2008–09 Juventus F.C. season

This is a list of Juventus' results and events during the Serie A 2008-09 season.

Juventus F.C.
2008–09 season
Chairman Giovanni Cobolli Gigli
Head Coach Claudio Ranieri
(until 18 May 2009)
Ciro Ferrara
(caretaker manager)
Serie A 2nd
Coppa Italia Semi-finals
UEFA Champions League First knockout round
Top goalscorer League: Alessandro Del Piero (13)
All: Alessandro Del Piero (21)
Highest home attendance 27,419 (v Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League)
Lowest home attendance 200 (v Atalanta in the Serie A)

Contents

Events

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 5 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 F.C and A.S. Roma. However, coach Claudio Ranieri seemed to encounter serious problems in motivating his troops with his constant belittling of Juventus's title chances.[1]

After a club record run of 7 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 S.S. 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 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, being 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 Bernabeu 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 F.C. who had just changed their manager. Despite battling bravely with 10 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.[2]

Squad

First-team squad[3]

As of 2 April 2009.

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 (vice-captain)
3 DF Giorgio Chiellini
4 DF Olof Mellberg
5 DF Jonathan Zebina
6 MF Cristiano Zanetti
7 MF Hasan Salihamidžić
8 FW Amauri
9 FW Vincenzo Iaquinta
10 FW Alessandro Del Piero (captain)
11 MF Pavel Nedvěd
12 GK Antonio Chimenti
13 GK Alexander Manninger
15 DF Dario Knežević
No. Position Player
16 MF Mauro Camoranesi
17 FW David Trézéguet
18 MF Christian Poulsen
19 MF Claudio Marchisio
20 FW Sebastian Giovinco
21 DF Zdeněk Grygera
22 MF Mohamed Sissoko
27 MF Albin Ekdal
28 DF Cristian Molinaro
29 DF Paolo De Ceglie
30 MF Tiago
32 MF Marco Marchionni
33 DF Nicola Legrottaglie

Reserve Squad[4]

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
31 GK Timothy Nocchi
GK Antonio Piccolo
42 GK Carlo Pinsoglio
DF Raffaele Alcibiade
41 DF Lorenzo Ariaudo
DF Abdoulaye Bamba
38 DF Salvatore D'Elia
43 DF Andrea De Paola
37 DF Marco Duravia
DF Ivan Mignano
DF Federico Mirarchi
DF Simone Serino
36 MF Luca Castiglia
45 MF Iago Falqué
No. Position Player
MF Luca Gerbaudo
44 MF Giuseppe Giovinco
MF Fabrizio Lazzeri
39 MF Luca Marrone
MF Domenico Pirrotta
40 MF Fausto Rossi
MF David Junior Toukam
MF Carlo Vecchione
FW Alessio Curcio
47 FW Ayub Daud
35 FW Simone Esposito
46 FW Ciro Immobile
FW Alberto Libertazzi

Youth Squad[5]

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
GK Marco Bodrito
GK Timothy Nocchi
GK Romeo Urbano
DF Raffaele Alcibiade
DF Federico Mirarchi
DF Giacomo Molinaro
DF Anthony Ricciardi
DF Simone Serino
DF Ivan Mignano
MF Luca Ficarrotta
MF Luca Gerbaudo
No. Position Player
MF Giuseppe Giovinco
MF Fabrizio Lazzeri
MF Alessandro Ntanos
MF Alessandro Cretazzo
MF Domenico Pirrotta
MF Marco Siragusa
FW Alessio Curcio
FW Nicola Faralli
FW Ciro Immobile
FW Dennis Russo

UEFA Champions League 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
3 DF Giorgio Chiellini
4 DF Olof Mellberg
5 DF Jonathan Zebina
6 MF Cristiano Zanetti
7 MF Hasan Salihamidžić
8 FW Amauri
9 FW Vincenzo Iaquinta
10 FW Alessandro Del Piero (captain)
11 MF Pavel Nedvěd
12 GK Antonio Chimenti
13 GK Alexander Manninger
15 DF Dario Knežević
16 MF Mauro Camoranesi
17 FW David Trézéguet (vice-captain)
18 MF Christian Poulsen
19 MF Claudio Marchisio
No. Position Player
20 FW Sebastian Giovinco
21 DF Zdeněk Grygera
22 MF Mohamed Sissoko
28 DF Cristian Molinaro
29 DF Paolo De Ceglie
30 MF Tiago
31 GK Timothy Nocchi (List B Player)
32 MF Marco Marchionni
33 DF Nicola Legrottaglie
35 MF Simone Esposito (List B Player)
36 MF Luca Castiglia (List B Player)
37 DF Marco Duravia (List B Player)
38 DF Salvatore D'Elia (List B Player)
40 MF Fausto Rossi (List B Player)
41 DF Lorenzo Ariaudo (List B Player)
42 GK Carlo Pinsoglio (List B Player)

