Juventus Ultras

The Juventus FC ultras are the organized fans of Italian football club Juventus, from Turin.

History

The first organized groups of Juventus Football Club supporters came about in the middle of the 1970s. The first two groups were called ''Venceremos'' and ''Autonomia Bianconera'' and both were on the left side in politics. In 1976 the first two Ultras groups were founded, ''Fossa dei Campioni'' and ''Panthers''.

One year later, the ''Gruppo Storico Fighters'' was founded by Beppe Rossi, who was an important figure among the Juventus supporters.

In the first years of the 1980s, other supporter groups were created: ''Gioventù Bianconera'', ''Area Bianconera'' and ''Indians'' were among them. Two extreme ultras groups were also founded during this period; the ''Viking'' and ''Nucleo Armato Bianconero'' (N.A.B.). In 1987 the ''Gruppo Storico Fighters'' was dissolved as consequence of conflicts between Juve and Fiorentina fans in Florence. A lot of old ''Fighters'' members together with members from other groups -as ''Indians'' and ''Gioventù Bianconera''- decided to form a new group called ''Arancia Meccanica'', inspired by the popular Stanley Kubrick film, but a short time later they have changed the name to ''Drughi''. ''Drughi'' became the most important supporter group and had about 10,000 members between 1988 and 1996.

In 1993 some of the ''Drughi'' members who were old members of ''Fighters'' group decided to form this group again. In the next four years they fought with ''Drughi'', who then later became the leading group in La ''Curva Scirea'' La Curva Sud of the Stadio Delle Alpi is known as La Curva Scirea in memory of Gaetano Scirea, former Juventus and Italian football team player. During the 1980s the same curve, at the Stadio Olimpico di Torino (former Stadio Comunale) was called La Curva Filadelfia. of the Stadio Delle Alpi and the result was that ''Drughi'' will hang their banner in the middle of ''La Curva Scirea'' while ''Fighters'' had to put theirs on right of them.

In 1997 leader groups ''Fighters'' and ''Drughi'' together with other groups in ''La Curva Scirea'' decided to get together under the name ''Black And White Fighters Gruppo Storico 1977''.

In this period another big supporter group, ''Irriducibili Vallette'', gained massive influence in the ''Curva Nord'' of the stadium. The group was created in 1990 by a group from the Turin neighbourhood Vallette. This group was placed in the ''Curva Nord'' at the other end of the stadium from where ''Fighters'' are placed. In the beginning the group were very organized and in 1998 they replaced ''Viking'' and took over the leadership in the ''Curva Nord'', but after many problems ''Irriducibili'' do not exist any more.

At the present, the ''Curva Sud'' of the Juventus Stadium is the main area where the ''Old Lady'' organized supporters attends their home matches. They are composed by current supporters groups as ''Drughi'' -the leading group in La ''Curva Sud'' -, ''Viking Juve'', ''Arditi'', ''Nucleo 1985'', ''06 Clan'', ''Noi Soli'', ''Gruppo Marche 1993'' (also knowns as GM), ''Bruxelles Bianconera'' (composed by supporters from Belgium and Luxembourg), ''Gruppo Homer'' (also knowns as GH), ''Assiduo Sostegno'' and ''Bravi Ragazzi'' (composed by former ''Irriducibili'' members). The ''Fighters'' group, the leading Juventus group located in La ''Curva Nord'' at the same stadium, have changed his name to ''Tradizione Bianconera'' in 2005.

See also

* Football culture
* Major football rivalries
* Tifo
* Ultras groups
* Hooliganism
* Football chants

Footnotes and references

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External links

Drughi


Tradizione Bianconera


Nucleo 1985


Arditi: La Razza


Bruxelles Bianconera

Viking Juve


Noi Soli


Gruppo Marche 1993


Intoccabili Cutrofiano

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