1947–48 AC Torino season

Associazione Calcio Torino
1947–48 season
Chairman	Ferruccio Novo
Manager	Roberto Copernico
Stadium	Stadio Filadelfia
Serie A	1º
Top goalscorer	Mazzola (25)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1946-47 1948-49 →

During the 1947–48 season Associazione Calcio Torino competed in Serie A .

Summary[edit]

The team set many records throughout the season: top score in the standings,^[1] with 65 points in 40 games; the maximum advantage over 2nd place: 16 points over A.C. Milan, Juventus and Triestina;^[2] biggest home win, 10–0 against Alessandria; a total of 29 wins out of 40 games; the longest unbeaten run, 21, with 17 wins and 4 draws; the most points at home, having won 19 games out of 20 at Stadio Filadelfia;^[3] the highest number of goals scored, 125; and fewest conceded, 33.^[4] The best goalscorers were Mazzola (25 goals) and Gabetto (23), just behind Giampiero Boniperti from Juventus with 27 goals.^[5]

Squad[edit]

Source:^[6] 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	Dino Ballarin
—	DF	ITA	Aldo Ballarin
—	DF	ITA	Virgilio Maroso
—	DF	ITA	Mario Rigamonti
—	DF	ITA	Sauro Tomà
—	MF	ITA	Eusebio Castigliano
—	MF	ITA	Giuseppe Grezar


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

Transfers[edit]

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
GK	Dino Ballarin	Clodia
DF	Raffaele Cuscela	Taranto
DF	Sauro Tomà	Spezia
FW	Josef Fabian	Carmen Bucarest
FW	Oreste Guaraldo	Novara	loan ended

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
GK	Dante Piani	Lucchese
DF	Francesco Rosetta	Alessandria
FW	Guido Tieghi	Livorno

Competitions[edit]

Serie A[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Torino (C)	40	29	7	4	125	33	+92	65
2	Milan	40	21	7	12	76	48	+28	49
2	Juventus	40	19	11	10	74	48	+26	49
2	Triestina (G)	40	17	15	8	51	42	+9	49
5	Atalanta	40	16	12	12	48	41	+7	44

Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (G) Guests

Matches[edit]

Win Draw Loss

14 September 1947 1	Torino	4-0	Napoli	Torino
15:30 UTC+1	Mazzola 44' Gabetto 51' Menti II 81' Ferraris II 88'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Attendance: 17 600 Referee: Luigi Gemini

21 September 1947 2	Bari	1-0	Torino	Bari
15:30 UTC+1	Tavellin 10'	Report		Stadium: Stadio della Vittoria Referee: Guido Agnolin

28 September 1947 3	Torino	6-0	Lucchese	Torino
15:30 UTC+1	Loik 28', 36' Mazzola 59' Gabetto 76' Ballarin 78' Castigliano 89'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Bruno Zill

5 October 1947 4	Roma	1-7	Torino	Roma
15:30 UTC+1	Amadei 33'	Report	60', 74', 64' Mazzola 62' Castigliano 81', 86' Fabian 82' Ferraris II	Stadium: Stadio Nazionale Referee: Giorgio Bernardi

12 October 1947 5	Torino	2-0	Vicenza	Torino
15:30 UTC+1	Mazzola 1' Fabian 16'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Giuseppe Carpani

19 October 1947 6	Pro Patria	0-2	Torino	Busto Arsizio
15:00 UTC+1		Report	84' Mazzola 87' Menti II	Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 26 000 Referee: Vittorio Pera

26 October 1947 7	Torino	1-1	Juventus	Torino
14:30 UTC+1	Mazzola 9'	Report	70' (pen) Sentimenti III	Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Ferruccio Bellè

2 November 1947 8	Bologna	1-0	Torino	Bologna
14:30 UTC+1	Cappello 45'	Report		Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 50 000 Referee: Riccardo Pieri

16 November 1947 9	Torino	7-1	Salernitana	Torino
14:30 UTC+1	Gabetto 8' Loik 12', 53', 68' Menti II 32' Grezar 70' Fabian 87'	Report	41' Vaschetto	Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Giovanni Galeati

23 November 1947 10	Sampdoria	0-1	Torino	Genova
14:30 UTC+1		Report	37' (pen) Menti II	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini

