# Canberra Juventus FC

Canberra Juventus FC (formerly Juventus SC and Gungahlin Juventus SC) is an Australian professional soccer club based in the Canberra district of Hawker, ACT. 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 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. 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 location to belconnen, as well as changing their crest and name to Canberra Juventus FC.

## Players
### Current men's squad

    As of 3 February 2023
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 | Ari Roufagalis |
| 42 | DF | AUS | Jordan Cachia |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Nicholas Cachia |
| 4 | DF | AUS | James Raccosta (c) |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Alex Taurasi |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Adrian Macor |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Jai Tein |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | FW | AUS | Nicholas Taurasi |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Matteo Vardanega |
| 17 | DF | AUS | Andrew Georgiou |
| 18 | DF | AUS | Nicholas Vecchi |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Christian Pratezina |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Frederico Proia |
| 21 | FW | AUS | Alex Raccosta |

## Notable Former Players

David Ruberto
Angelo Ruberto
Frank Barresi
Elliot Zwangobani
Nunzio Rinaudo
Dominic Rinaudo
Paul Macor
Joe Campagna

## Juventus Honour Board (Past Members)

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

## Club staff
### Coaching department

All the CBR Juve NPL men's team staff for the 2023 season.
    As of 3 February 2019
Men :
| Position | Name |
| Head Coach | Alex Belpiero |
| U23 Coach | Michael Sergi |
| Community League Coach | Ulises Castro |
| Assistant 1st | Jonathan Zalunardo |
| Assistant U23 | Nicholas Vecchi |