Juventus Football Club S.p.A. (from
Latin iuventus, "youth"; ), commonly referred to as
Juventus and colloquially as
Juve , is a professional
Italian association football
club based in
Turin, Piedmont. The club is the third oldest of its kind in the country and has spent the majority of its history, with the exception of the
2006–07 season, in the top flight First Division (known as
Serie A since 1929).