The crash reportedly happened 16 kilometres from Aosta, a town in the Italian Alps near the Mont Blanc tunnel.

A club statement read: "Juventus have learnt about the grave incident which happened to a coach carrying Juventus fans coming from Switzerland and going direct to Turin's Stadio Olimpico for tonight's game against Real Madrid.

"The club and the team express their personal grief and personal closeness to the family of the victims and the injured fans."