1961–62 Juventus FC season

During the 1961–62 season Juventus Football Club competed in Serie A, the Coppa Italia and the European Cup.

Summary

During summer club legend Forward Giampiero Boniperti is retired after 15 seasons, also, Head coach Renato Cesarini left the club, and Agnelli appointed Carlo Parola as manager.

Since 22 January 1961 President Agnelli had appointed Gunnar Gren as technical director, and during summer the Swedish is handling the first training sessions just until 7 September 1961, when he returned to Sweden due to family issues. Then, Agnelli appointed his replacement Július Korostelev as new technical director.

On 12 December 1961 Omar Sivori received the Ballon d'Or, meanwhile John Charles finished at 8th place.

After a disastrous league season, on 23 May 1962 head coach Carlo Parola is injured and replaced by Július Korostelev.

Meanwhile, in the European Cup the squad reached the semifinals for the first time ever against Real Madrid even with a won match at Santiago Bernabéu thanks to a goal of Sívori being the first defeat ever as local for the Spanish club in the Continental tournament since 1955. in front of a massive attendance. However, the team lost the tie-breaker match 3 – 1 at Parc des Princes a week later.

Also, the squad was eliminated in semifinals of Coppa by SPAL with a 1–4 score.

At the end of the season, Welsh Forward John Charles left the club and he was transferred out to Leeds United.

The aftermath of the Trio magique was a difficult time for the Juventus fans despite Omar Sívori scored 15 goals during the campaign which saw the club finishing in a chaotic 12th spot in Serie A.

Squad

Transfers

In Pos. Name from TypeGK Roberto Anzolin Palermo GK Giuseppe Gaspari Catania DF Bruno Garzena Lanerossi Vicenza DF Giancarlo Bercellino Alessandria DF Gianfranco Bozzao SPAL DF Domenico Casati MF Humberto Jorge Rosa Padova MF Giorgio Rossano AS Bari loanMF Antonio Montico AS Bari loanMF José Ferdinando Puglia FW Gianfranco Zigoni Out Pos. Name To TypeFWGiampiero Boniperti retiredGKCarlo MattrelPalermo loanGKGiuseppe Vavassori Catania DFGuglielmo Burelli Udinese DFTarcisio BurgnichPalermo DFSergio Cervato SPAL MFUmberto ColomboAtalanta MFEugenio Fascetti Messina MFSeverino Loiodice Brescia GKGianni RomanoUdinese

Competitions Serie A

League table

Results by round

Matches

Coppa Italia

European Cup

Preliminary Round

First round

Quarterfinals

Tie-breaker

Statistics Players statistics

References

1961–62 Juventus FC season

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