The Cottagers went into the second leg of the tie 3-1 down following an unconvincing display against the Serie A giants in Turin last week.
Fulham went behind in the second minute to a David Trezeguet strike, and were left needing four goals to see themselves through to the quarter finals.
Hodgson’s side pulled off a remarkable comeback, with top scorer Bobby Zamora levelling just minutes after the opener.
His strike partner Zoltan Gera put Fulham ahead before half-time and added a third from the penalty spot soon after the break.
An historic night for the Cottagers was capped with a stunning strike from Clint Dempsey, making only his third appearance for the side since recovering from a knee injury.
biggest night
The 5-4 aggregate win puts Fulham through to the last eight of the competition for the first time in their history and for Hodgson life can not get any better.
“I’m on top of the world,” the 62-year-old beamed following the win.
“I don’t know if it is the biggest night in the club’s history but it must come close.”
Trezeguet’s second-minute strike looked to condemn Hodgson’s side to defeat, but Juventus soon lost control of the tie and ended the match with nine men following the first half dismissal of Fabio Cannavaro and a late red for Jonathan Zebina.
looking good
Hodgson saluted the character of his players after coming back to steal the unlikely win.
“I was very impressed with how they came back,” said the former Inter Milan manager.
“We couldn’t have had a worse start.
“We went behind to a simple goal which made an uphill task even steeper but even from that point the team started to play well and the crowd got behind us and even at half time I thought we were looking good to win the game.
“It was never going to be impossible to turn it around and luckily that has happened.”
“I’m on top of the world” – Roy Hodgson
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