Juventus Football Club (BIT: JUVE) (from Latin[5] iuventus: youth, pronounced [juˈvɛntus]), commonly referred to as Juventus and familiarly as Juve, is an Italian professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont. The club was founded in 1897 and have spent their entire history, with the exception of the 2006–07 season, in the top flight First Division (since 1929, called Serie A).
Juventus is the most successful team in the history of Italian football[6] and one of the most recognized in the world. Overall, the club have won 51 official trophies, more than any other team in the country; 40 in Italy, which is also a record,[7] and 11 in European and world competitions.[8] The Old Lady is the third most successful club in Europe[9] and the sixth in the world with the most international titles officially recognised by one of the six continental football confederations[10] and FIFA.[11]
The club was the first Italian and Southern European side to win the UEFA Cup.[12] In 1985, Juventus, the only team in the world to have won all official international cups and championships[10] became the first club in the history of European football to have won all three major UEFA club competitions.[13]