Full name | Juventus Football Club S.p.A. |
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[La] Vecchia Signora (The Old Lady) [La] Fidanzata d'Italia (The Girlfriend of Italy) [La] Madama (Piedmontese for: Madam) [I] Bianconeri (The White and Blacks) [Le] Zebre (The Zebras) [La] Signora Omicidi (The Killer Lady) [La] Goeba (Gallo-Italic for: Hunchback) |
Short name | Juve, JFC |
Founded | 1 November 1897 | , as Sport-Club Juventus
Ground | Juventus Stadium |
Capacity | 41,507 |
Owner |
Agnelli family (through EXOR N.V.) public shareholders of EXOR and Juventus (BIT: JUVE) |
Chairman | Andrea Agnelli |
Manager | Massimiliano Allegri |
League | Serie A |
2015–16 | Serie A, 1st |
Website | Club home page |
Location | Corso Gaetano Scirea, 5010151 Turin, Italy |
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Owner | Juventus F.C. |
Operator | Juventus F.C. |
Capacity | 41,507 seated |
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Broke ground | 1 March 2009 |
Opened | 8 September 2011 |
Construction cost | €155,000,000 |
Architect | Hernando Suarez, Gino Zavanella, Giorgetto Giugiaro |
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Juventus Football Club S.p.A. (from Latin iuventūs, "youth"; Italian pronunciation: [juˈvɛntus]), colloquially known as Juve (pronounced [ˈjuːve]), is a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont. Founded in 1897 as Sport-Club Juventus by a group of young Torinese students, among them, who was their first president, Eugenio Canfari, and his brother Enrico, author of the company's historical memory; they have been managed by the industrial Agnelli family since 1923, which constitutes the oldest sporting partnership in Italy, thus making Juventus the first professional club in the country. The club is the second oldest of its kind still active in the country after Genoa's football section and has spent its entire history, with the exception of the 2006–07 season, in the top flight First Division (known as Serie A since 1929).
Over time, the club has become a symbol of the nation's ("Italianness"), due to their tradition of success, some of which have had a significant impact in Italian society, especially in the 1930s and the first post-war decade; and the ideological politics and socio-economic origin of the club's sympathisers. This is reflected, among others, in the club's contribution to the national team, uninterrupted since the second half of the 1920s and recognised as one of the most influential in international football, having performed a decisive role in the World Cup triumphs of 1934, 1982 and 2006. The club's fan base is larger than any other Italian football club and is one of the largest worldwide. Support for Juventus is widespread throughout the country and abroad, mainly in countries with a significant presence of Italian immigrants.