Torino F.C. Primavera

Torino Primavera
Full name Torino Football Club Primavera
Nickname(s) il Toro (The Bull)
i Granata (The Maroons)
Figli del Filadelfia (Sons of the Stadio Filadelfia)
Balon Boys
(Piedmontese for: ball)
Founded 1962
Ground Centro Sportivo Don Giacomo Mosso, Venaria Reale[1]
Capacity 1500[2]
Owner Urbano Cairo
Head coach Moreno Longo
League Campionato Nazionale Primavera
2013–14 2nd[3]

Torino Football Club Primavera are the under-19 team of Italian professional football club Torino Football Club. They play in the Group A of the Campionato Nazionale Primavera. Domestically, they are the most successful youth team in terms of championships won with a record 8 league titles.[4] They also participate in the Coppa Italia Primavera, which they have won a record 7 times and in the annual Torneo di Viareggio, an international tournament which they won 6 times.

Primavera

Further information: Campionato Nazionale Primavera

The Torino Primavera plays in the Campionato Nazionale Primavera in Group A, the most important youth league in Italian football. The competition is governed by the Lega Serie A and includes the youth teams of clubs participating in Serie A and Serie B. From the 2012–13 season, players from the age of 15 and players that have not turned 19 years old by the start of the season are eligible to compete. At the discretion of the League, four "over age" players are eligible to compete.

In 2013–14, Moreno Longo led the primavera to the finals of the tournament, where Torino were eventually denied their ninth youth title after a penalty shootout 0–0 (4–3 pen).[5]

Current squad

As of 16 July 2014.[6] Numbers refers to first team in Lega Serie A.[7] For Primavera games numbers 1 to 11 are used.[8]

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

No. Position Player
Italy GK Nicholas Lentini
Italy GK Paolo Bambino
Italy DF Luca Cargnino
Italy DF Matteo Fissore
Italy DF Francesco Mantovani
Italy DF Alessandro Dalmasso
Italy DF Kevin Bonifazi
Italy DF Rosario Rizzo
Italy DF Giacomo Novello
Italy DF Giacomo Montefalcone
Italy MF Francesco Tahiraj
Italy MF Federico Proia
Senegal MF Oyussenou Thiao
No. Position Player
Italy MF Donato Lenoci
Italy MF Francesco Anthony Casucci
Italy MF Matteo Procopio
Italy MF Gabriel Debeljuh
Italy MF Giovanni Graziano
Italy FW Alessio Sallustio
Italy FW Simone Monni
Italy FW Facundo Lescano
Italy FW Francesco Silipo
Italy FW Simone Rosso
Italy FW Luca Parodi
Italy FW Claudio Morra

Manager history

Honours

Youth system

History

Raf Vallone, actor and journalist grown in the Torino youth sector.

Torino was one of the first teams in Italy to adopt a youth system, organised as early as the 1930s.[9] The players in the youth team were previously nicknamed Balon-Boys, in honour of Adolfo Baloncieri, Torino player of the twenties and thirties. Curiously, balon (prn. balùn), in piedmontese means ball. The Torino youth system has developed numerous players, including actor and journalist Raf Vallone, who preferred an artistic career after he had already begun playing for the first team.

On 31 May 2014, the U18 side became the first youth formation in Italy to win 10 league titles.[10]

Honours

Graduates (1996–present)

Youth system graduates who still play for Torino, including those that are currently out on loan to other clubs, are highlighted in green.
Updated 28 July 2014
Player Current Club Born International Honours Debut Manager
Lys Gomis Italy Trapani Italy Cuneo Full Senegal Caps Age 24 v Genoa, 30 November 2013 Giampiero Ventura
Abou Diop Italy Torino Senegal Dakar Age 19 v Roma, 19 November 2012
Alfred Gomis Italy Torino Senegal Ziguinchor Age 18 v AlbinoLeffe, 27 May 2012
Sergiu Suciu Italy Crotone Romania Satu Mare Romania U21 Age 19 v Nocerina, 24 September 2011
Osarimen Ebagua Italy Spezia Nigeria Benin City Age 25 v Ascoli, 28 August 2011
Simone Benedetti Italy Inter Milan Italy Turin Age 17 v Cittadella, 30 May 2010 Stefano Colantuono
Filippo Antonelli Italy Reggiana Italy Chieti Age 31 v Reggina, 5 February 2010
Davide Bottone Italy Torres Italy Biella Italy U21 Age 31 v Sampdoria, 7 October 2007 Walter Novellino
Angelo Ogbonna Italy Juventus Italy Cassino Full Italy Caps Age 18 v Reggina, 11 February 2007 Alberto Zaccheroni
Federico Marchetti Italy Lazio Italy Bassano del Grappa Full Italy Caps Age 21 v Treviso, 16 January 2005 Ezio Rossi
Tommaso Vailatti Italy Chieri Italy Venaria Reale Italy U18 Age 18 v Sampdoria, 19 November 2004
Giovanni Marchese Italy Genoa Italy Caltanissetta Italy U21 Age 19 v Vicenza, 16 April 2004
Andrea Mantovani Italy Bologna Italy Turin Italy U21 Age 19 v Como, 19 January 2003
Ronaldo Vanin Italy Parma Brazil Marília Age 20 v Empoli, 6 October 2002 Giancarlo Camolese
Federico Balzaretti Italy Roma Italy Turin Full Italy Caps Age 20 v Inter Milan, 14 September 2002
Daniele Martinelli Italy Trapani Italy Turin Italy U20 Age 19 v Salernitana, 10 June 2001
Franco Semioli Italy Vicenza Italy Cirié Full Italy Caps Age 21 v Salernitana, 10 June 2001
Fabio Quagliarella Italy Torino Italy Castellammare di Stabia Full Italy Caps Age 17 v Piacenza, 14 May 2000 Emiliano Mondonico
Emanuele Calaiò Italy Genoa Italy Palermo Italy U21 Age 18 v Reggina, 6 January 2000
Luca Mezzano Italy Arezzo Italy Turin Italy U21 Age 18 v Roma, 25 February 1996 Franco Scoglio

Staff

As of 29 January 2014.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Prospetto dei campi di gioco". torinofc.it (in Italian). Torino Football Club. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Centro Sportivo Don Giacomo Mosso". asmvenaria.it (in Italian). ASM Venaria. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "Primavera 2013/14: Chievo Crowned Champions By Beating Torino". forzaitalianfootball.com. Forza Italia Football. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 "Albo Doro". torinofc.it. Torino Football Club. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Primavera, scudetto al Chievo: Torino k.o. ai rigori, decide il portiere Moschin". gazzetta.it (in Italian). La Gazzetta Dello Sport. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Settore Giovanile". torinofc.it. Torino Football Club. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "Comunicato Stampa N.15" (PDF). legaseriea.it (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  8. ↑ "Regolamento del Campionato Primavera TIM 2012/2013 – "Trofeo Giacinto Facchetti"" (PDF). legaseriea.it (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  9. ↑ "La nazionale degli esordienti arrivano i nuovi campioni". repubblica.it (in Italian). Repubblica. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  10. ↑ "Giovanili: il Toro è la prima in Italia a raggiungere "la stella"". toronews.net (in Italian). toro news. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Rosa Berretti". torinofc.it. Torino Football Club. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Rosa Allievi". torinofc.it. Torino Football Club. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Rosa Allievi B". torinofc.it. Torino Football Club. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Rosa Giovanissimi Nazionale". torinofc.it. Torino Football Club. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  15. ↑ "Organisation". torinofc.it. Torino Football Club. Retrieved 29 January 2014.

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