Juventus Football Club S.p.A. (BIT: JUVE)
(from Latin[4]
iuventus: youth, pronounced
[juˈvɛntus]), commonly referred to as Juventus and
colloquially as Juve (pronounced
[ˈjuːve]),[5]
are 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
2006–07 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,[3]
among them, who was their first
president,
Eugenio Canfari, and his brother Enrico, author of the company's
historical memory;[6][7][8]
they are 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.[9][10]
Over time, the club has become a symbol of the nation's
culture and
italianità ("Italianness"),[11][12][13]
due to their tradition of success, some of which have had a significant
impact in Italian society, especially in the 1930s and the first
postwar decade;[14]
and the
ideological
politics and
socio-economic origin of the club's sympathisers.[15]
This is reflected, among others, in the club's
contribution to the
national team, uninterrupted since the second half of 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.[16][17]
The club's fan base is larger than any other Italian football club and
is one of the largest world-wide. Support for Juventus is widespread
throughout the country and abroad, mainly in countries with a
significant presence of
Italian immigrants.[18][19]
Juventus are historically the most successful club in
Italian football and one of the most laureated and important
globally.[20][21][22]
Overall, they have won fifty-three official titles on the national and
international stage,
more than any other Italian club: a record twenty-eight
league
titles, a record nine
Italian cups and five
national super cups 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, a record three
UEFA Cups, one
UEFA Intertoto Cup and two
UEFA Super Cups) the club currently ranks fourth in Europe and
eighth in the world with the
most trophies won.[23]
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).[24][25][26]
After their triumph in the
Intercontinental Cup the same year, the club also became
the first in football history—and remain the only one at present—to
have won all possible official
continental competitions and the
world title.[27][28][29][30]
According to the all-time ranking published in 2009 by the
International Federation of Football History and Statistics, an
organization recognised by
FIFA, based
on clubs' performance in international competitions, Juventus were
Italy's best club and second in Europe of the 20th century.[22]
History
Early years
Historic first ever Juventus club shot, 1898
Juventus were founded as Sport Club Juventus in late 1897 by pupils
from the
Massimo D'Azeglio
Lyceum
school in Turin,[31]
but were renamed as Foot-Ball Club Juventus two years later.[3]
The club joined the
Italian Football Championship during 1900. During this period the
team wore a pink and black kit. Juventus first won the league
championship in
1905 while playing at their
Velodromo Umberto I ground. By this time the club colours had
changed to black and white stripes, inspired by English side
Notts County.[32]
There was a split at the club in 1906, after some of the staff
considered moving Juve out of Turin.[3]
President Alfredo Dick was unhappy with this and left with some
prominent players to found
FBC Torino which in turn spawned the
Derby della Mole.[33]
Juventus spent much of this period steadily rebuilding after the split,
surviving the First World War.[32]
League dominance
Fiat
owner
Edoardo Agnelli gained control of the club in 1923, and built a new
stadium.[3]
This helped the club to its second scudetto (league championship)
in the
1925–26 season beating
Alba Roma with an aggregate score of 12–1,
Antonio Vojak's goals were essential that season.[32]
The club established itself as a major force in Italian football since
the 1930s, becoming the country's first professional club and the first
with a decentralised fan base,[9][34]
which led it to win a record of
five consecutive Italian championships the first four under the
management of
Carlo Carcano and form
the
core of the of the
Italy national team during the
Vittorio Pozzo's era, including the
1934 world champion
squad.[35]
with star players such as
Raimundo Orsi,
Luigi Bertolini,
Giovanni Ferrari and
Luis Monti amongst others.
