Juventus is the most successful Italian football club and has successfully won various titles in both local and European competitions. As of 2012, the Bianconeri, nicknamed Juventus, have won 28 Italian league titles.
In the mid to late 2000s, Juventus faltered because of being relegated to Serie B due to being involved in a corruption scandal that rocked Italian football.
Facts about Juventus
- Year of establishment: 1897
- Headquarters: Comunale Stadium, Turin (capacity 27,994 people)
- Nickname: Bianconeri, The Old Lady
- Shirt color: black and white
- Top scorer of all time: Alessandro Del Piero
- Champion Series A: 28 times, namely in 1905, 1925-1926, 1930-1931, 1931-32, 1932-1933, 1933-34, 1934-35, 1949-1950, 1951-1952, 1957-58, 1959 -60, 1960-61, 1966-1967, 1971-1972, 1972-73, 1974-75, 1976-1977, 1977-78, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1983-84, 1985-86, 1994-1995 , 1996-97, 1997-98, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2011-12
- Coppa Italia Champion: 9 times, in 1937-38 1941-42, 1958-59, 1959-1960, 1964-65, 1978-79, 1982-83, 1989-90, 1994-1995
- Champions League Champion: 2 times, in 1984-85, 1995-1996
- Winners Cup Champion: 1 time, in 1983-1984
- Champion of the UEFA Cup / Europa League): 3 times, namely in 1976-1977, 1989-1990; 1992-1993
- Intercontinental Cup Champion: Twice in 1985, 1996
- European Super Cup Champion: 2 times, namely in 1984, 1996
Juventus History
According to the story, Juventus was founded in 1897 by a group of boys who wanted to establish a sports club, especially football.
If the story is entirely accurate, a group of boys might never have expected the club they founded to be one of the most successful soccer clubs in the world.
The Bianconeri won the first league championship in 1905. Unfortunately, a year later the club split.
Juventus president at the time, Alfredo Dick, was disappointed and formed another club FBC Torino and brought several players with him.
Torino is now a city rival of Juventus but does not enjoy the same success as the Bianconeri.
Juventus won the second league championship in the 1925-1926 season after Fiat's owner, Edoardo Agnelli, took over and built a new stadium. Five more students (league titles) they returned in the 1930s.
After two decades of absence from achievement, Juventus bounced back in the 50s by winning four league titles.
In the 1957-1958 season, Juventus signed two strikers, John Charles and Omar Sivori, with Sivori becoming the first club player to win the European Footballer of the Year award.
One of the Juventus managers considered to be the most successful was Giovanni Trapattoni who joined in 1976.
Trapattoni won all UEFA club competitions with Juventus and six league champions between 1976 and 1986.
During his tenure, Juve won the 20th league title and won its inaugural European Cup in 1984. This was a sweet period when two legendary players Paolo Rossi and Michel Platini joined Juventus.
Juventus were still dominant when Marcello Lippi took over in the mid-1990s. They won three league titles and one European Cup.
Zinedine Zidane and Alessandro Del Piero are generally regarded as the biggest Juventus players of the 90s until the 2000s.
Juventus was stripped of the two league titles they won under Fabio Capello in 2005 and 2006 for involvement in the Calciopoli match-fixing scandal.
As a punishment, Juventus were relegated to Serie B in 2006
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