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Juventus are 35 times champions of Serie A. The Turin giants won a record 8th consecutive Scudetto in 2018-19, making it the longest consecutive title winning streak by any team in the Top 5 leagues across Europe (England, Spain, Italy, Germany, France). Among 67 different teams to have graced the Italian top-flight, no team has won as many Serie A games (1596), scored as many Serie A goals (5069), won as many Scudetti overall (35) or consecutive Scudetti (8) as the Bianconeri has.
The Bianconeri are also the record winners of the Coppa Italia, winning the League Cup tournament on 13 occasions, and the Super Coppa Italiana where they have triumphed 8 times. Juventus' 9 finals in the European Cup / Champions League is the most by an Italian club after AC Milan (11). On that note, let us have a look at Juventus' 5 most memorable moments during the 2010s decade.
# 1: First Serie A title since the infamous Calciopoli scandal
Following 74 consecutive seasons in Serie A, Juventus were stripped of their 2005-06 title and demoted to Serie B with a 9-point penalty for their role in the infamous Calciopoli scandal.
The Bianconeri were back in the top-flight in their first attempt, winning the 2006-07 Serie B title by 9 points despite that 9-point penalty to start with. However, it took time for them to re-assert their domestic dominance in Serie A. Respective finishes of third, second, seventh, and seventh followed in their first four seasons in the top-flight. However in 2011-12, Juventus pipped defending champions AC Milan by four points to win their first Serie A title in 9 years. Winning 23 of their 38 games and drawing the other 15, it marked the first-ever unbeaten season in a 20-team Serie A as the Bianconeri won their record-extending 28th Serie A title.
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# 2: Record 6th-consecutive Scudetto in 2016-17
Juventus' 5th consecutive Scudetto in 2015-16 equalled their own record (1930-31, 1931-32, 1932-33, 1933-34, 1934-35) and that of Torino's and Internazionale's by registering only the fourth instance of a team winning 5 consecutive top-flight titles in Italy.
The 2016-17 season had started with Juventus swooping up the services of Gonzalo Higuaín who registered a new record the previous season for most goals in a Serie A season. The signing of the Argentine striker from Napoli for € 90 million marked the then third-highest transfer of all-time and the highest ever paid by an Italian team. Winning their record 6th consecutive title that season, the Bianconeri broke new ground, becoming the first team to win as many consecutive titles.
# 3: Second Champions League final loss in 3 years
In the 2014-15 UEFA Champions League final in Cardiff, Juventus lost 1-3 to Barcelona, which marked the first time a team lost 4 title matches in the Champions League era. 2 years later, the Bianconeri arrived in the 2016-17 Champions League final to play another Spanish team - Real Madrid. However, their wait for a first title in the competition in over two decades spilled over to another season as Juventus lost 1-4. In the process, Juventus fell short in a second Champions League final in three years as it made the Turin team, who were chasing a treble of League, League Cup, and European Cup the first to lose 7 European Cup / Champions League finals. It is a heartbreaking moment, still worth a mention.
# 4: The signing of Cristiano Ronaldo
Real Madrid's all-time record scorer Cristiano Ronaldo leapt up acrobatically to score a stunning scissor kick goal past Gianluigi Buffon as the the two-time defending champions all but sealed the tie with a 3-0 first leg win in a quarter-final match of the 2017-18 UEFA Champions League.
The brilliance of Ronaldo's goal drew a warm applause from Buffon himself as the Turin faithful provided a rare standing ovation to an opposition player. Few weeks later, after winning a record 5th Champions League title, Juventus acquired the services of the Portugal captain for €100 million which marked the highest transfer fee paid by an Italian club and the highest paid by any club for a player past his 30th birthday.
# 5: Gianluigi Buffon draws level for the most Serie A appearances
Juventus' legendary keeper Gianluigi Buffon went level with AC Milan legend Paulo Maldini for most Serie A appearances (647) by starting on goal in the 2019-20 Serie A game with Sampdoria.
In the process, Buffon broke the record of Alessandro Del Piero (478) for most appearances by a Juventus player in the top-flight. The 2006 FIFA World Cup winner has made his 179 other Serie A appearances for Parma.
