2007–08 Juventus F.C. season

Juventus
2007–08 season
Chairman	Giovanni Cobolli Gigli
Manager	Claudio Ranieri
Stadium	Stadio Olimpico di Torino
Serie A	3rd
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Alessandro Del Piero (21); All: ; Alessandro Del Piero (24)
Average home league attendance	20,930[1]

The 2007–08 season was Juventus Football Club's 110th in existence and first season back in the top flight of Italian football.

Season review

On 4 June 2007, Claudio Ranieri was appointed the new manager following the resignation of Didier Deschamps.[2] With the club back in Serie A, new signings such as Czech international Zdeněk Grygera, Portuguese midfielder Tiago Mendes and Sergio Almirón were brought in to strengthen the squad while promising youngsters such as Sebastian Giovinco, Claudio Marchisio and Paolo De Ceglie were sent out on loan or co-ownership deals.

Juventus finished third that season to qualify for next season's Champions League, their first participation in that competition since 2005–06.

Players

Squad information

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Gianluigi Buffon
2	DF	Alessandro Birindelli
3	DF	Giorgio Chiellini
4	MF	Sergio Almirón
5	DF	Jonathan Zebina
6	MF	Cristiano Zanetti
7	MF	Hasan Salihamidžić
8	MF	Mauro Camoranesi
9	FW	Vincenzo Iaquinta
10	FW	Alessandro Del Piero (captain)
11	MF	Pavel Nedvěd
12	GK	Emanuele Belardi
13	GK	Jess Vanstrattan
14	DF	Jorge Andrade
17	FW	David Trezeguet
18	DF	Jean-Alain Boumsong
19	DF	Domenico Criscito
20	FW	Raffaele Palladino
21	DF	Zdeněk Grygera

No.	Position	Player
22	MF	Mohamed Sissoko
23	MF	Antonio Nocerino
24	FW	Rubén Olivera
25	DF	Guglielmo Stendardo
28	DF	Cristian Molinaro
30	MF	Tiago
31	GK	Cristiano Novembre
32	MF	Marco Marchionni
33	DF	Nicola Legrottaglie
34	MF	Cristian Pasquato
35	MF	Simone Esposito
36	MF	Luca Castiglia
37	DF	Marco Duravia
38	DF	Salvatore D'Elia
41	MF	Nicola Cosentini
42	FW	Ayub Daud
43	DF	Lorenzo Ariaudo
44	FW	Donato Bottone
45	FW	Oussama Essabr

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Internazionale (C)	38	25	10	3	69	26	+43	85	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Roma	38	24	10	4	72	37	+35	82	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Juventus	38	20	12	6	72	37	+35	72	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Fiorentina	38	19	9	10	55	39	+16	66	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
5	Milan	38	18	10	10	66	38	+28	64	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]

Source: Serie A
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.
Notes:

The 7th-placed team qualified for the UEFA Cup due to both of the Coppa Italia finalists, Roma and Internazionale, finishing 6th or higher.

Matches

25 August 2007 1	Juventus	5–1	Livorno	Turin
	Trezeguet 29', 87', 90+2' Iaquinta 71' (pen.), 86'	Report	Loviso 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Gabriele Gava

2 September 2007 2	Cagliari	2–3	Juventus	Cagliari
	Foggia 55' (pen.), 80' (pen.)	Report	Trezeguet 53' Del Piero 76' Chiellini 90'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

16 September 2007 3	Juventus	0–1	Udinese	Turin
		Report	Di Natale 47'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Stefano Farina

23 September 2007 4	Roma	2–2	Juventus	Rome
	Totti 30', 36'	Report	Trezeguet 17' Del Piero 49' Iaquinta 88'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Emidio Morganti

26 September 2007 5	Juventus	4–0	Reggina	Turin
	Legrottaglie 48' Salihamidžić 50' Trezeguet 76' Palladino 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Domenico Celi

