Juventus 2011–12 football season
The 2011–12 season was Juventus Football Club's 114th in existence and fifth consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In Serie A , the club won their first legitimate league title since 2003 ; they had initially won two Serie A titles in the meantime (2004–05 and 2005–06 ), but were stripped of both as a result of the Calciopoli scandal.
Season review [ ]
Former club captain and fan favourite Antonio Conte was officially appointed as the new manager on 31 May 2011,[2] taking over the post previously left vacant following the sacking of Luigi Delneri . It was Conte's first appointment at a major Serie A club; he previously managed Siena , Arezzo , Atalanta , and Bari respectively, winning two Serie A promotions in the process (with Bari and Siena). His arrival coincided with the acquisitions of Andrea Pirlo and Arturo Vidal , both top-class midfielders.[3] The 2011–12 season also marked the opening of a new stadium, named Juventus Stadium .[4] It was officially opened on 11 September, in a match against Parma that ended 4–1.[5] First half of league saw Juventus gain several key-wins such as over Milan and Inter , both beaten in the month of October.[6] [7]
Despite criticism for lacking a centre-forward, a role sometimes covered by Matri ,[8] the team was able to score regularly with its other players.[9] Juventus reached first place,[10] [11] and the title was certainly won on the penultimate game of the season due to a 2–0 success away to Cagliari – the first time in nine years.[12] Juventus ended the season without any losses, breaking a record for the 20-team league format in Italy.[13] Conte's squad also played the Coppa Italia final, losing to Napoli 2–0 — the first and only seasonal loss.[14] This match was the last for Juventus for Alessandro Del Piero , who seven days before had scored his last goal in a 3–1 win over Atalanta .[15]
After a 3–1 win in the final matchday against Atalanta , Juventus became the first team to go the season unbeaten in the current 38-game format.[16]
Club [ ]
Coaching staff [ ]
Position
Staff
Head coach
Antonio Conte
Assistant coach
Angelo Alessio
Goalkeepers' coach
Claudio Filippi
Field assistant
Massimo Carrera
Field cooperator
Cristian Stellini
Fitness coach
Paolo Bertelli
Medical staff [ ]
Position
Staff
Medical Affairs Coordinator
Fabrizio Tencone
Sanitary manager
Gianluca Stesina
Doctor
Luca Stefanini
Responsible for Youth Sector
Antonio Giordano
Masseurs Physiotherapists
Alfonso Casano Dario Garbiero Marco Luison Emanuele Randelli Gianluca Scolaro
Chiropractor
Elio Cavedoni
Other information [ ]
Owner
Agnelli family (through Exor S.p.A. )
Chairman
Andrea Agnelli
Honorary Chairmen
Giampiero Boniperti Franzo Grande Stevens
Chief Executive Officer Chief Financial Officer
Aldo Mazzia
Sport Dept. CEO General Manager
Giuseppe Marotta
Directors
Carlo Barel di Sant'Albano Jean-Claude Blanc (until 15 October 2011) [18] Michele Briamonte Riccardo Montanaro Pavel Nedvěd Marzio Saà Camillo Venesio Khaled Fareg Zentuti
Ground (capacity and dimensions)
Juventus Stadium (41,000 / 105x68 meters)
Updated to match played October 2011 Source: Juventus.com – Board of Directors and Committees
Kit [ ]
The kits for the 2011–12 season, made by Nike , were revealed on 6 July 2011 at the new stadium inside the Bianconeri' s dressing room.[19] The home kit is a reinterpretation of the traditional black and white stripes in order to guarantee a 3D effect. The away shirt is bright pink, dominated by a large black star. As in the previous season, the home shirt sponsor is BetClic, while for the away kit the sponsor is Balocco. The white away kit used in the previous season is now the third kit.[20] Official club jersey numbers for the 2011–12 season were presented on 20 August 2011.[21]
Players [ ]
Squad information [ ]
Players and squad numbers last updated on 31 January 2012. [22]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No.
