2005–06 Torino FC season

Torino
2005–06 season
President	Attilio Romero; Pierluigi Marengo; Urbano Cairo
Head coach	Daniele Arrigoni; Paolo Stringara; Gianni De Biasi
Stadium	Stadio delle Alpi
Serie B	3rd (promoted)
Top goalscorer	League: ; Elvis Abbruscato (14); All: ; Elvis Abbruscato (15)
Highest home attendance	58,560
Lowest home attendance	24,995
Home colours	Away colours

The 2005–06 season was the 100th season in the existence of Torino FC and the club's third consecutive season in the second division of Italian football.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ITA	Angelo Pagotto
3	DF	ITA	Jacopo Balestri
4	DF	ITA	Oscar Brevi (Captain)
5	DF	ITA	Giovanni Orfei
6	DF	ITA	Luca Ungari
7	FW	ITA	Enrico Fantini
8	MF	ITA	Fabio Gallo
9	FW	ITA	Roberto Muzzi
10	MF	ITA	Claudio Ferrarese
11	MF	BIH	Vedin Musić
14	MF	ITA	Raffaele Longo
16	MF	GHA	Mark Edusei
17	MF	SCG	Nikola Lazetić


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	ITA	Elvis Abbruscato
20	MF	ITA	Alessandro Rosina
21	DF	ITA	Davide Nicola
22	FW	ITA	Roberto Stellone
23	MF	ITA	Andrea Ardito
26	DF	ITA	Luigi Martinelli
27	DF	SEN	Diaw Doudou
28	MF	ITA	Tommaso Vailatti
30	FW	GRE	Zisis Vryzas
31	GK	ITA	Alberto Maria Fontana
70	GK	ITA	Massimo Taibi
79	DF	ITA	Matteo Melara

Left club during season

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	DF	BRA	Ronaldo Vanin (to Catanzaro)
15	MF	ITA	Andrea Gentile (return from loan to Messina)
18	MF	ITA	Alessandro Campo (to Cittadella)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	ITA	Liborio Bongiovanni (to Pro Sesto)
44	FW	ITA	Claudio De Sousa (on loan to Catanzaro)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie B	10 September 2005	28 May 2006	Matchday 1	3rd	42	21	13	8	51	31	+20	050.00
Total					42	21	13	8	51	31	+20	050.00

Last updated: 28 May 2006
Source: Competitions

Serie B

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Atalanta (P, C)	42	24	9	9	61	39	+22	81	Promotion to Serie A
2	Catania (P)	42	22	12	8	67	42	+25	78	Promotion to Serie A
3	Torino (O, P)	42	21	13	8	51	31	+20	76	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Mantova	42	18	15	9	46	35	+11	69
5	Modena	42	17	16	9	59	41	+18	67

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio 2007, Panini Edizioni, Modena, November 2006
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.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

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
42	21	13	8	51	31	+20	76	13	7	1	29	12	+17	8	6	7	22	19	+3

Last updated: 28 May 2006.
Source: Competitive matches

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	39	40	41	42
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	D	L	D	D	D	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	1	2	1	1	5	6	4	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	4	4	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	3

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, Serie A; = Serie A; = Promotion play-offs; = Relegation play-offs; = 2006–07 Serie C1

Matches

10 September 2005 4	Torino	1–0	AlbinoLeffe	Turin
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fantini 16'			Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 29,825 Referee: Oberdan Pantana

17 September 2005 5	Atalanta	2–1	Torino	Bergamo
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ventola 19' Loria 55'		Stellone 61'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 9,513 Referee: Stefano Farina

20 September 2005 6	Torino	0–0	Crotone	Turin
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 20,260 Referee: Christian Brighi

24 September 2005 7	Torino	2–0	Vicenza	Turin
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Muzzi 42' Stellone 90+1'			Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 21,486 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

27 September 2005 1	Pescara	0–2	Torino	Pescara
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)			Stellone 71' Fantini 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Adriatico Attendance: 4,323 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

1 October 2005 8	Catanzaro	0–1	Torino	Catanzaro
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Muzzi 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo Attendance: 7,281 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

5 October 2005 3	Arezzo	1–2	Torino	Arezzo
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Abbruscato 45+2' (pen.)		Fantini 17', 36'	Stadium: Stadio Città di Arezzo Attendance: 6,783 Referee: Antonio Giannoccaro

9 October 2005 9	Torino	0–0	Bologna	Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 29,555 Referee: Tiziano Pieri

15 October 2005 10	Ternana	0–0	Torino	Terni
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Libero Liberati Attendance: 4,718 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

18 October 2005 2	Torino	0–0	Bari	Turin
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 22,305 Referee: Nicola Stefanini

22 October 2005 11	Torino	2–1	Piacenza	Turin
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rosina 4' (pen.) Muzzi 12'		Ganci 24'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 23,060 Referee: Mario Mazzoleni

26 October 2005 12	Mantova	1–0	Torino	Mantua
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Tarana 23'			Stadium: Stadio Danilo Martelli Attendance: 13,547 Referee: Emidio Morganti

29 October 2005 13	Torino	1–0	Cesena	Turin
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fantini 73'			Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 22,824 Referee: Luca Banti

4 November 2005 14	Catania	1–1	Torino	Catania
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Mascara 6' (pen.)		Muzzi 24'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Attendance: 14,776 Referee: Massimo De Santis

13 November 2005 15	Torino	2–1	Modena	Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Stellone 36' Fantini 69'		Bucchi 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 27,209 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