30 September 2007 6	Torino	0–1	Juventus	Turin
		Report	Trezeguet 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

7 October 2007 7	Fiorentina	1–1	Juventus	Florence
	Mutu 89' (pen.)	Report	Iaquinta 23'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

21 October 2007 8	Juventus	1–0	Genoa	Turin
	Del Piero 36'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Luca Banti

27 October 2007 9	Napoli	3–1	Juventus	Naples
	Gargano 49' Domizzi 62' (pen.), 70' (pen.)	Report	Del Piero 46'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

31 October 2007 10	Juventus	3–0	Empoli	Turin
	Trezeguet 51' (pen.), 62', 70'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Domenico Celi

4 November 2007 11	Juventus	1–1	Internazionale	Turin
	Camoranesi 77'	Report	Cruz 41'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

11 November 2007 12	Parma	2–2	Juventus	Parma
	Gasbarroni 43' (pen.) Pisanu 57'	Report	Legrottaglie 75' Iaquinta 82'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Gabriele Gava

25 November 2007 13	Juventus	5–0	Palermo	Turin
	Trezeguet 29' Iaquinta 41' Del Piero 71', 90+2' (pen.) Marchionni 76'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

1 December 2007 14	Milan	0–0	Juventus	Milan
		Report		Stadium: San Siro Referee: Emidio Morganti

9 December 2007 15	Juventus	1–0	Atalanta	Turin
	Nedvěd 86'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Daniele Orsato

15 December 2007 16	Lazio	2–3	Juventus	Rome
	Pandev 36', 90+3'	Report	Trezeguet 29' Del Piero 48', 70'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Christian Brighi

23 December 2007 17	Juventus	2–0	Siena	Turin
	Salihamidžić 32' Trezeguet 59'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Antonio Damato

12 January 2008 18	Catania	1–1	Juventus	Catania
	Spinesi 15'	Report	Del Piero 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

20 January 2008 19	Juventus	0–0	Sampdoria	Turin
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

27 January 2008 20	Livorno	1–3	Juventus	Livorno
	Bogdani 79'	Report	Trezeguet 30', 63' Del Piero 49'	Stadium: Stadio Armando Picchi Referee: Emidio Morganti

3 February 2008 21	Juventus	1–1	Cagliari	Turin
	Nedvěd 56'	Report	Bianco 55'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Antonio Giannoccaro

10 February 2008 22	Udinese	1–2	Juventus	Udine
	Dossena 6'	Report	Camoranesi 60' Iaquinta 75'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

16 February 2008 23	Juventus	1–0	Roma	Turin
	Del Piero 45'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

23 February 2008 24	Reggina	2–1	Juventus	Reggio Calabria
	Brienza 32' Amoruso 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Del Piero 72'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Referee: Paolo Dondarini

26 February 2008 25	Juventus	0–0	Torino	Turin
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

2 March 2008 26	Juventus	2–3	Fiorentina	Turin
	Sissoko 29' Camoranesi 57'	Report	Gobbi 19' Papa Waigo 75' Osvaldo 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Stefano Farina

9 March 2008 27	Genoa	0–2	Juventus	Genoa
		Report	Grygera 25' Trezeguet 33'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Emidio Morganti

16 March 2008 28	Juventus	1–0	Napoli	Turin
	Iaquinta 88'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

19 March 2008 29	Empoli	0–0	Juventus	Empoli
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

22 March 2008 30	Internazionale	1–2	Juventus	Milan
	Maniche 83'	Report	Camoranesi 49' Trezeguet 63'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Stefano Farina

6 April 2008 32	Palermo	3–2	Juventus	Palermo
	Amauri 11', 45+5' Cassani 89'	Report	Del Piero 52', 71'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Referee: Emidio Morganti

13 April 2008 33	Juventus	3–2	Milan	Turin
	Del Piero 12' Salihamidžić 45', 80'	Report	Inzaghi 14', 31'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

