Canberra Juventus FC

Canberra Juventus FC

Full name	Canberra Juventus FC
Nickname(s)	Juve
Founded	1963 (as Juventus SC)
Ground	Hawker Football Centre
Capacity	1,150
Coordinates	35.244°S 149.038°E / -35.244; 149.038
President	Michael Sergi
Head Coach	Alex Belpiero
League	Capital Premier League
Website	https://www.facebook.com/CBRJUVE/
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Canberra Juventus FC (formerly Juventus SC and Gungahlin Juventus SC) is an Australian professional soccer club based in the Canberra district of Hawker , ACT. Juventus currently competes in the Capital Premier Leagues Capital Football with home matches played at the Hawker Football Centre.

History

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. ^{[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]

Players

Current men's squad

As of 3 February 2023 ^{[5] [6]}

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   AUS Ari Roufagalis 42 DF   AUS Jordan Cachia 3 DF   AUS Nicholas Cachia 4 DF   AUS James Raccosta(c) 6 MF   AUS Alex Taurasi 11 FW   AUS Adrian Macor 9 FW   AUS Jai Tein

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW   AUS Nicholas Taurasi 15 MF   AUS Matteo Vardanega 17 DF   AUS Andrew Georgiou 18 DF   AUS Nicholas Vecchi 2 DF   AUS Christian Pratezina 9 FW   AUS Frederico Proia 21 FW   AUS Alex Raccosta

Notable Former Players

David Ruberto

Angelo Ruberto

Frank Barresi

Elliot Zwangobani

Nunzio Rinaudo

Dominic Rinaudo

Paul Macor

Joe Campagna

Juventus Honour Board (Past Members)

Old Juventus Board

Position	Name
Committee	Michele Barresi
Committee	Dante Gaspari
Treasurer	Vince Ciano
Committee	Carlo D'Ambrosio

Club staff

Coaching department

All the CBR Juve NPL men's team staff for the 2023 season.

As of 3 February 2019 ^[7]

Men Position Name Head Coach Alex Belpiero U23 Coach Michael Sergi U18 Coach Ulises Castro Assistant 1st Jonathan Zalunardo Assistant U23 Nicholas Vecchi Club identity Club name Canberra Juventus has gone through a handful of club names during the course of its history since 1968. [4] These naming incarnations are listed below: # Name From To 1 Juventus Soccer Club 1963 1996 2 Gungahlin Juventus Soccer Club 1997 2022 3 Canberra Juventus FC 2022 Current Club colours and crest Canberra Juventus FC' Logo is Based on Italian club Juventus FC and models its logo off of the black and white badge with yellow text that the Historic Juventus logo is. The clubs colours are the colours of Italian Juventus, Black and white. Home venue Juventus play at the Hawker Football Centre in Belconnen. Historically Juventus have played in Mckellar, Forrest and Gungahlin. Honours ACT League Premiers and Finals Champions Premiers (9): 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 2000, Runners-up (6): 1966, 1973, 1986, 2001, 2002, 2004. Champions (8): 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1986, 2001, 2015, 2019 Runners-up (6): 1963, 1966, 1973, 1995, 2000, 2004 Capital Football Federation Cup Winners (9): 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2003, Runners-up (7): 1969, 1972, 1985, 1986, 1987, 2002. See also Australia portal Association football portal Gungahlin United FC List of sports clubs inspired by others Sport in the Australian Capital Territory Soccer in the Australian Capital Territory References "1966 South Australian Soccer Yearbook" (Document). South Australian Soccer Federation. p. 52. Gorman, Joe (8 May 2014). "Should the FFA Cup award the Attila Abonyi Medal?". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 February 2015. Zlotkowski, Andre (15 October 2015). "Juventus SC (Canberra) Tour of New Zealand 1973". RSSSF . Retrieved 11 March 2017. "Club history". gufc.org.au. Retrieved 3 February 2019. "1st Grade Men". gufc.org.au. Retrieved 3 February 2019. "2018 NPL Season Preview". capitalfootball.com.au. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2019. "Coaching team". gufc.org.au. Retrieved 3 February 2019. External links Official club Facebook Capital Football home NPL Capital Football home