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
	← 2004–05 2006–07 →

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.

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.

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 v t e	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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