tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74214820168885038722024-03-09T02:13:04.688+07:00all about footballAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600953326005627766noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421482016888503872.post-79961423102871707852009-03-03T05:00:00.000+07:002009-03-03T05:00:00.630+07:00Juventus F.C. - Shirt sponsors and manufacturers<table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Period</th> <th>Kit manufacturer</th> <th>Shirt sponsor<sup id="cite_ref-sponsors_83-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-sponsors-83" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></th> </tr> <tr> <td>1979–1989</td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kappa_%28company%29" title="Kappa (company)">Kappa</a></td> <td rowspan="1">Ariston</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1989–1992</td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPIM" title="UPIM">Upim</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>1992–1995</td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupe_Danone" title="Groupe Danone">Danone</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>1995–1998</td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony" title="Sony">Sony</a> / <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Minidisk" title="Sony Minidisk" class="mw-redirect">Sony Minidisk</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>1998–1999</td> <td rowspan="1">D+Libertà digitale / Tele+</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1999–2000</td> <td rowspan="1">CanalSatellite / D+Libertà digitale / <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony" title="Sony">Sony</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>2000–2001</td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciao_%28website%29" title="Ciao (website)">Ciao Web</a> / <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotto" title="Lotto">Lotto</a></td> <td rowspan="1">Sportal.com / Tele+</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2001–2002</td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotto" title="Lotto">Lotto</a></td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FASTWEB" title="FASTWEB" class="mw-redirect">FASTWEB</a> / Tu Mobile</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2002–2003</td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FASTWEB" title="FASTWEB" class="mw-redirect">FASTWEB</a> / <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamoil" title="Tamoil">Tamoil</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>2003–2004</td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike,_Inc." title="Nike, Inc.">Nike</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>2004–2005</td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Sports" title="Sky Sports">Sky Sports</a> / <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamoil" title="Tamoil">Tamoil</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>2005–2007</td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamoil" title="Tamoil">Tamoil</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>2007–present</td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Holland_Ag" title="New Holland Ag">New Holland FIAT Group</a></td></tr></tbody></table>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600953326005627766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421482016888503872.post-72596907319516412042009-03-02T05:00:00.000+07:002009-03-02T05:00:00.562+07:00Juventus F.C. - Juventus Football Club as a company<p style="text-align: justify;">Since 27 June 1967 Juventus Football Club has been a <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_stock_company" title="Joint stock company">joint stock company</a></i> (<i>Società per Azioni</i> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian language</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-77" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> and since 3 December 2001 the torinese side is listed on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borsa_Italiana" title="Borsa Italiana">Borsa Italiana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-78" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> Currently, the Juventus' <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Share" title="Share">shares</a> are distributed between 60% to IFIL Investments S.p.A,<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-79" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnelli_family" title="Agnelli family" class="mw-redirect">Agnelli family</a>'s <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holding" title="Holding">holding</a></i> (a company of the <i>Giovanni Agnelli & C.S.a.p.a Group</i>),<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-80" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> 7.5% to Libyan Arab Foreign Investment Co.<sup id="cite_ref-azioni_81-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-azioni-81" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> and 32.5% to other shareholders.<sup id="cite_ref-azioni_81-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-azioni-81" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Along with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.S._Lazio" title="S.S. Lazio">Lazio</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.S._Roma" title="A.S. Roma">Roma</a>, <i>the Old Lady</i> is one of only three Italian clubs quotated in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borsa_Italiana" title="Borsa Italiana">Borsa Italiana</a> (Italian stock exchange). According to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deloitte_Football_Money_League" title="Deloitte Football Money League">The Football Money League</a> published by consultants <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deloitte" title="Deloitte" class="mw-redirect">Deloitte</a>, in the season 2005–06, Juventus was the third highest earning football club in the world with an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deloitte_Football_Money_League#Full_listing" title="Deloitte Football Money League">estimated revenue</a> of €251.2 million.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-82" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600953326005627766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421482016888503872.post-73847712862112573442009-03-01T05:00:00.000+07:002009-03-01T05:00:00.983+07:00Juventus F.C. - Contribution to the Italian national team<div style="text-align: justify;">Overall, Juventus is the club <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus_F.C._and_the_Italian_national_football_team#List_of_call-ups_of_Juventus_F.C._players_to_the_Italian_national_major_teams" title="Juventus F.C. and the Italian national football team">that has contributed the most players</a> to the Italian national team in its history, they are the only Italian club that has contributed players to every Italian national teams since the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1934 FIFA World Cup">2nd FIFA World Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-World_Cup_73-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-World_Cup-73" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> Juventus have contributed numerous players to Italy's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">World Cup</a> campaigns, these successful periods principally have coincided with two <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_age" title="Golden age">golden ages</a></i> of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turin" title="Turin">Turin</a> club's history, referred as <i>Il Quinquennio d'Oro</i> (The Golden Quinquennium), from 1931 until 1935, and <i>Il Ciclo Leggendario</i> (The Legendary Cycle), from 1972 to 1986. </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Below are a list of Juventus players who represented the Italian national team during World Cup winning tournaments;<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-74" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1934 FIFA World Cup">1934 FIFA World Cup</a> (9); <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianpiero_Combi" title="Gianpiero Combi">Gianpiero Combi</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginio_Rosetta" title="Virginio Rosetta">Virginio Rosetta</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Bertolini" title="Luigi Bertolini">Luigi Bertolini</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felice_Borel" title="Felice Borel">Felice Borel IIº</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_Caligaris" title="Umberto Caligaris">Umberto Caligaris</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Ferrari" title="Giovanni Ferrari">Giovanni Ferrari</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Monti" title="Luis Monti">Luis Monti</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raimundo_Orsi" title="Raimundo Orsi">Raimundo Orsi</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Varglien" title="Mario Varglien">Mario Varglien Iº</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1938 FIFA World Cup">1938 FIFA World Cup</a> (2); <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_Foni" title="Alfredo Foni">Alfredo Foni</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_Rava" title="Pietro Rava">Pietro Rava</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1982 FIFA World Cup">1982 FIFA World Cup</a> (6); <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dino_Zoff" title="Dino Zoff">Dino Zoff</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Cabrini" title="Antonio Cabrini">Antonio Cabrini</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Gentile" title="Claudio Gentile">Claudio Gentile</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Rossi" title="Paolo Rossi">Paolo Rossi</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaetano_Scirea" title="Gaetano Scirea">Gaetano Scirea</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Tardelli" title="Marco Tardelli">Marco Tardelli</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2006 FIFA World Cup">2006 FIFA World Cup</a> (5); <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabio_Cannavaro" title="Fabio Cannavaro">Fabio Cannavaro</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianluigi_Buffon" title="Gianluigi Buffon">Gianluigi Buffon</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauro_Camoranesi" title="Mauro Camoranesi">Mauro Camoranesi</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Del_Piero" title="Alessandro Del Piero">Alessandro Del Piero</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianluca_Zambrotta" title="Gianluca Zambrotta">Gianluca Zambrotta</a></li></ul> <div class="thumb tleft"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width: 252px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Italia_v_Francia_Mondiale_1978.jpg" class="image" title="Italy's set up, with eight Juventus players, before the match against France in 1978 FIFA World Cup at Estadio José María Minella (Mar del Plata, Argentina - June 2th, 1978)."><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Italia_v_Francia_Mondiale_1978.jpg/250px-Italia_v_Francia_Mondiale_1978.jpg" class="thumbimage" width="250" border="0" height="157" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_national_football_team" title="Italian national football team" class="mw-redirect">Italy</a>'s set up, with eight Juventus players, before the match against <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_national_football_team" title="French national football team" class="mw-redirect">France</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1978 FIFA World Cup">1978 FIFA World Cup</a> at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estadio_Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Minella" title="Estadio José María Minella">Estadio José María Minella</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_del_Plata" title="Mar del Plata">Mar del Plata</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_2" title="June 2">June 2th</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978" title="1978">1978</a>).</div> </div> </div> <p style="text-align: justify;">Two Juventus players have won the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_awards" title="FIFA World Cup awards">golden boot</a></i> award at the World Cup with Italy; Paolo Rossi in 1982 and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvatore_Schillaci" title="Salvatore Schillaci">Salvatore Schillaci</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1990 FIFA World Cup">1990</a>. As well as contributing to Italy's World Cup winning sides, two Juventus players Alfredo Foni and Pietro Rava, represented Italy in the gold medal winning squad at the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_at_the_1936_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics">1936 Summer Olympics</a></i>. Three <i>bianconeri</i> players represented their nation during the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_European_Football_Championship" title="1968 European Football Championship" class="mw-redirect">1968 European Football Championship</a></i> win for Italy; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandro_Salvadore" title="Sandro Salvadore">Sandro Salvadore</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernesto_Castano" title="Ernesto Castano">Ernesto Càstano</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giancarlo_Bercellino" title="Giancarlo Bercellino">Giancarlo Bercellino</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-75" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Juventus have also contributed to a lesser degree to the national sides of other nations. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zin%C3%A9dine_Zidane" title="Zinédine Zidane" class="mw-redirect">Zinédine Zidane</a> and captain <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Deschamps" title="Didier Deschamps">Didier Deschamps</a> were Juventus players when they won the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_World_Cup" title="1998 World Cup" class="mw-redirect">1998 World Cup</a> with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_national_football_team" title="French national football team" class="mw-redirect">France</a>, making the total number of Juventus <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:FIFA_World_Cup-winning_players" title="Category:FIFA World Cup-winning players">World Cup winners</a> 24, more than any other club around the world (three other players in the 1998 squad, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Vieira" title="Patrick Vieira">Patrick Vieira</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Tr%C3%A9z%C3%A9guet" title="David Trézéguet">David Trézéguet</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilian_Thuram" title="Lilian Thuram">Lilian Thuram</a> have all played for Juventus at one time or another). Three Juventus players have also won the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Football_Championship" title="European Football Championship" class="mw-redirect">European Football Championship</a></i> with a nation other than Italy, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_del_Sol" title="Luis del Sol">Luis del Sol</a> won it in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_European_Football_Championship" title="1964 European Football Championship" class="mw-redirect">1964</a> with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_national_football_team" title="Spanish national football team" class="mw-redirect">Spain</a>, while the Frenchmen <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Platini" title="Michel Platini">Michel Platini</a> and Zidane won the competition in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_UEFA_European_Football_Championship" title="1984 UEFA European Football Championship" class="mw-redirect">1984</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_UEFA_European_Football_Championship" title="2000 UEFA European Football Championship" class="mw-redirect">2000</a> respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-76" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600953326005627766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421482016888503872.post-31038777642423273372009-02-28T05:00:00.001+07:002009-02-28T05:00:01.088+07:00Juventus F.C. - Club statistics and records<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Del_Piero" title="Alessandro Del Piero">Alessandro Del Piero</a> holds Juventus' official appearance record (560 as of 19 May 2008). He took over from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaetano_Scirea" title="Gaetano Scirea">Gaetano Scirea</a> on 6 March 2008 against <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Citt%C3%A0_di_Palermo" title="U.S. Città di Palermo">Palermo</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giampiero_Boniperti" title="Giampiero Boniperti">Giampiero Boniperti</a> holds the record for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A" title="Serie A">Lega Calcio Serie A</a> appearances with 444.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Including all official competitions, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Del_Piero" title="Alessandro Del Piero">Alessandro Del Piero</a> is the all-time leading goalscorer for Juventus, with 241 goals -as of 19 May 2008- since joining the club in 1993. