The Grande Torino ( Italian for 'Great Torino') was the historic Italian football team of Torino Football Club in the 1940s, five-time champions of Italy , whose players were the backbone of the Italy national team and died on 4 May 1949 in the plane crash known as the Superga air disaster .
175-468: With this name, although it is commonly used to identify the team that died in the disaster, it defines the entire sports cycle which lasted eight years and led to the conquest of five consecutive championships, equaling the record previously set by Juventus of the Quinquennio d'oro ; Grande Torino also won a Coppa Italia . In the summer of 1939, the industrialist Ferruccio Novo , at age 42, assumed
350-475: A Notts County supporter, shipped out the black and white striped shirts to Turin. Juventus have worn the shirts ever since, considering the colours to be aggressive and powerful. Juventus's official emblem has undergone different and small modifications since the 1920s. The previous modification of the Juventus badge took place in 2004, when the emblem of the team changed to a black-and-white oval shield of
525-941: A gold medal at the 1936 Olympic football tournament , becoming the only manager to win both Olympic Games and World Cup , and managed the Italian championship squads of the 1930 and 1935 editions of the Central European International Cup . Vittorio Pozzo was born in Turin , Italy on 2 March 1886, into a family originally from Ponderano . He attended the Liceo Cavour in Turin, his hometown; he later studied languages and played football in France, Switzerland and England. He studied in Manchester at
700-415: A holding midfielder , creating a de facto "stopper", while the full-backs were tasked with marking the wingers. The tasks of marking were simpler, and being a mirrored array man marking was born. The system was also more dynamic, more balanced and, if played with the right players, was a tactic that for the first time guaranteed control of the "hotspot", the midfield. This was set to four players arranged in
875-448: A world football transfer record fee , the early 1990s under Luigi Maifredi and subsequently Trapattoni once again also saw little success for Juventus, as they only managed to win the 1993 UEFA Cup final . [REDACTED] Marcello Lippi took over as Juventus manager at the start of the 1994–95 Serie A . His first season at the helm of the club was a successful one, as Juventus recorded their first Serie A championship title since
1050-508: A "lightning war" that he announced the players would remain at home, claiming: "We need them more on the fields than the army." The following year, Ossola showed his value as top scorer for the Granata , scoring 14 goals from 22 appearances, but the team as a whole did not change form. Torino ended the season in seventh position with 30 points, nine less than champions Bologna. Two players retired that year: Oberdan Ussello, who in turn took over
1225-409: A 1–0 defeat against Torinese . In 1904, businessman Marco Ajmone-Marsan revived the finances of Juventus, making it possible to transfer the training field from piazza d'armi to the more appropriate Velodrome Umberto I. During this period, the team wore a pink and black kit. Juventus first won the 1905 Italian Football Championship while playing at their Velodrome Umberto I ground. By this time,
1400-463: A 2–0 victory against Napoli . With Inter Milan's win of the 2020–21 Serie A , Juventus's run of nine consecutive titles came to an end; the club managed to secure a fourth-place finish on the final day of the league, granting Juventus qualification to the following season's Champions League. In the 2021 Coppa Italia final , Juventus won their 14th title. On 28 May, Juventus sacked Pirlo from his managerial position, and announced Allegri's return to
1575-514: A black tie. The father of one of the players made the earliest shirts, but continual washing faded the colour so much that in 1903 the club sought to replace them. Juventus asked one of their team members, Englishman John Savage , if he had any contacts in England who could supply new shirts in a colour that would better withstand the elements. He had a friend who lived in Nottingham, who being
1750-493: A broken leg at the hand of the Spaniards in the first leg, and would not play for the Italian national team again. Italy's 1–0 victory in the replay ultimately earned them a place in the semi-finals. Italy also benefited from the quarter-final draw between Hungary and Austria, which saw Austria prevail 2–1 in a highly competitive encounter. By the time of the semi-final, Johann Horvath was absent through injury, and Italy won
1925-474: A formation of the type 2–3–2–3 , or " WW ", because it repeated the form of these letters on the field. The metodo system was well–suited to highly technical teams whose strategies were predominantly based on a slower game made up of possession and much short passing on the ground, in contrast to the English sistema , which favoured faster, more aggressive, and athletic gameplay. Pozzo was also known to be
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#17327655591362100-431: A highly aggressive manner, with several players of both sides injured as a result of the extremely physical play: a foul on goalkeeper Ricardo Zamora for the equaliser in the first leg went unpunished, which ruled him out of the replay, while another on his replacement Joan Josep Nogués in the replay was also ignored; at least three Spaniards had to depart the field with injuries. The Italian Mario Pizziolo also suffered
2275-431: A journalist with La Stampa after retiring from football management, resuming a career he had worked in prior to his successes as coach of Italy. He reported on the 1950 FIFA World Cup as part of his work covering Italy national team matches. After watching Italy win the 1968 European Football Championship on home soil, the successor to the Central European International Cup title, which he had won twice with
2450-434: A midfielder who had appeared for Argentina in their 1930 FIFA World Cup Final defeat to Uruguay , and who was an important part of the success of the Italian team in the 1934 World Cup. In response to the criticisms surrounding his decision to call upon oriundi players in the victorious World Cup of 1934, he said: "If they can die for Italy, they can also play for Italy", referring to the fact that they had also served in
2625-492: A nearly stable basis, one of the top-ten wealthiest in world football in terms of value , revenue and profit since the mid-1990s, being listed on the Borsa Italiana since 2001. Under the management of Giovanni Trapattoni , the club won 13 trophies in the ten years before 1986, including six league titles and five international tournaments, and became the first to win all three seasonal competitions organised by
2800-537: A one-off formula. For the first time since 1929, the tournament was not played in a single round. In the North of the country was organised a Championship of Northern Italy (officially the Divisione Nazionale ) which was placed in continuity with the pre-war Serie A, there being open to all club that would have been entitled to participate in the top flight of the suppressed 1943–44 season. In southern Italy
2975-590: A pair of draws (in Trieste and Bari ) allowed Inter to close the gap within four points from Torino. On 30 April 1949, the two clubs met in Milan, ending 0–0, with Torino approaching their fifth consecutive title (the record would be equaled). Juventus FC Juventus Football Club (from Latin : iuventūs , 'youth'; Italian pronunciation: [juˈvɛntus] ), commonly known as Juventus or colloquially as Juve ( pronounced [ˈjuːve] ),
3150-399: A pioneer in his use of pre-tournament training camps. He is regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time. The other matter that Pozzo benefited from was the oriundi (that is foreign-born Italian 'nationals') which permitted Italy to take advantage of those players from other countries who could claim some type of Italian ancestry. In the 1930s he was able to call on Luis Monti ,
3325-585: A record of five consecutive Italian football championships and form the core of the Italy national football team during the Vittorio Pozzo era, including the 1934 FIFA World Cup winning squad, with star players like Raimundo Orsi , Luigi Bertolini , Giovanni Ferrari , and Luis Monti , among others. Juventus moved to the Stadio Comunale , but for the rest of the 1930s and the majority of
3500-461: A record tenth Coppa Italia , after beating Lazio 2–2 in the 2015 Coppa Italia final , for the domestic double. The club also beat Real Madrid 3–2 on aggregate in the semi-finals of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League to face Barcelona in the 2015 UEFA Champions League final in Berlin for the first time since the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League . Juventus lost the final against Barcelona 3–1. In
3675-508: A revocation of judgment pursuant to Article 39 of the Code of Sports Justice. Despite his remaining charges being cancelled without a new trial due to statute of limitations, the court confirmed that Moggi was actively involved in the sporting fraud, which was intended to favour Juventus and increase his own personal benefits according to La Gazzetta dello Sport . As did the Naples court in 2012,
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#17327655591363850-488: A rousing march in the group, which led to Torino breaking all records. The Granata defeated Juventus in the return derby, scheduled in January, but recovered in mid-March, with a goal of Eusebio Castigliano . The round ended with a three-point advantage on Inter Milan , followed by Juventus and A.C. Milan . The final round gave access to the southern teams, Napoli , A.S. Bari , A.S. Roma and Pro Livorno . The beginning
