2008–09 Juventus F.C. season

Juventus
2008–09 season
President Giovanni Cobolli Gigli
Manager Claudio Ranieri
(until 18 May 2009)
Ciro Ferrara
(caretaker manager)
Stadium Stadio Olimpico di Torino
Serie A 2nd
Coppa Italia Semi-finals
UEFA Champions League Round of 16
Top goalscorer League:
Alessandro Del Piero (13)

All:
Alessandro Del Piero (21)
Highest home attendance 27,419 vs Chelsea
(10 March 2009, Champions League)
Lowest home attendance 200 vs Atalanta
(17 May 2009, Serie A)
Average home league attendance 22,396[1]
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2008–09 season was Juventus Football Club's 111th in existence and 2nd consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.

Season review

Bianconeri celebrates a goal in the Serie A match against Genoa. Turin, November 13, 2008.

At various points in the season, Juventus looked as though they could challenge rivals Internazionale's stronghold over Serie A, most notably in November 2008 following five successive wins, in late January 2009 after a seven-game unbeaten streak and again in March 2009 after another series of seven games without losing, which included impressive 4–1 successes over Bologna and Roma. Coach Claudio Ranieri, however, seemed to encounter serious problems in motivating his troops with his constant belittling of Juventus' title chances.[2]

After a club record run of seven consecutive league games without a win in April and May, Ranieri was sacked in only his second season at Juventus. This barren run of results also included a 2–1 loss at home to Lazio in the Coppa Italia semi-finals, meaning the Turin side were once more denied the chance to compete for silverware. Juventus legend and former centre back Ciro Ferrara, who was the director of the Youth Sector at that time, was appointed the caretaker manager for the remaining two matches. The wins over Siena and Lazio ensured a second-place finish over Milan (based on head-to-head record) after the Rossoneri failed to take advantage of Juve's winless streak and lost 3–2 away at Roma.

In Europe, Juventus began brightly, going unbeaten in their six group games and topping their group. These positive performances saw the Italians beat Spanish champions Real Madrid both home and away. Alessandro Del Piero, who scored a brace at the Santiago Bernabéu just four days before celebrating his 34th birthday, earned himself a standing ovation from the notoriously hostile Madrid crowd.

The knockout stages were much less rejoicing for the Bianconeri. They were knocked out by English club Chelsea who had just changed their manager. Despite battling with ten men in the second leg, Juventus drew the game 2–2, meaning they were eliminated after the 1–0 loss in London.

On 5 June 2009, it was confirmed that Ferrara had been appointed as the full-time manager on a two-year contract.[3]

Players

Squad information

As of 2 April 2009.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Italy GK Gianluigi Buffon (vice-captain)
3 Italy DF Giorgio Chiellini
4 Sweden DF Olof Mellberg
5 France DF Jonathan Zebina
6 Italy MF Cristiano Zanetti
7 Bosnia and Herzegovina MF Hasan Salihamidžić
8 Brazil FW Amauri
9 Italy FW Vincenzo Iaquinta
10 Italy FW Alessandro Del Piero (captain)
11 Czech Republic MF Pavel Nedvěd
12 Italy GK Antonio Chimenti
13 Austria GK Alexander Manninger
15 Croatia DF Dario Knežević
No. Position Player
16 Italy MF Mauro Camoranesi
17 France FW David Trezeguet
18 Denmark MF Christian Poulsen
19 Italy MF Claudio Marchisio
20 Italy FW Sebastian Giovinco
21 Czech Republic DF Zdeněk Grygera
22 Mali MF Mohamed Sissoko
27 Sweden MF Albin Ekdal
28 Italy DF Cristian Molinaro
29 Italy DF Paolo De Ceglie
30 Portugal MF Tiago
32 Italy MF Marco Marchionni
33 Italy DF Nicola Legrottaglie

Reserve squad[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
31 Italy GK Timothy Nocchi
Italy GK Antonio Piccolo
42 Italy GK Carlo Pinsoglio
Italy DF Raffaele Alcibiade
41 Italy DF Lorenzo Ariaudo
Ivory Coast DF Abdoulaye Bamba
38 Italy DF Salvatore D'Elia
43 Italy DF Andrea De Paola
37 Italy DF Marco Duravia
Italy DF Ivan Mignano
Italy DF Federico Mirarchi
Italy DF Simone Serino
36 Italy MF Luca Castiglia
45 Spain MF Iago Falque
No. Position Player
Italy MF Luca Gerbaudo
44 Italy MF Giuseppe Giovinco
Italy MF Fabrizio Lazzeri
39 Italy MF Luca Marrone
Italy MF Domenico Pirrotta
40 Italy MF Fausto Rossi
Cameroon MF David Junior Toukam
Italy MF Carlo Vecchione
Italy FW Alessio Curcio
47 Somalia FW Ayub Daud
35 Italy FW Simone Esposito
46 Italy FW Ciro Immobile
Italy FW Alberto Libertazzi