Name
Nat
Position(s)
Date of birth (Age at end of season)
Signed from
Notes
Goalkeepers
1
Gianluigi Buffon
GK
(1978-01-28 ) 28 January 1978 (aged 34)
Parma
Vice-captain
13
Alex Manninger
GK
(1977-06-04 ) 4 June 1977 (aged 35)
Udinese
30
Marco Storari
GK
(1977-01-07 ) 7 January 1977 (aged 35)
AC Milan
Defenders
3
Giorgio Chiellini
CB / LB
(1984-08-14 ) 14 August 1984 (aged 27)
Fiorentina
Vice-captain
4
Martín Cáceres
CB / RB
(1987-04-07 ) 7 April 1987 (aged 25)
Sevilla
on loan from Sevilla
6
Fabio Grosso
LB
(1977-11-28 ) 28 November 1977 (aged 34)
Lyon
11
Paolo De Ceglie
LB / LWB
(1986-09-17 ) 17 September 1986 (aged 25)
Youth Sector
15
Andrea Barzagli
CB
(1981-05-08 ) 8 May 1981 (aged 31)
Wolfsburg
19
Leonardo Bonucci
CB
(1987-05-01 ) 1 May 1987 (aged 25)
Bari
26
Stephan Lichtsteiner
RB / RWB
(1984-01-16 ) 16 January 1984 (aged 28)
Lazio
Midfielders
7
Simone Pepe
W
(1983-08-30 ) 30 August 1983 (aged 28)
Udinese
8
Claudio Marchisio
CM
(1986-01-19 ) 19 January 1986 (aged 26)
Youth Sector
17
Eljero Elia
LW
(1987-02-13 ) 13 February 1987 (aged 25)
Hamburg
20
Simone Padoin
MF
(1984-03-18 ) 18 March 1984 (aged 28)
Atalanta
transferred in from Atalanta
21
Andrea Pirlo
MF
(1979-05-19 ) 19 May 1979 (aged 33)
AC Milan
22
Arturo Vidal
DM / CM
(1987-05-22 ) 22 May 1987 (aged 25)
Bayer Leverkusen
24
Emanuele Giaccherini
LW
(1985-05-05 ) 5 May 1985 (aged 27)
Cesena
27
Miloš Krasić
RW
(1984-11-01 ) 1 November 1984 (aged 27)
CSKA Moscow
28
Marcelo Estigarribia
LW
(1987-09-21 ) 21 September 1987 (aged 24)
Deportivo Maldonado
on loan from Deportivo Maldonado
34
Luca Marrone
MF
(1990-03-28 ) 28 March 1990 (aged 22)
Youth Sector
Forwards
10
Alessandro Del Piero
SS
(1974-11-09 ) 9 November 1974 (aged 37)
Padova
Captain
14
Mirko Vučinić
ST
(1983-10-01 ) 1 October 1983 (aged 28)
Roma
18
Fabio Quagliarella
ST
(1983-01-31 ) 31 January 1983 (aged 29)
Napoli
23
Marco Borriello
ST
(1982-06-18 ) 18 June 1982 (aged 30)
Roma
on loan from Roma
32
Alessandro Matri
ST
(1984-08-19 ) 19 August 1984 (aged 27)
Cagliari
Players transferred during the season
2
Marco Motta
RB
(1986-05-14 ) 14 May 1986 (aged 26)
Udinese
on loan to Catania
5
Michele Pazienza
DM
(1982-08-05 ) 5 August 1982 (aged 29)
Napoli
on loan to Udinese
9
Vincenzo Iaquinta
ST
(1979-11-21 ) 21 November 1979 (aged 32)
Udinese
on loan to Cesena
20
Luca Toni
ST
(1977-05-26 ) 26 May 1977 (aged 35)
Genoa
transferred to Al Nasr
33
Frederik Sørensen
CB
(1992-04-14 ) 14 April 1992 (aged 20)
Lyngby
co-ownership with Bologna
38
Amauri
ST
(1980-06-03 ) 3 June 1980 (aged 32)
Palermo
transferred to Fiorentina
Transfers [ ]
In [ ]
Out [ ]
Pre-season and friendlies [ ]
Juventus v Rappresentativa Valsusa
15 July 2011 Friendly Juventus 12–1 Rappresentativa Valsusa show Bardonecchia 17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00 )
Marchisio 23' Matri 24' , 45' , 60' (pen. ) Quagliarella 28' Sørensen 32' Toni 53' , 71' De Silvestro 62' Melo 82' Pepe 89' (pen. ) , 90'
Report
14'
Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Luca Colosimo
Juventus v Lucento
17 July 2011 60-min. Friendly Juventus 6��1 Lucento show Bardonecchia 15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00 )
Pirlo 12' Matri 16' , 30' , 41' Quagliarella 18' , 20'
Report
Pavani 8'
Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Juventus v Sporting CP
