2005–06 Juventus F.C. season

Juventus
2005–06 season
President Franzo Grande Stevens
Manager Fabio Capello
Stadium Stadio delle Alpi
Serie A 20th (originally 1st)
Supercoppa Italiana Runners-up
Coppa Italia Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer League:
David Trezeguet (23)
All:
David Trezeguet (29)
Average home league attendance 30,469[1]
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

Juventus Football Club had one of its best seasons ever, before being caught in Italian football's biggest ever scandal, which stripped the club of two league titles and relegated it to Serie B, as well as suspending club directors Luciano Moggi and Antonio Giraudo for life. When the consequences became clear, former player and newly appointed sporting director Gianluca Pessotto attempted suicide, an attempt that failed, and his life was able to be saved. The suicide attempt took place despite Pessotto not being investigated for any of the bribery crimes. Pessotto was able to lead a normal life afterwards, despite the fall being some 15 metres.

On the pitch, Juventus had been further strengthened by the arrival of Patrick Vieira from Arsenal, the French international being regarded as one of the game's finest midfielders at the time. Together with Emerson and a robust defence headed by Fabio Cannavaro, Lilian Thuram and goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, Juventus formed the core in both the French and Italian sides that faced each other in the 2006 FIFA World Cup Final.

Following the enforced relegation, Juventus lost Cannavaro and Emerson to Real Madrid, Thuram and Gianluca Zambrotta to Barcelona, Adrian Mutu to Fiorentina, and Vieira and Zlatan Ibrahimović to Internazionale. The remainder of the squad did however stay, since the contracts were not torn up by the penalisation, and that meant several world-class players spent the 2006–07 season in the second division.

Players

Squad information

Squad at end of season[2]

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
2 Italy DF Alessandro Birindelli
3 Italy DF Giorgio Chiellini
4 France MF Patrick Vieira
7 Italy DF Gianluca Pessotto
8 Brazil MF Emerson
9 Sweden FW Zlatan Ibrahimović
10 Italy FW Alessandro Del Piero (captain)
11 Czech Republic MF Pavel Nedvěd
14 Italy DF Federico Balzaretti
15 Italy DF Domenico Criscito
16 Italy MF Mauro Camoranesi
17 France FW David Trezeguet
18 Romania FW Adrian Mutu
No. Position Player
19 Italy MF Gianluca Zambrotta
20 Italy MF Manuele Blasi
21 France DF Lilian Thuram
22 France GK Landry Bonnefoi
23 Italy MF Giuliano Giannichedda
24 Uruguay MF Rubén Olivera
25 Uruguay FW Marcelo Zalayeta
27 France DF Jonathan Zebina
28 Italy DF Fabio Cannavaro
32 Italy GK Christian Abbiati (on loan from Milan)
43 Italy GK Claudio Scarzanella
44 Italy FW Michele Paolucci
50 Cuba MF Samon Reider Rodríguez
60 Italy MF Claudio Marchisio

Transfers

Out

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

No. Position Player
5 Croatia DF Igor Tudor (on loan to Siena)
12 Italy GK Antonio Chimenti (to Cagliari)
13 Italy FW Fabrizio Miccoli (on loan to Benfica)
14 Italy MF Alessio Tacchinardi (on loan to Villarreal)
No. Position Player
26 Brazil DF Gladstone (on loan to Verona)
Italy MF Luca Scicchitano (on loan to Ravenna)
Italy MF Alex Pederzoli (on loan to Pro Sesto)

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2005–06 Serie A

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 27 10 1 71 24  +47 91 14 5 0 33 9  +24 13 5 1 38 15  +23

Last updated: 14 May 2006.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Result W W W W W W W W W L W W W W W D W W W D W W W D W D W W D W D D D D D W W W

Last updated: 14 May 2006.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Coppa Italia

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Italy Juventus 6501125+715
Germany Bayern Munich 6411104+613
Belgium Club Brugge 62136717
Austria Rapid Wien 6006315120

Knockout phase

Round of 16
Quarter-finals

Statistics

Goalscorers

References

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