1978–79 Juventus FC season

During the 1978-79 season Juventus competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and European Cup.

Juventus FC
1978-79 season
OwnerAgnelli family
PresidentGiampiero Boniperti
ManagerGiovanni Trapattoni
StadiumComunale
Serie A
Coppa ItaliaWinners (in 1979-80 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup)
European CupEightfinals
Top goalscorerLeague: Bettega (9)
All: Bettega (11)
Average home league attendance35,410[1]
← 1977-78
1979-80 →

Summary

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During the summer, Bearzot appointed his Blocco-Juve for the 1978 FIFA World Cup, therefore Dino Zoff, Scirea, Gentile, Cabrini, Cuccureddu, Benetti, Tardelli, Causio and Bettega, arrived with a surplus of matches for the 1978-79 campaign. The incumbent league champion was out of the title race in early stages against A.C. Milan of Liedholm and the undefeated Perugia of Castagner.

In his seventh year as Chairman, Boniperti made only one transfer to the squad, as the defender Brio's loan from Pistoiese ended, with his replacement being Morini.[2] Meanwhile, manager Trapattoni closed his third season in the club with a disappointing third place in the league with the only positive result coming on 25 March 1979 by defeating local rivals Torino F.C. after having not beaten their city rivals for five straight years.[3] The squad was eliminated in the first round of the European Cup by Glasgow Rangers, after losing 2-0 at Hampden Park[4]

The club closed the season clinching its sixth Coppa Italia ever after winning the Final against Palermo F.C. in Naples, thereby qualifying for the 1979-80 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

Squad

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[5] 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 Giancarlo Alessandrelli
GK   ITA Dino Zoff
DF   ITA Sergio Brio
DF   ITA Antonio Cabrini
DF   ITA Claudio Gentile
DF   ITA Francesco Morini
DF   ITA Gaetano Scirea
MF   ITA Romeo Benetti
MF   ITA Franco Causio
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   ITA Antonello Cuccureddu
MF   ITA Pietro Fanna
MF   ITA Giuseppe Furino
MF   ITA Marco Tardelli
MF   ITA Vinicio Verza
FW   ITA Roberto Bettega
FW   ITA Roberto Boninsegna
FW   ITA Pietro Paolo Virdis

Transfers

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In
Pos. Name from Type
DF Sergio Brio Pistoiese loan ended

Competitions

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Serie A

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Milan (C) 30 17 10 3 46 19 +27 44 Qualification to European Cup
2 Perugia 30 11 19 0 34 16 +18 41 Qualification to UEFA Cup
3 Juventus 30 12 13 5 40 23 +17 37 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
4 Internazionale 30 10 16 4 38 24 +14 36 Qualification to UEFA Cup
5 Torino 30 11 14 5 35 23 +12 36
Source: Panini
(C) Champions

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHA
ResultDWDLDWDDWWDLWLDWWWDDDWWLWLWDDD
Position524785464335355555555435454433
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed;   = Leader, 1979–80 European Cup;   = 1979–80 UEFA Cup;   = 1979-80 Serie B; R = 1979-80 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Matches

