2007–08 Juventus FC season

The 2007–08 season was Juventus Football Club's 110th in existence and first season back in the top flight of Italian football.

Juventus
2007–08 season
ChairmanGiovanni Cobolli Gigli
ManagerClaudio Ranieri
StadiumStadio Olimpico di Torino
Serie A3rd
Coppa ItaliaQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Alessandro Del Piero (21)
All:
Alessandro Del Piero (24)
Average home league attendance20,930[1]

Season review

On 4 June 2007, Claudio Ranieri was appointed the new manager following the resignation of Didier Deschamps.[2] With the club back in Serie A, new signings such as Czech international Zdeněk Grygera, Portuguese midfielder Tiago Mendes and Sergio Almirón were brought in to strengthen the squad while promising youngsters such as Sebastian Giovinco, Claudio Marchisio and Paolo De Ceglie were sent out on loan or co-ownership deals.

Juventus finished third that season to qualify for next season's Champions League, their first participation in that competition since 2005–06.

Players

Squad information

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Italy ITA Gianluigi Buffon
2 DF Italy ITA Alessandro Birindelli
3 DF Italy ITA Giorgio Chiellini
4 MF Argentina ARG Sergio Almirón
5 DF France FRA Jonathan Zebina
6 MF Italy ITA Cristiano Zanetti
7 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Hasan Salihamidžić
8 MF Italy ITA Mauro Camoranesi
9 FW Italy ITA Vincenzo Iaquinta
10 FW Italy ITA Alessandro Del Piero (captain)
11 MF Czech Republic CZE Pavel Nedvěd
12 GK Italy ITA Emanuele Belardi
13 GK Australia AUS Jess Vanstrattan
14 DF Portugal POR Jorge Andrade
17 FW France FRA David Trezeguet
18 DF France FRA Jean-Alain Boumsong
19 DF Italy ITA Domenico Criscito
20 FW Italy ITA Raffaele Palladino
21 DF Czech Republic CZE Zdeněk Grygera
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF Mali MLI Mohamed Sissoko
23 MF Italy ITA Antonio Nocerino
24 FW Uruguay URU Rubén Olivera
25 DF Italy ITA Guglielmo Stendardo
28 DF Italy ITA Cristian Molinaro
30 MF Portugal POR Tiago
31 GK Italy ITA Cristiano Novembre
32 MF Italy ITA Marco Marchionni
33 DF Italy ITA Nicola Legrottaglie
34 MF Italy ITA Cristian Pasquato
35 MF Italy ITA Simone Esposito
36 MF Italy ITA Luca Castiglia
37 DF Italy ITA Marco Duravia
38 DF Italy ITA Salvatore D'Elia
41 MF Italy ITA Nicola Cosentini
42 FW Somalia SOM Ayub Daud
43 DF Italy ITA Lorenzo Ariaudo
44 FW Italy ITA Donato Bottone
45 FW Morocco MAR Oussama Essabr

Competitions

Serie A
Main article: 2007–08 Serie A

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Internazionale (C) 38 25 10 3 69 26 +43 85 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Roma 38 24 10 4 72 37 +35 82
3 Juventus 38 20 12 6 72 37 +35 72 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Fiorentina 38 19 9 10 55 39 +16 66
5 Milan 38 18 10 10 66 38 +28 64 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
Source: Serie A
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) Champions
Notes:
  1. The 7th-placed team qualified for the UEFA Cup due to both of the Coppa Italia finalists, Roma and Internazionale, finishing 6th or higher.

