2018–19 Torino F.C. season
# 2018–19 Torino F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Torino Football Club's 108th season of competitive football, 91st season in the top division of Italian football and 74th season in Serie A. The club competed in Serie A and in the Coppa Italia.

The season was coach Walter Mazzarri's first full campaign in charge of Torino, after replacing Siniša Mihajlović following his sacking during the 2017–18 season.

## Players

### Squad information

    Last updated on 26 May 2019
    Appearances include league matches only

| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Salvador Ichazo | GK | (1992-01-26)26 January 1992 (aged 27) | Danubio | 2015 | 2019 | 7 | 0 |
| 25 | Antonio Rosati | GK | (1983-06-26)26 June 1983 (aged 36) | Perugia | 2018 | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Salvatore Sirigu | GK | (1987-01-12)12 January 1987 (aged 32) | Paris Saint-Germain | 2017 | 2022 | 73 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 5 | Armando Izzo | CB / RB | (1992-03-02)2 March 1992 (aged 27) | Genoa | 2018 | 2022 | 37 | 4 |
| 15 | Cristian Ansaldi | LB / RB | (1986-09-20)20 September 1986 (aged 32) | Internazionale | 2017 | 2021 | 49 | 4 |
| 24 | Emiliano Moretti | CB | (1981-06-11)11 June 1981 (aged 38) | Genoa | 2013 | 2018 | 175 | 5 |
| 29 | Lorenzo De Silvestri | RB | (1988-05-23)23 May 1988 (aged 31) | Sampdoria | 2016 | 2020 | 83 | 8 |
| 30 | Koffi Djidji | CB | (1992-11-30)30 November 1992 (aged 26) | Nantes | 2018 | 2019 | 17 | 0 |
| 33 | Nicolas Nkoulou | CB | (1990-03-27)27 March 1990 (aged 29) | Lyon | 2017 | 2018 | 73 | 4 |
| 34 | Ola Aina | RB / LB / RM | (1996-10-08)8 October 1996 (aged 22) | Chelsea | 2018 | 2019 | 30 | 1 |
| 36 | Bremer | CB | (1997-03-18)18 March 1997 (aged 22) | Atlético Mineiro | 2018 | 2023 | 5 | 0 |
| 99 | Erick Ferigra | CB | (1999-02-07)7 February 1999 (aged 20) | Youth Sector | 2018 | 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | Saša Lukić | CM / DM | (1996-08-13)13 August 1996 (aged 22) | Partizan | 2016 | 2023 | 38 | 0 |
| 8 | Daniele Baselli | CM / AM | (1992-03-12)12 March 1992 (aged 27) | Atalanta | 2015 | 2022 | 138 | 18 |
| 23 | Soualiho Meïté | DM / CM | (1994-03-17)17 March 1994 (aged 25) | Monaco | 2018 | 2023 | 35 | 2 |
| 88 | Tomás Rincón | DM / CM | (1988-01-13)13 January 1988 (aged 31) | Juventus | 2017 | 2018 | 70 | 4 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Andrea Belotti | CF | (1993-12-20)20 December 1993 (aged 25) | Palermo | 2015 | 2021 | 139 | 63 |
| 11 | Simone Zaza | CF | (1991-06-25)25 June 1991 (aged 28) | Valencia | 2018 | 2023 | 29 | 4 |
| 14 | Iago Falque | LW / RW / SS | (1990-01-04)4 January 1990 (aged 29) | Roma | 2016 | 2020 | 98 | 30 |
| 19 | Vitalie Damașcan | CF | (1999-01-24)24 January 1999 (aged 20) | Roma | 2018 | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Álex Berenguer | LW | (1995-07-04)4 July 1995 (aged 23) | Osasuna | 2017 | 2022 | 53 | 3 |
| 27 | Vittorio Parigini | RW / LW / AM | (1996-03-25)25 March 1996 (aged 23) | Youth Sector | 2013 | 2020 | 17 | 0 |
| 72 | Vincenzo Millico | SS / LW / RW | (2000-08-12)12 August 2000 (aged 18) | Youth Sector | 2019 | | 1 | 0 |
| Players transferred during the season ||||||||||
| 3 | Lyanco | CB | (1997-02-01)1 February 1997 (aged 22) | São Paulo | 2017 | 2022 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | Roberto Soriano | LW / CM / AM | (1991-02-08)8 February 1991 (aged 28) | Villarreal | 2018 | 2019 | 11 | 0 |
| 10 | Adem Ljajić | LW / RW / SS / AM | (1991-09-29)29 September 1991 (aged 27) | Roma | 2016 | 2020 | 61 | 16 |
| 11 | M'Baye Niang | LW / RW / SS / CF | (1994-12-19)19 December 1994 (aged 24) | Milan | 2017 | 2021 | 26 | 4 |
| 20 | Simone Edera | RW | (1997-01-09)9 January 1997 (aged 22) | Youth Sector | 2016 | 2021 | 18 | 1 |

