Legend has it that one day over a century ago, November 1, 1897 to be exact, a group of youngsters age 14 to 17 from the D'Azeglio High School in Turin, sitting on an uncomfortable bench on a street called Corso Re Umberto, decided to start a sports club with the aim of playing football. The same legend has it that the club was called "Juventus" more or less by chance, and that the name was immediately loved and adopted as a way of life.

The Club, who's first president was Enrico Cafari, changed headquarters often but soon made a name for itself against many more expert teams in town. It played in Piazza d'Armi, with the players wearing pink. Juventus made their debut in the Italian championship in 1900, wearing this uniform. The black and white one was imported directly from Nottingham in 1903.

Juventus won their first Italian championship after a heart stopping three way final against Genoa and Milanese. This victory crowned the efforts of the Club's pioneers, under Swiss president Alfredo Dick, with the help of a number of foreign players. Mr. Dick soon left the Club in anger, however, after losing support from the majority of players, and founded his own soccer team, called Turin. In doing so he took with him a number of valuable foreign players.

The ensuing years were not easy ones for the team, and up to the First World War Italian soccer was dominated by Pro Vercelli and Casale. Juventus stepped into the limelight again just after the war: goalkeeper Giacone and fullbacks Novo and Bruna were the first of the Club's players to be called on the National team. At this time the President was Corradino Corradini, a poet and man of letters.

In 1923 Giampiero Combi, one of the greatest goalkeepers of all times, made his debut on the team. On July 24 of that historical year the Club's Members unanimously elect Edoardo Agnelli, son of the founder of the Fiat automobile company, as President. The Club now boasted its own soccer field in Corso Marsiglia, with masonry stands to host the growing number of fans.

This was the prelude to five consecutive championship trophies in the 1930s, under coach Carlo Carcano and a lineup with champions such as Orsi, Caligaris, Monti, Cesarini, Varglien I and II, Bertolini, Ferrari and Borel II. This uninterrputed string of trophies went from 1930 to 1935, and at the same time players from the Club gave an important contribution to the Italian national team, which won the World Cup in Rome in 1934.

The Club's first steps in the international arena date to the same period, when it participated in the European Cup, illustrious ancestor of the Cup Winner's Cup, reaching the semifinals four times. In 1947 Gianni Agnelli, son of Edoardo who had died tragically in a plane crash in 1935, took the helm, bringing back the glorious years. At this time the Club's most representative champions were Carlo Parola, the Danes John Hansen and Praest, and above all Giampiero Boniperti, who was to become the Club's recordman for games played (444) and goals scored (177). Juventus won the National championship in 1950 and 1952.

The most important person in Juventus history, Giovanni Agnelli.

In 1953 Giovanni Agnelli stepped down as president, a position which was to be filled two years later by his brother Umberto. A new cycle of victories was about to be inaugurated: the Club won the national championship in 1958, 1960, and 1961 with players such as Omar Sivori and John Charles, becoming the first soccer Club in Italy to have won ten national championships (in 1958) and being awarded the national medal for sports merits. Juventus returned to victory in 1967 under Vittore Catella's presidency, opening a long cycle of triumphs with its most representative champion, Giampiero Boniperti: the Club won nine national championships in fifteen years ( in 1972, '73, '75, '77, '78, '81, '82, '84, '86) plus all there was to win in the international arena: UEFA Cup (first success in 1977), Cup Winner's Cup (1984), European Cup, Supercup and World Club Championship (1985).

In these years the team was coached by Vycpalek, Parola and, above all, Giovanni Trapattoni. This was the time of great Italian champions (from Zoff to Scirea, from Tardelli to Cabrini, from Causio to Paolo Rossi, Gentile, Furino, Anastasi and the current vice president Roberto Bettega) but also of foreign champions such as Michel Platini, who played for Juventus five seasons, winning two national championship trophies, two European Cups, one World Club Championship, three times top scorer of the year and three golden balls.

These incredibly proliferous times were inevitably followed by less glorious, but never dull moments: in 1990 Juventus won both the UEFA Cup and the Italian Cup (under president Vittorio Caissotti di Chiusano, who took over from Boniperti, and coach Dino Zoff) and again in 1993 the UEFA Cup.

