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| Full name | Torino Football Club 1906 SpA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | I Granata (The Maroons), Il Toro (The Bull) |
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| Founded | 1906 (AC Torino) 2005 (Torino FC) |
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| Ground | Stadio Olimpico (Capacity 25,300) |
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Torino Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Torino, is an Italian professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont that was founded in 1906. Football club names are a part of the sport 's culture reflecting century-old traditions This is a of lists of the use of Nicknames in football (soccer. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stadio Olimpico di Torino (before 2006 Stadio Comunale di Torino) is a multi-use Stadium in Turin, Italy. The following is a list of Association football stadia. They are ordered by their capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators that the Urbano Cairo (born 1957) is an Italian businessman and Chairman of Torino FC. Gianni De Biasi (born 16 June 1956 in Sarmede, Treviso) is an Italian football coach and former player Serie A (officially known as the Lega Calcio Serie A TIM for Sponsorship reasons is a professional league competition for football clubs located Events Plusvalenze investigation Inquiries are being conducted by the CO Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Piedmont ( Piemonte; Piedmontese and Occitan: Piemont; French: Piémont) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. The club has spent most of their history in the top tier in Italian football, where they currently play for the 2007–08 season. Football is the most popular sport in Italy. The Italian national football team has won the Football World Cup four times (1934 1938 Events Plusvalenze investigation Inquiries are being conducted by the CO
Torino, who play in maroon shirts with white shorts have won Serie A seven times, first in 1927–28 and most recently in 1975–76. Serie A (officially known as the Lega Calcio Serie A TIM for Sponsorship reasons is a professional league competition for football clubs located The winner was Torino FC. Qualifications Group A Classification Results Table Please note that the home teams Classification Results References and Sources Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004 They have also won Coppa Italia in their home country five times. For the Italian rugby competition see Coppa Italia (rugby The Coppa Italia ( Italy Cup, officially known as TIM Cup On the European stage, the nearest Torino have come to success is finishing runners-up in the UEFA Cup, this was achieved in 1991–92. The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA. Historically, Torino are the fourth most successful club in Italian football. Football is the most popular sport in Italy. The Italian national football team has won the Football World Cup four times (1934 1938 [1]
The club was known as Associazione Calcio Torino until 1970, and as Torino Calcio from 1970 to 2005. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
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Foot-Ball Club Torino was founded on 3 December 1906 after a meeting at the Voigt brewery in Via Pietro Micca near the center of Turin. Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Its foundation involved some Juventus dissidents led by Alfredo Dick, who had left the bianconeri after some at the club wanted to move Juventus out of Turin. [2] As well as Alfredo Dick, other prominent founders included the Swiss businessman Hans Schoenbrod (first chairman), and Vittorio Pozzo (later manager of Italy). Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Vittorio Pozzo ( March 2 1886 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy &ndash Ponderano ( Biella) December 21 The Italian national football team is controlled by the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC and represents Italy in international football competition [3]
The first ground for FBC Torino would be Velodromo Umberto I in the La Crocetta neighbourhood, for which Dick owned the lease. Stadio Motovelodromo Umberto I commonly known as Velodromo Umberto I, was an early football stadium in Turin. Torino lured some players from other clubs, including FBC Torinese who became defunct as a result. Not to be confused with Torino Football Club. Foot-Ball Club Torinese was an Italian football club from Turin, originally [4] The fact that Torino's split from Juve was not amicable, saw the rise of a heated local known as the Derby della Mole. Derby della Mole, known in English as the Turin Derby is the local derby played out between the city's two most successful teams Juventus FC and Torino F [5]
Torino F. C. took part in the world's first international tournament, Torneo Internazionale Stampa Sportiva 1908 which was hosted in Turin itself organised by the Italian magazine La Stampa Sportiva. The Torneo Internazionale Stampa Sportiva ( English: The Sport Press International Tournament) was one of the very first international Football (soccer Torino lost in the final 3-1 to Swiss side Servette. Servette FC is a Swiss football club based in Geneva. They currently play in the Swiss Challenge League, the second highest tier of Swiss [6] In 1909 it was succeeded by the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy, in which a Torino XI comprised of Juve and Torino players participated but did not make it to the final. The Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy was a Football (soccer competition that took place twice in Turin, Italy, in 1909 and 1911 [7]
After the early years, Torino were denied their first championship attempt by the outbreak of World War I, and their first title was revoked in 1926/27 due to an irregularity in the match against Juventus. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Torino won its first Scudetto, the Italian Serie A league Championship, the following 1927/28 season and, between 1942/43 and 1948/49, the "Grande Torino" (Great Torino), widely considered the best ever team in Italian football history, won five other straight scudetti, led by its captain, Valentino Mazzola. Serie A (officially known as the Lega Calcio Serie A TIM for Sponsorship reasons is a professional league competition for football clubs located Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Torino Football Club 1906, commonly referred to as simply Torino, is an Italian professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont Valentino Mazzola ( January 26, 1919 - May 4, 1949) was an Italian footballer and captain of the legendary Grande Torino
On May 4, 1949, all but one player (who was out for an injury) of Grande Torino were killed when their plane crashed into the hills of Superga, on the outskirts of Turin. Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Torino Football Club 1906, commonly referred to as simply Torino, is an Italian professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont The Superga air disaster took place on Wednesday May 4, 1949, when a plane carrying almost the entire Torino A The club never recovered, and after a decade of mediocre seasons, they were relegated to Serie B in 1958/59, although they returned to Serie A the following season. Promotion and Relegation At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to Serie A and four teams are relegated to Serie C1.
