2008–09 Juventus FC Season
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The 2008–09 season was
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's 111th in existence and 2nd consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.


Season review

At various points in the season, Juventus looked as though they could challenge rivals
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's stronghold over Serie A, most notably in November 2008 following five successive wins, in late January 2009 after a seven-game unbeaten streak and again in March 2009 after another series of seven games without losing, which included impressive 4–1 successes over
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and
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. Coach
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, however, seemed to encounter serious problems in motivating his troops with his constant belittling of Juventus' title chances. After a club record run of seven consecutive league games without a win in April and May, Ranieri was sacked in only his second season at Juventus. This barren run of results also included a 2–1 loss at home to
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in the
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semi-finals, meaning the Turin side were once more denied the chance to compete for silverware. Juventus legend and former centre back
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, who was the director of the Youth Sector at that time, was appointed the caretaker manager for the remaining two matches. The wins over
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and Lazio ensured a second-place finish over
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(based on head-to-head record) after the ''Rossoneri'' failed to take advantage of Juve's winless streak and lost 3–2 away at Roma. In
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, Juventus began brightly, going unbeaten in their six group games and topping their group. These positive performances saw the Italians beat Spanish champions
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both home and away.
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, who scored a brace at the Santiago Bernabéu just four days before celebrating his 34th birthday, earned himself a standing ovation from the notoriously hostile Madrid crowd. The knockout stages were much less rejoicing for the ''Bianconeri''. They were knocked out by English club Chelsea who had just changed their manager. Despite battling with ten men in the second leg, Juventus drew the game 2–2, meaning they were eliminated after the 1–0 loss in
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. On 5 June 2009, it was confirmed that Ferrara had been appointed as the full-time manager on a two-year contract.


Players


Squad information

:''As of 2 April 2009.'' ''(
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Reserve squad


Youth squad


UEFA Champions League squad


Transfers


In


Out


Loaned out


Pre-season and friendlies


Goal scorers


Friendly matches


TIM Trophy 2008


Final tournament standings

*''3 points for win, 0 points for loss'' *''2 points for penalty kick win, 1 point for penalty kick loss'' *''Milan wins tournament based on head-to-head result''


Scorers


Matches


Emirates Cup


Final tournament standings

*''3 points for win, 1 point for tie, 0 points for loss'' *''1 point for every goal scored'' *''each team played 2 games; Juventus did not play Real Madrid, Arsenal did not play Hamburg'' *''Juventus finishes 3rd based on head-to-head result''


Scorers


Matches


Trofeo Luigi Berlusconi


Trofeo Birra Moretti


Final tournament standings

*''3 points for win, 0 points for loss'' *''2 points for penalty kick win, 1 point for penalty kick loss'' *''Juventus wins tournament based on head-to-head result''


Scorers


Matches


Trofeo Città di Messna


Competitions


Serie A


League table


Results summary


Results by round


Matches


Coppa Italia


UEFA Champions League


Third qualifying round


Group stage


Knockout phase


=Round of 16

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Statistics


Appearances and goals


Goalscorers


Disciplinary record

Disciplinary records for all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.


References

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Juventus Juventus Football Club (; from , ), commonly known as Juventus or colloquially as Juve (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Turin, Piedmont, who compete in Serie A, the ...