30 November 1947 11	Alessandria	2-2	Torino	Alessandria
14:30 UTC+1	Stradella 37' Sotgiu 38'	Report	17' Mazzola 18' Menti II	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta Attendance: 19 000 Referee: Giorgio Bernardi

7 December 1947 12	Torino	5-0	Inter	Torino
14:30 UTC+1	Menti II 20' Loik 30' Mazzola 32' Fabian 49' Gabetto 64'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Attendance: 20 000 Referee: Giovanni Galeati

21 December 1947 13	Atalanta	1-0	Torino	Bergamo
14:30 UTC+1	Salvi 18'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Generoso Dattilo

28 December 1947 14	Torino	6-0	Triestina	Torino
14:30 UTC+1	Gabetto 32' Menti II 48', 73' (rig.) Loik 50' Ferraris II 65' Maroso 90'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Bruno Tassini

1 January 1948 15	Torino	5-0	Fiorentina	Torino
14:30 UTC+1	Mazzola 5' Loik 32', 68' Gabetto 37' Martelli 67'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Attendance: 17 000 Referee: Giuseppe Boffardi

4 January 1948 16	Lazio	0-0	Torino	Roma
14:30 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Stadio Nazionale Referee: Eriprando Poggipollini

11 January 1948 17	Livorno	1-3	Torino	Livorno
14:30 UTC+1	Brondi 27' (pen)	Report	9' Gabetto 46', 89' Martelli	Stadium: Ardenza Attendance: 20 000 Referee: Luigi Gemini

18 January 1948 18	Torino	2-1	Genoa	Torino
14:30 UTC+1	Gabetto 36' Mazzola 38'	Report	29' Brighenti I	Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Attendance: 17 000 Referee: Mario Maurelli

25 January 1948 19	Milan	3-2	Torino	Milan
14:30 UTC+1	Puricelli 7', 32' Degano 45'	Report	47' Menti II 70' Mazzola	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 55 000 Referee: Generoso Dattilo

1 February 1948 20	Modena	0-3	Torino	Modena
14:30 UTC+1		Report	2' Gabetto 61' Fabian 85' (rig.) Menti II	Stadium: Stadio Cesare Marzari Attendance: 25 000 Referee: Bruno Tassini

15 February 1948 22	Napoli	0-0	Torino	Napoli
15:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Stadio della Liberazione Referee: Giorgio Bernardi

22 February 1948 23	Torino	5-1	Bari	Torino
15:00 UTC+1	Fabian 36' Gabetto 44', 61' Mazzola 70' Martelli 79'	Report	83' Orlando	Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Bruno Guarda

29 February 1948 24	Lucchese	2-2	Torino	Lucca
15:30 UTC+1	Rosellini 9' Toth 46'	Report	49' Grezar 83' Mazzola	Stadium: Stadio Porta Elisa Referee: Giovanni Galeati

7 March 1948 25	Torino	4-1	Roma	Torino
15:30 UTC+1	Loik 20' Martelli 63' Ossola 70' Menti II 86'	Report	10' Di Paola	Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Attendance: 18 000 Referee: Eriprando Poggipollini

14 March 1948 26	Vicenza	0-4	Torino	Vicenza
15:30 UTC+1		Report	1' Castigliano 21' Menti II 78' Loik 85' Ossola	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Giovanni Galeati

21 March 1948 27	Torino	4-1	Pro Patria	Torino
15:30 UTC+1	Ossola 33' Loik 49' Grezar 51' Menti II 63'	Report	89' (pen) Turconi	Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Giuseppe Parpaiola

28 March 1948 28	Juventus	1-1	Torino	Torino
15:30 UTC+1	Ballarin 50' (o.g.)	Report	37' Ossola	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Luigi Gemini

11 April 1948 29	Torino	5-1	Bologna	Torino
16:00 UTC+1	Mazzola 9' Gabetto 15', 57', 88' Ossola 34'	Report	78' Marchese	Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Ferruccio Bonivento

17 April 1948 30	Salernitana	1-4	Torino	Salerno
16:00 UTC+1	Merlin 7'	Report	17', 59' Gabetto 74' Ossola 81' Mazzola	Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 14 000 Referee: Bruno Zilli

