Juventus FC
Italian football team.
Juventus Football Club, commonly referred to as Juventus, is a professional football club based in Turin, Italy. The club plays its domestic football in Serie A, the top tier of Italian football. Juventus has the nickname "La Vecchia Signora" (The Old Lady) and "I Bianconeri" (The Black and Whites), due to their iconic black and white striped shirts. They play their home games at the Allianz Stadium, which has been their home since 2011 and has a capacity of 41,507 spectators.
Juventus was founded in 1897 by a group of students from Turin and has since become one of the most successful and popular football clubs in the world. They joined the Italian Football Championship in 1900 and won their first league title in 1905. Since then, Juventus has amassed a record 36 official Serie A titles, 14 Coppa Italia titles, and 9 Supercoppa Italiana titles, making them the most successful club in Italian football history.
In European competitions, Juventus has won the UEFA Champions League (formerly European Cup) twice, in 1985 and 1996. They have also claimed the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Cup, and the UEFA Intertoto Cup once each. The club's most successful period in European football came in the 1980s and 1990s under the management of Giovanni Trapattoni and Marcello Lippi.
Juventus holds various records in Italian football, including the most Serie A and Coppa Italia titles. They are also the only club in the world to have won all possible confederation competitions and the club world title. The club has been home to numerous world-class players throughout its history, including Michel Platini, Zinedine Zidane, Alessandro Del Piero, and Cristiano Ronaldo.
The club's biggest rivalry is with Inter Milan, with whom they contest the Derby d'Italia. They also have strong rivalries with AC Milan, Roma, and Fiorentina. In recent years, Juventus dominated Italian football, winning nine consecutive Serie A titles from 2012 to 2020 under the management of Antonio Conte and later Massimiliano Allegri.
Juventus has faced challenges off the pitch, including the Calciopoli scandal in 2006, which saw them relegated to Serie B for the first time in their history. However, they quickly bounced back, winning the Serie B title and returning to Serie A the following season.
In recent seasons, Juventus has focused on building a competitive team capable of challenging for both domestic and European honors. The club has invested heavily in players and infrastructure, including the construction of their state-of-the-art stadium. As of the 2023-24 season, Juventus continues to be one of the top teams in Serie A and a regular participant in the UEFA Champions League, aiming to add to their impressive trophy collection and maintain their status as one of Europe's elite clubs.