1976–77 AC Torino season

Associazione Calcio Torino
1976–77 season
President	Orfeo Pianelli
Manager	Luigi Radice
Stadium	Comunale
Serie A	Runners-up; (in 1977-78 UEFA Cup)
Coppa Italia	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Graziani (21); All: ; Graziani (23)
Highest home attendance	66,012 vs Juventus ; (3 April 1977)
Lowest home attendance	6,000 vs Ascoli ; (19 September 1976)
Average home league attendance	40,513
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1975–76 1977–78 →

In the 1976–77 season Associazione Calcio Torino competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and European Cup.

Summary

Francesco Graziani and Paolo Pulici, Torino's attacking duo in the 1976–77 season

During summer the club transferred in left-back defender Luigi Danova and midfielder Cesare Crotti. In League the team competed in a photo-finish race for the trophy against Juventus,^[2] being this race the most competed in League since the 1963-64 campaign (Bologna vs Inter) . However, both Juventus an Toro clinched more victories and points than other season of 30 rounds.^[3] The squad resented playing the European Cup and dropped few points, finally, in spite of only lost a match in the entire season and reaching a massive 50 points, Il Toro lost the trophy on the final round by just a single point against its archival Juventus.^[4]

Squad

^[5] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


Pos.	Nation	Player
GK	ITA	Luciano Castellini
GK	ITA	Romano Cazzaniga
GK	ITA	Iliano Riccarand
DF	ITA	Vittorio Caporale
DF	ITA	Fabrizio Gorin
DF	ITA	Luigi Danova
DF	ITA	Roberto Mozzini
DF	ITA	Roberto Salvadori
DF	ITA	Nello Santin


Pos.	Nation	Player
MF	ITA	Cesare Butti
MF	ITA	Eraldo Pecci
MF	ITA	Claudio Sala (Captain)
MF	ITA	Patrizio Sala
MF	ITA	Renato Zaccarelli
MF	ITA	Marzio Bertocchi
FW	ITA	Aldo Cantarutti
FW	ITA	Salvatore Garritano
FW	ITA	Francesco Graziani
FW	ITA	Paolino Pulici

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Cost
DF	Luigi Danova	Cesena
MF	Cesare Butti	Cagliari
GK	Claudio Garella	Novara	loan ended
FW	Giovanni Quadri	Pistoiese	loan ended

Out
Pos.	Name	to	Type
GK	Claudio Garella	SS Lazio
GK	Mauro Pelosin	Vigevano
DF	Marino Lombardo	Cesena Calcio
DF	Giuseppe Pallavicini	Monza
MF	Roberto Bacchin	Novara Calcio
MF	Giuseppe Greco	Turris	loan
MF	Giovanni Roccotelli	Cagliari Calcio
FW	Giovanni Quadri	Ascoli Calcio

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus (C)	30	23	5	2	50	20	+30	51	Qualification to European Cup
2	Torino	30	21	8	1	51	14	+37	50	Qualification to UEFA Cup
3	Fiorentina	30	12	11	7	38	31	+7	35
4	Internazionale	30	10	13	7	34	27	+7	33
5	Lazio	30	10	11	9	34	28	+6	31

Source: Panini
(C) Champions

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W
Position	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = 1977–78 European Cup; = 1977–78 UEFA Cup

Matches

3 October 1976 1	Torino	3–1	Sampdoria	Turin
15:00 UTC+1	Graziani 4', 7' Pulici 87'		50' De Giorgis	Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 35,198 Referee: Benedetti

10 October 1976 2	Bologna	0–3	Torino	Bologna
15:00 UTC+1			26', 57' Graziani 66' Garritano	Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 38,715 Referee: Menegali

24 October 1976 3	Torino	2–0	AS Roma	Turin
14:20 UTC+1	Butti 28' Pulici 86'			Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 29,465 Referee: Menicucci

31 October 1976 4	Fiorentina	0–1	Torino	Florence
14:30 UTC+1			78' Graziani	Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 35,313 Referee: Agnolin

7 November 1976 5	Torino	1–0	Inter	Turin
14:30 UTC+1	Pulici 85' (pen.)			Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 46,132 Referee: Michelotti

21 November 1976 6	Perugia	1–1	Torino	Perugia
14:30 UTC+1	Novellino 83'		67' Pulici	Stadium: Comunale di Pian di Massiano Attendance: 20,840 Referee: Casarin

