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Juventus Next Gen

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Juventus Next Gen(Italian pronunciation:[juˈvɛntusnɛkstdʒɛn]), also known asJuve Next GenorJuve NG(pronounced[ˈjuːveˈɛnˈdʒiː]), is a professionalfootballclub based inTurin,Piedmont,Italy, which acts as thereserve teamofSerie AclubJuventus.They compete inSerie CGroup C, and play their home games at theStadio La Marmora-PozzoinBiella.

Juventus Next Gen
Full nameJuventus Next Gen[1]
Short nameJuve Next Gen
Juve NG
Founded3 August 2018;6 years ago(2018-08-03)as Juventus U23
GroundStadio La Marmora-Pozzo
Capacity5,827[2]
ChairmanGianluca Ferrero
LeagueSerie CGroup C
2023–24Serie C Group A, 7th of 20
Websitehttps:// juventus /en/teams/next-gen
Current season

Following the reintroduction of reserve teams in Italy,Juventus U23was formed in 2018 and was registered toSerie C,the third level of theItalian league system.In the first years, the team reached the promotion play-off stages of Serie C, without gaining promotion. In the2019–20 season,under coachFabio Pecchia,Juventus U23 won theCoppa Italia Serie Cafter defeatingTernanain thefinal.The club changed its name to Juventus Next Gen in 2022. Juventus Next Gen remained the sole Italian reserve team until August 2023 whenAtalantafoundedits own.[3]

Due to the nature of the club as a reserve team, Juventus Next Gen needs to comply to certainregulations,such as being eligible for promotion to Serie A and competing in theCoppa Italia,the major national cup. The club, and in general FIGC's reserve-team project, has faced a lot of criticism, especially from fans of other Serie C teams due to their perceived lack of history.

History

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Predecessors (1904–1976)

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1905 Seconda Categoria winning team

Reserve teams were introduced in Italy in the early 20th century, and played in theSeconda Categoria[it].[a][4]On 17 April 1904, the second team of Juventus lost the final 4–0 toGenoa IIat the Ponte Carrega field.[4]On 2 April 1905, after a 3–0 away win toAC Milan II,Juventus II obtained the mathematical certainty of first place at the final three-team group stage to win their only Seconda Categoria trophy.[5]

Juventus II also took part in theCampionato De Martino[it],another league dedicated to reserve teams, until the competition ceased in 1976; they won the 1959–60 edition.[6]

Juventus even had a third team who played friendly matches against local teams,[7][8][9][10]and competed in theTerza Categoria[it]in the early 20th century.[b][11]

Juventus U23 (2018–2022)

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Juventus U23 were founded on 3 August 2018,[12]following the reintroduction of professionalreserve teamsinItalian footballafter over 40 years, and was officially admitted to theSerie Cchampionship.[13]

On 21 August,Luca Zanimacchiabecame the first scorer of the team's history after scoring the only goal in a 1–0 win overCuneoin the group stage of theCoppa Italia Serie C.[14]Juventus U23's first game in Serie C was a 2–1 away defeat toAlessandria,withClaudio Zappascoring the team's first league goal.[15]Juventus U23 ended their first season in 12th place with 42 points in 37 games,[16]and were eliminated in the group stage of theCoppa Italia Serie C.[17]

In the2019–20 season,coached byFabio Pecchia,Juventus U23 won theCoppa Italia Serie Cafter beatingTernana2–1 in thefinalon 27 June 2020. The club won its first trophy in their second year as a professional club.[18][19]In August, U19 coachLamberto Zauliwas promoted to U23 level, replacingAndrea Pirlo(who became first-team coach), who had in turn taken Pecchia's place.[20]Zauli coached for the following two seasons; in the last one, his Juventus U23 made their best-ever regular-season score with 54 points.[21]

Juventus Next Gen (2022–present)

