Juventus F.C. Under-23

Juventus Football Club Under-23, also known as Juventus U23 or colloquially as Juventus B, is a professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, which acts as the reserve team of Serie A club Juventus. Juventus U23 play their home games at the Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta in Alessandria, a comune about 100 km away from Turin.

Juventus U23
Full nameJuventus Football Club Under-23
Nickname(s)Juventus B
Juventus II
Short nameJuve U23
Founded3 August 2018 (2018-08-03)
GroundStadio Giuseppe Moccagatta
Capacity5,926
ChairmanAndrea Agnelli
ManagerVacant
LeagueSerie C
2019–20Serie C Group A, 10th of 20
WebsiteClub website
Active teams of Juventus F.C.
Serie A
(Men's)		 Serie A
(Women's)		 Serie C
(Men's)

Founded in 2018, Juventus U23 competes in Serie C, the third level of the Italian football league system. The team plays in the same professional league system as their senior team, rather than a separate league dedicated for youth teams. However, the reserve team cannot play in the same division as their senior team, currently making Juventus U23 ineligible for promotion to the Serie A. Juventus U23 has won a Coppa Italia Serie C, in 2019–20, after beating Ternana in the final.

History

Juventus U23 was founded on 3 August 2018,[1] following the reintroduction of reserve teams in Italian football after over sixty years, and was officially admitted to the Serie C championship.[2] On 21 August, Luca Zanimacchia became the first scorer of the team's history after scoring the only goal in a 1–0 win over Cuneo in the group stage of the Coppa Italia Serie C.[3] Juventus U23's first game in Serie C was a 1–2 away defeat to Alessandria, with Claudio Zappa scoring the team's first league goal.[4] Juventus U23 ended their first season in 12th place with 42 points in 37 games,[5] and were eliminated in the group stage of the Coppa Italia Serie C.[6]

On 27 June 2020, Juventus U23 beat Ternana 2–1 in the 2019–20 Coppa Italia Serie C final, winning their first trophy in their second year as a professional club.[7] Despite finishing 10th in the league, Juventus U23 gained direct access to the third round of promotion play-offs thanks to their cup win.[8] After beating Padova 2–0,[9] Juventus U23 reached the fourth round where they drew 2–2 to Carrarese.[10] Due to the opponent's higher placement in the regular reason, they advanced to the Final Four, and Juventus U23 were eliminated.[10]

Season to season
Season League Cup
Tier Division Position
2018–19 3 Serie C 12th of 20 Group stage
2019–20 3 Serie C 10th of 20 Champions
2020–21 3 Serie C TBD TBD
     Champions       Runners-up       Third place/semi-finalists  

Players

Current squad
As of 12 August 2020[11]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ITA Timothy Nocchi
2 DF  BRA Lucas Rosa
3 DF  ITA Luca Coccolo
4 DF  ITA Gianmaria Zanandrea
5 MF  ITA Simone Muratore
6 MF  BEL Daouda Peeters
8 MF  ITA Manolo Portanova
9 FW  ITA Matteo Brunori Sandri
11 FW  ITA Marco Olivieri
13 DF  ITA Erasmo Mulè
14 FW  ESP Alejandro Marqués
15 MF  GER Idrissa Touré
16 DF  ITA Matteo Anzolin
17 FW  ITA Luca Zanimacchia
18 MF  ITA Alessandro Di Pardo
19 MF  TUN Hamza Rafia
20 DF  ITA Pietro Beruatto
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW  ALB Giacomo Vrioni
22 GK  ITA Leonardo Loria
24 DF  ITA Gianluca Frabotta
25 GK  ITA Marco Raina
26 MF  ITA Nicolò Fagioli
27 MF  ITA Ferdinando Del Sole
30 GK  ITA Alessandro Siano
31 DF  ROU Radu Drăgușin
32 DF  BRA Wesley
33 DF  ITA Filippo Delli Carri
34 GK  ITA Filippo Dadone
35 DF  ITA Raffaele Alcibiade (captain)
36 DF  ITA Alessandro Minelli
37 MF  FRA Naouirou Ahamada
38 DF  ITA Alessandro Pio Riccio
39 DF  ITA Paolo Gozzi
40 MF  ITA Filippo Ranocchia

Coaching staff
Position Staff
Head coach Vacant
Assistant coach Valerio Visconti
Goalkeeper coach Cristiano Lupatelli
Athletic coach Daniele Palazzolo
Marco Antonio Ferrone
Doctor Alberto Ghidella
Andrea Marchini
Physiotherapist Marco Casalis
Nicola Sasso
Match analyst Alessio Varzi

Last updated: 30 July 2020
Source: Juventus.com

Managerial history

Below is a list of Juventus U23 managers from 2018 until the present day.

Name Nationality Years
Mauro Zironelli 2018–2019
Fabio Pecchia 2019–2020
Andrea Pirlo 2020

Honours
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See also

References
  1. "La seconda squadra bianconera è realtà!". Juventus.com. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  2. "Ammissione Seconda Squadra Juventus FC - Campionato Serie C" (PDF). Figc.it. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  3. "Juventus Under 23-Cuneo 1-0". Goal.com. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  4. "Juventus II vs. Alessandria - 16 September 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  5. "Summary - Serie C - Italy - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  6. "Under23 ancora imbattuta ma non basta". Juventus.com. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  7. JuventusNews24, Redazione (27 June 2020). "Ternana-Juventus U23 1-2: bianconeri nella storia, è trionfo in Coppa Italia!". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  8. "Serie C, Coppa Italia: trionfa la Juventus Under 23, Ternana battuta 2-1". la Repubblica (in Italian). 27 June 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  9. JuventusNews24, Redazione (9 July 2020). "Juventus U23-Padova 2-0: orgoglio in dieci, bianconeri avanti nei playoff!". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  10. "LIVE TJ - Carrarese-Juventus U23 2-2: bianconeri eliminati. Termina la splendida stagione dei ragazzi di Pecchia". Tutto Juve (in Italian). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  11. "Italy - Juventus Under 23 - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
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