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giampiero_Boniperti" title="Giampiero Boniperti">Giampiero Boniperti</a>, who was the all-time topscorer since 1961 comes in second in all competitions with 182, but is still the top league goalscorer for <i>the Old Lady</i> as of June 2007<sup class="plainlinks asof-tag update" style="display: none;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Juventus_F.C.&action=edit" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Juventus_F.C.&action=edit" rel="nofollow">[update]</a></sup>.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-69" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-70" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">In the 1933–34 season, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felice_Borel" title="Felice Borel">Felice Placido Borel II°</a> scored 31 goals in 34 appearances, setting the club record for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A" title="Serie A">Serie A</a> goals in a single season. Ferenc Hirzer is the club's highest scorer in a single season with 35 goals in 26 appearances in the 1925–26 season (record of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_in_Italy" title="Football in Italy">Italian football</a>). The most goals scored by a player in a single match is 6, which is also an Italian record. This was achieved by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Sivori" title="Omar Sivori" class="mw-redirect">Omar Enrique Sivori</a> in a game against <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.C._Internazionale_Milano" title="F.C. Internazionale Milano">Inter</a> in the 1960–61 season.<sup id="cite_ref-league_18-10" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-league-18" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The first ever official game participated in by Juventus was in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Football_Championship_1900" title="Italian Football Championship 1900">Third Federal Football Championship</a>, the predecessor of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A" title="Serie A">Serie A</a>, against <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.C._Torinese" title="F.C. Torinese" class="mw-redirect">FBC Torinese</a>; Juve lost 0–1. The biggest ever victory recorded by Juventus was 15–0 against Cento, in the second round of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coppa_Italia" title="Coppa Italia">Coppa Italia</a> in the 1926–27 season. In terms of the league; ACF Fiorentina and US Fiumana were famously on the end of the <i>Old Lady'</i>s biggest championship wins, both were beaten 11–0 and were recorded in the 1928–29 season. Juventus' heaviest championship defeats came during the 1911–12 and 1912–13 seasons; they were against <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.C._Milan" title="A.C. Milan">Milan</a> in 1912 (1–8) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torino_F.C." title="Torino F.C.">Torino Calcio</a> in 1913 (0–8).<sup id="cite_ref-league_18-11" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-league-18" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The <i>Old Lady</i> holds the record for the most goals in a single season, in the top flight of Italian football, this includes national league, national cup and European competition, with a total of 106 goals in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1992-93" title="Serie A 1992-93">1992–93</a> season. The sale of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinedine_Zidane" title="Zinedine Zidane">Zinédine Zidane</a> to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Madrid_C.F." title="Real Madrid C.F.">Real Madrid</a> of Spain from Juventus in 2001, set the current <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_football_transfer_record" title="World football transfer record">world football transfer record</a> for the most expensive deal, costing the Spanish club around £46 million.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-71" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600953326005627766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421482016888503872.post-33122878508111687752009-02-27T05:00:00.000+07:002009-02-27T05:00:01.845+07:00Juventus F.C. - World-wide titles<ul><li><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercontinental_Cup_and_FIFA_Club_World_Cup_statistics" title="Intercontinental Cup and FIFA Club World Cup statistics" class="mw-redirect">Intercontinental Cup</a>: 2</b><sup id="cite_ref-ICCC_57-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-ICCC-57" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> <ul><li><b>Winners:</b> 1985; 1996</li><li><b>Runners-up (1):</b> 1973</li></ul> </li></ul>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600953326005627766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421482016888503872.post-45609250241357309212009-02-26T05:00:00.000+07:002009-02-26T05:00:01.431+07:00Juventus F.C. - European titles<ul><li><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League" title="UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a> (former European Cup): 2</b><sup id="cite_ref-EC_66-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-EC-66" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> <ul><li><b>Winners:</b> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Cup_1984-85" title="European Cup 1984-85" class="mw-redirect">1984–85</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League_1995-96" title="UEFA Champions League 1995-96" class="mw-redirect">1995–96</a></li><li><b>Runners-up (5):</b> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Cup_1972-73" title="European Cup 1972-73" class="mw-redirect">1972–73</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Cup_1982-83" title="European Cup 1982-83" class="mw-redirect">1982–83</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League_1996-97" title="UEFA Champions League 1996-97" class="mw-redirect">1996–97</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League_1997-98" title="UEFA Champions League 1997-98" class="mw-redirect">1997–98</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League_2002-03" title="UEFA Champions League 2002-03" class="mw-redirect">2002–03</a></li></ul> </li></ul> <ul><li><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Cup_Winners%27_Cup" title="UEFA Cup Winners' Cup">UEFA Cup Winners' Cup</a>: 1</b> <ul><li><b>Winners:</b> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Cup_Winners%27_Cup_1983-84" title="UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1983-84" class="mw-redirect">1983–84</a></li></ul> </li></ul> <ul><li><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Cup" title="UEFA Cup">UEFA Cup</a>: 3</b><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-67" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> (<i>record</i>). <ul><li><b>Winners:</b> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Cup_1976-77" title="UEFA Cup 1976-77" class="mw-redirect">1976–77</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Cup_1989-90" title="UEFA Cup 1989-90" class="mw-redirect">1989–90</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Cup_1992-93" title="UEFA Cup 1992-93" class="mw-redirect">1992–93</a></li><li><b>Runner-up (1):</b> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Cup_1994-95" title="UEFA Cup 1994-95" class="mw-redirect">1994–95</a></li></ul> </li></ul> <ul><li><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Intertoto_Cup" title="UEFA Intertoto Cup">UEFA Intertoto Cup</a>: 1</b><sup id="cite_ref-UEFA_honours_7-3" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-UEFA_honours-7" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> <ul><li><b>Winners:</b> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Intertoto_Cup_1999" title="UEFA Intertoto Cup 1999">1999</a></li></ul> </li></ul> <ul><li><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Super_Cup" title="European Super Cup" class="mw-redirect">European Super Cup</a>: 2</b><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-68" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> <ul><li><b>Winners:</b> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_UEFA_Super_Cup" title="1984 UEFA Super Cup">1984</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_UEFA_Super_Cup" title="1996 UEFA Super Cup">1996</a></li></ul> </li></ul>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600953326005627766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421482016888503872.post-75466250725111450692009-02-25T05:00:00.000+07:002009-02-25T05:00:00.592+07:00Juventus F.C. - National titles<ul><li><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A" title="Serie A">Serie A</a></b> / <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Football_Championship" title="Italian Football Championship">Italian Football Championship</a>: 27</b> <sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-64" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> (<i>record</i>).</li></ul> <dl><dd> <ul><li><b>Winners:</b> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Football_Championship_1905" title="Italian Football Championship 1905">1905</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Football_Championship_1925-26" title="Italian Football Championship 1925-26">1925–26</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-Serie_A_65-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-Serie_A-65" title=""><span>[</span>66<span>]</span></a></sup> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1930-31" title="Serie A 1930-31">1930–31</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1931-32" title="Serie A 1931-32">1931–32</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1932-33" title="Serie A 1932-33">1932–33</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1933-34" title="Serie A 1933-34">1933–34</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1934-35" title="Serie A 1934-35">1934–35</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1949-50" title="Serie A 1949-50">1949–50</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1951-52" title="Serie A 1951-52">1951–52</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1957-58" title="Serie A 1957-58">1957–58</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1959-60" title="Serie A 1959-60">1959–60</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1960-61" title="Serie A 1960-61">1960–61</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1966-67" title="Serie A 1966-67">1966–67</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1971-72" title="Serie A 1971-72">1971–72</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1972-73" title="Serie A 1972-73">1972–73</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1974-75" title="Serie A 1974-75">1974–75</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1976-77" title="Serie A 1976-77">1976–77</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1977-78" title="Serie A 1977-78">1977–78</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1980-81" title="Serie A 1980-81">1980–81</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1981-82" title="Serie A 1981-82">1981–82</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1983-84" title="Serie A 1983-84">1983–84</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1985-86" title="Serie A 1985-86">1985–86</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1994-95" title="Serie A 1994-95">1994–95</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1996-97" title="Serie A 1996-97">1996–97</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1997-98" title="Serie A 1997-98">1997–98</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_2001-02" title="Serie A 2001-02">2001–02</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_2002-03" title="Serie A 2002-03">2002–03</a>;</li><li><b>Runners-up (19):</b> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Football_Championship_1903" title="Italian Football Championship 1903">1903</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Football_Championship_1904" title="Italian Football Championship 1904">1904</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Football_Championship_1906" title="Italian Football Championship 1906">1906</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1937-38" title="Serie A 1937-38">1937–38</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1945-46" title="Serie A 1945-46">1945–46</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1946-47" title="Serie A 1946-47">1946–47</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1952-53" title="Serie A 1952-53">1952–53</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1953-54" title="Serie A 1953-54">1953–54</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1962-63" title="Serie A 1962-63">1962–63</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1973-74" title="Serie A 1973-74">1973–74</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1975-76" title="Serie A 1975-76">1975–76</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1979-80" title="Serie A 1979-80">1979–80</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1982-83" title="Serie A 1982-83">1982–83</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1986-87" title="Serie A 1986-87">1986–87</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1991-92" title="Serie A 1991-92">1991–92</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1993-94" title="Serie A 1993-94">1993–94</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1995-96" title="Serie A 1995-96">1995–96</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1999-00" title="Serie A 1999-00">1999–00</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_2000-01" title="Serie A 2000-01">2000–01</a></li></ul> </dd></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coppa_Italia" title="Coppa Italia">Coppa Italia</a>: 9</b> (<i>record</i>). <ul><li><b>Winners:</b> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coppa_Italia_1937-38&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Coppa Italia 1937-38 (page does not exist)">1937–38</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coppa_Italia_1941-42&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Coppa Italia 1941-42 (page does not exist)">1941–42</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coppa_Italia_1958-59&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Coppa Italia 1958-59 (page does not exist)">1958–59</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coppa_Italia_1959-60&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Coppa Italia 1959-60 (page does not exist)">1959–60</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coppa_Italia_1964-65&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Coppa Italia 1964-65 (page does not exist)">1964–65</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coppa_Italia_1978-79&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Coppa Italia 1978-79 (page does not exist)">1978–79</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coppa_Italia_1982-83&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Coppa Italia 1982-83 (page does not exist)">1982–83</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coppa_Italia_1989-90" title="Coppa Italia 1989-90">1989–90</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coppa_Italia_1994-95" title="Coppa Italia 1994-95">1994–95</a></li><li><b>Runners-up (4):</b> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coppa_Italia_1972-73&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Coppa Italia 1972-73 (page does not exist)">1972–73</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coppa_Italia_1991-92" title="Coppa Italia 1991-92">1991–92</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coppa_Italia_2001-02" title="Coppa Italia 2001-02">2001–02</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coppa_Italia_2003-04" title="Coppa Italia 2003-04">2003–04</a></li></ul> </li></ul> <ul><li><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercoppa_Italiana" title="Supercoppa Italiana">Supercoppa Italiana</a>: 4</b></li></ul> <dl><dd> <ul><li><b>Winners:</b> 1995; 1997; 2002; 2003</li><li><b>Runners-up (3):</b> 1990; 1998; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Italian_Super_Cup" title="2005 Italian Super Cup" class="mw-redirect">2005</a></li></ul> </dd></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_B" title="Serie B">Serie B</a>: 1</b></li></ul> <dl><dd> <ul><li><b>Winners:</b> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_B_2006-07" title="Serie B 2006-07">2006–07</a></li></ul> </dd></dl>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600953326005627766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421482016888503872.post-4448226126874223222009-02-24T05:00:00.000+07:002009-02-24T05:00:01.115+07:00Juventus F.C. - Honours<p style="text-align: justify;">Historically, Juventus is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_records_in_Italy#Most_successful_clubs_overall_.281898_-_present.29" title="Football records in Italy">Italy's most successful team</a>, having won a total of 40 trophies,<sup id="cite_ref-JFC_records_6-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-JFC_records-6" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> and one of the most prestigious <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_%28soccer%29" title="Football (soccer)" class="mw-redirect">football</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_club" title="Football club" class="mw-redirect">clubs</a> in the world,<sup id="cite_ref-successful_5-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-successful-5" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> having won a total of 11 official international trophies<sup id="cite_ref-UEFA_honours_7-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-UEFA_honours-7" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> -with a record of 9 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UEFA_club_competition_winners#Key" title="List of UEFA club competition winners">UEFA competition titles</a> and 2 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus_F.C.