25 April 1948 31	Torino	3-2	Sampdoria	Torino
16:00 UTC+1	Ossola 4' Gabetto 14' Martelli 68'	Report	28' Rebuzzi 89' Barsanti	Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Guido Agnolin

2 May 1948 32	Torino	10-0	Alessandria	Torino
16:00 UTC+1	Ossola 5' Loik 7', 42', 86' Mazzola 35' Grezar 75', 77' Fabian 81', 83' Gabetto 88'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Attendance: 10 500 Referee: Bruno Guarda

6 May 1948 33	Inter	0-1	Torino	Milan
16:00 UTC+1		Report	87' Mazzola	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Referee: Luigi Gemini

9 May 1948 34	Torino	4-0	Atalanta	Torino
16:00 UTC+1	Mazzola 13', 24' Menti II 78' Gabetto 80'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Attendance: 15 000 Referee: Bruno Zilli

23 May 1948 35	Triestina	0-0	Torino	Trieste
16:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Comunale Referee: Eliseo Camiolo

27 May 1948 36	Fiorentina	1-2	Torino	Firenze
16:30 UTC+1	Galassi 8'	Report	50' (pen) Menti II 74' Mazzola	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Giorgio Bernardi

30 May 1948 37	Torino	4-3	Lazio	Torino
16:30 UTC+1	Castigliano 25', 55' Gabetto 43' Mazzola 61'	Report	4' Puccinelli 13' (aut.) Grezar 20' Penzo	Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Guido Agnolin

6 June 1948 38	Torino	5-2	Livorno	Torino
16:30 UTC+1	Mazzola 15', 69' Stua 47' (aut.) Gabetto 56' Martelli 75'	Report	42' Tieghi 55' Piana	Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Attendance: 6 500 Referee: Mario Scotto

16 June 1948 39	Genoa	1-2	Torino	Genova
16:30 UTC+1	Bergamo 46'	Report	44' Castigliano 54' Gabetto	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 30 000 Referee: Ferruccio Bellè

20 June 1948 40	Torino	2-1	Milan	Torino
17:00 UTC+1	Gabetto 23' Ossola 30'	Report	43' Burini	Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Attendance: 20 000 Referee: Giorgio Bernardi

27 June 1948 41	Torino	5-2	Modena	Torino
17:00 UTC+1	Loik 18' Martelli 22', 57' Castigliano 66' Menti II 77'	Report	38' Pernigo 80' Bertoni	Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini

Friendlies[edit]

After a record campaign, Torino was invited by the Paulista Football League (Federação Paulista de Futebol-FPF), to play several friendly matches in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

19 July 1948	Palmeiras	1-1	Torino	Sao Paulo
				Stadium: Morumbi

21 July 1948	Corinthians	2-1	Torino	Sao Paulo
				Stadium: Morumbi

25 July 1948	Portuguesa	1-4	Torino	Sao Paulo
				Stadium: Morumbi

29 July 1948	São Paulo	2-2	Torino	Sao Paulo
				Stadium: Morumbi

Statistics[edit]

Squad statistics[edit]

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	65	20	19	1	0	87	17	20	10	6	4	38	16	40	29	7	4	125	33	+92

Players statistics[edit]

Source:^[7]

Appearances[edit]

Goalscorers[edit]

References[edit]

^ "Serie A 1946-1947". mondosportivo.it.
^ "Torino championship 1947". lineagotica.eu. Archived from the original on 2017-08-12.
^ "Presenze and Rosa Torino 1947". La Stampa.it.
^ "Season 1947-48 Italy". repubblica.it.
^ "Reti Toro 46/47". toronews.net.
^ "Rosa Torino 1947". calcio-seriea.net.
^ "Presenze Torino 1947-48". calcio-seriea.net.

External links[edit]

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

[1] "Serie A 1946-1947". mondosportivo.it.

[2] "Torino championship 1947". lineagotica.eu. Archived from the original on 2017-08-12.

[3] "Presenze and Rosa Torino 1947". La Stampa.it.

[4] "Season 1947-48 Italy". repubblica.it.

[5] "Reti Toro 46/47". toronews.net.

[6] "Rosa Torino 1947". calcio-seriea.net.

[7] "Presenze Torino 1947-48". calcio-seriea.net.

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