1972–73 Juventus F.C. season

Juventus Football Club
1972–73 season
Chairman	Giampiero Boniperti
Manager	Čestmír Vycpálek
Stadium	Comunale
Serie A	1st (in 1973-74 European Cup)
Coppa Italia	Final
European Cup	Final
Average home league attendance	42,813
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1971–72 →

During 1972–73 season Juventus competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and European Cup.

Summary[]

Cestmir Vycpalek added 30-yrs-old goalkeeper Dino Zoff^[2] and veteran forward José Altafini^[3] from S.S.C. Napoli to the team seeking to retain the league and the European Cup.

The team won the league, however lost the finals of European Cup against Johan Cruijff's Ajax and Coppa Italia.^[4]

Squad[]

^[5] 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	Massimo Piloni
—	GK	ITA	Dino Zoff
—	DF	ITA	Vincenzo Chiarenza
—	DF	ITA	Silvio Longobucco
—	DF	ITA	Francesco Morini
—	DF	ITA	Sandro Salvadore (captain)
—	DF	ITA	Luciano Spinosi
—	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Zaniboni
—	MF	ITA	Fabio Capello
—	MF	ITA	Franco Causio
—	MF	ITA	Antonello Cuccureddu


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Giuseppe Furino
—	MF	FRG	Helmut Haller
—	MF	ITA	Domenico Maggiora
—	MF	ITA	Alberto Marchetti
—	MF	ITA	Gianpietro Marchetti
—	MF	ITA	Adriano Novellini
—	MF	ITA	Gianluigi Savoldi (II)
—	FW	ITA	José Altafini
—	FW	ITA	Pietro Anastasi
—	FW	ITA
—	FW	ITA	Roberto Bettega

Competitions[]

Serie A[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus (C)	30	18	9	3	45	22	+23	45	Qualification to European Cup
2	Milan	30	18	8	4	65	33	+32	44	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
3	Lazio	30	16	11	3	33	16	+17	43	Qualification to UEFA Cup
4	Fiorentina	30	16	5	9	39	26	+13	37
5	Internazionale	30	15	7	8	32	23	+9	37

Source: Panini
(C) Champion

Matches[]

24 September 1972 1	Bologna	0-2	Juventus	Bologna
		Report	46' Causio 80' Anastasi	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Fulvio Pieroni

1 October 1972 2	Juventus	1-1	Hellas Verona	Torino
	Salvadore 85'	Report	50'	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Riccardo Lattanzi

29 October 1972 3	Lazio	1-1	Juventus	Roma
	Chinaglia 14' (pen)	Report	20' Bettega	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Francesco Francescon

29 October 1972 4	Juventus	2-2	Milan	Torino
	Salvadore 70' Causio 75'	Report	32' Bigon 76' Rivera	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Fulvio Pieroni

5 November 1972 5	Torino	2-1	Juventus	Torino
	P. Pulici 6', 63'	Report	77' Anastasi	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Fabio Monti

12 November 1972 6	Juventus	1-1	Sampdoria	Torino
	Causio 62' (pen)	Report	69'	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Francesco Panzino

19 November 1972 7	Napoli	1-1	Juventus	Napoli
	Mariani 72'	Report	42' Capello	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Domenico Serafino

26 November 1972 8	Juventus	2-0	Cagliari	Torino
	33' (o.g.) Causio 42'	Report		Stadium: Comunale Referee: Renzo Torelli

3 December 1972 9	Juventus	2-1	Fiorentina	Torino
	Haller 60' Altafini 70'	Report	41'	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Alberto Michelotti

10 December 1972 10	Palermo	0-1	Juventus	Palermo
		Report	36' Altafini	Stadium: Stadio La Favorita Referee:

17 December 1972 11	Lanerossi	0-2	Juventus	Vicenza
		Report	8' Altafini 25' Anastasi	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Referee: Motta

