Draft:Canberra Juventus SC

Canberra Juventus Football Club (formerly Juventus SC and Gungahlin Juventus SC) is an Australian professional soccer club based in the ACT. Juventus currently competes in the Capital Premier League (ACT) with home matches played at the Ainslie Enclosed Oval.

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.

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.

In 1997, Juventus Soccer Club established the Gungahlin Juventus Soccer Club to cater for the growing number of players in the Gungahlin region.

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.

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.

In 2006, following the conclusion of the 2006 ACT Premier League season, Capital Football restructured the Premier League and Gungahlin was removed from the top-tier competition.

Capital Premier League
Today following a resurgence, from being in the Capital Football State Leagues (Amateur Football) Canberra Juventus made the return to Canberra's second division in 2022 CPL, and have remained there as of 2024.

Juventus Canberra Past Members (Juventus Old Boys)
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Club name
Canberra Juventus has gone through a handful of club names during the course of its history since 1968. These naming incarnations are listed below:

Club colours and crest
Juventus still uses its traditional colours of white, black and yellow. The club has gone through a number of crest changes since its inception in 1963.

Home venue
Ainslie Enclosed Oval.

Honours

 * ACT League Premiers and Finals Champions
 * Premiers (8): 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
 * 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


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