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 41,507-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. The 2025-26 season ended with Juventus fifth in Serie A, qualifying only for the UEFA Europa League rather than the Champions League, as Inter Milan claimed the title by three matches to spare in early May 2026. Kenan Yildiz was the club's leading scorer with five league goals.

Juventus's stadium became a political flashpoint in April 2026 when UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin warned Italy that it risked losing co-hosting rights for Euro 2032 due to venue deficiencies. 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 self-built ground represents a regulatory exception that other clubs have struggled to replicate, and it now serves as the benchmark against which every other Italian club is measured as Italy confronts the structural consequences of three consecutive World Cup absences.