24 December 1972 12	Juventus	2-0	Ternana	Torino
	Causio 32' Altafini 60'	Report		Stadium: Comunale Referee:

30 December 1972 13	Juventus	0-0	Atalanta	Torino
		Report		Stadium: Comunale Referee:

7 January 1973 14	Inter	0-2	Juventus	Milan
		Report	32' Altafini 85' Anastasi	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Referee: Lo Bello

21 January 1973 15	Juventus	1-0	Roma	Torino
	Altafini 24'	Report		Stadium: Comunale Referee:

28 January 1973 16	Juventus	2-0	Bologna	Torino
	Anastasi 65', 89'	Report		Stadium: Comunale Referee: Gussoni

4 February 1973 17	Hellas Verona	0-0	Juventus	Verona
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Referee: Lo Bello

11 February 1973 18	Juventus	1-0	Lazio	Torino
	Bettega 18'	Report		Stadium: Comunale Referee:

18 February 1973 19	Milan	2-2	Juventus	Milan
	Rivera 44' (rig.) Biasiolo 85'	Report	12' Bettega 50' G. Marchetti	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Referee:

4 March 1973 20	Juventus	0-2	Torino	Torino
		Report	59' (pen) P. Pulici 72' Agroppi	Stadium: Comunale Referee:

11 March 1973 21	Sampdoria	0-1	Juventus	Genova
		Report	49' Capello	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Lo Bello

17 March 1973 22	Juventus	0-0	Napoli	Torino
		Report		Stadium: Comunale Referee:

25 March 1973 23	Cagliari	0-1	Juventus	Cagliari
		Report	61' Altafini	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Referee:

7 April 1973 24	Fiorentina	2-1	Juventus	Firenze
	46' 84'	Report	78' (pen) Causio	Stadium: Comunale Referee:

15 April 1973 25	Juventus	4-1	Palermo	Torino
	Bettega 2' S. Landini 13' (aut.) Causio 45' Haller 47'	Report	18'	Referee:

21 April 1973 26	Juventus	3-2	Lanerossi	Torino
	Bettega 1', 86' 78' (o.g.)	Report	33' 75'	Stadium: Comunale Referee:

29 April 1973 27	Ternana	2-3	Juventus	Terni
	Selvaggi 37' 77'	Report	20', 21' Bettega 49' Causio	Stadium: Stadio Libero Liberati Referee: Motta

6 May 1973 28	Atalanta	0-2	Juventus	Bergamo
		Report	43' Capello 54' G. Marchetti	Stadium: Comunale Referee:

13 May 1973 29	Juventus	2-1	Inter	Torino
	G. Marchetti 4' Altafini 41' (pen)	Report	87' Corso	Stadium: Comunale Referee:

20 May 1973 30	Roma	1-2	Juventus	Rome
	Spadoni 29'	Report	61' Altafini 87' Cuccureddu	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Lo Bello

Coppa Italia[]

First round[]

27 August 1972 1	Juventus	3-0	Foggia	Torino
	Furino 41' Capello 66' Causio 68' (rig.)			Stadium: Comunale Referee:

30 August 1972 2	Novara	0-1	Juventus	Novara
			90' (pen) Causio	Stadium: Referee:

3 September 1972 3	Juventus	0-0	Hellas Verona	Torino
				Stadium: Comunale Referee: Alberto Michelotti

6 September 1972 4	Varese	1-1	Juventus	Varese
	9'		50' Anastasi	Stadium: Stadio Franco Ossola Referee:

Second round[]

16 May 1973 1	Juventus	1-1	Reggiana	Torino
	Maggiora 41'		73' Donina	Stadium: Comunale Referee:

3 June 1973 2	Bologna	0-0	Juventus	Bologna
				Stadium: Comunale Referee:

17 May 1973 3	Inter	1-1	Juventus	Milan
	Boninsegna 65'		29' Causio	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Referee: Michelotti

3 June 1973 4	Reggiana	1-2	Juventus	Reggio Emilia
	4'		17', 71' Anastasi	Stadium: Referee: Casarin

24 June 1973 5	Juventus	4-3	Bologna	Torino
	Haller 19', 69' (pen) Capello 49' G.L. Savoldi 80'		24' R. Vieri 40' Novellini 54' G. Savoldi	Stadium: Comunale Referee:

