# 1972–73 Juventus FC season

During 1972–73 season Juventus competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and European Cup.

## Summary

Cestmir Vycpalek added 30-yrs-old goalkeeper Dino Zoff and veteran forward José Altafini from S.S.C. Napoli to the team seeking to retain the league and the European Cup.
The team won the league, however lost the finals of European Cup against Johan Cruijff's Ajax and Coppa Italia.

## 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 | Massimo Piloni |
| — | GK | ITA | Dino Zoff |
| — | DF | ITA | Vincenzo Chiarenza |
| — | DF | ITA | Silvio Longobucco |
| — | DF | ITA | Francesco Morini |
| — | DF | ITA | Sandro Salvadore (captain) |
| — | DF | ITA | Luciano Spinosi |
| — | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Zaniboni |
| — | MF | ITA | Fabio Capello |
| — | MF | ITA | Franco Causio |
| — | MF | ITA | Antonello Cuccureddu |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Giuseppe Furino |
| — | MF | FRG | Helmut Haller |
| — | MF | ITA | Domenico Maggiora |
| — | MF | ITA | Alberto Marchetti |
| — | MF | ITA | Gianpietro Marchetti |
| — | MF | ITA | Adriano Novellini |
| — | MF | ITA | Gianluigi Savoldi (II) |
| — | FW | BRA | José Altafini |
| — | FW | ITA | Pietro Anastasi |
| — | FW | ITA | Tiziano Ascagni |
| — | FW | ITA | Roberto Bettega |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| GK | Dino Zoff | SSC Napoli | |
| FW | Jose Altafini | SSC Napoli | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | to | Type |
| GK | Pietro Carmignani | SSC Napoli | |
| FW | Adriano Novellini | Bologna FC | |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Juventus (C) | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 45 | 22 | +23 | 45 | Qualification to European Cup |
| 2 | Milan | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 65 | 33 | +32 | 44 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup |
| 3 | Lazio | 30 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 33 | 16 | +17 | 43 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Fiorentina | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 37 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 5 | Internazionale | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 37 | Qualification to UEFA 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 | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | D | D | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |

#### Matches
### European Cup
#### First round
#### Final
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa | Coppa | European Cup | European Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ITA | Zoff | 50 | -37 | 30 | -22 | 11 | -10 | 9 | -5 |
| | DF | ITA | Marchetti | 45 | 3 | 27+1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Morini | 37 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Salvadore | 46 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Spinosi | 40 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Causio | 47 | 13 | 27+1 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| | MF | ITA | Furino | 44 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Capello | 45 | 5 | 26+1 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| | FW | BRA | Altafini | 35 | 12 | 19+4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| | FW | ITA | Anastasi | 47 | 13 | 26+1 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| | FW | ITA | Bettega | 43 | 11 | 25+2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| | GK | ITA | Piloni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Cuccureddu | 40 | 2 | 16+6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| | MF | FRG | Haller | 35 | 5 | 16+2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| | DF | ITA | Longobucco | 22 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Savoldi | 15 | 1 | 2+4 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| | DF | ITA | Zaniboni | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Maggiora | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | DF | ITA | Marchetti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Novellini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Ascagni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Chiarenza | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1972/707/