Juventus moved to the
Stadio Comunale, but for the rest of the 1930s and the majority of
the 1940s they were unable to recapture championship dominance. After
the Second World War,
Gianni Agnelli was appointed honorary president.[3]
The club added two more league championships to its name in the
1949–50 and
1951–52 seasons, the latter of which was under the management of
Englishman
Jesse Carver. Two new strikers were signed during
1957–58; Welshman
John Charles and Italo-Argentine
Omar Sivori, playing alongside longtime member
Giampiero Boniperti. That season saw Juventus awarded with the
Golden Star for Sport Excellence to wear on their shirts after
becoming the first Italian side to win ten league titles. In the same
season, Omar Sivori became the first ever player at the club to win the
European Footballer of the Year.[36]
The following season they beat
Fiorentina to complete their first league and cup double, winning
Serie A
and
Coppa Italia. Boniperti retired in 1961 as the all-time top scorer
at the club, with 182 goals in all competitions, a club record which
stood for 45 years.[37]
During the rest of the decade the club won the league just once more
in
1966–67,[32]
However, the 1970s saw Juventus further solidify their strong position
in Italian football. Under former player
Čestmír Vycpálek they won the scudetto in
1971–72 and
1972–73,[32]
with players such as
Roberto Bettega,
Franco Causio and
José Altafini breaking through. During the rest of the decade they
won the league twice more, with defender
Gaetano Scirea contributing significantly. The later win was under
Giovanni Trapattoni, who helped the club's domination continue on
into the early part of the 1980s[38]
and to form the
backbone of the Italian national team during
Enzo Bearzot's era, including the
1978 FIFA World Cup and
1982 world champion
squads.[39][40]
European stage
The Trapattoni-era was highly successful in the 1980s; the club
started the decade off well, winning the league title three more times
by 1984.[32]
This meant Juventus had won 20 Italian league titles and were allowed to
add a second golden star to their shirt, thus becoming the only Italian
club to achieve this.[38]
Around this time the club's players were attracting considerable
attention;
Paolo Rossi was named
European Footballer of the Year following his contribution to
Italy's victory in the
1982 FIFA World Cup, where he was named player of the tournament.[41]
Frenchman
Michel Platini was also awarded the European Footballer of the Year
title for three years in a row; 1983, 1984 and 1985, which is a record.[36]
Juventus are the only club to have players from their club winning the
award in four consecutive years.[36]
Indeed it was Platini who scored the winning goal in the
1985 European Cup final against
Liverpool, however this was marred by a tragedy which changed
European football.[42]
That year, Juventus became the
first club in the history of European football to have won all three
major
UEFA competitions[25][26]
and, after their triumph in the
Intercontinental Cup, the club also became
the first in association football history—and remain the world's
only one at present—to have won all possible
confederation
competitions and the
club world title.[43]
With the exception of winning the closely contested Italian
Championship of
1985–86, the rest of the 1980s were not very successful for the
club. As well as having to contend with
Diego Maradona's Napoli, both of the Milanese clubs,
Milan and
Internazionale, won Italian championships.[32]
In 1990, Juventus moved into their new home, the
Stadio delle Alpi, which was built for the
1990 World Cup.[44]
Lippi era of
success
Marcello Lippi took over as Juventus manager at the start of the
1994–95 campaign.[3]
His first season at the helm of the club was a successful one, as
Juventus recorded their first
Serie A
championship title since the mid-1980s.[32]
The crop of players during this period featured
Ciro Ferrara,
Roberto Baggio,
Gianluca Vialli and a young
Alessandro Del Piero. Lippi lead Juventus to the
Champions League the following season, beating
Ajax
on penalties after a 1–1 draw in which
Fabrizio Ravanelli scored for Juve.[45]
The club did not rest long after winning the European Cup, more
highly regarded players were brought into the fold in the form of
Zinedine Zidane,
Filippo Inzaghi and
Edgar Davids. At home Juventus won Serie A in
1996–97 and
1997–98, as well as the
1996
UEFA Super Cup[46]
and the
1996
Intercontinental Cup.[47]
Juventus reached the
1997 and
1998 Champions League finals during this period, but lost out to
Borussia Dortmund and
Real Madrid respectively.[48][49]
After a season's absence Lippi returned, signing big name players
such as
Gianluigi Buffon,
David Trezeguet,
Pavel Nedvěd and
Lilian Thuram, helping the team to two more scudetto titles
in the
2001–02 and
