1946–47 AC Torino season

Associazione Calcio Torino
1946-47 season
Chairman	Ferruccio Novo
Manager	Luigi Ferrero
Stadium	Stadio Filadelfia
Serie A	1º
Top goalscorer	Mazzola (29)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1945–46 1947–48 →

During the 1946–1947 season Associazione Calcio Torino competed in Serie A.

Summary

After winning the championship last season, the team clinched again the title with a great performance in the second part of the season with a format of sole group. Valentino Mazzola^[2] scored a massive 29 goals to help Torino reach a back-to-back championship.

The wounds of war were healing and football returned to a single-round system.^[3] The league, due to the immediate difficulties to find the sixteen best teams, was played with a huge tournament of twenty teams, then occupying 38 days, from September to July 1947. Torino did not make substantial changes to its team, but had strengthened the park of players. Along with the return of Romeo Menti,^[4] came the midfielder Danilo Martelli from Brescia,^[5] the back-stopper Francesco Rosetta of Novara,^[6] the goalkeeper Dante Piani, the Vercellese Guido Tieghi.

From the 21st round the Granata returned to the lead,^[7] gradually strengthening their position and subsequently winning the tournament, with a ten-point lead over Juventus. Torino, after a last misstep with Sampdoria (the only team in the tournament to take away three points out of four from Torino) put together a sixteen match unbeaten run, of which fourteen were victories, beginning with the derby won by Guglielmo Gabetto,^[8] to go to other successes such as the five goals against Inter and Atalanta, the six against Vicenza, Genoa and Milan. That attack ended with 104 goals scored, an average of nearly three per game, and with Valentino Mazzola Serie A top-scorer.

Squad

Source:^[9] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ITA	Valerio Bacigalupo
—	GK	ITA	Dante Piani
—	DF	ITA	Aldo Ballarin
—	DF	ITA	Virgilio Maroso
—	DF	ITA	Mario Rigamonti
—	DF	ITA	Francesco Rosetta
—	MF	ITA	Eusebio Castigliano
—	MF	ITA	Giuseppe Grezar


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Ezio Loik
—	MF	ITA	Danilo Martelli
—	FW	ITA	Pietro Ferraris II
—	FW	ITA	Guglielmo Gabetto
—	FW	ITA	Valentino Mazzola (Captain)
—	FW	ITA	Romeo Menti II
—	FW	ITA	Franco Ossola
—	FW	ITA	Guido Tieghi

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
GK	Dante Piani	Triestina
DF	Francesco Rosetta	Novara
MF	Danilo Martelli	Brescia	(5.200.000 £)
FW	Romeo Menti II	Fiorentina	loan ended
FW	Guido Tieghi	Pro Vercelli

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
GK	Alfredo Bodoira	Alessandria
DF	Sergio Piacentini	Sampdoria
MF	Alfonso Santagiuliana	Vicenza
FW	Oreste Guaraldo	Novara	loan out
FW	Adriano Zecca	Modena

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Torino (C)	38	28	7	3	104	35	+69	63
2	Juventus	38	22	9	7	83	38	+45	53
3	Modena	38	21	9	8	45	24	+21	51
4	Milan	38	19	12	7	75	52	+23	50
5	Bologna	38	15	9	14	42	41	+1	39

Source: Panini
(C) Champions

Matches

Win Draw Loss

22 September 1946 1	Torino	1-1	Triestina	Torino
15:30 UTC+1	Gabetto 85'	Report	11' Sollazzo	Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Otello Piselli

29 September 1946 2	Lazio	1-2	Torino	Roma
15:30 UTC+1	Puccinelli 43'	Report	12' Gabetto 34' Mazzola	Stadium: Stadio Nazionale Referee: Giovanni Galeati

6 October 1946 3	Torino	1-1	Sampdoria	Torino
15:30 UTC+1	Mazzola 32'	Report	56' Baldini	Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Giorgio Bernardi

13 October 1946 4	Venezia	1-0	Torino	Venezia
15:00 UTC+1	Zambelli 46'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Referee: Giuseppe Zelocchi

20 October 1946 5	Torino	0-0	Juventus	Torino
15:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Ferruccio Bellè

27 October 1946 6	Roma	1-3	Torino	Roma
15:00 UTC+1	Amadei 87'	Report	33' Ossola 78' Castigliano 83' Mazzola	Stadium: Stadio Nazionale Referee: Bruno Zilli

3 November 1946 7	Inter	1-3	Torino	Milan
14:30 UTC+1	Bovio 32'	Report	13' Ossola 80' Gabetto 86' (aut.) Cominelli	Stadium: Arena Civica Referee: Giuseppe Fois

