Juventus FC (women)

Juventus Football Club (from Latin: iuventūs, 'youth'; Italian pronunciation: [juˈvɛntus]), known for commercial purposes as Juventus Women (pronounced [juˈvɛntus wɪmɪn/]) or simply Juve Women, is a women's football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. It was established in 2017 as the women's section of the homonymous club, following an acquisition of the sporting license of Cuneo.

Juventus
Juventus' crest
Full nameJuventus Football Club S.p.A.[1]
Nickname(s)[Le] Bianconere (The Black and Whites)
Juventus Femminile (Female Juventus)
Short nameJuve Women
Founded1 July 2017 (2017-07-01)
GroundJuventus Training Center
Capacity498
Owner
ChairmanGianluca Ferrero
Head coachJoe Montemurro
LeagueSerie A
2022–23Serie A, 2nd of 10
WebsiteClub website
Active teams of Juventus F.C.

The team compete in Serie A, the top flight in national football, since its debut in the 2017–18 season. They have won five league titles, two Coppa Italia titles, and three Supercoppa Italiana titles, becoming one of the country's most successful teams. In 2020–21 they became the first Italian club (women's or men's) to accomplish a perfect season, having won all their league matches. After their 2021–22 league triumph, Juventus became the first team to win five consecutive league titles.

History

Formation (2017)

Juventus' general manager Giuseppe Marotta announced in May 2017 that the club was planning to form a women's team.[2] The women's section of Juventus was officially formed on 1 July 2017.[3] Despite there being other women's football clubs in Turin in the past which had adopted the name "Juventus" and the black and white colours, such as Real Juventus and Juventus Torino, these have never had any connection with the men's club.[3]

Colloquially known as Juventus Women,[4] the team was formed thanks to the possibility given by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) to professional men's clubs to purchase amateur women's clubs. Already active in women's youth football since 2015,[5] Juventus acquired the sporting licence of Serie A club Cuneo,[6] which in the meantime had dissolved,[4] allowing the newly-formed team to directly compete in the Italian top division;[7] several players were signed from neighbouring Brescia, Italian champions in two of the previous four seasons and runners-up in the others.[8]

Rita Guarino era (2017–2021)
Two sitting women in a press conference with a ball and a trophy
Striker Cristiana Girelli and coach Rita Guarino in 2019

Under the tenure of Rita Guarino,[9] Juventus quickly emerged as a dominating force in Italy, winning four consecutive league titles in their first four years of activity.[10] Juventus' first game was on 27 August 2017, in a 13–0 away victory over Torino in the first leg of the first round of 2017–18 Coppa Italia; Martina Rosucci scored the club's first-ever goal.[11] In the 2017–18 Serie A, the club was tied with Brescia for first place at 60 points.[12] The two sides played a single-legged play-off match where, following a goalless draw after 120 minutes, Juventus beat Brescia 5–4 in a penalty shoot-out.[12]

In 2018–19, by virtue of having won the previous season's league title, they qualified for the UEFA Champions League; they lost 3–2 on aggregate to Brøndby in the round of 32.[13] That season, Juventus achieved the domestic double, winning their second Serie A title and first Coppa Italia.[14] In 2019–20, Juventus won both the Supercoppa Italiana, their first title,[15] and their third consecutive league title.[lower-alpha 1][10] In only two years, the team won all the trophies of Italian women's football.[15]

In the 2020–21 season, Juventus won their second Supercoppa Italiana,[18] and their fourth-consecutive league title, becoming only the second club to achieve this streak after Torres in 2013.[19] They finished the season winning all 22 league matches, becoming the first team in the Italian women's top flight to accomplish a perfect season.[20]

Joe Montemurro era (2021–present)
Juventus players greeting their supporters after losing the 2022 Supercoppa Italiana

After four seasons at the club, Guarino left Juventus,[21] and was replaced by Joe Montemurro ahead of the 2021–22 season.[22] Juventus won their fifth-consecutive league title, establishing a record streak in Italian women's football.[23] They also finished among the best eight teams in Europe, reaching the quarterfinals of the 2021–22 Champions League.[24] Having also won the Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana that season, their second and third respectively, Juventus achieved their first domestic treble.[25]

