1978–79 Juventus FC season

Juventus FC

1978-79 season
Owner	Agnelli family
President	Giampiero Boniperti
Manager	Giovanni Trapattoni
Stadium	Comunale
Serie A	3º
Coppa Italia	Winners (in 1979-80 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup)
European Cup	Eightfinals
Top goalscorer	League: Bettega (9) All: Bettega (11)
Average home league attendance	35,410[1]
Home colours Away colours
← 1977-78 1979-80 →

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

Summary

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

^[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

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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

Results by round

Matches

Coppa Italia

Group stage- Group 1

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

Matches

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

European Cup

First round

Statistics

Squad statistics

^[7]

Players statistics

^[8]

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

See also

Blocco-Juve