2008–09 Juventus FC season explained

Season:2008–09
Manager:Claudio Ranieri
(until 18 May 2009)
Ciro Ferrara
(caretaker manager)
Chairman:Giovanni Cobolli Gigli
Chrtitle:President
Stadium:Stadio Olimpico di Torino
League:Serie A
League Result:2nd
Cup1:Coppa Italia
Cup1 Result:Semi-finals
Cup2:UEFA Champions League
Cup2 Result:Round of 16
League Topscorer:Alessandro Del Piero (13)
Season Topscorer:Alessandro Del Piero (21)
Highest Attendance:27,419 vs Chelsea
(10 March 2009, Champions League)
Lowest Attendance:200 vs Atalanta
(17 May 2009, Serie A)
Average Attendance:22,396[1]
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Prevseason:2007–08
Nextseason: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. 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]

Players

Squad information

As of 2 April 2009. (vice-captain) (captain)

Reserve squad

[4]

Youth squad

[5]

UEFA Champions League squad

Transfers

In

PosPlayerFromFeeDate
4DFFree 24-01-2008
27MF€600,000 27-05-2008
8FW€22.6 million 03-06-2008
29DF€3.5 million (co-ownership resolution) 09-06-2008
FWUndisclosed (co-ownership resolution)09-06-2008
19MFLoan return 14-06-2008
20FWLoan return 26-06-2008
15DFLoan 30-06-2008
18MF€9.75 million 14-07-2008
12GKLoan 19-07-2008
13GK€1 million 05-08-2008
MFFree 01-09-2008
GK€800,000 21-01-2009

Out

PosPlayerToFeeDate
23MF€7.5 million 03-06-2008
DF€400,000 (co-ownership resolution) 09-06-2008
DFUndisclosed (co-ownership resolution) 10-06-2008
MF€2.6 million (co-ownership resolution) 13-06-2008
FWRenewed co-ownership 13-06-2008
MF€2 million (co-ownership resolution) 24-06-2008
FWRenewed co-ownership 25-06-2008
MF€150,000 (co-ownership resolution) 25-06-2008
DFUndisclosed (co-ownership resolution) 25-06-2008
FWUndisclosed (co-ownership) 01-07-2008
FW€2.5 million (co-ownership) 01-07-2008
MFUndisclosed (co-ownership) 03-07-2008
20FW€5 million (co-ownership) 03-07-2008
DFUndisclosed (co-ownership) 07-07-2008
2DFFree 21-07-2008
FWUndisclosed
    • -07-2008
14DFUnattatched Released 02-04-2009

Loaned out

PosPlayerToStartEnd
FW27-06-200801-07-2009
MF27-06-200801-07-2009
DF03-07-200801-07-2009
FW05-07-200801-07-2009
MF09-07-200801-07-2009
MF22-07-200830-01-2009
GK23-07-200801-07-2009
MF24-07-200801-07-2009
12GK01-08-200801-07-2009
MF05-08-200801-07-2009
FW24-08-200801-07-2010
GK24-01-200901-07-2009
MF
    • -01-2009
MF30-01-200901-07-2009

Pre-season and friendlies

Goal scorers

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18Amauri7
29Vincenzo Iaquinta4
317David Trezeguet2
=34Cristian Pasquato2
532Marco Marchionni1
=35Simone Esposito1

TIM Trophy 2008

See main article: TIM Trophy.

Final tournament standings

Scorers

RankNameTeamGoals
rowspan"1"1 Clarence Seedorf AC Milan2
2 Vincenzo Iaquinta Juventus1
David Trezeguet Juventus
Marco Marchionni Juventus

Matches

Emirates Cup

See main article: 2008 Emirates Cup.

Final tournament standings

Scorers

RankNameTeamGoals
rowspan"1"1 Ivica Olić Hamburger SV2
2 Dani Parejo Real Madrid1
David Trezeguet Juventus
Ruud van Nistelrooy Real Madrid
Mohamed Zidan Hamburger SV
Paolo Guerrero Hamburger SV
Emmanuel Adebayor Arsenal

Matches

Trofeo Luigi Berlusconi

See main article: Trofeo Luigi Berlusconi.

Trofeo Birra Moretti

See main article: Birra Moretti Trophy.

Final tournament standings

Matches

Trofeo Città di Messna

Competitions

Serie A

See main article: article and 2008–09 Serie A.

Matches

Coppa Italia

See main article: article and 2008–09 Coppa Italia.

UEFA Champions League

See main article: article and 2008–09 UEFA Champions League.

Third qualifying round

See main article: article.

Group stage

See main article: article.

Knockout phase

See main article: article and 2008–09 UEFA Champions League knockout phase.

Round of 16

Statistics

Goalscorers

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110Alessandro Del Piero136221
28Amauri122014
=9Vincenzo Iaquinta122014
411Pavel Nedvěd7007
53Giorgio Chiellini4105
=19Claudio Marchisio3003
620Sebastian Giovinco2013
=21Zdeněk Grygera2103
=32Marco Marchionni1023
104Olof Mellberg2002
=6Cristiano Zanetti2002
=16Mauro Camoranesi1102
=22Mohamed Sissoko2002
=33Nicola Legrottaglie1102
157Hasan Salihamidžić1001
=17David Trezeguet1001
=18Christian Poulsen1001
///Own Goals2002
TOTALS6914588

Disciplinary record

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statistiche Spettatori Serie A - Attendance Statistics Serie A.
  2. News: Juve rout roma. dailystar.net. 23 March 2009.
  3. News: Ciro Ferrara is the new Juventus coach. juventus.com. 5 June 2009. 8 April 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20090722000308/http://www.juventus.com/site/eng/MEDIA_comunicatostampa_BFBA771F588B456F8DA3061D44ABDCFD.asp. 22 July 2009. dead. dmy-all.
  4. Web site: Juventus.com - Primavera . 2008-08-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080915191551/http://www.juventus.it/site/ita/TAS_rosaprimavera.asp . 2008-09-15 . dead .
  5. Web site: Juventus.com - Squadre Giovani . 2008-08-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080915191053/http://www.juventus.it/site/ita/TAS_squadregiovani.asp . 2008-09-15 . dead .

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