Juventus football club endearingly known as Juve, was founded on 1 November 1897, by a group of Torinese students. It has been nicknamed la Vecchia Signora, which means the “Old Lady” in accordance with their ancient stature in Italian Football. The club has won 36 official league titles, 15 Coppa Italia trophies and nine Italian Super Cups, being the record holder for all these competitions, since its humble beginnings in the streets of Turin. It was founded under the name of Sport-Club Juventus due to its initial setup as an athletics club, making it is the second oldest active club in the country after Genoa's football section developed in 1893.
The Club is currently not at the peak of its powers with several factors such as, lack of manager consistency, subpar player trades, involvement in shady deals and rise of other Italian giants like AC Milan, Inter Milan and Napoli affecting their aspirations of regaining their seat of power atop the summit of Serie A. Since the departure of their marquee signing Cristiano Ronaldo and generational Argentine and Italian talent in Paulo Dybala and Fredrico Chiesa respectively, they have faced difficulty in maintaining sustainable performances in matches, often faced with a flaccid attack and porous defense.
Juventus began as a thought experiment by a group of young students from the Massimo D'Azeglio Lyceum school in Turin, Italy that established the team unceremoniously while sitting on park benches. The inspiration for the idea of formulation of a team in 1897 came about through exposure to England's pacy strides in the rolling world of football to the elite Italian gentry.
Under the management of the industrial Agnelli family continuously since 1923, the club has evolved significant relationship with the dynasty which can be considered as the oldest and longest one yet in professional sports.
The Juventus team including players such as Michel Platini, Paolo Rossi, Gaetano Scirea and Antonio Cabrini became the first team to win all five major UEFA competitions, i.e., the then European Cup, UEFA Cup, Cup Winner's Cup, UEFA Super Cup and Intercontinental Cup. However, sadly Juventus's first European Cup win was marked by blood during the 1985 match against Liverpool at the Heysel stadium, where 39 fans lost their lives due to crowd violence leading to a subsequent stadium collapse. Despite the mental setback from this unfortunate incident Juventus continued their ascent under manager Marcello Lippi, who was significantly aided in this journey by a star-studded lineup orchestrated through Juventus' irresistible pull consisting of Alessandro Del Piero, Zinedine Zidane, Didier Deschamps, Edgar Davids and Gianluca Vialli, each one being a footballing legend within their own right.
The coinciding of this period with the opening of the luxurious and sonorous Allianz stadium meant that Juventus played with 12 World Class players, with the 12th player, the fans making the stadium resound with Juventus' glory throughout. During this era Juventus attracted global stars like Paul Pogba, Cristiano Ronaldo, Carlos Tevez, etc. Their last successful campaign in the Champions League came under manager Massimiliano Allegri who tool Juventus to the finals but missed out both the times in 2015 and 2017 respectively.
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