Opening of Juventus Stadium (Allianz) (2011)
The club-owned stadium Juventus opened in 2011.
Juventus Stadium, known as the Allianz Stadium since July 2017, is Juventus's home ground in the Vallette borough of Turin. Built on the site of the old Stadio delle Alpi, it opened at the start of the 2011-12 season as the first modern club-owned football stadium in Italy.
Quick Facts
- Opened
- 8 September 2011
- Capacity
- 41,689
- First opponent
- Notts County (friendly)
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Background
Juventus played the first match there on 8 September 2011, a 1-1 friendly against Notts County, the world's oldest professional club, with Luca Toni scoring the first goal; three days later Stephan Lichtsteiner scored the first competitive goal against Parma. It holds 41,689 spectators and is one of four Italian stadiums with UEFA Category 4 status. Juventus lost only three of their first 100 league matches there, and it hosted the 2014 UEFA Europa League final.
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