Juventus FC (women)

Juventus Football Club (from Latin: iuventūs, 'youth'; Italian pronunciation: [juˈvɛntus]), known for commercial purposes as Juventus Women or simply Juve Women ([ˈjuːve ˈwiːmen]), 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

Full name	Juventus Football Club S.p.A.[1]
Nickname(s)	[Le] Bianconere (The Black and Whites) Juventus Femminile (Female Juventus)
Short name	Juve Women
Founded	1 July 2017; 7 years ago (2017-07-01)
Ground	Stadio Vittorio Pozzo
Capacity	5827
Owner	Agnelli family (through EXOR N.V.) (BIT: JUVE)
Chairman	Gianluca Ferrero
Head coach	Massimiliano Canzi
League	Serie A
2023–24	Serie A, 2nd of 10
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

The team competes 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

In May 2017 Juventus' general manager Giuseppe Marotta announced 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 [it], 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)

Striker Cristiana Girelli and coach Rita Guarino in 2019

During 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 [it]; 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 [it], 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 (2021–2024)

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 former Melbourne City and Arsenal coach 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]

Juventus started the 2023–24 season with the early elimination from the Champions League at the hands of Eintracht Frankfurt after penalty shoot-outs at the first qualifying round in September.^[29] After a 1–0 defeat to Fiorentina in the first leg of the Coppa Italia semi-finals and following a nine-point gap from league leaders Roma, Juventus announced Montemurro's dismissal with immediate effect on 6 March 2024.^[30] Montemurro's Juventus won one scudetto, two Coppa Italia and two Supercoppa Italiana (one of which in January 2024).^[30][31] He was replaced ad interim by his assistant coach, Giuseppe Zappella,^[30] who brought Juventus to the second place in the league behind Roma, who won their second league in a row.^[32]

Massimiliano Canzi era (2024–present)

On 22 May 2024, Juventus announced that Massimiliano Canzi had agreed to become Juventus' coach on a two-year contract.^[33]

Season by season

Season	League			Coppa Italia	Supercoppa Italiana	UEFA Champions League
	Tier	Division	Position
2017–18 [it]	1	Serie A	Champions	Quarter-finals	N/A	N/A
2018–19 [it]			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 [it]			Runners-up	Champions	Final	Group stage
2023–24 [it]			Runners-up	Semi-finals	Champions	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.^[34][35] 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.^[36] 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][38][39]}

On 24 March 2019, Juventus played an important match against Fiorentina at the Juventus Stadium, in which tickets were free;^[40] 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.^[41]

During their first season in 2017–18, Juventus trained at the Sisport center in Turin.^[34] Starting from 2018, Juventus have been training at the Juventus Training Center.^[42]

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,^[43] after FIGC decided that every Serie A club had to have a feminine team.^[44] By 2022, Juventus had already had seven youth teams (from U9 to U19 level).^[44] In November 2022, Juventus Women's Team Director Stefano Braghin announced a collaboration with Bari-based club Pink Bari's youth set-up.^[45]

The under-19 team have won the Women's Torneo di Viareggio twice (in 2019 and 2020)^[46][47] and have reached (and lost) five scudetto finals in six years (2018,^[48] 2020,^[49] 2021,^[50] 2022^[51] and 2023^[52]),^{[lower-alpha 4]} with the addition of a third place in 2019, after defeating 4–2 Pink Bari in the third-place playoff.^[53]

The under-17 team have reached two scudetto finals, they won in 2019^[54] and lost in 2022.^[55] The under-15s have won two scudetti (in 2019^[56] and 2022).^[57] 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.^[58][59]

Players

For a list of former and current Juventus F.C. (women) players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Juventus FC (women) players.

Current squad

As of 26 August 2024.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  ITA Sara Gama (captain) 4 DF  SWE Emma Kullberg 6 MF  ITA Eva Schatzer 7 FW  SUI Alisha Lehmann 8 MF  ITA Martina Rosucci 9 FW  ITA Sofia Cantore 10 FW  ITA Cristiana Girelli 11 FW  ITA Barbara Bonansea 13 DF  ITA Lisa Boattin 14 FW  DEN Amalie Vangsgaard 15 MF  SWE Hanna Bennison 16 GK  FRA Pauline Peyraud-Magnin 17 FW  ITA Asia Bragonzi

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  ITA Chiara Beccari 19 FW  FRA Lindsey Thomas 20 DF  FRA Estelle Cascarino 21 MF  ITA Arianna Caruso 22 MF  ITA Valentina Bergamaschi 23 DF  ITA Cecilia Salvai 24 MF  SWE Elsa Pelgander 25 DF  SUI Viola Calligaris 27 MF  GER Paulina Krumbiegel 31 GK  ITA Alessia Capelletti 44 GK  CAN Lysianne Proulx 71 DF  ITA Martina Lenzini

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

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	2021–2024
Giuseppe Zappella	Italy	2024
Massimiliano Canzi	Italy	2024–

Honours

• Serie A
  • Winners (5): 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
  • Runners-up (2): 2022–23, 2023-24
• Coppa Italia
  • Winners (3): 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23
• Supercoppa Italiana
  • Winners (4): 2018-19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2023-24
  • Runners-up (2): 2018, 2022

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.	[60]
2021	Barbara Bonansea	Italy	FW	2017–pres.	[60]
2022	Cristiana Girelli	Italy	FW	2018–pres.	[60]

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	Brøndby IF	2–2	0–1	2–3	[61]
2019–20	Round of 32	Barcelona	0–2	1–2	1–4	[62]
2020–21	Round of 32	Lyon	2–3	0–3	2–6	[63]
2021–22	First round	Kamenica Sasa	12–0 (H)[lower-alpha 6]			[64]
		St. Pölten	4–1 (H)[lower-alpha 2]
	Second round	Vllaznia	1–0	2–0	3–0
	Group A	Servette	4–0	3–0	2nd
		Chelsea	1–2	0–0
		VfL Wolfsburg	2–2	2–0
	Quarter-finals	Lyon	2–1	1–3	3–4
2022–23	First round	Racing FC	4–0 (H)[lower-alpha 6]
		Kiryat Gat	3–1 (H)[lower-alpha 2]
	Second round	HB Køge	2–0	1–1	3–1
	Group C	Zürich	2–0	5–0	3rd
		Lyon	1–1	0–0
		Arsenal	1–1	1–0
2023–24	First round	Okzhetpes	6–0 (N)[lower-alpha 6]
		Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1 (A)[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 7]
2024–25	Second round	Paris Saint-Germain	3–1	2–1	5–2
	Group C

Overall record

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	8	3	2	3	11	13	−2	037.50
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		2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Barcelona		2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	000.00
Brøndby IF		2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Chelsea		2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Eintracht Frankfurt		1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
HB Køge		1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Kamenica Sasa		1	1	0	0	12	0	+12	100.00
Kiryat Gat		1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Lyon		6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	016.67
Okzhetpes		1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
Paris Saint-Germain		2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	100.00
Racing FC		1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
Servette		2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	100.00
St. Pölten		1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Vllaznia		2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
VfL Wolfsburg		2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	050.00
Zürich		2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	100.00

See also

• List of women's association football clubs
• List of women's football clubs in Italy
• List of unbeaten football club seasons

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.^[37]
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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External links

• Official website (in Italian, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Indonesian, Chinese, Japanese, and Arabic)