Canberra Juventus FC

Canberra Juventus FC
Full nameCanberra Juventus FC
Nickname(s)Juve
Founded1953 (as Juventus SC)
GroundAinslie Enclosed Oval
Capacity1,150
Coordinates35.244°S 149.038°E / -35.244; 149.038
PresidentMichael Sergi
Head CoachNicolas Alcazar-Stevens
LeagueCapital Premier League
Websitehttps://www.facebook.com/CBRJUVE/

Canberra Juventus FC (formerly Juventus SC and Gungahlin Juventus SC) is an Australian professional soccer club based in the Canberra. Juventus currently competes in the Capital Premier Leagues Capital Football with home matches played at the Hawker Football Centre.

History

The club was established by the local Canberra Italian community in 1953 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.[1][2]

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.[3]

In 1997, Juventus Soccer Club established the Gungahlin Juventus Soccer Club to cater for the growing number of players in the Gungahlin region.[4]

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.[4]

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.[4] Some members were unhappy with this and founded a break off team called Gungahlin Juventus to keep tradition and started out in the second division.

In 2022 Gungahlin Juventus went through a rebrand to differentiate itself from Gungahlin United FC, so they changed their crest and name to Canberra Juventus FC.

Players

Current men's squad

As of 30 June 2025[5][6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  AUS Gabe Taurasi
42 DF  AUS Jordan Cachia
3 DF  AUS Nicholas Cachia
4 DF  AUS James Raccosta
6 MF  AUS Alex Taurasi
11 FW  AUS Adrian Macor ((c))
10 FW  AUS Cristian Barresi
26 MF  AUS Joshua Gaspari
25 DF  AUS Jak Matić
21 MF  AUS Luca Macor
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW  AUS Dylan Barreto
15 MF  AUS Matteo Vardanega
17 DF  AUS James LaVella
18 DF  AUS Nicholas Vecchi
2 DF  AUS Christian Pratezina
28 FW  AUS Nikola Perinović
29 FW  AUS Michael Adams
35 DF  AUS Thomas Cosentini
17 DF  AUS Jasper Milin
7 FW  AUS Tony Madaffari

Notable Former Players

David Ruberto

Angelo Ruberto

Frank Barresi

Elliot Zwangobani

Nunzio Rinaudo

Dominic Rinaudo

Paul Macor

Joe Campagna

Club staff

Coaching department

All the CBR Juve NPL men's team staff for the 2025 season.

As of February 2025[7]
Men
Position Name
Head Coach Nicolas Alcazar-Stevens
U23 Coach Alex Belpiero


Juventus Honour Board (Past Members)

Old Juventus Board
Position Name
Committee Dante Gaspari
Committee Michele Barresi
Treasurer Vince Ciano
Committee Carlo D'Ambrosio

Club identity

Club name

Canberra Juventus has gone through a handful of club names during the course of its history since 1968.[4] These naming incarnations are listed below:

# Name From To
1 Juventus Soccer Club 1963 1996
2 Gungahlin Juventus Soccer Club 1997 2022
3 Canberra Juventus FC 2022 Current

Club colours and crest

Canberra Juventus FC' Logo is Based on Italian club Juventus FC and models its logo off of the black and white badge with yellow text that the Historic Juventus logo is. The clubs colours are the colours of Italian Juventus, Black and white.

Home venue

Juventus play at the Ainslie Enclosed Oval Ainslie. Historically Juventus have played in Mckellar, Forrest and Gungahlin.

Honours

Premiers (9): 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
Winners (9): 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2003,
Runners-up (7): 1969, 1972, 1985, 1986, 1987, 2002.

See also

References

  1. ^ "1966 South Australian Soccer Yearbook" (Document). South Australian Soccer Federation. p. 52.
  2. ^ Gorman, Joe (8 May 2014). "Should the FFA Cup award the Attila Abonyi Medal?". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  3. ^ Zlotkowski, Andre (15 October 2015). "Juventus SC (Canberra) Tour of New Zealand 1973". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d "Club history". gufc.org.au. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  5. ^ "1st Grade Men". gufc.org.au. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  6. ^ "2018 NPL Season Preview". capitalfootball.com.au. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Coaching team". gufc.org.au. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
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