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Lore & Background

Juventus was founded as Sport-Club Juventus in late 1897 by students from the Massimo d'Azeglio Lyceum school in Turin. The club was renamed Foot-Ball Club Juventus in 1899. In 1905, Juventus won their first Italian championship. Around this period, the club adopted its famous black-and-white striped shirts, inspired by English side Notts County. In 1906, internal disagreements led president Alfred Dick and several players to leave and form FBC Torino. In 1913, Juventus was relegated to the second division after finishing in last place, but the Italian Federation decided to expand the league for the following season, allowing Juventus to remain in the top flight.

In Their Own Story

The identity of the 'Old Lady' was forged through specific eras of dominance and tragedy. In the 1930s, Juventus became Italy's first major professional club, winning five consecutive league titles between 1931 and 1935 with players like Raimundo Orsi and Luis Monti contributing to the 1934 FIFA World Cup-winning national team. The 'Magical Trio' of John Charles, Omar Sívori, and Giampiero Boniperti drove success in the late 1950s, leading to the club's first league and cup double in 1959–60. By 1961, Juventus became the first Italian club to win ten league titles, earning a gold star above its crest. The narrative of the 'Old Lady' includes the Calciopoli scandal in 2006, where the club was relegated to Serie B and stripped of the 2004–05 title, yet figures like Alessandro Del Piero and Gianluigi Buffon remained to rebuild. This resilience culminated in a record nine consecutive Serie A titles between 2012 and 2020.

Reader's Guide

Juventus have won a record 36 Italian league titles, 15 Coppa Italia trophies, and nine Supercoppa Italiana trophies. Internationally, the club has won two European Cup/UEFA Champions League titles, one European Cup Winners' Cup, three UEFA Cups, two Intercontinental Cups, two UEFA Super Cups, and one UEFA Intertoto Cup. With eleven international trophies, Juventus occupy the sixth position in Europe and 12th position worldwide for most confederation titles. Under Giovanni Trapattoni, Juventus became the first club to win all three major UEFA competitions (UEFA Cup, Cup Winners' Cup, and European Champions' Cup). With additional triumphs in 1984 European Super Cup and 1985 Intercontinental Cup, they became also the first in football history to complete a clean sweep of international trophies; an improved record by winning the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup, and remained the only club to have won every official UEFA men's club tournament until the first 2022 Europa Conference League final.

Did You Know?

• Juventus is the most widely supported football club in Italy and among the most supported worldwide.
• Owned by the Agnelli family since 1923.
• Juventus players have won eight Ballon d'Or awards and two FIFA World Player of the Year awards.
• The club has provided more players to the Italy national team than any other, including to its FIFA World Cup-winning squads of 1934, 1982, and 2006.