Facts and Figures for Parma vs. Juventus
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PARMA, Italy (Sep 24, 1998 - 10:55 EDT) - Facts and figures for Saturday's Italian Serie A match between Parma and Juventus at the Tardini stadium (1830 GMT):
Parma :
Founded on 16 December, 1913 as Verdi club, but became Parma Associazione Calcio on Jan. 1, 1970, with the amalgamation of two clubs: Parma and Parmense.
Major honours :
European Cup Winners' Cup - 1993
UEFA Cup - 1995
European Super Cup - 1994
Italian Cup - 1992
Ground : Stadio Ennio Tardini, capacity 29,048
Coach : Alberto Malesani
Record league appearances : Ivo Cocconi 308
Record league goalscorer in Serie A : Gianfranco Zola 51
Biggest Serie A victory : 4-0 against Foggia, Brescia, Cagliari twice, Udinese and Napoli (over past six seasons)
Heaviest Serie A defeat : 5-0 against Juventus (1990-91)
Final league position last season : 6
Result of last league match : Venezia 0, Parma 0
Juventus FC :
Formed 1897 as Sport Club Juventus, became Juventus Football Club two years later.
Major honours :
European Cup - 1985, 1996
European Cup Winners' Cup - 1984
UEFA Cup - 1977, 1990, 1993
Intercontinental Cup - 1986, 1996
European Super Cup - 1985, 1997, 1998
Italian league champions - 1905, 1926, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1950, 1952, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1967, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1995, 1997, 1998; Italian Cup Winners 1938, 1942, 1959, 1965, 1979, 1983, 1990, 1995
Ground : Delle Alpi stadium in Turin, capacity 69,041
Coach : Marcello Lippi
Record league appearances : Giampiero Boniperti 444
Record league goalscorer : Boniperti 178
Biggest league victory : Juventus 9 Inter Milan 1 (1960-61), Juventus 8 Fiorentina 0 (1952-53)
Heaviest league defeat : Juventus 1 AC Milan 7 (1949-50)
Final league position last season : 1
Result of last league match : Juventus 1, Cagliari 0
Parma vs. Juventus league record : Played 16 times in Serie A
Wins (total) : Parma 3 Juventus 7
Wins (in matches at Parma) : Parma 3 Juventus 2
Draws : 6
Goals (in matches at Parma) : Parma 10 Juventus 9
First league meeting at Parma : September 6, 1990, Parma 1 Juventus 2 (there was also unofficial match between the two clubs in 1925 which Juventus won 6-0)
Record league victories :
Parma's heaviest defeat in Serie A came at the hands of Juventus, a 5-0 defeat in Turin in 1990/91; they were also hammered 4-0 in successive seasons at the same venue on March 20, 1994, and May 21, 1995.
Parma-Juventus last eight seasons from 1990-91 (Parma's first season in Serie A): 1-2, 0-0, 2-1, 2-0, 1-3, 1-1, 1-0, 2-2
Corresponding match last season : March 22, Parma 2, Juventus 2. Halftime: 2-0. Scorers: Parma: Mario Stanic 36, Massimo Crippa 41; Juventus: Alessio Tacchinardi 54, Filippo Inzaghi 59
Fascinating facts :
Although Parma's modern day strip is white, blue and yellow, their original colours were black and white -- matching Juventus.
Parma's first ever Serie A match was a 2-1 defeat to Juventus at the Tardini stadium on September 6, 1990, with a disputed last minute penalty by Roberto Baggio settling the match.
Two of Parma's four trophies have come at Juve's expense with aggregate victories over the Turin side in the 1992 Italian Cup and the 1995 UEFA Cup.
In the 1994-95 season, the two clubs fought for supremacy in no less than four tournaments: Juventus defeated Parma in the final of the Italian Cup and Super Cup with Parma winning out over their Turin rivals in a tough UEFA Cup final; Juve triumphed in the clubs' race for the Serie A title.
Juventus have not beaten Parma since January 8, 1995, a year when they went on to take the league title.
Parma was originally founded to mark the city's centenary celebrations of the birth of composer Giuseppe Verdi.
Two former Parma coaches have gone on to coach the national side. Cesare Maldini took Parma into Serie B in 1979 and Arrigo Sacchi managed them in the mid-1980s
Two former Parma players have captained the national side: Carlo Ancelotti, who played for them under Maldini, and Bruno Mora, who led Italy in the 1962 World Cup finals.