2002–03 seasons.[32]
Juventus were also part of an all Italian Champions League final in
2003 but lost out to
Milan on penalties after the game ended in a 0–0 draw. The following
year, Lippi was appointed as
Italy's head coach, bringing an end to one of the most fruitful
managerial spells in Juventus' history.[38]
The
"Calciopoli" scandal
Fabio Capello became its coach in 2004, and led Juventus to two more
Serie A titles. However, in May 2006, Juventus became one of the five
clubs linked to a
Serie A match fixing scandal, the result of which saw the club
relegated to
Serie B
for the first time in its history. The club was also stripped of the two
titles won under Capello in 2005 and 2006.[50]
Many key players left following the demotion to Serie B, including
Thuram, star striker
Zlatan Ibrahimović and defensive stalwart
Fabio Cannavaro. However, other big name players such as Buffon, Del
Piero and Nedvěd remained to help the club return to Serie A while
youngsters from the Primavera such as
Sebastian Giovinco and
Claudio Marchisio were integrated into the first team. The
bianconeri were promoted straight back up as league winners after
the
2006–07 season while captain Del Piero claimed the top scorer award
with 21 goals.
Return to Serie A
Since their return to Serie A in the
2007–08 season, former
Chelsea manager
Claudio Ranieri managed Juventus for two seasons.[51]
They finished in third place in their first return season, and qualified
for the 2008–09 Champions League third qualifying round in the
preliminary stages. Juventus reached the group stages, where they beat
Real Madrid in both home and away legs, before losing in the
knockout round to
Chelsea. Ranieri was sacked following a string of unsuccessful
results, and
Ciro Ferrara was appointed as manager on a temporary basis for the
last two games of the season,[52]
before being subsequently appointed as the manager for the 2009–10
season.[53]
However, Ferrara's stint as Juventus manager proved to be
unsuccessful, with Juventus knocked out of Champions League and Coppa
Italia, and just lying on the sixth place in the league table at the end
of January 2010, leading to the dismissal of Ciro Ferrara and naming
Alberto Zaccheroni as caretaker manager. Zaccheroni could not help
the side improve, as Juventus finished the season in seventh place in
Serie A. For the 2010–11 season,
Jean-Claude Blanc was replaced by
Andrea Agnelli as the club's president. Agnelli's first action was
to replace Zaccheroni and Director of Sport
Alessio Secco with
Sampdoria manager
Luigi Delneri and Director of Sport
Giuseppe Marotta.[54]
However, Delneri failed to improve their fortunes and was dismissed.
Former player and fan favourite
Antonio Conte, fresh after winning promotion with
Siena, was named as Delneri's replacement.
With Conte as manager, Juventus went unbeaten for the entire season.
Towards the second half of the season, the team was mostly competing
with
northern rivals
Milan for first place in a tight contest. Juventus won the title on
the 37th matchday, after beating
Cagliari 2–0, and Milan losing to
Internazionale 4–2. After a 3–1 win in the final matchday against
Atalanta, Juventus became the first team to go the season unbeaten
in the current 38-game format. Other noteworthy achievements include the
biggest away win (5–0 at
Fiorentina), best defensive record (20 goals conceded) in
Serie A
and second best in the top six European leagues.[55]
Colours, badge and nicknames
|
|
| Juventus' original home colors |
Juventus have played in black and white striped shirts, with white
shorts, sometimes black shorts since 1903. Originally, they played in
pink shirts with a black tie, but only because they had been sent the
wrong shirts. The father of one of the players made the earliest shirts,
but continual washing faded the colour so much that in 1903 the club
sought to replace them.[56]
Juventus asked one of their team members, Englishman John Savage, if
he had any contacts in England who could supply new shirts in a color
that would better withstand the elements. He had a friend who lived in
Nottingham, who being a
Notts County supporter, shipped out the black and white striped
shirts to Turin.[56]
Juve have worn the shirts ever since, considering the colors to be
aggressive and powerful.[56]
Juventus Football Club's official emblem has undergone different and
small modifications since the 1920s. The last modification of the Old
Lady's badge took place before 2004–05 season. At the present time,
the emblem of the team is a black-and-white
oval shield of a type used by Italian ecclesiastics. It is divided
in five vertical stripes: two white stripes and three black stripes,
inside which are the following elements; in its upper section, the name
of the society superimposed on a white
convex section, over golden curvature (gold for
honour).
