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]
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
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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. Notable results included victories over rivals A.S. Roma, Inter, A.C. Milan and Lazio in the second half of the season.

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 Italy GK Gianluigi Buffon
2 Italy DF Alessandro Birindelli
3 Italy DF Giorgio Chiellini
4 Argentina MF Sergio Almirón
5 France DF Jonathan Zebina
6 Italy MF Cristiano Zanetti
7 Bosnia and Herzegovina MF Hasan Salihamidžić
8 Italy MF Mauro Camoranesi
9 Italy FW Vincenzo Iaquinta
10 Italy FW Alessandro Del Piero (captain)
11 Czech Republic MF Pavel Nedvěd
12 Italy GK Emanuele Belardi
13 Australia GK Jess Vanstrattan
14 Portugal DF Jorge Andrade
17 France FW David Trezeguet
18 France DF Jean-Alain Boumsong
19 Italy DF Domenico Criscito
20 Italy FW Raffaele Palladino
21 Czech Republic DF Zdeněk Grygera
No. Position Player
22 Mali MF Mohamed Sissoko
23 Italy MF Antonio Nocerino
24 Uruguay FW Rubén Olivera
25 Italy DF Guglielmo Stendardo
28 Italy DF Cristian Molinaro
30 Portugal MF Tiago
31 Italy GK Cristiano Novembre
32 Italy MF Marco Marchionni
33 Italy DF Nicola Legrottaglie
34 Italy MF Cristian Pasquato
35 Italy MF Simone Esposito
36 Italy MF Luca Castiglia
37 Italy DF Marco Duravia
38 Italy DF Salvatore D'Elia
41 Italy MF Nicola Cosentini
42 Somalia FW Ayub Daud
43 Italy DF Lorenzo Ariaudo
44 Italy FW Donato Bottone
45 Morocco FW Oussama Essabr

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2007–08 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 2008–09 UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
2 Roma 38 24 10 4 72 37+35 82
3 Juventus 38 20 12 6 72 37+35 72 2008–09 UEFA Champions LeagueThird qualifying round
4 Fiorentina 38 19 9 10 55 39+16 66
5 Milan 38 18 10 10 66 38+28 64 2008–09 UEFA CupFirst round

Updated to games played on May 18, 2008.
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; (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.

Matches

Coppa Italia

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

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

Transfers

In

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

Out

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

Out on loan

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

References

  1. ↑ http://www.stadiapostcards.com/A07-08.htm
  2. ↑ "Claudio Ranieri is the new Juventus coach". juventus.com. 4 June 2007. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  3. ↑ "Fan death causes Juventus v Parma game to be postponed". Daily Mail. 31 March 2008. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 Lega Calcio. "Juventus" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 24 August 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2007.
  5. ↑ Juventus FC. "Jorge Manuel Almeida Gomes Andrade". Retrieved 6 August 2007.
  6. ↑ Juventus FC (2007-01-25). "Criscito torna in bianconero" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2007-11-02. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
  7. ↑ Juventus FC (2007-06-20). "Nocerino torna in bianconero" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2007-06-25. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
  8. ↑ Juventus FC (2007-06-20). "Cristian Molinaro è della Juventus" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2007-06-25. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
  9. 1 2 Juventus FC. "Ingaggiati Tiago e Almirón" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 13 August 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2007.
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