#World-wide_titles" title="Juventus F.C.">World-wide titles</a> won-,<sup id="cite_ref-ICCC_57-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-ICCC-57" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> making them the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_club_competition_records#Union_of_European_Football_Association_.28top_clubs.29" title="International club competition records">third most winning team in Europe</a><sup id="cite_ref-UEFA_club_competitions_8-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-UEFA_club_competitions-8" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_club_competition_records#World-wide_Ranking_for_international_official_titles_won_by_squad_.28top_20.29" title="International club competition records">sixth in the world</a> for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_club_competition_records" title="International club competition records">official international club competitions won</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-International_club_titles_10-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-International_club_titles-10" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> all recognized by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">Union of European Football Association</a>, one of the six <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA#Structure" title="FIFA">continental football confederations</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">International Federation of Association Football</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UEFA_honours_7-2" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-UEFA_honours-7" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Juventus have won the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A" title="Serie A">Italian League Championship</a> a record twenty-seven times.<sup id="cite_ref-officialtitles_23-3" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-officialtitles-23" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> and have the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_records_in_Italy#Consecutives" title="Football records in Italy">record of consecutive triumphs</a> in the football's premier club competition (5, since <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1930-31" title="Serie A 1930-31">1930–31</a> season to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1934-35" title="Serie A 1934-35">1934–35</a> season).<sup id="cite_ref-officialtitles_23-4" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-officialtitles-23" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> They have also won the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coppa_Italia" title="Coppa Italia">Italian Cup</a> nine times, holding the record number of wins -overall and consecutives- for the latter.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-58" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The <i>Old Lady</i> has earned the distinction of being allowed to wear a two <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_%28football_crest%29" title="Star (football crest)">Golden Stars for Sport Excellence</a></i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">it.</a> Stelle d'Oro al Merito Sportivo) on its shirt representing the league's victories of the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bianconeri" title="Bianconeri">bianconeri</a></i>: the tenth, achieved during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1957-58" title="Serie A 1957-58">1957–58 season</a> and the twentieth, in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1981-82" title="Serie A 1981-82">1981–82 season</a>. Also, Juventus is the only Italian team has achieved two times <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Double" title="The Double">the national double</a></i> (winning the Italian <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A" title="Serie A">top tier division</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coppa_Italia" title="Coppa Italia">national cup</a> competition in the same season), in 1959–60 and 1994–95 seasons.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Juventus, the only football club in the world to have won all official international cups and championships,<sup id="cite_ref-official_9-2" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-official-9" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> has received, in recognition to win <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_competition_records#List_of_teams_to_have_won_the_three_main_European_club_competitions" title="UEFA competition records" class="mw-redirect">the three major</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_club_competition_records" title="UEFA club competition records">European club competitions</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Major_12-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-Major-12" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_association_football#1980s" title="Timeline of association football">first case in the history of the European football</a>, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA#The_UEFA_Plaque" title="UEFA">The UEFA Plaque</a></i> by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">Union of European Football Associations</a> in 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-UEFA_Plaque_59-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-UEFA_Plaque-59" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> They have won the UEFA Cup three times, which is a joint record they share with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Internazionale_Milano" title="FC Internazionale Milano" class="mw-redirect">Internazionale</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-60" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The Torinese side was placed 7th -and first between all Italian clubs- in the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_Clubs_of_the_20th_Century" title="FIFA Clubs of the 20th Century">FIFA Clubs of the 20th Century</a>'</i>s selection on 23 December 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-61" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Juventus has been proclaimed <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IFFHS#Year-end_leaders" title="IFFHS" class="mw-redirect">World's Club Team of the Year</a></i> twice (1993 and 1996)<sup id="cite_ref-IFFHS1_62-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-IFFHS1-62" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> and was ranked in the 3th place -and first between all Italian clubs- in the All-Time Club World Ranking (1991-2008 period) by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IFFHS" title="IFFHS" class="mw-redirect">International Federation of Football History & Statistics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ranking_63-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-ranking-63" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600953326005627766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421482016888503872.post-69149090611143794732009-02-23T05:00:00.000+07:002009-02-23T05:00:00.410+07:00Juventus F.C. - Managerial history<p style="text-align: justify;">Below is a list of Juventus managers from 1923 when the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnelli_family" title="Agnelli family" class="mw-redirect">Agnelli family</a> took over and the club become more structured and organized,<sup id="cite_ref-JFC_History_2-3" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-JFC_History-2" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> until the present day.<sup id="cite_ref-manager_56-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-manager-56" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p> <div style="font-size: 100%;"> <table> <tbody><tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td valign="top"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="1">Name</th> <th rowspan="1">Nationality</th> <th rowspan="1">Years</th> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jen%C5%91_K%C3%A1roly" title="Jenő Károly">Jenő Károly</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary"><img alt="Flag of Hungary" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_Hungary_%28state%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Hungary_%28state%29.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="11" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1923–1926</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zsef_Viola" title="József Viola">József Viola</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary"><img alt="Flag of Hungary" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_Hungary_%28state%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Hungary_%28state%29.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="11" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1926<sup>(int.)</sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zsef_Viola" title="József Viola">József Viola</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary"><img alt="Flag of Hungary" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_Hungary_%28state%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Hungary_%28state%29.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="11" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1926–1928</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Aitken" title="George Aitken">George Aitken</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland"><img alt="Flag of Scotland" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/22px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="13" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1928–1930</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Carcano" title="Carlo Carcano">Carlo Carcano</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Flag_of_Italy_%281861-1946%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy_%281861-1946%29.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1930–1935</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Bigatto" title="Carlo Bigatto">Carlo Bigatto Iº</a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben%C3%A8_Gola" title="Benè Gola">Benedetto Gola</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Flag_of_Italy_%281861-1946%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy_%281861-1946%29.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span><br /><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Flag_of_Italy_%281861-1946%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy_%281861-1946%29.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1935<sup>(int.)</sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginio_Rosetta" title="Virginio Rosetta">Virginio Rosetta</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Flag_of_Italy_%281861-1946%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy_%281861-1946%29.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1935–1939</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_Caligaris" title="Umberto Caligaris">Umberto Caligaris</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Flag_of_Italy_%281861-1946%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy_%281861-1946%29.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1939–1941</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federico_Munerati" title="Federico Munerati">Federico Munerati</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Flag_of_Italy_%281861-1946%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy_%281861-1946%29.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1941<sup>(int.)</sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Ferrari" title="Giovanni Ferrari">Giovanni Ferrari</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Flag_of_Italy_%281861-1946%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy_%281861-1946%29.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1941-1942</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Monti" title="Luis Monti">Luis Monti</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina"><img alt="Flag of Argentina" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/22px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="14" /></a></span> / <span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Flag_of_Italy_%281861-1946%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy_%281861-1946%29.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1942<sup>(int.)</sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felice_Borel" title="Felice Borel">Felice Placido Borel IIº</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Flag_of_Italy_%281861-1946%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy_%281861-1946%29.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1942–1946</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renato_Cesarini" title="Renato Cesarini">Renato Cesarini</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1946–1948</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Chalmers_%28footballer%29" title="William Chalmers (footballer)">William Chalmers</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland"><img alt="Flag of Scotland" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/22px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="13" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1948–1949</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Carver" title="Jesse Carver">Jesse Carver</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="Flag of England" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/22px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="13" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1949–1951</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Bertolini" title="Luigi Bertolini">Luigi Bertolini</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1951<sup>(int.)</sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gy%C3%B6rgy_S%C3%A1rosi" title="György Sárosi">György Sárosi</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary"><img alt="Flag of Hungary" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/22px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="11" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1951–1953</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldo_Olivieri" title="Aldo Olivieri">Aldo Olivieri</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1953–1955</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandro_Puppo" title="Sandro Puppo">Sandro Puppo</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1955–1957</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ljubi%C5%A1a_Bro%C4%87i%C4%87" title="Ljubiša Broćić">Ljubiša Broćić</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" title="Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia"><img alt="Flag of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Flag_of_SFR_Yugoslavia.svg/22px-Flag_of_SFR_Yugoslavia.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="11" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1957–1959</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teobaldo_Depetrini" title="Teobaldo Depetrini">Teobaldo Depetrini</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1959<sup>(int.)</sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renato_Cesarini" title="Renato Cesarini">Renato Cesarini</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1959–1961</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Parola" title="Carlo Parola">Carlo Parola</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1961<sup>(int.)</sup></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td width="30"> </td> <td valign="top"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="1">Name</th> <th rowspan="1">Nationality</th> <th rowspan="1">Years</th> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_Gren" title="Gunnar Gren">Gunnar Gren</a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BAlius_Korostelev" title="Július Korostelev">Július Korostelev</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Flag of Sweden" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/22px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="14" /></a></span><br /><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechoslovakia" title="Czechoslovakia"><img alt="Flag of Czechoslovakia" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Flag_of_Czechoslovakia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Czechoslovakia.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1961<sup>(int.)</sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Parola" title="Carlo Parola">Carlo Parola</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1961–1962</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Amaral" title="Paulo Amaral">Paulo Lima Amaral</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Flag of Brazil" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1962–1964</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eraldo_Monzeglio" title="Eraldo Monzeglio">Eraldo Monzeglio</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1964<sup>(int.)</sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heriberto_Herrera" title="Heriberto Herrera">Heriberto Herrera</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraguay" title="Paraguay"><img alt="Flag of Paraguay" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Paraguay.svg/22px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="13" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1964–1969</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%B9is_Carniglia" title="Lùis Carniglia" class="mw-redirect">Lùis Carniglia</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina"><img alt="Flag of Argentina" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/22px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="14" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1969–1970</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ercole_Rabitti" title="Ercole Rabitti">Ercole Rabitti</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1970<sup>(int.)</sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armando_Picchi" title="Armando Picchi">Armando Picchi</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1970–1971</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cestm%C3%ADr_Vycp%C3%A1lek" title="Čestmír Vycpálek">Čestmír Vycpálek</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic"><img alt="Flag of the Czech Republic" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1971–1974</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Parola" title="Carlo Parola">Carlo Parola</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1974–1976</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Trapattoni" title="Giovanni Trapattoni">Giovanni Trapattoni</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1976–1986</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rino_Marchesi" title="Rino Marchesi">Rino Marchesi</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1986–1988</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dino_Zoff" title="Dino Zoff">Dino Zoff</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1988–1990</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Maifredi" title="Luigi Maifredi">Luigi Maifredi</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1990–1991</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Trapattoni" title="Giovanni Trapattoni">Giovanni Trapattoni</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1991–1994</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcello_Lippi" title="Marcello Lippi">Marcello Lippi</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1994–1999</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Ancelotti" title="Carlo Ancelotti">Carlo Ancelotti</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">1999–2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcello_Lippi" title="Marcello Lippi">Marcello Lippi</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">2001–2004</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabio_Capello" title="Fabio Capello">Fabio Capello</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">2004–2006</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Deschamps" title="Didier Deschamps">Didier Deschamps</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="Flag of France" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/22px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">2006–2007</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giancarlo_Corradini" title="Giancarlo Corradini">Giancarlo Corradini</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">2007<sup>(int.)</sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Ranieri" title="Claudio Ranieri">Claudio Ranieri</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">2007–present</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> <p><small>Legend:<br /><sup>(int.)</sup> Managers on interim charge.<br />Nationality is indicated by the corresponding <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FIFA_country_codes" title="List of FIFA country codes">FIFA country code(s)</a>.</small></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600953326005627766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421482016888503872.post-57309331566895603462009-02-22T05:00:00.000+07:002009-02-22T05:00:00.321+07:00Juventus F.C. - Presidential history<p style="text-align: justify;">Juventus have had numerous presidents over the course of their history, some of which have been the owners of the club, others have been honorary presidents, here is a complete list of them:<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-55" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p> <div style="font-size: 100%;"> <table> <tbody><tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td valign="top"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="1">Name</th> <th rowspan="1">Years</th> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenio_Canfari" title="Eugenio Canfari">Eugenio Canfari</a></td> <td align="left">1897–1898</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Enrico Canfari</td> <td align="left">1898–1901</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Carlo Favale</td> <td align="left">1901–1902</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Giacomo Parvopassu</td> <td align="left">1903–1904</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Alfred Dick</td> <td align="left">1905–1906</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Vittorio_Varetti" title="Carlo Vittorio Varetti">Carlo Vittorio Varetti</a></td> <td align="left">1907–1910</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Attilio Ubertalli</td> <td align="left">1911–1912</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Giuseppe Hess</td> <td align="left">1913–1915</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Gioacchino Armano<br />Fernando Nizza<br />Sandro Zambelli</td> <td align="left">1915–1918<sup>(cpg.)</sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Corrado Corradini</td> <td align="left">1919–1920</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Gino Olivetti</td> <td align="left">1920–1923</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edoardo_Agnelli_%28industrialist%29" title="Edoardo Agnelli (industrialist)">Edoardo Agnelli</a></td> <td align="left">1923–1935</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td width="30"> </td> <td valign="top"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="1">Name</th> <th rowspan="1">Years</th> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Giovanni Mazzonis</td> <td align="left">1935–1936</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Emilio de la Forest de Divonne</td> <td align="left">1936–1941</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Pietro Dusio</td> <td align="left">1941–1947</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianni_Agnelli" title="Gianni Agnelli">Giovanni Agnelli</a> <small>(<i>Honorary president</i>)</small></td> <td align="left">1947–1954</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Enrico Craveri<br />Nino Cravetto<br />Marcello Giustiniani</td> <td align="left">1954–1955<sup>(int.)</sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_Agnelli" title="Umberto Agnelli">Umberto Agnelli</a></td> <td align="left">1955–1962</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Vittore Catella</td> <td align="left">1962–1971</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giampiero_Boniperti" title="Giampiero Boniperti">Giampiero Boniperti</a> <small>(<i>Honorary president</i>)</small></td> <td align="left">1971–1990</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Vittorio Caissotti di Chiusano</td> <td align="left">1990–2003</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Franzo Grande Stevens <small>(<i>Honorary president</i>)</small></td> <td align="left">2003–2006</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Giovanni Cobolli Gigli</td> <td align="left">2006–present</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> <p><small>Legend:<br /><sup>(cpg.)</sup>Presidential Committee of War.<br /><sup>(int.)</sup> Presidents on interim charge.</small></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600953326005627766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421482016888503872.post-47281535428308556812009-02-21T05:00:00.000+07:002009-02-21T05:00:01.078+07:00Juventus F.C. - Current squad<p><i>First team squad, as of 27 January 2009</i><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-54" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p> <table border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" width="48%" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#aad0ff"> <th width="1%">No.</th> <th width="1%"><br /></th> <th width="1%">Position</th> <th width="75%">Player</th> </tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: right;">1</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goalkeeper" title="Goalkeeper">GK</a></td> <td><span class="fn"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianluigi_Buffon" title="Gianluigi Buffon">Gianluigi Buffon</a></span> <i>(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_%28football%29" title="Captain (football)" class="mw-redirect">vice-captain</a>)</i></td> </tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: right;">3</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defender_%28football%29" title="Defender (football)" class="mw-redirect">DF</a></td> <td><span class="fn"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_Chiellini" title="Giorgio Chiellini">Giorgio Chiellini</a></span></td> </tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: right;">4</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Flag of Sweden" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/22px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="14" /></a></span></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defender_%28football%29" title="Defender (football)" class="mw-redirect">DF</a></td> <td><span class="fn"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olof_Mellberg" title="Olof Mellberg">Olof Mellberg</a></span></td> </tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: right;">5</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="Flag of France" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/22px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defender_%28football%29" title="Defender (football)" class="mw-redirect">DF</a></td> <td><span class="fn"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Zebina" title="Jonathan Zebina">Jonathan Zebina</a></span></td> </tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: right;">6</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder">MF</a></td> <td><span class="fn"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristiano_Zanetti" title="Cristiano Zanetti">Cristiano Zanetti</a></span></td> </tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: right;">7</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina"><img alt="Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="11" /></a></span></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder">MF</a></td> <td><span class="fn"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasan_Salihamid%C5%BEi%C4%87" title="Hasan Salihamidžić">Hasan Salihamidžić</a></span></td> </tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: right;">8</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Flag of Brazil" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striker" title="Striker" class="mw-redirect">FW</a></td> <td><span class="fn"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amauri_Carvalho_de_Oliveira" title="Amauri Carvalho de Oliveira">Amauri</a></span></td> </tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: right;">9</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striker" title="Striker" class="mw-redirect">FW</a></td> <td><span class="fn"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincenzo_Iaquinta" title="Vincenzo Iaquinta">Vincenzo Iaquinta</a></span></td> </tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: right;">10</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striker" title="Striker" class="mw-redirect">FW</a></td> <td><span class="fn"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Del_Piero" title="Alessandro Del Piero">Alessandro Del Piero</a></span> <i>(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_%28football%29" title="Captain (football)" class="mw-redirect">captain</a>)</i></td> </tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: right;">11</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic"><img alt="Flag of the Czech Republic" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder">MF</a></td> <td><span class="fn"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Nedv%C4%9Bd" title="Pavel Nedvěd">Pavel Nedvěd</a></span> <i>(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_%28football%29" title="Captain (football)" class="mw-redirect">vice-captain</a>)</i></td> </tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: right;">13</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria" title="Austria"><img alt="Flag of Austria" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goalkeeper" title="Goalkeeper">GK</a></td> <td><span class="fn"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Manninger" title="Alex Manninger">Alex Manninger</a></span></td> </tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: right;">14</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal"><img alt="Flag of Portugal" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/22px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defender_%28football%29" title="Defender (football)" class="mw-redirect">DF</a></td> <td><span class="fn"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Andrade" title="Jorge Andrade">Jorge Andrade</a></span></td> </tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: right;">15</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia"><img alt="Flag of Croatia" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="11" /></a></span></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defender_%28football%29" title="Defender (football)" class="mw-redirect">DF</a></td> <td><span class="fn"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dario_Kne%C5%BEevi%C4%87" title="Dario Knežević">Dario Knežević</a></span></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td width="1%"><br /></td> <td valign="top" width="48%" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#aad0ff"> <th width="1%">No.</th> <th width="1%"><br /></th> <th width="1%">Position</th> <th width="75%">Player</th> </tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: right;">16</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder">MF</a></td> <td><span class="fn"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauro_Camoranesi" title="Mauro Camoranesi">Mauro Camoranesi</a></span></td> </tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: right;">17</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="Flag of France" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/22px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striker" title="Striker" class="mw-redirect">FW</a></td> <td><span class="fn"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Tr%C3%A9z%C3%A9guet" title="David Trézéguet">David Trézéguet</a></span></td> </tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: right;">18</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Flag of Denmark" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/22px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="17" /></a></span></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder">MF</a></td> <td><span class="fn"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Poulsen" title="Christian Poulsen">Christian Poulsen</a></span></td> </tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: right;">19</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder">MF</a></td> <td><span class="fn"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Marchisio" title="Claudio Marchisio">Claudio Marchisio</a></span></td> </tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: right;">20</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder">MF</a></td> <td><span class="fn"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Giovinco" title="Sebastian Giovinco">Sebastian Giovinco</a></span></td> </tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: right;">21</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic"><img alt="Flag of the Czech Republic" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defender_%28football%29" title="Defender (football)" class="mw-redirect">DF</a></td> <td><span class="fn"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zden%C4%9Bk_Grygera" title="Zdeněk Grygera">Zdeněk Grygera</a></span></td> </tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: right;">22</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali" title="Mali"><img alt="Flag of Mali" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Mali.svg/22px-Flag_of_Mali.