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1 October 1978 1 S.S. Lazio 2-2 Juventus Roma
15:00 CET Giordano   24' (rig)
Garlaschelli   49'
  2', 51' Bettega Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Agnolin
8 October 1978 2 Juventus 6-2 Hellas Verona Torino
15:00 CET Virdis   14', 59'
Bettega   32', 47'
Causio   49'
Benetti   54'
  7', 90' (pen) Calloni Stadium: Comunale
Referee: Ruggero Mascia
15 October 1978 3 Catanzaro 0-0 Juventus Catanzaro
15:00 CET Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo
Referee: Gianfranco Menegali
22 October 1978 4 Juventus 1-2 Perugia Calcio Torino
14:30 CET Cuccureddu   65'   16' Speggiorin
  77' Vannini
Stadium: Comunale
Referee: Enzo Barbaresco
29 October 1978 5 Bologna 0-0 Juventus Bologna
14:30 CET Stadium: Stadio Comunale
5 November 1978 6 Juventus 1-0 A.C. Milan Torino
14:30 CET Bettega   2' Stadium: Comunale
Referee: Pietro D'Elia
12 November 1978 7 S.S.C. Napoli 0-0 Juventus Napoli
14:30 CET Stadium: San Paolo
Referee: Gianfranco Menegali
19 November 1978 8 Juventus 1-1 Torino F.C. Torino
14:30 CET Scirea   81'   37' Graziani Stadium: Comunale
Referee: Luigi Agnolin
26 November 1978 9 Juventus 1-0 Ascoli Calcio Torino
14:30 CET Boninsegna   28' Stadium: Comunale
Referee: Paolo Milan
3 December 1978 10 Atalanta B.C. 0-1 Juventus Bergamo
14:30 CET   18' Tardelli Stadium: Stadio Comunale
10 December 1978 11 Juventus 1-1 Inter Torino
14:30 CET Boninsegna   37'   7' Baresi Stadium: Comunale
17 December 1978 12 A.S. Roma 1-0 Juventus Roma
14:30 CET Di Bartolomei   36' Stadium: Olimpico
Referee: Paolo Bergamo
7 January 1979 13 Fiorentina 0-1 Juventus Firenze
14:30 CET   59' Scirea Stadium: Comunale
Referee: Riccardo Lattanzi
14 January 1979 14 Juventus 1-2 Vicenza Calcio Torino
14:30 CET Tardelli   53'   30' Marangon
  81' Rossi
Stadium: Comunale
Referee: Ferdinando Reggiani
21 January 1979 15 Avellino 0-0 Juventus Avellino
14:30 CET Stadium: Partenio
Referee: Paolo Milan
28 January 1979 16 Juventus 2-1 S.S. Lazio Torino
14:30 CET Martini   44' (o.g.)
Pighin   87' (o.g.)
  59' Giordano Stadium: Comunale
Referee: Paolo Casarin
4 February 1979 17 Hellas Verona 0-3 Juventus Verona
15:00 CET   63' Virdis
  73' Bettega
  77' Verza
Stadium: Marcantonio Bentegodi
Referee: Giancarlo Redini
11 February 1979 18 Juventus 3-1 Catanzaro Torino
15:00 CET Bettega   8'
Tardelli   52'
Cabrini   61'
  79' Zanini Stadium: Comunale
Referee: Luigi Agnolin
18 February 1979 19 Perugia 0-0 Juventus Perugia
15:00 CET Stadium: Renato Curi
Referee: Gianfranco Menegali
4 March 1979 20 Juventus 1-1 Bologna F.C. Torino
15:00 CET Verza   45+2'   65' Castronaro Stadium: Comunale
Referee: Enzo Barbaresco
11 March 1979 21 A.C. Milan 0-0 Juventus Milano
15:00 CET Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Alberto Michelotti
18 March 1979 22 Juventus 1-0 S.S.C. Napoli Torino
15:00 CET Tardelli   49' Stadium: Comunale
Referee: Maurizio Mattei
25 March 1979 23 Torino F.C. 0-1 Juventus Torino
15:00 CET   88' Cabrini Stadium: Comunale
Referee: Paolo Casarin
1 April 1979 24 Ascoli Calcio 1-0 Juventus Ascoli Piceno
15:30 CET Bettega   22' (own goal) Stadium: Cino e Lillo Del Duca
Referee: Claudio Pieri
8 April 1979 25 Juventus 3-0 Atalanta B.C. Torino
15:30 CET Virdis   2', 30', 60' Stadium: Comunale
Referee: Gino Menicucci
14 April 1979 26 Inter 2-1 Juventus Milano
15:30 CET Baresi   55'
Beccalossi   58'
  15' Cuccureddu Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Enzo Barbaresco
22 April 1979 27 Juventus 4-1 A.S. Roma Torino
15:30 CET Bettega   6'
Fanna   69', 79'
Benetti   89'
  59' Pruzzo Stadium: Comunale
Referee: Maurizio Mattei
29 April 1979 28 Juventus 1-1 Fiorentina Torino
15:30 CET Verza   23'   62' Pagliari Stadium: Comunale
Referee: Roberto Terpin
6 May 1979 29 Vicenza Calcio 1-1 Juventus Vicenza
16:00 CET Zanone   66'   4' Benetti Stadium: Romeo Menti
Referee: Claudio Pieri
13 May 1979 30 Juventus 3-3 Avellino Torino
16:00 CET Bettega   54'
Verza   55', 65'
  71', 77' De Ponti
  86' Massa
Stadium: Comunale
Referee: Paolo Bergamo

Coppa Italia

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Group stage- Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Juventus 4 3 1 0 6 1 +5 7 Qualified to Quarterfinals.
2 Fiorentina 4 1 3 0 4 3 +1 5
3 Monza 4 2 0 2 5 4 +1 4
4 Nocerina 4 0 2 2 1 4 −3 2
5 Taranto 4 0 2 2 1 5 −4 2
Source: [citation needed]
Matches
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30 August 1978 2 Juventus 2-0 Taranto Torino
20:30 CEST Cuccureddu   7'
Virdis   17'
Stadium: Comunale
Referee: Giancarlo Lapi
3 September 1978 3 Fiorentina 0-0 Juventus Firenze
20:45 CEST Stadium: Comunale
Referee: Massimo Ciulli
7 September 1978 4 A.C. Monza 0-1 Juventus Milano
20:30 CEST   70' Virdis Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Enzo Barbaresco
Note: Played in Milano due to the Gran Premio d'Italia of Formula 1 at Monza; cfr.[6]
17 September 1978 5 Juventus 3-1 A.S.G. Nocerina Torino
20:30 CEST Bettega   12'
Tardelli   54'
Benetti   85'
Report   10' Garlini Referee: Vittorio Benedetti

Quarterfinals

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25 April 1979 1 Juventus 3-1 Inter Torino
19:00 CET Tardelli   29'
Brio   51'
Causio   89'
Report   69' (pen) Altobelli Attendance: 41,705
Referee: Pietro D'Elia
9 May 1979 2 Inter 1-0 Juventus Milano
20:45 CET Beccalossi   70' Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 45,123
Referee: Vittorio Benedetti
Note: Other match sources report the score at minute 70 as own goal by Furino.