By the early 1960s and until the late 1980s, Torino had good results in Serie A, including another Scudetto in the 1975/76 season. Serie A (officially known as the Lega Calcio Serie A TIM for Sponsorship reasons is a professional league competition for football clubs located Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Since the end of the 1980s, the club went up and down between Serie A and Serie B, the top two divisions with little success, except a Coppa Italia in 1992/93 and a Mitropa Cup win in 1990/91. Promotion and Relegation At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to Serie A and four teams are relegated to Serie C1. For the Italian rugby competition see Coppa Italia (rugby The Coppa Italia ( Italy Cup, officially known as TIM Cup Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) The Mitropa Cup, officially called the La Coupe de l'Europe Centrale was one of the first really international major European football cups for club sides Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Among the best results ever achieved in the club's history, it reached the UEFA Cup Final in 1991/92 only to lose it in two aggregate matches to Ajax Amsterdam without being defeated. The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax ( also referred to as AFC Ajax, or simply Ajax, is a professional football club from Amsterdam
In 2004/05, Torino finished 3rd in Serie B and, after winning the playoffs, was promoted back in Serie A. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Promotion and Relegation At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to Serie A and four teams are relegated to Serie C1. Serie A (officially known as the Lega Calcio Serie A TIM for Sponsorship reasons is a professional league competition for football clubs located However, the FIGC, the governing body of Italian football, expelled both Torino Calcio and F.C. Messina from Serie A, due to both clubs' financial problems. The Italian Football Federation (Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio FIGC) also known as Federcalcio, is the governing body of football in Italy Football Club Messina Peloro are an Italian football club based in Messina, Sicily originally founded in 1900 Serie A (officially known as the Lega Calcio Serie A TIM for Sponsorship reasons is a professional league competition for football clubs located However, while Messina was re-admitted by a civil court of appeal, Torino was not and it was cancelled from the Italian sport panorama.
Thanks to the 'Lodo Petrucci' (Italian law which allows a sport club that is the direct heir of a cancelled one to be re-admitted one division below the previous one), a new club was founded under the current name Torino F. C. and was admitted to play the next season, again in Serie B. Promotion and Relegation At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to Serie A and four teams are relegated to Serie C1. Bought by entrepreneur Urbano Cairo, Torino FC ended its 2005/2006 Serie B campaign in third place, being therefore qualified for the promotion play-offs. Urbano Cairo (born 1957) is an Italian businessman and Chairman of Torino FC. Torino subsequently defeated Mantova in the final to earn promotion to Serie A. Associazione Calcio Mantova is an Italian football club based in Mantua, Lombardy.
Even in its worst seasons, Torino has often achieved good results in epic matches (the so-called "derbies") against the other Turin team, Juventus. Since 1990 the club has played in the 69,040 capacity Stadio Delle Alpi, shared with Juventus. The Stadio delle Alpi is a football and athletics stadium in Turin, Italy, and was the home of both Juventus and Torino Prior to 1990 the clubs shared the Stadio Comunale for thirty years, Torino moving there from the glorious Stadio Filadelfia, home of Grande Torino. Torino Football Club 1906, commonly referred to as simply Torino, is an Italian professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont Starting with the 2006/07 season Torino will move into a new, smaller ground of its own, the Stadio Grande Torino (which is the renewed former stadio comunale). Stadio Olimpico di Torino (before 2006 Stadio Comunale di Torino) is a multi-use Stadium in Turin, Italy.
Actually the Stadio delle Alpi (that is of Juventus Turin propriety) is closed for a future rebuilt: after that maybe Torino will still use it for a number of high profile matches. The Stadio delle Alpi is a football and athletics stadium in Turin, Italy, and was the home of both Juventus and Torino When playing at home Torino wears a maroon top and white shorts (sometimes is full maroon) but when playing else where the team wears all white. When practicing Torino wears red and white or red and black.