4025-451: A small amount at the time, under the suggestion Janni (who had managed Varese) and Ellena. He made his debut on 4 February 1940 in 1–0 win against Novara . That year, Ossola played two more matches, against Bologna and Napoli . Italy, which until then had remained neutral, on 10 June 1940 entered World War II on the side of the Axis powers . Benito Mussolini was so sure the war would be
4200-602: A square (as placed precisely at the top of "W" and "M") and involved the use of two midfielders and two mezzepunte . Novo approved the suggestion and based Torino on this tactic. Novo hired Hungarian manager András Kuttik to replace Tony Cargnelli . Ellena was given a position in centre midfield, a role he previously held at Fiorentina, until then the only Italian club to experiment with the tactic, albeit with little success. The change of tactic also interested Italy manager Vittorio Pozzo, who had already begun to shape his own national side on his "block", Torino. The 1941–42 season
4375-465: A telegram wishing us well, but no never 'win or die'." With the 1938 World Cup victory, Pozzo became the first ever manager to win two editions of the FIFA World Cup coaching one same team, a feat that has yet to be matched in men's international football, and which would stand until the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup , when Jill Ellis became the second international manager to do so as coach of
4550-428: A tight contest. Juventus won the title on the 37th matchday after beating Cagliari 2–0 and Milan losing to Inter 4–2. After a 3–1 win in the final matchday against Atalanta , Juventus became the first team to go the season unbeaten in the current 38-game format. In 2013–14 Serie A , Juventus won a third consecutive scudetto with a record 102 points and 33 wins. The title was the 30th official league championship in
4725-483: A two-and-a-half-season absence, Lippi returned to the club in 2001, following his replacement Carlo Ancelotti 's dismissal, signing big name players like Gianluigi Buffon , David Trezeguet , Pavel Nedvěd , and Lilian Thuram , helping the team to win the 2001–02 Serie A , which was their first since 1998, and confirmed themselves in the 2002–03 Serie A . Juventus were also part of the all Italian 2003 UEFA Champions League final but lost out to Milan on penalties after
4900-429: A type used by Italian ecclesiastics. It is divided in five vertical stripes: two white stripes and three black stripes, inside which are the following elements, while in its upper section the name of the society superimposed on a white convex section , over golden curvature (gold for honour). The white silhouette of a charging bull is in the lower section of the oval shield, superimposed on a black old French shield and
5075-584: A zebra, alongside the two golden stars with the club's name forming an arc above. Juventus unofficially won their 30th league title in 2011–12, but a dispute with the FIGC, which stripped Juventus of their 2004–05 title and did not assign them the 2005–06 title due to their involvement in the Calciopoli scandal, left their official total at 28; the club elected to wear no stars at all the following season . Juventus won their 30th title in 2013–14 and thus earned
5250-418: Is a pictogram composed by a stylised Black and White " J " which Agnelli said reflects "the Juventus way of living." Juventus was the first team in sports history to adopt a star as a symbol associated with any competition's triumph, who added one above their badge in 1958 to represent their tenth Italian Football Championship and Serie A title, and has since become popularized with other clubs as well. In
5425-494: Is a rivalry between the two most titled and two of the most supported teams in Italy. The match-ups between Milan and Juventus, is regarded as the championship of Serie A, and both teams were often fighting for the top positions of the standings, sometimes even decisive for the award of the title. Vittorio Pozzo Vittorio Pozzo ( Italian pronunciation: [vitˈtɔːrjo ˈpottso] ; 2 March 1886 – 21 December 1968)
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5600-683: Is an Italian professional football club based in Turin , Piedmont , who compete in Serie A , the top tier of the Italian football league system . Founded in 1897 by a group of Torinese students, the club played in different grounds around the city, being the latter the Juventus Stadium . Nicknamed la Vecchia Signora ("the Old Lady"), it has won 36 official league titles , 15 Coppa Italia trophies and nine Italian Super Cups , being
5775-557: Is called J. J is a cartoon-designed zebra, black and white stripes with golden edge piping on its body, golden shining eyes, and three golden stars on the front of its neck. J made its debut at Juventus Stadium on 12 September 2015. During its history, the club has acquired a number of nicknames, la Vecchia Signora (the Old Lady) being the best example. The "old" part of the nickname is a pun on Juventus which means "youth" in Latin. It
5950-522: Is not possible because we will go to Paris, because we will beat you in Marseille". They then reportedly offered Pozzo the ironic hospitality of a plane ride to Paris to see them play in the final. Pozzo reported to the Italian side what the Brazilians had told him to rouse the pride of the players. It was the psychological premise for revenge in the match, which Italy went on to win 2–1. Afterwards,
6125-409: Is widespread throughout the whole country and the Italian diaspora , making Juventus a symbol of anticampanilismo ("anti-parochialism") and italianità ("Italianness"). Juventus players have won eight Ballon d'Or awards, four of these in consecutive years (1982–1985, an overall joint record), among these Michel Platini as well as three of the five recipients with Italian nationality as
6300-442: The Calciopoli scandal. In July, Juventus was placed at the bottom of the league table and relegated to Serie B for the first time in its history. The club was also stripped of the 2004–05 Serie A title, while the 2005–06 Serie A winner, after a period sub judice , was declared to be third-placed Inter Milan. This remains a much debated and controversial issue, particularly due to Inter Milan's later revealed involvement,
6475-491: The scudetto in the 1971–72 Serie A , and followed through in the 1972–73 Serie A , with players like as Roberto Bettega , Franco Causio , and José Altafini breaking through. During the rest of the decade, they won the league thrice more, with defender Gaetano Scirea contributing significantly. The latter two success in Serie A was under Giovanni Trapattoni , who also led the club to their first ever major European title,
6650-440: The 1936 Summer Olympics on the back of a run which had seen them lose only to Austria and England; they went on to win the gold medal in the tournament , defeating Austria 2–1 in extra time. By the time of the 1938 World Cup in France, Italy remained undefeated in recent competitions under Pozzo. Silvio Piola earned his first cap in 1935, scoring regularly for the national side and proving an effective partner for Meazza. In
6825-524: The 1959–60 Juventus F.C. season , they beat Fiorentina to complete their first league and cup double , winning the 1959–60 Serie A and the 1960 Coppa Italia final . Boniperti retired in 1961 as the all-time top scorer at the club, with 182 goals in all competitions, a club record that stood for 45 years. During the rest of the decade, the club only won the 1966–67 Serie A . The 1970s saw Juventus further solidify their strong position in Italian football, and under former player Čestmír Vycpálek they won
7000-407: The 1976–77 UEFA Cup , and helped the club's domination continue on into the early part of the 1980s. [REDACTED] The club led under Trapattoni in the 1980s brought them the league title three more times by 1984. This meant Juventus had won 20 Italian league titles and were allowed to add a second golden star to their shirt, becoming the only Italian club to achieve this. Around this time,
7175-475: The 1985 Intercontinental Cup , the club also became the first and thus far the only in association football history to have won all five possible confederation competitions, an achievement that it revalidated with a sixth title won in the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup . With the exception of winning the closely contested 1985–86 Serie A , the rest of the 1980s were not very successful for the club. As well as having to contend with Diego Maradona 's Napoli , both of
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7350-401: The 2007–08 Serie A , Juventus appointed Claudio Ranieri as manager. They finished in third place in their first season back in the top flight and qualified for the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League 's third qualifying round in the preliminary stages. Juventus reached the group stages, where they beat Real Madrid in both home and away legs, before losing in the knockout round to Chelsea . Ranieri
7525-410: The 2016 Coppa Italia final , the club won the title for the 11th time and second straight win, becoming the first team in Italy's history to win Serie A and Coppa Italia doubles in back-to-back seasons. In the 2017 Coppa Italia final , Juventus won their 12th Coppa Italia title in a 2–0 win over Lazio, becoming the first team to win three consecutive titles. Four days later on 21 May, Juventus became