Juventus v Chivas de Guadalajara
Juventus v Juventus Primavera
11 August 2011 Friendly Juventus 4–1 Juventus Primavera show Villar Perosa 17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00 )
Pasquato 29' Iaquinta 74' Motta 82' Ziegler 85'
Report
Beltrame 49'
Referee: Andrea Riccardi
Juventus v Real Betis
13 August 2011 Friendly Juventus 0–0 Real Betis show Salerno 20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00 )
Report
Stadium: Stadio Arechi Referee: Domenico Celi
Internazionale v Juventus
AC Milan v Juventus
18 August 2011 TIM Trophy AC Milan 1–2 Juventus show Bari 21:45 CEST (UTC+02:00 )
Cassano 13'
Report
Vidal 21' Matri 45+2'
Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Referee: Antonio Danilo Giannoccaro
AC Milan v Juventus
Juventus v Notts County
Al-Hilal v Juventus
Competitions [ ]
Serie A [ ]
League table [ ]
Source:
Lega Serie A Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
(C) Champion
Notes:
^ Napoli qualified to the group stage of the Europa League as winner of the 2011–12 Coppa Italia . As they finished fifth, the sixth-placed team of the league also qualified for the Europa League.
Results summary [ ]
Overall
Home
Away
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
38
23
15
0
68
20
+48
84
13
6
0
40
12
+28
10
9
0
28
8
+20
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 A H A H A H A H H A A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A A H H A H A H A H A H Result D W W D D W D D W W D W W W D W W D W W D D D W D D D W W W W W W W W D W W Position 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2012. Source:
Competitive matches A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Matches [ ]
Internazionale v Juventus
29 October 2011 10 Internazionale 1–2 Juventus show Milan 20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00 )
Maicon 28' Chivu 59' Sneijder 65'
Report
Vučinić 12' Bonucci 22' Marchisio 33' Vidal 45' Chiellini 54' Pepe 55' Pirlo 67'
Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 78,072 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
Napoli v Juventus
29 November 2011 11 Napoli 3–3 Juventus show Naples 20:45 CET (UTC+01:00 )
Pandev 16' , 40' , 68' Hamšík 22' , 43' Maggio 19'
Report
Pirlo 14' Bonucci 37' Matri 40' , 48' Lichtsteiner 43' Vidal 58' Estigarribia 72' Pepe 79'
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 57,402 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento Note: The match was initially scheduled on 6 November but was postponed to 29 November[25] because of bad weather conditions in Campania .[26]
Roma v Juventus
12 December 2011 15 Roma 1–1 Juventus show Rome 20:45 CET (UTC+01:00 )
De Rossi 5' , 90+1' Pjanić 52' Totti 64' Greco 66'
Report
Chiellini 61' Vidal 62' Bonucci 67' Quagliarella 69'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 49,547 Referee: Daniele Orsato
Parma v Juventus
15 February 2012 21 Parma 0–0 Juventus show Parma 18:30 CET (UTC+01:00 )
Zaccardo 21'
Report
Bonucci 77' Vidal 90+1' Quagliarella 90+3'
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 17,200 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni Note: Postponed from 31 January to 15 February because of snow.[29] [30]
Juventus v Internazionale
Coppa Italia [ ]
Juventus started the Coppa Italia directly in the round of 16, as one of the eight best seeded teams.[35]
