ASD FC Sassari Torres Femminile

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Torres
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Full nameAssociazione Sportiva Dilettantistica FC Sassari Torres Femminile [1]
Nickname(s)I Rossoblù (The Red-Blues)
Founded1980 (as A.C.F. Delco Costruzioni)
Ground Stadio Vanni Sanna,
Sassari
Capacity12,000
League Serie B
2021–225th, Serie B
Website Club website

Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica FC Sassari Torres Femminile (usually referred to simply as Torres or sometimes named Eurospin Torres due to sponsorship) is an Italian women's association football club based in Sassari, Sardinia. The club was formed in 1980 and competed in women's Serie A until 2015. Torres's colours were blue and red. The team won seven scudetti and eight Italian Women's Cups. They were refused a license for the 2015–16 Serie A season due to debts and now compete in Serie B.

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After winning two doubles in 2000 and 2001, Torres became the first team to represent Italy in the newly founded UEFA Women's Cup. After 2009–10 the team was a regular competitor in the rebranded UEFA Women's Champions League, reaching the quarter-finals on three occasions.

History

Beginnings

Sporting an orange change strip in October 2006 Vigor Senigallia-Torres femminile 2006 Calcio di Punizione.jpg
Sporting an orange change strip in October 2006

The club was founded in 1980 as A.C.F. Delco Costruzioni of Sassari and affiliated to the Federazione Italiana Calcio Femminile (FIGCF; Italy's autonomous women's football association). [2] They began playing in the 1981 season, enrolling in the local division of Serie C.

In 1989, by then known as CUS Sassari, the team won the Sardinian section of Serie C and promotion to Serie B. The next season the club won its league again and arrived in Serie A for the first time. In the club's first season at the top level, 1990–91, the team won their first Italian Women's Cup. In 1993–94 the goals of Carolina Morace secured a first Scudetto. The following season, without Morace, the title was lost but the team won their second Italian Cup.

Early trophies

Between 1999 and 2005, Torres won two league titles, four Italian Cups, two Italian Super Cups and the Italy Women's Cup, as well as establishing the record of 38 consecutive wins in official matches including league and Italian Cup. Torres was the first Italian team to participate in the UEFA Women's Cup, the female version of the UEFA Champions League.

Patrizia Panico, Top Scorer of UEFA Women's Champions Leaguein the season 2012-13 and Serie A in 2010-11 and in 2011-12 Patrizia Panico 2327.jpg
Patrizia Panico, Top Scorer of UEFA Women's Champions Leaguein the season 2012–13 and Serie A in 2010–11 and in 2011–12

In 2008, after finishing second in the league, Torres won a seventh Italian Women's Cup by beating Bardolino 1–0 in the final's second leg, overturning a 3–2 defeat in the first leg. Throughout this period, Torres' success rested on the prolific goal-scoring of players such as Rita Guarino, Pamela Conti and the Spaniard Ángeles Parejo. [3]

Burgeoning success

In the 2009–10 season Torres won a fourth Scudetto, dominating the league from the first day. The club also secured the Super Cup, but were beaten in the final of the Italian Women's Cup. A successful season was crowned by an appearance in the UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-finals. 2010–11 culminated in a treble of the Super Cup, Scudetto and Italian Women's Cup. In the following season, Torres collected a Scudetto and Super Cup double, but lost out in the semi-finals of the Italian Women's Cup. In 2013 they retained the league title and were named fifth in the year's best women's clubs by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS). [4]

The 2013–14 season yielded a Super Cup and runners-up finishes in the league and Italian Women's Cup, as well as another quarter-final placing in the UEFA Women's Champions League. Patrizia Panico scored more than 40 league goals. But Torres were thrashed 12–1 on aggregate by Turbine Potsdam and overall the season was considered to be below expectations. A dispute over funding and the club's strategic direction saw the departure of both president Leonardo Marras and coach Manuela Tesse in 2014. [5]

Insolvency and Promotion

Torres were subsumed into the structure of Torres' male club in June 2014. [6] In September 2015 it was announced that Torres had been refused a license for the forthcoming Serie A season and would be excluded from taking part. La Lega Nazionale Dilettanti, who oversee women's football in Italy, demanded that the club's new owners pay half of the total €90,000 debt up front, rejecting a proposed alternative repayment arrangement which the male club offered to underwrite. [7] In 2021 got promoted again Serie B, after the season 2020-21 in Serie C (level 3).

