Juventus

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. Under Giovanni Trapattoni between the late 1970s and mid-1980s, the club won six league titles, as well as the UEFA Cup (1976–77), the Cup Winners' Cup (1983–84) and the European Champions' Cup (1984–85), becoming the first club to win all three major UEFA competitions. Under Marcello Lippi in the 1990s, Juventus won five league titles and the 1996 Champions League, reaching three consecutive Champions League finals between 1996 and 1998. Between 2012 and 2020, Juventus won a record nine consecutive Serie A titles and reached two UEFA Champions League finals.

Reader's Guide

Juventus have won a record 36 Italian league titles, 15 Coppa Italia trophies, and 9 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. The club is owned by the Agnelli family since 1923 and listed on the Borsa Italiana since 2001.

Did You Know?

• Juventus players have won eight Ballon d'Or awards and three 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.
• Juventus was voted the seventh best of the FIFA Club of the Century in 2000.