HistoryMain article:
History of Juventus F.C.Historic first ever Juventus club shot, 1898Juventus were founded as Sport Club Juventus in late 1897 by pupils from the
Massimo D'Azeglio Lyceum school in
Turin,
[23] but were renamed as Foot-Ball Club Juventus two years later.
[3] The club joined the
Italian Football Championship during 1900. During this period the team wore a pink and black kit. Juventus first won the league championship in
1905 while playing at their
Velodromo Umberto I ground. By this time the club colours had changed to black and white stripes, inspired by English side
Notts County.
[24]There was a split at the club in 1906, after some of the staff considered moving Juve out of Turin.
[3] President Alfredo Dick was unhappy with this and left with some prominent players to found
FBC Torino which in turn spawned the
Derby della Mole.
[25] Juventus spent much of this period steadily rebuilding after the split, surviving the First World War.
[24]League dominance
Fiat owner
Edoardo Agnelli gained control of the club in 1923, and built a new stadium.
[3] This helped the club to its second scudetto (league championship) in the
1925–26 season beating
Alba Roma with an aggregate score of 12–1,
Antonio Vojak's goals were essential that season.
[24] The 1930s proved to be even more fruitful, the club won five consecutive league titles from
1930 through to
1935, most were under coach
Carlo Carcano[24] with star players such as
Raimundo Orsi,
Luigi Bertolini,
Giovanni Ferrari and
Luis Monti amongst others.Juventus moved to the
Stadio Comunale, but for the rest of the 1930s and the majority of the 1940s they were unable to recapture championship dominance.
Sivori,
Charles and
BonipertiAfter the Second World War,
Gianni Agnelli was appointed honorary president.
[3] The club added two more league championships to its name in the
1949–50 and
1951–52 seasons, the latter of which was under the management of Englishman
Jesse Carver.Two new strikers were signed during
1957–58; Welshman
John Charles and Italo-Argentine
Omar Sivori, playing alongside longtime member
Giampiero Boniperti. That season saw Juventus awarded with the
Golden Star for Sport Excellence to wear on their shirts 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
European Footballer of the Year.
[26] The following season they beat
Fiorentina to complete their first league and cup double, winning
Serie A and
Coppa Italia. Boniperti retired in 1961 as the all-time top scorer at the club, with 182 goals in all competitions, a club record which stood for 45 years.
[27]During the rest of the decade the club won the league just once more in
1966–67,
[24] However, the 1970s saw Juventus further solidify their strong position in Italian football. Under former player
Čestmír Vycpálek they won the scudetto in
1971–72 and
1972–73,
[24] with players such as
Roberto Bettega,
Franco Causio and
José Altafini breaking through. During the rest of the decade they won the league twice more, with defender
Gaetano Scirea contributing significantly. The later win was under
Giovanni Trapattoni, who helped the club's domination continue on into the early part of the 1980s.
[28]European stage
Michel Platini holding the
Ballon d'Or in bianconeri coloursThe Trapattoni-era was highly successful in the 1980s; the club started the decade off well, winning the league title three more times by 1984.
[24] 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.
[28] Around this time the club's players were attracting considerable attention;
Paolo Rossi was named
European Footballer of the Year following his contribution to Italy's victory in the
1982 FIFA World Cup, where he was named player of the tournament.
[29]Frenchman
Michel Platini was also awarded the European Footballer of the Year title for three years in a row; 1983, 1984 and 1985, which is a record.
[26] Juventus are the only club to have players from their club winning the award in four consecutive years.
[26] Indeed it was Platini who scored the winning goal in the
1985 European Cup final against
Liverpool, however this was marred by a tragedy which changed European football. The
Heysel Stadium disaster, in which 39 people (mostly Juventus fans) were killed when a stadium wall collapsed, has been called by UEFA Chief Executive Lars-Christer Olsson in 2004, "the darkest hour in the history of the
UEFA competitions",
[30] and resulted in the banning of all English clubs from European competition.With the exception of winning the closely contested Italian Championship of
1985–86, the rest of the 1980s were not very successful for the club. As well as having to contend with
Diego Maradona's Napoli, both of the Milanese clubs,
Milan and
Internazionale, won Italian championships.
[24] In 1990, Juventus moved into their new home, the
Stadio delle Alpi, which was built for the
1990 World Cup.
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