Club: | Juventus |
Season: | 1958–59 |
Owner: | Agnelli family |
Chairman: | Umberto Agnelli |
Chrtitle: | President |
Manager: | Ljubiša Broćić Teobaldo Depetrini |
Stadium: | Comunale |
League: | Serie A |
League Result: | 4th |
Cup1: | Coppa Italia |
Cup1 Result: | Winners |
League Topscorer: | John Charles (19) |
Season Topscorer: | Charles Omar Sivori (25) |
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Prevseason: | 1957–58 |
Nextseason: | 1959–60 |
During the 1958–59 season Juventus competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and European Cup .
During summer President Umberto Agnelli transferred in several plavers such as: Defender Ernesto Castano, midfielder Piero Aggradi (after a loan ended), Luigi Fuin and Gianfranco Leoncini, meanwhile playing his last season Ermes Muccinelli (future club legend), along with Francesco Stacchino and Swedish midfielder Karl-Erik Palmér the latter a notorious flop for the campaign.
On 16 December 1958 in the gala of the 1958 Ballon d'Or, several squad players competed for the trophy,[1] included Welsh Forward John Charles (finishing in a 4th place), Bruno Nicolè and Giampiero Boniperti.
In League, the team reached a disappointing 4th place in spite of the "Trio Magico" (Charles-Sivori-Boniperti) scoring a massive quantity of goals for the third consecutive season.[2]
The club had its debut in the European Cup, and was chaotic, in a series of two-legs in preliminary round against Wiener Sport-Club from Austria, after a 3-1 won match in Torino thanks to a hat-trick of Omar Sívori the squad collapsed in Wien, without and injured John Charles the squad lost 0-7 at the Praterstadion being eliminated early out of the competition.
After a 5-4 lost match in Torino against Milan,[3] included arguments between the head coach and the star Forward Omar Sívori, the Yugoslavian manager Ljubiša Broćić was fired and replaced by Teobaldo Depetrini.[4] [5]
At the end of the season, however, the squad clinched the 1959 Coppa Italia Final defeating Internazionale in San Siro with a 4-1 score.
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DF | Ernesto Castano | ||||||
MF | Piero Aggradi | ||||||
MF | Luigi Fuin | ||||||
FW | Ermes Muccinelli | ||||||
MF | Karl-Erik Palmér | ||||||
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GK | Giovanni Viola | ||||||
DF | Bruno Barbieri | ||||||
DF | Giuseppe Patrucco | ||||||
FW | Giorgio Bartolini | ||||||
FW | Piergiorgio Sartore |
See main article: 1958–59 Serie A.
See main article: 1958–59 Coppa Italia.
See main article: 1959 Coppa Italia Final.
See main article: 1958–59 European Cup.