| Club: | Juventus |
| Season: | 1977-78 |
| Manager: | Giovanni Trapattoni |
| Chairman: | Giampiero Boniperti |
| League: | Serie A |
| League Result: | 1st (in European Cup) |
| Cup1: | Coppa Italia |
| Cup1 Result: | Second round |
| Cup2: | European Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Semi-finals |
| League Topscorer: | Bettega (11) |
| Season Topscorer: | Bettega (13) |
| Stadium: | Comunale |
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| Prevseason: | 1976–77 |
| Nextseason: | 1978–79 |
In the 1977-78 season Juventus competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and UEFA Cup.
After winning last season's league title with a record-breaking tally of 51 points, the club did not make substantial changes in their first line-up and brought young promises such as Pietro Paolo Virdis,[1] Pierino Fanna and Vinicio Verza to their debut at top level.
The team was defeated in Rome 0-3 by Lazio, which was their only loss in the first half of the season.[2] Liedholm and his Milan were Juventus' biggest challengers of the season and finished the first half of the league season at the top. However, with a draw at Bergamo, they were reached in first place by Juventus; the next week the Bianconeri took the leadership, grabbing the 'Winter title' with 2 points ahead of local rivals Torino.[3]
The second half of the tournament for Juventus was calm with the Bianconeri not losing a single game for the rest of the tournament. Juventus secured the championship after drawing away to Roma with game to spare.
In Coppa Italia, the team suffered a shocking elimination in Second round. In European Cup, the squad reached the Semi-finals, being surprisingly eliminated by Belgian Club Brugge its coach over the two legs.[4]
After the team clinched the title, Italian national team manager Enzo Bearzot called up eight players as regulars starters from this Juventus squad — Zoff, Gentile, Scirea, Benetti, Tardelli, Bettega, Cabrini and Causio — during the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina (also Cuccureddu was called), where they reached a decent 4th place.[5] This group of players was known as Blocco-Juve (Juve Block), or Blocco Juventus[6]
| In | |||||||
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| width=3% | Pos. | width=32% | Name | width=30% | from | width=35% | Type |
| MF | Vinicio Verza | ||||||
| MF | Pietro Fanna | ||||||
| FW | Pietro Paolo Virdis | ||||||
| Out | |||||||
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| width=3% | Pos. | width=32% | Name | width=30% | To | width=35% | Type |
| MF | Alberto Marchetti | ||||||
| FW | Sergio Gori | ||||||
| MF | Gian Piero Gasperini | loan | |||||
See main article: 1977–78 Serie A.
See main article: 1977–78 Coppa Italia.
See main article: 1977–78 European Cup.