2008–09 Juventus F.C. season

The 2008–09 season was Juventus Football Club's 111th in existence and 2nd consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.

Juventus

2008–09 season
President	Giovanni Cobolli Gigli
Manager	Claudio Ranieri (until 18 May 2009) Ciro Ferrara (caretaker manager)
Stadium	Stadio Olimpico di Torino
Serie A	2nd
Coppa Italia	Semi-finals
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Alessandro Del Piero (13) All: Alessandro Del Piero (21)
Highest home attendance	27,419 vs Chelsea (10 March 2009, Champions League)
Lowest home attendance	200 vs Atalanta (17 May 2009, Serie A)
Average home league attendance	22,396[1]
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Season review

Bianconeri celebrates a goal in the Serie A match against Genoa. Turin, November 13, 2008.

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 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.

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  ITA Gianluigi Buffon (vice-captain) 3 DF  ITA Giorgio Chiellini 4 DF  SWE Olof Mellberg 5 DF  FRA Jonathan Zebina 6 MF  ITA Cristiano Zanetti 7 MF  BIH Hasan Salihamidžić 8 FW  BRA Amauri 9 FW  ITA Vincenzo Iaquinta 10 FW  ITA Alessandro Del Piero (captain) 11 MF  CZE Pavel Nedvěd 12 GK  ITA Antonio Chimenti 13 GK  AUT Alexander Manninger 15 DF  CRO Dario Knežević

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  ITA Mauro Camoranesi 17 FW  FRA David Trezeguet 18 MF  DEN Christian Poulsen 19 MF  ITA Claudio Marchisio 20 FW  ITA Sebastian Giovinco 21 DF  CZE Zdeněk Grygera 22 MF  MLI Mohamed Sissoko 27 MF  SWE Albin Ekdal 28 DF  ITA Cristian Molinaro 29 DF  ITA Paolo De Ceglie 30 MF  POR Tiago 32 MF  ITA Marco Marchionni 33 DF  ITA Nicola Legrottaglie

Reserve squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 31 GK  ITA Timothy Nocchi — GK  ITA Antonio Piccolo 42 GK  ITA Carlo Pinsoglio — DF  ITA Raffaele Alcibiade 41 DF  ITA Lorenzo Ariaudo — DF  CIV Abdoulaye Bamba 38 DF  ITA Salvatore D'Elia 43 DF  ITA Andrea De Paola 37 DF  ITA Marco Duravia — DF  ITA Ivan Mignano — DF  ITA Federico Mirarchi — DF  ITA Simone Serino 36 MF  ITA Luca Castiglia 45 MF  ESP Iago Falque

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ITA Luca Gerbaudo 44 MF  ITA Giuseppe Giovinco — MF  ITA Fabrizio Lazzeri 39 MF  ITA Luca Marrone — MF  ITA Domenico Pirrotta 40 MF  ITA Fausto Rossi — MF  CMR David Junior Toukam — MF  ITA Carlo Vecchione — FW  ITA Alessio Curcio 47 FW  SOM Ayub Daud 35 FW  ITA Simone Esposito 46 FW  ITA Ciro Immobile — FW  ITA Alberto Libertazzi

[4]

Youth squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ITA Marco Bodrito — GK  ITA Timothy Nocchi — GK  ITA Romeo Urbano — DF  ITA Raffaele Alcibiade — DF  ITA Federico Mirarchi — DF  ITA Giacomo Molinaro — DF  ITA Anthony Ricciardi — DF  ITA Simone Serino — DF  ITA Ivan Mignano — MF  ITA Luca Ficarrotta — MF  ITA Luca Gerbaudo

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ITA Giuseppe Giovinco — MF  ITA Fabrizio Lazzeri — MF  ITA Alessandro Ntanos — MF  ITA Alessandro Cretazzo — MF  ITA Domenico Pirrotta — MF  ITA Marco Siragusa — FW  ITA Alessio Curcio — FW  ITA Nicola Faralli — FW  ITA Ciro Immobile — FW  ITA Dennis Russo