After many dissapointing years, Marcello Lippi took over the helm at the club. He immediately won the Serie A title in 1995, nine years after the last "Scudetto" in 1986. Lippi crowned his fabulous first season at the club taking "The Double" by also winning the Italian Cup. A trophy the team has won more than any other, nine times since 1938.

Lippi continued his huge success at the club and also won back the Champions League to the club in 1996. Juventus had wanted to win the trophy since their last but tragic success at the Heysel stadium in 1985. The success continued, and in the 1996-97 season Lippi won the Serie A title, the European Supercup and the World Club Cup. Juventus lost the Champions league final against Borussia Dortmund in 1997 and against Real Madrid in 1998. The 1997-98 season was crowned by the 25th Serie A title of the club. Lippi was sacked in the 1998-99 season, but Juventus didn't manage to win under the helm of Carlo Ancelotti.

Marcello Lippi returned to the club in the summer of 2001 and immediately won back the Serie A title for the club. Juventus won their second consecutive Serie A title last season, but lost their third consecutive Champions League final. The year 2003 was tragic for the fact that both Giovanni Agnelli and Vittorio Chiusano passed away. The most succesful Juventus coach ever Marcello Lippi is ready to bring more trophies to the club.

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Votation of best Juventus team and players In december
1996 Italy's largest football paper La Gazzetta Dello Sport asked 100 super fans
of Juve 2 questions:
1 Who are the 10 greatest players in the history of Juventus?
2What is the best Juventus team ever?

The best Juventus teams ever
1. 38,5% Juventus 1982/85 with Platini and Boniek
2. 23,0% Juventus 1994/96 with Lippi
3.18.8 % Juventus 1976/82 with Trapattoni
4.12.0 %Juventus 19561 With Charles ang Sivori
5. 7.0 % JUventus 1931/35 with Orsi and Borel
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the best Juvnetus players ever
1Michel Platini 94 votes
2 Dino Zoff 82 votes
3Gaetano Sciera 80 votes
4Omar Sivori 72 votes
5Giampiero Boniperti 69 votes
6Marco Tardelli 67 votes
7Roberto Bettega 62 votes
8Antonio Cabrini 61 votes
9Jhon Charles 53 votes
10Franco Causio 28 votes
11Alessandro Del Piero 25 votes
12Zbigniew Boniek 24 votes
13Carlo Parola 23 votes
14 Gianluca Vialli 21 votes
15Giuseppe Furino 20 votes
16Claudio Gentile 17 votes
17 Roberto Baggio 15 votes
18Paolo Rossi 14 votes
19 J. Hansen , Combi , Borel 8 votes

          Statistic

Juventus year by year

This presentation starts from the 1929-1930 season. Before this period Italy didn't have one single national league, but the teams were divided into many regional leagues, which later played finals against each other. Since it is much more difficult to establish a correct placement in the old system before 1929, it has been left out. In the 1944-45 and 1945-46 seasons it was impossible to play the national league due to the war damages. Juventus then played two regional leagues. Notice that Juventus won their first Scudetto in 1905 and their second Scudetto in 1925-1926.

Transfers

Juventus transfers in the 2004-2005 season

Players bought in the 2004-2005 season

* Landry Bonnefoi, Manuele Blasi, Ruben Olivera and Marcelo Zalayeta are all back from loan.
 

Players sold in the 2004-2005 season

* These players have only been loaned out and are therefore still owned by Juventus.
** Enzo Maresca has been sold in co-ownership to Fiorentina and is therefore owned by both Juventus and Fiorentina.
 

Juventus transfers in the 2003-2004 season

Juventus transfers in the 2003-2004 season

Players bought in the 2003-2004 season

Players sold in the 2003-2004 season

Juventus transfers in the 2002-2003 season

Players bought in the 2002-2003 season

Players sold in the 2002-2003 season

Juventus transfers in the 2001-2002 season

Players bought in the 2001-2002 season

Players sold in the 2001-2002 season

Players bought in the 2000-2001 season

Players sold in the 2000-2001 season