10 November 1946 8	Torino	4-0	Bologna	Torino
14:30 UTC+1	Castigliano 33' Ossola 44' Ferraris II 78' Loik 81' (rig.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Ferruccio Bellè

17 November 1946 9	Torino	4-0	Brescia	Torino
14:30 UTC+1	Mazzola 16', 52' Grezar 51' Loik 64'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Bruno Tassini

24 November 1946 10	Vicenza	0-3	Torino	Vicenza
14:30 UTC+1		Report	41' Gabetto 75' Mazzola 85' Ossola	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Giorgio Bernardi

8 December 1946 11	Torino	3-2	Livorno	Torino
14:30 UTC+1	Mazzola 10' Gabetto 15' Castigliano 45'	Report	62' Stua 83' (rig.) Raccis	Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Attendance: 13 000 Referee: Luciano Limido

15 December 1946 12	Napoli	2-2	Torino	Napoli
14:30 UTC+1	Andreolo 63' Busani 73'	Report	12', 84' Gabetto	Stadium: Stadio della Liberazione Referee: Luigi Gemini

22 December 1946 13	Torino	7-2	Fiorentina	Torino
14:30 UTC+1	Magli 7' (o.g.) Mazzola 17' Ossola 34', 44' Grezar 50' Gabetto 83' Loik 85'	Report	33', 82' Gregorin	Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Attendance: 8 000 Referee: Giovanni Galeati

29 December 1946 14	Atalanta	0-3	Torino	Bergamo
14:30 UTC+1		Report	19', 44' Mazzola 50' Ossola	Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Guido Agnolin

5 January 1947 15	Genoa	2-3	Torino	Genova
14:30 UTC+1	Verdeal 85' Trevisan 88' (rig.)	Report	11' Ossola 52' Grezar 70' Ferraris II	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Achille Pizziolo

12 January 1947 16	Torino	2-1	Bari	Torino
14:30 UTC+1	Tieghi 15' Mazzola 67' (rig.)	Report	19' (pen) Tontodonati	Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Angelo Pizzato

19 January 1947 17	Alessandria	2-0	Torino	Alessandria
14:30 UTC+1	Bertoni 79' Stradella 90'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta Referee: Ferruccio Bellè

26 January 1947 18	Milan	1-2	Torino	Milan
14:30 UTC+1	Puricelli 80'	Report	48' Gabetto 86' Menti II	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Referee: Giorgio Bernardi

2 February 1947 19	Torino	1-1	Modena	Torino
15:00 UTC+1	Menti II 18'	Report	46' Brighenti I	Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Ferruccio Bonivento

16 February 1947 20	Triestina	0-1	Torino	Trieste
15:00 UTC+1		Report	89' Ossola	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Guglielmo Matucci

23 February 1947 21	Torino	5-1	Lazio	Torino
15:00 UTC+1	Mazzola 31', 80', 68' Gabetto 62' Menti II 72'	Report	79' Koenig	Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Attendance: 15 000 Referee: Mario Codeluppi

2 March 1947 22	Sampdoria	3-1	Torino	Genova
15:00 UTC+1	Bassetto 47', 62' Fiorini 73'	Report	15' Menti II	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 30 000 Referee: Giorgio Bernardi

9 March 1947 23	Torino	2-0	Venezia	Torino
15:00 UTC+1	Menti II 29' (rig.) Ferraris II 70'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Eliseo Camiolo

16 March 1947 24	Juventus	0-1	Torino	Torino
15:00 UTC+1		Report	26' Gabetto	Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 60 000 Referee: Generoso Dattilo

23 March 1947 25	Torino	4-0	Roma	Torino
15:30 UTC+1	Mazzola 15' Gabetto 52', 65' Ferraris II 88'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Guido Agnolin

30 March 1947 26	Torino	5-2	Inter	Torino
15:30 UTC+1	Grezar 1' Mazzola 30', 57' Menti II 31' Gabetto 55'	Report	14', 19' Neri II	Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Ferruccio Bonivento

6 April 1947 27	Bologna	1-1	Torino	Bologna
15:30 UTC+1	Valcareggi 4'	Report	63' Loik	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 46.000 Referee: Guido Agnolin

13 April 1947 28	Brescia	0-1	Torino	Brescia
15:30 UTC+1		Report	15' Loik	Stadium: Stadium di Viale Piave Attendance: 46 000 Referee: Generoso Dattilo

20 April 1947 29	Torino	6-0	Vicenza	Torino
15:30 UTC+1	Loik 24' Mazzola 29', 31', 30' Ferraris II 57' Gabetto 64'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Massironi