The white silhouette of a
charging
bull is in the lower section of the oval shield, superimposed on a
black
old French shield; the charging bull is a symbol of the
Comune
di Torino.
Juventus F.C. badge in 2004
There is also a black silhouette of a
mural crown above the black spherical triangle's base. This is a
reminiscence to Augusta Tourinorum, the old city of the
Roman era which the present
capital of
Piedmont region is its cultural heiress.
In the past, the convex section of the emblem had a blue color
(another symbol of Turin) and, furthermore, its shape was
concave. The old French shield and the mural crown, also in the
lower section of the emblem, had a considerably greater size with
respect to the present. The two
Golden Stars for Sport Excellence were located above the convex and
concave section of Juventus' emblem. During the 1980s, the club emblem
was the silhouette of a
zebra, to
both sides of the
equide's
head, the
two golden stars and, above this badge, forming an
arc, the club's name.
During its history, the club has acquired a number of nicknames,
la Vecchia Signora[1]
(the Old Lady) being the best example. The "old" part of the nickname is
a pun on Juventus which means "youth" in
Latin.[4]
It was derived from the age of the Juventus star players towards the
middle of 1930s. The "lady" part of the nickname is how fans of the club
affectionately referred to it before the 1930s. The club is also
nicknamed la Fidanzata d'Italia (the Girlfriend of Italy),
because over the years it has received a high level of support from
Southern Italian immigrant workers (particularly from
Naples
and
Palermo), who arrived in Turin to work for
FIAT since the 1930s. Other nicknames include; i bianconeri
(the black-and-whites), le zebre (the
zebras[57])
in reference to Juventus' colors. I gobbi (the hunchbacks) is the
nickname that is used to define Juventus supporters, but is also used
sometimes for team's players. The most widely accepted origin of
gobbi dates to the fifties, when the bianconeri team was wearing a
large jersey. When players ran on the field, the jersey, which had an
opening on the chest with laces, generated a bulge on the back (a sort
of parachute effect), giving the impression that the players have a
hunchback.[58]
Stadiums
After the first two years (1897 and 1898), during which Juventus
played in the Parco del Valentino and Parco Cittadella, their matches
were held in the Piazza d'Armi Stadium until 1908, except in 1905,
the first year of the scudetto, and in 1906, years in which
it played at the
Corso Re Umberto.
From 1909 to 1922, Juventus played their internal competitions at
Corso Sebastopoli Camp, and before moving the following year to Corso
Marsiglia Camp where they remained until 1933, winning four league
titles. At the end of 1933 they began to play at the new Stadio
Mussolini stadium inaugurated for the
1934 World Championships. After the Second World War, the stadium
was renamed as Stadio Comunale
Vittorio Pozzo. Juventus played home matches at the ground for
57 years, a total of 890 league matches.[59]
The team continued to host training sessions at the stadium until July
2003.[60]
From 1990 until the 2005–06 season, the Torinese side contested their
home matches at
Stadio delle Alpi, built for the
1990 FIFA World Cup, although in very rare circumstances, the club
played some home games in other stadia such as
Renzo Barbera at
Palermo,
Dino Manuzzi at
Cesena
and the
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza at
Milan.[60]
In August 2006, the bianconeri returned to play in the Stadio
Comunale, now known as
Stadio Olimpico, after the restructuring of the stadium for the
2006 Winter Olympics onwards. In November 2008 Juventus announced
that they will invest around €120 million to build a new ground, the
Juventus Stadium, on the site of Delle Alpi. Unlike the old ground,
there will not be a running track; instead the pitch will be only 7.5
meters away from the stands. The planned capacity is 41,000. Work began
during spring 2009 and the stadium was opened on 8 September 2011 for
the start of the 2011–12 season.
