Editing Claudio Ranieri (section)

===Juventus===
On 4 June 2007, Ranieri took over at [[Juventus FC|Juventus]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/may/31/newsstory.parma |title=Ranieri resigns as Parma coach |website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |date=31 May 2007 |access-date=31 May 2007}}</ref> He signed a three-year contract with the club.<ref name="juve">{{cite news |title=Ranieri appointed Juventus coach |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/6719901.stm |work=BBC Sport |date=4 June 2007 |access-date=4 June 2007 |location=London}}</ref> The deal took effect on 1 July 2007.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ranieri is the new Juventus coach |url=http://www.juventus.com/uk/news/detail.aspx?lml_language_id=0&trs_id=1370000&ID=11454 |publisher=Juventus.com |date=4 June 2007 |access-date=4 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070606070246/http://www.juventus.com/uk/news/detail.aspx?lml_language_id=0&trs_id=1370000&ID=11454 |archive-date=6 June 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Ranieri signed names such as [[Vincenzo Iaquinta]] from [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]] and [[Zdeněk Grygera]] from Ajax. His first season as manager of Juventus was fairly successful, as he guided the team to a third-place finish just one season after they had been competing in the [[2006–07 Serie B|Serie B]], qualifying for the [[2008–09 UEFA Champions League|2008–09 Champions League]], and finishing the season as the joint top-scoring team in Serie A.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/mar/10/europeanfootball.juventus |title=Ranieri struggling to satisfy Old Lady's unreasonable desires |newspaper=The Guardian |first=Nicky |last=Bandini |date=10 May 2008 |access-date=27 April 2016}}</ref><ref name=past>{{cite web |url=http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11096/10215046/leicester-manager-claudio-ranieris-past-title-chases-at-chelsea-juventus-roma-and-monaco |title=Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri's past title chases at Chelsea, Juventus, Roma and Monaco |publisher=Sky Sports |author1=Gerard Brand |date=22 March 2016 |access-date=27 April 2016}}</ref> In August 2008, Ranieri engaged in a war of words with new Inter manager José Mourinho, who had replaced him four years earlier at Chelsea. Mourinho criticised Ranieri for his old-fashioned mentality, and for failing to win an important title as a manager in his career; this led to a temporary feud between the two managers.<ref name=wrong/> He highlighted Inter as the strongest threat to Juventus in Serie A.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sport.sky.it/sport/calcio_italiano/2008/11/21/ranieri_juventus_pre_gara_inter.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160502225013/http://sport.sky.it/sport/calcio_italiano/2008/11/21/ranieri_juventus_pre_gara_inter.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 May 2016 |title=Ranieri: "Pagherei di tasca mia per battere l'Inter" |publisher=Sky Sport |language=it |date=21 November 2008 |access-date=27 April 2016 }}</ref>

Juventus began the season strongly, defeating Spanish champions [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] in both their first-round legs of the Champions League to top their group,<ref name="demanding">{{cite web |url=http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2009/05/18/ranieri-sacked-by-demanding-juve/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090521101203/http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2009/05/18/ranieri-sacked-by-demanding-juve/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 May 2009 |title=Ranieri sacked by demanding Juve |work=Reuters |author1=Mark Meadows |date=18 May 2010 |access-date=27 April 2016}}</ref> although the [[Turin]]-based club eventually fell to Ranieri's former team, Chelsea, in the round of 16.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01d7-0e71070574ed-e5c2ea22134e-1000--chelsea-edge-out-juve-to-reach-last-eight/ |title=Chelsea edge out Juve to reach last eight |publisher=UEFA |date=11 March 2009 |access-date=27 April 2016}}</ref> After Juventus struggled with injuries<ref name="demanding"/> and failed to register a win in seven matches during a two-month period,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/139/italy/2009/05/17/1270880/juventus-two-months-without-a-win-after-atalanta-draw |title=Juventus Two Months Without A Win After Atalanta Draw |website=Goal.com |date=17 May 2009}}</ref> which left the team in third place after a 2–2 home draw with [[Atalanta BC|Atalanta]], he was said to have been under real pressure to maintain his job as head coach with many supporters of the club publicly criticising the team and in particular Ranieri. Speculation ended when, after having an emergency board meeting on 18 May 2009, the board dismissed Ranieri after Inter were confirmed Serie A champions. He was replaced by youth system chief [[Ciro Ferrara]]. Ranieri had also led Juventus to the [[2008–09 Coppa Italia|Coppa Italia]] semi-finals that season, where they were eliminated by [[SS Lazio|Lazio]], who went on to win the title.<ref name="demanding"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8056251.stm |title=Juventus dismiss manager Ranieri |date=18 May 2009 |work=[[BBC Sport]] |access-date=18 May 2009 |location=London}}</ref> Juventus finished the league season in second place, one position better than the previous season.<ref name="can Claudio Ranieri finally win a major title"/>