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
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

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

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. However, coach Claudio Ranieri seemed to encounter serious problems in motivating his troops with his constant belittling of Juventus's title chances.[2]

After a club record run of 7 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 Falqué
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
4 DFSweden Olof Mellberg Aston Villa Free 24-01-2008
27 MFSweden Albin Ekdal Brommapojkarna €0.6 million 27-05-2008
8 FWBrazil Amauri Palermo €22.6 million 03-06-2008
29 DFItaly Paolo De Ceglie Siena €3.5 million (co-ownership resolution) 09-06-2008
19 MFItaly Claudio Marchisio Empoli Loan return 14-06-2008
20 FWItaly Sebastian Giovinco Empoli Loan return 26-06-2008
15 DFCroatia Dario Knežević Livorno Loan 30-06-2008
18 MFDenmark Christian Poulsen Sevilla €9.75 million 14-07-2008
12 GKItaly Antonio Chimenti Udinese Loan 19-07-2008
13 GKAustria Alexander Manninger Udinese €1.0 million 05-08-2008
MFSpain Iago Falque Barcelona Atlètic Free 01-09-2008
GKBulgaria Mario Kirev Slavia Sofia €0.8 million 21-01-2009

Out

# Pos Player To Fee Date
23 MFItaly Antonio Nocerino Palermo €7.5 million 03-06-2008
DFItaly Andrea Rossi Siena €0.4 million (co-ownership resolution) 09-06-2008
DFItaly Felice Piccolo Empoli Undisclosed (co-ownership resolution) 10-06-2008
MFItaly Manuele Blasi Napoli €2.6 million (co-ownership resolution) 13-06-2008
FWUruguay Marcelo Zalayeta Napoli Renewed co-ownership 13-06-2008
MFItaly Matteo Paro Genoa €2.0 million (co-ownership resolution) 24-06-2008
FWParaguay Tomás Guzmán Piacenza Renewed co-ownership 25-06-2008
MFBrazil Douglas Packer Siena €0.15 million (co-ownership resolution) 25-06-2008
DFItaly Pietro Zammuto Piacenza Undisclosed (co-ownership resolution) 25-06-2008
FWItaly Rej Volpato Bari Undisclosed (co-ownership) 01-07-2008
FWItaly Davide Lanzafame Palermo €2.5 million (co-ownership) 01-07-2008
MFItaly Andrè Cuneaz Mantova Undisclosed (co-ownership) 03-07-2008
20 FWItaly Raffaele Palladino Genoa €5.0 million (co-ownership) 03-07-2008
DFItaly Giuseppe Rizza Livorno Undisclosed (co-ownership) 07-07-2008
2 DFItaly Alessandro Birindelli Pisa Free 21-07-2008
FWItaly Piergiuseppe Maritato Fiorentina Undisclosed **-07-2008
14 DFPortugal Jorge Andrade Unattatched Released 02-04-2009

Loaned out

# Pos Player To Start End
FWItaly Riccardo Maniero Bari 27-06-2008 01-07-2009
MFItaly Raffaele Bianco Bari 27-06-2008 01-07-2009
DFItaly Domenico Criscito Genoa 03-07-2008 01-07-2009
FWMorocco Oussama Essabr Vicenza 05-07-2008 01-07-2009
MFItaly Dario Venitucci Mantova 09-07-2008 01-07-2009
MFCuba Samon Rodríguez Poggibonsi 22-07-2008 30-01-2009
GKItaly Alessandro Vono Livorno 23-07-2008 01-07-2009
MFUruguay Rubén Olivera Genoa 24-07-2008 01-07-2009
12 GKItaly Emanuele Belardi Udinese 01-08-2008 01-07-2009
MFArgentina Sergio Almirón Fiorentina 05-08-2008 01-07-2009
FWItaly Cristian Pasquato Empoli 24-08-2008 01-07-2010
GKBulgaria Mario Kirev Grasshopper 24-01-2009 01-07-2009
MFItaly Dario Venitucci Avellino **-01-2009
MFCuba Samon Rodríguez Alessandria 30-01-2009 01-07-2009

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

Main article: TIM Trophy

Final tournament standings

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

Main article: Emirates Cup

Final tournament standings

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 Daniel 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

