2008–09 Torino F.C. season

Torino F.C.

2008–09 season
Chairman	Urbano Cairo
Head Coach	Gianni De Biasi (until 8 December 2008) Walter Alfredo Novellino (until 24 March 2009) Giancarlo Camolese (until 31 May 2009)
Serie A	18th
Coppa Italia	Quarter finals
Top goalscorer	League: Rolando Bianchi (9) All: Rolando Bianchi (10)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Squad

First-team squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Matteo Sereni 3 DF Marco Pisano 4 MF Blerim Džemaili (on loan from Bolton Wanderers) 5 MF Eugenio Corini 6 DF Angelo Obinze Ogbonna 7 FW Nicola Ventola 8 MF Simone Barone 9 FW Elvis Abbruscato 10 MF Alessandro Rosina (captain) 11 FW Nicola Amoruso 14 DF Cesare Natali 17 FW Mario Perinelli 18 FW Dominique Malonga 19 MF Aimo Stefano Diana

No. Position Player 21 DF Ivan Franceschini 22 DF Marco Di Loreto 23 MF Ignazio Abate 24 MF Jürgen Säumel 27 MF Paolo Zanetti 28 MF Tommaso Vailatti 29 MF Gianluca Rolandone 30 FW Roberto Stellone 31 GK Alberto Fontana 32 DF Riccardo Colombo 33 DF Matteo Rubin 50 DF Francesco Pratali 90 FW Rolando Bianchi 99 GK Alex Calderoni

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Serie A	—	—	18th	31 August 2008	31 May 2009
Coppa Italia	Third round	—	Quarterfinals	23 August 2008	17 December 2008

Last updated: 21 Nov
Source: Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Internazionale (C)	38	25	9	4	70	32	+38	84	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Juventus	38	21	11	6	69	37	+32	74		JUV 4–2 MIL MIL 1–1 JUV
3	Milan	38	22	8	8	70	35	+35	74
4	Fiorentina	38	21	5	12	53	38	+15	68	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Play-off round	FIO 1–0 GEN GEN 3–3 FIO
5	Genoa	38	19	11	8	56	39	+17	68	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
6	Roma	38	18	9	11	64	61	+3	63	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
7	Udinese	38	16	10	12	61	50	+11	58
8	Palermo	38	17	6	15	57	50	+7	57
9	Cagliari	38	15	8	15	49	50	−1	53
10	Lazio	38	15	5	18	46	55	−9	50	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round ^1
11	Atalanta	38	13	8	17	45	48	−3	47
12	Napoli	38	12	10	16	43	45	−2	46		NAP 2–0 SAM SAM 2–2 NAP
13	Sampdoria	38	11	13	14	49	52	−3	46
14	Siena	38	12	8	18	33	44	−11	44
15	Catania	38	12	7	19	41	51	−10	43
16	Chievo	38	8	14	16	35	49	−14	38
17	Bologna	38	9	10	19	43	62	−19	37
18	Torino (R)	38	8	10	20	37	61	−24	34	Relegation to Serie B
19	Reggina (R)	38	6	13	19	30	62	−32	31
20	Lecce (R)	38	5	15	18	37	67	−30	30

Source: lega-calcio.it (Italian)
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
¹Lazio qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League 2009–10 by winning Coppa Italia 2008–09.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

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
12	3	2	7	12	17	−5	11	3	0	3	8	8	0	0	2	4	4	9	−5

Last updated: 21 Nov.
Source:

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	D	D	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	L

Source: http://www.lega-calcio.it
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.