Supporters
Juventus are the best supported football club in
Italy,
with over 12 million fans or
tifosi,
which represent approximately 29% of the total Italian football fans
according to a research published in September 2010 by Italian research
agency Demos & Pi,[18]
and one of the most supported football clubs in the world, with
180 million supporters (43 million in Europe alone),[19]
particularly in the Mediterranean countries, to which a large number of
Italian diaspora have emigrated.[61]
The Torinese side has fan clubs branches across the globe.[62]
Demand for Juventus tickets in occasional home games held away from
Turin is high; suggesting that Juventus have stronger support in other
parts of the country. Juve is widely and especially popular throughout
mainland
Southern Italy,
Sicily
and Malta,
leading the team to have one of the largest followings in its away
matches,[63]
more than in Turin itself.
Rivalries
Juventus have significant rivalries with two clubs. Their traditional
rivals are fellow Turin club
Torino F.C. and matches between the two side are known as the
Derby della Mole (Derby of Turin). The rivalry dates back to 1906 as
Torino was founded by break-away Juventus players and staff. Their most
high-profile rivalry is with
Internazionale, another big
Serie A
club located in
Milan,
the capital of the neighbouring region of
Lombardy. Matches between these two clubs are referred to as the
Derby d'Italia (Derby of Italy) and the two regularly challenge
each other at the top of the league table, hence the intense rivalry.[64]
Up until the
Calciopoli scandal which saw Juventus forcibly relegated, the two
were the only Italian clubs to have never played below
Serie A.
Notably the two sides are the first and the second most supported clubs
in Italy and the rivalry has intensified since the later part of the
1990s; reaching its highest levels ever post-Calciopoli, with the return
of Juventus to Serie A.[64]
They also have rivalries with
Milan,[65]
Roma[66]
and
Fiorentina.[67]
Youth programme
The Juventus youth set-up has been recognised as one of the best in
Italy for producing young talents.[68]
While not all graduates made it to the first team, many have enjoyed
successful careers in the Italian
top
flight. Under long-time coach
Vincenzo Chiarenza, the Primavera (Under-20) squad enjoyed
one of its successful periods, winning all age-group competitions from
2004 to 2006.
The youth system is also notable for its contribution to the Italian
national senior and youth teams.
1934 World Cup winner
Gianpiero Combi,
1936 Gold Medal and
1938 World Cup winner
Pietro Rava,
Giampiero Boniperti,
Roberto Bettega,
1982 World Cup hero
Paolo Rossi and more recently,
Claudio Marchisio and
Sebastian Giovinco are a number of former graduates who have gone on
to make the first team and full Italy squad.[69]
Like Dutch club
Ajax
and many English
Premier League clubs, Juventus operates several satellite clubs and
football schools outside of the country (i.e.
United States,
Canada,
Greece,
Saudi Arabia,
Australia and
Switzerland) and numerous camps in the local region to expand talent
scouting.[70]
Players
Current squad
- First team squad, as of 17 December 2012.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under
FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA
nationality.
For recent transfers, see
2012–13 Juventus F.C. season.
Out on Loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under
FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA
nationality.
Loan deals expire 30 June 2013
Co-ownership
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under
FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA
nationality.