## Transfers

### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2018 | DF | Arlind Ajeti | 24 | Crotone | Free | Loan return |
| 1 July 2018 | MF | Mattia Aramu | 23 | Virtus Entella | Free | Loan return |
| 1 July 2018 | DF | Danilo Fernando Avelar | 29 | Amiens | Free | Loan return |
| 1 July 2018 | FW | Lucas Boyé | 22 | Celta Vigo | Free | Loan return |
| 1 July 2018 | MF | Samuel Gustafson | 23 | Perugia | Free | Loan return |
| 1 July 2018 | MF | Saša Lukić | 21 | Levante | Free | Loan return |
| 1 July 2018 | FW | Vittorio Parigini | 22 | Benevento | Free | Loan return |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | Andrea Zaccagno | 21 | Pistoiese | Free | Loan return |
| 4 July 2018 | DF | Armando Izzo | 26 | Genoa | €8M | €8M + €2M in bonuses |
| 10 July 2018 | DF | Bremer | 21 | Atlético Mineiro | €5.8M | |
| 10 July 2018 | MF | Soualiho Meïté | 24 | Monaco | Free | Part of Antonio Barreca transfer |
| 12 July 2018 | GK | Antonio Rosati | 35 | Perugia | Free | |

**Loans in**

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 August 2018 | DF | Ola Aina | 21 | Chelsea | Loan | Loan with an option to buy for €8M |
| 17 August 2018 | DF | Koffi Djidji | 25 | Nantes | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 17 August 2018 | MF | Roberto Soriano | 27 | Villarreal | €1M | €1M loan with an option to buy for €14M |
| 17 August 2018 | FW | Simone Zaza | 27 | Valencia | €2M | €2M loan with an obligation to buy for €12M |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 June 2018 | GK | Alfred Gomis | 24 | SPAL | Undisclosed | Option to buy exercised |
| 1 July 2018 | DF | Nicolás Burdisso | 37 | Unattached | Free | End of contract |
| 1 July 2018 | DF | Cristian Molinaro | 34 | Frosinone | Free | End of contract |
| 10 July 2018 | DF | Antonio Barreca | 23 | Monaco | €2M | €2M + Soualiho Meïté |
| 11 August 2018 | MF | Joel Obi | 27 | Chievo | Undisclosed | |
| 16 August 2018 | MF | Mirko Valdifiori | 32 | SPAL | Undisclosed | |
| 17 August 2018 | MF | Afriyie Acquah | 26 | Empoli | €900,000 | |
| 4 January 2019 | MF | Roberto Soriano | 27 | Villarreal | Free | Loan return |

**Loans out**

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 30 June 2018 | DF | Danilo Fernando Avelar | 29 | Corinthians | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 4 July 2018 | GK | Vanja Milinković-Savić | 21 | SPAL | Loan | |
| 7 July 2018 | MF | Samuel Gustafson | 23 | Hellas Verona | Loan | |
| 16 August 2018 | DF | Kevin Bonifazi | 22 | SPAL | Loan | Loan with an option to buy and counter-option |
| 31 August 2018 | FW | Adem Ljajić | 26 | Beşiktaş | Loan | Loan with an obligation to buy |