Semifinals

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20 May 1979 1 Catanzaro 1-1 Juventus Catanzaro
16:30 CET Gentile   62' (o.g.) Report   16' Bettega Stadium: Comunale
Attendance: 15,088
Referee: Luigi Agnolin
31 May 1979 2 Juventus 4-2 Catanzaro Torino
20:30 CEST Cabrini   55' (pen)
Tardelli   69'
Causio   80'
Virdis   87'
Report   71' Sabadini
  84' Groppi
Stadium: Comunale
Attendance: 28,057
Referee: Gino Menicucci

Final

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20 June 1979 Juventus 2-1 Palermo F.C. Napoli
20:30 CEST Brio   84'
Causio   117'
Report   2' Chimenti Stadium: San Paolo
Attendance: ca 35,000
Referee: Enzo Barbaresco

European Cup

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First round

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13 September 1978 1 Juventus   1-0   Glasgow Rangers Torino
20:30 CET Virdis   9' Report Stadium: Comunale
Attendance: 61,425
Referee:   Rainea
27 September 1978 Glasgow Rangers   2-0
(2-1 agg.)
  Juventus Glasgow
20:30 CET MacDonald   19'
Smith   72'
Report Stadium: Ibrox Park
Attendance: ca 44,000
Referee:   Eschweiler

Statistics

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Squad statistics

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Competition Points Home Away Total GD
G W D L Gs Ga G W D L Gs Ga G W D L Gs Ga
Serie A 37 15 8 5 2 30 16 15 4 8 3 10 7 30 12 13 5 40 23 + 17
Coppa - 4 4 0 0 12 4 5 2 2 1 4 3 9 6 2 1 16 7 + 9
European Cup - 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 - 1
Total - 20 13 5 2 43 20 21 6 10 5 14 12 41 19 15 7 57 32 25

Players statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Italia European Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   ITA Zoff 41 -29 30 -20 9 -7 2 -2
DF   ITA Gentile 38 0 30 0 7 0 1 0
DF   ITA Scirea 41 2 30 2 9 0 2 0
DF   ITA Cuccureddu 36 3 27 2 7 1 2 0
DF   ITA Cabrini 32 3 18+3 2 9 1 2 0
MF   ITA Causio 41 4 30 1 9 3 2 0
MF   ITA Furino 33 0 19+3 0 9 0 2 0
MF   ITA Tardelli 40 7 29 4 9 3 2 0
MF   ITA Benetti 37 4 23+3 3 9 1 2 0
FW   ITA Bettega 41 11 30 9 9 2 2 0
FW   ITA Virdis 32 10 20+3 6 7 3 2 1
GK   ITA Alessandrelli 1 -3 0+1 -3 0 0 0 0
DF   ITA Morini 22 0 15 0 5 0 2 0
MF   ITA Verza 14 5 8+3 5 3 0 0 0
DF   ITA Brio 13 2 8 0 5 2 0 0
FW   ITA Boninsegna 9 2 7+1 2 1 0 0 0
MF   ITA Fanna 24 2 6+10 2 6 0 2 0
GK   ITA Marchese 0 0 0 0

References

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  1. ^ "Attendance Statistics of Serie A – 1974-75 to 1985-86". stadiapostcards.com. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  2. ^ Giulio Accatino (24 July 1978). "Juventus can lost time". La Stampa. p. 11.
  3. ^ Bruno Perucca (26 March 1979). "The Derby to the Juve after Five years". Stampa Sera. p. 11.
  4. ^ Carlo Coscia (28 September 1978). "Juventus is Out of European Cup". La Stampa. p. 15.
  5. ^ Beltrami (1978). Almanacco illustrato del calcio 1979. Modena, Panini. p. 197..
  6. ^ "Monza-Juventus exluded from Totocalcio" (in Italian). lastampa.it. 4 September 1978. p. 13. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  7. ^ Beltrami. Almanacco illustrato del calcio 1979. Modena, Panini. pp. 121, 264–273, 514..
  8. ^ Beltrami. Almanacco illustrato del calcio 1979. Modena, Panini. pp. 158, 264–273, 514..

See also

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Blocco-Juve