Canberra Juventus FC
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| Full name | Canberra Juventus FC | ||
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| Nickname | Juve | ||
| Founded | 1953 (as Juventus SC) | ||
| Ground | Gungahlin Enclosed Oval | ||
| Capacity | 1,150 | ||
| Coordinates | 35.244°S 149.038°E / -35.244; 149.038 | ||
| President | Michael Sergi | ||
| Head Coach | Nicolas Alcazar-Stevens | ||
| League | NPL Capital Football | ||
| 2025 | 4th of 8 Capital Premier League | ||
| Website | https://www.facebook.com/CBRJUVE/ | ||
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Canberra Juventus FC (formerly Juventus SC and Gungahlin Juventus SC) is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Canberra. Juventus currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Capital Football with home matches played at the Gungahlin Enclosed Oval.
The club was established by the local Canberra Italian community in 1953 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.[1][2]
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.[3]
In 1997, Juventus Soccer Club established the Gungahlin Juventus Soccer Club to cater for the growing number of players in the Gungahlin region.[4]
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.[4]
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.[4] Some members were unhappy with this and founded a break off team called Gungahlin Juventus to keep tradition and started out in the second division.
In 2022 Gungahlin Juventus went through a rebrand to differentiate itself from Gungahlin United FC, so they changed their crest and name to Canberra Juventus FC.
