1991–92 Torino Calcio season

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Torino
1991–92 season
Head Coach Emiliano Mondonico
Serie A 3rd
Coppa Italia Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup Runners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Enzo Scifo (9)
All: Walter Casagrande (13)
Highest home attendance65.377 (Ajax)
Lowest home attendance5.563 (Lazio)
  1990–91
1992–93  

Torino Calcio enjoyed its most successful season in the 1990s, finishing third in the extremely competitive Serie A, plus nearly added the UEFA Cup to the trophy room, only missing out on away goals against Dutch side Ajax in the two-legged final.

Contents

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Competitions

Serie A

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Milan (C)34221207421+5356Qualification to European Cup
2 Juventus 34181244522+2348Qualification to UEFA Cup
3 Torino 34141554220+2243
4 Napoli 34151275640+1642
5 Roma 34131473731+640
Source: 1991–92 Serie A, RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. [1]
(C) Champions

Matches

1 September 19911 Bari 1-1 Torino Bari
16:00 UTC+2 Platt Soccerball shade.svg26' (pen) Report Soccerball shade.svg20' Mussi Stadium: della Vittoria
Attendance: 44 595
Referee: Stafoggia
8 September 19912 Torino 0-1 Lazio Torino
16:00 UTC+2 Report Soccerball shade.svg76' Sosa Stadium: delle Alpi
Attendance: 33.520
Referee: Baldas (Trieste)
15 September 19913 Cremonese 0-2 Torino Cremona
16:00 UTC+2 Report Soccerball shade.svg74' Venturin
Soccerball shade.svg85' Scifo
Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini
Attendance: 14.779
Referee: Ceccarini (Livorno)
22 September 19914 Torino 0-0 Napoli Torino
15:00 UTC+2 Report Stadium: delle Alpi
Attendance: 39.324
Referee: Lo Bello (Siracusa)
29 September 19915 Cagliari 0-1 Torino Cagliari
15:00 UTC+1 Report Soccerball shade.svg69' Scifo Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia
Attendance: 19.818
Referee: Felicani (Bologna)
6 October 19916 Torino 3-1 Foggia Torino
15:00 UTC+1 Policano Soccerball shade.svg17'
Scifo Soccerball shade.svg28' (rig.)
Lentini Soccerball shade.svg54'
Report Soccerball shade.svg81' Baiano Stadium: delle Alpi
Attendance: 36.955
Referee: Luci (Firenze)
20 October 19917 Torino 1-1 Roma Torino
15:00 UTC+1 Bresciani Soccerball shade.svg23' Report Soccerball shade.svg58' Aldair Stadium: delle Alpi
Attendance: 33.492
Referee: Pezzella (Frattamaggiore)
27 October 19918 Parma 0-0 Torino Parma
14:30 UTC+1 Report Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 22.081
Referee: Bazzoli (Merano)
3 November 19919 Torino 0-0 Internazionale Torino
14:30 UTC+1 Report Stadium: delle Alpi
Attendance: 39.953
Referee: Beschin (Legnago)
17 November 199110 Juventus 1-0 Torino Torino
14:30 UTC+1 Casiraghi Soccerball shade.svg11' Report Stadium: delle Alpi
Attendance: 58.607
Referee: Ceccarini (Livorno)
24 November 199111 Torino 0-0 Verona Torino
14:30 UTC+1 Report Stadium: delle Alpi
Attendance: 30.007
Referee: Cesari (Genova)
1 December 199112 Sampdoria 0-0 Torino Genova
14:30 UTC+1 Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 29.274
Referee: Fabricatore (Rome)
8 December 199113 Milan 2-0 Torino Milan
14:30 UTC+1 Gullit Soccerball shade.svg18'
Massaro Soccerball shade.svg47'
Report Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 70.452
Referee: D'Elia (Salerno)
15 December 199114 Torino 2-0 Fiorentina Torino
14:30 UTC+1 Lentini Soccerball shade.svg30'
Scifo Soccerball shade.svg58'
Report Stadium: delle Alpi
Attendance: 30.118
Referee: Lo Bello (Siracusa)
5 January 199215 Genoa 1-1 Torino Genova
14:30 UTC+1 Aguilera Soccerball shade.svg85' Report Soccerball shade.svg60' Casagrande Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 34.013
Referee: Cinciripini (Ascoli Piceno)
12 January 199216 Torino 1-1 Atalanta Torino
14:30 UTC+1 Policano Soccerball shade.svg45' Report Soccerball shade.svg83' Piovanelli Stadium: delle Alpi
