The UEFA Plaque is an honorary recognition given by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) to Italian

Italy

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 side Juventus Football Club

Juventus F.C.

Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...

 when they won all three major UEFA competitions, namely the European Champions Clubs’ Cup or Champions League

UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

, Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Cup or Europa League (first team in European football

European football

European football is a colloquial term referring to any international football club competition that is organised by UEFA. Any club that wishes to participate in European football must qualify through their respective domestic league or domestic cup competitions...

 history to do so).

The award consists of a rectangular silver

Silver

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 plaque

Commemorative plaque

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 on which are superimposed three trophies that represent the tournaments mentioned, above a laurel wreath

Laurel wreath

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 and the European football government body badge. Also, the plaque have the following inscription:
On 12 July 1988, at the beginning of the 1988–89 European competitions seeding held in Geneva

Geneva

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 (Switzerland

Switzerland

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), former UEFA president Jacques Georges

Jacques Georges

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 presented the prize for the first time to Juventus

Juventus F.C.

Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...

 chairman Giampiero Boniperti

Giampiero Boniperti

Giampiero Boniperti is an Italian former football player who played his entire career at Juventus between 1946 and 1961. He also played for the Italian national football team...

.