Sportclub Young Fellows Juventus is a professional Swiss

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club based in

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. It was founded in 1992 following a

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between Young Fellows Zürich (established in 1903) and Società Calcistica Italiana Juventus Zurigo (1922). The team currently plays in the Swiss third division. Young Fellows Performance Graph

Honours

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: 1936 (as Young Fellows Zurich)

Current squad

''As of 31 August 2022.''

Notable players

Alessandro Frigerio Alessandro Frigerio Payán (15 November 1914 – 10 January 1979) was a Swiss-Colombian footballer who played as a forward. Club career Frigerio began his career in the youth team of Lugano in 1930. After spending some time in the youth team o ...

, 1936–1937 Nationalliga top goalscorer, participated in the

1938 FIFA World Cup The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and was held in France from 4 June until 19 June 1938. Italy defended its title in the final, beat ...

Fausto dos Santos Fausto dos Santos (28 January 1905 – 29 March 1939), sometimes known as just Fausto, was a football (soccer) player, considered one of the best defensive midfielders of Vasco da Gama of the first half of past century. At the time, he and Ja ...

, 1933, participated in the World Cup 1930 *

Fernando Giudicelli Fernando Rubens Pasi Giudicelli – esp. in Brazil often just Fernando – (1 March 1906 in Rio de Janeiro – 28 December 1968 in Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian football player. He participated in the World Cup of 1930 and played for clubs in ...

, 1933, participated in the World Cup 1930 *

Sándor Kocsis Sándor Péter Kocsis (; ; 21 September 1929 – 22 July 1979) was a Hungarian footballer who played for Ferencváros TC, Budapest Honvéd, Young Fellows Zürich, FC Barcelona and Hungary as a striker. During the 1950s, along with Ferenc Pus ...

, 1957–1958, member of the Hungarian Olympic Champion team (1950) *

Željko Matuš Željko Matuš (born 9 August 1935 in Donja Stubica) is a former Croatian-Yugoslavian footballer. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Club career During his club career he played for NK Dinamo Zagreb, SC ...

, 1965–1969, Olympic champion in 1960, participated in

1960 European Nations' Cup The 1960 European Nations' Cup was the first edition of the UEFA European Championship, held every four years and organised by UEFA. The first tournament was held in France. It was won by the Soviet Union, who beat Yugoslavia 2–1 in Paris afte ...

and the

1962 FIFA World Cup The 1962 FIFA World Cup was the seventh edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held from 30 May to 17 June 1962 in Chile. The qualification rounds took place bet ...

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* Young Fellows Juventus Association football clubs established in 1992 1992 establishments in Switzerland {{Switzerland-footyclub-stub