Matches
25 August 2007 1 Juventus 5–1 Livorno Turin
Trezeguet 29', 87', 90+2'
Iaquinta 71' (pen.), 86'		 Report Loviso 90+4' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Gabriele Gava
2 September 2007 2 Cagliari 2–3 Juventus Cagliari
Foggia 55' (pen.), 80' (pen.) Report Trezeguet 53'
Del Piero 76'
Chiellini 90'		 Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento
16 September 2007 3 Juventus 0–1 Udinese Turin
Report Di Natale 47' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Stefano Farina
23 September 2007 4 Roma 2–2 Juventus Rome
Totti 30', 36' Report Trezeguet 17'
Del Piero soccer ball with red X 49'
Iaquinta 88'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Emidio Morganti
26 September 2007 5 Juventus 4–0 Reggina Turin
Legrottaglie 48'
Salihamidžić 50'
Trezeguet 76'
Palladino 90+1'		 Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Domenico Celi
30 September 2007 6 Torino 0–1 Juventus Turin
Report Trezeguet 90+3' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi
7 October 2007 7 Fiorentina 1–1 Juventus Florence
Mutu 89' (pen.) Report Iaquinta 23' Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
21 October 2007 8 Juventus 1–0 Genoa Turin
Del Piero 36' Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Luca Banti
27 October 2007 9 Napoli 3–1 Juventus Naples
Gargano 49'
Domizzi 62' (pen.), 70' (pen.)		 Report Del Piero 46' Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Referee: Mauro Bergonzi
31 October 2007 10 Juventus 3–0 Empoli Turin
Trezeguet 51' (pen.), 62', 70' Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Domenico Celi
4 November 2007 11 Juventus 1–1 Internazionale Turin
Camoranesi 77' Report Cruz 41' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi
11 November 2007 12 Parma 2–2 Juventus Parma
Gasbarroni 43' (pen.)
Pisanu 57'		 Report Legrottaglie 75'
Iaquinta 82'		 Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Referee: Gabriele Gava
25 November 2007 13 Juventus 5–0 Palermo Turin
Trezeguet 29'
Iaquinta 41'
Del Piero 71', 90+2' (pen.)
Marchionni 76'		 Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Massimiliano Saccani
1 December 2007 14 AC Milan 0–0 Juventus Milan
Report Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Emidio Morganti
9 December 2007 15 Juventus 1–0 Atalanta Turin
Nedvěd 86' Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Daniele Orsato
15 December 2007 16 Lazio 2–3 Juventus Rome
Pandev 36', 90+3' Report Trezeguet 29'
Del Piero 48', 70'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Christian Brighi
23 December 2007 17 Juventus 2–0 Siena Turin
Salihamidžić 32'
Trezeguet 59'		 Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Antonio Damato
12 January 2008 18 Catania 1–1 Juventus Catania
Spinesi 15' Report Del Piero 90+1' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi
20 January 2008 19 Juventus 0–0 Sampdoria Turin
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Massimiliano Saccani
27 January 2008 20 Livorno 1–3 Juventus Livorno
Bogdani 79' Report Trezeguet 30', 63'
Del Piero 49'		 Stadium: Stadio Armando Picchi
Referee: Emidio Morganti
3 February 2008 21 Juventus 1–1 Cagliari Turin
Nedvěd 56' Report Bianco 55' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Antonio Giannoccaro
10 February 2008 22 Udinese 1–2 Juventus Udine
Dossena 6' Report Camoranesi 60'
Iaquinta 75'		 Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi
16 February 2008 23 Juventus 1–0 Roma Turin
Del Piero 45' Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Massimiliano Saccani
23 February 2008 24 Reggina 2–1 Juventus Reggio Calabria
Brienza 32'
Amoruso 90+2' (pen.)		 Report Del Piero 72' Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo
Referee: Paolo Dondarini
26 February 2008 25 Juventus 0–0 Torino Turin
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
2 March 2008 26 Juventus 2–3 Fiorentina Turin
Sissoko 29'
Camoranesi 57'		 Report Gobbi 19'
Papa Waigo 75'
Osvaldo 90+3'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Stefano Farina
9 March 2008 27 Genoa 0–2 Juventus Genoa
Report Grygera 25'
Trezeguet 33'		 Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Emidio Morganti
16 March 2008 28 Juventus 1–0 Napoli Turin
Iaquinta 88' Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi
19 March 2008 29 Empoli 0–0 Juventus Empoli
Report Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
22 March 2008 30 Internazionale 1–2 Juventus Milan
Maniche 83' Report Camoranesi 49'
Trezeguet 63'		 Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Stefano Farina
6 April 2008 32 Palermo 3–2 Juventus Palermo
Amauri 11', 45+5'
Cassani 89'		 Report Del Piero 52', 71' Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera
Referee: Emidio Morganti
13 April 2008 33 Juventus 3–2 AC Milan Turin
Del Piero 12'
Salihamidžić 45', 80'		 Report Inzaghi 14', 31' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi
16 April 2008 31 Juventus 3–0 Parma Turin
Trezeguet 17'
Palladino 30'
Morrone 77' (o.g.)		 [3] Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Luca Banti
Note: The match was re-scheduled from March 30 due to the death of a Parma fan in a road accident.[3]
20 April 2008 34 Atalanta 0–4 Juventus Bergamo
Report Legrottaglie 1'
Del Piero 6', 34', 65'		 Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni
27 April 2008 35 Juventus 5–2 Lazio Turin
Chiellini 15', 88'
Camoranesi 21'
Del Piero 32'
Trezeguet 33'		 Report Bianchi 56'
Siviglia 61'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Andrea Gervasoni
4 May 2008 36 Siena 1–0 Juventus Siena
Kharja 7' Report Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi - Montepaschi Arena
Referee: Daniele Orsato
11 May 2008 37 Juventus 1–1 Catania Turin
Del Piero 89' Report Martínez 48' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni
17 May 2008 38 Sampdoria 3–3 Juventus Genoa
Molinaro 21' (o.g.)
Maggio 40'
Cassano soccer ball with red X 45+1'
Montella 80'		 Report Del Piero 6', 65' (pen.)
Trezeguet 15' (pen.)		 Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Paolo Valeri
Note: The match was re-scheduled from May 18 due to the Pope's visit to Genoa.

