Clube Atlético Juventus (

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for ''Youth''), commonly referred to as Juventus da Mooca or simply Juventus, is a Brazilian professional football club in the district of Mooca,

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, that competes in

Campeonato Paulista Série A2 Campeonato Paulista Série A2 is the second level of the São Paulo state professional football championship, one of the Brazilian state championships. This tournament is played by 16 teams, in which the two best teams are promoted to Série A1 ...

, the second tier of the

state football league. Although it was a Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (Taça de Prata) winner once, Juventus nowadays competes only in tournaments in the state of

, such as the Campeonato Paulista. The team typically plays in maroon shirts and white shorts, and is nicknamed ''Moleque Travesso'' (the Prankster Boy).

History

Clube Atlético Juventus was founded on 20 April 1924 by Cotonificio Rodolfo Crespi employees, as Extra São Paulo. The team colors were the colors of São Paulo state, black, white and red. The club changed its name to Cotonifício Rodolfo Crespi Futebol Clube in 1925, and in 1930, the club changed its name again, to Clube Atlético Juventus, because Count Rodolfo Crespi was a supporter of Juventus of Italy, but the team colors are a homage to Italian club

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, because Rodolfo Crespi's son, Adriano, was a supporter of their

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rivals. Pelé states his most beautiful goal was scored at Rua Javari on a Campeonato Paulista match against Juventus on 2 August 1959. As there was no video footage of this match, Pelé asked that a computer animation be made of this specific goal. This animation can be seen on

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, a documentary about his career. The club won the

Copa FPF The Copa Paulista de Futebol, formerly known as Copa FPF, also sometimes called Copa Federação Paulista de Futebol or, in English, São Paulo State Cup, is a tournament organized by Federação Paulista de Futebol Company every second half of ...

for the first time in 2007, after defeating Linense in the final, and also competed in that

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's edition of

Recopa Sul-Brasileira The Recopa Sul-Brasileira was a Brazilian football competition reuniting the champions of four other competitions, which are the Copa FPF, the Copa Paraná, the Copa Santa Catarina and the Copa FGF, respectively played by teams of São Paulo, ...

. Juventus was eliminated in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C 2007's first stage. On 23 September 2021, the São Paulo Football Federation recognizes the São Paulo titles of 1933 and 1934, to Albion and Juventus respectively.

Achievements

Professional competitions

* Campeonato Paulista: **Winners(1): 1934 (FPF) * Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: ** Winners (1):

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* Campeonato Brasileiro Série C: ** Runners-up (1):

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: ** Winners (1): 2007 *

Taça Campeonato Estadual FPF The Taça Campeonato Estadual FPF ( en, FPF State Champions Cup), was a competition along the same lines as the APEA Taça Competência. Held by the Federação Paulista de Foot-Ball (FPF), an entity that organized two editions of the Campeonato ...

: ** Winners (1): 1934 *

: ** Winners (2): 1929, 2005

Youth competitions

Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior The Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior (or ''São Paulo Youth Football Cup'', in English), also known as Copa São Paulo de Juniores (''São Paulo Youth Cup'') and Copinha (''Little Cup''), is a cup competition played by Brazilian under-20 associ ...

: ** Winners (1): 1985

Stadium

Juventus' home stadium is Estádio Rua Javari, inaugurated in 1929, with a maximum capacity of 4,000 people.

Juventus in other years

* Season 2007 * Season 2008

Notable coaches

* Basílio *

Candinho José Cândido Sotto Maior, usually known as Candinho (born January 18, 1945 in São Paulo), is a Brazilian football manager. Honours ;Al-Hilal * Saudi Crown Prince Cup: 1984 * Saudi Professional League: 1984–85 ;Grêmio * Campeonato Gaúch ...

* Edu Marangon *

Márcio Bittencourt Henrymárcio Bittencourt (born 19 October 1964) is a Brazilian professional football coach, scout and former player who works for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Corinthians. A defensive midfielder, as a player he spent almost his entire c ...

Symbols

The anthem's author is Carlos Alberto de Jesus Polastro. The club is nicknamed ''Moleque Travesso'', meaning the ''Mischievous Boy''. The nickname was first used on September 14, 1930, by the journalist Thomaz Mazzoni, after Juventus beat

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2–1 at

Estádio Parque São Jorge The Estádio Alfredo Schürig, most commonly known as Estádio Parque São Jorge, or Fazendinha, is a football stadium inaugurated on July 22, 1928 in São Paulo, Brazil. It can hold up to 13,969 people. The stadium is owned by Sport Club Co ...

, which was Corinthian's home stadium at the time.

Rivals

Juventus biggest rival is

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; the games between the two clubs are called ''Juvenal''. Because of the poor performances of both teams on their championships, they've been relegated to different divisions and cannot play a match between them, since 2007. However, in 2014 Nacional AC was promoted from Second Division to Division A3, where Juventus has been played for a couple of years leading to a recent edition of the Juvenal in April 2015. Portuguesa is another direct rival of Juventus. Their matches are known as ''The Immigrants' Derby'' (Italians vs Portuguese).

References

External links

Official website

Juventus Supporters website
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