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On 28 June 2022,Massimo Brambillawas appointed as Juventus U23's coach.[22]On 26 August, the club changed its name to Juventus Next Gen.[23]In his first season, Brambilla's Juventus Next Gen reached the final of the Coppa Italia Serie C, lost 5–3 on aggregate toVicenza,[24]but they failed to qualify for the promotion play-offs, having finished the league at the thirteenth place with 49 points.[25]However, in the following season, they obtained the seventh place in the regular season, their best-ever-regular-season placement.[26]

Brambilla left Juventus Next Gen at the end of the season[27]and was substituted by former U19 coach and former first-team defenderPaolo Monteroin mid 2024.[28]Montero was sacked in the November of the same year, with the team trailing at the penultimate place in relegation zone and with them obtaining one only victory in 14 league matches.[29][30]Brambilla returned to Juventus Next Gen on a contract until June 2025.[31]

Stadium

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TheStadio Giuseppe Moccagatta,Juventus Next Gen's home ground from 2018 to 2024

Juventus Next Gen does not possess their own stadium. From 2018 to 2024, it shared theStadio Giuseppe MoccagattawithAlessandriaas their home stadium.[32]Although there had been an agreement among the two parts shortly after Juventus's reserve team's foundation, Alessandria's fans protested to not share their stadium.[32]According to the agreement, Juventus Next Gen fans can sit only in the guests sector.[32]Their players train at theJuventus Training CenterinVinovo.[32]

On 27 November 2022, Juventus Next Gen played exceptionally a match againstMantovaat theJuventus Stadium,the first team home ground, in which tickets were free.[33]The match was drawn 2–2, withSimone Iocolanoscoring a brace for Juventus Next Gen[34]and was seen by 28,572 fans present at the stadium.[35]On 3 March 2023, the Juventus Stadium also hosted the first leg of the2022–23 Coppa Italia Serie Cfinal between Juventus Next Gen andVicenzawith an attendance of 21,572 spectators and with Juventus Next Gen losing 2–1.[36][37]

Since 2024, Juventus Next Gen, alongsideJuventus women's team,have been using theStadio La Marmora-PozzoinBiella.[38]

Regulations

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Juventus Next Gen play in the sameprofessional league systemas their senior team, rather than a separate league dedicated foryouth teams.However, the reserve team may not play in the same division or higher as their senior team, nor in theCoppa Italia,making Juventus Next Gen ineligible for promotion to theSerie A.[39]Should both Juventus and Juventus Next Gen qualify in the same league, the reserve team must play in the league immediately below.[40]Juventus must pay an annual extraordinary fee of €1.2 million to have the reserve team registered to Serie C.[41]In addition, Juventus may not take part to Lega Pro assemblies.[40]

They may insert a maximum of 23 players in their team sheets.[42]Only four players aged more than 23 when the season started may be inserted in the team sheets.[42]Up to a maximum of seven players who had been registered to aFIGC-affiliated club for less than seven sporting seasons may be included in the match list.[42]

In order to be eligible to play for Juventus Next Gen, players must have not been registered to the 25-man list of Serie A players and must have played at most 50 Serie A matches.[42]Instead, to be eligible to play in promotion play-offs and in relegation play-outs, players must have not played over 25 first-team league matches of at least 30 minutes.[42]If a player is suspended, he is unusable in both the first and reserve teams.[42]Suspensions must be served in the team with whom he committed the infraction.[42]

Reception

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Juventus's reserve team and the second-team project itself led by FIGC have faced a lot of criticism. On 28 July 2018, before the team's official foundation,Sicula Leonziopresident Giuseppe Leonardo criticised Juventus's choice to form their reserve team by saying: "Reserve teams are a flop, an experiment that does not lead to anywhere. Juventus B are going to be harmful and will distort the championship: they are not a newly promoted team but they are certainly going to be strong, we have seen this in women's football that theBianconeridon't make a bad impression wherever they put their effort ".[43]In August 2018,Sportitaliadirector Michele Criscitellio criticised the second-team project by stating: "The mission of Juve[ntus] B was to get their youngsters to play and not to take away a place from the Serie C clubs to reach the Serie B. The buying power is so different that there would be no competition. It is pointless to make investments for whoever Juventus will end up in the group".[44]