[5]

UEFA Champions League squad

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  ITA Gianluigi Buffon 3 DF  ITA Giorgio Chiellini 4 DF  SWE Olof Mellberg 5 DF  FRA Jonathan Zebina 6 MF  ITA Cristiano Zanetti 7 MF  BIH Hasan Salihamidžić 8 FW  BRA Amauri 9 FW  ITA Vincenzo Iaquinta 10 FW  ITA Alessandro Del Piero (captain) 11 MF  CZE Pavel Nedvěd 12 GK  ITA Antonio Chimenti 13 GK  AUT Alexander Manninger 15 DF  CRO Dario Knežević 16 MF  ITA Mauro Camoranesi 17 FW  FRA David Trezeguet (vice-captain) 18 MF  DEN Christian Poulsen 19 MF  ITA Claudio Marchisio

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  ITA Sebastian Giovinco 21 DF  CZE Zdeněk Grygera 22 MF  MLI Mohamed Sissoko 28 DF  ITA Cristian Molinaro 29 DF  ITA Paolo De Ceglie 30 MF  POR Tiago 31 GK  ITA Timothy Nocchi (List B Player) 32 MF  ITA Marco Marchionni 33 DF  ITA Nicola Legrottaglie 35 MF  ITA Simone Esposito (List B Player) 36 MF  ITA Luca Castiglia (List B Player) 37 DF  ITA Marco Duravia (List B Player) 38 DF  ITA Salvatore D'Elia (List B Player) 40 MF  ITA Fausto Rossi (List B Player) 41 DF  ITA Lorenzo Ariaudo (List B Player) 42 GK  ITA 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	€600,000	27-05-2008
8	FW	Amauri	Palermo	€22,600,000	03-06-2008
29	DF	Paolo De Ceglie	Siena	€3,500,000 (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	€9,750,000	14-07-2008
12	GK	Antonio Chimenti	Udinese	Loan	19-07-2008
13	GK	Alexander Manninger	Udinese	€1,000,000	05-08-2008
	MF	Iago Falque	Barcelona Atlètic	Free	01-09-2008
	GK	Mario Kirev	Slavia Sofia	€800,000	21-01-2009

Out

#	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date
23	MF	Antonio Nocerino	Palermo	€7,500,000	03-06-2008
	DF	Andrea Rossi	Siena	€400,000 (co-ownership resolution)	09-06-2008
	DF	Felice Piccolo	Empoli	Undisclosed (co-ownership resolution)	10-06-2008
	MF	Manuele Blasi	Napoli	€2,600,000 (co-ownership resolution)	13-06-2008
	FW	Marcelo Zalayeta	Napoli	Renewed co-ownership	13-06-2008
	MF	Matteo Paro	Genoa	€2,000,000 (co-ownership resolution)	24-06-2008
	FW	Tomás Guzmán	Piacenza	Renewed co-ownership	25-06-2008
	MF	Douglas Packer	Siena	€150,000 (co-ownership resolution)	25-06-2008
	DF	Pietro Zammuto	Piacenza	Undisclosed (co-ownership resolution)	25-06-2008
	FW	Rej Volpato	Bari	Undisclosed (co-ownership)	01-07-2008
	FW	Davide Lanzafame	Palermo	€2,500,000 (co-ownership)	01-07-2008
	MF	Andrè Cuneaz	Mantova	Undisclosed (co-ownership)	03-07-2008
20	FW	Raffaele Palladino	Genoa	€5,000,000 (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 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 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 Rodríguez	Alessandria	30-01-2009	01-07-2009

