2014–15 Torino F.C. season
# 2014–15 Torino F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was Torino Football Club's 104th season of competitive football, 87th season in the top division of Italian football and 70th season in Serie A.

## Season overview

In the 2014–15 season Torino returned to one of the major European competitions after two decades, with a new starting line in attack: the club sold its attacking duo of the previous year, Alessio Cerci and Ciro Immobile, replacing them with Fabio Quagliarella (who grew up playing for Torino and returned after nine years) and Amauri. In the winter transfer window, Maxi López was added. The rest of the squad would see, primarily, the additions of Cristian Molinaro and Bruno Peres.

In Serie A, the team had a subdued start perhaps caused by the departure of the attack during the summer; in particular, the unfortunate loss in the derby on 30 November (1–2) at Juventus Stadium in injury time despite a numerical advantage and the goal of Peres, a coast to coast effort, running with the ball for 80 metres, which ended Torino's goal drought in the derby after 12 long years. After a turnaround in the league and 12 consecutive useful results obtained (thanks to the excellent performance of the central defender Kamil Glik), on 26 April 2015, Torino won the derby 2–1 against La Vecchia Signora for the first time in 20 years.

In Coppa Italia the Piedmont club came into play directly in the knockout stage and were immediately eliminated at the hands of Lazio (1–3). Torino were more successful in the Europa League, where the team qualified finishing second of their group, progressing to the round of 16 after eliminating Athletic Bilbao in the round of 32, achieving a 3–2 victory on 26 February at the San Mamés, a first for an Italian team in Bilbao. In the round of 16, Torino was eliminated the Russians of Zenit Saint Petersburg, failing to reverse the defeat in St. Petersburg in the first leg (0–2) with an irrelevant return home win (1–0).

## Players

### Squad information

    As of 30 September 2014.

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | BEL | Jean-François Gillet |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Cristian Molinaro |
| 4 | MF | ALB | Migjen Basha |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Cesare Bovo |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Rubén Perez (on loan from Atlético Madrid) |
| 7 | MF | MAR | Omar El Kaddouri (on loan from Napoli) |
| 8 | MF | SWE | Alexander Farnerud |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Marcelo Larrondo |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Barreto |
| 13 | GK | ITA | Luca Castellazzi |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Alessandro Gazzi |
| 17 | FW | VEN | Josef Martínez |
| 18 | DF | SWE | Pontus Jansson |
| 19 | DF | SRB | Nikola Maksimović |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Giuseppe Vives (vice-captain) |
| 21 | DF | URU | Gastón Silva |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | FW | ITA | Amauri |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Antonio Nocerino (on loan from Milan) |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Emiliano Moretti |
| 25 | DF | POL | Kamil Glik (captain) |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Fabio Quagliarella |
| 28 | MF | ARG | Juan Sánchez Miño |
| 29 | DF | MNE | Marko Vešović |
| 30 | GK | ITA | Daniele Padelli |
| 32 | DF | ITA | Salvatore Masiello |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Bruno Peres |
| 36 | DF | ITA | Matteo Darmian (3rd captain) |
| 91 | MF | ITA | Giovanni Graziano |
| 94 | MF | ITA | Marco Benassi |

## Competitions

### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Serie A | — | 9th | 31 August 2014 | 31 May 2015 |
| Coppa Italia | — | | 14 January 2015 | 14 January 2015 |
| UEFA Europa League | — | | 31 July 2014 | 19 March 2015 |

Updated to match played 25 May 2015 Source: Competitions

### Serie A

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Sampdoria | 38 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 56 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 8 | Internazionale | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 59 | 48 | +11 | 55 | |
| 9 | Torino | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 54 | |
| 10 | Milan | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 56 | 50 | +6 | 52 | |
| 11 | Palermo | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 53 | 55 | −2 | 49 | |

* ↑ Since the winners of the 2014–15 Coppa Italia (Juventus) qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fifth-placed team and the spot originally meant for the fifth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was given to the highest placed team that has obtained an UEFA license and not already qualified for European competition.
* ↑ Palermo finished ahead of Sassuolo on head-to-head away goals scored: Palermo 2-1 Sassuolo, Sassuolo 0-0 Palermo.

**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 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 54 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 31 | −8 |

Last updated: 31 May 2015. 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 | H | A | H | 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 | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | D | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | L | W | W | D | D | W | D | L | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 13 | 17 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

### UEFA Europa League

**Group stage**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BRU | TOR | HJK | KOB |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Club Brugge | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Torino | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | HJK | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 6 | | 0–3 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Copenhagen | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 4 | | 0–4 | 1–5 | 2–0 | — |

## Statistics

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Europa League | Europa League |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | URU | Salvador Ichazo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ITA | Luca Castellazzi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ITA | Daniele Padelli | 37 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 74 | GK | ITA | Andrea Zaccagno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ITA | Cristian Molinaro | 37 | 1 | 17+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12+1 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Cesare Bovo | 21 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | SWE | Pontus Jansson | 15 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | SRB | Nikola Maksimović | 36 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | URU | Gastón Silva | 9 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Emiliano Moretti | 46 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | POL | Kamil Glik | 43 | 8 | 31+1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 32 | DF | ITA | Salvatore Masiello | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Bruno Peres | 34 | 3 | 28+6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ITA | Matteo Darmian | 46 | 5 | 28+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ALB | Migjen Basha | 6 | 1 | 1+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | MAR | Omar El Kaddouri | 45 | 4 | 25+7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10+3 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | SWE | Alexander Farnerud | 26 | 1 | 15+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Alessandro Gazzi | 40 | 0 | 27+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | URU | Álvaro González | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Giuseppe Vives | 35 | 1 | 26+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | ITA | Giovanni Graziano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 94 | MF | ITA | Marco Benassi | 36 | 3 | 17+8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | BRA | Barreto | 6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | ARG | Maxi López | 22 | 11 | 8+10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 3 |
| 17 | FW | VEN | Josef Martínez | 39 | 6 | 20+6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7+6 | 3 |
| 22 | FW | ITA | Amauri | 27 | 3 | 7+13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+2 | 2 |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Fabio Quagliarella | 46 | 17 | 33+1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6+6 | 4 |
| 45 | FW | ARG | Facundo Lescano | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | ITA | Simone Rosso | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | BEL | Jean-François Gillet | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Rubén Pérez | 8 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Marcelo Larrondo | 11 | 2 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+3 | 2 |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Antonio Nocerino | 11 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ARG | Juan Sánchez Miño | 14 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | MNE | Marko Vešović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

Last updated: 30 May 2015 Source: BDFutbol