The 2022–23 season saw Juventus dwelling with Roma during the whole season on all fronts; against the Giallorosse, Juventus lost the 2022 Supercoppa Italiana at penalty shoot-out (1–1 after extra time)[26] and ended their run of five consecutive scudetti (they finished second behind Roma).[27] Their sole seasonal trophy was the Coppa Italia, after defeating Roma 1–0 thanks to a Barbara Bonansea's stoppage-time goal.[28]

Season by season
Season League Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana UEFA Champions League
Tier Division Position
2017–18 1 Serie A Champions Quarter-finals N/A N/A
2018–19 Champions Champions Final Round of 32
2019–20 Champions Not concluded Champions Round of 32
2020–21 Champions Semi-finals Champions Round of 32
2021–22 Champions Champions Champions Quarter-finals
2022–23 Runners-up Champions Final Group stage
2023–24 First round[lower-alpha 2]


Stadiums
The Juventus Stadium before the kickoff of a UWCL match against Chelsea (2021)

Juventus' home ground is the 498-capacity Campo Ale & Ricky ("Ale & Ricky Field"), situated inside the Juventus Training Center in Vinovo.[29][30] For their UEFA Women's Champions League matches (excluding qualifying rounds), Juventus have been using the men's team's Juventus Stadium in Turin since 2020.[31] Juventus played their home matches of the 2018–19 and 2019–20 Champions League seasons respectively at the Stadio Silvio Piola in Novara, and at the Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta in Alessandria.[lower-alpha 3][33][34]

On 24 March 2019, Juventus played an important match against Fiorentina at the Juventus Stadium, in which tickets were free;[35] Juventus won 1–0 and the match was seen by 39,000 people, a record number of spectators in a women's football match in Italy.[36]

During their first season in 2017–18, Juventus trained at the Sisport center in Turin.[29] Starting from 2018, Juventus have been training at the Juventus Training Center.[37]

Youth sector
See also: Juventus F.C. Youth Sector

In July 2015, Juventus formed their under-12 team following a partnership with Turin-based club San Bernando Luserno,[38] after FIGC decided that every Serie A club had to have a feminine team.[39] By 2022, Juventus had arleady had seven youth teams (from U9 to U19 level).[40] In November 2022, Juventus Women's Team Director Stefano Braghin announced a collaboration with Bari-based club Pink Bari's youth set-up.[41]

The under-19 team have won the Women's Torneo di Viareggio twice (in 2019 and 2020)[42][43] and have reached (and lost) five scudetto finals in six years (2018,[44] 2020,[45] 2021,[46] 2022[47] and 2023[48]),[lower-alpha 4] with the addition of a third place in 2019, after defeating 4–2 Pink Bari in the third-place playoff.[49]

The under-17 team have reached two scudetto finals, they won in 2019[50] and lost in 2022.[51] The under-15s have won two scudetti (in 2019[52] and 2022).[53] Juventus U12 have won twice the national phase of the Danone Nations Cup, a prestigious international competition among under-12 teams, in 2017 and in 2022.[54][55]

Players

Current squad
As of 18 August 2022[56]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Italy ITA Roberta Aprile
3 DF Italy ITA Sara Gama (captain)
4 DF Italy ITA Federica Cafferata
5 DF Sweden SWE Amanda Nildén
6 FW Sweden SWE Paulina Nyström
7 FW France FRA Maëlle Garbino
8 MF Italy ITA Martina Rosucci
9 FW Italy ITA Sofia Cantore
10 FW Italy ITA Cristiana Girelli
11 FW Italy ITA Barbara Bonansea
13 DF Italy ITA Lisa Boattin
14 MF France FRA Ella Palis
15 MF Canada CAN Julia Grosso
16 GK France FRA Pauline Peyraud-Magnin
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW Netherlands NED Lineth Beerensteyn
19 FW France FRA Lindsey Thomas
20 DF France FRA Estelle Cascarino
21 MF Italy ITA Arianna Caruso
22 MF Italy ITA Melissa Bellucci
23 DF Italy ITA Cecilia Salvai
29 FW Italy ITA Elisa Pfattner
32 DF Sweden SWE Linda Sembrant
33 DF Sweden SWE Evelina Duljan
38 GK Italy ITA Camilla Forcinella
44 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Gloria Slišković
50 GK Paraguay PAR Soledad Belotto
71 DF Italy ITA Martina Lenzini
77 MF Iceland ISL Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir

Managerial history

Below is a list of Juventus Women coaches from 2017 until the present day.