Pre-season and friendlies

Goal scorers

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

Friendly matches

Juventus v AC Mezzocorona

11 July 2008	Juventus	7 – 1	AC Mezzocorona	Pineta di Pinzolo, Pinzolo
16:00	Amauri  15', 18', 32', 36', 41' Pasquato  54' Esposito  60'		D’Acampo

Juventus v Piacenza

15 July 2008	Juventus	0 – 1	Piacenza	Stadio Briamasco, Trento
			Simon  29'	Attendance: 3,800

Brøndby v Juventus

23 July 2008	Brøndby	1 – 2	Juventus	Brøndby Stadion, Brøndby
19:30	Farnerud  57'		Amauri  35' Iaquinta  43'	Attendance: 29,000

Borussia Dortmund v Juventus

27 July 2008	Borussia Dortmund	1 – 3	Juventus	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
13:30	Krusca  78'		Amauri  5' Iaquinta  51', 75'

Manchester United v Juventus

6 August 2008	Manchester United	0 – 0	Juventus	Old Trafford, Manchester
20:00				Attendance: 76,000

TIM Trophy 2008

Main article: TIM Trophy

Final tournament standings

• 3 points for win, 0 points for loss
• 2 points for penalty kick win, 1 point for penalty kick loss
• Milan wins tournament based on head-to-head result

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Milan	2	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	4
2	Juventus	2	1	0	1	0	3	2	+1	4
3	Internazionale	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1

Source:

Scorers

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

Matches

Juventus v Milan

29 July 2008	Juventus	2 – 2 (2 – 4 p)	Milan	Stadio Olimpico, Turin
19:30	Trezeguet  7' Marchionni  11'		Seedorf  6', 42'
	Penalties
	Trezeguet Iaquinta Chiellini Tiago		Kaká Pirlo Jankulovski Paloschi

Juventus v Internazionale

29 July 2008	Juventus	1 – 0	Internazionale	Stadio Olimpico, Turin
21:00	Iaquinta  26'

Emirates Cup

Main article: 2008 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hamburg	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	7
2	Real Madrid	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	5
3	Juventus	2	1	0	1	1	3	−2	4
4	Arsenal	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	4

Source: [6]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Scorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Ivica Olić	Hamburger SV	2
2	Dani Parejo	Real Madrid	1
	David Trezeguet	Juventus
	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Real Madrid
	Mohamed Zidan	Hamburger SV
	Paolo Guerrero	Hamburger SV
	Emmanuel Adebayor	Arsenal

Matches

Arsenal v Juventus

2 August 2008	Arsenal	0 – 1	Juventus	Emirates Stadium, London
16:15			37' Trezeguet	Referee: Peter Walton

Hamburg v Juventus

3 August 2008	Hamburg	3 – 0	Juventus	Emirates Stadium, London
14:00	Guerrero  19' Olić  90+1', 90+2'			Referee: Chris Foy

Trofeo Luigi Berlusconi

Main article: Trofeo Luigi Berlusconi

Milan v Juventus

17 August 2008	Milan	4 – 1	Juventus	San Siro, Milan
19:45	Jankulovski  21' Ambrosini  24' Inzaghi  51' Ambrosini  78'		69' Pasquato  72' Ekdal	Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Trofeo Birra Moretti

Main article: Birra Moretti Trophy

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

Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Juventus	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4
Milan	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	+1	4
Napoli	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1

Source:

Scorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Alberto Paloschi	Milan	1

Matches

Napoli v Juventus

21 August 2008	Napoli	0 – 0 (4 – 5 p)	Juventus	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
19:45			40' Esposito	Referee: Domenico Celi
	Penalties
	De Zerbi Zalayeta Blasi Vitale Cannavaro		Esposito Nedvěd Giovinco Salihamidžić Amauri

Juventus v Milan

21 August 2008	Juventus	0 – 0 (5 – 4 p)	Milan	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
22:15				Referee: Andrea Gervasoni
	Penalties
	Castiglia Chimenti Legrottaglie Pasquato Amauri Molinaro		Seedorf Brocchi Paloschi Osuji Ambrosini Favalli

