2008–09 Torino F.C. season

Torino F.C.
2008–09 season
Chairman Urbano Cairo
Head Coach Gianni De Biasi
(until 8 December 2008)
Walter Alfredo Novellino
(until 24 March 2009)
Giancarlo Camolese
(until 31 May 2009)
Serie A 18th
Coppa Italia Quarter finals
Top goalscorer League: Rolando Bianchi (9)
All: Rolando Bianchi (10)

Contents

Squad

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Matteo Sereni
3 DF Marco Pisano
4 MF Blerim Džemaili (on loan from Bolton Wanderers)
5 MF Eugenio Corini
6 DF Angelo Obinze Ogbonna
7 FW Nicola Ventola
8 MF Simone Barone
9 FW Elvis Abbruscato
10 MF Alessandro Rosina (captain)
11 FW Nicola Amoruso
14 DF Cesare Natali
18 FW Dominique Malonga
19 MF Aimo Stefano Diana
21 DF Ivan Franceschini
No. Position Player
22 DF Marco Di Loreto
23 MF Ignazio Abate
24 MF Jürgen Säumel
27 MF Paolo Zanetti
28 MF Tommaso Vailatti
29 MF Gianluca Rolandone
30 FW Roberto Stellone
31 GK Alberto Fontana
32 DF Riccardo Colombo
33 DF Matteo Rubin
50 DF Francesco Pratali
90 FW Rolando Bianchi
99 GK Alex Calderoni

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Serie A 18th 31 August 2008 31 May 2009
Coppa Italia Third round Quarterfinals 23 August 2008 17 December 2008

Last updated: 21 Nov
Source: Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Internazionale (C) 38 25 9 4 70 32 +38 84 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Juventus 38 21 11 6 69 37 +32 74 JUV 4–2 MIL
MIL 1–1 JUV
3 Milan 38 22 8 8 70 35 +35 74
4 Fiorentina 38 21 5 12 53 38 +15 68 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Play-off round FIO 1–0 GEN
GEN 3–3 FIO
5 Genoa 38 19 11 8 56 39 +17 68 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
6 Roma 38 18 9 11 64 61 +3 63 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
7 Udinese 38 16 10 12 61 50 +11 58
8 Palermo 38 17 6 15 57 50 +7 57
9 Cagliari 38 15 8 15 49 50 −1 53
10 Lazio 38 15 5 18 46 55 −9 50 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round 1
11 Atalanta 38 13 8 17 45 48 −3 47
12 Napoli 38 12 10 16 43 45 −2 46 NAP 2–0 SAM
SAM 2–2 NAP
13 Sampdoria 38 11 13 14 49 52 −3 46
14 Siena 38 12 8 18 33 44 −11 44
15 Catania 38 12 7 19 41 51 −10 43
16 Chievo 38 8 14 16 35 49 −14 38
17 Bologna 38 9 10 19 43 62 −19 37
18 Torino (R) 38 8 10 20 37 61 −24 34 Relegation to the Serie B
19 Reggina (R) 38 6 13 19 30 62 −32 31
20 Lecce (R) 38 5 15 18 37 67 −30 30

Source: lega-calcio.it (Italian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
1Lazio qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League 2009–10 by winning Coppa Italia 2008–09.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
12 3 2 7 12 17 −5 11 3 0 3 8 8 0 0 2 4 4 9 −5

Last updated: 21 Nov
Source: [1]

Results by round

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
Ground H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A
Result W D L D L L L L W L W L D L L L W L L D D D D D W D L L L L W L W L D W L L

Source: http://www.lega-calcio.it
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.