## Competitions

### Serie A

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Milan | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 55 | 36 | +19 | 68 | Ineligible for UEFA competitions |
| 6 | Roma | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 66 | 48 | +18 | 66 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 7 | Torino | 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 52 | 37 | +15 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 8 | Lazio | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 56 | 46 | +10 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 9 | Sampdoria | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 53 | |

* ↑ Milan excluded from UEFA competitions over financial fair play violation.
* ↑ Lazio qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2018–19 Coppa Italia.

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 52 | 37 | +15 | 63 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 19 | +13 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 18 | +2 |

Last updated: 26 May 2019. 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | W | D | L | D | W | W | D | D | W | L | D | W | D | L | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | L | W |
| Position | 18 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

## Statistics

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | URU | Salvador Ichazo | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ITA | Antonio Rosati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | GK | ITA | Salvatore Sirigu | 38 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 5 | DF | ITA | Armando Izzo | 39 | 4 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ARG | Cristian Ansaldi | 24 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Emiliano Moretti | 26 | 0 | 22+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo De Silvestri | 34 | 2 | 30+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | CIV | Koffi Djidji | 18 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | CMR | Nicolas Nkoulou | 38 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | NGA | Ola Aina | 32 | 1 | 22+8 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | BRA | Bremer | 7 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 99 | DF | ECU | Erick Ferigra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | SRB | Saša Lukić | 27 | 2 | 11+13 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Daniele Baselli | 37 | 5 | 27+7 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Soualiho Meïté | 38 | 2 | 30+5 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | VEN | Tomás Rincón | 37 | 1 | 32+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ITA | Andrea Belotti | 39 | 17 | 37 | 15 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Simone Zaza | 30 | 4 | 11+18 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ESP | Iago Falque | 28 | 6 | 19+7 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | MDA | Vitalie Damașcan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ESP | Álex Berenguer | 34 | 2 | 15+16 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Vittorio Parigini | 18 | 0 | 2+15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 72 | FW | ITA | Vincenzo Millico | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | BRA | Lyanco | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Roberto Soriano | 12 | 1 | 6+5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | SRB | Adem Ljajić | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ITA | Simone Edera | 4 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

Last updated: 26 May 2019 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Andrea Belotti | 15 | 2 | 17 |
| 2 | 14 | FW | | Iago Falque | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 8 | MF | | Daniele Baselli | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 5 | DF | | Armando Izzo | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 11 | FW | | Simone Zaza | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 88 | MF | | Tomás Rincón | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 15 | DF | | Cristian Ansaldi | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 7 | MF | | Saša Lukić | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 21 | FW | | Álex Berenguer | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 23 | MF | | Soualiho Meïté | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 29 | DF | | Lorenzo De Silvestri | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 33 | DF | | Nicolas Nkoulou | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | 6 | MF | | Roberto Soriano | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 20 | FW | | Simone Edera | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 34 | DF | | Ola Aina | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 52 | 6 | 58 |

Last updated: 26 May 2019

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 39 | GK | | Salvatore Sirigu | 14 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | | Salvador Ichazo | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 15 | 2 | 17 |

Last updated: 26 May 2019

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 39 | GK | | Salvatore Sirigu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Lyanco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Armando Izzo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Cristian Ansaldi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Emiliano Moretti | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | | Lorenzo De Silvestri | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | | Koffi Djidji | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Nicolas Nkoulou | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | | Ola Aina | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | DF | | Bremer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Roberto Soriano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Saša Lukić | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Daniele Baselli | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Soualiho Meïté | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 88 | MF | | Tomás Rincón | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Andrea Belotti | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Simone Zaza | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | | Iago Falque | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | | Álex Berenguer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | | Vittorio Parigini | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 87 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 1 | 3 |

Last updated: 26 May 2019