Statistics [ ]
Total
Home
Away
Neutral
Games played
43
22
20
1
Games won
26
15
11
0
Games drawn
16
7
9
0
Games lost
1
0
0
1
Biggest win
5–0 v Fiorentina
4–0 v Roma
5–0 v Fiorentina
n/a
Biggest loss
0–2 v Napoli
n/a
n/a
0–2 v Napoli
Biggest win (League)
5–0 v Fiorentina
4–0 v Roma
5–0 v Fiorentina
–
Biggest win (Cup)
3–0 v Roma
3–0 v Roma
2–1 v AC Milan
n/a
Biggest loss (League)
n/a
n/a
n/a
–
Biggest loss (Cup)
0–2 v Napoli
n/a
n/a
0–2 v Napoli
Clean sheets
21
8
13
0
Goals scored
77
47
30
0
Goals conceded
26
15
9
2
Goal difference
+51
+32
+21
-2
Average per game
1.83
2.14
1.5
0
Average per game
0.57
0.68
0.45
2
Yellow cards
82
37
42
3
Red cards
5
2
2
1
Most appearances
Pirlo (41)
Barzagli (21)
Pirlo (20)
14 players (1)
Top scorer
Marchisio Matri Vučinić (10)
Marchisio (8)
Vučinić (6)
n/a
Worst discipline
Vidal 13 1
Marchisio 4
Vidal 10 1
Quagliarella 1
Penalties for
2/4 (50%)
2/3 (66.67%)
0/1 (0%)
0/0
Penalties against
2/4 (50%)
1/1 (100%)
0/2 (0%)
1/1 (100%)
League points
84/114 (73.68%)
45/57 (78.95%)
39/57 (68.42%)
–
Winning rate
60.47%
68.18%
55%
0%
Appearances, goals, and disciplinary record [ ]
1
0 GK
Gianluigi Buffon
35
-16
0
0
0
0
0
0
35
-16
0
0
2
DF
Marco Motta
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
DF
Giorgio Chiellini
34
2
7
0
3
0
0
0
37
2
7
0
4
DF
Martín Cáceres
11
1
0
0
3
2
0
0
14
3
0
0
5
E MF
Michele Pazienza
8
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
9
0
1
0
6
DF
Fabio Grosso
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
7
E MF
Simone Pepe
31
6
6
0
2
0
0
0
33
6
6
0
8
E MF
Claudio Marchisio
36
9
7
0
3
1
1
0
39
10
8
0
9
FW
Vincenzo Iaquinta
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
FW
Alessandro Del Piero
23
3
0
0
5
2
0
0
28
5
0
0
11
DF
Paolo De Ceglie
21
1
3
1
2
0
0
0
23
1
3
1
13
0 GK
Alex Manninger
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
14
FW
Mirko Vučinić
32
9
1
1
3
1
1
0
35
10
2
1
15
DF
Andrea Barzagli
35
1
3
0
4
0
1
0
39
1
4
0
17
E MF
Eljero Elia
4
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
18
FW
Fabio Quagliarella
23
4
4
0
4
0
1
1
27
4
5
1
19
DF
Leonardo Bonucci
32
2
6
1
5
0
1
0
37
2
7
1
20
FW
Luca Toni
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
20
MF
Simone Padoin
6
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
7
1
0
0
21
E MF
Andrea Pirlo
37
3
6
0
4
0
0
0
41
3
6
0
22
E MF
Arturo Vidal
33
7
12
1
2
0
1
0
35
7
13
1
23
FW
Marco Borriello
13
2
1
0
4
0
2
0
17
2
3
0
24
E MF
Emanuele Giaccherini
23
1
3
0
4
2
0
0
27
3
3
0
26
DF
Stephan Lichtsteiner
36
2
6
0
3
0
0
0
39
2
6
0
27
E MF
Miloš Krasić
7
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
9
1
1
0
28
E MF
Marcelo Estigarribia
14
1
0
0
4
0
1
0
18
1
1
0
30
0 GK
Marco Storari
3
-4
0
0
5
-6
1
0
8
-10
1
0
32
FW
Alessandro Matri
31
10
4
0
1
0
0
0
32
10
4
0
33
DF
Frederik Sørensen
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
34
E MF
Luca Marrone
3
1
0
0
3
0
0
0
6
1
0
0
38
FW
Amauri
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Own goals for
-
1
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
2
-
-
Goalscorers [ ]
Last updated: 20 May 2012
Clean sheets [ ]
Last updated: 20 May 2012
See also [ ]
References [ ]
^ http://www.stadiapostcards.com/a11-12.htm
^ "Welcome back!" . Juventus F.C. Official Website. 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-05-30 .