Coppa Italia
Main article: 2007–08 Coppa Italia

Third Round
29 August 2007 Third round Parma 1–3 Juventus Parma
21:00 CEST Castellini 75' (pen.) Molinaro 62'
Almirón 73'
Salihamidžić 82'		 Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

Round of 16
6 December 2007 First leg Empoli 2–1 Juventus Empoli
20:45 CET Pozzi 20'
Abate 51'		 Iaquinta 81' Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Referee: Stefano Farina
15 January 2008 Second leg Juventus 5–3
(6–4 agg.)		 Empoli Turin
20:45 CET Marchionni 5'
Nedvěd 9'
Iaquinta 48', 60'
Del Piero 76' (pen.)		 Antonini 32'
Pozzi 45+1', 50'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino
Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

Quarter-finals
23 January 2008 First leg Internazionale 2–2 Juventus Milan
21:00 CET Cruz 53', 74' Del Piero 79'
Boumsong 85'		 Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Stefano Farina
30 January 2008 Second leg Juventus 2–3
(4–5 agg.)		 Internazionale Turin
21:00 CET Del Piero 14'
Iaquinta 31'		 Balotelli 10', 53'
Cruz 39'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

Statistics

Goalscorers

Updated to games played 17 May 2008

Scorer League Cup Total
Italy Alessandro Del Piero 21 3 24
France David Trezeguet 20 0 20
Italy Vincenzo Iaquinta 8 4 12
Italy Mauro Camoranesi 5 0 5
Bosnia and Herzegovina Hasan Salihamidžić 4 1 5
Italy Nicola Legrottaglie 3 0 3
Italy Giorgio Chiellini 3 0 3
Czech Republic Pavel Nedvěd 2 1 3
Italy Raffaele Palladino 2 0 2
Italy Marco Marchionni 1 1 2
Mali Mohamed Sissoko 1 0 1
Czech Republic Zdeněk Grygera 1 0 1
Italy Cristian Molinaro 0 1 1
Argentina Sergio Almirón 0 1 1
France Jean-Alain Boumsong 0 1 1
Own goals 1 0 1
Total goals scored 72 13 85