Trofeo Città di Messna

Juventus v Monaco

6 January 2009	Juventus	1 – 1 (4 – 5 p)	Monaco	Stadio San Filippo, Messina
17:00	Nedvěd  39' Iaquinta  90'		35' (pen.) Leko	Referee: Emidio Morganti
	Penalties
	Giovinco Esposito Salihamidžić De Ceglie Legrottaglie		Modesto Bulot Mollo Adriano Bakar

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2008–09 Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Internazionale (C)	38	25	9	4	70	32	+38	84	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Juventus	38	21	11	6	69	37	+32	74[lower-alpha 1]
3	Milan	38	22	8	8	70	35	+35	74[lower-alpha 1]
4	Fiorentina	38	21	5	12	53	38	+15	68[lower-alpha 2]	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5	Genoa	38	19	11	8	56	39	+17	68[lower-alpha 2]	Qualification to Europa League play-off round[lower-alpha 3]

Source: lega-calcio.it (in 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.
Notes:

1. JUV 4–2 MIL; MIL 1–1 JUV
2. FIO 1–0 GEN; GEN 3–3 FIO
3. Lazio qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 Coppa Italia.

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 2009.
Source: Competitive matches

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

Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2009. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Fiorentina v Juventus

31 August 2008 1	Fiorentina	1–1	Juventus	Florence
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Melo  33'  83' Gilardino  89',  89'	Report	Grygera  22' Nedvěd  28',  39' Camoranesi  64'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 40,560 Referee: Emidio Morganti

Juventus v Udinese

14 September 2008 2	Juventus	1–0	Udinese	Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Amauri  67'	Report	Ferronetti  10'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 20,320 Referee: Andrea De Marco

Cagliari v Juventus

21 September 2008 3	Cagliari	0–1	Juventus	Cagliari
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bianco  47'	Report	Amauri  39' Marchisio  66'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Christian Brighi

Juventus v Catania

24 September 2008 4	Juventus	1–1	Catania	Turin
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Amauri  16'	Report	Ledesma  49' Sardo  62' Plasmati  68' Bizzarri  90' Silvestre  90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 22,053 Referee: Nicola Pierpaoli

Sampdoria v Juventus

28 September 2008 5	Sampdoria	0–0	Juventus	Genoa
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gastaldello  3' Lucchini  21'	Report	Mellberg  55' Camoranesi  71'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 27,043 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Juventus v Palermo

5 October 2008 6	Juventus	1–2	Palermo	Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sissoko  36'  41' Del Piero  39' Grygera  51' Amauri  76'	Report	Miccoli  23' Bovo  73' Liverani  78' Mchedlidze  81'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 22,495 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Napoli v Juventus

18 October 2008 7	Napoli	2–1	Juventus	Naples
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gargano  44' Blasi  60' Hamšík  64' Lavezzi  80',  81'	Report	Poulsen  24' Molinaro  33' Amauri  61' Salihamidžić  68' Grygera  84'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 43,710 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

Juventus v Torino

25 October 2008 8	Juventus	1–0	Torino	Turin
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sissoko  19' Amauri  48' Giovinco  69'	Report	Barone  34' Di Loreto  74' P. Zanetti  86'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 22,114 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Bologna v Juventus

29 October 2008 9	Bologna	1–2	Juventus	Bologna
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Marchini  59' Mudingayi  64' Di Vaio  74' Carrus  78'	Report	Nedvěd  12', 56' Molinaro  24'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 31,743 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

Juventus v Roma

1 November 2008 10	Juventus	2–0	Roma	Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Del Piero  38' Marchionni  48'	Report	Pizarro  7' Panucci  15'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 21,700 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Chievo v Juventus