7700-429: The 2018 Supercoppa Italiana , which was held in January 2019, Juventus and Milan, who were tied for Supercoppa Italiana wins with seven each, played against each other; Juventus won their eight title after beating Milan 1–0. In April 2019, Juventus secured their eighth consecutive Serie A title, further extending the all-time record of successive triumphs in the competition. Following Allegri's departure, Maurizio Sarri
7875-718: The 2022–23 Serie A in seventh place and qualified to the UEFA Europa Conference League with 62 points. However, on 28 July, UEFA ejected Juventus from its competitions for one year as the club violated a settlement agreement with UEFA signed in August 2022. The 2023–24 season was the first in which Juventus did not participate in UEFA competitions since 2011–12. Juventus have played in black and white striped shirts, with white shorts, sometimes black shorts since 1903. Originally, they played in pink shirts with
8050-465: The Calciopoli scandal which saw Juventus forcibly relegated, the two were the only Italian clubs to have never played below Serie A. Notably, the two sides are the first and the second most supported clubs in Italy and the rivalry has intensified since the later part of the 1990s; reaching its highest levels ever post- Calciopoli , with the return of Juventus to Serie A. The rivalry with AC Milan
8225-479: The Granata at Venezia 5-2. The Spezia Calcio title was officially recognised by FIGC in 2002 as decoration. Following the decision of FIGC in 2002, Spezia is authorized by the Italian Federation to exhibit a tricolour badge on the official jerseys which is unique, being the only example of a permanent one in Italy. The badge has a different shape and size compared to the ordinary Scudetto. After
8400-609: The Italy national team on a permanent basis in December 1929. Italy won the 1930 edition of the Central European International Cup , defeating Hungary 5–0 in Budapest . They pipped the title from Meisl's Austrian side, the so-called Wunderteam , who went on to win the second edition of the tournament two years later. Following the 1930 defeat to Spain , Pozzo left Adolfo Baloncieri , who had served as Italy captain and who had been an international of ten years standing, out of
8575-659: The National Liberation Committee as of September 1943. The 1938 edition of the FIFA World Cup took place in France, where numerous refugees who had escaped the fascist regime in Italy were strongly against the Italian national team's participation in the tournament. In the first match of the Italian national team, against the Norway national team , among the 22,000 spectators there were 3,000 escaped anti-fascist Italians who opposed "Mussolini's national team," and jeered at them in protest. Pozzo replied to
8750-491: The United States women's team . Between 1938 and 1939, Pozzo held the record for most consecutive wins for Italy, with nine, until the record was eventually broken in 2019 by Roberto Mancini . From 24 November 1935 against Hungary until 20 July 1939 against Finland, Pozzo also led Italy on a record 30-match unbeaten streak, until it was surpassed in 2021. During World War II, Pozzo remained in position throughout
8925-557: The WM , or 'sistema', practiced by the Arsenal side of Herbert Chapman , and the 'metodo', whose fathers are commonly identified as Vittorio Pozzo and his friend and rival Hugo Meisl , who served as the manager of the Austria national football team for 25 years. Pozzo and Meisl developed the idea of an array with two defenders as full-backs and a player in a central position in front of
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#17327655591369100-538: The derby , but lost again, in Milan , against the Rossoneri . Torino would relinquish the lead in the standings, then recapture it, finishing midway through the season on par with Genoa , from which a third defeat was suffered, losing 3–0. In the return leg of the derby Torino would defeat Juventus 3–0. Torino's advantage increased in the standings, gaining a maximum of six point on Inter in second place. However,
9275-410: The industrial Agnelli family almost continuously since 1923. The relationship between the club and that dynasty is the oldest and longest in national sports , making Juventus one of the first professional sporting clubs ante litteram in the country, having established itself as a major force in the national stage since the 1930s and at confederation level since the mid-1970s, and becoming, in
9450-453: The metodista was not solely tasked with breaking down possession, but also with starting attacking plays after winning back the ball. Compared to the sistema, the forward displacement of the central defender gave more support to the half-backs. Finally, the retreat towards the median of the two ' inside forwards ' of the pyramid (also called " mezzali ," or "half-wings," in Italian – not to be confused with wing half-backs ) gave rise to
9625-432: The previous season . For the 2016–17 season , Juventus re-designed their kit with a different take on the trademark black and white stripes. For the 2017–18 season , Juventus introduced the J shaped logo onto the kits. In September 2015, Juventus officially announced a new project called JKids for its junior supporters on its website. Along with this project, Juventus also introduced a new mascot to all its fans which
9800-436: The 1930s. Other nicknames include [la] Madama ( Piedmontese for Madam), i bianconeri ( lit. ' the black-and-whites ' ), le zebre ( lit. ' the zebras ' ) in reference to Juventus's colours. I gobbi ( lit. ' the hunchbacks ' ) is the nickname that is used to define Juventus supporters, but is also used sometimes for team's players. The most widely accepted origin of gobbi dates to
9975-598: The 1940s they were unable to recapture championship dominance. After the Second World War, Gianni Agnelli was appointed president. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, the club added two more league championships to its name, winning the 1949–50 Serie A under the management of Englishman Jesse Carver , and then repeating in the 1951–52 Serie A . For the 1957–58 Serie A , two new strikers, Welshman John Charles and Italian Argentine Omar Sívori , were signed to play alongside longtime member Giampiero Boniperti . In
10150-487: The 2004 championship (the sole being investigated) deemed regular and not fixed, Juventus being absolved as club in the ordinary justice proceedings, their renounce to the Italian civil courts appeal, which could have cleared the club's name and avoid relegation, after FIFA threatened to suspend the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) and barring all Italian clubs from international play, and
10325-668: The 2005–06 season, the Torinese side contested their home matches at Stadio delle Alpi, built for the 1990 FIFA World Cup, although in very rare circumstances the club played some home games in other stadia such as Renzo Barbera at Palermo, Dino Manuzzi in Cesena and the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milan. In August 2006, Juventus returned to play in the Stadio Comunale, then known as Stadio Olimpico , after
10500-619: The 2019–2021 budgets during the COVID-19 pandemic starting in November 2021. This was harsher than the point deduction recommended by the FIGC prosecutor, who said that in the standings Juventus "must now finish behind Roma, outside the European Cup area". The penalty caused an uproar and protests among Juventus supporters, who cancelled, or threatened to do so, their Sky Sport and DAZN subscriptions. Following Juventus's appeal,
10675-603: The Agnelli; some photos of that portray them on the lathe and machine tools. The cousins of Juventus, moreover, similarly had emigrated in turn to Alba to the Cisitalia, a car factory belonging to the then Juventus president Piero Dusio. In Torino play the goalkeeper Luigi Griffanti, from the national team, taken from Fiorentina, and the Vercellese Silvio Piola , a striker coming from Lazio , who came to
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#173276555913610850-522: The Bianconeri at the top. On the last day, Torino scored nine goals at the Filadefia against Pro Livorno, while Juventus were held to a 1–1 draw in Naples. The Scudetto was won by Torino, the third in its history, the second triumph of the team of Ferruccio Novo . The wounds of war were healing and football returned to a single-round system. The league, due to the immediate difficulties to find
11025-510: The Brazilians did not want to sell their plane tickets to the Italians, who were then forced to reach Paris by train. In the resulting final , Italy duly won their second world title 4–2 against Hungary. There is a common legend that the Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini sent a telegram to the Italian team prior to the final, stating: "Win or die!"; however, Pietro Rava later denied this, commenting: "No, no, no, that's not true. He sent
11200-623: The Coppa Italia against their "terrible" Venezia of the year before and became the first team to hit the "double". The game is played in Milan and the Granata, thanks to a brace from Gabetto and goals from Mazzola and Ferraris II, get the win with a resounding 4–0. In 1944 Italy, now devastated by war, is broken in two by the Gothic Line . The fascist regime fell, the US military advanced in
