# 1977–78 Juventus FC season

In the 1977-78 season Juventus competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and UEFA Cup.

## Summary

After winning last season's league title with a record-breaking tally of 51 points, the club did not make substantial changes in their first line-up and brought young promises such as Pietro Paolo Virdis, Pierino Fanna and Vinicio Verza to their debut at top level.
The team was defeated in Rome 0-3 by Lazio, which was their only loss in the first half of the season. Liedholm and his Milan were Juventus' biggest challengers of the season and finished the first half of the league season at the top. However, with a draw at Bergamo, they were reached in first place by Juventus; the next week the Bianconeri took the leadership, grabbing the 'Winter title' with 2 points ahead of local rivals Torino.
The second half of the tournament for Juventus was calm with the Bianconeri not losing a single game for the rest of the tournament. Juventus secured the championship after drawing away to Roma with game to spare.
In Coppa Italia, the team suffered a shocking elimination in Second round. In European Cup, the squad reached the Semi-finals, being surprisingly eliminated by Belgian Club Brugge its coach over the two legs.
After the team clinched the title, Italian national team manager Enzo Bearzot called up eight players as regulars starters from this Juventus squad — Zoff, Gentile, Scirea, Benetti, Tardelli, Bettega, Cabrini and Causio — during the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina (also Cuccureddu was called), where they reached a decent 4th place. This group of players was known as Blocco-Juve (Juve Block), or Blocco Juventus

## 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 | Dino Zoff |
| — | GK | ITA | Giancarlo Alessandrelli |
| — | DF | ITA | Claudio Gentile |
| — | DF | ITA | Francesco Morini |
| — | DF | ITA | Gaetano Scirea |
| — | DF | ITA | Antonio Cabrini |
| — | DF | ITA | Luciano Spinosi |
| — | MF | ITA | Franco Causio |
| — | MF | ITA | Antonello Cuccureddu |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Giuseppe Furino (C) |
| — | MF | ITA | Romeo Benetti |
| — | MF | ITA | Marco Tardelli |
| — | MF | ITA | Pietro Fanna |
| — | MF | ITA | Vinicio Verza |
| — | MF | ITA | Gian Piero Gasperini |
| — | FW | ITA | Roberto Bettega |
| — | FW | ITA | Roberto Boninsegna |
| — | FW | ITA | Pietro Paolo Virdis |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from |
| MF | Vinicio Verza | Lanerossi Vicenza |
| MF | Pietro Fanna | Atalanta BC |
| FW | Pietro Paolo Virdis | Cagliari |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | Alberto Marchetti | AS Roma | |
| FW | Sergio Gori | Hellas Verona | |
| MF | Gian Piero Gasperini | AC Reggiana | loan |

## Competitions
### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Juventus (C) | 30 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 46 | 17 | +29 | 44 | Qualification to European Cup |
| 2 | Vicenza | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 39 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 3 | Torino | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 39 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Milan | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 38 | 25 | +13 | 37 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 5 | Internazionale | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 35 | 24 | +11 | 36 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup |

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | L | W | D | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | D | D | W | D | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia
#### First round

Group 1 :
| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Juventus(A) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 |
| 2 | Cesena(B) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 |
| 3 | Brescia(B) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
| 4 | Sambenedettese(B) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 2 |
| 5 | Hellas Verona(A) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 2 |

#### Second round

Group B :
| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Napoli(A) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 8 |
| 2 | Milan(A) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 8 |
| 3 | Juventus(A) | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 5 |
| 4 | Taranto(B) | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 |

### European Cup
#### Semifinals
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 1977–78 Serie A | 1977–78 Serie A |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ITA | Dino Zoff | 30 | -17 | 30 | -17 |
| | DF | ITA | Antonello Cuccureddu | 30 | 2 | 30 | 2 |
| | DF | ITA | Gaetano Scirea | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Francesco Morini | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Claudio Gentile | 28 | 3 | 28 | 3 |
| | MF | ITA | Franco Causio | 30 | 3 | 30 | 3 |
| | MF | ITA | Marco Tardelli | 26 | 4 | 26 | 4 |
| | MF | ITA | Giuseppe Furino | 26 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Romeo Benetti | 27 | 5 | 27 | 5 |
| | FW | ITA | Roberto Bettega | 30 | 11 | 30 | 11 |
| | FW | ITA | Roberto Boninsegna | 21 | 10 | 19+2 | 10 |
| | GK | ITA | Giancarlo Alessandrelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Antonio Cabrini | 15 | 0 | 8+7 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Pietro Fanna | 13 | 2 | 9+4 | 2 |
| | FW | ITA | Pietro Paolo Virdis | 10 | 1 | 6+4 | 1 |
| | DF | ITA | Luciano Spinosi | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Vinicio Verza | 5 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 |
| | GK | ITA | Luciano Marchese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Gian Piero Gasperini |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1977/794/