28 November 1976 7	Torino	2–1	SSC Napoli	Turin
14:30 UTC+1	Graziani 13' Zaccarelli 22'		20' Orlandini	Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 50,333 Referee: Menegali

5 December 1976 8	Juventus	0–2	Torino	Turin
14:30 UTC+1			19' Graziani 79' Pulici	Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 66,340 Referee: Agnolin (Bassano del Grappa)

12 December 1976 9	Catanzaro	0–4	Torino	Catanzaro
14:30 UTC+1			9' Zaccarelli 50' Santin 70', 78' Graziani	Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 20,159 Referee: Michelotti (Parma)

19 December 1976 10	Torino	2–0	Cesena	Turin
14:30 UTC+1	Graziani 17' Pulici 89'			Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 23,860 Referee: Barbaresco (Cormons)

2 January 1977 11	Hellas Verona	0–0	Torino	Verona
15:00 UTC+1				Stadium: Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 31,396 Referee: Bergamo (Livorno)

9 January 1977 12	Torino	3–3	SS Lazio	Turin
15:00 UTC+1	C. Sala 27' Zaccarelli 50' Salvadori 56'		8' Martini 32', 66' Garlaschelli	Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 36,672 Referee: Gussoni

16 January 1977 13	AC Milan	0–0	Torino	Milan
15:00 UTC+1				Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 56,174 Referee: Menicucci

30 January 1977 14	Torino	1–0	Foggia	Turin
15:00 UTC+1	Zaccarelli 52'			Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 36,471 Referee: Ciulli

6 February 1977 15	Genoa	1–1	Torino	Genoa
15:00 UTC+1	Arcoleo 32'		61' Pulici	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 51,606 Referee: Ciacci

13 February 1977 16	Sampdoria	2–3	Torino	Genoa
15:00 UTC+1	Bresciani 50' Zecchini 90'		21', 31', 70' Graziani	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 30,895 Referee: Lattanzi (Roma)

20 February 1977 17	Torino	1–0	Bologna	Turin
15:00 UTC+1	Graziani 42'			Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 36,027 Referee: Casarin

27 February 1977 18	AS Roma	1–0	Torino	Rome
15:00 UTC+1	Musiello 18'			Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 54,415 Referee: Michelotti

6 March 1977 19	Torino	2–0	Fiorentina	Turin
15:00 UTC+1	Mozzini 50' Pulici 67'			Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 44,482 Referee: Menegali

13 March 1977 20	Inter	0–1	Torino	Milan
15:00 UTC+1			6' (o.g.) Bini	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 73,910 Referee: Serafino

20 March 1977 21	Torino	2–1	Perugia	Turin
15:00 UTC+1	Pulici 3' Salvadori 68'		55' Ciccotelli	Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 24,371 Referee: Bergamo (Livorno)

27 March 1977 22	SSC Napoli	0–0	Torino	Naples
15:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 74,404 Referee: Lattanzi

3 April 1977 23	Torino	1–1	Juventus	Turin
15:00 UTC+2	Pulici 8'		6' Causio	Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 66,012 Referee: Casarin

10 April 1977 24	Torino	3–1	Catanzaro	Turin
15:00 UTC+2	Pulici 23' (pen.), 44' C. Sala 76'		40' Arbitrio	Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 39,722 Referee: Prati (Parma)

17 April 1977 25	Cesena	0–3	Torino	Cesena
15:00 UTC+2			16', 32', 34' Graziani	Stadium: Stadio La Fiorita Attendance: 21,466 Referee: Menegali

24 April 1977 26	Torino	1–0	Hellas Verona	Turin
15:00 UTC+2	Pulici 22'			Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 40,615 Referee: Panzino

1 May 1977 27	SS Lazio	0–0	Torino	Rome
16:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 48,326 Referee: Michelotti (Parma)

8 May 1977 28	Torino	2–0	Milan	Turin
16:00 UTC+2	Graziani 59' Pulici 70'			Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 54,291 Referee: Lattanzi (Roma)

15 May 1977 29	Foggia	0–1	Torino	Foggia
16:00 UTC+2			78' Graziani	Stadium: Pino Zaccheria Attendance: 21,319 Referee: Casarin (Milan)

22 May 1977 30	Torino	5–1	Genoa	Turin
16:00 UTC+2	Graziani 3', 57' Pulici 13', 14' Zaccarelli 87'		17' Ghetti	Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 43,631 Referee: Bergamo

