Juventus Football Formation

Lineup (4-3-1-2)

Stefano Tacconi · Gaetano Scirea (c) · Luciano Favero · Antonio Cabrini · Sergio Brio · Massimo Bonini · Marco Tardelli · Zbigniew Boniek · Michel Platini · Paolo Rossi · Massimo Briaschi

Juventus "Europe Champion XI" (1985)

In 1985, Juventus became the first club ever to win all three main UEFA club competitions (European Champions Clubs' Cup-UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Cup-Europa League). Ajax in 1992 and Bayern Munich in 1996 are the only two other clubs to have accomplished the same feat.

The Heysel tragedy made Juventus' 1985 European Cup win rather a hollow victory but this should not detract from the great team that was assembled here. The Italian club had reached the final two years earlier and were pioneering a return to greatness of Southern European clubs who had not won the Cup since 1969. Playing a traditional Italian sweeper system the side had a great defence and contained the core of the Italy side that won the 1982 World Cup but it was the Frenchman Platini that added the attacking flair and touch of genius.