Transfers

In

# Pos Player From Fee Date
4 DF Olof Mellberg Aston Villa Free 24-01-2008
27 MF Albin Ekdal Brommapojkarna €0.6 million 27-05-2008
8 FW Amauri Palermo €22.6 million 03-06-2008
29 DF Paolo De Ceglie Siena €3.5 million (co-ownership resolution) 09-06-2008
19 MF Claudio Marchisio Empoli Loan return 14-06-2008
20 FW Sebastian Giovinco Empoli Loan return 26-06-2008
15 DF Dario Knežević Livorno Loan 30-06-2008
18 MF Christian Poulsen Sevilla €9.75 million 14-07-2008
12 GK Antonio Chimenti Udinese Loan 19-07-2008
13 GK Alexander Manninger Udinese €1.0 million 05-08-2008
MF Iago Falqué Barcelona Atlètic Free 01-09-2008
GK Mario Kirev Slavia Sofia €0.8 million 21-01-2009

Out

# Pos Player To Fee Date
23 MF Antonio Nocerino Palermo €7.5 million 03-06-2008
DF Andrea Rossi Siena €0.4 million (co-ownership resolution) 09-06-2008
DF Felice Piccolo Empoli Undisclosed (co-ownership resolution) 10-06-2008
MF Manuele Blasi Napoli €2.6 million (co-ownership resolution) 13-06-2008
FW Marcelo Zalayeta Napoli Renewed co-ownership 13-06-2008
MF Matteo Paro Genoa €2.0 million (co-ownership resolution) 24-06-2008
FW Tomás Guzmán Piacenza Renewed co-ownership 25-06-2008
MF Douglas Packer Siena €0.15 million (co-ownership resolution) 25-06-2008
DF Pietro Zammuto Piacenza Undisclosed (co-ownership resolution) 25-06-2008
FW Rey Volpato Bari Undisclosed (co-ownership) 01-07-2008
FW Davide Lanzafame Palermo €2.5 million (co-ownership) 01-07-2008
MF Andrè Cuneaz Mantova Undisclosed (co-ownership) 03-07-2008
20 FW Raffaele Palladino Genoa €5.0 million (co-ownership) 03-07-2008
DF Giuseppe Rizza Livorno Undisclosed (co-ownership) 07-07-2008
2 DF Alessandro Birindelli Pisa Free 21-07-2008
FW Piergiuseppe Maritato Fiorentina Undisclosed **-07-2008
14 DF Jorge Andrade Unattatched Released 02-04-2009

Loaned out

# Pos Player To Start End
FW Riccardo Maniero Bari 27-06-2008 01-07-2009
MF Raffaele Bianco Bari 27-06-2008 01-07-2009
DF Domenico Criscito Genoa 03-07-2008 01-07-2009
FW Oussama Essabr Vicenza 05-07-2008 01-07-2009
MF Dario Venitucci Mantova 09-07-2008 01-07-2009
MF Samon Reider Rodríguez Poggibonsi 22-07-2008 30-01-2009
GK Alessandro Vono Livorno 23-07-2008 01-07-2009
MF Rubén Olivera Genoa 24-07-2008 01-07-2009
12 GK Emanuele Belardi Udinese 01-08-2008 01-07-2009
MF Sergio Bernardo Almirón Fiorentina 05-08-2008 01-07-2009
FW Cristian Pasquato Empoli 24-08-2008 01-07-2010
GK Mario Kirev Grasshopper 24-01-2009 01-07-2009
MF Dario Venitucci Avellino **-01-2009
MF Samon Reider Rodríguez Alessandria 30-01-2009 01-07-2009

