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Sam's Juventus FC Site
HISTORY
1 November 1897: A bench in
Re Umberto Avenue finds a group of young students from Liceo D'Azeglio in Turin
in need of something to do. They decide to start a sports club with the aim of
playing football, a sport started in Great Britain, but developing fast in
Europe. So the story goes - Juventus F.C. was born in this way - just for fun.
This club, ran by the first president Enrico Canfari, played against more
experienced and organised teams in the city. However in 1905 Juventus won its
first Italian title after a fascinating competition with two other teams - Genoa
and Milan. Juventus F.C. chose their first home at D'Armi Square, which is still
used today. For some years Juventus founders wore pink shirts - the same ones
they wore when they started in 1900. The change to the black and white colours
was made in 1903 after a wrong shipment was sent from England where the new
strip was to be made. Despite growing achievements, Juventus were in the shadow
of stronger teams like Provercelli and Casale until the outbreak of the First
World War. After the war they continued to rise, with goalkeeper Giacone and the
full backs Novo and Bruno the first to play in the national team. The President
was the poet and man of letters Corrado Corradini, who wrote the club anthem
which remained until the sixties.
THE FIRST SUCCESSES
In 1923 Giampiero Combi, one of the greatest goalkeepers in the world, made his debut. Edoardo Agnelli, son of the FIAT founder, was elected the new president of the club and due to the growing number of fans, Juventus took possession of a bigger stadium in Marsiglia Road. Jeno Karoly, the first real trainer, arrived at Juventus with the inside left Hirzer, both from Hungary, to supplement the talents of Combi, Rosetta, Munerati, Bigatto and Grabbi. In 1925-26, after a fascinating run-in, Juventus won their second championship.
In this glorious period Juventus won five consecutive championships. Trainer Carlo Carcano was able to call upon great stars such as Orsi, Caligaris, Monti, Cesarini, Varglien, Bertolini, Ferrari and Borel. Not only did Juve triumph in five championships from 1930 to 1935, the Italian national side also won the World Cup in 1934. During this period Juventus had their first experience in world football, participating in the Europe Cup (today's Champions League) where they reached the semi-final stage four times. In 1933 Juventus also changed its home: the town stadium was built for the World University Games and the team played there until 1990.
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