Juventus confirm Massimiliano Allegri sacking
Juventus head coach Massimiliano Allegri has been sacked by the club due to “certain behaviours” at the Italian Cup final which were deemed “incompatible with the values of Juventus”.
Based in Turin, Juventus are the most successful club domestically in the history of Italian football.
Juventus, known as The Old Lady, The Bianconeri or simply Juve, won the European Cup in 1985 and 1996.
Juventus have been represented by many of the world's greatest footballers. Stars in recent years have included Cristiano Ronaldo, Andrea Pirlo, Giorgio Chiellini, Gianluigi Buffon, Dani Alves, Pavel Nedved, Patrice Evra and Zinedine Zidane.
Juventus were founded in 1897 by a group of Torinese students under the name of Sport-Club Juventus. Juve were rebranded as Foot-Ball Club Juventus two years after and joined the Italian championship in 1900.
Rebuilding after the split was no small task for Juventus. However, in the 1920s and 1930s, Juve ascended and laid the foundation for the mega-club they would become.
Part of the reasoning behind this was that Juve were one of the first clubs in Italy to go fully professional and the club grew ever-more successful. The 1930s also saw Juventus compete in the European Cup for the first time and, while they were unable to win it in their early years in the competition, they did make four semi-final appearances.
The 1958 title was Juve's 10th in Italy's top flight, which allowed them the distinction of wearing a single star on their shirt. In the present day, with more than 30 titles to their name Juve emblazon three stars above their club crest.
Carlo Parola guided them to the title in 1974/75 after taking over from Vycpalek. Giovanni Trapattoni picked up from there in 1976, putting his faith in a relatively young team after Italy had used a significant portion of Juventus players in their squad to win their third World Cup.
Platini would go on to spend five years at Juve and score more than 100 goals in that time, playing a significant part in Juve's success in the 1980s. Individually, Platini won the Ballon d'Or (European Footballer of the Year award) in three consecutive years while at Juventus.
Pirlo led Juventus to their 14th Coppa Italia but only managed a fourth-place finish in the 2020/21 Serie A, and he was sacked at the end of the season. Top-scorer Cristiano Ronaldo also left the club in the summer.
The Turin club were initially docked 15 points in January 2023, but after Italy’s highest sporting court reversed the decision in April, the national federation (FIGC) issued a new sanction after the case was revised.
Found guilty of artificially inflating the value of players in their accounts using capital gains, Juventus dropped to seventh in Serie A and missed out on Champions League qualification.
Despite securing qualification for the Europa Conference League, UEFA ejected Juventus from its competitions for one year after the club violated a settlement agreement.
In April 2023, the appeal court, while upholding the charges against the club, acquitted officials Pavel Nedved, Paolo Garimberti, Assia Grazioli Venier, Caitlin Mary Hughes, Daniela Marilungo, Francesco Roncaglio and Enrico Vellano of wrongdoing.
Former Tottenham sporting director Fabio Paratici, who performed the same role at Juventus from 2018-21, received a two-year global ban from football from FIFA in April over his part in the matter, forcing him to resign from his position at Spurs.
When Juventus returned to the pitch for the 2023/24 season, Allegri guided them to a 15 Coppa Italia crown after beating Atalanta 1-0 in the final thanks to a goal from Dusan Vlahovic.
Allegri became the first manager to win the title five times
As of May 2023, Juventus were valued as the 11th biggest club in the world at $2.16billion, with a revenue of $453m.
Juventus head coach Massimiliano Allegri has been sacked by the club due to “certain behaviours” at the Italian Cup final which were deemed “incompatible with the values of Juventus”.
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