19 November 2005 16	Torino	2–1	Hellas Verona	Turin
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Muzzi 76' Biasi 80' (o.g.)		Munari 23'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 25,025 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

26 November 2005 17	Avellino	1–0	Torino	Avellino
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Danilevicius 2'			Stadium: Stadio Partenio Attendance: 5,899 Referee: Massimo De Santis

3 December 2005 18	Torino	2–1	Triestina	Turin
16:05 CET (UTC+1)	Muzzi 32' Rosina 64'		Tulli 76'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 21,877 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

10 December 2005 19	Rimini	2–1	Torino	Rimini
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	D'Angelo 13' (pen.) Ricchiuti 81'		Longo 55'	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Neri Attendance: 7,360 Referee: Oberdan Pantana

16 December 2005 20	Torino	1–1	Brescia	Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	De Sousa 87'		Strada 45+1'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 22,420 Referee: Stefano Farina

20 December 2005 21	Cremonese	0–1	Torino	Cremona
20:30 CET (UTC+1)			Fantini 72'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 3,288 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

7 January 2006 22	Torino	1–1	Pescara	Turin
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Melara 27'		Jadid 17'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 25,251 Referee: Marco Gabriele

14 January 2006 23	Bari	2–2	Torino	Bari
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pagano 86', 90+1'		Fantini 25' Rosina 78'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 4.773 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

18 January 2006 24	Torino	1–2	Arezzo	Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Rosina 77' (pen.)		Antonini 31' Floro Flores 79'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 21,279 Referee: Paolo Dondarini

21 January 2006 25	AlbinoLeffe	0–0	Torino	Bergamo
16:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 1,959 Referee: Paolo Bertini

30 January 2006 26	Torino	2–2	Atalanta	Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Rosina 20', 82'		Ventola 67', 71'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 23,013 Referee: Stefano Farina

4 February 2006 27	Crotone	1–1	Torino	Crotone
16:00 CET (UTC+1)			Rosina 49'	Stadium: Stadio Ezio Scida Attendance: 6,689 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

7 February 2006 28	Vicenza	3–2	Torino	Vicenza
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	B. Carbone 17' (pen.) Sgrigna 32' Cavalli 61'		Longo 30' Rosina 74'	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 5,077 Referee: Luca Banti

11 February 2006 29	Torino	2–0	Catanzaro	Turin
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	O. Brevi 76' Abbruscato 86'			Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 22,317 Referee: Stefano Cassarà

24 February 2006 30	Bologna	1–1	Torino	Bologna
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Marazzina 48'		Stellone 85'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 9,120 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

4 March 2006 31	Torino	1–1	Ternana	Turin
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rosina 9'		S. Russo 83'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 21,687 Referee: Maurizio Ciampi

11 March 2006 32	Piacenza	1–0	Torino	Piacenza
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cacia 41' (pen.)			Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli Attendance: 5,695 Referee: Domenico Messina

18 March 2006 33	Torino	2–0	Mantova	Turin
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Muzzi 48' Ferrarese 56'			Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 23,714 Referee: Daniele Tombolini

24 March 2006 34	Cesena	1–2	Torino	Cesena
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Salvetti 58' (pen.)		Nicola 62' L. Martinelli 69'	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 12,130 Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

31 March 2006 35	Torino	2–1	Catania	Turin
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Abbruscato 34' Rosina 90' (pen.)		De Zerbi 25'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 31,944 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

8 April 2006 36	Modena	2–1	Torino	Modena
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Graffiedi 15' Asamoah 90+1'		Abbruscato 85'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Attendance: 11,343 Referee: Domenico Messina

23 April 2006 37	Hellas Verona	0–1	Torino	Verona
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Stellone 83'	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 9,988 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

29 April 2006 38	Torino	1–0	Avellino	Turin
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Melara 70'			Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 24,939 Referee: Paolo Dondarini

6 May 2006 39	Triestina	0–2	Torino	Trieste
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Stellone 55', 69'	Stadium: Stadio Nereo Rocco Attendance: 7,242 Referee: Tagliavento

13 May 2006 40	Torino	1–0	Rimini	Turin
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rosina 29'			Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 27,452 Referee: Emidio Morganti

21 May 2006 41	Brescia	0–1	Torino	Brescia
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Abbruscato 45'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Attendance: 8,629 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

28 May 2006 42	Torino	3–0	Cremonese	Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vryzas 7', 31' Vailatti 86'			Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 37,450 Referee: Oscar Girardi

Promotion play-offs

Semi-finals

1 June 2006 First leg	Cesena	1–1	Torino	Cesena
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Salvetti 16'		Longo 45'	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 11,911 Referee: Stefano Farina

4 June 2006 Second leg	Torino	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Cesena	Turin
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Balestri 43'			Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 30,173 Referee: Emidio Morganti

Final

8 June 2006 First leg	Mantova	4–2	Torino	Mantova
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Cioffi 8' Caridi 22', 67' (pen.) Noselli 48' (pen.)		Longo 6' Abbruscato 74'	Stadium: Stadio Danilo Martelli Attendance: 14,853 Referee: Tiziano Pieri

11 June 2006 Second leg	Torino	3–1 (5–5 agg.)	Mantova	Turin
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Rosina 36' (pen.) Muzzi 64' Nicola 95'		Poggi 101' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 58,560 Referee: Stefano Farina
Note: Torino was promoted to the 2006–07 Serie A as a better placed team in the regular season.

References

^ "FootballSquads - Torino - 2005/06". www.footballsquads.co.uk.

[1] "FootballSquads - Torino - 2005/06". www.footballsquads.co.uk.

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