Coppa Italia

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Lecce	4	3	1	0	5	2	+3	7
2	Torino	4	2	1	1	9	4	+5	5
3	Foggia	4	1	2	1	4	5	−1	4
4	Taranto	4	0	2	2	2	5	−3	2
5	Ascoli	4	0	2	2	1	5	−4	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1 September 1976 2	Taranto	1–1	Torino	Taranto
17:00 UTC+2	G. Gori 56'		52' P. Pulici	Stadium: Stadio Salinella Attendance: 22,412 Referee: Menicucci

5 September 1976 3	Lecce	2–1	Torino	Lecce
17:00 UTC+2	Loddi 7' Montenegro 52'		42' Pecci	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Gussoni

9 September 1976 1	Torino	3–0	Foggia	Torino
20:30 UTC+2	Garritano 43', 77' P. Pulici 66'			Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 16,390 Referee: Bergamo

19 September 1976 5	Torino	4–1	Ascoli	Torino
20:30 UTC+2	F. Graziani 16' Morello 46' (o.g.) Garritano 70' Santin 90'		12' Ghetti	Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Lazzaroni

European Cup

Second round

15 September 1976 1	Torino	2–1	Malmö FF	Turin
20:30 UTC+2	Mozzini 45' Graziani 91'		88' Jönsson	Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 57,726 Referee: Babacan

29 September 1976 2	Malmö FF	1–1	Torino	Malmö
19:00 UTC+1	Ljungberg 57' (pen.)		3' P. Sala	Stadium: Malmö Attendance: 16,373 Referee: Gordon

Eightfinals

20 October 1976 1	Torino	1–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Turin
20:30 UTC+1	Wittkamp 64' (o.g.)		28' Vogts 79' Klinkhammer	Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 71,200 Referee: Hungerbühler

3 November 1976 2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–0	Torino	Düsseldorf
20:00 UTC+1				Stadium: Rheinstadion Attendance: 64,389 Referee: Delcourt

Statistics

Player stats

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa		European Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ITA	Luciano Castellini	35	-21	28	-14	3	-3	4	-4
	DF	ITA	Vittorio Caporale	35	0	28	0	3	0	4	0
	DF	ITA	Roberto Mozzini	35	2	27	1	4	0	4	1
	DF	ITA	Roberto Salvadori	35	2	28	2	3	0	4	0
	DF	ITA	Luigi Danova	36	0	28	0	4	0	4	0
	MF	ITA	Eraldo Pecci	29	1	22+1	0	4	1	2	0
	MF	ITA	Claudio Sala	31	2	25	2	3	0	3	0
	MF	ITA	Patrizio Sala	33	1	26	0	3	0	4	1
	MF	ITA	Renato Zaccarelli	36	5	30	5	2	0	4	0
	FW	ITA	Francesco Graziani	38	23	30	21	4	1	4	1
	FW	ITA	Paolino Pulici	36	18	29	16	3	2	4	0
	GK	ITA	Romano Cazzaniga	5	-1	2+2	-0	1	-1	0	-0
	DF	ITA	Nello Santin	15	2	12	1	2	1	1	0
	MF	ITA	Cesare Butti	21	1	11+4	1	4	0	2	0
	DF	ITA	Fabrizio Gorin	6	0	3+2	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ITA	Salvatore Garritano	12	4	1+7	1	2	3	2	0
	MF	ITA	M. Bertocchi	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	GK	ITA	A. Cantarutti	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1976/782/

References

↑ "Attendance Statistics of Serie A – 1974-75 to 1985-86". stadiapostcards.com.
↑ "Luciano Castellini". Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
↑ "season 75/76 Toro" (in Italian).
↑ "1975-1976: Torino won the championship". torinofc.it. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
↑ "Rosa Torino 75/76" (in Italian). calcio-seriea.net. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
↑ "Presenze" (in Italian).

External links

RSSSF - Italy 1976/77

[1] "Attendance Statistics of Serie A – 1974-75 to 1985-86". stadiapostcards.com.

[2] "Luciano Castellini". Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.

[3] "season 75/76 Toro" (in Italian).

[4] "1975-1976: Torino won the championship". torinofc.it. Retrieved 2 January 2020.

[5] "Rosa Torino 75/76" (in Italian). calcio-seriea.net. Retrieved 2 January 2020.

[6] "Presenze" (in Italian).

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