2008–09 Juventus FC season


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

Juventus
2008–09 season
PresidentGiovanni Cobolli Gigli
ManagerClaudio Ranieri
(until 18 May 2009)
Ciro Ferrara
(caretaker manager)
StadiumStadio Olimpico di Torino
Serie A2nd
Coppa ItaliaSemi-finals
UEFA Champions LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Alessandro Del Piero (13)
All: Alessandro Del Piero (21)
Highest home attendance27,419 vs Chelsea
(10 March 2009, Champions League)
Lowest home attendance200 vs Atalanta
(17 May 2009, Serie A)
Average home league attendance22,396[1]
 
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 AC 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]

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.

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

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

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UEFA Champions League squad

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# Pos Player From Fee Date
4 DF   Olof Mellberg Aston Villa Free 24-01-2008
27 MF   Albin Ekdal Brommapojkarna €600,000 27-05-2008
8 FW   Amauri Palermo €22.6 million 03-06-2008
29 DF   Paolo De Ceglie Siena €3.5 million (co-ownership resolution) 09-06-2008
19 MF   Claudio Marchisio Empoli Loan return 14-06-2008
20 FW   Sebastian Giovinco Empoli Loan return 26-06-2008
15 DF   Dario Knežević Livorno Loan 30-06-2008
18 MF   Christian Poulsen Sevilla €9.75 million 14-07-2008
12 GK   Antonio Chimenti Udinese Loan 19-07-2008
13 GK   Alexander Manninger Udinese €1 million 05-08-2008
MF   Iago Falque Barcelona Atlètic Free 01-09-2008
GK   Mario Kirev Slavia Sofia €800,000 21-01-2009
# Pos Player To Fee Date
23 MF   Antonio Nocerino Palermo €7.5 million 03-06-2008
DF   Andrea Rossi Siena €400,000 (co-ownership resolution) 09-06-2008
DF   Felice Piccolo Empoli Undisclosed (co-ownership resolution) 10-06-2008
MF   Manuele Blasi Napoli €2.6 million (co-ownership resolution) 13-06-2008
FW   Marcelo Zalayeta Napoli Renewed co-ownership 13-06-2008
MF   Matteo Paro Genoa €2 million (co-ownership resolution) 24-06-2008
FW   Tomás Guzmán Piacenza Renewed co-ownership 25-06-2008
MF   Douglas Packer Siena €150,000 (co-ownership resolution) 25-06-2008
DF   Pietro Zammuto Piacenza Undisclosed (co-ownership resolution) 25-06-2008
FW   Rej Volpato Bari Undisclosed (co-ownership) 01-07-2008
FW   Davide Lanzafame Palermo €2.5 million (co-ownership) 01-07-2008
MF   Andrè Cuneaz Mantova Undisclosed (co-ownership) 03-07-2008
20 FW   Raffaele Palladino Genoa €5 million (co-ownership) 03-07-2008
DF   Giuseppe Rizza Livorno Undisclosed (co-ownership) 07-07-2008
2 DF   Alessandro Birindelli Pisa Free 21-07-2008
FW   Piergiuseppe Maritato Fiorentina Undisclosed **-07-2008
14 DF   Jorge Andrade Unattatched Released 02-04-2009
# Pos Player To Start End
FW   Riccardo Maniero Bari 27-06-2008 01-07-2009
MF   Raffaele Bianco Bari 27-06-2008 01-07-2009
DF   Domenico Criscito Genoa 03-07-2008 01-07-2009
FW   Oussama Essabr Vicenza 05-07-2008 01-07-2009
MF   Dario Venitucci Mantova 09-07-2008 01-07-2009
MF   Samon Rodríguez Poggibonsi 22-07-2008 30-01-2009
GK   Alessandro Vono Livorno 23-07-2008 01-07-2009
MF   Rubén Olivera Genoa 24-07-2008 01-07-2009
12 GK   Emanuele Belardi Udinese 01-08-2008 01-07-2009
MF   Sergio Almirón Fiorentina 05-08-2008 01-07-2009
FW   Cristian Pasquato Empoli 24-08-2008 01-07-2010
GK   Mario Kirev Grasshopper 24-01-2009 01-07-2009
MF   Dario Venitucci Avellino **-01-2009
MF   Samon Rodríguez Alessandria 30-01-2009 01-07-2009

Pre-season and friendlies

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

Final tournament standings

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  • 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
Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts
1   Milan 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 4
2   Juventus 2 1 0 1 0 3 2 +1 4
3   Internazionale 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1
Rank Name Team Goals
1   Clarence Seedorf   AC Milan 2
2   Vincenzo Iaquinta   Juventus 1
  David Trezeguet   Juventus
  Marco Marchionni   Juventus

