Juventus F.C. Under-23

Juventus Football Club Under-23, also known as Juventus U23 or colloquially as Juventus B, is an Italian football team which acts as Juventus' reserve team. They play their home games at the Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta in Alessandria, a comune about 100 km away from Turin, the home city of the football club.

Juventus U23
Full nameJuventus Football Club Under-23
Nickname(s)Juventus B
Juventus II
Juventus Reserves
Short nameJuve U23
Founded3 August 2018 (2018-08-03)
GroundStadio Giuseppe Moccagatta
Capacity6,000
ChairmanAndrea Agnelli
ManagerFabio Pecchia
LeagueSerie C Group A
2018–19Serie C Group A, 12th of 20
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.

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]

Season to season
Season Tier Division Position Cup
2018–19 3 Serie C 12th of 20 Group stage
2019–20 TBD TBD

Players

Current squad
As of 3 June 2020[7]

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

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

Coaching staff
Fabio Pecchia is the current head coach of the club
Position Staff
Head coach Fabio Pecchia
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: 4 January 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–

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. "Italy - Juventus Under 23 - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
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