16 April 2008 31	Juventus	3–0	Parma	Turin
	Trezeguet 17' Palladino 30' Morrone 77' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Luca Banti
Note: The match was re-scheduled from March 30 due to the death of a Parma fan in a road accident.[3]

20 April 2008 34	Atalanta	0–4	Juventus	Bergamo
		Report	Legrottaglie 1' Del Piero 6', 34', 65'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

27 April 2008 35	Juventus	5–2	Lazio	Turin
	Chiellini 15', 88' Camoranesi 21' Del Piero 32' Trezeguet 33'	Report	Bianchi 56' Siviglia 61'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

4 May 2008 36	Siena	1–0	Juventus	Siena
	Kharja 7'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi - Montepaschi Arena Referee: Daniele Orsato

11 May 2008 37	Juventus	1–1	Catania	Turin
	Del Piero 89'	Report	Martínez 48'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

17 May 2008 38	Sampdoria	3–3	Juventus	Genoa
	Molinaro 21' (o.g.) Maggio 40' Cassano 45+1' Montella 80'	Report	Del Piero 6', 65' (pen.) Trezeguet 15' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Paolo Valeri
Note: The match was re-scheduled from May 18 due to the Pope's visit to Genoa.

Coppa Italia

29 August 2007 Third round	Parma	1–3	Juventus	Parma
21:00 CEST	Castellini 75' (pen.)		Molinaro 62' Almirón 73' Salihamidžić 82'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

6 December 2007 Round of 16 - First leg	Empoli	2–1	Juventus	Empoli
20:45 CET	Pozzi 20' Abate 51'		Iaquinta 81'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Stefano Farina

15 January 2008 Round of 16 - Second leg	Juventus	5–3	Empoli	Turin
20:45 CET	Marchionni 5' Nedvěd 9' Iaquinta 48', 60' Del Piero 76' (pen.)		Antonini 32' Pozzi 45+1', 50'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

Juventus won 6–5 on aggregate and advanced to quarter-finals.

23 January 2008 Quarter-finals - First leg	Internazionale	2–2	Juventus	Milan
21:00 CET	Cruz 53', 74'		Del Piero 79' Boumsong 85'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Stefano Farina

30 January 2008 Quarter-finals - Second leg	Juventus	2–3	Internazionale	Turin
21:00 CET	Del Piero 14' Iaquinta 31'		Balotelli 10', 53' Cruz 39'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

Juventus lost 5–4 on aggregate and were eliminated from further competition.

Statistics

Goalscorers

Updated to games played 17 May 2008

Scorer	League	Cup	Total
Alessandro Del Piero	21	3	24
David Trezeguet	20	0	20
Vincenzo Iaquinta	8	4	12
Mauro Camoranesi	5	0	5
Hasan Salihamidžić	4	1	5
Nicola Legrottaglie	3	0	3
Giorgio Chiellini	3	0	3
Pavel Nedvěd	2	1	3
Raffaele Palladino	2	0	2
Marco Marchionni	1	1	2
Mohamed Sissoko	1	0	1
Zdeněk Grygera	1	0	1
Cristian Molinaro	0	1	1
Sergio Almirón	0	1	1
Jean-Alain Boumsong	0	1	1
Own goals	1	0	1
Total goals scored	72	13	85

Transfers

In

7	MF	Hasan Salihamidžić (from Bayern Munich - free transfer)[4]
9	FW	Vincenzo Iaquinta (from Udinese for €11.3M)[4]
13	GK	Jess Vanstrattan (on loan from Hellas Verona)
14	DF	Jorge Andrade (from Deportivo La Coruña for €10M)[5]
19	DF	Domenico Criscito (from Genoa, co-ownership resolved in favour of Juventus for €5.25M)[6]
21	DF	Zdeněk Grygera (from Ajax on a free transfer)[4]
23	MF	Antonio Nocerino (from Piacenza, co-ownership resolved in favour of Juventus for €4.7M)[7]
24	MF	Rubén Olivera (loan return from Sampdoria)
28	DF	Cristian Molinaro (from Siena, co-ownership resolved in favour of Juventus for €2.5M)[8]
30	MF	Tiago (from Lyon for €13M)[9]
4	MF	Sergio Almirón (from Empoli - for €9M)[9]
31	GK	Cristiano Novembre (from Fano)

