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On March 5th 2011 Juventus played against Milan A.C. on 28th leg of Serie A championship. Milan A.C. won 1-0. Juventus used a special badge on chest to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Italian Unification that was nationally celebrated on March 17th 2011. That was the only time the patch was used on team’s shirt.
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On 2 July 2010, Juventus agreed a loan deal for Motta with Udinese for the 2010–2011 season. Juventus had the option to sign Motta permanently at the end of the season, as Juventus was seeking a new right back to replace Martín Cáceres and Jonathan Zebina. Motta then joined the Juventus squad which they would leave from Vinovo, Juventus’s facility located to Pinzolo, the camp site for pre-season training, in although the deal was pending a formal finalization. On 5 July, Juventus announced the deal was completed, which cost €1.25 million for the loan with option to make it permanently for a further €3.75 million. He made his official Juventus debut on 29 July 2010 in the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League qualifier against Shamrock Rovers, ahead of Zdeněk Grygera as right back. The Old Lady won the Ireland side 3–0 in aggregate. Grygera alter regained his starting place and Motta had to appear as unused substitute on the bench for much of the 2010–11 Serie A campaign. On 22 June 2011 Juventus exercised the rights to sign Motta along with Simone Pepe for a pre-agreed price. Following his permanent transfer to the club, he became a surplus to requirements under new coach Antonio Conte and failed to make any appearances for the club alongside the likes of Carvalho Amauri, Luca Toni, and Vincenzo Iaquinta, all of whom were released during the 2012 winter transfer market on either loan deals or permanent transfers.
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“Trofeo Tim 2010”
Juventus vs Milan
Match Worn Shirt
Ferrero Vittorio
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The “Trofeo TIM” is an annual football pre-season tournament played by three Italian football teams. For the first 12 editions, the competing teams were Juventus, Internazionale and Milan. For both the 2013 and 2014 editions, Inter opted not to participate and was replaced by Sassuolo. For 2015, Juventus declined to participate while Inter returned. In the 2016 edition, Inter opted out again, and was replaced by Celta Vigo, becoming the first non-Italian team to compete in the tournament, and leaving Milan as the only original team participating. No tournament was held in 2017. The TIM Trophy is an unofficial tournament that has been held yearly in August since 2001. It is not sanctioned or recognized by official football bodies since the gameplay rules do not correspond to IFAB/FIFA laws of football. The teams play three round-robin 45-minute matches. If any match ends in a draw, it is decided by a penalty shoot-out. Three points are awarded for a victory during regular play, with zero points awarded to the loser. If the match is decided by penalties, the winner is awarded two points and the loser one point. The organizers decide which two teams are to play in the first match of the evening. The third team will then play the losing team from the first match, and will end the tournament by playing the first-match winner. The 15th edition of the tournament in 2015 was won by Milan for a second successive year, by tying the score in added time in the third and deciding game against Sassuolo, and then winning on penalties. Overall, Inter has eight wins, Milan five and both Juventus and Sassuolo one each. In Italy, the TIM Trophy is often considered “unlucky” by fans. This is because only twice has the winner of the TIM Trophy won the Serie A title that season. In both cases, the team which achieved the double victory has been Inter. Up to now the “Trofeo Tim 2016” was the last one edition played.
JUVENTUS F.C.
2011-2012
“Juventus Stadium” Opening Game
Juventus vs Notts County
Match Worn Shirt
Pazienza Michele
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Juventus Stadium, commercially known as the Allianz Stadium from July 2017, 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’ 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 metres from the pitch, a major improvement from the Stadio delle Alpi. 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, played on 11 September 2011, where Stephan Lichtsteiner scored the stadium’s first goal in the 16th minute.
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The 2012 Tim Cup Final was the final match of the 2011–12 Coppa Italia, the 64th season of the top cup competition in Italian football. The match was played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on Sunday, 20 May 2012 between Juventus and Napoli. Napoli won the match 2–0, with Edinson Cavani and Marek Hamšík scoring. The cup victory was Napoli’s fourth in the competition. The two teams also later faced each other in the 2012 Supercoppa Italiana, as Napoli were cup champions and Juventus were crowned 2012 Serie A Champions.[1]
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Del Piero’s final match for Juventus was in the Tim Cup Final on 20 May against Napoli. Del Piero was substituted in the 67th minute for Vučinić as his Juventus career came to an end; he received a standing ovation from both the Juventus and Napoli fans. Following the game, he confirmed that after his 19-year spell with Juventus, he did not plan to retire. He then left the club and became a free agent. For this match a special “ADP – ONE LOVE” patch was made and ironed on chest. All of the players had this badge on their shirts to celebrate Alessandro Del Piero’s farewell game with Juventus F.C.