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder">MF</a></td> <td><span class="fn"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Sissoko" title="Mohamed Sissoko">Mohamed Sissoko</a></span></td> </tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: right;">28</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defender_%28football%29" title="Defender (football)" class="mw-redirect">DF</a></td> <td><span class="fn"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristian_Molinaro" title="Cristian Molinaro">Cristian Molinaro</a></span></td> </tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: right;">30</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal"><img alt="Flag of Portugal" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/22px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder">MF</a></td> <td><span class="fn"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiago_Cardoso_Mendes" title="Tiago Cardoso Mendes" class="mw-redirect">Tiago</a></span></td> </tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: right;">32</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder">MF</a></td> <td><span class="fn"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Marchionni" title="Marco Marchionni">Marco Marchionni</a></span></td> </tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: right;">33</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defender_%28football%29" title="Defender (football)" class="mw-redirect">DF</a></td> <td><span class="fn"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_Legrottaglie" title="Nicola Legrottaglie">Nicola Legrottaglie</a></span></td> </tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: right;">41</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defender_%28football%29" title="Defender (football)" class="mw-redirect">DF</a></td> <td><span class="fn"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_Ariaudo" title="Lorenzo Ariaudo">Lorenzo Ariaudo</a></span></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div class="dablink">For all transfers and loans for the current season, see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Italian_football_transfers_summer_2008" title="List of Italian football transfers summer 2008">List of Italian football transfers summer 2008</a>.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600953326005627766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421482016888503872.post-10640514182776520672009-02-20T05:00:00.000+07:002009-02-20T05:00:03.070+07:00Juventus F.C. - Supporters and rivalries<div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width: 202px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Juventus_tifosi_2006.jpg" class="image" title="Juventus supporters during a match."><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Juventus_tifosi_2006.jpg/200px-Juventus_tifosi_2006.jpg" class="thumbimage" width="200" border="0" height="150" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus_Ultras" title="Juventus Ultras">Juventus supporters</a> during a match.</div> </div> </div> <p style="text-align: justify;">Juventus is the most well supported football club in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> with over 12 million fans<sup id="cite_ref-supporters_14-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-supporters-14" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> (32.5% of Italian football fans), according to an August 2008 research by Italian newspaper <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Repubblica" title="La Repubblica">La Repubblica</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-research_13-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-research-13" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> as well as one of the most supported football clubs in the world, with approximately 170 million supporters<sup id="cite_ref-supporters_14-2" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-supporters-14" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> (43 million of them in Europe alone),<sup id="cite_ref-supporters_14-3" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-supporters-14" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> particularly in the Mediterranean countries, to which a large among of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_diaspora" title="Italian diaspora">Italian diaspora</a> have emigrated.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-40" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> The <i>Old Lady</i> has fan clubs all over the world outside the country, from places as far apart as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-41" title=""><span>[</span>42<span>]</span></a></sup> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-42" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-43" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Marino" title="San Marino">San Marino</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-44" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-45" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-46" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-47" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-48" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-49" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Macedonia" title="Republic of Macedonia">Macedonia</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguay" title="Uruguay">Uruguay</a> and many more.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-50" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Despite this strong support, attendances at Juventus home matches average about 22,000, much less than many other highly renowned European teams. Contrastingly, demand for Juventus tickets in occasional home games held away from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turin" title="Turin">Turin</a> is high; suggesting that Juventus have stronger support in other parts of the country. Juve is widely and especially popular throughout mainland <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Italy" title="Southern Italy">Southern Italy</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a>, leading the team to have one of the largest followings in its away matches,<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-51" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> more than in Turin itself.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Juventus ultras have good relationships with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piacenza_Calcio" title="Piacenza Calcio">Piacenza</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADO_Den_Haag" title="ADO Den Haag">ADO Den Haag</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legia_Warsaw" title="Legia Warsaw">Legia Warsaw</a> fans and have several rivalries, three of which are highly significant.<sup id="cite_ref-fans_52-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-fans-52" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> The first is with local club <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torino_F.C." title="Torino F.C.">Torino</a>, they compete in the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derby_della_Mole" title="Derby della Mole">Derby della Mole</a></i> (Derby of Torino) together; this rivalry dates back to 1906 when Torino was founded by former Juve members. The other most significant rivalry is with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internazionale_Milano_F.C." title="Internazionale Milano F.C." class="mw-redirect">Internazionale</a>; matches between Juventus and Inter are referred to as the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derby_d%27Italia" title="Derby d'Italia">Derby d'Italia</a></i> (Derby of Italy). Up until the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Serie_A_match-fixing_scandal" title="2006 Serie A match-fixing scandal" class="mw-redirect">2006 Serie A match-fixing scandal</a>, which saw Juventus relegated, the two were the only Italian clubs to have never played below <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A" title="Serie A">Serie A</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. They also have rivalries with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AS_Roma" title="AS Roma" class="mw-redirect">AS Roma</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACF_Fiorentina" title="ACF Fiorentina">ACF Fiorentina</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-53" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600953326005627766noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421482016888503872.post-64007410282289889032009-02-19T05:00:00.002+07:002009-02-19T05:00:02.257+07:00Juventus F.C. - Stadia<img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Olympic-Stadium-Turin.jpg/170px-Olympic-Stadium-Turin.jpg" class="thumbimage" width="170" border="0" height="128" /><div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width: 172px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Olympic-Stadium-Turin.jpg" class="image" title="Stadio Olimpico di Torino, home ground from 1933 to 1990."></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadio_Olimpico_di_Torino" title="Stadio Olimpico di Torino">Stadio Olimpico di Torino</a>, home ground from 1933 to 1990.</div> </div> </div> <p style="text-align: justify;">After the first two years (1897 and 1898) in which Juventus played the Parco del Valentino and Parco Cittadella, the matches took place internal Piazza d'Armi Stadium until 1908, except in 1905, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Football_Championship_1905" title="Italian Football Championship 1905">the first year of the scudetto</a>, and in 1906, years in which it played quickly <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadio_Motovelodromo_Umberto_I" title="Stadio Motovelodromo Umberto I">Corso Re Umberto</a>.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Later, from 1909 to 1922, Juventus played its internal competitions at Corso Sebastopoli Camp, and then move from the following year until 1933 to Corso Marsiglia Camp, where he won four league titles. At the end of 1933 began to play the new stadium <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini" title="Benito Mussolini">Benito Mussolini</a></i> (former <i>Stadio Comunale <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio_Pozzo" title="Vittorio Pozzo">Vittorio Pozzo</a></i> and finally <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadio_Olimpico_di_Torino" title="Stadio Olimpico di Torino">Stadio Olimpico di Torino</a></i>), inaugurated in view of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1934 FIFA World Cup">1934 World Championships</a>. In that stage played 890 league matches for 57 years until 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-37" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> Even then continued to train at this stage, until the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turin" title="Turin">City of Turin</a>, in 15 July 2003, gave him a royalty-free basis to Turin, giving the same "Delle Alpi" to the company.<sup id="cite_ref-Delle_Alpi_38-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-Delle_Alpi-38" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p> <div class="thumb tleft"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width: 222px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stadio_delle_Alpi_2.JPG" class="image" title="Stadio Delle Alpi, Juventus' home stadium since 1990."><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Stadio_delle_Alpi_2.JPG/220px-Stadio_delle_Alpi_2.JPG" class="thumbimage" width="220" border="0" height="104" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadio_delle_Alpi" title="Stadio delle Alpi">Stadio Delle Alpi</a>, Juventus' home stadium since 1990.</div> </div> </div> <p style="text-align: justify;">Beginning in 1990 and until the 2005-06 season, the Torinese side has contested all home matches at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadio_delle_Alpi" title="Stadio delle Alpi">Stadio Delle Alpi</a>, which was built during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1990 FIFA World Cup">World Cup Italy 1990</a>, although in very rare circumstances, the club instead played some home games in other stadia such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadio_Renzo_Barbera" title="Stadio Renzo Barbera">Renzo Barbera</a> at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palermo" title="Palermo">Palermo</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadio_Dino_Manuzzi" title="Stadio Dino Manuzzi">Dino Manuzzi</a> at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesena" title="Cesena">Cesena</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadio_Giuseppe_Meazza" title="Stadio Giuseppe Meazza" class="mw-redirect">Stadio Giuseppe Meazza</a> at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan" title="Milan">Milan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Delle_Alpi_38-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-Delle_Alpi-38" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">In August 2006, the bianconeri returned to play in the <i>Stadio Comunale</i>, now with the stage name of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadio_Olimpico_di_Torino" title="Stadio Olimpico di Torino">Stadio Olimpico</a>, after the restructuring of Stadio Delle Alpi during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Winter_Olympics" title="2006 Winter Olympics">Winter Olympic Games</a>.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">In November 2008 Juventus announced that they will invest around €100 million to build a new stadium on the site of the old Delle Alpi ground. Featuring a shopping complex, the facility will be ultra-modern, secure and open seven days a week. Unlike the Delle Alpi there won't be a running track, instead the pitch will only be 8.5 meters away from the stands.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The new stadium will hold 40,700 fans and there will be 120 executive boxes. A shopping area as well as parking for 5,300 vehicles. A Juventus museum is also planned. Naming rights have been snapped up by sports marketing company Sportfive and they will be responsible for coming up with a title. Work is set to begin during Spring 2009 and everything completed for the start of the 2011/12 season.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-39" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600953326005627766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421482016888503872.post-83466521955940146332009-02-19T05:00:00.001+07:002009-02-19T05:00:02.788+07:00Juventus F.C. - Stadia<img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Olympic-Stadium-Turin.jpg/170px-Olympic-Stadium-Turin.jpg" class="thumbimage" width="170" border="0" height="128" /><div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width: 172px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Olympic-Stadium-Turin.jpg" class="image" title="Stadio Olimpico di Torino, home ground from 1933 to 1990."></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadio_Olimpico_di_Torino" title="Stadio Olimpico di Torino">Stadio Olimpico di Torino</a>, home ground from 1933 to 1990.</div> </div> </div> <p style="text-align: justify;">After the first two years (1897 and 1898) in which Juventus played the Parco del Valentino and Parco Cittadella, the matches took place internal Piazza d'Armi Stadium until 1908, except in 1905, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Football_Championship_1905" title="Italian Football Championship 1905">the first year of the scudetto</a>, and in 1906, years in which it played quickly <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadio_Motovelodromo_Umberto_I" title="Stadio Motovelodromo Umberto I">Corso Re Umberto</a>.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Later, from 1909 to 1922, Juventus played its internal competitions at Corso Sebastopoli Camp, and then move from the following year until 1933 to Corso Marsiglia Camp, where he won four league titles. At the end of 1933 began to play the new stadium <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini" title="Benito Mussolini">Benito Mussolini</a></i> (former <i>Stadio Comunale <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio_Pozzo" title="Vittorio Pozzo">Vittorio Pozzo</a></i> and finally <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadio_Olimpico_di_Torino" title="Stadio Olimpico di Torino">Stadio Olimpico di Torino</a></i>), inaugurated in view of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1934 FIFA World Cup">1934 World Championships</a>. In that stage played 890 league matches for 57 years until 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-37" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> Even then continued to train at this stage, until the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turin" title="Turin">City of Turin</a>, in 15 July 2003, gave him a royalty-free basis to Turin, giving the same "Delle Alpi" to the company.<sup id="cite_ref-Delle_Alpi_38-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-Delle_Alpi-38" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p> <div class="thumb tleft"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width: 222px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stadio_delle_Alpi_2.JPG" class="image" title="Stadio Delle Alpi, Juventus' home stadium since 1990."><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Stadio_delle_Alpi_2.JPG/220px-Stadio_delle_Alpi_2.JPG" class="thumbimage" width="220" border="0" height="104" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadio_delle_Alpi" title="Stadio delle Alpi">Stadio Delle Alpi</a>, Juventus' home stadium since 1990.