Serie A : Napoli

Full name: Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli S.p.A.
Nickname: Partenopei
Founded: 1 August 1926
Website: www.sscnapoli.it
Stadium(2011): Stadio San Paolo, Naples, (Capacity: 60,240)

Napoli History

The modern Napoli side were founded with the merger of Naples Foot-Ball Club, formed in 1904 by English businessman William Poths and Italian engineer Emilio Anatra, and US Internazionale Napoli, a side set up under the initiative of a group of local workers in 1912. They were briefly FBC Internaples before settling on their current identity in 1926.
A moderately successful side in their early years, Napoli nevertheless boasted a fine following, 80,000 watching them beat Juventus 2-1 in the first game at their Stadio San Paolo in 1959; relegated from Serie A the following season, the Partenopei became the first Serie B side to win the Coppa Italia in 1962, beating Spal 1907 2-1 in Rome, and were promoted in the same campaign.
President Corrado Ferlaino's arrival in 1969 signalled the beginning of a significant period in the club's history; he was responsible for signing club legend Diego Maradona from FC Barcelona in June 1984 and under Ottavio Bianchi, Napoli were the first southern side to win Serie A as they claimed a domestic double in 1987.
A 5-4 aggregate success against VfB Stuttgart secured Napoli's only major continental honour, the 1988/89 UEFA Cup, but following their second title success the following year things began to unravel with the departure of Maradona and, due to financial problems, the sale of the likes of Gianfranco Zola and future Ballon d'Or winner Fabio Cannavaro.
Declared bankrupt in 2004, a new owner and president – film producer Aurelio De Laurentiis – helped the club start again from scratch in Serie C1, and they were back in the top division by 2007/08, returning to Europe after a 14-year absence in the 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup.

Napoli Trophy Cabinet

Serie A: 2, 1986–87; 1989–90
Serie B: 1, 1949–50
Serie C1: 1, 2005–06
Coppa Italia: 3, 1961–62; 1975–76; 1986–87
Supercoppa Italiana: 1, 1990–91
UEFA Cup: 1, 1988–89
Coppa delle Alpi: 1, 1966
Anglo-Italian League Cup: 1, 1976

Napoli Records

Most appearances: Giuseppe Bruscolotti (511)
Most goals: Diego Maradona (115)
Record victory: Napoli 8-1 Pro Patria (Serie A, 16 October 1955)
Record defeat: Torino FC 11-0 Napoli (First Division, 4 March 1928)
Legend : Diego Maradona

Serie A : AC Fiorentina

Full name: ACF Fiorentina SpA
Nickname: La Viola
Founded: 26 Agust 1926 (AC Fiorentina) 2002 (ACF Fiorentina)
Address: Viale Manfredo Fanti, 4 - 50137 Italy
Phone: +39 055-503011
Fax: +39 055-579572
Email: ufficiostampa@acffiorentina.it
Website: http://www.acffiorentina.it/
Stadium(2011): Stadio Artemio Franchi (Capacity: 47,282)

Fiorentina History

From the fusion between the ‘ Sezione calcio della Polisportiva Libertasâ €™ and the ‘ Club Sportivo Firenzeâ €™ , the current Associazione Calcio Fiorentina was born on the 26th of August 1926, where it adopted the white and red shirts.
In the 1930-31 season the club made it to Serie A for the first time and this was the start of a glorious history, with some falls (such as the relegations of 1938 and 1993) but also with moments of glory, like the Scudetti won in 1956 and 1969, and the Cup Winners Cup of 1961.
The recent history, tied to Vittorio Cecchi Gori, talks about great dreams, great champions like Battistuta, Toldo and Rui Costa, great projects, like the ones built with Trapattoni, but also of great disappointments through bankruptcy and mistakes which the fans ended up paying for.
The re-start from Serie C and the re-foundation under the wing of Della Valle and the climb which ended with the play-off against Perugia rewarded a club which cannot renounce to ambition.
In football, fame matters, and not only in political institutes; fame can bring to the stadium 30,000 people for a Serie C match. And these are facts not just words.

Fiorentina Trophy Cabinet

Serie A: Winners (2) : 1955–56; 1968–69
Runners-up Serie A (5): 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1981–82
Coppa Italia: Winners (6) : 1939–40; 1960–61; 1965–66; 1974–75; 1995–96; 2000–01
Runners-up Coppa Italia (3): 1958, 1959–60, 1998–99
Supercoppa Italiana: Winners (1) : 1996
Runners-up Supercoppa Italiana (1): 2001
UEFA Champions League: Runners-up (1): 1956–57
UEFA Cup/ UEFA Europa League: Runners-up (1): 1989–90
Winners' Cup: Winners (1) : 1960–61
Runners-up Winners' Cup (1): 1961–62
Minor titles Mitropa Cup Winners (1) : 1966
Anglo-Italian League Cup Winners (1) : 1975
Serie B Winners: 1930–31; 1938–39; 1993–94
Serie C2 (as Florentia Viola) Winners: 2002–03

Serie A : Sampdoria

Full name: Unione Calcio Sampdoria SpA
Nickname: Blucerchiati (Blue Hoops) Doria, Samp
Founded: 1 Agust 1946
Address: Piazza Borgo Pila, 39 - 5° Piano, Torre B - 16123 Italy
Phone: +39 010-5316711
Fax: +39 010-5316777
Email: info@sampdoria.it
Website: http://www.sampdoria.it
Club Director(2011): Sergio Gasparin
Chairman: Riccardo Garrone
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa, Italy (Capacity: 36,536)

History

Founded in 1946 by the merger of Genoa sides Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria, Unione Calcio Sampdoria wore the latter's blue shirts with a red-and-black band representing the former; their badge, a later addition, depicts a silhouette of a sailor, 'Baciccia', smoking a pipe.

Relegated from Serie A for the first time in 1966, they swiftly returned to the top division; during a later spell in Serie B, in 1979, the club were acquired by oil tycoon Paolo Mantovani, who oversaw their return to Serie A in 1982 and the signing of Italy's brightest young star, Bologna FC's Roberto Mancini.

Forward Mancini set appearance and goalscoring records at the club as well as helping them win the Coppa Italia in 1985, 1988, 1989 and 1994; the first two of those trophies were won under Serbian coach Vujadin Boškov, who also led the club to their only Serie A title in 1991.

As well as Mancini, Boškov's side boasted the likes of Gianluca Pagliuca, Gianluca Vialli, Cerezo and Pietro Vierchowod; they lost 2-0 to FC Barcelona in the 1988/89 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final but beat RSC Anderlecht in the following season's showpiece, 2-0 after extra time.

Defeated 1-0 by Barcelona in extra time in the 1991/92 European Champion Clubs' Cup final, Sampdoria went into decline in the late 1990s; relegated in 1999, they did not return to Serie A until 2002, finishing fourth in the top division under coach Luigi Delneri in 2009/10.

Sampdoria Trophy Cabinet

Serie A: 1 Winners: 1990–91
Runners-up Serie A(1): 1921–22 (F.I.G.C. as Sampierdarenese)
Serie B: 2 Winners: 1933–34, 1966–67
Runners-up Serie B(2): 1981–82, 2002–03
Coppa Italia: 4 Winners: 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1993–94
Runners-up Coppa Italia(3): 1985–86, 1990–91, 2008–09
Supercoppa Italiana: 1 Winners: 1991
Runners-up Supercoppa Italiana(3): 1988, 1989, 1994
European Cup/Champions League Runners-up (1): 1991–92
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1 Winners: 1989–90
Runners-up UEFA Cup Winners' Cup(1): 1988–89

Sampdoria Records

Most appearances: Roberto Mancini (566)
Most goals: Roberto Mancini (171)
Record victory: Sampdoria 7-0 Pro Patria (1 January 1956)
Record defeat: 7-1 twice, most recently at Udinese Calcio (22 January 1961)

Serie A : SS Lazio

Full name: Società Sportiva Lazio S.p.A.
Nickname: Biancocelesti (White and sky blue), Biancazzurri (White and blue), Aquile (The Eagles), Aquilotti (Young Eagles)
Founded: 9 January 1900
Address: Via di S. Cornelia, 1000 - 00060 Formello Italy
Phone: +39 06-97607111
Fax: +39 06-90400022
Email: segreteria@sslazio.it
Website: http://www.sslazio.it/
Chairman: Claudio Lotito
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico - Rome, Italy (Capacity: 72,698)

History

Foundation

On January 9, 1900 in Prati, Rome, nine men formed a new sports club called Società Podistica Lazio. The name was chosen to represent the entire region rather than just the city of Rome. In 1901, football was introduced to the club which had been predominately track and field until then.
The Biancocelesti joined league competition in 1912 yet the side failed to win any championships despite coming close three times.
The Fascist regime led by Mussolini attempted to merge all Roman football clubs to form one united side in 1927. Lazio were the only team to refuse the merger and did not join the new club, A.S. Roma. This marked the birth of the Derby della Capitale, and a fierce and bitter rivalry still present today between Lazio and Roma.
Le Aquile participated in the inaugural Serie A season in 1929 and had several star players in their ranks. The legendary Silvio Piola’s goals saw Lazio become runners up in 1937, which was their highest pre-war finish.
Between 1934 and 1943, Piola scored 143 goals in 227 appearances for the club. He is the all-time record goalscorer in Serie A with 274 goals and he also famously scored twice for Italy in the 1938 World Cup Final victory over Hungary in Paris.

Serie B and the first Scudetto

The Biancocelesti claimed their first silverware in 1958 when they won the Coppa Italia. This was followed with disappointment however; in 1961 the club suffered their first relegation to Serie B. Two years were spent in the second division before a return to the top flight for a stint which lasted four years. Lazio won Serie B in 1968-69, and the yo-yo years continued with another relegation in 1971.
In 1973, Lazio fell just two points short of the Scudetto finishing third behind Juventus and Milan after losing the title on the last day of the season. The club had to wait only one year for the ultimate glory when their star-studded side, featuring Giorgio Chinaglia, Mario Frustalupi, Luciano Re Cecconi, Renzo Garlaschelli and captained by Giuseppe Wilson, won their first ever league title. Unfortunately, it was a downhill ride from here and Lazio finished in mid-table for the following season, narrowly avoiding relegation in 1976.
These were also tragic times for the club. Midfield star Cecconi was shot dead by police in 1977 at the age of just 28 after a prank, in which he pretended to rob his friend's jewellery shop, went wrong. Scudetto-winning Coach Tommaso Maestrelli was diagnosed with cancer and died in 1976 at the age of 54.
The club was hit with a further blow when star-striker Chinaglia left for America to play with the New York Cosmos.

1980s – Dark Years

In 1980, Lazio along with Milan were implicated in the infamous Totonero betting scandal and as punishment were relegated to Serie B. These seasons are considered to be the worst in the Biancocelesti history and despite a brief return to Serie A, they were relegated once more in 1985 with a meagre 15 points.
The following season, another player was involved in a betting scandal and Le Aquile had to play in Serie B with a 9-point deduction. Only two points were awarded for victory in those days so this had placed their campaign in dire straights. Playoff victories over both Taranto and Campobasso saved the club from what would have been a humiliating relegation to Serie C.

The Sergio Cragnotti Era

Lazio returned to the top flight in 1988 following their near Serie C experience. The Biancocelesti were then boosted by the arrival of multi-millionaire President Sergio Cragnotti who pumped millions of pounds into the club and broke many transfer records under his reign. Lazio also became the first football club to be listed on the Italian stock market.
Big names to play for the club during this era included Giuseppe Signori, Christian Vieri, Sinisa Mihajlovic, Pavel Nedved, Juan Sebastian Veron, Marcelo Salas, Hernan Crespo and Alessandro Nesta.
Several high placed finishes were recorded in the 1990s, as well as a 1998 Coppa Italia triumph, before a major disappointment came in 1999. Le Aquile were leading Serie A with just one match to play. They failed to beat Fiorentina and the Scudetto went to AC Milan. Amends were made one year later, as Coach Sven-Goran Eriksson led the club to their second Scudetto after finishing one point ahead of Juventus.
The Biancocelesti also established themselves as a strong side in Europe by reaching the UEFA Cup final in 1998 and then winning the final edition of the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1999. They then defeated newly crowned European champions Manchester United to claim the European Supercup.

New Century, Decline, Revival And Calciopoli

Lazio began their second century of calcio on a good note as they claimed a Supercoppa win and a third-placed finish but from here it all went wrong.
President Cragnotti was embroiled in financial issues and his food company which bankrolled the club went bankrupt. The all-star line-up was sold off with the sale of the club’s defining symbol Alessandro Nesta to Milan credited as the one which singlehandedly saved the club.
Entrepreneur Claudio Lotito bought majority control of the club in 2004 and signalled his intentions to return the club to its former glory using methods of shrewd financial management.
Lazio, without a true club symbol to idolize since the departure of Nesta, set-up the return of Paolo Di Canio, who took a massive pay cut to play for the club. The introduction of a salary cap saw the departure of the last veterans of the glory days and the club finished sixth under new boss Delio Rossi in 2006.
Calciopoli swept through Italian football during the summer of 2006 and the club were originally relegated to Serie B. The punishment was later reduced to a three point deduction on appeal.
Lazio overcame this handicap to finish third, their highest finish in years and in doing so qualified for the Champions League. The Biancocelesti currently play in Europe’s premier club competition with new stars Tommaso Rocchi, Stefano Mauri and Goran Pandev hoping to return Lazio to their heights of yesteryear.

Lazio Trophy Cabinet

Serie A: 1973-74; 1999-00 Coppa Italia: 1958; 1997–98; 1999–00; 2003–04 Supercoppa Italiana: 1997–98; 1999-00 Serie B: 1968-69 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup: 1998-99 UEFA Super Cup: 1999

Lazio Records

Biggest win in UEFA competition: 28/09/1977, Lazio 5-0 Boavista, Rome
Biggest defeat in UEFA competition: 02/11/1977, Lens 6-0 Lazio, Lens

Serie A : AS Roma

Full name: Associazione Sportiva Roma SpA
Nickname: i Giallorossi (The Yellow-Reds), La Maggica (The Magic One), i Lupi (The Wolves)
Founded: 22 July 1927
Address: Via Trigoria Km 3,600 - 00128 Italy
Phone: +39 06-501911
Fax: +39 06-5061736
Email: info@asromastore.it
Website: http://www.asroma.it/
Stadium(2011): Stadio Olimpico - Rome, Italy (Capacity: 72,698)

AS Roma History

Foundation

Associazione Sportiva Roma, more commonly known as AS Roma, were founded on 22 July 1927 at a time when the city of Rome had several teams in the Italian football league, including SS Lazio (1900), Roman FC (1901), SS Alba-Audace Roma (founded in 1926 through the merger of Alba (1911) and Audace) and Fortitudo-Pro Roma SGS (founded in 1926 through the merger of Fortitudo (1908) and Pro Roma (1912)). With the Italian government wanting each city to be represented by one major club, Alba-Audace, Fortitudo-Pro Roma and Roman merged to form AS Roma. The emblem chosen for the new club was the she-wolf suckling twins, the symbol of Rome, and the club's colours are those of the city of Rome, red for imperial dignity, and gold for the Pope or God in Christianity. Their first stadium was Motovelodromo Appio. The following grounds have been Testaccio, Stadio Flaminio and Stadio Olimpico (the latter was built in 1952).

Early Years

Roma's first professional manager was the Englishman William 'Billy' Garbutt, who had played on the right wing for Woolwich Arsenal (now Arsenal) from 1905 to 1908, scoring 14 goals in 58 appearances. Garbutt had been head coach at Genoa since 1912, apart from three years in the trenches in France during the First World War, before taking up the challenge with Roma in their inaugural season.
He was succeeded by Guido Baccani (1929-1930), Francis Burgess (1930-1932) and Lajos Kovács (1933-1934). Roma took part in their first national league campaign in 1929-30 and won their first Scudetto in the 1941/42 season under coach Alfréd Schäffer.

First Title and Unexpected Decline

After a drastic slump in league form and the unfortunate departure of key players, Roma eventually managed to rebuild their squad, adding potent goal scores, such as Argentine striker Enrique Guaita. In the 1935/36 season, the Giallorossi came close to winning their first Italian title, finishing just one point behind eventual champions Bologna, under the management of Luigi Barbesino.
Following an extremely inconsistent end to the late 1930s, AS Roma recorded an unexpected maiden title triumph in the 1941/42 season. At this time, Italy were involved in World War II, which led to Roma playing their home fixtures at the Stadio del Partito Nazionale Fascista. However, this did not stop local player Amedeo Amadei scoring eighteen goals in their first ever championship season.
In the years immediately following the completion of the war, Roma failed to recapture their stellar league form from the early 1940s. They finished in the bottom half of the Italian Serie A for five successive seasons, before eventually succumbing to relegation to Serie B at the end of the 1950/51 season.

Re-development of the Giallorossi

Under future national team manager Giuseppe Viani, promotion back to the top flight was immediately achieved. On the return to the Serie A, Roma managed to stabilise themselves as one of the stronger clubs once again, finishing in the top half for a number of seasons in succession.
Players such as Dino Da Costa, Egisto Pandolfini and Dane Helge Bron?e were the main protagonists in this revival. Their most successful campaign on return to Italy’s premier division, was is the 1954/55 season, when they finished runner up, after Udinese who initially finished in second position, were relegated for corruption.
Although Roma weren’t able to break in to the top four throughout the following decade, they were successful elsewhere. Their first success outside of Italy, came ten years following their relegation, on the season of 1960/61, when they won the Inter-Cities Fairs cup, by defeating English side Birmingham City 4-1 in the finals.
A few years later, Roma went on to win their first ever Coppa Italia tournament by beating Torino 1-0 in the 1963/64 season. Another Coppa Italia trophy followed in 1968/69, when the cup was competed for in a small, league-like system. In this same season, star player Giacomo Losi set the Roma appearance record, with 450 in all competitions, a record that would last for the next 38 years.

Glory Years

After an undistinguished period in the late 1960s and throughout the most of the 1970s, Roma became a major force in Italian football in the early 1980s with players such as Roberto Pruzzo, Bruno Conti, Agostino Di Bartolomei and the great Brazilian, Paulo Roberto Falcao.
They controversially just missed out on the title to Juventus in 1981 but were crowned champions for the second time in the 1982/83 season, under Nils Liedholm, and reached the European Cup final the following year, losing to Liverpool on penalties in Rome, as the Roma revival continued. Throughout the rest of the decade, it was rare to look at the summit of the Serie A table and not see Roma there or thereabouts.
In the 1990/91 season, Roma reached the Uefa Cup final but lost to Inter Milan 2-1 on aggregate. Since then they have consistently finished in the top half of Serie A, and periodically mounted serious challenges for the title, which they won again in the 2000/01 season under Capello by beating Parma 3-1 on the last day of the season to deny Juventus by two points.
A key figure in that triumph was the talismanic Francesco Totti, a Roman icon and the club's top scorer, bestriding their history like Pruzzo and Conti before him. While Roma came close to successfully defending their 2001 title, they were pipped at the death by Juve.
They missed out by just one point and had to settle for runners-up spot. Since winning their last Scudetto, Roma have finished second each season in either Serie A (2003/04, 2005/06, 2006/07) or the Coppa Italia (2002/03, 2004/05, 2005/06).

Spalletti the Savior

When the news spread that Luciano Spalletti had been offered, and had accepted a contract extension at AS Roma, this simply underlined the excellent job he had done for the Giallorossi, stabilising the ship after Fabio Capello had cast it adrift in 2004 by defecting to Juventus. Under the stewardship of Cesare Prandelli (Summer 2004), Rudi Völler (2004), Luigi Del Neri (2004-05) and Bruno Conti (2005, caretaker), Roma needed a savior, and they found one in Luciano Spalletti.
The former Udinese coach has impressed the Sensi family who control the club, especially after guiding Roma to a record-breaking run of 11 consecutive victories in Serie A last season (since eclipsed by Inter). Spalletti, who has brought in an array of talent to the club over the past couple of seasons, describes Roma as "a unique club," and certainly a club that holds a special place in the hearts of many Romans.
This is reflected in the fervour of the Roma fans, whose attitude to the team is encapsulated in their famous motto: 'La Roma Non Si Discute, Si Ama' - which translates as 'Roma Should Not Be Discussed, But Loved'. Such affection is partly attributable to appreciation of the club's strategy of remaining a top club while investing heavily in a youth set-up that encourages Roman-born players in particular.

Recent Times

The team secured second place in Serie A with three games to go, behind Inter Milan. Although the Nerazzuri dominated the championship, Roma managed to defeat their highly fancied opponents at the San Siro 3-1. The two clubs also faced each other in the two legs of the 2007 Coppa Italia final. Roma won the cup after an impressive 6-2 victory in the first leg, and an eventual 7-4 victory on aggregate. It was their eighth Coppa Italia title in their history.
AS Roma beat Olympique Lyonnais to reach the quarter finals of the Champions League in 2007, in what arguably is their most impressive performance in recent times. However, after taking a 2-1 lead over Manchester United at home and being undefeated in 10 games in all competitions, they suffered a 7-1 defeat in the second leg at Old Trafford (8-3 on aggregate
This was their first defeat in Europe since losing 1-0 to Shakhtar Donetsk in the group stage. It was also the biggest margin of victory in a quarter final match of either the European Cup or Champions League, since 1957-58, when Real Madrid beat Sevilla 8-0 (10-2 on aggregate).
Of the current squad, captain Totti and De Rossi (both 2006 World Cup winners with the Azzurri), as well as Aquilani, Rosi, and Curci were all born and raised in Rome and are Roma fans - and there are more young players coming through with similar backgrounds.
After a more than respectable start to the 2007/08 season, in all competitions, the future looks bright for the Giallorossi. Just how far away that fourth Scudetto is, is a question that remains unanswered…

AS Roma Trophy Cabinet

Serie A: 1941-42, 1982-83, 2000-01
Italian Cup: 1963-64, 1968-69, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1983-84, 1985-86, 1990-91, 2006-07
Serie B: 1951-52
Italian Super Cup: 2001, 2007
Fairs Cup: 1960-61
Anglo-Italian Tournament: 1971-72

AS Roma Records

Most appearances: Francesco Totti (570)(2011)
Most goals: Francesco Totti (245)(2011)
Record victory: Roma 9-0 US Cremonese (Serie A, 13 October 1929)
Record defeat: 7-1 three times, most recently at Manchester United FC (UEFA Champions League, 4 April 2007), FC Internazionale Milano 6-0 Roma (Serie A, 27 April 1930 and 22 October 1950)

Serie A : Juventus

Full name: Juventus Football Club
Nickname: Vecchia Signora (The Old Lady), Fidanzata d'Italia (The Girlfriend of Italy), bianconeri (The White-Blacks), Zebre (The Zebras), Signora Omicidi (The Lady Killer), Goeba (Gallo-Italic for: Hunchback)
Owner: Agnelli family (through Exor S.p.A)
Founded: 1 November 1897
Address: C.so Galileo Ferraris, 32 - 10128 Italy
Phone: +39 011-65631
Fax: + 39 011-5119214
Email: ufficiostampa@juventus.com
Website: http://www.juventus.com
Club Director(2011): Jean-Claude Blanc
Chairman: Andrea Agnelli
Stadium(2011): Stadio Olimpico di Torino-Turin, Italy (Capacity: 28,000)

History Juventus

Juventus were founded by students of the Massimo D'Azeglio school in Turin. After starting with pink and black shirts, Juve switched to black and white stripes after ordering new shirts from the same English firm that produced kits for Notts County FC. Wearing the new colours, Juventus won the league for the first time in 1905.

In 1923 the Agnelli family, founders of car company Fiat, took over the club and Eduardo Agnelli was named president. Juventus became an established force, winning five consecutive league titles from 1930 to 1935 under coach Carlo Carcano. The domination continued after the war with John and Carl Hansen, John Charles and Omar Sívori, the latter pair linking up with local hero Giampiero Boniperti in 1957/58 to help Juve become the first Italian side to claim ten Scudettos.

Victory over Athletic Club in the 1977 UEFA Cup final brought a first European trophy and more would follow in the 1980s. With Paolo Rossi, Michel Platini and Zbigniew Boniek, Juve's domestic domination continued and they won the 1984 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and 1985 European Champion Clubs' Cup, though the latter was overshadowed by the tragedy at the final's Heysel Stadium.

In 1990 Juventus moved from the Stadio Comunale to the Stadio Delle Alpi, and returned with the Italian title in 1994/95. Twelve months later, after beting AFC Ajax on penalties in the final, Marcello Lippi's side came back with the UEFA Champions League.

Since then they have lost three finals and a Serie A match-fixing scandal led to Juventus being relegated to Serie B for the first time in their history in 2006. Led by former midfielder Didier Deschamps, Juve bounced back immediately. In 2006 they also returned to the Stadio Comunale, now known as the Stadio Olimpico, while a new home is built.(uefa.com)

Juventus Trophy Cabinet

Scudetto : -1905, 1925-26, 1930-31, 1931-32, 1932-33, 1933-34, 1934-35, 3949-50, 1951-52, 1957-58, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1966-67, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1977-78, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1983-84, 1985-86, 1994-95, 1996-97, 1997-98, 2001-2002, 2002-2003
Coppa Italia : -1937-38, 1941-42, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1964-65, 1978-79, 1982-83, 1989-90, 1994-95
Supercoppa Italia : 1995, 1997, 2002, 2003
Coppa Intercontinental : 1985, 1996
Champions League : 1984-85, 1995-96
UEFA : 1976-77, 1989-90, 1992-93
Coppa Coppe : 1983-84
Supercoppa: Europea 1985, 1996
Intertoto : 1999
Mundialito : 1983

Juventus Records

Most appearances: Alessandro Del Piero (632)(2011)
Most goals: Alessandro Del Piero (273)(2011)
Record victory: Juventus 15-0 Cento FC (Italian Cup, 6 January 1927)
Record defeat: Torino FC 8-0 Juventus (League A, 17 November 1912)

Serie A : Inter Milan

Full name: Football Club Internazionale Milano SpA
Nickname: I Nerazzurri (The Black and Blues), La Beneamata (The Cherished One), Il Biscione (The Big Grass Snake), Il Serpente (The Serpent), Baüscia (Boasters in Lombard language)
Founded: 1908
Address: Corso Vittorio Emanuele II 9 - 20122 Italy
Phone: +39 02-77151
Fax: +39 02-781514
Email: interchannel@inter.it
Official URL: http://www.inter.it
Chairman: Massimo Moratti
Club Director: Marco Branca
Stadium: Giuseppe meazza-Milan (Capacity: 80,074)

Inter Milan History

Inter Milan : 1908

At the beginning of the century, Milan derbies did not exist. At that time there was only "Milan Cricket and Football Club" (now AC Milan). But on 9 March 1908, a group of rebels form "Football Club Internazionale Milano". The name of the club derives from the wish of its founding members to accept foreign players as well as Italians, hence the name Internazionale. Indeed, the first captain of the side is a Swiss player - Hernst Manktl. The club colours are gold, black and blue, a tradition which has been kept right up to the present day.

Inter Milan : 1910

Inter win the Italian league for the first time. The captain of the championship-winning team is Virgilio Fossati, who several years later dies in World War I. But even without Fossati, Inter win their second title in 1920.

Inter Milan : 1930

During the Fascist era, the club is forced to merge with the Milanese Unione Sportiva and the team wins its third Scudetto under the name of Ambrosiana Inter.

Inter Milan : 1934

Nerazzurri Allemandi, Castellazzi, Demaria and the legendary Giuseppe Meazza win the World Cup with the Italian national team in Rome in 1934. Two years later, Frossi and Locatelli win the gold medal at the Berlin Olympics.

Inter Milan : 1938

Inter players Ferraris II, Ferrari, Locatelli and Meazza are involved in the Azzurri set-up that wins the 1938 World Cup in Paris. The same year, Inter win their fourth Scudetto, while the clubs first Coppa Italia success comes in 1939. Another league title arrives in 1940, while the name Ambrosiana is abandoned in October 1945, after which the club returns to its previous name Inter.

Inter Milan : 1947

Giuseppe Meazza plays the last of his 408 official matches in an Inter shirt. The Inter striker, who attains legend status with his 287 goals for the club, dies in 1979, and a year later the San Siro stadium is named in his honour.

Inter Milan : 1953

The Nerazzurri win their sixth Scudetto in 1953 and repeat the success a year later thanks to four great protagonists Italian Benito "Veleno" Lorenzi, Swede Skoglund Dutchman Wilkes and the stateless Nyers.

Inter Milan : 1963

The "Great Inter" era begins. The club president is Angelo Moratti, the coach is Helenio Herrera and the line-up is unforgettable: Sarti, Burgnich, Facchetti, Bedin, Guarneri, Picchi, Jair, Mazzola, Milani (Domenghini), Suarez, and Corso. The Great Inter side win three Serie A titles (in 1964, 1965 and 1966 the latter is the tenth Scudetto which allows the club to wear one gold star on their shirts), two European Cups (in 1964 against Real Madrid and 1965 against Benfica) and two Intercontinental Cups (in 1964 and 1965, both against Argentine outfit Independiente). In 1964, Suarez wins the European championship with the Spanish national team.

Inter Milan : 1968

Burgnich, Domenghini, Facchetti, Guarneri and Mazzola contribute to the Italian national team's success at the 1968 European championship in Rome. Three years later, the Nerazzurri win their eleventh Scudetto under the guidance of coach Gianni Invernizzi.

Inter Milan : 1982

After the twelfth Serie A title won in 1980, Altobelli, Bergomi, Bordon, Marini and Oriali win the World Cup with Italy in Madrid in 1982

Inter Milan : 1989

Inter win their thirteenth Scudetto in 1989, garnering a record 58 points from 34 matches (two points awarded for a win). A year later at Italia '90, Inter's German trio of Brehme, Klinsmann and Matthaeus win the World Cup in Rome. The same year, Lothar Matthaeus becomes the first Inter player to be awarded the prestigious European Player of the Year award.

Inter Milan : 1991

On 22 May 1991, exactly 26 years since their last international success, Inter defeat Roma 2-1 on aggregate in the UEFA Cup final. Matthaeus and Berti score for the Nerazzurri in the first leg at the Meazza. Inter defeat Salzburg in the final three years later to win their second UEFA Cup. Matthaeus becomes the first winner of the FIFA World Player award

Inter Milan : 1998

Ronaldo becomes the second Inter player to win the FIFA World Player award and the second to win the coveted Ballon d'Or. Inter lose out on the Scudetto after a long duel with rivals Juventus, but beat Lazio 3-0 in Paris to lift their third UEFA Cup. Frenchman Djorkaeff beats Brazilian Ronaldo in another prestigious match played in Paris - the 1998 World Cup final.

Inter Milan : 2000

On 12 April, the world is struck by Ronaldo's injury during the Coppa Italia final against Lazio. The "Phenomenon" makes a return to the pitch and scores again in the 2001/02 season. In the meantime, Nerazzurri defender Laurent Blanc is part of the French side that beats Italy in the final of Euro 2000.

Inter Milan : 2001

The season concludes with Inter overtaking AC Milan to finish 5th in the Serie A championship. During the summer, a "Ronaldo Day" is held to celebrate the Phenomenon's return to competitive football. In November, one of Inter's most legendary players, the unforgettable full-back Giacinto Facchetti, becomes vice president of the club. Unfortunately, in December, Inter fan par excellence and vice president of the Beneamata Avv. Giuseppe Prisco passes away two days after his eightieth birthday.

Inter Milan : 2002

Inter go very close to winning their fourteenth Scudetto. Leaders going into the last match of the season and with a one-point advantage over Juventus, they lose 4-2 away to Lazio at Rome's Olimpico stadium. The Scudetto goes to Juventus, while Roma beat Inter into second place. Just as in 1967, the last match of the championship is fatal to the Nerazzurri.

Inter Milan : 2004

Hector Cuper guides Inter to the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League and a historic two-legged 'Euroderby' with AC Milan. The Nerazzurri lose out on the away goals rule.

Inter Milan : 2005

Roberto Mancini's debut season as Inter coach ends with the club's first trophy in seven years - a 3-0 Coppa Italia final victory over Roma thanks to a brace from Adriano at the Olimpico and a Sinisa Mihajlovic free kick at the Giuseppe Meazza. The Nerazzurri, who finish third in the Serie A and reach the Champions League quarter-finals, lose just three matches in 2004/05. In August Inter lift the Italian Super Cup for the second time in their history with a 1-0 victory over Juventus at Turin's Delle Alpi Stadium. Juan Sebastian Veron scores the winning goal.

Inter Milan : 2006

In a repeat of the 2005 Coppa Italia final Inter beat Roma over two legs (1-1 at the Olimpico, 3-1 at the Giuseppe Meazza) to retain the trophy. Julio Cruz scores in both matches, with Cambiasso and Martins the other two Nerazzurri players on target. Two months later Inter are officially awarded their 14th Serie A title by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) after a sports tribunal strips Juventus of the Scudetto in the wake of the match-fixing scandal. In the 2006/07 season curtain raiser in August, Inter come back from three goals down to beat Roma 4-3 in extra time at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza and retain the Italian Super Cup.

Inter Milan : 2007

Marco Materazzi scores twice at Siena's Stadio Franchi on 22 April 2007 as the Nerazzurri wrap up their second consecutive league title with a 2-1 away victory over Siena. Inter secure their 15th Serie A title with five games to spare, with 26 wins, 6 draws and just 1 defeat from 33 games. Robero Mancini becomes the third coach in Inter history to win back-to-back league titles after Alfredo Foni (1952/53 and 1953/54) and Helenio Herrera (1964/65 and 1965/66).

Inter Milan : 2008

Zlatan Ibrahimovic comes off the bench to score twice as Inter win 2-0 at Parma on the final day of the Serie A campaign and seal a third consecutive Scudetto in the club's centenary season. Just two months after the spectacular 100th anniversary celebrations and hours after the win in Parma, Inter fans pack the Giuseppe Meazza again as the Nerazzurri are awarded their 16th league title.

Inter Milan : 2009

Inter win a fourth consecutive Serie A title without kicking a ball after AC Milan lose 2-1 against Udinese in a Saturday fixture. Mourinho's men celebrate the title the following day in front of the home fans with a 3-0 victory over Siena. The Nerazzurri's bid to win a fifth Italian Super Cup ends in defeat at the Bird's Nest Stadium in Beijing as Inter are beaten 2-1 by Lazio.

Inter Milan : 2010

Inter's 2009/10 campaign is the most successful in the club's history as José Mourinho's side make a clean sweep of domestic and European honours. Diego Milito scores against Roma to win us the Coppa Italia, nets again against Siena to wrap up the Serie A title, and bags a brace against Bayern Munich in Madrid to add the Champions League and complete an unprecedented treble - no Italian team had ever won the Scudetto, Coppa Italia and European Champions Cup in the same season. In June, Spanish tactician Rafael Benitez is named the new coach of Inter.

The Early Years

Inter Milan was founded in March of 1908 under the name of Internazionale Football Club Milano, by a group of visionaries who wished to give foreigners a chance to play football alongside Italians. Its founding fathers split from the Milan Cricket and Football Club (A.C. Milan), thus creating a fierce rivalry that is still present a century later.  
From the club’s onset, it was open to accepting foreigners, hence the name of Internazionale. The Club won its first Scudetto in 1910 under the direction of their captain Virgilio Fossati, who would subsequently perish in World War One.  
Their second title would come ten years later in 1920 but then the club was thrown into turmoil by the fascist regime led by Benito Mussolini. The regime’s hard-line tactics forced the club to merge with Milanese Unione Sportiva and the club won its third Scudetto under the name of Ambrosiana Inter in 1930.  
A fourth league title followed eight years later due to the brilliance of striker Giuseppe Meazza. Meazza played for the Nerazzurri for 13 years and is still the club's record goalscorer with 245 goals in 350 appearances. He was later immortalized when the stadium at San Siro was renamed after him one year after his death.  
Inter’s fifth Scudetto was won in 1940 and a few months after the Second World War ended, the club re-emerged under the name of Internazionale. They won back-to-back championships in 1953 and 1954, before entering the golden age of their history, remembered as the era of La Grande Inter.  

La Grande Inter

 
President Angelo Moratti ushered in a new glorious era in the 1960s in which one of the greatest teams in European club football history was created. Led by Coach Helenio Herrera, Inter won three league titles in 1963, 1965 & 1966 while also capturing two straight European, and Intercontinental Cups in 1964 & 1965.  
Herrera was a strict disciplinarian who ruled with an iron fist. Nicknamed 'Il Mago', The Magician, he was years ahead of his time and was a pioneer in revolutionizing the Catenaccio tactical system. In Herrera's model of the defensive formation, a sweeper was added to the back-line. The Argentine also stressed the importance of fitness and diets in the ever evolving game of football.  
This glorious Inter team included some of the all-time greats of European football - Giacinto Facchetti, Sandro Mazzola, Luis Suarez and Mario Corso to name just a few.  
The squad could have even secured more success but for a couple of near-misses. They lost in a Scudetto play-off to Bologna in 1964 and were runners-up to Celtic in the final of the 1967 European Cup. Setting record after record, they also went more than three years without losing a home game between 1964 and 1967.  

Trapattoni Years

Following this golden era, Inter went on to win another Scudetto in 1971 and 1980 before another great team was assembled under another legendary Coach Giovanni Trapattoni. Inter stormed to their 13th Serie A title in 1989, winning an incredible 26 of their 34 games.
During Trapattoni's tenure, the Nerazzurri possessed the German triumvirate of Brehme, Klinsmann and Mattheus, as well as defensive great Giuseppe Bergomi. Nicknamed 'The Uncle', Bergomi played for Inter for almost two decades from 1980 to 1999 and is the club's record appearance holder with 519.   A Supercup victory to start the ensuing season reflected that good times were ahead for the club in the 1990s but this was the start of a Scudetto drought that would last for seventeen years.  

The Domestic Drought

 
Inter won three UEFA Cup titles in 1991, 1994 and 1998 but the decade will be remembered for domestic failure and constant underachievement. The 1990s were the only decade in Inter’s history that they did not win at least one Scudetto while their rivals, AC Milan and Juventus flourished in both domestic and European competitions.  
Inter hold the honorable distinction of being the only club to have never been relegated from Serie A but that feat was almost relinquished when they finished just one point from the relegation zone in 1994.  
Massimo Moratti, the oil tycoon and son of the great Angelo Moratti, took over the club in 1995 and immediately invested hundreds of millions of his own money in a bid to bring back the glory years. This led to the high-profile purchases of the likes of Ronaldo, Christian Vieri and Hernan Crespo.  
Moratti almost brought a Scudetto to the Nerazzurri faithful in 1998 but could not overtake Juventus after a season-long duel. A title-decider at the Delle Alpi when Juventus won 1-0 in controversial circumstances proved to be crucial.  
May 5, 2002 is a day that will forever live in infamy for Inter supporters. Hector Cuper's men just needed to win their last game of the season away at Lazio to finally re-capture the Scudetto but despite twice leading, the team collapsed in the second-half, losing 4-2 and handing the title to Juventus.  

The Scudetto At Last

 
Inter were awarded the Scudetto in 2006 as a result of the Calciopoli scandal that rocked Italian football. Juventus were relegated to the Serie B and stripped of their title, while AC Milan received a points deduction penalty that ultimately gave Inter their first title in 17 years.  
It was a bittersweet moment for the club and its supporters as they wished that the Scudetto could have been won on the field instead of in the courtroom. The following year, Coach Roberto Mancini led his team to a record of 17 consecutive Serie A victories on the way to their 15th Scudetto.  
The club set a plethora of records on the way and won the title with five games to spare, yet critics and pundits point out that, due to Juventus' relegation and Milan's points penalty, it was a weakened Serie A. This season the club is celebrating its centenary year and are donning a new white jersey with a red cross to honour its rich 100 years of history.

Inter Milan : Trophy Cabinet

Domestic Honours

Serie A: 1909–10; 1919–20; 1929–30; 1937–38; 1939–40; 1952–53; 1953–54; 1962–63; 1964–65; 1965–66; 1970–71; 1979–80; 1988–89; 2005–06; 2006–07
Coppa Italia:  1938–39; 1977–78; 1981–82; 2004–05; 2005–06
Supercoppa Italiana: 1988–89; 2005–06; 2006–07

European and International Honours

UEFA Champions League: 1963–64; 1964–65
UEFA Cup: 1990–91; 1993–94; 1997–98  
World Club Championship: 1964; 1965

Inter Milan records

Most appearances: Giuseppe Bergomi (758)
Most goals: Giuseppe Meazza (288)
Record victory: Inter 16-0 Vicenza Calcio (First Division, 10 January 1915)
Record defeat: Juventus 9-1 Inter (Serie A, 10 June 1961)