Juventus History

Juventus Football Club (from Latin^[3] iuventus: youth, IPA: [ju.ˈvɛn.tus]), commonly referred to as simply Juventus or Juve, is a football club from Turin, Italy. With the exception of one season,^[4] the club has spent its entire history in the top flight of Italian football.^[5] After winning Serie B, Juventus were promoted back to Serie A for the 2007–08 season.

Juventus is the most successful^[4] team in the history of Italian football. Overall, Juventus have won 51 official trophies, more than any other Italian team; 40 in Italy, which is also a record, and 11 in European and world competitions. Juventus is the third most successful club from Europe^[6] and fifth in the world^[6] with the most international titles recognized by UEFA^[7] and FIFA.

In 1985, Juventus, the only team in the world to have won all international cups and championships^[7] (which includes all official European competitions^[7] and the Intercontinental Champions Clubs' Cup^[8]), became the first club in the history of European football to have won all three Major European trophies^[9]. The torinese team is also one of the G-14’s founding members, a group that represents eighteen of the largest and most prestigious^[10] European football clubs.

At present, Juventus play their home games at the Stadio Olimpico di Torino while their full-time stadium, Stadio delle Alpi is having structural changes and will not be completed for use until 2008.^[2][11]