Co-ownership deals expire 21 June 2013
Primavera
Management Staff
- See also
List of Juventus F.C. managers
| Position |
Staff |
| Manager |
Antonio Conte |
| Assistant Manager |
Angelo Alessio |
| Goalkeeping Coach |
Claudio Filippi |
| First-team Coach |
Massimo Carrera |
| Head of Fitness |
Paolo Bertelli |
| Fitness Coach |
Julio Tous |
| Fitness Coach |
Costantino Coratti |
| Head of Training Check |
Roberto Sassi |
Source:
Juventus.com
Presidential
history
Juventus have had numerous presidents over the course of their
history, some of which have been the owners of the club, others have
been honorary presidents, here is a complete list of them:[71]
| |
| Name |
Years |
|
Eugenio Canfari |
1897–98 |
| Enrico Canfari |
1898–01 |
| Carlo Favale |
1901–02 |
| Giacomo Parvopassu |
1903–04 |
| Alfred Dick |
1905–06 |
|
Carlo Vittorio Varetti |
1907–10 |
| Attilio Ubertalli |
1911–12 |
| Giuseppe Hess |
1913–15 |
| Gioacchino Armano / Fernando Nizza
/ Sandro Zambelli |
1915–18[nb
1] |
| Corrado Corradini |
1919–20 |
| Gino Olivetti |
1920–23 |
|
Edoardo Agnelli |
1923–35 |
| Giovanni Mazzonis |
1935–36 |
|
|
|
Managerial history
Below is a list of Juventus managers from 1923 when the Agnelli
family took over and the club became more structured and organized,[3]
until the present day.[72]
Honours
Italy's most successful club of the 20th century,[22]
and the
most successful club in the history of
Italian football,[20]
Juventus have won the
Italian
League Championship, the country's premier football club
competition, a record 28 times and have the
record of consecutive triumphs in that tournament (five, between
1930–31 and
1934–35).[38]
They have also won the
Italian Cup, the country's primary cup competition, nine times,
holding the record number of wins—overall and consecutives—for the
latter.[73]
Overall, Juventus have won 53 official competitions, more than any
other team in the country; 42 in the national First Division, which is
also a record, and 11 official international competitions,[74]
making them, in the latter case, the second most successful Italian club
in
European competition.[75]
The club is currently fourth in Europe and eighth in the world with the
most
international titles won officially recognised by their respective
association football confederation and
FIFA.[23]
They have won the UEFA Cup three times, a record they share with
Liverpool and
Internazionale.[76]
The club has earned the distinction of being allowed to wear two
Golden Stars for Sport Excellence (it.
Stelle d'oro al Merito Sportivo) on its shirts representing its
league victories, the tenth of which was achieved during the
1957–58 season and the twentieth in the
1981–82 season. Juventus were the first Italian team to have twice
achieved
the national double (winning the Italian
top tier
division and the
national cup competition in the same season), in the 1959–60 and
1994–95 seasons.
The club is unique in the world in having won all official
international competitions,[28][29]
and they have received, in recognition to win
the three major
UEFA competitions[26]—first
case in the history of the
European football—[25]
The UEFA Plaque by the
Union of
European Football Associations on 12 July 1988.[77][78]
The Torinese side was placed 7th—but the top Italian club—in the
FIFA Clubs of the 20th Century selection of 23 December 2000.[79]
Juventus have been proclaimed
World's Club Team of the Year twice (1993 and 1996)[80]
and was ranked in 3rd place—the highest ranking of any Italian club—in
the
All-Time Club World Ranking (1991–2009 period) by the
International Federation of Football History & Statistics.[81]
National titles
-
-
1905,
1925–26,[82]
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
-
-
- 1937–38, 1941–42, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1964–65, 1978–79,
1982–83,
1989–90,
1994–95
-
-
-
1995,
1997,
2002,
2003,
2012
-
-
-
2006–07
-
European titles
-
-
1984–85,
1995–96
-
-
-
1983–84
-
-
-
1976–77,
1989–90,
1992–93
-
-
-
1999
-
-
-
1984,
1996
World-wide titles
-
-
1985,
1996
-
Club
statistics and records
Alessandro Del Piero holds Juventus' official appearance record (646
as of 23 October 2010). He took over from
Gaetano Scirea on 6 March 2008 against
Palermo. He also holds the record for
Italian
Serie A appearances with 467 (as of 21 December 2011).