In December 2018,Pisa's fans attacked Juventus U23 by stating, in an official statement: "B teams are an insult to the dignity of those who consider the Lega Pro their own Serie A", further noting that Pisa should not act as a "sparring partner" for "youngsters without a stadium and history". The fans also defected the two league matches against Juventus U23 in the2018–19 Serie C.[45]In September 2019,Arezzo's fans flew a banner in front of their bus saying "No to B teams".[46]They too defected the match against them as they had done in April.[47]

In November 2021, Padova's fans considered Juventus U23 a "Super Leaguefranchise "and defected the two league matches against them.[48]In July 2022,Lega Serie Bpresident Mauro Balata expressed dissent towards reserve teams playing in Serie B, saying: "Our league embraces big and important cities. If another league wants to continue with this second-team project they can do so, but without affecting our rights and our history. It is not fair".[49]

Players

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Current squad

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As of 4 September 2024[50][51]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK SVK Jakub Vinarcik
3 FW GHA Felix Afena-Gyan(on loan fromCremonese)
4 DF BRA Pedro Felipe(on loan fromPalmeiras)
5 MF ITA Federico Macca
6 MF CUW Livano Comenencia
7 DF ITA Gabriele Mulazzi
9 FW ITA Tommaso Mancini
10 FW ITA Lorenzo Anghelè
11 MF ITA Nicolò Cudrig
13 DF ITA Fabrizio Poli(captain)
15 DF ITA Federico Savio
16 MF ITA Luca Amaradio
17 FW ITA Simone Guerra
18 MF ITA Nicolò Ledonne
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW ITA Marco Da Graca
21 MF NOR Martin Palumbo
23 DF ITA Filippo Scaglia
24 DF ITA Alessandro Citi
25 GK ITA Simone Scaglia
28 MF ITA Augusto Owusu
30 GK ITA Giovanni Daffara
31 DF AUT David Puczka
32 DF ITA Riccardo Stivanello(on loan fromBologna)
33 MF ITA Clemente Perotti
42 MF BEL Daouda Peeters
73 MF ITA Giacomo Faticanti(on loan fromLecce)
74 MF GRE Christos Papadopoulos(on loan fromGenoa)
79 FW POR Luis Semedo(on loan fromSunderland)

Youth sector

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Main article:Juventus F.C. Youth Sector

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Notable players

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As of 18 May 2024[52]

This list includes players that have appeared in at least one first-team game.

Coaching staff

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Position Staff
Head coach Massimo Brambilla
Assistant coach Christian Terni
Athletic coaches Alberto Pasini
Goalkeeper coach Daniele Borri
Technical collaborator Francesco Spanò
Match analyst Matteo Poletti
Team manager Marco Lombardo

Last updated: 12 November 2024
Source:Juventus

Managerial history

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Below is a list of Juventus Next Gen managers from 2018 until the present day.[53]

Name Nationality Years
Mauro Zironelli 2018–2019
Fabio Pecchia 2019–2020
Andrea Pirlo[c] 2020
Lamberto Zauli 2020–2022
Massimo Brambilla 2022–2024
Paolo Montero 2024
Massimo Brambilla 2024–

Season to season

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Season League Coppa Italia Serie C[56]
Tier Division Position[57]
2018–19[it] 3 Serie C 12th of 20 Group stage
2019–20 3 Serie C 10th of 20 Champions
2020–21 3 Serie C 10th of 20 Cancelled[58]
2021–22 3 Serie C 8th of 20 Round of 16
2022–23 3 Serie C 13th of 20 Runners-up
2023–24 3 Serie C 7th of 20 Round of 16
2024–25 3 Serie C TBD First round
ChampionsRunners-upThird place/semi-finalists

Honours

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^Not to be confused with the currentSeconda Categoria,the eighth level of theItalian football league system
  2. ^Not to be confused with the currentTerza Categoria,the ninth level of theItalian football league system
  3. ^Pirlo had been appointed to coach Juventus U23 on 30 July but was promoted as first-team manager on 8 August.[54][55]

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