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 31 May 2009.
No. Nat Pos Player Total Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Gianluigi Buffon 30 -30 23+0 -25 2+0 -2 5+0 -3
3 DF Giorgio Chiellini 36 5 27+0 4 1+0 0 8+0 1
4 DF Olof Mellberg 37 2 22+4 2 3+1 0 6+1 0
5 DF Jonathan Zebina 8 0 4+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
6 MF Cristiano Zanetti 14 2 9+3 2 1+0 0 1+0 0
7 MF Hasan Salihamidžić 15 1 7+4 1 0+0 0 1+3 0
8 FW Amauri 44 14 27+5 12 2+0 0 5+5 2
9 FW Vincenzo Iaquinta 38 15 19+9 12 3+0 0 4+3 3
10 FW Alessandro Del Piero 43 21 28+3 13 2+1 2 8+1 6
11 MF Pavel Nedvěd 44 7 28+4 7 1+2 0 9+0 0
12 GK Antonio Chimenti 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 GK Alexander Manninger 23 -16 15+1 -11 2+0 -2 5+0 -3
14 DF Jorge Andrade 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 DF Dario Knežević 4 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
16 MF Mauro Camoranesi 27 2 15+5 1 0+1 0 6+0 1
17 FW David Trézéguet 15 1 4+5 1 1+2 0 1+2 0
18 MF Christian Poulsen 29 1 14+9 1 1+2 0 3+0 0
19 MF Claudio Marchisio 32 3 20+4 3 1+1 0 4+2 0
20 FW Sebastian Giovinco 27 3 9+10 2 3+0 1 2+3 0
21 DF Zdeněk Grygera 43 2 28+3 2 4+0 0 8+0 0
22 MF Mohamed Sissoko 32 2 20+1 2 3+0 0 7+1 0
27 MF Albin Ekdal 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 DF Cristian Molinaro 40 0 29+0 0 1+1 0 9+0 0
29 DF Paolo De Ceglie 26 0 11+8 0 3+0 0 2+2 0
30 MF Tiago 20 0 12+3 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
31 GK Timothy Nocchi (from List B) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 MF Marco Marchionni 35 3 18+8 1 4+0 2 3+2 0
33 DF Nicola Legrottaglie 35 2 25+0 1 2+0 0 8+0 1
35 MF Simone Esposito (from List B) 2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
36 MF Luca Castiglia (from List B) 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
37 DF Marco Duravia (from List B) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
38 DF Salvatore D'Elia (from List B) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
39 MF Luca Marrone (from List B) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
40 MF Fausto Rossi (from List B) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
41 DF Lorenzo Ariaudo (from List B) 5 0 2+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
42 GK Carlo Pinsoglio (from List B) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
46 FW Ciro Immobile 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
47 FW Ayub Daud 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Goal scorers

Position Nation Number Name Serie A Champions League Coppa Italia Total
1 10 Alessandro Del Piero 13 6 2 21
2 8 Amauri 12 2 0 14
= 9 Vincenzo Iaquinta 12 2 0 14
4 11 Pavel Nedvěd 7 0 0 7
5 3 Giorgio Chiellini 4 1 0 5
= 19 Claudio Marchisio 3 0 0 3
6 20 Sebastian Giovinco 2 0 1 3
= 21 Zdeněk Grygera 2 1 0 3
= 32 Marco Marchionni 1 0 2 3
10 4 Olof Mellberg 2 0 0 2
= 6 Cristiano Zanetti 2 0 0 2
= 16 Mauro Camoranesi 1 1 0 2
= 22 Mohamed Sissoko 2 0 0 2
= 33 Nicola Legrottaglie 1 1 0 2
15 7 Hasan Salihamidžić 1 0 0 1
= 17 David Trézéguet 1 0 0 1
= 18 Christian Poulsen 1 0 0 1
/ / / Own Goals 2 0 0 2
TOTALS 69 14 5 88

Disciplinary record

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

N
P
Nat.
Name
Y YY R Notes
22 MF Mali Sissoko 10 1
33 DF Italy Legrottaglie 10
21 DF Czech Republic Grygera 9
16 MF Italy Camoranesi 7 1 1
3 DF Italy Chiellini 7 1
19 MF Italy Marchisio 7
28 DF Italy Molinaro 7
4 DF Sweden Mellberg 6
8 FW Brazil Amauri 5
11 MF Czech Republic Nedvěd 4
30 MF Portugal Tiago 3 1
9 FW Italy Iaquinta 3 1
6 MF Italy Zanetti 3
7 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina Salihamidžić 3
10 FW Italy Del Piero 3
5 DF France Zebina 2
18 MF Denmark Poulsen 2
20 FW Italy Giovinco 2
22 DF Italy De Ceglie 2
27 MF Sweden Ekdal 1

Last updated: 2009-05-31
Source: Match reports in Match Results
Only competitive matches

Y = Number of bookings;  YY = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  R = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Start formations

Qnt Formation Match(es)
51 4-4-2

Last updated: 31 May
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.

Starting 11

No.
Pos
Nat
Name
GS Notes
1 GK ITA Buffon 30 Alexander Manninger on 22
21 RB CZE Grygera 40
33 CB ITA Legrottaglie 35 Olof Mellberg on 31
3 CB ITA Chiellini 36
28 LB ITA Molinaro 39 Paolo De Ceglie on 16
32 RW ITA Marchionni 25 Mauro Camoranesi on 21
19 CM ITA Marchisio 25 Tiago Cardoso Mendes on 17
22 CM Mali Sissoko 30 Christian Poulsen on 18
11 LW CZE Nedvěd 38 Sebastian Giovinco on 14
10 SS ITA Del Piero 38
8 [[|S]] BRA Amauri 34 Vincenzo Iaquinta on 26