11375-522: The European Cup, as more highly regarded players were brought into the fold in the form of Zinedine Zidane , Filippo Inzaghi , and Edgar Davids . At home, Juventus won the 1996–97 Serie A , successfully defended their title in the 1997–98 Serie A , won the 1996 UEFA Super Cup , and followed through with the 1996 Intercontinental Cup . Juventus reached two consecutive Champions League finals during this period but lost out to Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid , respectively in 1997 and 1998. After
11550-508: The Italian army. He was also a fan of Raimundo Orsi , an Argentinian from Buenos Aires after an undistinguished stint in the Argentinian shirt. Orsi, never a prolific goalscorer, would reward Pozzo's faith with a goal in the 1934 World Cup final. Not that he dispensed with home-grown talent, but his penchant for attacking play is demonstrated by the fact that as well as Schiavio, Pozzo was successful in converting Giuseppe Meazza , who
11725-549: The Keeper. The design of this scheme is given to the team of the famous British university, and its launch is due to Blackburn Rovers , who applied it for the first time in the 1890s, and won five league cups. For over 30 years this form experienced uninterrupted luck in the British Isles and, by extension, the world. In the years after World War I, by evolution, from the pyramid, two tactical systems originated simultaneously:
11900-532: The Milanese clubs, A.C. Milan and Inter Milan , won Italian championships; Juventus achieved a double by winning the 1989–90 Coppa Italia and the 1990 UEFA Cup final under the guidance of former club legend Dino Zoff . In 1990, Juventus also moved into their new home, the Stadio delle Alpi , which was built for the 1990 FIFA World Cup . Despite the arrival of Italian star Roberto Baggio later that year for
12075-515: The North to take his family to the Capital, and instead remained stuck in Upper Italy due to the armistice. In the championship of war played to the north, in the first group stage, Torino was inserted in the group Ligure-Piemontese. The team beat 7-1 Genoa and Biella, 7-0 Alexandria, for the 8-2 Novara and Juventus 5-0. In the semifinal round Torino faced Ambrosiana-Inter, Varese and Juventus;
12250-610: The Parco del Valentino and Parco Cittadella, their matches were held in the Piazza d'Armi Stadium until 1908, except in 1905 (the first year of the scudetto ) and in 1906, years in which they played at the Corso Re Umberto . From 1909 to 1922, Juventus played their internal competitions at Corso Sebastopoli Camp before moving the following year to Corso Marsiglia Camp, where they remained until 1933, winning four league titles. At
12425-495: The Union of European Football Associations: the 1976–77 UEFA Cup (first Southern European side to do so), the 1983–84 Cup Winners' Cup and the 1984–85 European Champions' Cup . With successive triumphs in the 1984 European Super Cup and 1985 Intercontinental Cup , it became the first and thus far only in the world to complete a clean sweep of all five historical confederation trophies; an achievement that they revalidated with
12600-471: The all-time record of successive Coppa Italia titles. Juventus then secured their seventh consecutive Serie A title, extending the all-time record of successive triumphs in the competition. Juventus, eager to secure the Champions League title, signed Cristiano Ronaldo for £99.2 million from Real Madrid on 10 July 2018. In Italy, the signing was dubbed the "deal of the century." For Juventus,
12775-407: The arrival of goalkeeper Valerio Bacigalupo from Savona, the defender Aldo Ballarin from Triestina, from which he had already "fished" Giuseppe Grezar , the return of Virgilio Maroso from Alessandria , central midfielder Mario Rigamonti from Brescia, and winger Eusebio Castigliano and forward Pietro Ferraris both from Spezia. Virtually revolutionised in defence and an attack identical to
12950-408: The ball for the striker . The attacking phase was not easy, as the offside rule stipulated there must be three players between the striker and the goal, therefore only one defender had to advance to trigger the offside trap . In 1926, the offside rule was changed: two players needed to advance to trigger offside. This created many immediate difficulties for the teams of the time and greatly increased
13125-478: The charging bull is a symbol of the comune of Turin. There is also a black silhouette of a mural crown above the black spherical triangle's base. This is a reminiscence to Augusta Tourinorum, the old city of the Roman era which the present capital of Piedmont region is its cultural heiress. In January 2017, president Andrea Agnelli announced the change to the Juventus badge for a logotype . More specifically, it
13300-419: The club as manager after two years away from management on a four-year contract. During the three seasons that featured Ronaldo, the Champions League all-time top scorer, Juventus disappointingly failed to win the Champions League. Ronaldo left the club for Manchester United in late 2021. Although Allegri had considered the victory of the scudetto as a seasonal goal, Juventus reached another fourth place in
13475-482: The club colours had changed to black and white stripes, inspired by English side Notts County . There was a split at the club in 1906, after some of the staff considered moving Juve out of Turin. Alfred Dick , the club's president, was unhappy with this, and left with some prominent players to found FBC Torino , which in turn spawned the Derby della Mole . Juventus spent much of this period steadily rebuilding after
13650-473: The club occupies the sixth position in Europe and the twelfth in the world for most confederation titles won with eleven trophies, as well as the fourth in the all-time Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) competitions ranking, having obtained the highest coefficient score during seven seasons since its introduction in 1979, the most for an Italian team in both cases and joint second overall in
13825-539: The club's future defense core Giorgio Chiellini , remained to help the club return to Serie A, while youngsters from the Campionato Nazionale Primavera (youth team), such as Sebastian Giovinco and Claudio Marchisio , were integrated into the first team. Juventus won the Cadetti title (Serie B championship) despite starting with a points deduction and gained promotion straight back up to
14000-482: The club's history. They also achieved the semi-finals of 2013–14 UEFA Europa League , where they were eliminated at home against ten-man Benfica 's catenaccio , missing the 2014 UEFA Europa League final at the Juventus Stadium. In the 2014–15 Serie A , Massimiliano Allegri was appointed as manager, with whom Juventus won their 31st official title, making it a fourth-straight, as well as achieving
14175-588: The club's players were attracting considerable attention, and Paolo Rossi was named European Footballer of the Year following his contribution to Italy's victory in the 1982 FIFA World Cup , where he was named Player of the Tournament. Frenchman Michel Platini was awarded the European Footballer of the Year title for three years in a row in 1983, 1984 and 1985, which is a record. Juventus are
14350-408: The club, and following the suggestions of Vittorio Pozzo , make management more similar to the models of the English teams, then at the forefront: he surrounded himself with competent employees, such former players Antonio Janni and Mario Sperone ( Italian Champions 1928 ), and Giacinto Ellena; Rinaldo Agnisetta was given the role of managing director; Roberto Copernicus, who owned a clothing store,
14525-653: The competition's group stage. Through their better goal difference over fourth-placed Maccabi Haifa , the team finished third and dropped down into the Europa League, in which they were defeated 2–1 by Sevilla after extra time at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium in the semi-final. On 28 November 2022, the entire board of directors resigned from their respective positions, Andrea Agnelli as president, Pavel Nedvěd as vice president, and Maurizio Arrivabene as CEO. Agnelli's presidency
14700-467: The country, by passing them as indispensable to the national production of the defence industry, managing effectively to exempt them from use on the front. The Torino of Novo found such a collaboration with FIAT , creating the FIAT Torino , a name similar to that of a corporate structure: in fact, Mazzola and the other, for the sake of appearances, are in fact classified as workers in the automobile of
14875-510: The country. Juventus is widely and especially popular throughout mainland Southern Italy, Sicily and Malta , leading the team to have one of the largest followings in its away matches, more than in Turin itself. Juventus have significant rivalries with two main clubs. Their traditional rivals are fellow Turin club Torino ; matches between the two sides are known as the Derby della Mole (Turin Derby). The rivalry dates back to 1906 as Torino
15050-587: The court commented that the developments and behavior of other clubs and executives were not investigated in depth. Once they exhausted their appeals in Italy's courts, both Moggi and Giraudo appealed to the European Court of Human Rights in March 2020; Giraudo's was accepted in September 2021. Juventus continued to present new appeals, which were declared inadmissible. After making their comeback for
15225-402: The decision had initially been reversed on 20 April 2023, but the club were given a new penalty, this time of ten points, on 22 May. Within the aforementioned FIGC's inquiry, on 29 May, Juventus proposed a plea bargain for their false accounting on staff salaries; the request was accepted one day later and Juventus only received a fine of €718,240 without any further penalty. Juventus finished