Youth squad[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Italy GK Marco Bodrito
Italy GK Timothy Nocchi
Italy GK Romeo Urbano
Italy DF Raffaele Alcibiade
Italy DF Federico Mirarchi
Italy DF Giacomo Molinaro
Italy DF Anthony Ricciardi
Italy DF Simone Serino
Italy DF Ivan Mignano
Italy MF Luca Ficarrotta
Italy MF Luca Gerbaudo
No. Position Player
Italy MF Giuseppe Giovinco
Italy MF Fabrizio Lazzeri
Italy MF Alessandro Ntanos
Italy MF Alessandro Cretazzo
Italy MF Domenico Pirrotta
Italy MF Marco Siragusa
Italy FW Alessio Curcio
Italy FW Nicola Faralli
Italy FW Ciro Immobile
Italy FW Dennis Russo

UEFA Champions League squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Italy GK Gianluigi Buffon
3 Italy DF Giorgio Chiellini
4 Sweden DF Olof Mellberg
5 France DF Jonathan Zebina
6 Italy MF Cristiano Zanetti
7 Bosnia and Herzegovina MF Hasan Salihamidžić
8 Brazil FW Amauri
9 Italy FW Vincenzo Iaquinta
10 Italy FW Alessandro Del Piero (captain)
11 Czech Republic MF Pavel Nedvěd
12 Italy GK Antonio Chimenti
13 Austria GK Alexander Manninger
15 Croatia DF Dario Knežević
16 Italy MF Mauro Camoranesi
17 France FW David Trezeguet (vice-captain)
18 Denmark MF Christian Poulsen
19 Italy MF Claudio Marchisio
No. Position Player
20 Italy FW Sebastian Giovinco
21 Czech Republic DF Zdeněk Grygera
22 Mali MF Mohamed Sissoko
28 Italy DF Cristian Molinaro
29 Italy DF Paolo De Ceglie
30 Portugal MF Tiago
31 Italy GK Timothy Nocchi (List B Player)
32 Italy MF Marco Marchionni
33 Italy DF Nicola Legrottaglie
35 Italy MF Simone Esposito (List B Player)
36 Italy MF Luca Castiglia (List B Player)
37 Italy DF Marco Duravia (List B Player)
38 Italy DF Salvatore D'Elia (List B Player)
40 Italy MF Fausto Rossi (List B Player)
41 Italy DF Lorenzo Ariaudo (List B Player)
42 Italy GK Carlo Pinsoglio (List B Player)

Transfers

In

#PosPlayerFromFeeDate
4DFSweden Olof MellbergAston VillaFree24-01-2008
27MFSweden Albin EkdalBrommapojkarna€600,00027-05-2008
8FWBrazil AmauriPalermo€22,600,00003-06-2008
29DFItaly Paolo De CeglieSiena€3,500,000 (co-ownership resolution)09-06-2008
19MFItaly Claudio MarchisioEmpoliLoan return14-06-2008
20FWItaly Sebastian GiovincoEmpoliLoan return26-06-2008
15DFCroatia Dario KneževićLivornoLoan30-06-2008
18MFDenmark Christian PoulsenSevilla€9,750,00014-07-2008
12GKItaly Antonio ChimentiUdineseLoan19-07-2008
13GKAustria Alexander ManningerUdinese€1,000,00005-08-2008
MFSpain Iago FalqueBarcelona AtlèticFree01-09-2008
GKBulgaria Mario KirevSlavia Sofia€800,00021-01-2009

Out

# Pos Player To Fee Date
23MFItaly Antonio NocerinoPalermo€7,500,00003-06-2008
DFItaly Andrea RossiSiena€400,000 (co-ownership resolution)09-06-2008
DFItaly Felice PiccoloEmpoliUndisclosed (co-ownership resolution)10-06-2008
MFItaly Manuele BlasiNapoli€2,600,000 (co-ownership resolution)13-06-2008
FWUruguay Marcelo ZalayetaNapoliRenewed co-ownership13-06-2008
MFItaly Matteo ParoGenoa€2,000,000 (co-ownership resolution)24-06-2008
FWParaguay Tomás GuzmánPiacenzaRenewed co-ownership25-06-2008
MFBrazil Douglas PackerSiena€150,000 (co-ownership resolution)25-06-2008
DFItaly Pietro ZammutoPiacenzaUndisclosed (co-ownership resolution)25-06-2008
FWItaly Rej VolpatoBariUndisclosed (co-ownership)01-07-2008
FWItaly Davide LanzafamePalermo€2,500,000 (co-ownership)01-07-2008
MFItaly Andrè CuneazMantovaUndisclosed (co-ownership)03-07-2008
20FWItaly Raffaele PalladinoGenoa€5,000,000 (co-ownership)03-07-2008
DFItaly Giuseppe RizzaLivornoUndisclosed (co-ownership)07-07-2008
2DFItaly Alessandro BirindelliPisaFree21-07-2008
FWItaly Piergiuseppe MaritatoFiorentinaUndisclosed**-07-2008
14DFPortugal Jorge AndradeUnattatchedReleased02-04-2009

