# 1973–74 Juventus FC season

During the 1973–74 season Juventus competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia, Intercontinental Cup and European Cup.

## Summary

During summer Giampiero Boniperti in his third season as Chairman transferred in Claudio Gentile future club legend and FIFA World Champion. Incumbent Champions in League, the team finishes the season with 41 points, only two points behind winners Lazio, first classified with 43.
Also in his third season as manager Čestmír Vycpálek saw the transfer out of Helmut Haller after five seasons as a starter in midfield, with the squad being eliminated early in European Cup by East German side Dynamo Dresden and losing the Intercontinental Cup against Independiente.
Meanwhile, in Coppa Italia the squad advanced to the second round losing the spot to the Final against Palermo F.C. in the last matches for Čestmír Vycpálek who left the club after three campaigns.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ITA | Dino Zoff |
| — | GK | ITA | Massimo Piloni |
| — | DF | ITA | Luciano Spinosi |
| — | DF | ITA | Francesco Morini |
| — | DF | ITA | Sandro Salvadore |
| — | DF | ITA | Silvio Longobucco |
| — | DF | ITA | Claudio Gentile |
| — | DF | ITA | Giorgio Mastropasqua |
| — | DF | ITA | Alessandro Zagano |
| — | MF | ITA | Franco Causio |
| — | MF | ITA | Fabio Capello |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Antonello Cuccureddu |
| — | MF | ITA | Giuseppe Furino |
| — | MF | ITA | Fernando Viola |
| — | MF | ITA | Gianpietro Marchetti |
| — | MF | ITA | Domenico Maggiora |
| — | FW | ITA | Pietro Anastasi |
| — | FW | BRA | José Altafini |
| — | FW | ITA | Roberto Bettega |
| — | FW | ITA | Giuliano Musiello |
| — | FW | ITA | Pieraldo Nemo |
| — | FW | ITA | Paolo Rossi |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from |
| DF | Claudio Gentile | Varese |
| FW | Giuliano Musiello | Atalanta B.C. |
| DF | Giorgio Mastropasqua | Ternana Calcio |
| MF | Fernando Viola | A.C. Mantova |
| MF | Domenico Maggiora | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To |
| FW | Helmut Haller | FC Augsburg |
| MF | Gianluigi Savoldi | A.C. Cesena |
| DF | Giuseppe Zaniboni | A.C. Cesena |
| DF | Vincenzo Chiarenza | Sampdoria |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Lazio (C) | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 45 | 23 | +22 | 43 | Not admitted to Europe |
| 2 | Juventus | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 50 | 26 | +24 | 41 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 3 | Napoli | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 36 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Internazionale | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 35 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 5 | Torino | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 27 | 24 | +3 | 34 | 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | L | D | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia
#### First round- Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Juventus | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 8 | Qualified to Second round |
| 2 | SPAL | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Ascoli | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Foggia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1 | |
| 5 | Arezzo | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 | |

##### Matches
#### Second round - Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Palermo | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 8 | Qualified to Final |
| 2 | Juventus | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | |
| 3 | Cesena | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 5 | |
| 4 | Lazio | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 4 | |

##### Matches
### Intercontinental Cup
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 1973-74 Serie A | 1973-74 Serie A |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ITA | Dino Zoff | 30 | -26 | 30 | -26 |
| | DF | ITA | Silvio Longobucco | 24 | 0 | 21+3 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Sandro Salvadore | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Francesco Morini | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Luciano Spinosi | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Franco Causio | 28 | 2 | 28 | 2 |
| | MF | ITA | Antonello Cuccureddu | 26 | 12 | 26 | 12 |
| | MF | ITA | Giuseppe Furino | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Fabio Capello | 27 | 4 | 27 | 4 |
| | FW | ITA | Pietro Anastasi | 23 | 16 | 22+1 | 16 |
| | FW | ITA | Roberto Bettega | 24 | 8 | 23+1 | 8 |
| | GK | ITA | Massimo Piloni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | BRA | José Altafini | 21 | 7 | 16+5 | 7 |
| | DF | ITA | Gianpietro Marchetti | 15 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Claudio Gentile | 13 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Fernando Viola | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Giorgio Mastropasqua | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Rosario Vitolo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Giuliano Musiello | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Paolo Rossi |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1973/730/