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Juventus confirmed on 18 October 2011 that the 2011–12 season would be Del Piero’s last with the club. The 2011–12 season under new manager Antonio Conte, his former Juventus teammate, saw Del Piero being used sparingly, and mainly as a substitute, because of the summer arrival of forward Mirko Vučinić from Roma. Del Piero scored his first goal in the new Juventus Stadium on 24 January 2012, in a 3–0 win over Roma in the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia. Later in the season, Del Piero stated that he was surprised at Juventus president Andrea Agnelli’s announcement regarding the club’s decision not to offer him a new contract. In the second leg of Juventus’s clash with Milan in the Coppa Italia semi-finals, Del Piero finished off a brilliant move by Juventus as they secured a 2–2 draw to progress to the final with a 4–3 aggregate win. On 25 March, Del Piero helped Juventus defeat Inter by scoring the second goal of the match in a 2–0 victory, his first goal of the Serie A season. In Juventus’ match against Lazio on 11 April, Del Piero replaced Vučinić in the second half, making his 700th appearance for Juventus, and then went on to score from a free kick to earn his side a 2–1 victory; the result also enabled Juventus to return to the top of the Serie A table.
JUVENTUS F.C.
January 5th 2012
Mohammed Al-Deayea Farewell Game
Al Hilal vs Juventus
Match Issued Shirt
Del Piero Alessandro
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This shirt was issued for Alessandro Del Piero for the friendly “Mohammed Al-Deayea Farewell Game” between Al-Hilal and Juventus which took place in Riyadh, “King Fahad” Stadium, on January 5th 2012. This style of shirt was used by the team in this game only. It is different from the regular season’s shirts because of the white squared background on the back. The shirt was originally released by Nike for the Uefa Champions League competitions but the team didn’t qualify for them during the season 2010/2011 so this style of shirt was never used anymore aside from this match.
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The 2011–12 season was Juventus Football Club’s 114th in existence. The club won their first Serie A title in nine years. Not participating in any European competitions, Juventus chose a new coach: Antonio Conte, who played for the side in 1990. Former club captain and fan favourite Antonio Conte was officially appointed as the new manager on 31 May 2011, taking over the post previously left vacant following the sacking of Luigi Delneri. It was Conte’s first appointment at a major Serie A club; he previously managed Siena, Arezzo, Atalanta, and Bari respectively, winning two Serie A promotions in the process (with Bari and Siena). His arrival was surrounded by the ones of Andrea Pirlo and Arturo Vidal, top-class midfielders. 2011–12 season also marked the opening of a new arena, named Juventus Stadium. It has been officially opened on 11 September, in a match against Parma ended 4–1. First half of league saw Juventus gain several «key-wins» such as over Milan and Inter, both beaten in month of October.Despite criticized for the lackness of a centre-forward, role sometimes covered by Matri, the team was even able to score with other players. Reached the first place, title was certainly won at penultimate game due to 2–0 success in Cagliari’s home. Juventus ended the season without losses, breaking a record for 20-team league format. Conte’s squad also disputed Coppa Italia final, suffering – from Napoli – the first and only seasonal loss. This match signed the bye of Alessandro Del Piero, who – 7 days before – had scored his last goal (in Juventus-Atalanta 3–1).
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On 13 May, Del Piero started Juventus’s final league game of the season against Atalanta, marking the occasion and the victory of their 28th Serie A title by scoring a goal. Twenty-seven minutes into the match, Del Piero picked the ball up at the edge of the penalty box and placed a shot past Giorgio Frezzolini to make the score 2–0, helping Juventus to go undefeated in Serie A that season. He was substituted off after 59 minutes to an emotional response from both sets of players and supporters, as he made a lap of honour around the pitch. This was Alessandro Del Piero’s final Serie A appearance for Juventus. In total, Del Piero made a club record of 705 appearances for Juventus across all competitions, scoring a record 289 goals, and providing 134 assists in all competitions throughout his career with the club; he also scored 188 goals and provided 105 assists in 478 Serie A appearances with the Turin club. In addition to these records, Del Piero is also Juventus’s top scorer and second highest appearance holder in the UEFA Champions League, behind only Buffon, with 44 goals in 92 appearances; he is also the top scorer and appearance holder for Juventus in European Competitions, with 50 goals in 125 appearances, in International competitions, with 54 goals in 131 appearances, and in the Supercoppa Italiana, with 3 goals in 6 appearances. He is the club’s top-scorer in Serie B, with 21 goals, and the club’s second highest scorer in the Coppa Italia, with 25 goals, behind Pietro Anastasi. Alongside Giuseppe Signori and Alberto Gilardino, Del Piero is also the ninth highest all-time goalscorer in Serie A, and he is currently the joint all-time top scorer in the Supercoppa Italiana, alongside Samuel Eto’o, Andriy Shevchenko, and Carlos Tevez. As of May 2016, he is the thirteenth highest UEFA Champions League all-time goalscorer, with 41 goals. Del Piero refused the board’s offer to retire the number 10 shirt in his honour, saying that “I’ve really had so much that I would never want it to be retired, this way, every child can dream of day of wearing it.” On 30 June, Del Piero wrote an open letter to the Juventus fans thanking them for almost two decades of support, stating, “Above all what remains is the fans, you who are Juventus. That jersey that I loved and will always love, that I desired and respected … From tomorrow I will no longer be a Juventus player, but I will always be one of you. Now a new adventure begins and I am as fired up as I was 19 summers ago.”
