Juventus

Juventus was Czech 1960s bigbeat group. Juventus Football Club is one of Italy's oldest and most renowned football clubs. Based in Turin. With 11 official international titles in team honours (second in Europe), Juve is the 3rd best club in All-time ranking of the UEFA's European Tournaments and 4th in All-time ranking of the UEFA Champions League. It is widely regarded as one of the most supported and successful football clubs in the world. The team typically plays in black-and-white striped shirts and white shorts (in some seasons black shorts), and is nicknamed la Vecchia Signora (the Old Lady, by the first official name), i bianconeri (black-and-whites), zebre (zebras), or depreciatively gobbi (humpbacks) by the opponents. History Juventus F.C. was founded in November 1898 by teachers from Massimo D'Azeglio Lyceum with the name Società Polisportiva Augusta Taurinorum, in a legendary bench in one of Turin's boulevards, Re Umberto Boulevard. The team won a previous version of the national league title as early as 1905, but did not win their second until 1926. In 1923, the Agnelli family (owners of Fiat) gained control of the club, and built a private stadium in Villar Perosa (near Turin) and a complete series of facilities and services. From 1931, the club collected the record of five consecutive Italian league championships (Italian scudetto). In 1933, they began playing at the Stadio Municipale 'Benito Mussolini' (later renamed Stadio Comunale). Post-war the club was very successful domestically, winning its tenth championship in 1961, but did not win any European titles until 1977 with the UEFA Cup. The height of European success was not reached until 1985, when they won the European Champions Cup, but this success was largely overshadowed by the Heysel disaster that had occurred during the final between Juventus and Liverpool. Juventus repeated the success by winning the Champions League for a second time in 1996 in a penalty shootout, and have not won it again since, the closest chance being when they lost to A.C. Milan in the 2003 final due to losing in a penalty shootout. Juventus also won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1984 and two more UEFA Cup titles (1990, 1993). However, in 1999, due to their poor domestic season, they were forced into the ignominy of entering the UEFA Intertoto Cup in order to qualify for Europe. They have won 29 Italian titles and nine Coppa Italias to date, both national records. The club is also one of only three to have won all Three Major European trophies. (the other two been; Ajax, and Bayern Munich) Until recently, Juventus' players had to have short (and regular) hair (there was only one exception to this rule: in the 1970s right winger Franco Causio was so popular that the club allowed him to have long hair); the club also provided the team with official formal wear (made by famous tailors) and forced them to complete their educational studies. Most of its players remained with Juventus until the end of their careers; many still work for the club or for Fiat (or related companies). The two stars on the Juventus shirt signify they have won the Scudetto over 20 times. In fact, Juventus won the Italian Championship 29 times, more than any other Italian club; no other club has won the championship over 20 times, but the closest one to that objective is AC Milan. The number of titles Juve has rightfully won is currently under scrutiny and may perhaps be being reduced, due to charges of sport fraud over the past few years, to 27. Juventus is now a corporation, listed on the Borsa Italiana. The sale of Zinedine Zidane to Real Madrid of Spain was the most expensive in football to date, costing the Spanish club over $65 million (US), which is accurately £48 million. On January 10, 2006 Alessandro Del Piero became the all time leading goalscorer for Juventus when he scored three times in a match against Fiorentina and took his total goals for the club to 185. The previous record holder was Giampiero Boniperti, who scored 182 goals for the club.