Grande Torino ("The Great Torino") is the name by which the legendary Torino F. Torino Football Club 1906, commonly referred to as simply Torino, is an Italian professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont C. team of the 1940s is popularly known in Italy. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Grande Torino set many important records of Italian football, all of which still stand today. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered
Grande Torino played with the 4-4-2 10 years before the Brazil 1958 World Cup team, and some of their game tactics anticipated by 35 years the Dutch Total Football that revolutionized the game in the 1970s. The Brazil national football team is the national team of Brazil and is managed by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF that represents Brazil in international Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The FIFA World Cup, occasionally called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international Association football The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands "Total Football" is the label for an influential theory of tactical Association football in which any player can take over the role of any other player in the
The all-star starting lineup of Grande Torino that died at Superga is the most famous in Italian football history as every Italian fan knows it: Valerio Bacigalupo, Aldo Ballarin, Virgilio Maroso, Pino Grezar, Mario Rigamonti, Eusebio Castigliano, Romeo Menti, Ezio Loik, Guglielmo Gabetto, Valentino Mazzola, and Franco Ossola; the son of Ossola is now the major biographer of the Club's history. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Valerio Bacigalupo ( 12 February 1924 – 4 May 1949) was an Italian football Goalkeeper from Vado Ligure Romeo Menti ( September 5, 1919 - May 4, 1949) was an Italian football player Guglielmo Gabetto ( Turin, February 24 1916 - Superga, May 4 1949) is an Italian former Football (soccer Valentino Mazzola ( January 26, 1919 - May 4, 1949) was an Italian footballer and captain of the legendary Grande Torino
The Italy national football team starting lineup in the second half of the forties consisted almost entirely of Grande Torino players, which regularly contributed with 8-9 starters. The Italian national football team is controlled by the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC and represents Italy in international football competition On May 11, 1947, for the friendly match between Italy and Hungary 3-2, the Azzurri starting lineup was made of 10 Grande Torino players plus the Juventus goalkeeper Sentimenti IV. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic Italian manager Vittorio Pozzo reserved the Azzurri starting keeper Valerio Bacigalupo; otherwise it would have been the whole Grande Torino team playing for Italy. Vittorio Pozzo ( March 2 1886 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy &ndash Ponderano ( Biella) December 21
Legendary captain Valentino Mazzola was also the captain of the Italy national football team as well as the father of Sandro Mazzola, who was also a great champion playing for Internazionale Milano and Italy in the 1960s-70s. Valentino Mazzola ( January 26, 1919 - May 4, 1949) was an Italian footballer and captain of the legendary Grande Torino The Italian national football team is controlled by the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC and represents Italy in international football competition Alessandro ("Sandro" Mazzola (born 8 November 1942 is an Italian former football player Football Club Internazionale Milano, most commonly referred to as simply Internazionale, or Inter, is an Italian professional football club Valentino was an all-around playmaker midfielder who could direct the team, pass, score, tackle, defend, inspire and lead his teammates.
On May 4, 1949, after having secured their record fifth back-to-back Serie A title, and on their way home after a friendly match with Benfica in Lisbon, Portugal, the airplane carrying Grande Torino crashed against the Basilica of Superga, on a hill near Turin, killing nearly all the players and managers. The Superga air disaster took place on Wednesday May 4, 1949, when a plane carrying almost the entire Torino A Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV Sport Lisboa e Benfica (spɔɾ liʒˈboɐ i bɐ̃ĩˈfikɐ commonly referred to as simply Benfica, S Lisbon (Lisboa liʒˈboɐ is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. The Basilica of Superga is a church in the vicinity of Turin. [8]
Grande Torino is still much loved by Italian football fans as a symbol of national pride that helped Italian people get through the hardships of post World War II.
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For all transfers and loans pertaining to Torino for the current season, please see; 2007–08 transfers. Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing David Di Michele (born on 6 January 1976 in Guidonia, Rome) is an Italian football player who currently plays as For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Aimo Stefano Diana (born 2 January 1978 in Brescia) is an Italian footballer for Torino of Serie A and Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing Saša Bjelanović (born 11 June 1979 in Zadar) is a Croatian footballer Striker who is currently playing for Vicenza In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring Ivan Franceschini (born 7 December, 1976 in Parma) is an Italian football (soccer defender who currently plays for Torino of Italy's Serie In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring Marco Di Loreto (born 28 September 1974 in Terni) is an Italian footballer. In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring Salvatore Lanna (born 31 July 1976 in Carpi, Modena) is an Italian Football (soccer defender, who currently For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Paolo Zanetti (born 16 December 1982 in Valdagno, Vicenza) is an Italian Football (soccer Midfielder. For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Davide Bottone (born 11 April 1986 in Biella, Italy) is an Italian footballer In many team Sports a goalkeeper (termed goaltender netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports Alberto Maria Fontana (born 2 December, 1974 in Turin) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A team Torino For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Matteo Rubin (born 9 July 1987 in Italy) is an Italian footballer Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing Roberto Stellone (born 27 July, 1977 in Rome) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A team Torino FC In many team Sports a goalkeeper (termed goaltender netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing Dominique Sossorobla Malonga (born 8 January, 1989 in Châtenay-Malabry) is a French football player of DR Congo origin List of Italian football transfers 2007-08 may refer to List of Italian football transfers 2007-08 (co-ownership List of Italian football
Torino have had many managers and trainers, some seasons they have had co-managers running the team, here is a chronological list of them from 1912 onwards. [10]
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