Sponsorship

Years Main sponsor Years Shirt producer
2007-present New Holland FIAT Group 2003-present Nike

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Serie A 9th 2nd 2nd 31 August 2008 31 May 2009
Coppa Italia Round of 16 Semi-finals 14 January 2009 22 April 2009
Champions League Third qualifying round First knockout round First knockout round 13 August 2008 10 March 2009

Last updated: 15 March
Source: Competitions

Non Competitive Matches

Goal scorers

Position Nation Number Name Goals
1 8 Amauri 7
2 9 Vincenzo Iaquinta 4
3 17 David Trézéguet 2
= 34 Cristian Pasquato 2
5 32 Marco Marchionni 1
= 35 Simone Esposito 1

Friendly matches





TIM Trophy 2008

Final Tournament Standings

  • 3 points for win, 0 points for loss
  • 2 points for penalty kick win, 1 point for penalty kick loss
  • A.C. Milan wins tournament based on head-to-head result
Rank Team GP W PK-W L PK-L GF GA P
1 Milan 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 4
2 Juventus 2 1 0 0 1 3 2 4
3 Internazionale 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1

Scorers

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Clarence Seedorf Milan 2
2 Vincenzo Iaquinta Juventus 1
David Trézéguet Juventus
Marco Marchionni Juventus

Matches


Emirates Cup

Final Tournament Standings

  • 3 points for win, 1 point for tie, 0 points for loss
  • 1 point for every goal scored
  • each team played 2 games:Juventus did not play Real Madrid, Arsenal did not play Hamburg
  • Juventus finishes 3rd based on head-to-head result
Rank Team GP W T L GF GA P
1 Hamburg 2 1 0 1 4 2 7
2 Real Madrid 2 1 0 1 2 2 5
3 Juventus 2 1 0 1 1 3 4
4 Arsenal 2 1 0 1 1 1 4

Scorers

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Ivica Olić Hamburg 2
2 Daniel Parejo Real Madrid 1
David Trézéguet Juventus
Ruud van Nistelrooy Real Madrid
Mohamed Zidan Hamburg
Paolo Guerrero Hamburg
Emmanuel Adebayor Arsenal

Matches


Trofeo Luigi Berlusconi

Trofeo Birra Moretti

Final Tournament Standings

  • 3 points for win, 0 points for loss
  • 2 points for penalty kick win, 1 point for penalty kick loss
  • Juventus wins tournament based on head-to-head result
Rank Team GP W PK-W L PK-L GF GA P
1 Juventus 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 4
2 Milan 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 4
3 Napoli 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1

Scorers

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Alberto Paloschi Milan 1

Matches


===Trofeo Città di Mess na===

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round


Juventus advances to Group Stage of Champions League, winning 5-1 on aggregate

Group stage

Table - Group H

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Juventus 6 3 3 0 7 3 4 12
Real Madrid 6 4 0 2 9 5 4 12
Zenit St. Petersburg 6 1 2 3 4 7 -3 5
BATE Borisov 6 0 3 3 3 8 -5 3

Juventus finishes first due to head-to-head results: Juventus-Real Madrid 2-1, Real Madrid-Juventus 0-2

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
6 3 3 0 7 3 +4 12 2 1 0 3 1 +2 1 2 0 4 2 +2
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
10 4 5 1 14 7 +7 17 3 2 0 9 3 +6 1 3 1 5 4 +1

Results by round

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Ground H A H A A H / A H / / / / / / / / /
Result W D W W D D L D
Position 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2

Last updated: 11 March.
Source: [1]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches




Juventus clinches place in Round-of-16 of Champions League



Juventus finishes first in Group H

First Knockout Round


Serie A

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Internazionale (C) 38 25 9 4 70 32 +38 84 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Juventus 38 21 11 6 69 37 +32 74 JUV 4–2 MIL
MIL 1–1 JUV
3 Milan 38 22 8 8 70 35 +35 74
4 Fiorentina 38 21 5 12 53 38 +15 68 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Play-off round FIO 1–0 GEN
GEN 3–3 FIO
5 Genoa 38 19 11 8 56 40 +16 68 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
6 Roma 38 18 9 11 64 60 +4 63 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round

Source: lega-calcio.it (Italian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 21 11 6 69 37 +32 74 11 6 2 38 19 +19 10 5 4 31 18 +13

Last updated: 31 May
Source: [2]

Results by round

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
Ground A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H
Result D W W D D L L W W W W W L W W W W W D W L L W D W W W W W D L D D D D D W W
Position 8 6 2 5 7 11 12 10 9 6 6 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2

Last updated: 31 May.
Source: [3]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches






































Coppa Italia

Round of 16

Juventus advances to Quarter-Finals

Quarterfinals

Juventus advances to Semi-Finals

Semifinals


References