# 1958–59 Juventus FC season

During the 1958–59 season Juventus competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and European Cup .

## Summary

During summer President Umberto Agnelli transferred in several plavers such as: Defender Ernesto Castano, midfielder Piero Aggradi (after a loan ended), Luigi Fuin and Gianfranco Leoncini, meanwhile playing his last season Ermes Muccinelli (future club legend), along with Francesco Stacchino and Swedish midfielder Karl-Erik Palmér the latter a notorious flop for the campaign.
On 16 December 1958 in the gala of the 1958 Ballon d'Or, several squad players competed for the trophy, included Welsh Forward John Charles (finishing in a 4th place), Bruno Nicolè and Giampiero Boniperti.
In League, the team reached a disappointing 4th place in spite of the "Trio Magico" (Charles-Sivori-Boniperti) scoring a massive quantity of goals for the third consecutive season.
The club had its debut in the European Cup, and was chaotic, in a series of two-legs in preliminary round against Wiener Sport-Club from Austria, after a 3-1 won match in Torino thanks to a hat-trick of Omar Sívori the squad collapsed in Wien, without and injured John Charles the squad lost 0-7 at the Praterstadion being eliminated early out of the competition.
After a 5-4 lost match in Torino against Milan, included arguments between the head coach and the star Forward Omar Sívori, the Yugoslavian manager Ljubiša Broćić was fired and replaced by Teobaldo Depetrini.
At the end of the season, however, the squad clinched the 1959 Coppa Italia Final defeating Internazionale in San Siro with a 4-1 score.

## Squad

* .-Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/rose/1958/477/
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 | Carlo Mattrel |
| — | GK | ITA | Giuseppe Vavassori |
| — | DF | ITA | Benito Boldi |
| — | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Corradi |
| — | DF | ITA | Bruno Garzena |
| — | DF | ITA | Ernesto Castano |
| — | DF | ITA | Rino Ferrario |
| — | MF | ITA | Flavio Emoli |
| — | MF | ITA | Umberto Colombo |
| — | MF | ITA | Gianfranco Leoncini |
| — | MF | ITA | Piero Aggradi |
| — | MF | ITA | Luigi Fuin |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | SWE | Karl-Erik Palmér |
| — | MF | ITA | Antonio Montico |
| — | MF | ITA | Giorgio Turchi |
| — | FW | ITA | Giampiero Boniperti |
| — | FW | ITA | Bruno Nicolè |
| — | FW | ITA | Gino Stacchini |
| — | FW | ITA | Giorgio Stivanello |
| — | FW | ITA | Ermes Muccinelli |
| — | FW | ITA | Francesco Stacchino |
| — | FW | ARG | Omar Sívori |
| — | FW | WAL | John Charles |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from |
| DF | Ernesto Castano | Triestina |
| MF | Piero Aggradi | Palermo |
| MF | Luigi Fuin | SS Lazio |
| FW | Ermes Muccinelli | SS Lazio |
| MF | Karl-Erik Palmér | Legnano |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To |
| GK | Giovanni Viola | Brescia |
| DF | Bruno Barbieri | |
| DF | Giuseppe Patrucco | Monza |
| FW | Giorgio Bartolini | |
| FW | Piergiorgio Sartore | |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 2 | Fiorentina | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 95 | 35 | +60 | 49 |
| 3 | Internazionale | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 77 | 41 | +36 | 46 |
| 4 | Juventus | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 74 | 51 | +23 | 42 |
| 5 | Sampdoria | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 38 |
| 6 | Roma | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 57 | 41 | +16 | 35 |

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | D | L | - | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches

* .- Source:http://calcio-seriea.net/partite/1958/477/

### European Cup
#### Preliminary round
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 1958-59 Serie A | 1958-59 Serie A |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ITA | Carlo Mattrel | 20 | -36 | 20 | -36 |
| | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Corradi | 32 | 2 | 32 | 2 |
| | DF | ITA | Bruno Garzena | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Flavio Emoli | 26 | 1 | 26 | 1 |
| | MF | ITA | Umberto Colombo | 28 | 2 | 28 | 2 |
| | MF | ITA | Gino Stacchini | 25 | 4 | 25 | 4 |
| | FW | ITA | Giampiero Boniperti | 26 | 8 | 26 | 8 |
| | FW | ITA | Giorgio Stivanello | 23 | 3 | 23 | 3 |
| | FW | ITA | Bruno Nicolè | 21 | 13 | 21 | 13 |
| | FW | ARG | Omar Sívori | 24 | 15 | 24 | 15 |
| | FW | WAL | John Charles | 29 | 19 | 29 | 19 |
| | GK | ITA | Giuseppe Vavassori | 14 | -15 | 14 | -15 |
| | DF | ITA | Rino Ferrario | 20 | 2 | 20 | 2 |
| | FW | ITA | Ermes Muccinelli | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Ernesto Castano | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Luigi Fuin | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Benito Boldi | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Giorgio Turchi | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Antonio Montico | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | SWE | Karl-Erik Palmér | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Gianfranco Leoncini | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Francesco Stacchino | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Piero Aggradi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1958/477/