</div> </div> </div> <p style="text-align: justify;">Beginning in 1990 and until the 2005-06 season, the Torinese side has contested all home matches at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadio_delle_Alpi" title="Stadio delle Alpi">Stadio Delle Alpi</a>, which was built during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1990 FIFA World Cup">World Cup Italy 1990</a>, although in very rare circumstances, the club instead played some home games in other stadia such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadio_Renzo_Barbera" title="Stadio Renzo Barbera">Renzo Barbera</a> at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palermo" title="Palermo">Palermo</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadio_Dino_Manuzzi" title="Stadio Dino Manuzzi">Dino Manuzzi</a> at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesena" title="Cesena">Cesena</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadio_Giuseppe_Meazza" title="Stadio Giuseppe Meazza" class="mw-redirect">Stadio Giuseppe Meazza</a> at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan" title="Milan">Milan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Delle_Alpi_38-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-Delle_Alpi-38" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">In August 2006, the bianconeri returned to play in the <i>Stadio Comunale</i>, now with the stage name of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadio_Olimpico_di_Torino" title="Stadio Olimpico di Torino">Stadio Olimpico</a>, after the restructuring of Stadio Delle Alpi during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Winter_Olympics" title="2006 Winter Olympics">Winter Olympic Games</a>.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">In November 2008 Juventus announced that they will invest around €100 million to build a new stadium on the site of the old Delle Alpi ground. Featuring a shopping complex, the facility will be ultra-modern, secure and open seven days a week. Unlike the Delle Alpi there won't be a running track, instead the pitch will only be 8.5 meters away from the stands.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The new stadium will hold 40,700 fans and there will be 120 executive boxes. A shopping area as well as parking for 5,300 vehicles. A Juventus museum is also planned. Naming rights have been snapped up by sports marketing company Sportfive and they will be responsible for coming up with a title. Work is set to begin during Spring 2009 and everything completed for the start of the 2011/12 season.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-39" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600953326005627766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421482016888503872.post-4436559169202584132009-02-18T05:00:00.000+07:002009-02-18T05:00:01.935+07:00Juventus F.C. - Colours, badge and nicknames<div class="thumb tright" style="width: 120px;"> <table class="toccolours" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="toccolours" style="padding: 0pt; background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 110px;"> <table style="margin: 0pt auto; text-align: center;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td bgcolor="#ffd1dc"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kit_left_arm.png" class="image" title="Team colours"><img alt="Team colours" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Kit_left_arm.png" width="31" border="0" height="59" /></a></td> <td bgcolor="#ffd1dc"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kit_body.png" class="image" title="Team colours"><img alt="Team colours" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Kit_body.png" width="38" border="0" height="59" /></a></td> <td bgcolor="#ffd1dc"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kit_right_arm.png" class="image" title="Team colours"><img alt="Team colours" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Kit_right_arm.png" width="31" border="0" height="59" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" bgcolor="#000000"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kit_shorts.png" class="image" title="Team colours"><img alt="Team colours" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Kit_shorts.png" width="100" border="0" height="36" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 5px solid rgb(255, 255, 255);" bgcolor="#000000"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kit_socks.png" class="image" title="Team colours"><img alt="Team colours" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Kit_socks.png" width="100" border="0" height="25" /></a></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 94%; line-height: 140%;">Juventus' original home colors.</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> <p style="text-align: justify;">Juventus have played in black and white striped shirts, with white shorts, sometimes black shorts since 1903. Originally, they played in pink shirts with a black tie, which only occurred due to the wrong shirts being sent to them, the father of one of the players made the earliest shirts, but continual washing faded the color so much that in 1903 the club sought to replace them.<sup id="cite_ref-shirts_35-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-shirts-35" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Juventus asked one of their team members, Englishman John Savage, if he had any contacts in England who could supply new shirts in a color that would better withstand the elements. He had a friend who lived in Nottingham, who being a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notts_County" title="Notts County" class="mw-redirect">Notts County</a> supporter, shipped out the black and white striped shirts to Turin.<sup id="cite_ref-shirts_35-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-shirts-35" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><table style="border-style: none; margin: auto; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding: 10px; color: rgb(178, 183, 242); font-size: 35px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;" valign="top" width="20">“</td> <td style="padding: 4px 10px; text-align: justify;" valign="top">Juve have worn the shirts ever since, considering the colors to be aggressive and powerful.<sup id="cite_ref-shirts_35-2" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-shirts-35" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></td> <td style="padding: 10px; color: rgb(178, 183, 242); font-size: 36px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;" valign="bottom" width="20">”</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div class="thumb tleft" style="width: 120px;"> <table class="toccolours" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="toccolours" style="padding: 0pt; background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 110px;"> <table style="margin: 0pt auto; text-align: center;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td bgcolor="#000000"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kit_left_arm.png" class="image" title="Team colours"><img alt="Team colours" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Kit_left_arm.png" width="31" border="0" height="59" /></a></td> <td bgcolor="#000000"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kit_body.png" class="image" title="Team colours"><img alt="Team colours" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Kit_body.png" width="38" border="0" height="59" /></a></td> <td bgcolor="#000000"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kit_right_arm.png" class="image" title="Team colours"><img alt="Team colours" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Kit_right_arm.png" width="31" border="0" height="59" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" bgcolor="#000000"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kit_shorts.png" class="image" title="Team colours"><img alt="Team colours" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Kit_shorts.png" width="100" border="0" height="36" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 5px solid rgb(255, 255, 255);" bgcolor="#000000"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kit_socks.png" class="image" title="Team colours"><img alt="Team colours" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Kit_socks.png" width="100" border="0" height="25" /></a></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 94%; line-height: 140%;">Juventus' current third kit.</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> <p style="text-align: justify;">Juventus Football Club's official emblem has undergone different and small modifications since the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920" title="1920">second decade of twentieth century</a>. The last modification of the <i>Old Lady'</i>s badge took place before 2004–05 season. At the present time, the emblem of the team is conformed to a black-and-white <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shield_%28heraldry%29" title="Shield (heraldry)" class="mw-redirect">oval shield</a>; a type of Italian shield specially used by ecclesiastics, it is divided in five vertical stripes: two white stripes and three black stripes, inside of this are the following elements; in its superior section, the name of the society superimposed a white <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convex_set" title="Convex set">convex section</a>, over golden curvature (gold for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honour" title="Honour">honour</a>). The white silhouette of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle" title="Cattle">charging bull</a> is in the inferior section of the oval shield, superimposed a black <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shield_%28heraldry%29" title="Shield (heraldry)" class="mw-redirect">old French shield</a>; the charging bull is a symbol of the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comune" title="Comune">Comune</a> di <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turin" title="Turin">Torino</a></i>. There is also a black silhouette of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mural_crown" title="Mural crown">mural crown</a> above the black spherical triangle's base is a reminiscence to "Augusta Tourinorum", the old city of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman era</a> which the present <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turin" title="Turin">capital of Piedmont region</a> is its cultural heiress.</p> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width: 92px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Juventus_old_badge.png" class="image" title="Juventus F.C. crest in 2004."><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/38/Juventus_old_badge.png/90px-Juventus_old_badge.png" class="thumbimage" width="90" border="0" height="175" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> Juventus F.C. crest in 2004.</div> </div> </div> <p style="text-align: justify;">In the past, the convex section of the emblem had a blue color (another symbol of Turin) and, furthermore, its shape was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concave_polygon" title="Concave polygon" class="mw-redirect">concave</a>. The old French shield and the mural crown, also in the inferior section of the emblem had, considerably, a greater size with respect to the present. The two <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_%28football_crest%29" title="Star (football crest)">Golden Stars for Sport Excellence</a></i> were located above the convex & concave section of Juventus' emblem. During the 1980s, the club emblem was the silhouette of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebra" title="Zebra">zebra</a>, to both sides of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equidae" title="Equidae">equide</a>'s head, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_%28football_crest%29" title="Star (football crest)">two golden stars</a> and, above this badge, forming an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc_%28geometry%29" title="Arc (geometry)">arc</a>, the clubs name.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">During its history, the club has acquired a number of nicknames, <i>la Vecchia Signora</i><sup id="cite_ref-Madama_0-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-Madama-0" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> (the Old Lady) being the best example. The "old" part of the nickname is a pun on Juventus which means "youth" in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_language" title="Latin language" class="mw-redirect">Latin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-iuventus_4-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-iuventus-4" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> It was derived from the age of the Juventus' star players towards the middle of 1930s. The "lady" part of the nickname is what fans of the club referred to it as affectionately prior to the 1930s. The club is also nicknamed <i>la Fidanzata d'Italia</i> (the Girlfriend of Italy), because over the years they have received a high level of support from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Italian" title="Southern Italian">Southern Italian</a> immigrant workers (particularly from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naples" title="Naples">Naples</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palermo" title="Palermo">Palermo</a>), who arrived in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turin" title="Turin">Turin</a> to work for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat" title="Fiat">Fiat</a> since the 1930s. Other nicknames include; <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bianconeri" title="Bianconeri">i bianconeri</a></i> (the black-and-whites) and <i>le zebre</i> (the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebra" title="Zebra">zebras</a><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-36" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup>) in reference to Juventus' colors.</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600953326005627766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421482016888503872.post-87144162126333501162009-02-17T05:00:00.000+07:002009-02-17T05:00:02.693+07:00Juventus F.C. - Recent times<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabio_Capello" title="Fabio Capello">Fabio Capello</a> became manager of Juventus in 2004, and lead Juventus to two more Serie A titles. But during May 2006, Juventus were one of five clubs linked to a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Serie_A_scandal" title="2006 Serie A scandal" class="mw-redirect">Serie A match fixing scandal</a>, the result of the scandal saw the club relegated only to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_B" title="Serie B">Serie B</a> for the first time in their history, as well as being stripped of the two titles won under Capello.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-32" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Many key players were sold, however, other big name players remained to help the club return to Serie A. The season was notable because <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Del_Piero" title="Alessandro Del Piero">Alessandro Del Piero</a> broke club records, by becoming the first Juventus player to appear 500 times in all competitions for the club.<sup id="cite_ref-delpiero500_33-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-delpiero500-33" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> The <i>bianconeri</i> were promoted straight back up as league winners after the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_B_2006-07" title="Serie B 2006-07">2006–07</a> season. Since their return to Serie A in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_2007-08" title="Serie A 2007-08">2007-08</a> season former <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a> manager <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Ranieri" title="Claudio Ranieri">Claudio Ranieri</a> is at the helm of <i>the Old Lady</i>..<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-34" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> They finished in 3rd place in their first return season and qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2008/2009 Champions League Preliminary stages.</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600953326005627766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421482016888503872.post-81612196442470751852009-02-16T05:00:00.000+07:002009-02-16T05:00:00.234+07:00Juventus F.C. - The Lippi era<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcello_Lippi" title="Marcello Lippi">Marcello Lippi</a> took over as Juventus manager at the start of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1994-95" title="Serie A 1994-95">1994–95</a> campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-27" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> His first season at the helm of the club was a successful one, as Juventus recorded their first <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A" title="Serie A">Serie A</a> championship title since the mid-1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-league_18-8" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-league-18" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> The crop of players during this period featured <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciro_Ferrara" title="Ciro Ferrara">Ciro Ferrara</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Baggio" title="Roberto Baggio">Roberto Baggio</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianluca_Vialli" title="Gianluca Vialli">Gianluca Vialli</a> and a young <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Del_Piero" title="Alessandro Del Piero">Alessandro Del Piero</a>. Lippi lead Juventus to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League_1995-96" title="UEFA Champions League 1995-96" class="mw-redirect">Champions League</a> the following season, beating <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFC_Ajax" title="AFC Ajax">Ajax</a> on penalties after a 1–1 draw in which <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabrizio_Ravanelli" title="Fabrizio Ravanelli">Fabrizio Ravanelli</a> scored for Juve.