Attendance: 31 559
Referee: Bazzoli (Merano)
19 January 199217 Ascoli 0-4 Torino Ascoli Piceno
14:30 UTC+1 Report Soccerball shade.svg8' (aut.) Marcato
Soccerball shade.svg29' Lentini
Soccerball shade.svg48' Policano
Soccerball shade.svg81' (rig.) Bresciani
Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca
Attendance: 7.540
Referee: Scaramuzza (Mestre)
26 January 199218 Torino 1-0 Bari Torino
14:30 UTC+1 Cravero Soccerball shade.svg86' Report Stadium: delle Alpi
Attendance: 29.976
Referee: Cesari (Genova)
2 February 199219 Lazio 2-1 Torino Roma
14:30 UTC+1 Sosa Soccerball shade.svg28' (rig.)
Sclosa Soccerball shade.svg41'
Report Soccerball shade.svg39' Annoni Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 35.791
Referee: Boggi (Salerno)
9 February 199220 Torino 2-0 Cremonese Torino
15:00 UTC+1 Casagrande Soccerball shade.svg8'
Scifo Soccerball shade.svg85' (rig.)
Report Stadium: delle Alpi
Attendance: 29.788
Referee: Fucci (Salerno)
16 February 199221 Napoli 0-1 Torino Napoli
15:00 UTC+1 Report Soccerball shade.svg79' Fusi Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 53.502
Referee: Collina (Viareggio)
23 February 199222 Torino 1-0 Cagliari Torino
15:00 UTC+1 Policano Soccerball shade.svg60' Report Stadium: delle Alpi
Attendance: 34.379
Referee: Felicani (Bologna)
1 March 199223 Foggia 1-1 Torino Foggia
15:00 UTC+1 Kolyvanov Soccerball shade.svg78' Report Soccerball shade.svg43' (rig.) Scifo Stadium: Stadio Pino Zaccheria
Attendance: 14.702
Referee: Mughetti (Cesena)
8 March 199224 Roma 1-0 Torino Roma
15:00 UTC+1 Pellegrini Soccerball shade.svg88' Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 47.376
Referee: Amendolia (Messina)
15 March 199225 Torino 0-0 Parma Torino
15:00 UTC+1 Report Stadium: delle Alpi
Attendance: 37.950
Referee: Sguizzato (Verona)
28 March 199226 Internazionale 0-0 Torino Milan
16:00 UTC+1 Report Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 50.593
Referee: Stafoggia (Pesaro)
5 April 199227 Torino 2-0 Juventus Torino
16:00 UTC+2 Casagrande Soccerball shade.svg66', 73' Report Stadium: delle Alpi
Attendance: 45.490
Referee: Baldas (Trieste)
11 April 199228 Hellas Verona 1-2 Torino Verona
16:00 UTC+2 Răducioiu Soccerball shade.svg44' Report Soccerball shade.svg31' Scifo
Soccerball shade.svg77' Lentini
Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 16.620
Referee: Bazzoli (Merano)
18 April 199229 Torino 1-1 Sampdoria Torino
16:00 UTC+2 Casagrande Soccerball shade.svg17' Report Soccerball shade.svg39' Katanec Stadium: delle Alpi
Attendance: 38.830
Referee: D'Elia (Salerno)
25 April 199230 Torino 2-2 Milan Torino
16:00 UTC+2 Casagrande Soccerball shade.svg8'
Ancelotti Soccerball shade.svg62' (aut.)
Report Soccerball shade.svg18' Massaro
Soccerball shade.svg72' Fuser
Stadium: delle Alpi
Attendance: 42.866
Referee: Pezzella (Frattamaggiore)
3 May 199231 Fiorentina 0-0 Torino Firenze
16:00 UTC+2 Report Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 29.412
Referee: Brignoccoli (Ancona)
9 May 199232 Torino 4-0 Genoa Torino
16:00 UTC+2 Bresciani Soccerball shade.svg17'
Scifo Soccerball shade.svg60'
Vieri Soccerball shade.svg72'
Policano Soccerball shade.svg79'
Report Stadium: delle Alpi
Attendance: 39.185
Referee: Lanese (Messina)
17 May 199233 Atalanta 1-3 Torino Bergamo
16:30 UTC+2 Caniggia Soccerball shade.svg61' Report Soccerball shade.svg31' Bresciani
Soccerball shade.svg38' Scifo
Soccerball shade.svg73' Bruno
Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 19.421
Referee: Arena (Ercolano)
24 May 199234 Torino 5-2 Ascoli Torino
16:30 UTC+2 Sordo Soccerball shade.svg6'
Benedetti Soccerball shade.svg12'
Martín Vázquez Soccerball shade.svg40'
Pierleoni Soccerball shade.svg59' (o.g.)
Lentini Soccerball shade.svg74'
Report Soccerball shade.svg35' Maniero
Soccerball shade.svg82' Zaini
Stadium: delle Alpi
Attendance: 42.046
Referee: Dinelli (Lucca)