Transfers

In
7 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Hasan Salihamidžić (from Bayern Munich - free transfer)[4]
9 FW Italy ITA Vincenzo Iaquinta (from Udinese for €11.3M)[4]
13 GK Australia AUS Jess Vanstrattan (on loan from Hellas Verona)
14 DF Portugal POR Jorge Andrade (from Deportivo La Coruña for €10M)[5]
19 DF Italy ITA Domenico Criscito (from Genoa, co-ownership resolved in favour of Juventus for €5.25M)[6]
21 DF Czech Republic CZE Zdeněk Grygera (from Ajax on a free transfer)[4]
23 MF Italy ITA Antonio Nocerino (from Piacenza, co-ownership resolved in favour of Juventus for €4.7M)[7]
24 MF Uruguay URU Rubén Olivera (loan return from Sampdoria)
28 DF Italy ITA Cristian Molinaro (from Siena, co-ownership resolved in favour of Juventus for €2.5M)[8]
30 MF Portugal POR Tiago (from Lyon for €13M)[9]
4 MF Argentina ARG Sergio Almirón (from Empoli - for €9M)[9]
31 GK Italy ITA Cristiano Novembre (from Fano)

Out
3 MF Italy ITA Alessio Tacchinardi (to Brescia)
4 DF Croatia CRO Robert Kovač (to Borussia Dortmund - free transfer)
5 DF Croatia CRO Igor Tudor (to Hajduk Split - free transfer)
8 MF Italy ITA Giuliano Giannichedda (to Livorno - free transfer)
9 FW Bulgaria BUL Valeri Bojinov (to Manchester City - for €8M from Fiorentina)
9 FW Italy ITA Fabrizio Miccoli (to Palermo for €4.3M)
13 DF Italy ITA Felice Piccolo (to Empoli for €400,000)
14 DF Italy ITA Federico Balzaretti (to Fiorentina for €3.8M)
14 MF Switzerland SUI Davide Chiumiento (to Luzern)
19 MF Italy ITA Matteo Paro (to Genoa for €2M)
22 GK France FRA Landry Bonnefoi (to Dijon)
23 MF France FRA Olivier Kapo (to Birmingham City for €2.3M)
25 MF Uruguay URU Marcelo Zalayeta (to Napoli, co-ownership for €3M)
26 MF Italy ITA Manuele Blasi (to Napoli, co-ownership for €2.5M)
33 DF Italy ITA Orlando Urbano (free agent)
38 FW Paraguay PAR Tomás Guzmán (to Piacenza)
— DF Italy ITA Daniele Gastaldello (to Sampdoria)
— DF Italy ITA Andrea Rossi (to Siena)
— MF Italy ITA Simone Bentivoglio (to Chievo)
— FW Italy ITA Michele Paolucci (to Udinese)
— FW Italy ITA Giuseppe Sculli (to Genoa)
— FW Italy ITA Rej Volpato (to Empoli)
— FW Italy ITA Andre Cuneaz (co-ownership to Cremonese, to Pistoiese in January)
— DF France FRA Jean-Alain Boumsong (to Lyon in January)

Out on loan
12 GK Italy ITA Antonio Mirante (on loan to Sampdoria)
15 MF Italy ITA Claudio Marchisio (on loan to Empoli)
29 MF Italy ITA Paolo De Ceglie (on loan to Siena)
38 MF Italy ITA Sebastian Giovinco (on loan to Empoli)
39 MF Cuba CUB Samon Reider Rodríguez (on loan to Cecina)
44 MF Italy ITA Raffaele Bianco (on loan to Piacenza)
44 FW Italy ITA Davide Lanzafame (on loan to Bari)
— MF Italy ITA Andrea Luci (on loan to Ascoli)
— FW Italy ITA Riccardo Maniero (on loan to Ascoli)
— MF Italy ITA Dario Venitucci (on loan to Treviso)
— MF Argentina ARG Sergio Almirón (on loan to Monaco in January)
— DF Italy ITA Domenico Criscito (on loan to Genoa in January)

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