Sport-Club Juventus

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Lore & Background

Following the reintroduction of reserve teams in Italy, Juventus U23 was formed in 2018 and was registered to Serie C. In the 2019–20 season, under coach Fabio Pecchia, Juventus U23 won the Coppa Italia Serie C after defeating Ternana in the final. The club changed its name to Juventus Next Gen in 2022. They remained the sole Italian reserve team until August 2023 when Atalanta founded Atalanta Under-23 and further clubs followed. Due to the nature of the club as a reserve team, Juventus Next Gen needs to comply to certain regulations, such as being ineligible for promotion to Serie A and not competing in the Coppa Italia.

In Their Own Story

The reserve team project faced immediate criticism from fans of other Serie C clubs who viewed it as an unfair disruption to competitive balance. In December 2018, Pisa fan groups called B-teams an insult and boycotted matches against Juventus U23. Despite this, the club paved the way for future Italian reserve teams like Atalanta Under-23, Milan Futuro, and Inter U23. The team has never been eligible for promotion to Serie A or participation in the Coppa Italia due to FIGC regulations.

Reader's Guide

Juventus Next Gen play in the same professional Italian football league system as their senior team; however, the reserve team cannot play in the same division or higher as their senior team nor in the Coppa Italia. Juventus must pay an annual extraordinary fee of €1.2 million to have the reserve team registered to Serie C. Juventus Next Gen may insert a maximum of 23 players in their team sheets. Only four players aged more than 23 when the season started may be inserted. Up to a maximum of seven players who had been registered to a FIGC-affiliated club for less than seven sporting seasons may be included. To be eligible to play for Juventus Next Gen, players must have not been registered to the 25-man list of Serie A players and must have played at most 50 Serie A matches. For promotion play-offs and relegation play-outs, players must have not played over 25 first-team league matches of at least 30 minutes. If a player is suspended, he is unusable in both the first and reserve teams. Until 2024–25, Juventus Next Gen could not register in the Serie D in case of relegation; starting from that season, reserve teams are now eligible for registration in Serie D.

Did You Know?

• On 21 August 2018, Luca Zanimacchia scored the first goal in the team's history in a 1–0 win over Cuneo in the Coppa Italia Serie C.
• In the 2019–20 season, Juventus U23 won the Coppa Italia Serie C after beating Ternana 2–1 in the final on 27 June 2020.
• The club changed its name to Juventus Next Gen on 26 August 2022.
• On 27 November 2022, Juventus Next Gen played a match against Mantova at the Juventus Stadium, drawing 2–2 with 28,572 fans in attendance.
• In the 2024–25 season, Juventus Next Gen used the Stadio La Marmora-Pozzo in Biella, but returned to the Moccagatta one year later.