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-28" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p> <div class="thumb tleft"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width: 142px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Del_Piero_-_Juventus.jpg" class="image" title="Juventus record breaker Alessandro Del Piero."><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Del_Piero_-_Juventus.jpg/140px-Del_Piero_-_Juventus.jpg" class="thumbimage" width="140" border="0" height="190" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> Juventus record breaker <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Del_Piero" title="Alessandro Del Piero">Alessandro Del Piero</a>.</div> </div> </div> <p style="text-align: justify;">The club did not rest long after winning the European Cup, more highly regarded players were brought into the fold in the form of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zin%C3%A9dine_Zidane" title="Zinédine Zidane" class="mw-redirect">Zinédine Zidane</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo_Inzaghi" title="Filippo Inzaghi">Filippo Inzaghi</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Davids" title="Edgar Davids">Edgar Davids</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-29" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> At home Juventus won Serie A in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1996-97" title="Serie A 1996-97">1996–97</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1997-98" title="Serie A 1997-98">1997–98</a>, as well as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_UEFA_Super_Cup" title="1996 UEFA Super Cup">1996</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Super_Cup" title="European Super Cup" class="mw-redirect">European Super Cup</a>. Juventus reached the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_UEFA_Champions_League_Final" title="1997 UEFA Champions League Final">1997</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_UEFA_Champions_League_Final" title="1998 UEFA Champions League Final">1998</a> Champions League finals during this period, but lost out to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borussia_Dortmund" title="Borussia Dortmund">Borussia Dortmund</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Madrid_C.F." title="Real Madrid C.F.">Real Madrid</a> respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-30" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">After leaving for a brief season, Lippi returned, signing big name players such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianluigi_Buffon" title="Gianluigi Buffon">Gianluigi Buffon</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-31" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Tr%C3%A9z%C3%A9guet" title="David Trézéguet">David Trézéguet</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Nedv%C4%9Bd" title="Pavel Nedvěd">Pavel Nedvěd</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilian_Thuram" title="Lilian Thuram">Lilian Thuram</a>, helping the team to two more <i>scudetto</i> titles in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_2001-02" title="Serie A 2001-02">2001–02</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_2002-03" title="Serie A 2002-03">2002–03</a> seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-league_18-9" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-league-18" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> Juventus were also part of an all Italian Champions League final in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_UEFA_Champions_League_Final" title="2003 UEFA Champions League Final">2003</a> but lost out to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.C._Milan" title="A.C. Milan">AC Milan</a> on penalties after the game ended in a 0–0 draw. The following year, Lippi was appointed as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_national_football_team" title="Italy national football team">Italy's</a> head coach, bringing an end to one of the most fruitful managerial spells in Juventus' history.<sup id="cite_ref-officialtitles_23-2" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-officialtitles-23" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600953326005627766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421482016888503872.post-4822622887980027002009-02-15T05:00:00.000+07:002009-02-15T05:00:01.822+07:00Juventus F.C. - European stage<div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width: 192px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Platini_1985.jpg" class="image" title="Michel Platini holding the Ballon d'Or in bianconeri colours."><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cd/Platini_1985.jpg/190px-Platini_1985.jpg" class="thumbimage" width="190" border="0" height="143" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Platini" title="Michel Platini">Michel Platini</a> holding the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballon_d%27Or" title="Ballon d'Or">Ballon d'Or</a> in <i>bianconeri</i> colours.</div> </div> </div> <p style="text-align: justify;">The Trapattoni-era was highly successful in the 1980s, the <i>Old Lady</i> started the decade off well, winning the league title three more times by 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-league_18-6" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-league-18" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> This meant Juventus had won 20 Italian league titles and were allowed to add a second golden star to their shirt, thus becoming the only Italian club to achieve this.<sup id="cite_ref-officialtitles_23-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-officialtitles-23" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> Around this time the club's players were garnering attention on a large scale; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Rossi" title="Paolo Rossi">Paolo Rossi</a> was made <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Footballer_of_the_Year" title="European Footballer of the Year" class="mw-redirect">European Footballer of the Year</a> and had led Italy to victory in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1982 FIFA World Cup">1982 FIFA World Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-24" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Frenchman <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Platini" title="Michel Platini">Michel Platini</a> was also awarded the European Footballer of the Year title for three years in a row; 1983, 1984 and 1985, which is a record.<sup id="cite_ref-ballon_21-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-ballon-21" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> Juventus are the only club to have players from their club winning the award in four consecutive years.<sup id="cite_ref-ballon_21-2" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-ballon-21" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> Indeed it was Platini who scored the winning goal in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_European_Cup_Final" title="1985 European Cup Final">1985 European Cup</a> final against <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a>, however this was marred by a tragedy which would change European football; the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heysel_Stadium_disaster" title="Heysel Stadium disaster" class="mw-redirect">Heysel Stadium disaster</a>, in which 39 people (mostly Juventus fans) were killed by the stadium wall collapsing when Liverpool supporters rioted, it has been named "the darkest hour in the history of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a> competitions"<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-25" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> and resulted in the banning of all English clubs from European competition.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">With the exception of winning the closely contested Italian Championship of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1985-86" title="Serie A 1985-86">1985–86</a>, the rest of the 1980s were not very successful for the club. As well as having to contend with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Maradona" title="Diego Maradona">Diego Maradona</a>'s Napoli, both of the Milanese clubs <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.C._Milan" title="A.C. Milan">Milan</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_Club_Internazionale_Milano" title="Football Club Internazionale Milano" class="mw-redirect">Inter</a> won Italian championships.<sup id="cite_ref-league_18-7" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-league-18" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> In 1990, Juventus moved into their new home; <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadio_delle_Alpi" title="Stadio delle Alpi">Stadio delle Alpi</a></i> which was built for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_World_Cup" title="1990 World Cup" class="mw-redirect">1990 World Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-26" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600953326005627766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421482016888503872.post-38069861688084102282009-02-14T05:00:00.001+07:002009-02-14T05:00:02.359+07:00Juventus F.C. - League dominance<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat" title="Fiat">Fiat</a> owner <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edoardo_Agnelli_%28born_1892%29" title="Edoardo Agnelli (born 1892)" class="mw-redirect">Edoardo Agnelli</a> gained control of the club in 1923, building a new stadium.<sup id="cite_ref-JFC_History_2-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-JFC_History-2" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> This helped the club to their second league championship by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Football_Championship_1925-26" title="Italian Football Championship 1925-26">1925–26</a> season beating <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.S._Alba-Audace_Roma" title="S.S. Alba-Audace Roma">Ala Roma</a> with an aggregate score of 12–1, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Vojak" title="Antonio Vojak">Antonio Vojak</a>'s goals were essential that season.<sup id="cite_ref-league_18-2" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-league-18" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> The 1930s proved to be even more fruitful, the club won five consecutive league titles from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1930-31" title="Serie A 1930-31">1930</a> through to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1934-35" title="Serie A 1934-35">1935</a>, most were under coach <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Carcano" title="Carlo Carcano">Carlo Carcano</a><sup id="cite_ref-league_18-3" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-league-18" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> with star players such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raimundo_Orsi" title="Raimundo Orsi">Raimundo Orsi</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Bertolini" title="Luigi Bertolini">Luigi Bertolini</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Ferrari" title="Giovanni Ferrari">Giovanni Ferrari</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Monti" title="Luis Monti">Luis Monti</a> amongst others.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Juventus had a new ground in the form of the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadio_Olimpico_di_Torino" title="Stadio Olimpico di Torino">Stadio Comunale</a></i>, though for the rest of the 1930s and the majority of the 1940s they were unable to recapture championship dominance. After the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianni_Agnelli" title="Gianni Agnelli">Gianni Agnelli</a> was put in place as honorary president.<sup id="cite_ref-JFC_History_2-2" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-JFC_History-2" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> The club added two more scudetto championship's to their name in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1949-50" title="Serie A 1949-50">1949–50</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1951-52" title="Serie A 1951-52">1951–52</a> seasons, the latter of which was under the management of Englishman <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Carver" title="Jesse Carver">Jesse Carver</a>.</p> <div class="thumb tleft"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width: 162px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sivori,_Charles,_Boniperti.jpg" class="image" title="Sivori, Charles and Boniperti."><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Sivori%2C_Charles%2C_Boniperti.jpg/160px-Sivori%2C_Charles%2C_Boniperti.jpg" class="thumbimage" width="160" border="0" height="176" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Sivori" title="Omar Sivori" class="mw-redirect">Sivori</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Charles" title="John Charles">Charles</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giampiero_Boniperti" title="Giampiero Boniperti">Boniperti</a>.</div> </div> </div> <p style="text-align: justify;">Two new strikers were signed during <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1957-58" title="Serie A 1957-58">1957–58</a>, in the form of Welshman <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Charles" title="John Charles">John Charles</a> and Italo-Argentine <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Sivori" title="Omar Sivori" class="mw-redirect">Omar Sivori</a>, playing alongside longtime member <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giampiero_Boniperti" title="Giampiero Boniperti">Giampiero Boniperti</a>. That season saw Juventus awarded with the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_%28football_crest%29" title="Star (football crest)">Golden Star for Sport Excellence</a></i> to wear on their shirt after becoming the first Italian side to win ten league titles. In the same season, Omar Sivori became the first ever player at the club to win the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Footballer_of_the_Year" title="European Footballer of the Year" class="mw-redirect">European Footballer of the Year</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ballon_21-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-ballon-21" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> The following season they beat <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACF_Fiorentina" title="ACF Fiorentina">Fiorentina</a> to complete their first league and cup double, winning <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A" title="Serie A">Serie A</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coppa_Italia" title="Coppa Italia">Coppa Italia</a>. Boniperti retired in 1961, he retired as the all-time top scorer at the club, with 182 goals in all competitions; a club record which would last for 45 years.<sup id="cite_ref-goalrecord_22-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-goalrecord-22" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">For the rest of the decade the club won the league just once more in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1966-67" title="Serie A 1966-67">1966–67</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-league_18-4" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-league-18" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> However, the 1970s would see Juventus further solidify their strong position in Italian football. Under former player <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cestm%C3%ADr_Vycp%C3%A1lek" title="Čestmír Vycpálek">Čestmír Vycpálek</a> they won the <i>scudetto</i> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1971-72" title="Serie A 1971-72">1971–72</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1972-73" title="Serie A 1972-73">1972–73</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-league_18-5" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-league-18" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> with players such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Bettega" title="Roberto Bettega">Roberto Bettega</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_Causio" title="Franco Causio">Franco Causio</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Altafini" title="José Altafini">José Altafini</a> breaking through. During the rest of the decade they won the league two more times, with defender <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaetano_Scirea" title="Gaetano Scirea">Gaetano Scirea</a> contributing significantly. The latter of which was won under <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Trapattoni" title="Giovanni Trapattoni">Giovanni Trapattoni</a>, the man who would help the club's domination continue on in the early part of the 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-officialtitles_23-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-officialtitles-23" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600953326005627766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421482016888503872.post-69828061069504667762009-02-13T05:00:00.001+07:002009-02-12T18:14:36.025+07:00Juventus F.C. - History<div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width: 192px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pionieri_Juve_1898.gif" class="image" title="Historic first ever Juventus club shot in 1898."