15400-491: The defence, between the two half-backs , who effectively functioned as a central or defensive midfielder , who was a key component of the system; this position was known as that of the centre-half -back, or centromediano metodista in Italian, and was seen as a precursor to the regista or deep-lying playmaker role, as the metodista' s responsibilities in Pozzo's system were not entirely defensive but also creative. As such,
15575-400: The demonstration with a memorable and highly controversial episode. During the presentation of the teams on the field, the Italian players had made the fascist salute, as it was custom for them to do at the time. As a result, they were overwhelmed by the jeers and whistles of protest from the crowd. Pozzo feared that that reception would demoralise the players. When the whistles diminished, after
15750-526: The derby concluded in a 1-3 defeat and a 3-3 draw, then comes the victory against Inter, thus giving way to the final round of three - along with Spezia Calcio (playing as VV.FF. Spezia for the reasons explained above similarly to Torino FIAT) and Venezia - which is played at Arena Civica in Milan . Torino would eventually lose tournament, due in part to an unofficial match of the national team, organised for propaganda purposes, held in Trieste two days before
15925-413: The derby won by Guglielmo Gabetto , to go to other successes such as the five goals against Inter and Atalanta, the six against Vicenza, Genoa and Milan. That attack ended with 104 goals scored, an average of nearly three per game, and with Valentino Mazzola Serie A top-scorer . The Torino of 1947–48 Torino set many records throughout the season: top score in the standings, with 65 points in 40 games;
16100-413: The dreams of the tricolor granata , Novo went to the locker room and directly purchased the two, that will end up costing 1,400,000 liras together, along with two other players (Petron and Mezzadra). A curious detail: on the trail of the two was also Juventus, who were followed by Virginio Rosetta , and deal with the Bianconeri seemed almost on the verge of being concluded. The dynamism of Novo thwarted
16275-463: The eighth day, 10 November 1946, Bologna arrived at the Filadelfia, unbeaten in seven games, with the keeper Glauco Vanz keeping a clean sheet since the beginning of the tournament. After a few minutes Giuseppe Grezar failed to convert a penalty, and around the 20th minute the ball reached Eusebio Castigliano , who scored from the edge of the area . Torino went on to win 4-0. In the locker room
16450-404: The end of 1933, they began to play at the new Stadio Benito Mussolini inaugurated for the 1934 World Championships . After the Second World War, the stadium was renamed as Stadio Comunale Vittorio Pozzo . Juventus played home matches at the ground for 57 years, a total of 890 league matches. The team continued to host training sessions at the stadium until July 2003. From 1990 until
16625-580: The end of previous season, competition officially resumed in Italy after the 1948 Summer Olympics . Prematurely eliminated, Vittorio Pozzo lost his position as sole commissioner of the Italy national team and Ferruccio Novo took his place. After some friendly matches, the season began in mid-September with a Torino almost identical to that of the previous championships; there was only Franco Ossola permanently in place of Pietro Ferraris , who, at age 36, had moved to Novara . The midfielder Rubens Fadini arrived from Gallarate, Dino Ballarin , brother of
16800-744: The end of the Second World War Italy was found in rubble and broken in two. The fierce fighting along the Gothic Line of winter 1944 had severely undermined, if not destroyed, the lines of communication from the Apennine Mountains , making it very difficult to travel between the Po Valley and the Italian Peninsula . Under these conditions, the Federation decided to restart the championship of football with
16975-480: The fascist salute is the official flag of the moment, it's a sort of ceremony and they must show allegiance to it. They represent our country, and naturally they wear its colours and insignias with dignity. [...] I have my ideas, but I know what my duty is. When we take to the field, as expected, a solemn attack of deafening hisses and insults attends us. And we don't lower the hand until the hisses are stopped. The action of intimidation has not succeeded". Pozzo became
17150-589: The fascists' memorials." Following the Second World War, however, Pozzo was excluded from Italian football, due to being accused of cooperating with the fascist government, and of participating in the Italian Social Republic ; as such, the new Turin stadium was not dedicated to him. Despite his associations with fascism, however, he was not a member of the National Fascist Party , and documents demonstrated that he collaborated with
17325-418: The field, was released on Netflix ; the other three episodes were released on 6 July 2018. On 25 November 2021, an eight-episode docu-series called All or Nothing: Juventus , which followed the club throughout the season , by spending time with the players behind the scenes both on and off the field, was released on Amazon Prime . After the first two years (1897 and 1898), during which Juventus played in
17500-410: The fifties, when the bianconeri wore a large jersey. When players ran on the field, the jersey, which had a laced opening at the chest, generated a bulge over the back (a sort of parachute effect), making the players look hunchbacked. The official anthem of Juventus is Juve (storia di un grande amore) , or Juve (story of a great love) in English, written by Alessandra Torre and Claudio Guidetti, in
17675-514: The first and one of the only two clubs to have players from their club winning the award in four consecutive years. It was Platini who scored the winning goal in the 1985 European Cup final against Liverpool ; this was marred by the Heysel Stadium disaster , which changed European football. That year, Juventus became the first club in the history of European football to have won all three major UEFA competitions ; after their triumph in
17850-499: The first player representing Serie A, Omar Sívori , and the former member of the youth sector Paolo Rossi ; they have also won four FIFA World Player of the Year awards, with winners as Roberto Baggio and Zinedine Zidane , a national record and third and joint second highest overall, respectively, in the cited prizes. Finally, the club has also provided the most players to the Italy national team —mostly in official competitions in almost uninterrupted way since 1924—who often formed
18025-409: The first team to win six consecutive Serie A titles. In the 2017 UEFA Champions League final , their second Champions League final in three years, Juventus were defeated 1–4 by defending champions Real Madrid; the 2017 Turin stampede happened ten minutes before the end of the match. In the 2018 Coppa Italia final , Juventus won their 13th title and fourth in a row in a 4–0 win over Milan, extending
18200-406: The game against Spezia Calcio . Despite the trip made difficult by the operations of war, the president Novo, underestimating their opponents, rejects the proposal of the Federation to postpone the match against Spezia Calcio who, fresher, leave Milan. The "Fire Brigade", which came from the 1-1 draw against Venice, in the decisive match prevail 2-1, thus making unnecessary the subsequent victory of
18375-407: The game ended in a 0–0 draw. At the conclusion of the following season, Lippi was appointed as the Italy national team's head coach, bringing an end to one of the most fruitful managerial spells in Juventus's history. Fabio Capello was appointed as Juventus's coach in 2004 and led the club to two more consecutive Serie A first places. In May 2006, Juventus emerged as one of the five clubs linked to
18550-638: The goalkeeper Aldo was signed from Chioggia; the Hungarian-Czechoslovakian Július Schubert , a left-sided midfielder; and strikers Émile Bongiorni and Ruggero Grava arrived from Racing Parigi and Roubaix-Tourcoing respectively. Torino began the season after a long tour in Brazil where the team met Palmeiras , Corinthians , São Paulo and Portuguesa , losing only once. During the season, reduced to 24 teams after three promotions and relegations, Ernest Erbstein
18725-620: The group that led the Azzurri squad to international success, most importantly in the 1934 , 1982 and 2006 FIFA World Cups . Juventus was founded as Sport-Club Juventus in late 1897 by pupils from the Massimo d'Azeglio Lyceum school in Turin, among them Eugenio Canfari and Enrico Canfari . It was renamed as Foot-Ball Club Juventus two years later. The club joined the 1900 Italian Football Championship . Juventus played their first Italian Football Championship match on 11 March 1900 in
18900-535: The hostilities. At the 1948 Summer Olympics , Pozzo's last match as Italy head coach came as a 5–3 defeat to Denmark in the quarter-finals at Highbury Stadium in London. Pozzo finished with a record of 63 wins, 17 draws and 16 defeats from 95 matches (an additional two wins were recorded as part of a technical commission in 1921). He holds the record for the longest reign of any European men's senior national team coach. His last, excruciating, official act, in 1949,
19075-418: The last cited. Founded with the name of Sport-Club Juventus, initially as an athletics club , it is the second oldest of its kind still active in the country after Genoa 's football section (1893) and has competed every season of the premier club division (reformulated in different formats until the Serie A inception in 1929) since its debut in 1900 with the exception of the 2006–07 season , being managed by