Out

3	MF	Alessio Tacchinardi (to Brescia)
4	DF	Robert Kovač (to Borussia Dortmund - free transfer)
5	DF	Igor Tudor (to Hajduk Split - free transfer)
8	MF	Giuliano Giannichedda (to Livorno - free transfer)
9	FW	Valeri Bojinov (to Manchester City - for €8M from Fiorentina)
9	FW	Fabrizio Miccoli (to Palermo for €4.3M)
13	DF	Felice Piccolo (to Empoli for €400,000)
14	DF	Federico Balzaretti (to Fiorentina for €3.8M)
14	MF	Davide Chiumiento (to Luzern)
19	MF	Matteo Paro (to Genoa for €2M)
22	GK	Landry Bonnefoi (to Dijon)
23	MF	Olivier Kapo (to Birmingham City for €2.3M)
25	MF	Marcelo Zalayeta (to Napoli, co-ownership for €3M)
26	MF	Manuele Blasi (to Napoli, co-ownership for €2.5M)
33	DF	Orlando Urbano (free agent)
38	FW	Tomás Guzmán (to Piacenza)
—	DF	Daniele Gastaldello (to Sampdoria)
—	DF	Andrea Rossi (to Siena)
—	MF	Simone Bentivoglio (to Chievo)
—	FW	Michele Paolucci (to Udinese)
—	FW	Giuseppe Sculli (to Genoa)
—	FW	Rej Volpato (to Empoli)
—	FW	Andre Cuneaz (co-ownership to Cremonese, to Pistoiese in January)
—	DF	Jean-Alain Boumsong (to Lyon in January)

Out on loan

12	GK	Antonio Mirante (on loan to Sampdoria)
15	MF	Claudio Marchisio (on loan to Empoli)
29	MF	Paolo De Ceglie (on loan to Siena)
38	MF	Sebastian Giovinco (on loan to Empoli)
39	MF	Samon Reider Rodríguez (on loan to Cecina)
44	MF	Raffaele Bianco (on loan to Piacenza)
44	FW	Davide Lanzafame (on loan to Bari)
	MF	Andrea Luci (on loan to Ascoli)
	FW	Riccardo Maniero (on loan to Ascoli)
	MF	Dario Venitucci (on loan to Treviso)
	MF	Sergio Almirón (on loan to Monaco in January)
	DF	Domenico Criscito (on loan to Genoa in January)

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[table_note_res_UC10.97668091998281-3] The 7th-placed team qualified for the UEFA Cup due to both of the Coppa Italia finalists, Roma and Internazionale, finishing 6th or higher.

[1] ttp://www.stadiapostcards.com/A07-08.htm

[2] "Claudio Ranieri is the new Juventus coach". juventus.com. 4 June 2007. Archived from the original on 26 November 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2010.

[4] "Fan death causes Juventus v Parma game to be postponed". Daily Mail. 31 March 2008. Retrieved 23 December 2011.

[lega_calcio_juve2007-5] Lega Calcio. "Juventus" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 24 August 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2007.

[6] Juventus FC. "Jorge Manuel Almeida Gomes Andrade". Retrieved 6 August 2007.

[7] Juventus FC (2007-01-25). "Criscito torna in bianconero" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2007-11-02. Retrieved 2007-07-04.

[8] Juventus FC (2007-06-20). "Nocerino torna in bianconero" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2007-06-25. Retrieved 2007-07-04.

[9] Juventus FC (2007-06-20). "Cristian Molinaro è della Juventus" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2007-06-25. Retrieved 2007-07-04.

[tiago_almiron-10] Juventus FC. "Ingaggiati Tiago e Almirón" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 13 August 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2007.