1977–78 Juventus F.C. season

The team after won the last league title in fotofinish with record of 51 points, did not substantial changes in their first line-up and brought young promises such as Pietro Paolo Virdis,[1] Pierino Fanna and Vinicio Verza to their debut at top level.

The team was defeated in Rome 0-3 by Lazio the only loss in the first half of the season.[2] Liedholm and his Milan finish the year on 31 December at the top,[3] however with a draw at Bergamo, they were reached in first place by Juventus; the next week the bianconeri took the sole leadership on 22 January 1978, grabbing the 'Winter title' with 2 points up local rivals Torino.[4]

The second half of the tournament for Juventus was calm on the top without losing a single game for the rest of the tournament.

Juventus secured the championship after a visit draw in Rome with a round of anticipation to the season finale.

In Coppa Italia the team faced a shocking elimination in Second round.

In European Cup the squad reached the Semifinals being surprisingly took out by the belgian Club Brugges with a superb tactic using the offside during the two matches.[5]

After the team clinched the title, Italian national team manager Enzo Bearzot will line up a massive eight players as regulars starters from this Juventus squad — Zoff, Gentile, Scirea, Benetti, Tardelli, Bettega, Cabrini and Causio — during the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina (also Cuccureddu was called), where they reached a decent 4th place.[6] This group of players was known as Blocco-Juve (Juve Block), or Blocco Juventus[7]

[8] 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 Dino Zoff — GK  ITA Giancarlo Alessandrelli — DF  ITA Claudio Gentile — DF  ITA Francesco Morini — DF  ITA Gaetano Scirea — DF  ITA Antonio Cabrini — DF  ITA Luciano Spinosi — DF  ITA Fabio Francisca [9] — DF  ITA Lorenzo Cascella [10] — DF  ITA Massimo Gai [11] — DF  ITA Mariano Marchetti — MF  ITA Franco Causio — MF  ITA Antonello Cuccureddu — MF  ITA Giuseppe Furino (C) — MF  ITA Romeo Benetti

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ITA Marco Tardelli — MF  ITA Pietro Fanna — MF  ITA Vinicio Verza — MF  ITA Maurizio Schincaglia — MF  ITA Gian Piero Gasperini — MF  ITA Antonio Geissa [12] — MF  ITA Luciano Miani — MF  ITA Massimo Tolfo — MF  ITA Amilcare Magnani — MF  ITA Lorenzo Gramaglia — FW  ITA Roberto Bettega — FW  ITA Roberto Boninsegna — FW  ITA Pietro Paolo Virdis — FW  ITA Marco Bozzi [13]

• "Serie A 1977/1978".