# 2007–08 Juventus FC season

The 2007–08 season was Juventus Football Club's 110th in existence and first season back in the top flight of Italian football.

## Season review

On 4 June 2007, Claudio Ranieri was appointed the new manager following the resignation of Didier Deschamps. With the club back in Serie A, new signings such as Czech international Zdeněk Grygera, Portuguese midfielder Tiago Mendes and Sergio Almirón were brought in to strengthen the squad while promising youngsters such as Sebastian Giovinco, Claudio Marchisio and Paolo De Ceglie were sent out on loan or co-ownership deals.
Juventus finished third that season to qualify for next season's Champions League, their first participation in that competition since 2005–06.

## Players
### Squad information

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 |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Gianluigi Buffon |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Birindelli |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Giorgio Chiellini |
| 4 | MF | ARG | Sergio Almirón |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Jonathan Zebina |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Cristiano Zanetti |
| 7 | MF | BIH | Hasan Salihamidžić |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Mauro Camoranesi |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Vincenzo Iaquinta |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Alessandro Del Piero (captain) |
| 11 | MF | CZE | Pavel Nedvěd |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Emanuele Belardi |
| 13 | GK | AUS | Jess Vanstrattan |
| 14 | DF | POR | Jorge Andrade |
| 17 | FW | FRA | David Trezeguet |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Jean-Alain Boumsong |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Domenico Criscito |
| 20 | FW | ITA | Raffaele Palladino |
| 21 | DF | CZE | Zdeněk Grygera |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | MLI | Mohamed Sissoko |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Antonio Nocerino |
| 24 | FW | URU | Rubén Olivera |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Guglielmo Stendardo |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Cristian Molinaro |
| 30 | MF | POR | Tiago |
| 31 | GK | ITA | Cristiano Novembre |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Marco Marchionni |
| 33 | DF | ITA | Nicola Legrottaglie |
| 34 | MF | ITA | Cristian Pasquato |
| 35 | MF | ITA | Simone Esposito |
| 36 | MF | ITA | Luca Castiglia |
| 37 | DF | ITA | Marco Duravia |
| 38 | DF | ITA | Salvatore D'Elia |
| 41 | MF | ITA | Nicola Cosentini |
| 42 | FW | SOM | Ayub Daud |
| 43 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo Ariaudo |
| 44 | FW | ITA | Donato Bottone |
| 45 | FW | MAR | Oussama Essabr |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| GK | Jess Kedwell Vanstrattan | Hellas Verona | loan |
| DF | Domenico Criscito | Genoa CFC | riscatto comp. |
| DF | Daniele Gastaldello | AC Siena | riscatto comp. (€650,000) |
| DF | Zdeněk Grygera | AFC Ajax | end of contract |
| DF | Jorge Andrade | Deportivo La Coruña | (€10.5 million) |
| DF | Cristian Molinaro | AC Siena | co-ownership (€2.5 million) |
| MF | Sergio Bernardo Almirón | Empoli FC | (€9 million) |
| MF | Antonio Nocerino | Piacenza | co-ownership (€3.7 million) |
| MF | Hasan Salihamidžić | Bayern München | released |
| MF | Tiago Mendes | Olympique Lyonnais | (€13.65 million) |
| FW | Vincenzo Iaquinta | Udinese | (€11.25 million) |
| FW | Rubén Olivera | Sampdoria | loan ended |
| FW | Francesco Volpe | Ravenna | co-ownership (€1 million) |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | to | Type |
| GK | Antonio Mirante | Sampdoria | loan |
| DF | Federico Balzaretti | Fiorentina | (€3.8 million) |
| DF | Daniele Gastaldello | Sampdoria | (€1.25 million) |
| DF | Robert Kovač | Borussia Dortmund | Free |
| DF | Igor Tudor | Hajduk Split | Free |
| DF | Felice Piccolo | Empoli | co-ownership (€125,000) |
| DF | Andrea Rossi | AC Siena | co-ownership (€400,000) |
| MF | Simone Bentivoglio | Chievo Verona | end of co-ownership (€500,000) |
| MF | Manuele Blasi | SSC Napoli | co-ownership (€2.45 million) |
| MF | Raffaele Bianco | Bari | loan |
| MF | Viktor Budjanskij | Ascoli | end of co-ownership (€900,000) |
| MF | Paolo De Ceglie | AC Siena | co-ownership (€1.25 million) |
| MF | Andrea Gasbarroni | Parma | (€1.5 million) |
| MF | Giuliano Giannichedda | Livorno | Free |
| MF | Sebastian Giovinco | Empoli | loan |
| MF | Olivier Kapo | Birmingham City | (€2.3 million) |
| MF | Claudio Marchisio | Empoli | loan |
| MF | Matteo Paro | Genoa CFC | co-ownership (€1.5 million) |
| MF | Alessio Tacchinardi | | released |
| MF | Dario Venitucci | Treviso | loan |
| FW | Valerij Bojinov | Fiorentina | loan ended |
| FW | Tomás Guzmán | Piacenza | co-ownership (€450,000) |
| FW | Davide Lanzafame | AS Bari | loan |
| FW | Fabrizio Miccoli | Palermo | (€4.3 million) |
| FW | Michele Paolucci | Udinese | co-ownership (€1.35 million) |
| FW | Rej Volpato | Empoli | co-ownership (€500,000) |
| FW | Francesco Volpe | Livorno | co-ownership (€1 million) |
| FW | Francesco Volpe | Ravenna | co-ownership (€450,000) |
| FW | Marcelo Zalayeta | SSC Napoli | co-ownership (€1.4 million) |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| DF | Guglielmo Stendardo | SS Lazio | loan |
| MF | Mohamed Sissoko | Liverpool FC | (€11 million) |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | to | Type |
| DF | Jean-Alain Boumsong | Olympique Lyonnais | (€3 million) |
| DF | Domenico Criscito | Genoa CFC | loan |
| MF | Sergio Bernardo Almirón | AS Monaco | loan |
| FW | Rubén Olivera | Peñarol | loan |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Internazionale (C) | 38 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 69 | 26 | +43 | 85 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Roma | 38 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 72 | 37 | +35 | 82 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Juventus | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 72 | 37 | +35 | 72 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Fiorentina | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 66 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Milan | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 66 | 38 | +28 | 64 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
* ↑ The 7th-placed team qualified for the UEFA Cup due to both of the Coppa Italia finalists, Roma and Internazionale, finishing 6th or higher.