Topscorers

Coppa Italia

Second round

28 August 1991 Torino 4-1 Ancona Torino
20:30 UTC+2 Lentini Soccerball shade.svg27', 56'
Casagrande Soccerball shade.svg63' (pen)
Bresciani Soccerball shade.svg87'
Soccerball shade.svg3' Bertarelli Stadium: Delle Alpi
Attendance: 6 407
Referee: Mughetti
4 September 1991 Ancona 1-1 Torino Ancona
20:45 UTC+2 Tovalieri Soccerball shade.svg14' (pen)Soccerball shade.svg75' Venturin Stadium: Dorico
Referee: Arena

Eightfinals

30 October 1991 Torino 2-0 Lazio Torino
20:30 UTC+1 Annoni Soccerball shade.svg34'
Vieri Soccerball shade.svg43'
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 5.563
Referee: Lo Bello
4 December 1991 Lazio 0-0 Torino Roma
20:30 UTC+1 Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: 30.000
Referee: Amendolia

Quarterfinals

11 February 1992 Milan 2-0 Torino Milan
20:30 UTC+1 Baresi Soccerball shade.svg30'
Simone Soccerball shade.svg53'
Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 7.624
Referee: Ceccarini
26 February 1992 Torino 1-1
(1-3 agg.)
A.C. Milan Torino
20:30 UTC+1 Lentini Soccerball shade.svg79'Soccerball shade.svg23' (o.g.) Bruno Stadium: delle Alpi
Attendance: 23 105
Referee: Luci

UEFA Cup

Second round

19 September 1991 Flag of Iceland.svg KR Reykjavik 0-2 Torino Reykjavík
20:30 UTC+0 Report Soccerball shade.svg20' Mussi
Soccerball shade.svg73' Annoni
Stadium: KR-völlur
Attendance: 2 100
Referee: Ulster Banner.svg McKnight
2 October 1991 Torino 6-1 Flag of Iceland.svg KR Reykjavik Torino
20:30 UTC+1 Bresciani Soccerball shade.svg14'
Policano Soccerball shade.svg44'
Martín Vázquez Soccerball shade.svg47'
Scifo Soccerball shade.svg51', 63'
Carillo Soccerball shade.svg53'
Report Soccerball shade.svg16' SkulassonStadium: delle Alpi
Attendance: 13.081
Referee: Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Colic

Third round

24 October 1991 Torino 2-0 Flag of Portugal.svg Boavista Torino
20:30 UTC+1 Lentini Soccerball shade.svg2'
Annoni Soccerball shade.svg69'
Report Stadium: delle Alpi
Attendance: 41 186
Referee: Flag of England.svg Hackett
6 November 1991 Flag of Portugal.svg Boavista 0-0 Torino Oporto
21:30 UTC+0 Report Stadium: Estadio do Bessa
Attendance: 11 000
Referee: Flag of Sweden.svg Karlsson

Eightfinals

27 November 1991 Flag of Greece.svg AEK Atene 2-2 Torino Athens
19:30 UTC+2 Batista Soccerball shade.svg21'
Šabanadžović Soccerball shade.svg73'
Report Soccerball shade.svg33' Casagrande
Soccerball shade.svg36' Bresciani
Stadium: Nikos Goumas
Attendance: 33 000
Referee: Flag of Germany.svg Schmidhuber
11 December 1991 Torino 1-0 Flag of Greece.svg AEK Atene Torino
20:30 UTC+1 Casagrande Soccerball shade.svg55' Report Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 34 147
Referee: Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Goethals

Quarterfinals

4 March 1992 Flag of Denmark.svg B 1903 0-2 Torino Copenhagen
18:00 UTC+1 Report Soccerball shade.svg37' Casagrande
Soccerball shade.svg81' Policano
Stadium: Gentofte
Attendance: 14 800
Referee: Flag of Bulgaria.svg Spassov
19 March 1992Gara di ritorno Torino 1-0 Flag of Denmark.svg B 1903 Torino
20:30 UTC+1 Nielsen Soccerball shade.svg30' (aut.) Report Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 28 577
Referee: Flag of Scotland.svg Waddell

Semifinals

1 April 1992 Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 2-1 Torino Madrid
21:00 UTC+2 Hagi Soccerball shade.svg61'
Hierro Soccerball shade.svg66'
Report Soccerball shade.svg58' Casagrande Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu
Attendance: 62 876
Referee: Flag of Austria.svg Forstinger
15 April 1992 Torino 2-0 Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid Torino
20:30 UTC+2 Rocha Soccerball shade.svg7' (aut.)
Fusi Soccerball shade.svg76'
Report Stadium: delle Alpi
Attendance: 59 861
Referee: Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Galler

Final

29 April 1992 Torino 2-2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ajax Torino
20:30 UTC+2 Casagrande Soccerball shade.svg62', 84' Report Soccerball shade.svg14' Jonk
Soccerball shade.svg75' (rig.) Pettersson
Stadium: delle Alpi
Attendance: 65 377
Referee: Flag of England.svg Worrall
13 May 1992 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ajax 0-0
(2-2a agg.)
Torino Amsterdam
20:30 UTC+2 Report Stadium: Olympic
Attendance: 42 000
Referee: Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Petrović

Related Research Articles

S.S. Lazio finished in fifth in Serie A and reached the quarter-final in the Coppa Italia. Prior to the season had Lazio with new Chairman Sergio Cragnotti made three important signings, with Paul Gascoigne, Giuseppe Signori and Aron Winter all joining the club.