Final tournament standings

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  • 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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Hamburg 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 7
2 Real Madrid 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 5
3 Arsenal 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 4
4 Juventus 2 1 0 1 1 3 −2 4

Source: [6]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Rank Name Team Goals
1   Ivica Olić   Hamburger SV 2
2   Dani Parejo   Real Madrid 1
  David Trezeguet   Juventus
  Ruud van Nistelrooy   Real Madrid
  Mohamed Zidan   Hamburger SV
  Paolo Guerrero   Hamburger SV
  Emmanuel Adebayor   Arsenal

Trofeo Luigi Berlusconi

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Trofeo Birra Moretti

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Final tournament standings

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  • 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
Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts
Juventus 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
Milan 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 +1 4
Napoli 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1
Rank Name Team Goals
1   Alberto Paloschi   AC Milan 1

Trofeo Città di Messna

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Internazionale (C) 38 25 9 4 70 32 +38 84 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Juventus 38 21 11 6 69 37 +32 74[a]
3 Milan 38 22 8 8 70 35 +35 74[a]
4 Fiorentina 38 21 5 12 53 38 +15 68[b] Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5 Genoa 38 19 11 8 56 39 +17 68[b] Qualification to Europa League play-off round[c]

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) Champions
Notes:

  1. ^ a b Juventus finished ahead of Milan on head-to-head points: Juventus 4–2 Milan, Milan 1–1 Juventus.
  2. ^ a b Fiorentina finished ahead of Genoa on head-to-head points: Fiorentina 1–0 Genoa, Genoa 3–3 Fiorentina.
  3. ^ Lazio qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 Coppa Italia.
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
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

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

UEFA Champions League

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Third qualifying round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Juventus 6 3 3 0 7 3 +4 12 Advance to knockout phase
2   Real Madrid 6 4 0 2 9 5 +4 12
3   Zenit Saint Petersburg 6 1 2 3 4 7 −3 5 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4   BATE Borisov 6 0 3 3 3 8 −5 3

Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ITA Gianluigi Buffon 30 -30 23 -25 2 -2 5 -3
21 DF   CZE Zdeněk Grygera 43 2 28+3 2 4 0 8 0
4 DF   SWE Olof Mellberg 37 2 22+4 2 3+1 0 6+1 0
3 DF   ITA Giorgio Chiellini 36 5 27 4 1 0 8 1
28 DF   ITA Cristian Molinaro 40 0 29 0 1+1 0 9 0
33 DF   ITA Nicola Legrottaglie 35 2 25 1 2 0 8 1
19 MF   ITA Claudio Marchisio 32 3 20+4 3 1+1 0 4+2 0
11 MF   CZE Pavel Nedvěd 44 7 28+4 7 1+2 0 9 0
22 MF   MLI Mohamed Sissoko 32 2 20+1 2 3 0 7+1 0
8 FW   BRA Amauri 44 14 27+5 12 2 0 5+5 2
10 FW   ITA Alessandro Del Piero 43 21 28+3 13 2+1 2 8+1 6
13 GK   AUT Alexander Manninger 23 -16 15+1 -11 2 -2 5 -3
9 FW   ITA Vincenzo Iaquinta 38 15 19+9 12 3 0 4+3 3
32 MF   ITA Marco Marchionni 35 3 18+8 1 4 2 3+2 0
16 MF   ARG Mauro Camoranesi 27 2 15+5 1 0+1 0 6 1
18 MF   DEN Christian Poulsen 29 1 14+9 1 1+2 0 3 0
30 MF   POR Tiago 20 0 12+3 0 2 0 3 0
29 DF   ITA Paolo De Ceglie 26 0 11+8 0 3 0 2+2 0
20 FW   ITA Sebastian Giovinco 27 3 9+10 2 3 1 2+3 0
6 MF   ITA Cristiano Zanetti 14 2 9+3 2 1 0 1 0
7 MF   BIH Hasan Salihamidžić 15 1 7+4 1 0 0 1+3 0
17 FW   FRA David Trezeguet 15 1 4+5 1 1+2 0 1+2 0
5 DF   FRA Jonathan Zebina 8 0 4+4 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF   CRO Dario Knežević 4 0 3 0 0 0 0+1 0
41 DF   ITA Lorenzo Ariaudo 5 0 2+1 0 2 0 0 0
27 MF   SWE Albin Ekdal 3 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0
46 FW   ITA Ciro Immobile 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
47 FW   SOM Ayub Daud 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
35 MF   ITA Simone Esposito 2 0 0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
36 MF   ITA Luca Castiglia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
12 GK   ITA Antonio Chimenti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated: 31 May 2009
Source: Competitions

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

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

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

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