^ "Colpo Juventus: Vidal, affare fatto Pozzo jr: "Accordo col Barça per Sanchez" " . gazzetta.it (in Italian). July 20, 2011.
^ Andrea Bonino (September 5, 2011). "Juve, ingresso nella nuova casa Giovedì debutta lo Juventus Stadium" . gazzetta.it (in Italian).
^ Antonio Farinola (September 11, 2011). "Juve, che show Parma travolto" . repubblica.it (in Italian).
^ Luca Calamai (October 3, 2011). "MARCHISIO SULLA JUVE DA SCUDETTO Una raffica di tiri Due gol nel finale Il Milan va k.o. e finisce in dieci Bianconeri primi" . La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
^ Luigi Panella (October 29, 2011). "Juve, impresa con l'Inter e resta prima" . repubblica.it (in Italian).
^ Luigi Garlando (January 29, 2012). "Matri spazza neve e Udinese La Juve allunga la serie d' oro VENTI DI SCUDETTO" . La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
^ Luigi Garlando (March 18, 2012). "Rispostona Juve Storico: 5 gol a Firenze Viola distrutti e contestati" . La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
^ Luigi Garlando (April 23, 2012). "Quattro gol alla Roma Vola a +3 sul Milan Mani sullo scudetto TREMENDA JUVE SEI" . La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
^ Andrea Schianchi (April 30, 2012). "Sull' asse Pirlo-Vucinic tutto il bello della Juve" . La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
^ Jacopo Manfredi (May 6, 2012). "La Juve è campione Il Cagliari è domato" . repubblica.it (in Italian).
^ Timothy Ormezzano (May 6, 2012). "Buffon, Pirlo, Vucinic i volti dello scudetto" . repubblica.it (in Italian).
^ Antonio Farinola (May 20, 2012). "La Coppa Italia è del Napoli" . repubblica.it (in Italian).
^ Timothy Ormezzano (May 21, 2012). "Del Piero, scelta tra Inghilterra o Usa Agnelli: "I nostri scudetti sono 30" " . repubblica.it (in Italian).
^ "Champions Juventus finish season unbeaten" . UEFA.com. 13 May 2012. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016 .
^ "Calvo becomes new Commercial & Marketing Director" . juventus.com. 30 August 2011.
^ "Blanc resigns from Board of Directors" . juventus.com. 15 October 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2011 .
^ "New Juventus shirts unveiled, made by Nike" . juventus.com. 6 July 2011.
^ "Circolare N.15 - Cambio delle maglie in caso di colori confondibili" (in Italian). Lega Serie A . 25 August 2011.
^ "Juventus announce squad numbers" . juventus.com. 20 August 2011.
^ "First team - Players" . Juventus.com. Retrieved 9 September 2011 .
^ "An encounter with history" . juventus.com. 14 August 2011.
^ http://www.stadiapostcards.com/a11-12.htm
^ "Comunicato ufficiale n. 79 del 7 novembre 2011" (pdf) . Lega Serie A . 7 November 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011 .
^ "Napoli V Juventus postponed" . Juventus.com. 6 November 2011.
^ "Italian players' strike delays start of Serie A season" . BBC Sport . 26 August 2011.
^ "Strike-hit Serie A games to be played Dec 21" . Reuters . 22 September 2011.
^ "Parma v Juventus postponed" . Juventus.com. 31 January 2011.
^ "On 15 February against Parma" . Juventus.com. 3 February 2012.
^ "Bologna v Juventus postponed" . Juventus.com. 11 February 2011.
^ "Bologna clash rescheduled for 7 March" . Juventus.com. 13 February 2011.
^ "All fixtures postponed following Morosini death" . Juventus.com. 14 April 2012.
^ "Cesena v Juventus to be played on 25 April" . Juventus.com. 16 April 2012.
^ "Tabellone TIM Cup 2011–12 - Allegato al C.U. N.6" (PDF) . legaseriea.it (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A . 27 July 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2011 .
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