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Following Pirlo’s departure from Milan in 2011, Juventus signed him on a free transfer on a contract until 2014. His debut with Juventus was in a friendly match against Sporting CP, which they lost 2–1. His first competitive match with Juventus was the 2011–12 Serie A opening match against Parma at home, in which he tallied two assists, for Stephan Lichtsteiner and Claudio Marchisio – the latter of which was the first ever goal in the Juventus Stadium –, and completed 110 passes in a 4–1 victory. Antonio Conte played him alongside younger midfielders Marchisio and new signing Arturo Vidal in a three-man midfield, which allowed Pirlo to function creatively as a deep-lying playmaker, while Marchisio and Vidal supported him defensively. Pirlo’s first goal for Juventus was a free kick against Catania on 18 February 2012 securing a 3–1 victory for Juventus and put the club back at the top of the Serie A table, above his former club Milan. On 18 March, Pirlo scored in a 5–0 demolition of Fiorentina and after the game dedicated the win to Fabrice Muamba, who suffered a cardiac arrest playing for Bolton Wanderers during a match against Tottenham Hotspur the same day. Pirlo finished the season by winning the 2011–12 Serie A title, after helping Juventus to secure a 2–0 victory over Cagliari. He provided the most assists in the Serie A that season, with 13, and he also found the back of the net three times in the league. Pirlo created over 100 chances and completed 2643 passes that season, with an 87% pass completion rate, completing 500 more passes than any other player in Serie A; the only player in the world to have completed more passes than him that season was Xavi. Due to his performances throughout the season, and his key role in leading Juventus to their first Serie A title in nine years, he was named to the Serie A Team of the Year, along with his Juventus midfielder partner Vidal. Pirlo and Juventus also finished runners up to Napoli in the Coppa Italia final that season. Pirlo’s fine form in the 2011–12 season, in which he led Juventus to the league title, the Supercoppa Italiana and Coppa Italia Final, as well as leading Italy to the final of Euro 2012, saw him nominated for the 2012 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award, in which he finished 4th. He was also elected to be part of the 2012 ESM Team of the Year and the 2012 UEFA Team of the Year.
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This shirt was worn by Alessandro Del Piero during the “Trofeo Tim” game between Internazionale and Juventus which took place in Bari, “San Nicola” Stadium, on August 18th 2011. Internazionale defeated Juventus 7-6 after penalties. The “Trofeo Tim” consists of three 45-minute games and the winner is the team with the most points at the end of the night, Inter claimed the trophy with 5 points: 2 for the win against Juventus on penalties and 3 for our 1-0 win against Allegri’s AC Milan.
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A double 2-0 defeats sent the team out of the Champions League against Bayern Munich on the quarter-final leg. The team looked very strong for the Italian Championship but not strong enough to compete with the big European teams like Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Barcelona.
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The 2012 TIM Supercoppa Italiana Final was the 25th edition of the Supercoppa, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season’s Serie A and Coppa Italia competitions. It was the third instance in four years that the match took place in China, where it has an increasing fanbase in Italian football. Juventus qualified to take part by winning the 2011–12 Serie A title, while Napoli qualified by winning the 2012 Coppa Italia Final. Juventus won the game 4–2 after extra time.
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This shirt was worn by Andrea Pirlo during the Champions League between Celtic and Juventus which took place in Glasgow, “Celtic Park”, on February 12th 2013. Juventus defeated Celtic 3-0. This style of Champions League shirt was used by the team in this game only. In 2012 Andrea Pirlo placed seventh in the FIFA Ballon d’Or. Pirlo and Juventus retained their Serie A title that season.