#### 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | D |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia
#### Quarter-finals
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 2007–08 Serie A | 2007–08 Serie A | 2007–08 Coppa Italia | 2007–08 Coppa Italia |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Gianluigi Buffon | 35 | 0 | 34 |
| 21 | DF | CZE | Zdeněk Grygera | 27 | 1 | 22+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Giorgio Chiellini | 32 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Cristian Molinaro | 36 | 1 | 30+1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 33 | DF | ITA | Nicola Legrottaglie | 37 | 3 | 31+2 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Antonio Nocerino | 36 | 0 | 23+9 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Cristiano Zanetti | 29 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BIH | Hasan Salihamidžić | 30 | 4 | 21+5 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | CZE | Pavel Nedvěd | 33 | 3 | 28+3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | FRA | David Trezeguet | 39 | 20 | 35+1 | 20 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Alessandro Del Piero | 41 | 24 | 32+5 | 21 | 4 | 3 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Emanuele Belardi | 9 | -17 | 4+1 | -7 | 4 | -10 |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Mauro Camoranesi | 23 | 5 | 18+4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ITA | Raffaele Palladino | 31 | 2 | 14+12 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Jonathan Zebina | 17 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | MLI | Mohamed Sissoko | 15 | 1 | 12+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | POR | Tiago | 23 | 0 | 10+10 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Vincenzo Iaquinta | 29 | 12 | 9+15 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Domenico Criscito | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ARG | Sergio Almirón | 11 | 1 | 5+4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Birindelli | 11 | 1 | 4+3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | POR | Jorge Andrade | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Guglielmo Stendardo | 6 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Marco Marchionni | 14 | 2 | 1+10 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 36 | MF | ITA | Luca Castiglia | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | ITA | Cristian Pasquato | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | URU | Rubén Olivera | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Jean-Alain Boumsong | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | GK | AUS | Jess Vanstrattan |
| 31 | GK | ITA | Cristiano Novembre |
| 35 | MF | ITA | Simone Esposito |
| 37 | DF | ITA | Marco Duravia |
| 38 | DF | ITA | Salvatore D'Elia |
| 41 | MF | ITA | Nicola Cosentini |
| 42 | FW | SOM | Ayub Daud |
| 43 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo Ariaudo |
| 44 | FW | ITA | Donato Bottone |
| 45 | FW | MAR | Oussama Essabr |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/2007/1316/