The 2013–14 season was Torino Football Club's 103rd season of competitive football, 86th season in the top division of Italian football and 69th season in Serie A.
Season overview
Giampiero Ventura was confirmed for another season while Torino spent its summer retreat in Bormio, during which youth products Marco Sordi, Vittorio Parigini and Mattia Aramu were aggregated to the first team.
During the 2013–14 season, the club played its best season in the top flight since 1991–92 Serie A – in which the team placed third, with 43 points – finishing in seventh place thanks to goals from Alessio Cerci and the new signing Ciro Immobile, who became (together with Juventus attacking pair Carlos Tevez and Fernando Llorente) the most prolific strike partnership in Serie A with 35 goals total. Immobile, in particular, finished the season as the Capocannoniere with 22 goals, Torino's first since Francesco Graziani in 1976–77. In Coppa Italia the team was instead eliminated in the third round by Pescara.
At the end of the season, after failing to qualify for a UEFA Europa League placement on the field, Torino was later admitted to the competition after exclusion of Parma, who finished sixth but failed to obtain a UEFA license: Thus, Torino found themselves on the continental stage for the first time since the Intertoto Cup of 2002 and, in terms of major competitions, the Cup Winners' Cup in 1994.
Transfers Leaving the team after five years was captain Rolando Bianchi, who do not renew his expiring contract, and Mario Santana, who returned to Napoli at the end of his loan.
Even before the official opening of the transfer market, the purchases of goalkeeper Daniele Padelli and midfielder Alexander Farnerud were made official; the co-ownerships of the defenders Matteo Darmian and Kamil Glik and midfielders Migjen Basha, Alessio Cerci and Alen Stevanović were resolved in favour of Torino, while the co-ownership with Udinese for the striker Barreto was renewed for another season. Matteo Rubin became full property of Siena.
The official start of the transfer window was heavily influenced by the proceedings of the 2011–12 Italian football scandal: Barreto and Alessandro Gazzi were suspended for three months and ten days, while Jean-François Gillet was initially sentenced to a three years and seven-month ban, then reduced by the TNAS to 13 months.
The market saw the arrival of defenders Cesare Bovo and Emiliano Moretti from Genoa and midfielders Nicola Bellomo from Bari and Omar El Kaddouri from Napoli. During the pre-season retreat, the purchase of Serbian international defender Nikola Maksimović on loan was made official. Angelo Ogbonna, however, after 11 years at Torino between the youth and the first team, was sold to Juventus, while as partial compensation, Italy under-21 striker Ciro Immobile joined Torino; On 8 July, after mutually terminating his contract with Roma, Matteo Brighi returned to Torino. Three days later, Alen Stevanović was loaned with a buying option to Palermo, in Serie B. On 30 July, a co-ownership deal was completed with Siena for the striker Marcelo Larrondo, who would complement the offensive department. On 8 August, after three seasons, the defender Valerio Di Cesare left Torino to move outright to Brescia.
On 31 August, the last day of the transfer window, left back Giovanni Pasquale was signed on loan from Udinese and Tommaso Berni was signed on a free transfer, to serve as the third goalkeeper.
Summer 2013
In
+First TeamPositionPlayerFrom clubTransfer fee GK Tommaso Berni outright GK Lys Gomis Ascoli end of loan GK Daniele Padelli Udinese outright DF Cesare Bovo Genoa outright DF Matteo Darmian Palermo co-ownership resolved DF Kamil Glik Palermo co-ownership resolved DF Nikola Maksimović Apollon Limassol on loan DF Emiliano Moretti Genoa outright DF Giovanni Pasquale Udinese on loan DF Filippo Scaglia Cuneo end of loan MF Migjen Basha Atalanta outright MF Nicola Bellomo Bari co-ownership MF Matteo Brighi Roma outright MF Alessio Cerci Fiorentina co-ownership resolved MF Omar El Kaddouri Napoli on loan / buying option MF Alexander Farnerud Young Boys outright MF Alen Stevanović Internazionale co-ownership resolved FW Ciro Immobile Juventus co-ownership FW Marcelo Larrondo Siena co-ownership
+Reserves and youthPositionPlayerFrom clubTransfer fee DF Marco Chiosa Nocerina end of loan DF Luca Isoardi Vallée d'Aoste co-ownership resolved MF Nicolas Gorobsov Nocerina end of loan MF Vincenzo Nitride Monza co-ownership resolved MF Sergiu Suciu Juve Stabia end of loan MF Simone Verdi Juve Stabia end of loan
Out
+First TeamPositionPlayerFrom clubTransfer fee GK Ferdinando Coppola end of contract GK Alfred Gomis Crotone loan DF Pablo Cáceres Rangers de Talca end of loan DF Valerio Di Cesare Brescia outright DF Angelo Ogbonna Juventus outright MF Marko Bakić Fiorentina co-ownership resolved MF Willyan Beira-Mar loan MF Valter Birsa Genoa end of loan MF Matteo Brighi Roma end of loan MF Mario Santana Napoli end of loan MF Alen Stevanović Palermo on loan / buying option FW Rolando Bianchi end of contract FW Abou Diop Juve Stabia loan FW Jonathas Pescara end of loan FW Dolly Menga Lierse end of loan FW Vittorio Parigini Juve Stabia loan
+Reserves and youthPositionPlayerFrom clubTransfer fee DF Alessandro Agostini Verona outright DF Simone Benedetti Internazionale co-ownership resolved DF Marco Chiosa Bari loan DF Davide Cinaglia FeralpiSalò co-ownership DF Andrea Cristini Cuneo end of loan DF Riccardo Fiamozzi Varese co-ownership DF Francesco Fiore Vallée d'Aoste outright DF Luca Isoardi Bra loan DF Marco Migliorini Como outright DF Gabriele Quitadamo Cuneo end of loan DF Paolo Ropolo Gavorrano outright DF Matteo Rubin Siena co-ownership resolved MF Boubakary Diarra Bra loan MF Marco Firriolo Cuneo co-ownership MF Giorgio Fumana Bra loan MF Emanuele Gatto Lumezzane co-ownership MF Nicolas Gorobsov Poli Timișoara loan MF Vincenzo Nitride Bra co-ownership MF Sergiu Suciu Juve Stabia loan FW Nathan Kabasele Anderlecht end of loan FW Simone Verdi Empoli loan
Winter 2013–14
In
+First TeamPositionPlayerFrom clubTransfer fee DF Marko Vešović outright MF Jasmin Kurtić Sassuolo on loan MF Panagiotis Tachtsidis Catania on loan
+Reserves and youthPositionPlayerFrom clubTransfer fee MF Ahmed Barusso Genoa outright MF Boubakary Diarra Bra end of loan FW Matteo Colombi Internazionale loan FW Abou Diop Juve Stabia end of loan FW Ilyos Zeytullayev outright
Out
+First TeamPositionPlayerFrom clubTransfer fee DF Danilo D'Ambrosio Internazionale outright DF Filippo Scaglia Cittadella on loan / buying option MF Matteo Brighi Sassuolo outright MF Nicola Bellomo Spezia loan
+Reserves and youthPositionPlayerFrom clubTransfer fee MF Willyan Beira-Mar outright FW Abou Diop Crotone on loan / buying option FW Ilyos Zeytullayev Gorica loan
Players
Squad information
Transferred during the winter transfer window
Acquired during the winter transfer window
Aggregated to the first team from the Primavera.
Competitions
Serie A
The season will start on 24 August 2013 and conclude on 18 May 2014.
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Coppa Italia
Statistics
Appearances and goals
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References