Juventus Football Club (ISE: JUVE) (from LatinThe name "Juventus" is a literal license in Piedmontese language of the Latin substantive iuventus (youth in English language). iuventus: youth, ), 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. Overall, the club have won 51 official trophies, more than any other team in the country; 40 in Italy, which is also a record,Record for Italian football. The other Italian main clubs, Milan and Inter, have won a total of 45 titles (27 in Italian club competitions) and 32 (25) official titles, respectively. and 11 in European and world competitions. The Old Lady is the third most successful club in EuropeThird most successful European club for most official international club competitions (continental and world -Intercontinental and/or World Club Cup- tournaments) won with 11 titles. Fourth most succesfull club in Europe for UEFA club competitions titles won with 9 titles. and the sixth in the world with the most international titles officially recognised by one of the six continental football confederationsWhich includes all official international competitions recognized by one of the six continental football confederations and the Intercontinental Cup / FIFA Club World Cup. See: and FIFA.Only Milan, Boca Juniors (both with 18 titles), Independiente, Real Madrid (both with 15) and Al-Ahly (14) have won more official international titles in the world.

The club was the first Italian and Southern European side to win the UEFA Cup. In 1985, Juventus, the only team in the world to have won all official international cups and championships became the first club in the history of European football to have won all three major UEFA club competitions.The major UEFA club competitions are the European Champion Clubs' Cup (or simply European Cup), the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Cup. In the aggregate, the fact to win these three trophies is also known as the "Grand Slam", a feat achieved by only other two clubs since the triumph of the Old Lady in 1985: Ajax Amsterdam in 1992 and Bayern Munich in 1996.

In Italy, Juventus is the club which has the biggest fan base, having also one of the largest numbers of supporters in the world, with a total of 170 million Juventus's supporters (it. tifosi) worldwide. The club is a founding member of the European Club Association, which was formed after the dissolution of the G-14, a collection of Europe's most elite clubs. The Torinese side is also recognized for its contribution to the Italian national team.