9 November 2008 11	Chievo	0–2	Juventus	Verona
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Esposito  28' Langella  46' Bentivoglio  49' Mantovani  52' Iunco  71'	Report	Molinaro  22' Legrottaglie  31' Del Piero  40' Tiago  46' Iaquinta  53' Ekdal  84'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 26,578 Referee: Luca Banti

Juventus v Genoa

13 November 2008 12	Juventus	4–1	Genoa	Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Grygera  6' Amauri  26' Iaquinta  85' Papastathopoulos  90+2' (o.g.)	Report	Motta  57' Rossi  84' Milito  89' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 24,463 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Internazionale v Juventus

22 November 2008 13	Internazionale	1–0	Juventus	Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Materazzi  50' Samuel  54' Muntari  72' Júlio César  90'	Report	Amauri  25' Legrottaglie  29'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 76,437 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Juventus v Reggina

29 November 2008 14	Juventus	4–0	Reggina	Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Camoranesi  24',  28' Amauri  44' Chiellini  62' Del Piero  74' (pen.)	Report	Valdez  25' Cozza  45+1' Santos  61'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 21,389 Referee: Antonio Damato

Lecce v Juventus

7 December 2008 15	Lecce	1–2	Juventus	Lecce
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Schiavi  10' Stendardo  30' Ariatti  61' Cacia  83',  83'	Report	Chiellini  29' Giovinco  57' Legrottaglie  77' Amauri  90'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 28,222 Referee: Nicola Pierpaoli

Juventus v Milan

14 December 2008 16	Juventus	4–2	Milan	Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Del Piero  16' (pen.) Chellini  34' Mellberg  38' Amauri  41', 69' Sissoko  75'	Report	Pato  31' Emerson  35' Zambrotta  37'  65' Ambrosini  56',  73'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 24,862 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Atalanta v Juventus

21 December 2008 17	Atalanta	1–3	Juventus	Bergamo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Doni  39' Vieri  48' De Ascentis  64' Pellegrino  70' Manfredini  80'	Report	Del Piero  30' Legrottaglie  37' De Ceglie  49' Amauri  81' Marchisio  84' Sissoko  90'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 21,814 Referee: Stefano Farina

Juventus v Siena

11 January 2009 18	Juventus	1–0	Siena	Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Del Piero  33' Grygera  45+1'	Report	Codrea  16'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 20,859 Referee: Carmine Russo

Lazio v Juventus

18 January 2009 19	Lazio	1–1	Juventus	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ledesma  25' Dabo  42' Radu  75' Lichtsteiner  85' Brocchi  89'	Report	Mellberg  30' Del Piero  57' Molinaro  66' Sissoko  81'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Emidio Morganti

Juventus v Fiorentina

24 January 2009 20	Juventus	1–0	Fiorentina	Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Marchisio  21' Grygera  26' Zanetti  66' Giovinco  88'	Report	Montolivo  31' Melo  66'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 22,560 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

Udinese v Juventus

28 January 2009 21	Udinese	2–1	Juventus	Udine
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Quagliarella  20' Di Natale  74' Pasquale  76'	Report	Legrottaglie  11' Nedvěd  53' Iaquinta  77' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Juventus v Cagliari

31 January 2009 22	Juventus	2–3	Cagliari	Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Chiellini  23' Sissoko  31' Nedvěd  38' Del Piero  58'	Report	Biondini  16' Pisano  30' Jeda  54' Agostini  73' Conti  77' Matri  78'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 20,373 Referee: Luca Banti

Catania v Juventus

8 February 2009 23	Catania	1–2	Juventus	Catania
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Stovini  10' Silvestre  41' Morimoto  51' Tedesco  61'	Report	Iaquinta  11',  11'  13' Amauri  16' Legrottaglie  28' Sissoko  59' Poulsen  90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Attendance: 19,755 Referee: Emidio Morganti

Juventus v Sampdoria

15 February 2009 24	Juventus	1–1	Sampdoria	Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Nedvěd  48' Amauri  62' Legrottaglie  66'	Report	Pazzini  10' Franceschini  45' Gastaldello  65'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 23,066 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Palermo v Juventus