19250-472: The last time that Torino would drop points before the end of the tournament. From the 21st round the Granata returned to the lead, gradually strengthening their position and subsequently winning the tournament, with a ten-point lead over Juventus. Torino, after a last misstep with Sampdoria (the only team in the tournament to take away three points out of four from Torino) put together a sixteen match unbeaten run, of which fourteen were victories, beginning with
19425-499: The league title ambitions happen all against the same team, the Valentino Mazzola- and Ezio Loik-led Venezia. The first is an excellent playmaker , the second a fast winger ; both are already staples of the Italy of Vittorio Pozzo . Novo senses they are the cherries that are missing from the cake to make the team unbeatable. At the end of a Venezia-Torino, third last of the championship, which in practice puts an end to
19600-473: The league to address the tensions between the bigger and the smaller teams, because it was thought that the number of participants in the championship had to be reduced. The mediation failed resulting in the split between the FIGC and CCI , before merging again the following year. In 1924, for the occasion of the 1924 Summer Olympics , Pozzo was again appointed sole head coach. This time Italy were able to reach
19775-399: The league. After losing 4–2 after extra time to Inter Milan in the 2022 Coppa Italia final , the 2021–22 Juventus F.C. season marked the first season since 2010–11 in which the club had not won a trophy. In the 2022–23 season , Juventus had one victory and five defeats in their Champions League group, achieving their worst-ever score (3 points) and their greatest-ever number of losses in
19950-471: The lost scudetti in exchange for Juventus dropping the lawsuit. In September 2015, the Supreme Court released a 150-page document that explained its final ruling of the case, based on the controversial 2006 sports ruling, which did not take in consideration the other clubs involved because they could not be put on trial due to the statute of limitations, and it would be necessary to request and open
20125-524: The match over Austria by a single goal. Enrique Guaita , one of the squad's Oriundi , scored the only goal of the match from close range after Giuseppe Meazza had fallen over goalkeeper Peter Platzer . In the final on 10 June, at the Stadio Nazionale PNF in Rome, with temperatures surpassing 40 °C (104 °F), Italy came from behind to defeat Czechoslovakia 2–1 in extra-time to win
20300-410: The maximum advantage over 2nd place: 16 points over A.C. Milan, Juventus and Triestina ; biggest home win, 10–0 against Alessandria ; a total of 29 wins out of 40 games; the longest unbeaten run, 21, with 17 wins and 4 draws; the most points at home, having won 19 games out of 20 at Stadio Filadelfia ; the highest number of goals scored, 125; and fewest conceded, 33. After a short summer interval from
20475-428: The mid-1980s, as well as the 1995 Coppa Italia final . The crop of players during this period featured Ciro Ferrara , Roberto Baggio , Gianluca Vialli , and a young Alessandro Del Piero . Lippi led Juventus to the 1995 Supercoppa Italiana and the 1995–96 UEFA Champions League , beating Ajax on penalties after a 1–1 draw in which Fabrizio Ravanelli scored for Juventus. The club did not rest long after winning
20650-431: The most popular tactic was the metodo , a more defensive arrangement whose strength was mainly the counterattack, which had allowed the Italy national team of Vittorio Pozzo to win the 1934 and 1938 World Cups. In defence, there were only two fullbacks and a defensive midfielder which shuttled forward on the offence. In midfield, the offence was set by the centre midfielders , while the wingers were designed to serve
20825-501: The most supported football clubs in the world, with over 300 million supporters (41 million in Europe alone), particularly in the Mediterranean countries to which a large number of Italian diaspora have emigrated. The Torinese side has fan clubs branches across the globe. Demand for Juventus tickets in occasional home games held away from Turin is high, suggesting that Juventus have stronger support in other parts of
21000-449: The motivations, such as sentimento popolare (people's feelings), and the newly created ad-hoc rule used to relegate the club. Many key players left following their relegation to Serie B, including Thuram, star striker Zlatan Ibrahimović , midfielders Emerson and Patrick Vieira , and defensive stalwarts Fabio Cannavaro and Gianluca Zambrotta ; other big name players, such as Del Piero, Buffon, Trezeguet, and Nedvěd, as well as
21175-600: The national team was guided by this diverse group of people. With the brief exception of Augusto Rangone (in 1925–1928) and Carlo Carcano (1928–1929), Pozzo was the only person to play the role of sole commissioner until the sixties. Pozzo would also serve with the Alpini as lieutenant during the First World War. In 1921, Pozzo was commissioned by the Football Association to study a draft reform of
21350-609: The next round. Following the match, Pozzo learned that the Brazilians were so confident of appearing in the final in Paris that they had requisitioned the only airplane from Marseille to Paris on the day after the semi-final against Pozzo's Italy. Pozzo went to the Brazilians that sunbathed in the Côte d'Azur and asked them to surrender him the aerial bookings in case of an Italian victory. The Brazilians apparently arrogantly answered "it
21525-401: The number of goals in the league. In the 1930s, Englishman Herbert Chapman , manager of Arsenal , developed a new tactic called the sistema or "WM" which in practice was a type of 3–2–2–3 formation, with three defenders, four midfielders (two half-backs and two inside-forwards) and three forwards positioned at the points of a "W" and "M". Chapman, reorganizing the defence, chose to move back
21700-459: The only difference that in those tournaments only two teams qualified. Because of this complex mechanism, the 1945–46 championship, while appearing regularly in the record books, is not assimilated to those of Serie A and does not appear in the statistics. On 14 October 1945 the championship began with the Scudetto on the shirts of Torino. Ferruccio Novo gave the team the final arrangement with
21875-558: The past, Novo relied on the Torinese Luigi Ferrero , a former Torino winger of the pre-war period, that as a coach had been successful at A.S. Bari . The derby opened the championship and Torino immediately suffered their first defeat: Silvio Piola decided the match—who had moved to Juventus after the parenthesis at Torino in 1944—with a penalty. In the following two rounds, Torino scored eleven goals without conceding against Genoa and Sampierdarenese, beginning
22050-414: The past, the convex section of the emblem had a blue colour (another symbol of Turin) and it was concave in shape. The old French shield and the mural crown, also in the lower section of the emblem, had a considerably greater size. The two "Golden Stars for Sport Excellence" were located above the convex and concave section of Juventus's emblem. During the 1980s, the club emblem was the blurred silhouette of
22225-464: The plan of the cousins and acquired the two cherries that were missing. Thus was born the eleven destined to be remembered as the Grande Torino . At the start of the 1942–43 season, available to Hungarian Kuttik, there's a squad that includes top players: experts goalkeepers Bodoira and Cavalli; defenders of expertise such as Ferrini, Ellena and quality like Piacentini and Cassano; in midfield
22400-540: The players had lowered their arms, Pozzo, who was lined up with the team in the centre of the field, ordered them to perform another Roman salute. He later commented on the incident, stating: "Having won the battle of intimidation, we played." Pozzo ordered the players to continue with the fascist salute during the national anthem. Afterwards he declared: "The match was immediately surrounded by polemic–political undertones. And unfairly so. Because our players don't even dream of making something political out of this, but
22575-511: The presidency of Torino, succeeding Giovanni Battista Cuniberti. Novo was not a patron, but a careful administrator: he had entered Torino at a young age, even donning the jersey as a player, in 1913: a subpar player ("I was a duffer," he said smiling), he continued to follow the team as an enthusiastic fan first, then with the tasks socio-financier and advisor. He also once started a factory of leather accessories with his brother. His first moves as Torino president were therefore ones to reorganize
22750-434: The president of Bologna was heard shouting to his team: "Are you crazy, don't you know that we also need to mark the midfielder in Turin? And you let one free! Do you know at least who is Castilian?" An even more resounding success of this phase came with a 7-2 win over Fiorentina, however, Torino lost the championship lead when they were defeated by Alessandria. Along with the home draw with Modena two weeks after, it would be
22925-527: The quarter-finals against the hosts in Colombes , as both teams normally played in blue, Italy were controversially ordered to play in all-black attire (possibly by Mussolini himself), a colour which is associated with fascism, along with bearing a Fascio Littorio on the left breast, alongside the Savoy shield . Despite a hostile reception from the home crowd, Italy managed to win the match 3–1 and advance to
