Juventus Stadium
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| Location | Turin, Piedmont, Italy |
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| Coordinates | 45°6′34″N 7°38′28″E / 45.10944°N 7.64111°ECoordinates: 45°6′34″N 7°38′28″E / 45.10944°N 7.64111°E |
| Operator | Juventus Football Club S.p.A. |
| Executive suites | 84 |
| Capacity | 41,507 seated |
| Record attendance | 41,470 vs Roma (17 December 2016, Serie A) |
| Field size | 105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1 March 2009 |
| Opened | 8 September 2011 |
| Construction cost | €155 million |
| Architect | Hernando Suarez Gino Zavanella Giorgetto Giugiaro |
| Structural engineer | Francesco Ossola Massimo Majowiecki |
| Tenants | |
| Juventus F.C. (2011–present) | |
Juventus Stadium, sometimes simply known in Italy as the Stadium, is an all-seater football stadium in the Vallette borough of Turin, Italy, and the home of Serie A club Juventus Football Club. The stadium was built on the site of Juventus' and Torino's former home, the Stadio delle Alpi, and is one of only three club-owned football stadiums in Serie A, alongside Sassuolo's Mapei Stadium and Udinese's Stadio Friuli. It was opened at the start of the 2011–12 season and has a capacity of just over 41,000 spectators. The stands are just 7.5 metres from the pitch, a major improvement from the Stadio delle Alpi.
Juventus played the first match against the world's oldest professional football club Notts County on 8 September 2011 in a friendly which ended 1–1. Veteran striker Luca Toni found the net after Fabio Quagliarella failed to convert a penalty. The first official competitive match was Juventus–Parma, played on 11 September 2011, where Stephan Lichtsteiner scored the stadium's first goal in the 16th minute.
The stadium hosted the 2014 UEFA Europa League Final.
Juventus' previous permanent home ground, the Stadio delle Alpi, was completed in 1990 to host matches for the 1990 World Cup. The club's move from their previous ancestral home, the Stadio Comunale, to the Stadio delle Alpi was controversial. The new stadium was built at a great expense, was relatively less accessible, and had poor sightlines due to the athletics track. Despite Juventus being the best-supported team in Italy (with the highest television subscribers and away section attendances), attendance at the Stadio delle Alpi was dismal. Average attendance was only a third of the stadium's 67,000 capacity. The club bought the stadium from the local council in 2002, a decision which was popular with fans.
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