4 May 1947 30	Livorno	0-2	Torino	Livorno
16:00 UTC+1		Report	10' Castigliano 79' Gabetto	Stadium: Stadio Ardenza Attendance: 20 000 Referee: Luigi Gemini

18 May 1947 31	Torino	2-1	Napoli	Torino
16:00 UTC+1	Castigliano 7' Ferraris II 59'	Report	20' Barbieri	Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Luigi Valsecchi

25 May 1947 32	Fiorentina	0-4	Torino	Firenze
16:00 UTC+1		Report	44' Ferraris II 49' Mazzola 60' Castigliano 89' Loik	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 40 000 Referee: Giuseppe Zelocchi

1 June 1947 33	Torino	5-3	Atalanta	Torino
16:00 UTC+1	Loik 14' Ferraris II 25' Mazzola 56', 66', 64'	Report	43' (o.g.) Rosetta 54' Cergoli 85' Meucci	Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Attendance: 7 000 Referee: Ferruccio Bonivento

8 June 1947 34	Torino	6-0	Genoa	Torino
16:45 UTC+1	Loik 20' Mazzola 21', 56', 28' Martelli 46' Castigliano 60'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Attendance: 20 000 Referee: Ferruccio Bellè

15 June 1947 35	Bari	0-0	Torino	Bari
16:30 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Stadio della Vittoria Referee: Giuseppe Vannini

22 June 1947 36	Torino	4-1	Alessandria	Torino
17:00 UTC+1	Ossola 8', 14' Loik 73' (rig.), 79'	Report	89' Sotgiu	Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Eliseo Camiolo

29 June 1947 37	Torino	6-2	Milan	Torino
17:00 UTC+1	Gabetto 11', 90', 82' Mazzola 23' Castigliano 76' Ossola 80'	Report	28' Carapellese 48' (rig.) Tosolini	Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Achille Pizziolo

6 July 1947 38	Modena	2-4	Torino	Modena
17:00 UTC+1	Brighenti I 50' Del Medico 85'	Report	2' Tieghi 31' Ossola 38' Mazzola 70' Loik	Stadium: Stadio Cesare Marzari Referee: Generoso Dattilo

Statistics

Source:^[10]

Squad statistics

Competition	Points	Home						Away						Total						GD
Competition	Points	G	V	D	L	Gs	Ga	G	V	D	L	Gs	Ga	G	V	D	L	Gs	Ga	GD
Serie A	63	19	15	4	0	68	18	19	13	3	3	36	17	38	28	7	3	104	35	+69

Players statistics

Appearances

Goalscorers

References

^ 1946–47 AC Torino season at WorldFootball.net
^ "Mazzola, Valentino" (in Italian). Enciclopedia Del Calcio. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
^ "Tre squadre soltanto retrocederanno dalla A alla B". Corriere dello Sport. 22 August 1946.
^ "Menti, Romeo". figc.it. 5 August 2020.
^ R. Ossola-F. Tavella, "Il romanzo del Grande Torino", Newton & Compton, Roma, 1993, pp. 203-204
^ "Rosetta, Francesco" (in Italian). FIGC. 5 August 2020.
^ "Grande Torino 1947". Corriere dello Sport. 29 July 1947.
^ "Gabetto, Guglielmo" (in Italian). Enciclopedia del Calcio. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
^ "Rosa toro 46" (in Italian). calcio-seriea.net.
^ "Presenze Toro 46/47" (in Italian). calcio-seriea.net.

External links

Fabrizio Melegari (a cura di). Almanacco illustrato del calcio - La storia 1898-2004, Modena. Panini, 2004.
Fabrizio Melegari e Luigi La Rocca. "Calciatori 1942-43". Storia del Campionato Italiano dal 1942-43 al 1949-50. edizione speciale per "La Gazzetta dello Sport" Franco Cosimo Panini Editore, Modena, 2005.

[1] 1946–47 AC Torino season at WorldFootball.net

[2] "Mazzola, Valentino" (in Italian). Enciclopedia Del Calcio. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

[3] "Tre squadre soltanto retrocederanno dalla A alla B". Corriere dello Sport. 22 August 1946.

[4] "Menti, Romeo". figc.it. 5 August 2020.

[5] R. Ossola-F. Tavella, "Il romanzo del Grande Torino", Newton & Compton, Roma, 1993, pp. 203-204

[figc-6] "Rosetta, Francesco" (in Italian). FIGC. 5 August 2020.

[7] "Grande Torino 1947". Corriere dello Sport. 29 July 1947.

[8] "Gabetto, Guglielmo" (in Italian). Enciclopedia del Calcio. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2015.

[9] "Rosa toro 46" (in Italian). calcio-seriea.net.

[10] "Presenze Toro 46/47" (in Italian). calcio-seriea.net.

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