27 June 1973 6	Juventus	4-2	Inter	Torino
	Causio 28' Longobucco 68' Anastasi 86', 89'		37' S. Mazzola 42' Boninsegna	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Barbaresco

Final[]

1 July 1973	Milan	1-1 (a.e.t.) (5–2 p)	Juventus	Rome
	Benetti 50' (pen)		15' Bettega	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee:
	Penalties
	Schnellinger Benetti Chiarugi Biasiolo Magherini		Causio Anastasi R. Bettega Spinosi Cuccureddu

European Cup[]

First round[]

13 September 1972 1	Olympique Marseille	1–0	Juventus	Lyon, France
	Salvadore 52' (o.g.)			Stadium: Stade de Gerland Referee: Biwersi

27 September 1972 2	Juventus	3–0 (3–1 agg.)	Olympique Marseille	Turin, Italy
	Bettega 3', 37' Haller 43'			Stadium: Comunale Referee:

Second round[]

25 October 1972 1	Juventus	1–0	Magdeburg	Turin, Italy
	Anastasi 66'			Stadium: Comunale Referee: Scheurer

8 November 1972 2	Magdeburg	0–1 (0–2 agg.)	Juventus	Magdeburg, Germany
			51' Cuccureddu	Stadium: Ernst Grube Stadion Referee: Machin

Quarter-finals[]

7 March 1973 1	Juventus	0–0	Ujpesti Dozsa	Turin, Italy
				Stadium: Comunale Referee:

21 March 1973 2	Ujpesti Dozsa	2–2 (2–2a agg.)	Juventus	Budapest, Hungary
	Bene 1' 13'		30' Altafini 57' Anastasi	Stadium: Referee: Delcourt

Semi-finals[]

11 April 1973 1	Juventus	3–1	Derby County	Turin, Italy
	Altafini 28', 83' Causio 65'		30' Hector	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee:

25 April 1973 2	Derby County	0–0 (1–3 agg.)	Juventus	Derby, England
				Stadium: Baseball Ground Referee:

Final[]

30 May 1973	Ajax	1–0	Juventus	Belgrade, Serbia
	Rep 5'			Stadium: Red Star Stadium Referee:

Statistics[]

^[6]

Goalscorers[]

13 goals

12 goals

José Altafini

11 goals

Roberto Bettega

5 goals

3 goals

Gianpietro Marchetti

2 goals

1 goal

References[]

^ "Attendance Statistics of Serie A – 1962-63 to 1973-74". stadiapostcards.com.
^ Paolo Menicucci (28 February 2017). "Dino Zoff fa 75: cinque grandi partite" (in Italian). UEFA.com. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
^ "José Altafini, "Incredibile amisci!"" (in Italian). Archived from the original on December 28, 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
^ "scudetto 72-73". juventus.com.
^
Panini
— pp. 12-13
.
^ Melegari, presenze, p. 164.

Fabrizio Melegari (a cura di). Almanacco illustrato del calcio - La storia 1898-2004. Modena. Panini, 2004.
Calciatori 1972-73, Modena – Milan, Panini – l'Unità, 1994., Panini
Chiesa, Carlo F. Il grande romanzo dello scudetto. da Calcio 2000,2002 and 2003.
l'Unità, 1972 and 1973.
La Stampa, 1972 and 1973.

External links[]

"Stagione 1972/73".
"Stagione 1972-1973".
Maurizio Mariani (26 October 2000). "Italy 1972/73".

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[1] "Attendance Statistics of Serie A – 1962-63 to 1973-74". stadiapostcards.com.

[2] Paolo Menicucci (28 February 2017). "Dino Zoff fa 75: cinque grandi partite" (in Italian). UEFA.com. Retrieved 30 October 2017.

[3] "José Altafini, "Incredibile amisci!"" (in Italian). Archived from the original on December 28, 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2014.

[4] "scudetto 72-73". juventus.com.

[5] 
Panini
— pp. 12-13
.

[6] Melegari, presenze, p. 164.

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