Juventus

Juventus are Italy's most successful club, with 36 Serie A titles and two European Cups, the most recent in 1996. They play at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, a privately owned 41,500-seat ground completed in 2011 and unique among Italy's major clubs in being modern, fully compliant and club-owned rather than a rented municipal facility. When UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin warned Italy in April 2026 that it risked losing the co-hosting rights for Euro 2032, the Allianz Stadium was cited as the only Italian venue among the ten proposed that currently meets UEFA standards without further construction.

The remaining Italian candidate venues, including the Stadio Maradona in Naples and the Stadio Franchi in Florence, all require major redevelopment before they can host elite international fixtures. Italy's infrastructure crisis reflects decades of under-investment in football venues and a political system that has repeatedly delayed stadium reform legislation. Juventus's ability to build their own ground represented a regulatory exception that other clubs have struggled to replicate.

The political significance of Juventus standing alone in this moment is considerable. Italy's broader football governance crisis, following three consecutive World Cup absences and the resignation of FIGC president Gravina, has made stadium reform an urgent policy question. UEFA's threat to strip Italy of matches it cannot physically host has catalysed demands for structural reform, with Juventus's self-built stadium serving as the benchmark against which every other Italian club is now measured.