Stadium

The team play in the Stadio Vanni Sanna in Sassari, with the complex belonging to S.E.F. Torres 1903. U.S.D. Latte Dolce also share the venue. [8]

2023–24 squad

As of 27 May 2024 [9]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Francesca Fabiano
2 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Flavia Lombardo
3 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Valentina Congia
4 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Maria Bertone
7 FW Flag of Portugal.svg  POR Adriana Faria Gomes
8 MF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Indy Spaan
9 FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Giusy Bassano
10 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Maria Grazia Ladu
12 DF Flag of Ireland.svg  IRL Shauna Peare
17 DF Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Catalina Alfonso Moran
20 FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Lorenza Scarpelli
No.Pos.NationPlayer
21 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Francesca Blasoni
22 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Antonia Peddio
32 DF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Milou Leendertse
34 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Beatrice Airola
50 GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Miriam Ubaldi
72 GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Marica Deiana
77 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Sofia Pederzani
80 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Julia Saveria Weithofer
— MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Angela Congia

Former players

For details of current and former players, see Category:Torres Calcio Femminile players.

Record in UEFA competitions

CompetitionRoundCountryClubResult
2001–02 UEFA Women's Cup Group stage Flag of Finland.svg HJK Helsinki 1–2
Flag of Austria.svg USC Country House 5–0
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg KÍ Klaksvík 4–0
2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League Group stage Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovan Duslo Šaľa 1–0
Flag of Turkey.svg Trabzonspor 9–0
Flag of Slovenia.svg ŽNK Krka 3–0
Round of 32 Flag of Iceland.svg Valur 6–2 (4–1 h, 2–1 a)
Round of 16 Flag of Austria.svg SV Neulengbach 8–2 (4–1 h, 4–1 a)
Quarter finals Flag of France.svg Olympique Lyonnais 1–3 (0–3 a, 1–0 h)
2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg FC Zürich 7–3 (3–2 a, 4–1 h)
Round of 16 Flag of France.svg FCF Juvisy 3–4 (1–2 h, 2–2 a aet)
2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32 Flag of Israel.svg ASA Tel Aviv University 5–2 (2–0 a, 3–2 h)
Round of 16 Flag of Denmark.svg Brøndby IF 2–5 (1–2 a, 1–3 h)
2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32 Flag of Cyprus.svg Apollon Limassol 6–3 (3–2 a, 3–1 h)
Round of 16 Flag of Romania.svg CFF Olimpia Cluj 7–1 (4–1 h, 3–0 a)
Quarter finals Flag of England.svg Arsenal 1–4 (1–3 a, 0–1 h)
2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32 Flag of Austria.svg Spratzern 5–3 (2–2 a, 3–1 h)
Round of 16 Flag of Russia.svg Rossiyanka 2–1 (0–1 a, 2–0 h)
Quarter finals Flag of Germany.svg Turbine Potsdam 1–12 (0–8 h, 1–4 a)
2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32 Flag of Slovenia.svg Pomurje 7–3 (4–2 a, 3–1 h)
Round of 16 Flag of Germany.svg Frankfurt 0–9 (0–5 a, 0–4 h)

Honours

Torres have won the most trophies of all Italian women's clubs. [10]

League

Cups

Individual Player & Coach awards

Top Scorer

League and cup history

SeasonDiv.Pos.Pl.WDLGSGAPDomestic CupOtherNotes
2021–22Serie B5/142613310353742 [12]

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