21 February 2009 25	Palermo	0–2	Juventus	Palermo
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bovo  32'	Report	Grygera  25' Sissoko  27' Camoranesi  65' Molinaro  76' Trezeguet  79'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 35,293 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Juventus v Napoli

28 February 2009 26	Juventus	1–0	Napoli	Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Legrottaglie  33' Marchisio  44' Chiellini  90+3'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 20,700 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

Torino v Juventus

7 March 2009 27	Torino	0–1	Juventus	Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Corini  30' Pisano  90+2'	Report	Marchisio  22' Chiellini  81'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 21,017 Referee: Stefano Farina

Juventus v Bologna

14 March 2009 28	Juventus	4–1	Bologna	Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tiago  20' Salihamidžić  48' Giovinco  71' Del Piero  75', 88'	Report	Mutarelli  24' Mudingayi  41' Terzi  56' C. Zenoni  64'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 21,790 Referee: Antonio Damato

Roma v Juventus

21 March 2009 29	Roma	1–4	Juventus	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Loria  24',  48' Mexès  40' Riise  67' Ménez  78'	Report	Tiago  29' Iaquinta  34', 55' Mellberg  68' Molinaro  70' Nedvěd  74'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 56,759 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Juventus v Chievo

5 April 2009 30	Juventus	3–3	Chievo	Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Chiellini  34' Mantovani  53' (o.g.) Iaquinta  79'	Report	Pellissier  25', 44', 90+1' Sardo  28'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 24,071 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

Genoa v Juventus

11 April 2009 31	Genoa	3–2	Juventus	Genoa
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Motta  29', 45+3' Ferrari  45' Bocchetti  79' Palladino  88'	Report	Del Piero  45' (pen.) Zebina  54' Camoranesi  65' Grygera  76' Iaquinta  84' Marchisio  85'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 32,744 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Juventus v Internazionale

18 April 2009 32	Juventus	1–1	Internazionale	Turin
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Legrottaglie  33' Poulsen  53' Tiago  76' Grygera  90+1'	Report	Figo  3' Balotelli  64',  68'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 24,790 Referee: Stefano Farina

Reggina v Juventus

26 April 2009 33	Reggina	2–2	Juventus	Reggio Calabria
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Barillà  26' Puggioni  45' Hallfreðsson  69'	Report	Mellberg  13' Marchisio  34' Del Piero  48' (pen.) C. Zanetti  73'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 20,763 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

Juventus v Lecce

3 May 2009 34	Juventus	2–2	Lecce	Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mellberg  35' Nedvěd  54', 66',  56' Zebina  90'	Report	Konan  11',  51' Castillo  90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 21,819 Referee: Gabriele Gava

Milan v Juventus

10 May 2009 35	Milan	1–1	Juventus	Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Beckham  4' Favalli  24'  85' Seedorf  57' Maldini  67'	Report	Iaquinta  60' Poulsen  64' Chiellini  67'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 78,979 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Juventus v Atalanta

17 May 2009 36	Juventus	2–2	Atalanta	Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Iaquinta  26' C. Zanetti  36'	Report	Cigarini  2' Pellegrino  44'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 200 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

Siena v Juventus

24 May 2009 37	Siena	0–3	Juventus	Siena
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vergassola  25' Coppola  68'	Report	De Ceglie  10' Del Piero  18', 89' C. Zanetti  21' Marchisio  37'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi – Montepaschi Arena Attendance: 15,337 Referee: Antonio Damato

Juventus v Lazio

31 May 2009 38	Juventus	2–0	Lazio	Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Iaquinta  3', 59'	Report	Lichtsteiner  78'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 23,721 Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2008–09 Coppa Italia

