2008–09 Torino FC season

Torino F.C.

2008–09 season
Chairman	Urbano Cairo
Head Coach	Gianni De Biasi (until 8 December 2008) Walter 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)

Squad

First-team squad

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	Matteo Sereni
3	DF	ITA	Marco Pisano
4	MF	SUI	Blerim Džemaili (on loan from Bolton Wanderers)
5	MF	ITA	Eugenio Corini
6	DF	ITA	Angelo Ogbonna
7	FW	ITA	Nicola Ventola
8	MF	ITA	Simone Barone
9	FW	ITA	Elvis Abbruscato
10	MF	ITA	Alessandro Rosina (captain)
11	FW	ITA	Nicola Amoruso
14	DF	ITA	Cesare Natali
17	FW	ITA	Mario Perinelli
18	FW	FRA	Dominique Malonga
19	MF	ITA	Aimo Stefano Diana

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

Updated to match played 21 Nov
Source: Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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 (in 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.
(R) Relegated

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: [1]

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: https://web.archive.org/web/20060813073241/http://www.lega-calcio.it:80/
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss