Canberra Juventus FC

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

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.

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 their crest and name to Canberra Juventus FC.

Juniors Aside from the Mens First Grade team Canberra Juventus FC fields an U23s (reserve grade team) as well as teams from U18s-U12s which provide a pathway to the Mens First Grade Team.

Canberra Juventus also fields Miniroos teams from U4s-U11s.

Players

Current men's squad

Notable Former Players David Ruberto

Angelo Ruberto

Frank Barresi

Elliot Zwangobani

Nunzio Rinaudo

Dominic Rinaudo

Paolo Macor

Daniel Macor

Joe Campagna

Club staff Coaching department

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

Men Position Name Head Coach Nicolas Alcazar-Stevens U23 Coach Frank Barresi

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. These naming incarnations are listed below:

#NameFromTo1Juventus Soccer Club195319962Gungahlin Juventus Soccer Club199720223Canberra Juventus FC2022Current

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

Honours

ACT League Premiers and Finals Champions Premiers (13): 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1985, 2000 Runners-up (6): 1966, 1973, 1986, 2001, 2002, 2004 Champions (10): 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1980, 1983, 1986, 2001 Runners-up (6): 1963, 1966, 1973, 1995, 2000, 2004

Capital Football Federation Cup Winners (8): 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2003 Runners-up (7): 1969, 1972, 1978, 1985, 1986, 1987, 2002.

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