Juventus v Catania

14 January 2009 Round of 16	Juventus	3–0	Catania	Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Marchionni  4' Giovinco  69' Del Piero  71' Zanetti  72'		Sardo  52' Ledesma  60'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Referee: Luca Banti

Juventus v Napoli

4 February 2009 Quarter-finals	Juventus	0–0 (4–3 p)	Napoli	Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Molinaro  45+1' Mellberg  63' Sissoko  89' Legrottaglie  116' Nedvěd  120'		Contini  25' Montervino  55' Santacroce  65' Bogliacino  80' Pazienza  99'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 30,135 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi
	Penalties
	Del Piero Trezeguet Nedvěd Marchionni Sissoko Legrottaglie		Hamšík Bogliacino Denis Lavezzi Contini Gargano

Lazio v Juventus

3 March 2009 Semi-finals First leg	Lazio	2–1	Juventus	Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Matuzalém  14' Pandev  65' Rocchi  78',  79'		Iaquinta  16' Grygera  31' Marchionni  34' Chiellini  70'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Juventus v Lazio

22 April 2009 Semi-finals Second leg	Juventus	1–2 (2–4 agg.)	Lazio	Turin
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Marchisio  18' Del Piero  64' Camoranesi  82'		Matuzalém  27' Zárate  38' Kolarov  52'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 16,689 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds § Third qualifying round

Juventus v Artmedia Petržalka

13 August 2008 First leg	Juventus	4–0	Artmedia Petržalka	Turin, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Camoranesi  8' Del Piero  26' Chiellini  39',  84' Legrottaglie  90'	Report	Obžera  57'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 23,102 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Artmedia Petržalka v Juventus

26 August 2008 Second leg	Artmedia Petržalka	1–1 (1–5 agg.)	Juventus	Bratislava, Slovakia
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fodrek  13' Saláta  52'	Report	Amauri  25' Camoranesi  44' Marchisio  50'	Stadium: Tehelné pole Attendance: 13,450 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

Group stage

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Juventus	6	3	3	0	7	3	+4	12	Advance to knockout phase
2	Real Madrid	6	4	0	2	9	5	+4	12
3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	1	2	3	4	7	−3	5	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	BATE Borisov	6	0	3	3	3	8	−5	3

Source:

Juventus v Zenit Saint Petersburg

17 September 2008 1	Juventus	1–0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Turin, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Del Piero  76' Salihamidžić  84'	Report	Pogrebnyak  18' Šírl  68'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 20,853 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

BATE Borisov v Juventus

30 September 2008 2	BATE Borisov	2–2	Juventus	Minsk, Belarus
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Nyakhaychyk  8' Krivets  17' Stasevich  23' Valadzko  65' Kazantsev  79'	Report	Grygera  26' Iaquinta  29', 45+3' Sissoko  80' Marchisio  82'	Stadium: Dinamo Stadium Attendance: 31,400 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Juventus v Real Madrid

21 October 2008 3	Juventus	2–1	Real Madrid	Turin, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Del Piero  5' Amauri  49',  49'	Report	Van Nistelrooy  66'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 25,813 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Real Madrid v Juventus

5 November 2008 4	Real Madrid	0–2	Juventus	Madrid, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Drenthe  31' Guti  36' Van Nistelrooy  51'	Report	Del Piero  17', 67' Sissoko  28' Legrottaglie  34' Mellberg  78'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 71,560 Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Juventus

25 November 2008 5	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0–0	Juventus	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lombaerts  10' Tymoshchuk  76'	Report	Iaquinta  43' Camoranesi  45' Sissoko  90+2'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,155 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Juventus v BATE Borisov

10 December 2008 6	Juventus	0–0	BATE Borisov	Turin, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Amauri  48'	Report	Sosnovski  47' Vyeramko  53' Khagush  62' Yermakovich  90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 5,753 Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

Round of 16

Chelsea v Juventus

25 February 2009 First leg	Chelsea	1–0	Juventus	London, England
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Drogba  12' Ballack  58'	Report	Molinaro  52' Sissoko  82' Marchisio  90'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 38,079 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

