and it was announced that if the clubs were found guilty as a result of the investigation, the teams would be punished up to relegation. On June 27, 2006, Juventus' sports director and former football player Gianluca Pessotto fell from the 4th floor of an apartment building and was seriously injured.
It was not clear whether the incident was an accident or a suicide attempt. On July 4, the prosecutor requested that Juventus be relegated two leagues, and the other defendant clubs AC Milan, Fiorentina and Lazio be relegated one league. It was also announced that the last two Serie A championships could be taken back.
Following these developments, the team's coach Fabio Capello resigned and signed with Real Madrid. He was replaced by Didier Deschamps, a former player of the France national football team. The decision was announced on July 14, 2006. Juventus was relegated to Serie B of the Italian 2nd League. The club's last two championship titles were erased.
It was decided that the next season would start the league with -30 points. It also lost its right to participate in the UEFA Champions League the following year.
With the start of investigations by other clubs, offers came to the players in the squad, which had 8 players in the 2006 FIFA World Cup final match, which was played just 10 days before this decision. After Juventus, like the other penalized clubs, objected to the decision, the Court of Appeal gave its final decision on 25 July 2006 and reduced the 30-point penalty to 17 points.
At the end of the 2006-2007 season, they finished as Serie B Champions and were promoted to Serie A again. After the team finished 7th in the 2009-2010 season, coach Luigi Delneri, who led Sampdoria to fourth place, was appointed.
Decision
Juventus was acquitted years later due to lack of evidence. After these events, Juventus applied to the regional court and filed a lawsuit against the Italian Football Federation for 443 million Euros. Thereupon, the Italian Football Federation informed Juventus that the championships could be re-awarded if they withdraw the case.
Staff
- As of 5 June 2026
Good luck
Although it achieved extremely successful results in the local league for a long time, it had little success in European Cups until the UEFA Cup it won in 1977. The increasing success rate in the European Cups reached its peak in 1985 by winning the Champion Clubs' Cup. However, what happened in the final against Liverpool will go down in history as the Heysel Disaster and this success will be overshadowed. Juventus would repeat this success in 1996 and lose to Milan on penalties in the final in 2003.
Apart from these two European Championships, there is the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup won in 1984 and three UEFA Cup Championships.
It is the most successful club in the Italian Leagues with 36 Italian Championships and 15 Italian Cups in its history. It is one of the four clubs that have won all three major European cups.
With 36 Championship titles, Juventus is entitled to bear the 3 stars on the club's coat of arms. As a result of the Italian Football Federation giving one star for every 10 Championships, there is no other team with 36 Serie A championships and therefore the right to wear 3 stars.
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Italy
- Serie A
- Champion (36): 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, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20
- Coppa Italia
- Champion (15): 1937-38, 1941-42, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1964-65, 1978-79, 1982-83, 1989-90, 1994-95, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2020-21, 2023-24
- Supercoppa Italiana
- Champion (9): 1995, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2020
- Serie B
- Champion (1): 2006-07
Europe
- UEFA Champions League
- Champion (2): 1984-85, 1995-96
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
- Champion (1): 1983-84
- UEFA Cup
- Champion (3): 1976-77, 1989-90, 1992-93
- UEFA Super Cup
- Champion (2): 1984, 1996
- UEFA Intertoto Cup
- Champion (1): 1999
Worldwide
- Intercontinental Cup
- Champion (2): 1985, 1996
presidents
Juventus has had many presidents throughout its history. Some of these presidents were also club owners. Below you can find a list of all past presidents of Juventus:
Past Managers
Below you can see a list of managers who have served Juventus to date:
Jersey sponsors and manufacturers
- 1979-1989 — Kappa — Ariston
- 1989-1992 — Kappa — Upim
- 1992-1995 — Kappa — Danone
- 1995-1998 — Kappa — Sony / Sony Minidisk
- 1998-1999 — Kappa — D+Libertà digitale / Tele+
- 1999-2000 — Kappa — CanalSatellite / D+Libertà digitale / Sony
- 2000-2001 — Lotto — Sportal.com / Tele+
- 2001-2002 — Lotto — FASTWEB / Tu Mobile
- 2002-2003 — Lotto — FASTWEB / Tamoil
- 2003-2004 — Nike — FASTWEB / Tamoil
- 2004-2005 — Nike — SKY Italia / Tamoil
- 2005-2007 — Nike — Tamoil
- 2007-2010 — Nike — New Holland (owned by FIAT)
- 2010-2012 — Nike — BetClic / Balocco
- 2012-2015 — Nike — FIAT S.p.A (Jeep)
- 2015- — Adidas — FIAT S.p.A (Jeep)
See also
- Heysel Disaster
- 2006 Serie A Scandal
External links
- Official site Archived 3 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
- English fansite Archived 28 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
- FC Juventus News Archived 13 October 2005 at the Wayback Machine.
- Ajansspor Juventus Pages