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Pirlo was elected the 2012 Serie A Footballer of the Year, as well as the best midfielder of the season, also winning the 2012 Guerin d’Oro. He was named as part of the 2012 Serie A team of the Year for his performances. Pirlo also won the Pallone Azzurro, given to the best player of the year in the Italian National Team, as well as placing fourth in the IFFHS World’s Best Playmaker of the Year Award.
The plastic tape used to cover the three stars on chest, shaped to follow the shirt’s design.
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This shirt was worn by Paul Pogba during the Serie A game between Udinese and Juventus which took place in Udine, “Stadio Friuli”, on September 2nd 2012. Juventus defeated Udinese 4-1 and Pogba was a substitute player and he didn’t get in to the pitch. On 3 July 2012, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson confirmed that Pogba had left the club after not signing a new contract. Ferguson stated that Pogba had signed for Italian club Juventus “a long time ago as far as we’re aware.” Ferguson also accused Pogba of disrespecting Manchester United, saying, “It is disappointing. I don’t think he showed us any respect at all, to be honest. I’m quite happy that if they [footballers] carry on that way, they’re probably better doing it away from us.” On 27 July, Juventus confirmed on their official website that Pogba had undergone a medical at the club, and the transfer was completed on 3 August, when he signed a four-year contract. He made his first appearance for Juventus in a pre-season friendly against Benfica in Geneva on 1 August, coming on as a 78th-minute substitute for Andrea Pirlo. Pogba’s first competitive appearance with Juventus came in the Serie A match against Chievo on 22 September 2012, where he played the full 90 minutes. On 2 October, Pogba made his first appearance in the UEFA Champions League in a 1–1 home draw against Shakhtar Donetsk, and on 20 October, Pogba scored his first goal for the club in a 2–0 win over Napoli. On 31 October, he started against Bologna and scored the game-winning goal in a 2–1 victory. Pogba also contributed to the opening goal scored by Fabio Quagliarella. The midfielder was subsequently praised for his performance in the match by several Italian media outlets such as la Repubblica, Il Messaggero and La Gazzetta dello Sport. On 5 May 2013, Pogba was sent off in Juventus’ Scudetto-clinching game for spitting towards an opponent after being slapped in the face.
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The 2013–14 season was Juventus Football Club’s 116th in existence. The club won their third Serie A title in a row with a record 102 points and 33 wins, finishing 17 points ahead of second-place Roma. This season will be remembered for the arrival of a new number 10 that will shortly be in team fan’s hears. Carlitos Tevez joined the team on June 26.
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In December, Pogba was named 2013’s Golden Boy for the best young player in Europe.
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Pirlo was the only Italian player to be nominated for the 2013 FIFA Ballon d’Or, and was also nominated for the 2013 FIFPro World XI
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2013-2014
Champions League
Copenaghen vs Juventus
Match Worn Unwashed & Signed Shorts
Pirlo Andrea
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In the 2013-2014 season Pirlo featured in Juventus’s 4–0 win against Lazio in the Supercoppa Italiana, on 18 August 2013, at the Stadio Olimpico, in Rome. Pirlo helped to create Paul Pogba’s opening goal in the twenty-third minute of play.[117] Pirlo was the only Italian player to be nominated for the 2013 FIFA Ballon d’Or, and was also nominated for the 2013 FIFPro World XI. On 1 December, Pirlo sustained a knee-ligament injury which would keep him off the field for over a month. On 12 January 2014, Pirlo signed a new contract with Juventus, which will keep him at the club until 2016. On 27 January, Pirlo was named Serie A Footballer of the Year for a second consecutive time, and was once again included in the Serie A Team of the Year. Juventus won their 30th league title that season with a record 102 points and 33 victories; this was also their third consecutive title since Pirlo’s arrival. Juventus also reached the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia, losing out to Roma. The Turin club suffered a group stage elimination in the Champions League, however, but managed a semi-final finish in the Europa League, losing out to Benfica, with Pirlo scoring a match winning goal from a free kick in the round of 16 against Fiorentina. Pirlo was chosen to be part of the 2013–14 Europa League Team of the Season, for his performances in the competition.