S.S. Lazio finished in 10th in Serie A and reached the round of 16 in the Coppa Italia this season. The most significant event was that Sergio Cragnotti, took charge of the club on 20 February 1992, which reignited the club as a force on the transfer market.

Associazione Calcio Milan returned to its winning ways with the appointment of Fabio Capello as the club's new manager during the 1991–92 season, following the departure of Arrigo Sacchi. Marco van Basten had his last season uninterrupted by injury, netting 25 goals, which was one of the main reasons Milan was able to overhaul Juventus to claim the Serie A title. Milan ran through entire the 34–game league season unbeaten, a rare feat in footballing history. The team's unbeaten run totalled 58 matches between 1991 and 1993, a record in Italian football, encompassing the next season as well. For their achievements, the 1991–92 Milan side received the nickname "Gli invincibili" in the media.

Juventus Football Club finished second in Serie A and reached the final of the Coppa Italia in this season.

SSC Napoli finished a creditable fourth in its first season without the club legend Diego Maradona in the squad. With the Argentinian having failed a doping test in the spring 1991, Napoli was facing an uphill battle, but coped remarkably well, actually improving on its fortunes from Maradona's final season with the club.

Associazione Calcio Fiorentina failed to take off under former Brazil national team coach Sebastião Lazaroni, and ended the season in 12th place. The result prompted president Cecchi Gori to sign German star Stefan Effenberg among others for the coming season, also replacing Lazaroni with Luigi Radice. The most significant event in Fiorentina's season was the arrival of Argentine striker Gabriel Batistuta, who was to become Fiorentina's all-time top scorer during his nine years at the club.

Parma Associazione Calcio eased through the infamous second season following promotion, and ended it in style by winning Coppa Italia, the club's first ever significant silverware. That also qualified the club for the 1992–93 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, a tournament it went on to win. Its inaugural European adventure was in the autumn of 1991, when it lost to CSKA Sofia of Bulgaria in the first round of the UEFA Cup. It did not improve on 1991's famous fifth place in Serie A as rookies, but only slipped one position, with the defence playing as well as ever. The lack of a top scorer cost Parma the chance to fight Torino for third in the championship.

The 1991–92 season saw Sampdoria compete in this season's editions of the Serie A, Coppa Italia, and European Cup. The club reached the 1992 European Cup Final only to suffer a 1–0 loss in extra time to Barcelona.

Associazione Sportiva Roma did not repeat its Coppa Italia victory from the previous season, but retained its status as the top team from the Capital with fifth in the league standings. Roma's main struggle was its inability to seal matches by a close margin, drawing on 14 occasions, and it neither had a watertight defence, nor a fearsome attack. Despite those shortcomings, Roma was only three points behind Torino for third.

Associazione Calcio Milan won two trophies in the 1992–93 season, which was crowned when it reached the European Cup final and won the domestic league for the second year running.

Juventus Football Club did not manage to win the domestic championship for the seventh year in succession, but the legacy of the season was saved when it beat Borussia Dortmund by 3–1 away from home, then 3–0 in Turin, to clinch the 1992–93 edition of the UEFA Cup.

SSC Napoli got extremely close to a shock relegation to Serie B, and only held on to its top-flight status by two points. This was just three years since the club led by playmaker and legend Diego Maradona won the domestic league title. It actually spent Christmas of 1992 in the relegation zone, and climbed out of it thanks to a strong January '93 run. The reason Napoli survived was the above-average offensive skills. Gianfranco Zola, Daniel Fonseca and Careca was a trio capable of leading any teams' attack, and the club looked set to suffer when Zola (Parma) and Careca (Japan) departed at the end of the season. Fonseca's season is mostly remembered for an extremely unusual five goals in one match, as Napoli beat Valencia 5-1 away from home in the UEFA Cup. Then it lost to Paris SG in the next round, rendering it was out of Europe.

In the 1984–1985 season, Torino Calcio competed in Serie A.

Piacenza Calcio did not manage to renew their stay in Serie A, in the club's debut season at the top level of Italian football. The performance from the team was not too poor however, considering it was only a point from the 14th place that would have kept Piacenza up.

During the 1991–92 English football season, U.S. Foggia competed in Serie A.

References

  1. Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

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