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Full name | Canberra Juventus Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | Juventus | ||
Founded | 1963 (as Juventus SC) 1997 (as Gungahlin Juventus) | ||
Ground | Ainslie Enclosed Oval | ||
Capacity | 5,000 | ||
Coordinates | 35°11′6″S 149°7′38″E / 35.18500°S 149.12722°E | ||
President | Michael Sergi | ||
Head Coach | Nicholas Vecchi | ||
League | Capital Premier League | ||
Capital Premier League | 2nd of 8 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Canberra Juventus Football Club (formerly Juventus SC and Gungahlin Juventus SC) is an Australian professional soccer club based in the ACT. Juventus currently competes in the Capital Premier League (ACT) with home matches played at the Ainslie Enclosed Oval.
The club was established by the local Canberra Italian community in 1963 under the name Juventus Soccer Club, inspired by the Italian club of the same name. Juventus competed in the ACT Division One and the Federation Cup in their inaugural season. The following year the club won the league, receiving qualification to the Australia Cup. They competed in the 1965 and 1967 Australia Cup, where they failed to progress past the first round.
In 1973, Juventus SC toured New Zealand between 30 September and 7 October. Juventus was one of the first sporting teams from the ACT to tour New Zealand. The club started the tour in Auckland at Newmarket Park with matches against Auckland and Auckland U23s. Juventus lost both matches 1–3 and 0–3 respectively. Juventus' second tour destination took the club to Muir Park in Hamilton to take on Hamilton AFC on 4 October. Juventus and Hamilton drew 1–1 with a goal from M Valeri securing the visitors a draw. 6 October, Juventus continued its tour in the New Zealand capital of Wellington when they faced off against Wellington City at Rongotai College. Juventus repeated its feats in Hamilton and secured a second 1–1 draw of the tour with J Campbell scoring for Juve. Juventus finished its tour on 7 October at English Oval in the city of Christchurch. Juve succumbed to a 2–0 loss at the hands of Christchurch United.
In 1997, Juventus Soccer Club established the Gungahlin Juventus Soccer Club to cater for the growing number of players in the Gungahlin region.
27 September 2002, Gungahlin Juventus expanded junior operations for boys and girls by incorporating a new separate association under the name Gungahlin Junior Soccer Club (ACT). The new association retained the traditional colours and style of the senior Juventus club.
25 January 2005, Juventus acted to align itself with the national naming scheme to attract a broader base of players for both seniors and juniors and changed its name to Gungahlin United Football Club.
In 2006, following the conclusion of the 2006 ACT Premier League season, Capital Football restructured the Premier League and Gungahlin was removed from the top-tier competition.
Today following a resurgence, from being in the Capital Football State Leagues (Amateur Football) Canberra Juventus made the return to Canberra's second division in 2022 CPL, and have remained there as of 2024.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Honorary Juventus Members of the Committee.
# | Name | From | To |
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1 | Juventus Soccer Club | 1963 | 1996 |
2 | Gungahlin Juventus Soccer Club | 1997 | 2022 |
3 | Canberra Juventus Football Club | 2023 | Current |
Juventus still uses its traditional colours of white, black and yellow. The club has gone through a number of crest changes since its inception in 1963.
Ainslie Enclosed Oval.
Category:National Premier Leagues clubs Category:Soccer clubs in the Australian Capital Territory Category:Association football clubs established in 1997 Category:1997 establishments in Australia Category:Italian-Australian backed sports clubs of the Australian Capital Territory |}