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This style of shirt was issued but never used by the team during the season 2013/2014. It is the same style of the away 2012/2013 shirt but with a different kind of Jeep sponsor on chest without the white background and without the printing “30 SUL CAMPO” on chest. The shirt has been issued for Carlos Tevez. Tevez signed a three-year contract with Juventus on 26 June 2013 for a reported £12 million, with the fee subject to performance. The fee combined with wages and bonuses due to Tevez in the final year of his contract was estimated to save Manchester City about £27 million. He was assigned the number 10 shirt, which had last been worn by the club’s all-time top goalscorer and appearance holder Alessandro Del Piero in 2012. On 18 August 2013, Tevez made his competitive debut for Juventus, scoring the fourth goal in a 4–0 rout of Lazio in the 2013 Supercoppa Italiana. On 24 August, he made his first appearance in Serie A, scoring the only goal as Juventus beat Sampdoria 1–0 in their opening match of the 2013–14 season. On 15 December 2013, Tevez scored his first hat-trick for Juve in a 4–0 Serie A win against Sassuolo at Juventus Stadium.[106] On 23 February 2014, he scored the only goal in Juve’s 1–0 victory against Torino in the Derby della Mole. Tevez ended the season as the team’s top goalscorer with 21 goals in all competitions, and was named as Juve’s “Player of the Season”. He was the third-highest goalscorer in Serie A with 19 goals, as the Bianconeri won a 30th Scudetto.
JUVENTUS F.C.
2014-2015
Australia “A-League All-Stars” vs Juventus
Match Worn Shirt
Marrone Luca
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The 2014 “A-League All Stars Game” was a football match that took place on 10 August 2014 at ANZ Stadium in Sydney, contested between the Australia “A-League All-Stars” and Italian Serie A champions Juventus. It was the first and only time that Alessandro Del Piero has played a match against his former Club. Del Piero in 2014 was indeed the current Sydney F.C. captain and player and he was named the “A-League All-Stars” captain for the game against Juventus F.C. Adelaide United coach Josep Gombau coached the “A-League All-Stars” squad, chosen by fans who voted. Juventus defeated the All-Stars 3-2.
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The team used this kind of kit with yellow number and name on the back only during the pre-season. It was never used during the rest of the season nor in the Champions League’s competition nor in Serie A because both Italian Lega Calcio and Uefa didn’t allow the yellow name sets on the white shirt’s background because they were not enough visible.
JUVENTUS F.C.
2014-2015
Match Worn Shirt
Pereyra Roberto
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The pre-season started with an event that shocked team’s players and fans. On 15 July 2014, Conte resigned as manager. During his three seasons as Juventus manager, he won the Panchina d’Oro for each one, for best Serie A coach of the season. On 16 July 2014, Allegri was appointed as the new head coach of Juventus, replacing Antonio Conte. Although the decision to hire Allegri was initially met with ambivalence. Allegri leaded the club to its fourth consecutive Serie A title in which it finished 17 points clear of second place Roma, also achieving The Double as Juventus also won the Tim Cup.
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This shirt was worn by Paul Pogba during the 2015 Uefa Champions League Final.The 2015 UEFA Champions League Final was the final match of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, the 60th season of Europe’s premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 23rd season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs’ Cup to the UEFA Champions League. It was played at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany, on 6 June 2015, between Italian side Juventus and Spanish side Barcelona. For the second time – after 2010 – both teams came into the final with the possibility of winning a continental treble, having each won their national league and cup for the season. Barcelona scored the only goal of the first half after four minutes, through Ivan Rakitić. Ten minutes after the interval, Juventus equalized with a goal by Álvaro Morata. In the 68th minute, Luis Suárez put Barcelona back in the lead, and the final score of 3–1 was confirmed when Neymar scored with the last kick of the game. It was Barcelona’s fifth trophy in the competition, and sealed their second treble, the other coming in 2009. It was also Juventus’ sixth defeat in a European Cup final, the most by any club, a record they previously shared with Bayern Munich and Benfica. As winners, Barcelona earned the right to play against the winners of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League, Sevilla, in the 2015 UEFA Super Cup, and won that match 5–4. They also qualified to enter the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan as the UEFA representative, going on to beat Argentina’s River Plate in the final.
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The season 2014/2015 was last Carlos Tevez with Juventus. Tevez ended the Serie A season with 20 goals, helping Juventus to a fourth consecutive. He then moved to his home town’s team Boca Juniors.
Watch above the amazing Carlitos Tevez goal against Parma
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2014/2015 was also the last Arturo Vidal season with Juventus. After four amazing seasons with the team on July 28th 2015, Vidal returned to the Bundesliga, joining Bayern Munich on a four-year deal for a fee of €37 million plus up to €3 million in bonuses. Vidal was named to the ten-man shortlist for the 2015 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award; on 12 August, it was announced that he placed eighth in the 2015 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award.