Champions League Team Overview: Juventus

 Champions League Team Overview:

Team 4: Juventus 


Picture Above: Juventus players celebrating their last Champions League win in the 1995-96 season, defeating Ajax 4-2 on penalties after a 1-1 draw. 

Location: Turin, Italy
Stadium: Allianz Stadium, Turin
Best Finish: Winners (2: 1984-85, 1995/96)
UEFA Club Rankings: 16th (2024)
Top Goalscorer: Alessandro Del Piero (43)
Most Appearances: Gianluigi Buffon (117)

Juventus are one of three teams from Italy who have won the Champions League (AC Milan: 7, Inter Milan: 3), and are tied with Bayern Munich for the most finals lost (5). Juventus's first appearance in the Champions League, came in the 19857-58 season when they were eliminated in the preliminary round against Austrian side, Weiner Sport-Club 8-3 on aggregate. Juventus's first appearance in the final came in 1973, against Ajax, but the Italians lost to the Dutch 1-0, in the final in Belgrade. 10 years later, Juventus returned to the final but lost again 1-0. This time, in the hands of Hamburger SV in the Greek capital, Athens. Juventus's first Champions League came in 1985, when they defeated Liverpool 1-0 in Brussels. Between 1995 and 1998, Juventus reached three consecutive finals, winning the first one on penalties against Ajax before losing to Borussia Dortmund (1997, 3-1) and Real Madrid (1998, 1-0). In 2003, Juventus made their first final of the 21st century, however lost in the first all-Italian final against AC Milan on penalties. 12 years later, Juventus played Barcelona in the final in Berlin, but lost 3-1 before losing again in 2017 against Real Madrid 4-1. Since then, the furthest Juventus have been in the Champions League was the quarter finals twice. Juventus are not currently competing in the 2023-24 Champions League but we could se them return to the competition very soon. 

Juventus Finals:

1972/73: L (Ajax, 0-1, Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia)
1982/83: L (Hamburger SV, 0-1, Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece)
1984/85: W (Liverpool, 1-0, Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium)
1995/96: W (Ajax, 1(4)-1(2), Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy)
1996/97: L (Borussia Dortmund, 1-3, Olympiastadion, Munich, Germany)
1997/98: L (Real Madrid, 0-1, Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
2002/03: L (AC Milan, 0(2)-0(3), Old Trafford, Manchester, England)
2014/15: L (Barcelona, 1-3, Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany)
2016/17: L (Real Madrid, 1-4, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales)

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