Including all official competitions,
Alessandro Del Piero is the all-time leading goalscorer for
Juventus, with 277 goals—as of 23 October 2010—since joining the club in
1993.
Giampiero Boniperti, who was the all-time topscorer since 1961 comes
in second in all competitions with 182.
In the 1933–34 season,
Felice Placido Borel II° scored 31 goals in 34 appearances, setting
the club record for
Serie A
goals in a single season. Ferenc Hirzer is the club's highest scorer in
a single season with 35 goals in 26 appearances in the 1925–26 season
(record of Italian football). The most goals scored by a player in a
single match is 6, which is also an Italian record. This was achieved by
Omar Enrique Sivori in a game against
Internazionale in the 1960–61 season.[32]
The first ever official game participated in by Juventus was in the
Third Federal Football Championship, the predecessor of
Serie A,
against
Torinese; Juve lost 0–1. The biggest ever victory recorded by
Juventus was 15–0 against Cento, in the second round of the
Coppa Italia in the 1926–27 season. In terms of the league;
Fiorentina and Fiumana were famously on the end of the Old Lady's
biggest championship wins, both were beaten 11–0 and were recorded in
the 1928–29 season. Juventus' heaviest championship defeats came during
the 1911–12 and 1912–13 seasons; they were against
Milan in 1912 (1–8) and
Torino in 1913 (0–8).[32]
The sale of
Zinédine Zidane to
Real Madrid of Spain from Juventus in 2001, was the
world football transfer record until recently, costing the Spanish
club around £46 million. Now,
Cristiano Ronaldo holds the record for the most expensive transfer
of all time in football.[96]
Contribution to the Italian national team
Overall, Juventus are the club
that has contributed the most players to the Italian national team
in history,[97]
they are the only Italian club that has contributed players to every
Italian national team since the
2nd FIFA World Cup.[98]
Juventus have contributed numerous players to Italy's
World Cup campaigns, these successful periods principally have
coincided with two
golden ages of the Turin club's history, referred as Quinquennio
d'Oro (The Golden Quinquennium), from 1931 until 1935, and Ciclo
Leggendario (The Legendary Cycle), from 1972 to 1986.
Below are a list of Juventus players who represented the Italian
national team during World Cup winning tournaments;[99]
-
1934 FIFA World Cup (9);
Gianpiero Combi,
Virginio Rosetta,
Luigi Bertolini,
Felice Borel IIº,
Umberto Caligaris,
Giovanni Ferrari,
Luis Monti,
Raimundo Orsi and
Mario Varglien Iº
-
1938 FIFA World Cup (2);
Alfredo Foni and
Pietro Rava
-
1982 FIFA World Cup (6);
Dino Zoff,
Antonio Cabrini,
Claudio Gentile,
Paolo Rossi,
Gaetano Scirea and
Marco Tardelli
-
2006 FIFA World Cup (5);
Fabio Cannavaro,
Gianluigi Buffon,
Mauro Camoranesi,
Alessandro Del Piero and
Gianluca Zambrotta
Two Juventus players have won the
golden boot award at the World Cup with Italy; Paolo Rossi in 1982
and
Salvatore Schillaci in
1990. As well as contributing to Italy's World Cup winning sides,
two Juventus players Alfredo Foni and Pietro Rava, represented Italy in
the gold medal winning squad at the
1936 Summer Olympics. Three bianconeri players represented
their nation during the
1968 European Football Championship win for Italy;
Sandro Salvadore,
Ernesto Càstano and
Giancarlo Bercellino.[100]
The Torinese club has also contributed to a lesser degree to the
national sides of other nations.