Loaned out

# Pos Player To Start End
FWItaly Riccardo ManieroBari27-06-200801-07-2009
MFItaly Raffaele BiancoBari27-06-200801-07-2009
DFItaly Domenico CriscitoGenoa03-07-200801-07-2009
FWMorocco Oussama EssabrVicenza05-07-200801-07-2009
MFItaly Dario VenitucciMantova09-07-200801-07-2009
MFCuba Samon RodríguezPoggibonsi22-07-200830-01-2009
GKItaly Alessandro VonoLivorno23-07-200801-07-2009
MFUruguay Rubén OliveraGenoa24-07-200801-07-2009
12GKItaly Emanuele BelardiUdinese01-08-200801-07-2009
MFArgentina Sergio AlmirónFiorentina05-08-200801-07-2009
FWItaly Cristian PasquatoEmpoli24-08-200801-07-2010
GKBulgaria Mario KirevGrasshopper24-01-200901-07-2009
MFItaly Dario VenitucciAvellino**-01-2009
MFCuba Samon RodríguezAlessandria30-01-200901-07-2009

Pre-season and friendlies

Goal scorers

Position Nation Number Name Goals
1 Brazil 8 Amauri 7
2 Italy 9 Vincenzo Iaquinta 4
3 France 17 David Trezeguet 2
= Italy 34 Cristian Pasquato 2
5 Italy 32 Marco Marchionni 1
= Italy 35 Simone Esposito 1

Friendly matches

TIM Trophy 2008

Final tournament standings

  • 3 points for win, 0 points for loss
  • 2 points for penalty kick win, 1 point for penalty kick loss
  • Milan wins tournament based on head-to-head result
Rank Team GP W PK-W L PK-L GF GA P
1 Italy Milan 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 4
2 Italy Juventus 2 1 0 0 1 3 2 4
3 Italy Internazionale 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1

Scorers

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Netherlands Clarence Seedorf Italy Milan 2
2 Italy Vincenzo Iaquinta Italy Juventus 1
France David Trezeguet Italy Juventus
Italy Marco Marchionni Italy Juventus

Matches

Emirates Cup

Final tournament standings

  • 3 points for win, 1 point for tie, 0 points for loss
  • 1 point for every goal scored
  • each team played 2 games; Juventus did not play Real Madrid, Arsenal did not play Hamburg
  • Juventus finishes 3rd based on head-to-head result
Rank Team GP W T L GF GA P
1 Germany Hamburger SV 2 1 0 1 4 2 7
2 Spain Real Madrid 2 1 0 1 2 2 5
3 Italy Juventus 2 1 0 1 1 3 4
4 England Arsenal 2 1 0 1 1 1 4

Scorers

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Croatia Ivica Olić Germany Hamburger SV 2
2 Spain Dani Parejo Spain Real Madrid 1
France David Trezeguet Italy Juventus
Netherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy Spain Real Madrid
Egypt Mohamed Zidan Germany Hamburger SV
Peru Paolo Guerrero Germany Hamburger SV
Togo Emmanuel Adebayor England Arsenal

Matches

Trofeo Luigi Berlusconi

Trofeo Birra Moretti

Final tournament standings

  • 3 points for win, 0 points for loss
  • 2 points for penalty kick win, 1 point for penalty kick loss
  • Juventus wins tournament based on head-to-head result
Rank Team GP W PK-W L PK-L GF GA P
1 Italy Juventus 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 4
2 Italy Milan 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 4
3 Italy Napoli 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1

Scorers

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Italy Alberto Paloschi Italy Milan 1

Matches

Trofeo Città di Messna

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Internazionale (C) 38 25 9 4 70 32 +38 84 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Juventus 38 21 11 6 69 37 +32 74 JUV 4–2 MIL
MIL 1–1 JUV
3 Milan 38 22 8 8 70 35 +35 74
4 Fiorentina 38 21 5 12 53 38 +15 68 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Play-off round FIO 1–0 GEN
GEN 3–3 FIO
5 Genoa 38 19 11 8 56 40 +16 68 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
6 Roma 38 18 9 11 64 60 +4 63 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round

Source: lega-calcio.it (in Italian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 21 11 6 69 37  +32 74 11 6 2 38 19  +19 10 5 4 31 18  +13