Juventus v Chelsea

10 March 2009 Second leg	Juventus	2–2 (2–3 agg.)	Chelsea	Turin, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Iaquinta  19' Salihamidžić  45+2' Chiellini  54'  70' Del Piero  74' (pen.),  90+2'	Report	Essien  45+1' Čech  63' Drogba  69',  83' A. Cole  88' Anelka  90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 27,319 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia		Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Gianluigi Buffon	30	-30	23	-25	2	-2	5	-3
12	GK		Antonio Chimenti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK		Alexander Manninger	23	-16	15+1	-11	2	-2	5	-3
Defenders
3	DF		Giorgio Chiellini	36	5	27	4	1	0	8	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
15	DF		Dario Knežević	4	0	3	0	0	0	0+1	0
21	DF		Zdeněk Grygera	43	2	28+3	2	4	0	8	0
28	DF		Cristian Molinaro	40	0	29	0	1+1	0	9	0
29	DF		Paolo De Ceglie	26	0	11+8	0	3	0	2+2	0
33	DF		Nicola Legrottaglie	35	2	25	1	2	0	8	1
41	DF		Lorenzo Ariaudo	5	0	2+1	0	2	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF		Cristiano Zanetti	14	2	9+3	2	1	0	1	0
7	MF		Hasan Salihamidžić	15	1	7+4	1	0	0	1+3	0
11	MF		Pavel Nedvěd	44	7	28+4	7	1+2	0	9	0
16	MF		Mauro Camoranesi	27	2	15+5	1	0+1	0	6	1
18	MF		Christian Poulsen	29	1	14+9	1	1+2	0	3	0
19	MF		Claudio Marchisio	32	3	20+4	3	1+1	0	4+2	0
22	MF		Mohamed Sissoko	32	2	20+1	2	3	0	7+1	0
27	MF		Albin Ekdal	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF		Tiago	20	0	12+3	0	2	0	3	0
32	MF		Marco Marchionni	35	3	18+8	1	4	2	3+2	0
35	MF		Simone Esposito	2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
36	MF		Luca Castiglia	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Forwards
8	FW		Amauri	44	14	27+5	12	2	0	5+5	2
9	FW		Vincenzo Iaquinta	38	15	19+9	12	3	0	4+3	3
10	FW		Alessandro Del Piero	43	21	28+3	13	2+1	2	8+1	6
17	FW		David Trezeguet	15	1	4+5	1	1+2	0	1+2	0
20	FW		Sebastian Giovinco	27	3	9+10	2	3	1	2+3	0
46	FW		Ciro Immobile	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
47	FW		Ayub Daud	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 31 May 2009
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

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 Trezeguet	1	0	0	1
=		18	Christian Poulsen	1	0	0	1
/	/	/	Own Goals	2	0	0	2
			TOTALS	69	14	5	88

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

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

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name				Notes
22	MF		Sissoko	10	1	0
33	DF		Legrottaglie	10	0	0
21	DF		Grygera	9	0	0
16	MF		Camoranesi	7	1	1
3	DF		Chiellini	7	1	0
19	MF		Marchisio	7	0	0
28	DF		Molinaro	7	0	0
4	DF		Mellberg	6	0	0
8	FW		Amauri	5	0	0
11	MF		Nedvěd	4	0	0
30	MF		Tiago	3	0	1
9	FW		Iaquinta	3	1	0
6	MF		Zanetti	3	0	0
7	MF		Salihamidžić	3	0	0
10	FW		Del Piero	3	0	0
5	DF		Zebina	2	0	0
18	MF		Poulsen	2	0	0
20	FW		Giovinco	2	0	0
22	DF		De Ceglie	2	0	0
27	MF		Ekdal	1	0	0

Last updated: 2009-05-31
Source: Match reports in Match Results
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

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