The Juventus/La Vecchia Signora

Juventus FC is often referred to Juventus or Juve (Latin name for teenagers) is one of the oldest soccer clubs in Italy. The club was founded in November 1897 and got nicknamed la Vecchia Signora (The Old Lady).

Juventus is the most successful team in the history of Italian Football. Has successfully achieved 51 official trophies, 40 of them domestic and the other 11 for Europe and other world competitions. In 1985, Juventus became the first club in Europe who managed to win all three trophies at the European and Intercontinental Cup. Juventus known to apply strict rules for his players. Players are required to short hair and neat, always dressed formally and forcing them to complete their education.

Sales Zinedine Zidane to Real Madrid with a price of about $ 64 million U.S. dollars is still one of the most expensive sales in football until now. The most horrendous cases that hit this club is when the Serie A title won in seasons 04/05 and 05/06 is revoked, because the match-fixing scandal. Juventus should also be relegated to Serie B due to this case.
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Full name: Juventus Football Club S.p.A

Nickname: La Vecchia Signora (The Old Lady), La Fidanzata d'Italia (The Girlfriend of Italy), I Bianconeri (The white-Blacks), Le Zebre (The Zebras)

Founded: 1 November 1897

Stadium: Stadio Olimpico, Turin with a capacity of 27 128

Costume: White Black-White (cage), Grey-Black White Black strip (away)

President: Andrea Agenelli

Manager: Luigi Del Neri

PLAYERS

Goalkeeper:

1 Gianluigi Buffon
13 Alex Manninger
30 Marco Storari
31 Marco Costantino

Defender:

2 Marco Motta
3 Giorgio Chiellini
6 Fabio Grosso
17 Armand Traore
19 Leonardo Bonucci
21 Zdenek Grygera
26 Leandro Rinaudo
29 Paolo De Ceglie
33 Nicola Legrottaglie

Midfielder:

4 Felipe Melo
5 Mohamed Sissoko
7 Hasan Salihamidzic
8 Claudio Marchisio
14 Alberto Aquilani
20 David Lanzafame
22 Mohamed Sissoko
Andrae Pirlo
23 Simone Pepe
25 Jorge Andres Martinez
27 Milos Krasic

Attacker:

9 Vincenzo Iaquinta
10 Alessandro Del Piero (captain)
Amauri 11
18 Fabio Quagliarella

ACHIEVEMENT

Serie A (27 times): 1905, 1925-26, 1930-31, 1931-32, 1932-33, 1933-34, 1934-35, 1949-50, 1951-52, 1957-58, 1959-60, 1960 -61, 1966-67, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1977-78, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1983-84, 1985-86, 1994-95, 1996-97 , 1997-98, 2001-02, 2002-03

Coppa Italia (9 times): 1937-38, 1941-42, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1964-65, 1978-79, 1982-83, 1989-90, 1994-95

Italian Super Cup (4 times): 1995, 1997, 2002, 2003

Cup / Champions League (2 times): 1984-85, 1995-96

Cup Winner: 1983-84

UEFA Cup (3 times): 1976-77, 1989-90, 1992-93

European Super Cup (2 times): 1985, 1996

Intercontinental Cup (2 times): 1985, 1996