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Juventus Stadium, sometimes simply known in Italy as the Stadium, is an all-seater football stadium in the Vallette borough of Turin, Italy, and the home of Serie A club Juventus Football Club. The stadium was built on the site of Juventus's and Torino's former home, the Stadio delle Alpi, and is one of only three club-owned football stadiums in Serie A, alongside Sassuolo's Mapei Stadium and Udinese's Stadio Friuli. It was opened at the start of the 2011–12 season and has a capacity of just over 41,000 spectators. The stands are just 7.5 m from the pitch, a major improvement from the Stadio delle Alpi. The distance between the last row of the grand stand and the pitch is 49 m.〔 Juventus played the first match against the world's oldest professional football club Notts County on 8 September 2011 in a friendly which ended 1–1. Veteran striker Luca Toni found the net after Fabio Quagliarella failed to convert a penalty. The first official competitive match was Juventus – Parma which was played on 11 September 2011 where Stephan Lichtsteiner scored the first goal in the new stadium in the 17th minute. The stadium hosted the 2014 UEFA Europa League Final.〔 ==Background== Juventus's previous permanent home ground, the Stadio delle Alpi, was completed in 1990 to host matches for the 1990 World Cup. The club's move from their previous ancestral home, the Stadio Comunale, to the Stadio delle Alpi was controversial.〔 The new stadium was built at a great expense, was relatively less accessible, and had poor sightlines due to the athletics track.〔 Despite Juventus being the best-supported team in Italy (with the highest television subscribers and away section attendances), attendance at the Stadio delle Alpi was dismal.〔 Average attendance was only a third of the stadium's 67,000 capacity.〔 The club bought the stadium from the local council in 2003, a decision which was popular with fans.〔 Juventus moved out of the unpopular stadium in 2006 and began plans to build a more intimate and atmospheric venue.〔 During that period, they played their matches at the newly renovated Stadio Olimpico, which was also unpopular due to its low capacity.〔 In November 2008, the club unveiled plans for a new 41,000-seater stadium on the site of the Stadio delle Alpi.〔 The new stadium, built at a cost of €100 million (£90 million), features modern executive boxes, among other new developments.〔 The completion of Juventus Stadium made Juventus the only Serie A club to build and own their stadium at the time.〔 Then-club president Giovanni Cobolli Gigli described the stadium as "a source of great pride".〔 The financing of the project was contributed by the advanced payment from Sportfive for €35 million, a loan of €50 million (later increased to €60 million) from Istituto per il Credito Sportivo, and a land sales to Nordiconad for €20.25 million. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Juventus Stadium」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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