23100-415: The quarter-finals, where they were defeated 2–1 by Switzerland . After this defeat, Pozzo resigned and returned to devote himself to his work and his wife, who shortly after died due to a disease. After the death of his wife, he moved to Milan , where he held his job at Pirelli, alongside his work as a journalist for La Stampa in Turin, which he continued almost until his death. Pozzo returned to coach
23275-413: The record holder for all these competitions; they also hold two Intercontinental Cups , two European Cup / UEFA Champions Leagues , one European Cup Winners' Cup , three UEFA Cups (Italian record), two UEFA Super Cups and one UEFA Intertoto Cup (Italian record). Consequently, the side leads the historical Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC) classification, whilst on the international stage
23450-439: The record of scoring in the most consecutive Serie A matches (11). On 8 August 2020, Sarri was sacked from his managerial position, one day after Juventus were eliminated from the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League by Lyon . On the same day, former player Andrea Pirlo was announced as the new coach, signing a two-year contract. In the 2020 Supercoppa Italiana , which was held in January 2021, Juventus won their ninth title after
23625-404: The restructuring of the stadium for the 2006 Winter Olympics onward. In November 2008, Juventus announced that they would invest around €120 million to build a new ground, the Juventus Stadium, on the site of delle Alpi. Unlike the old ground, there is not a running track and instead the pitch is only 7.5 metres away from the stands. The capacity is 41,507. Work began during spring 2009 and
23800-400: The results of Calciopoli trials connected to the 2006 scandal. When former general manager Luciano Moggi 's conviction in criminal court in connection with the scandal was partially written off by the Supreme Court in March 2015, the club sued the FIGC for €443 million for damages caused by their 2006 relegation. Then-FIGC president Carlo Tavecchio offered to discuss reinstatement of
23975-435: The right to wear their third star, but Agnelli stated that the club suspended the use of the stars until another team wins their 20th championship, having the right to wear two stars "to emphasise the difference". For the 2015–16 season , Juventus reintroduced the stars and added the third star to their jersey as well with new kit manufacturers Adidas , in addition to the Coppa Italia badge for winning their tenth Coppa Italia
24150-401: The season with a home draw with Triestina, and, after the narrow victory away to Lazio, another draw with Sampdoria and a defeat to Venezia, who was relegated in that season. On the fifth day there was the derby with Juventus, which finished 0-0. After five days, Torino managed to collect five points. From the sixth day, Torino collected six successive victories with the thirteenth day ahead. On
24325-404: The signing of Ronaldo went beyond football—it represented a step toward elevating the club's status as a global business. Deloitte ranked the world's richest clubs earlier in the year and Juventus ranked 10th; by leveraging Ronaldo's massive social media following and commercial appeal, the club expected to close the financial gap with the likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Manchester United. In
24500-437: The situation was even more complex, since there were insufficient clubs in the top flight. The solution was found by organising a mixed tournament between the teams of Serie A and those of Serie B . At the conclusion of the two groups, the top four teams in each league would qualify to the final round which would determine the winner of the championship, with a structure that remembered that of championships prior to 1926, with
24675-542: The sixteen best teams, was played with a huge tournament of twenty teams, then occupying 38 days, from September to July 1947. Torino did not make substantial changes to its team, but had strengthened the park of players. Along with the return of Romeo Menti , came the midfielder Danilo Martelli from Brescia, the back-stopper Francesco Rosetta of Novara, the goalkeeper Dante Piani, the Vercellese Guido Tieghi. Still under coach Luigi Ferrero, Torino began
24850-586: The sixth place in the league table at the end of January 2010, leading to the dismissal of Ferrara and the naming of Alberto Zaccheroni as caretaker manager. Zaccheroni could not help the side improve, as Juventus finished the season in seventh place in Serie A. For the 2010–11 Serie A , Jean-Claude Blanc was replaced by Andrea Agnelli as the club's president. Agnelli's first action was to replace Zaccheroni and director of sport Alessio Secco with Sampdoria manager Luigi Delneri and director of sport Giuseppe Marotta . Delneri failed to improve their fortunes and
25025-475: The south of the peninsula. Yet the league goes ahead and, at the decision of the Federation, was organised into a group stage. Transfers are however difficult since the bombing of the Allies, often interrupting rail links, forcing travelers to face long walking. To prevent the risk of call to arms, many teams are ingenious: with clever diplomacy, they ensure their players are part of the most important industries in
25200-425: The split, surviving the First World War. In 1913, Juventus was relegated to the second division after ended in last place , but after pressure made by their executives to the Italian Federation, it was decided to increase the number of teams in the following season, that permitted Juventus to remain in the top league. In 1922, a new stadium was inaugurated and, a year later, FIAT vice president Edoardo Agnelli
25375-554: The stadium was opened on 8 September 2011, ahead of the start of the 2011–12 season. Since 1 July 2017, the Juventus Stadium is known commercially as the Allianz Stadium of Turin until 30 June 2030. Juventus is the most-supported football club in Italy, with over 12 million fans or tifosi , which represent approximately 34% of the total Italian football fans according to a research published in September 2016 by Italian research agency Demos & Pi, as well as one of
25550-576: The team's captain, Umberto Caligaris , on this occasion. During the 1934 FIFA World Cup on home soil, the first tournament on the European continent, Pozzo's Italian side benefited from controversial officiating, which was thought to have been influenced by the political situation in Italy at the time; indeed, the Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini had apparently met with several officials prior to Italy's matches, including Ivan Eklind , who refereed Italy's semi-final and final victories. Eklind
25725-770: The team. In the 1932 edition of the Central European International Cup, Italy finished in second place behind Austria; Austria beat Italy, as did the Czechs, while a defeat to Hungary was only averted because of a missed penalty. This led to Pozzo bringing back the Bologna player Angelo Schiavio , who had been a regular goalscorer for his club, but in February 1934 with the World Cup looming Austria defeated Italy in Turin 4–2, Pozzo once again axed
25900-432: The technical director of Torino from 1912 to 1922. After completing his studies, he joined Pirelli , where he became manager, a position he would leave for the Italian national team. Until the 1912 Summer Olympics , the Italy national team was guided by "technical commissions", when Pozzo was appointed as the first head coach of the national team during the debut of an Italian selection in an official competition. Italy
26075-453: The title won in the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup after another successful era led by Marcello Lippi , becoming in addition, until 2022 , the only professional Italian club to have won every ongoing honour available to the first team and organised by a national or international football association . In December 2000, Juventus was placed seventh in the FIFA's historic ranking of the best clubs in
26250-487: The title. On the back of the World Cup success, Pozzo was awarded the title of Commendatore for achieving greatness in his profession. Pozzo also coached Italy in the Battle of Highbury on 14 November 1934 against England , led by Arsenal's Wilf Copping at the team's home ground, which ended 3–2 in favour of England. Italy defended their Central European International Cup title in 1935 under Pozzo, going into
26425-425: The top division, with Del Piero claiming the top scorer award with 21 goals, as league winners after the 2006–07 Serie B season. As early as 2010, when many other clubs were implicated and Inter Milan, Livorno , and Milan liable of direct Article 6 violations in the 2011 Palazzi Report, Juventus considered challenging the stripping of their scudetto from 2006 and the non-assignment of the 2005 title, dependent on
26600-501: The turn of the 20th century and met Manchester United half-back Charlie Roberts and Derby County 's inside-left Steve Bloomer . As a player, Pozzo played professionally in Switzerland for Grasshopper Club Zürich the 1905–06 season, before returning to Italy where he helped found Torino F.C. (then "Foot-Ball Club Torino"), a team with which he played for five seasons until retiring from football in 1911. He would serve as
26775-479: The version of the singer and musician Paolo Belli composed in 2007. In 2016, a documentary film called Black and White Stripes: The Juventus Story was produced by the La Villa brothers about Juventus. On 16 February 2018, the first three episodes of a docu-series called First Team: Juventus , which followed the club throughout the season , by spending time with the players behind the scenes both on and off
