Juventus Stadium/import

Juventus Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in the Vallette borough of Turin, Italy, and the home of Serie A club Juventus Football Club. The stadium was built on the site of Juventus's and Torino's former home, the Stadio delle Alpi, and is one of only two club-owned football stadium in Serie A, alongside Sassuolo's Mapei Stadium. It was opened at the start of the 2011–12 season and has a capacity of 41,000 spectators. The stands are just 7.5 m from the pitch, a major improvement from the Stadio Delle Alpi. The distance between the last row of the grand stand and the pitch is 49 m.
The first match played was a friendly against the world's oldest professional football club Notts County on 8 September 2011 where the match ended 1-1. Veteran striker Luca Toni found the net after Fabio Quagliarella failed to convert a penalty. The first official competitive match was Juventus - Parma which was played on 11 September 2011 where Stephan Lichtsteiner scored the first goal in the new stadium in the 17th minute.
The highest attendance at the stadium is 40,823. This was achieved on 9 April 2013 in a 2-0 UEFA Champions League quarter-final defeat to Bayern Munich.
The first defeat in this stadium suffered by Juventus was a Serie A league match played on 3 November 2012 against Internazionale. The final score was a 3-1 win for Inter. This result ended a string of 49 consecutive unbeaten games for Juventus.
In March 2012 the stadium was announced as the host of the 2014 UEFA Europa League Final.
== External links ==
*Official site
*Stadium picture
Category:Juventus F.C.
Category:Football venues in Italy