1967–68 Juventus FC season explained

Club:Juventus Football Club
Season:1967–68
Manager:Heriberto Herrera
Chairman:Vittore Catella
Chrtitle:President
Stadium:Comunale
League:Serie A
League Result:3rd
Cup1:Coppa Italia
Cup1 Result:First round
Cup2:European Cup
League Topscorer:Menichelli (11)
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Prevseason:1966–67
Nextseason:1968–69

During the 1967–68 season Juventus competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and European Cup.

Summary

The club clinched "in extremis" the arrival of Swedish winger Roger Magnusson[1],however, the midfielder played only 6 matches in European Cup scoring 2 goals.[2] Also, future club legend midfielder Franco Causio made his debut as bianconero.

In League the squad finished in a decent third place just below Milan and Napoli. [3] In Coppa the team was early eliminated in first round. [4] [5] The campaign is best remembered by the squad reaching the semifinals of the European Cup for the first time ever. After a dramatic three-leg series against German club Eintracht Braunschweig, the team lost the two matches to Benfica with a superb performance of Eusebio.[6]

Squad

Transfers

In
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FWRoger Magnusson
MFLuigi Simoni
MFCarlo Volpi
GKPietro Fioravanti
DFGianluigi Roveta
MFGuido Onor
MFFranco Causio
Out
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MFGino Stacchini
DFElio Rinero

Competitions

Serie A

See main article: 1967–68 Serie A.

Matches

Coppa Italia

See main article: 1967-68 Coppa Italia.

First round

Varese advanced to the Second round after a coin toss.

European Cup

See main article: 1967-68 European Cup.

Semifinals

Statistics

Also read

Notes and References

  1. http://www.emeroteca.coni.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=12798&p=9#page/4/mode/2up Corriere dello Sport, 31 dicembre 1964, pagina 4
  2. http://www.myjuve.it/giocatori-juventus/roger-magnusson-435.aspx Scheda
  3. Web site: Stagione 1966/67.
  4. Web site: Maurizio Mariani. Italy 1966/67. 26 October 2000.
  5. Web site: Stagione 1966-1967.
  6. News: La Juventus eliminata dal Benfica: 0-1. La Stampa. 16 May 1968. 10. it.