Main article: Birra Moretti Trophy

Final tournament standings

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

Overall

Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Serie A 9th2nd 2nd 31 August 200831 May 2009
Coppa Italia Round of 16Semi-finals 14 January 200922 April 2009
Champions League Third qualifying roundFirst knockout round First knockout round 13 August 200810 March 2009

Last updated: 15 March
Source: Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2008–09 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 (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
Result D W W D D L L W W W W W L W W W W W D W L L W D W W W W W D L D D D D D W W
Position 8 6 2 5 7 11 12 10 9 6 6 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2

Last updated: 31 May 2009.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

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 612347−35
Belarus BATE Borisov 603338−53

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 31 May 2009.
No. Pos Nat Player TotalSerie A Coppa Italia UEFA Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Italy Gianluigi Buffon 30 -30 23 -25 2 -2 5 -3
3 DF Italy Giorgio Chiellini 36 5 27 4 1 0 8 1
4 DF Sweden Olof Mellberg 37 2 22+4 2 3+1 0 6+1 0
5 DF France Jonathan Zebina 8 0 4+4 0 0 0 0 0
6 MF Italy Cristiano Zanetti 14 2 9+3 2 1 0 1 0
7 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina Hasan Salihamidžić 15 1 7+4 1 0 0 1+3 0
8 FW Brazil Amauri 44 14 27+5 12 2 0 5+5 2
9 FW Italy Vincenzo Iaquinta 38 15 19+9 12 3 0 4+3 3
10 FW Italy Alessandro Del Piero 43 21 28+3 13 2+1 2 8+1 6
11 MF Czech Republic Pavel Nedvěd 44 7 28+4 7 1+2 0 9 0
12 GK Italy Antonio Chimenti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 GK Austria Alexander Manninger 23 -16 15+1 -11 2 -2 5 -3
14 DF Portugal Jorge Andrade 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF Croatia Dario Knežević 4 0 3 0 0 0 0+1 0
16 MF Italy Mauro Camoranesi 27 2 15+5 1 0+1 0 6 1
17 FW France David Trezeguet 15 1 4+5 1 1+2 0 1+2 0
18 MF Denmark Christian Poulsen 29 1 14+9 1 1+2 0 3 0
19 MF Italy Claudio Marchisio 32 3 20+4 3 1+1 0 4+2 0
20 FW Italy Sebastian Giovinco 27 3 9+10 2 3 1 2+3 0
21 DF Czech Republic Zdeněk Grygera 43 2 28+3 2 4 0 8 0
22 MF Mali Mohamed Sissoko 32 2 20+1 2 3 0 7+1 0
27 MF Sweden Albin Ekdal 3 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF Italy Cristian Molinaro 40 0 29 0 1+1 0 9 0
29 DF Italy Paolo De Ceglie 26 0 11+8 0 3 0 2+2 0
30 MF Portugal Tiago 20 0 12+3 0 2 0 3 0
31 GK Italy Timothy Nocchi (from List B) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF Italy Marco Marchionni 35 3 18+8 1 4 2 3+2 0
33 DF Italy Nicola Legrottaglie 35 2 25 1 2 0 8 1
35 MF Italy Simone Esposito (from List B) 2 0 0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
36 MF Italy Luca Castiglia (from List B) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
37 DF Italy Marco Duravia (from List B) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 DF Italy Salvatore D'Elia (from List B) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 MF Italy Luca Marrone (from List B) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 MF Italy Fausto Rossi (from List B) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 DF Italy Lorenzo Ariaudo (from List B) 5 0 2+1 0 2 0 0 0
42 GK Italy Carlo Pinsoglio (from List B) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 FW Italy Ciro Immobile 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
47 FW Somalia Ayub Daud 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0

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
 P
 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

Last updated: 2009-05-31
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.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.stadiapostcards.com/A08-09.htm
  2. ↑ "Juve rout roma". dailystar.net. 23 March 2009.
  3. ↑ "Ciro Ferrara is the new Juventus coach". juventus.com. 5 June 2009.
  4. ↑ http://www.juventus.it/site/ita/TAS_rosaprimavera.asp
  5. ↑ http://www.juventus.it/site/ita/TAS_squadregiovani.asp
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