Name Nationality Years
Rita Guarino  Italy 2017–2021
Joe Montemurro  Australia 2021–current

Honours

Awards

The following Juventus players have been inducted into the Italian Hall of Fame.

Arsenal W.F.C. players inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame
Ind. Name Nationality Pos. Years Ref.
2019 Sara Gama  Italy DF 2017–pres. [57]
2021 Barbara Bonansea  Italy FW 2017–pres. [57]
2022 Cristiana Girelli  Italy FW 2018–pres. [57]

European record
See also: UEFA Women's Champions League
As of match played 9 September 2023
Season Round Opposition Home[lower-alpha 5] Away[lower-alpha 5] Aggregate[lower-alpha 5] Ref.
2018–19 Round of 32 Denmark Brøndby IF 2–2 0–1 2–3 [58]
2019–20 Round of 32 Spain Barcelona 0–2 1–2 1–4 [59]
2020–21 Round of 32 France Lyon 2–3 0–3 2–6 [60]
2021–22 First round North Macedonia Kamenica Sasa 12–0 (H)[lower-alpha 6] [61]
Austria St. Pölten 4–1 (H)[lower-alpha 2]
Second round Albania Vllaznia 1–0 2–0 3–0
Group A Switzerland Servette 4–0 3–0 2nd
England Chelsea 1–2 0–0
Germany VfL Wolfsburg 2–2 2–0
Quarter-finals France Lyon 2–1 1–3 3–4
2022–23 First round Luxembourg Racing FC 4–0 (H)[lower-alpha 6]
Israel Kiryat Gat 3–1 (H)[lower-alpha 2]
Second round Denmark HB Køge 2–0 1–1 3–1
Group C Switzerland Zürich 2–0 5–0 3rd
France Lyon 1–1 0–0
England Arsenal 1–1 1–0
2023–24 First round Kazakhstan Okzhetpes 6–0 (N)[lower-alpha 6]
Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 (A)[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 7]

By country
Country Pld W D L GF GA GD Win%
 Albania 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 100.00
 Austria 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 100.00
 England 4 1 2 1 2 4 −2 025.00
 Denmark 4 1 2 1 5 4 +1 025.00
 France 6 1 2 3 6 11 −5 016.67
 Germany 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 033.33
 Israel 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 100.00
 Kazakhstan 1 1 0 0 6 0 +6 100.00
 Luxembourg 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 100.00
 North Macedonia 1 1 0 0 12 0 +12 100.00
 Spain 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 000.00
  Switzerland 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7 100.00

By club
Team Country Pld W D L GF GA GD Win%
Arsenal England 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 000.00
Barcelona Spain 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 000.00
Brøndby IF Denmark 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 000.00
Chelsea England 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 000.00
Eintracht Frankfurt Germany 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 000.00
HB Køge Denmark 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 100.00
Kamenica Sasa North Macedonia 1 1 0 0 12 0 +12 100.00
Kiryat Gat Israel 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 100.00
Lyon France 6 1 2 3 5 10 −5 016.67
Okzhetpes Kazakhstan 1 1 0 0 6 0 +6 100.00
Racing FC Luxembourg 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 100.00
Servette Switzerland 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7 100.00
St. Pölten Austria 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 100.00
Vllaznia Albania 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 100.00
VfL Wolfsburg Germany 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 050.00
Zürich Switzerland 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7 100.00

Notes
  1. The league was suspended six matchdays in advance due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy; on 8 June 2020, the suspension became definitive and no title was awarded.[16] Nonetheless, on 25 June, FIGC assigned the scudetto to first-placed Juventus.[17]
  2. Final
  3. The Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta was also used for the Champions League second qualifying round against HB Køge in 2022.[32]
  4. The 2018 loss came against Pink Bari, while the four consecutive defeates from 2020 to 2023 came against Roma.
  5. Juventus score listed first
  6. Semi-final
  7. Eintracht Frankfurt won 5–4 at penalty shoot-out.

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