Juventus Stadium spectators. Juventus played the first match in the stadium on 8 September 2011 against the world's oldest professional football club Notts County, on 8 September 2011 in a friendly which ended 1–1; Luca Toni scored the first goal. The first competitive match was against Parma three days later, where Stephan Lichtsteiner scored the stadium's first competitive goal in the 16th minute. Juventus only lost three matches of their first 100 Italian top-flight league matches at the Juventus Stadium. The stadium hosted the 2014 UEFA Europa League Final. Juventus' previous permanent home ground, the Stadio delle Alpi, was completed in 1990
Matches of the Republic of Ireland national football team years later, Ireland competed for the first time in a World Cup Finals, at Italia '90. With the exception of Bill Lacey, who was team manager on four occasions during the 1930s, the team was managed and chosen by a committee of selectors of the FAIFS or FAI for more than four decades, until 1969. The team has been managed since then by individuals rather than committees. Matches of the Republic of Ireland national football team This is a sortable list of all association football matches played by the Republic of Ireland national football team since 1924. Following the Irish