><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Pionieri_Juve_1898.gif" class="thumbimage" width="190" border="0" height="126" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> Historic first ever Juventus club shot in 1898.</div> </div> </div> <p style="text-align: justify;">Juventus were founded as <b>Sport Club Juventus</b> in late 1897 by pupils from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massimo_D%27Azeglio" title="Massimo D'Azeglio" class="mw-redirect">Massimo D'Azeglio</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyceum" title="Lyceum">Lyceum</a> school in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turin" title="Turin">Turin</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-history_16-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-history-16" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> but were renamed as <b>Foot-Ball Club Juventus</b> two years later.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-17" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> The club joined the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Football_Championship" title="Italian Football Championship">Italian Football Championship</a> during 1900, wearing their original pink and black kit. Juventus first won the league championship in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Football_Championship_1905" title="Italian Football Championship 1905">1905</a> while playing at their <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velodromo_Umberto_I" title="Velodromo Umberto I" class="mw-redirect">Velodromo Umberto I</a></i> ground and wearing their famous black and white stripes inspired by English side Notts County.<sup id="cite_ref-league_18-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-league-18" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">There was a split at the club in 1906, after some of the staff considered moving Juve out of Turin.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-19" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> President Alfredo Dick was unhappy with this and left with some prominent players to found <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torino_F.C." title="Torino F.C.">FBC Torino</a> which in turn spawned the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derby_della_Mole" title="Derby della Mole">Derby della Mole</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-rival_20-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-rival-20" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> Juventus spent much of this period steadily rebuilding after the split, surviving the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_World_War" title="First World War" class="mw-redirect">First World War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-league_18-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-league-18" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600953326005627766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421482016888503872.post-34005513780764078552009-02-12T05:00:00.000+07:002009-02-12T18:12:23.684+07:00Juventus F.C.<div id="bodyContent"><table class="infobox vcard" style="width: 22em; text-align: left; font-size: 88%; line-height: 1.5em;" cellspacing="5"> <caption class="fn org" style="font-size: 125%; font-weight: bold;">Juventus F.C.</caption> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" class="" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Juventus-FC.png" class="image" title="Juventus crest"><img alt="Juventus crest" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e8/Juventus-FC.png/140px-Juventus-FC.png" width="140" border="0" height="228" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <th style=""><span style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_club_names" title="Football club names">Full name</a></span></th> <td class="" style="">Juventus Football Club S.p.A.</td> </tr> <tr> <th style=""><span style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_nicknames_in_football_%28soccer%29" title="Lists of nicknames in football (soccer)">Nickname(s)</a></span></th> <td class="" style=""><i>La Vecchia Signora</i><sup id="cite_ref-Madama_0-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-Madama-0" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> (The Old Lady)<br /><i>La Fidanzata d'Italia</i> (The fiance of Italy)<br /><i>I bianconeri</i> (The white-blacks)<br /><i>Le Zebre</i> (The Zebras)<br /><i>[La] Signora Omicidi</i> ([The] Lady Killer)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-1" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <th style="">Founded</th> <td class="" style="">1 November 1897<br />(as <i>Sport Club Juventus</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-JFC_History_2-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-JFC_History-2" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <th style=""><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadium" title="Stadium">Ground</a></th> <td class="" style=""><span class="label"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadio_Olimpico_di_Torino" title="Stadio Olimpico di Torino">Stadio Olimpico di Torino</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Stadio_3-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-Stadio-3" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turin,_Italy" title="Turin, Italy" class="mw-redirect">Turin, Italy</a></span><br />(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_football_%28soccer%29_stadiums_by_capacity" title="List of football (soccer) stadiums by capacity" class="mw-redirect">Capacity</a>: 69,000)</td> </tr> <tr> <th style="">President</th> <td class="" style=""><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Cobolli_Gigli" title="Giovanni Cobolli Gigli">Giovanni Cobolli Gigli</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th style="">Head Coach</th> <td class="" style=""><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Flag of Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" border="0" height="15" /></a></span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Ranieri" title="Claudio Ranieri">Claudio Ranieri</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th style="">League</th> <td class="" style=""><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A" title="Serie A">Serie A</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th style=""><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_2007-08" title="Serie A 2007-08">2007-08</a></th> <td class="" style="">Serie A, 3rd</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="toccolours" style="padding: 0pt; background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; text-align: center;" colspan="2"> <table style="width: 100%; text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <td> <table style="margin: 0pt auto; background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 90px; text-align: center;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td bgcolor="#000000"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kit_left_arm_white_stripes.png" class="image" title="Team colours"><img alt="Team colours" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Kit_left_arm_white_stripes.png" width="31" border="0" height="59" /></a></td> <td bgcolor="#000000"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kit_body_stripesonwhite.png" class="image" title="Team colours"><img alt="Team colours" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Kit_body_stripesonwhite.png" width="38" border="0" height="59" /></a></td> <td bgcolor="#000000"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kit_right_arm_white_stripes.png" class="image" title="Team colours"><img alt="Team colours" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Kit_right_arm_white_stripes.png" width="31" border="0" height="59" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" height="36"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kit_shorts.png" class="image" title="Team colours"><img alt="Team colours" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Kit_shorts.png" width="100" border="0" height="36" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" bgcolor="#000000"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kit_socks_band_white.png" class="image" title="Team colours"><img alt="Team colours" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/46/Kit_socks_band_white.png" width="100" border="0" height="25" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><b>Home <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_%28association_football%29" title="Kit (association football)">colours</a></b></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td> <table style="margin: 0pt auto; background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 90px; text-align: center;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td bgcolor="#ffbc20"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kit_left_arm_whiteborder.png" class="image" title="Team colours"><img alt="Team colours" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Kit_left_arm_whiteborder.png" width="31" border="0" height="59" /></a></td> <td bgcolor="#ffbc20"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kit_body_vneckwhite.png" class="image" title="Team colours"><img alt="Team colours" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cc/Kit_body_vneckwhite.png" width="38" border="0" height="59" /></a></td> <td bgcolor="#ffbc20"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kit_right_arm_whiteborder.png" class="image" title="Team colours"><img alt="Team colours" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Kit_right_arm_whiteborder.png" width="31" border="0" height="59" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" bgcolor="#000000" height="36"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kit_shorts.png" class="image" title="Team colours"><img alt="Team colours" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Kit_shorts.png" width="100" border="0" height="36" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffbc20"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kit_socks_juve0809a.png" class="image" title="Team colours"><img alt="Team colours" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Kit_socks_juve0809a.png" width="100" border="0" height="25" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><b>Away <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_%28association_football%29" title="Kit (association football)">colours</a></b></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Juventus Football Club</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borsa_Italiana" title="Borsa Italiana">BIT</a>: <a href="http://www.borsaitaliana.it/borsa/quotazioni/azioni/scheda.html?isin=IT0000336518&lang=en" class="external text" title="http://www.borsaitaliana.it/borsa/quotazioni/azioni/scheda.html?isin=IT0000336518&lang=en" rel="nofollow">JUVE</a>) (from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a><sup id="cite_ref-iuventus_4-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-iuventus-4" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> <i>iuventus</i>: <i>youth</i>, pronounced <span title="Pronunciation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA" title="Wikipedia:IPA">[juˈvɛntus]</a></span>), most commonly referred to as <b>Juventus</b> and as simply <b>Juve</b>, is a professional <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_%28soccer%29" title="Football (soccer)" class="mw-redirect">football</a> club based in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turin" title="Turin">Turin</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>. The club was founded in 1897 and have spent their entire history, with the exception of the 2006–07 season, in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_football_league_system#Structure" title="Italian football league system">top flight First Division</a> (since 1929, called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A" title="Serie A">Serie A</a>).</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Juventus is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_records_in_Italy#Most_successful_clubs_overall_.281898_-_present.29" title="Football records in Italy">most successful team</a> in the history of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_in_Italy" title="Football in Italy">Italian football</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-successful_5-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-successful-5" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> Overall, the club have won 51 official trophies, more than any other team in the country; 40 in Italy, which is also a record,<sup id="cite_ref-JFC_records_6-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-JFC_records-6" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> and 11 in European and world competitions.<sup id="cite_ref-UEFA_honours_7-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-UEFA_honours-7" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> The <i>Old Lady</i> is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_club_competition_records#Union_of_European_Football_Association_.28top_clubs.29" title="International club competition records">third most successful</a> club in Europe<sup id="cite_ref-UEFA_club_competitions_8-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-UEFA_club_competitions-8" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_club_competition_records#World-wide_Ranking_for_international_official_titles_won_by_squad_.28top_20.29" title="International club competition records">sixth in the world</a> with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_club_competition_records" title="International club competition records">most international titles</a> officially recognised by one of the six <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA#Structure" title="FIFA">continental football confederations</a><sup id="cite_ref-official_9-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-official-9" title=""><span>[</span>10<span>]</span></a></sup> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-International_club_titles_10-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-International_club_titles-10" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The club was the first Italian and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Europe" title="Southern Europe">Southern European</a> side to have won the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Cup_1976-77" title="UEFA Cup 1976-77" class="mw-redirect">UEFA Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-11" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> In 1985, Juventus, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_association_football#1980" title="Timeline of association football">only team in the world</a> to have won all official international cups and championships<sup id="cite_ref-official_9-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-official-9" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> became the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_club_competition_records#List_of_teams_to_have_won_the_three_main_European_club_competitions" title="UEFA club competition records">first club in the history of European football</a> to have won all three major <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_club_competition_records" title="UEFA club competition records">UEFA club competitions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Major_12-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-Major-12" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">In Italy, Juventus is the club which has the biggest <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_base" title="Fan base" class="mw-redirect">fan base</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-research_13-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-research-13" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> having also one of the largest numbers of supporters in the world, with a total of 170 million Juventus's supporters (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">it.</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tifosi" title="Tifosi">tifosi</a>) worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-supporters_14-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-supporters-14" title=""><span></span><span></span></a></sup> The club is a founding member of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Club_Association" title="European Club Association">European Club Association</a>, which was formed after the dissolution of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-14" title="G-14">G-14</a>, a collection of Europe's most elite clubs.</p> <p>At present, the <i>bianconeri</i> play their home games at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadio_Olimpico_di_Torino" title="Stadio Olimpico di Torino">Stadio Olimpico di Torino</a>. The stadium which the club owns, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadio_delle_Alpi" title="Stadio delle Alpi">Stadio delle Alpi</a> is undergoing long-term structural changes<sup id="cite_ref-Stadio_3-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-Stadio-3" title=""><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup> and will not be completed for use until 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus#cite_note-15" title=""><span>[</span>16<span>]</span></a></sup></p></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600953326005627766noreply@blogger.com0