26950-454: The veterans Baldi and Gallea, with the new Ezio Loik and Mazzola; forward Menti and Ferraris, without forgetting Gabetto and Ossola. On paper Torino is the team to beat, but the departure is not the best: the Bull is to compete with surprise Livorno. This duel creates a thrilling championship, solved only on the final day when Torino, with a goal of Mazzola, sunk Bari. Torino also managed to win
27125-542: The world, and nine years later was ranked second best club in Europe during the 20th century based on a statistical study series by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS), the highest for an Italian club in both. The club's fan base is the largest at national level and one of the largest worldwide. Unlike most European sporting supporters' groups, which are often concentrated around their own club's city of origin, it
27300-417: The youth team; and Raf Vallone , who devoted himself to a career in cinema and theatre. The foresight to Novo allowed him to take advantage of the climate of stagnation and lack of investment. There was little money in football, which Novo anticipated. In view of the 1941–42 Serie A season, Torino brought in five new players: Ferraris II, who played on the left wing for 1938 FIFA World Cup champions Italy,
27475-455: Was "finished" as a player, would be sold to the Genoa for 300,000 lire. Borel suggested to raise the bid and Novo purchased the striker for 330,000 lire. The turning point came when Felice Borel (who in the future would hold the role of manager ), Ellena and Copernicus suggested to Novo that Torino should be set up with the sistema tactic, a new form of the game in those years. Until then,
27650-602: Was also the head of the Italian Football Federation at the time. According to Gian Paolo Ormezzano, Pozzo was neither a fascist nor anti-fascist, while Giorgio Bocca considered him to be an officer of the Alpini and a reluctant fascist of the regime by association, "...one who appreciated punctual trains, but could not stand squadrismi , who paid homage to the monument dedicated to the Alpini, but not to
27825-482: Was an Italian football player, manager and journalist . The creator of the Metodo tactical formation , Pozzo is regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time, and is the only manager to guide a national team to two FIFA World Cup titles as coach, leading the Italy national team to victory in the 1934 and 1938 FIFA World Cups . Nicknamed Il Vecchio Maestro ("The Old Master"), he also led Italy to
28000-516: Was appointed as the team's technical director and the Englishman Leslie Lievesley became the coach. The season also saw injuries to Virgilio Maroso , Eusebio Castigliano , Romeo Menti and Sauro Tomà , plus the long suspension for Aldo Ballarin . The Granata, which debuted with a victory against Pro Patria , suffered a defeat in the second round to Atalanta ; the team recovered with five straight wins, including that of
28175-400: Was appointed manager of the club ahead of the 2019–20 Juventus F.C. season . Juventus were confirmed 2019–20 Serie A champions, reaching an unprecedented milestone of nine consecutive league titles. Ronaldo was imperative to Juventus' continuation of domestic success; notable achievements include him reaching 100 goals in Serie A quicker than anyone in the league's history. He also equalled
28350-481: Was captain in 1938, from a striker into an inside forward; indeed Pozzo's reign is linked closely to the success of his strikers. In the 1938 World Cup another ' oriundo ' was the Uruguayan Michele Andreolo . Brian Glanville has stated that Pozzo was not a fascist; he did, however, work alongside Giorgio Vaccaro during the 1934 World Cup campaign – a general from the fascist militia, who
28525-545: Was derived from the age of the Juventus star players towards the middle of the 1930s. The "lady" part of the nickname is how fans of the club affectionately referred to it before the 1930s. The club is also nicknamed la Fidanzata d'Italia ( lit. ' the Girlfriend of Italy ' ), because over the years it has received a high level of support from Southern Italian immigrant workers (particularly from Naples and Palermo ), who arrived in Turin to work for FIAT since
28700-528: Was dismissed, and former player and fan favourite Antonio Conte , fresh after winning promotion with Siena , was named as Delneri's replacement. In September 2011, Juventus relocated to the new Juventus Stadium , known as the Allianz Stadium since 2017. With Conte as manager, Juventus were unbeaten for the entire 2011–12 Serie A season. Towards the second half of the season, the team was mostly competing with northern rivals Milan for first place in
28875-410: Was elected club's president. These two events helped the club to its second league championship in the 1925–26 Prima Divisione , after beating Alba Roma in a two-legged final with an aggregate score of 12–1. The club established itself as a major force in Italian football in the 1930s, becoming the country's first professional club and the first with a decentralised fan base. This led Juventus to win
29050-454: Was eliminated in the first round after a 3–2 loss to Finland in extra time , on 29 June. Pozzo resigned after his third match, being defeated 5–1 by Austria in the consolation tournament , on 3 July. He returned to work at Pirelli; only to return to the national team in 1921 as part of a "technical commission", a committee composed of federal managers, referees, players, former players, coaches and journalists. Throughout his first term,
29225-409: Was founded by break-away Juventus players and staff. Their most high-profile rivalry is with Inter Milan , another big Serie A club located in Milan , the capital of the neighbouring region of Lombardy . Matches between these two clubs are referred to as the Derby d'Italia (Derby of Italy) and the two regularly challenge each other at the top of the league table, hence the intense rivalry. Until
29400-473: Was helping with the recognition of the torn bodies of the players of the Grande Torino team, his friends and pupils, who died on 4 May in the Superga air disaster from which he escaped himself for not being able to go with the team to Lisbon . Until the 1930s, a common tactic in football was the so-called pyramid of Cambridge , which is a 2–3–5 in the shape of an inverted pyramid that had its apex in
29575-462: Was later accused of favouring the Italians with his decisions. Italy's game against Spain in the quarter-finals, which ended in a 1–1 draw after extra-time, also raised questions against the performance of the referee Louis Baert in the match; in the replay, Swiss referee Rene Mercet did not escape criticism either, and was banned by the Swiss FA upon his arrival home. Both matches were played in
29750-437: Was named the role of counsellor; Englishman Leslie Lievesley was given the role of youth coach; while the technical direction of the team was given to Ernest Egri Erbstein , who, of Jewish origin, worked incognito because of the racial laws. The first "hit" of Novo was to purchase a talented 18-year-old Franco Ossola from Varese that, with hindsight, would be first piece of the squad: Ossola cost 55 thousand Italian lire ,
29925-449: Was overwhelming: Torino played in Rome and scored six goals in 30 minutes in the first half, followed by a seventh goal in the second half. Among the other high-scoring matches, Torino defeated Napoli 7–1 and on the final day Pro Livorno 9–1. Juventus beat Torino in the second match (by a penalty of Silvio Piola ) and on the penultimate day held a two-point lead. In the return derby, with a goal from Guglielmo Gabetto , Torino drew level with
30100-439: Was sacked following a string of unsuccessful results and Ciro Ferrara was appointed as manager on a temporary basis for the last two games of the 2008–09 Serie A , before being subsequently appointed as the manager for the 2009–10 Serie A . Ferrara's stint as Juventus manager proved to be unsuccessful, with Juventus knocked out of 2009–10 UEFA Champions League , and also of the 2009–10 Coppa Italia , as well as just lying on
30275-505: Was signed from Ambrosiana for 250,000 lire; Romeo Menti , a winger with good technique and a powerful shot who was signed from Fiorentina at the recommendation of Ellena; and Alfredo Bodoira , Felice Borel and Guglielmo Gabetto , all from Turin city rivals Juventus . The arrival of Gabetto at Torino was due in part to Borel, who, perhaps to reward Novo for his faith after acquiring him from Juventus after years of misunderstanding techniques, revealed Gabetto, which Juventus considered
30450-476: Was the most victorious of the club's history, with 19 titles won. Exor , the club's controlling shareholder, appointed Gianluca Ferrero as its new chairman ahead of the shareholders' meeting on 18 January 2023. Two days later, after being acquitted by the FIGC's Court of Appeal in April–May 2022, Juventus were deducted 15 points as punishment for capital gain violations, as part of an investigation related to
30625-468: Was the prerogative of Roma . That year, two losses proved to be Torino's undoing: a first round exit in the Coppa Italia and a Serie A loss with three matches remaining against Venezia , which was led by Ezio Loik and Valentino Mazzola . The Torino squad of 1941–42 was a team then very competitive and tested but, as mentioned, the two capitulations that cost participation in the Coppa Italia and
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