1958–59 Juventus FC season

Juventus

1958–59 season
Owner	Agnelli family
President	Umberto Agnelli
Manager	Ljubiša Broćić (Until 16 November 1958) Teobaldo Depetrini
Stadium	Comunale
Serie A	4th
Coppa Italia	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: John Charles (19) All: Charles Omar Sivori (25)
Home colours Away colours
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During the 1958–59 season Juventus competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and European Cup .

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,^[1] 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.^[2]

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,^[3] included arguments between the head coach and the star Forward Omar Sívori, the Yugoslavian manager Ljubiša Broćić was fired and replaced by Teobaldo Depetrini.^[4][5]

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.

• .-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

Pos	Team v t e	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

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

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		1958-59 Serie A
				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