Zinédine Zidane and captain
Didier Deschamps were Juventus players when they won the
1998 World Cup with
France, making it as the association football club which supplied
the most
FIFA World Cup winners globally (24)[101]
(three other players in the 1998 squad,
Patrick Vieira,
David Trézéguet and
Lilian Thuram have all played for Juventus at one time or another).
Three Juventus players have also won the
European Football Championship with a nation other than Italy,
Luis del Sol won it in
1964 with
Spain, while the Frenchmen
Michel Platini and Zidane won the competition in
1984 and
2000 respectively.[102]
Economical
information
Juventus F.C. S.p.A
| Revenue |
€213,786,231 (2011–12) |
|
Operating income |
(€41,188,373) (2011–12) |
|
Net income |
(€48,654,550) (2011–12) |
|
Total
assets |
€427,780,347 (2011–12) |
|
Total equity |
€64,608,583 (2011–12) |
Since 27 June 1967 Juventus Football Club has been a
Joint-stock company (it.
società per azioni)[103]
and since 3 December 2001 the torinese side is listed on the
Borsa Italiana.[104]
As of 2011, the Juventus'
shares are distributed between 60% to
Exor S.p.A,[105]
the Agnelli family's
holding (a company of the Giovanni Agnelli & C.S.a.p.a Group),[106][107]
7.5% to Libyan Arab Foreign Investment Co.[108]
and 32.5% to other shareholders.[108]
Since 2012,
Jeep became the new sponsor of Juventus, a car brand acquired by
FIAT after 2000s Global Financial Crisis.
Along with
Lazio and
Roma,
the Old Lady is one of only three Italian clubs quoted on
Borsa Italiana (Italian stock exchange). Juventus was also the only
association football club in the country member of STAR (Segment
of Stocks conforming to High Requirements,
it. Segmento Titoli con Alti Requisiti), one of the main
market segment in the world.[109]
However due to 2011 financial result, Juventus had to move from STAR
segment to MTA market.[110]
The club's
training ground was owned by Campi di Vinovo S.p.A, controlled by
Juventus Football Club S.p.A to 71.3%.[111]
In 2003 the club bought the lands from the subsidiary[112]
and later the company was dissolved. Since then Juventus FC did not had
any subsidiary.
From 1 July 2008 the club has implemented a
Safety Management System for employees and athletes in compliance
with the requirements of international OHSAS 18001:2007 regulation[113]
and a Safety Management System in the medical sector according to the
international
ISO 9001:2000 resolution.[114]
The club is one of the founders of the
European Club Association (ECA), which was formed after the
dissolution of the
G-14, an
international group of Europe's most elite clubs which Juventus were
also a founding member.[115]
According to the
Deloitte Football Money League, a research published by consultants
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in 9 February 2012, Juventus are the
thirteenth highest earning football club in the world with an estimated
revenue of €154 million.[116]
Currently, the club is also ranked 9th on
Forbes' list of the most valuable football clubs in the world,
making them the second association football club richest in Italy and,
overall, one of the top 50 sporting teams at worldwide level in terms of
value.[117][118]
Juventus re-capitalized on 28 June 2007, increased €104,807,731.60
shares capital.[119]
The team made an aggregate net loss in the following seasons (2006 to
date): -€927,569 (2006–07[119]),
-€20,787,469 (2007–08),[120]
net income €6,582,489 (2008–09[121])
and net loss €10,967,944 (2009–10[122])
After an unaudited €43,411,481 net loss was recorded in the first 9
months of 2010–11 season,[123]
the BoD announced that a capital increase of €120 million was planned,
scheduled to submit to the extraordinary shareholder's meeting in
October.[124]
Eventually that season net loss was €95,414,019.[125]
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See also
Historical
information
Lists
Records and
recognitions
Economic rankings