2006–07 Torino FC season

During the 2006–07 Italian football season, Torino competed in Serie A.

Torino
2006–07 season
ChairmanItaly Urbano Cairo
ManagerItaly Gianni De Biasi
Italy Alberto Zaccheroni (from 7 September to 26 February)
Italy Gianni De Biasi
Serie A16th
Coppa ItaliaSecond round
Highest home attendance24,000
Average home league attendance20,500

Season summary

Despite leading Torino to promotion to Serie A the previous season, manager Gianni De Biasi was sacked 3 days before the start of the season. Alberto Zaccheroni came to Torino after two years of unemployment to take the helm. Six consecutive defeats led to Zaccheroni being sacked and De Biasi being reinstated as manager. Torino ultimately finished in 16th, avoiding relegation and an immediate return to Serie B by one point.

Kit

Torino's kit was manufactured by Asics and sponsored by insurance company Reale Mutua Assicurazioni.

First-team squad
Squad at end of season[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Italy ITA Massimo Taibi
2 DF Italy ITA Giuseppe Pancaro
3 DF Italy ITA Iacopo Balestri
4 DF Italy ITA Oscar Brevi
5 MF Italy ITA Fabio Gallo
6 DF Italy ITA Gabriele Cioffi
8 MF Italy ITA Simone Barone
9 FW Italy ITA Roberto Muzzi
10 MF Italy ITA Alessandro Rosina
11 FW Italy ITA Roberto Stellone
13 DF Italy ITA Cesare Bovo (on loan from Palermo)
14 DF Italy ITA Ivan Franceschini
15 MF Italy ITA Diego De Ascentis
16 FW Japan JPN Masashi Oguro
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Serbia SRB Nikola Lazetić
18 DF Italy ITA Angelo Ogbonna
19 FW Italy ITA Elvis Abbruscato
21 DF Ukraine UKR Serhiy Predko
22 DF Italy ITA Gianluca Comotto
23 MF Italy ITA Andrea Ardito
24 FW Ivory Coast CIV Axel Cédric Konan (on loan from Lecce)
25 DF Italy ITA Marco Di Loreto
26 DF Italy ITA Luigi Martinelli
31 GK Italy ITA Alberto Fontana
32 GK Italy ITA Christian Abbiati (on loan from Milan)
44 FW Italy ITA Claudio De Sousa
77 DF Italy ITA Francesco Coco (on loan from Inter Milan)
84 MF Italy ITA Pasquale Schiattarella

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
7 MF Italy ITA Stefano Fiore (on loan from Valencia)
20 MF Italy ITA Claudio Ferrarese (to Hellas Verona)
21 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Vedin Musić (on loan to Treviso)
27 DF Senegal SEN Doudou Diaw (to Cesena)
No. Pos. Nation Player
28 MF Italy ITA Tommaso Vailatti (on loan to Vicenza)
40 GK Italy ITA Angelo Pagotto (to Grosseto)
55 DF Italy ITA Giovanni Orfei (to Salernitana)
79 DF Italy ITA Matteo Melara (to Ascoli)

Competitions

Serie A
Main article: 2006–07 Serie A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
14 Reggina[lower-alpha 1] 38 12 15 11 52 50 +2 40
15 Siena[lower-alpha 2] 38 9 14 15 35 45 −10 40
16 Torino 38 10 10 18 27 47 −20 40
17 Cagliari 38 9 13 16 35 46 −11 40
18 Chievo (R) 38 9 12 17 38 48 −10 39 Relegation to Serie B
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Fiorentina were docked 15 points, Reggina 11 points, Milan 8 points and Lazio 3 points, all for involvement in the 2006 Italian football scandal.
  2. Siena were given a one-point deduction for a delay in payment of social security contributions.

References
  1. "FootballSquads - Torino - 2006/07". www.footballsquads.co.uk.
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