Last updated: 31 May 2009.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultDWWDDLLWWWWWLWWWWWDWLLWDWWWWWDLDDDDDWW
Position86257111210966332222222232222222223333322

Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2009. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Coppa Italia

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

Group stage

Group H
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Italy Juventus 633073+412
Spain Real Madrid 640295+412
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 61234735
Belarus BATE Borisov 60333853

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSerie ACoppa ItaliaChampions League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Italy Gianluigi Buffon 30-3023-252-25-3
12 GK Italy Antonio Chimenti 00000000
13 GK Austria Alexander Manninger 23-1615+1-112-25-3
Defenders
3 DF Italy Giorgio Chiellini 3652741081
4 DF Sweden Olof Mellberg 37222+423+106+10
5 DF France Jonathan Zebina 804+400000
15 DF Croatia Dario Knežević 4030000+10
21 DF Czech Republic Zdeněk Grygera 43228+324080
28 DF Italy Cristian Molinaro 4002901+1090
29 DF Italy Paolo De Ceglie 26011+80302+20
33 DF Italy Nicola Legrottaglie 3522512081
41 DF Italy Lorenzo Ariaudo 502+102000
Midfielders
6 MF Italy Cristiano Zanetti 1429+321010
7 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina Hasan Salihamidžić 1517+41001+30
11 MF Czech Republic Pavel Nedvěd 44728+471+2090
16 MF Italy Mauro Camoranesi 27215+510+1061
18 MF Denmark Christian Poulsen 29114+911+2030
19 MF Italy Claudio Marchisio 32320+431+104+20
22 MF Mali Mohamed Sissoko 32220+12307+10
27 MF Sweden Albin Ekdal 300+300000
30 MF Portugal Tiago 20012+302030
32 MF Italy Marco Marchionni 35318+81423+20
35 MF Italy Simone Esposito 20000+100+10
36 MF Italy Luca Castiglia 1000000+10
Forwards
8 FW Brazil Amauri 441427+512205+52
9 FW Italy Vincenzo Iaquinta 381519+912304+33
10 FW Italy Alessandro Del Piero 432128+3132+128+16
17 FW France David Trezeguet 1514+511+201+20
20 FW Italy Sebastian Giovinco 2739+102312+30
46 FW Italy Ciro Immobile 100+100000
47 FW Somalia Ayub Daud 100+100000
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 31 May 2009
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Position Nation Number Name Serie A Champions League Coppa Italia Total
1 Italy 10 Alessandro Del Piero 13 6 2 21
2 Brazil 8 Amauri 12 2 0 14
= Italy 9 Vincenzo Iaquinta 12 2 0 14
4 Czech Republic 11 Pavel Nedvěd 7 0 0 7
5 Italy 3 Giorgio Chiellini 4 1 0 5
= Italy 19 Claudio Marchisio 3 0 0 3
6 Italy 20 Sebastian Giovinco 2 0 1 3
= Czech Republic 21 Zdeněk Grygera 2 1 0 3
= Italy 32 Marco Marchionni 1 0 2 3
10 Sweden 4 Olof Mellberg 2 0 0 2
= Italy 6 Cristiano Zanetti 2 0 0 2
= Italy 16 Mauro Camoranesi 1 1 0 2
= Mali 22 Mohamed Sissoko 2 0 0 2
= Italy 33 Nicola Legrottaglie 1 1 0 2
15 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7 Hasan Salihamidžić 1 0 0 1
= France 17 David Trezeguet 1 0 0 1
= Denmark 18 Christian Poulsen 1 0 0 1
/ / / Own Goals 2 0 0 2
TOTALS 69 14 5 88

Disciplinary record

Disciplinary records for all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Notes
22 MF Mali Sissoko 10 1 0
33 DF Italy Legrottaglie 10 0 0
21 DF Czech Republic Grygera 9 0 0
16 MF Italy Camoranesi 7 1 1
3 DF Italy Chiellini 7 1 0
19 MF Italy Marchisio 7 0 0
28 DF Italy Molinaro 7 0 0
4 DF Sweden Mellberg 6 0 0
8 FW Brazil Amauri 5 0 0
11 MF Czech Republic Nedvěd 4 0 0
30 MF Portugal Tiago 3 0 1
9 FW Italy Iaquinta 3 1 0
6 MF Italy Zanetti 3 0 0
7 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina Salihamidžić 3 0 0
10 FW Italy Del Piero 3 0 0
5 DF France Zebina 2 0 0
18 MF Denmark Poulsen 2 0 0
20 FW Italy Giovinco 2 0 0
22 DF Italy De Ceglie 2 0 0
27 MF Sweden Ekdal 1 0 0

Source: Match reports in Match Results
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

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