2005–06 Juventus F.C. season

Juventus
2005–06 season
President Franzo Grande Stevens
Head Coach Fabio Capello
Serie A 20th, originally 1st
Coppa Italia Quarter Finals
Champions League Quarter Finals
Supercoppa Italiana Final
Top goalscorer David Trezeguet (23)

Juventus F.C. had one of its best seasons ever, before being caught in Italian football's biggest ever scandal, which stripped the club of two league titles and relegated it to Serie B, as well as suspending club directors Luciano Moggi and Antonio Giraudo for life. When the consequenses became clear, former player and newly appointed sporting director Gianluca Pessotto attempted suicide, an attempt that failed and his life was able to be saved. The suicide attempt took place despite Pessotto not being investigated for any of the bribery crimes. Pessotto was to be able to lead a normal life afterwards, despite the fall being some 15 metres.

On the pitch, Juventus had been further strengthened by the arrival of Patrick Vieira from Arsenal, the French international being regarded as one of the games' finest midfielders at the time. Together with Emerson and a robust defence headed by Fabio Cannavaro, Lilian Thuram and goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, Juventus formed the core in both the French and Italian sides that faced each other in the 2006 FIFA World Cup Final.

Following the enforced relegation, Juventus lost Cannavaro and Emerson to Real Madrid, Thuram and Gianluca Zambrotta to Barcelona, Adrian Mutu to Fiorentina, plus Vieira and Zlatan Ibrahimović to Inter. The remainder of the squad did however stay, since the contracts were not torn up by the penalisation, and that meant several world-class players spent the 2006-07 season in the second division.

Contents

Squad

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Gianluigi Buffon
2 DF Alessandro Birindelli
3 DF Giorgio Chiellini
4 MF Patrick Vieira
6 DF Robert Kovač
7 DF Gianluca Pessotto
8 MF Emerson
9 FW Zlatan Ibrahimović
10 FW Alessandro Del Piero (captain)
11 MF Pavel Nedvěd
12 GK Antonio Chimenti
14 DF Federico Balzaretti
15 DF Domenico Criscito
16 MF Mauro Camoranesi
17 FW David Trezeguet
18 FW Adrian Mutu
No. Position Player
19 MF Gianluca Zambrotta
20 MF Manuele Blasi
21 DF Lilian Thuram
22 GK Landry Bonnefoi
23 MF Giuliano Giannichedda
24 MF Rubén Olivera
25 FW Marcelo Zalayeta
26 DF Gladstone
27 DF Jonathan Zebina
28 DF Fabio Cannavaro
32 GK Christian Abbiati (on loan from Milan)
43 GK Claudio Scarzanella
44 FW Michele Paolucci
50 MF Samon Reider Rodríguez
60 MF Claudio Marchisio

Competitions

Serie A

Matches






































Coppa Italia

Round of 32

Quarterfinals

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Juventus 6 5 0 1 12 5 +7 15
Bayern Munich 6 4 1 1 10 4 +6 13
Club Brugge 6 2 1 3 6 7 −1 7
Rapid Wien 6 0 0 6 3 15 −12 0

Knock-out stage

Round of 32

Werder Bremen 4–4 Juventus on aggregate. Juventus won on away goals.

Quarterfinals

Arsenal won 2–0 on aggregate.

Topscorers

Sources

| RSSSF - Italy 2005/06