1958–59 Juventus FC season

During the 1958–59 season Juventus competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and European Cup.

Summary
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, 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.

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, included arguments between the head coach and the star Forward Omar Sívori, the Yugoslavian manager Ljubiša Broćić was fired and replaced by Teobaldo Depetrini.

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.

Squad

 * .-Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/rose/1958/477/

Matches

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