1948–49 AC Torino season
| 1948-49 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Chairman | Ferruccio Novo | ||
| Manager | Ernest Egri Erbstein (until 4 May) Roberto Copernico (as technical director) | ||
| Stadium | Stadio Filadelfia | ||
| Serie A | 1º[1] (in 1949 Latin Cup) | ||
| Top goalscorer | Mazzola (16) | ||
|
| |||
During the 1948–49 season Associazione Calcio Torino competed in Serie A.
Summary
[edit]The season is remembered by Superga air disaster ,[2] on 4 May ending the Grande Torino era. After clinching 4 consecutive titles the Granata were ready to win the 5th title at top of the league table. 4 rounds before the ending of championship Grande Torino traveled to Lisboa, to play a friendly match against Benfica due to retirement of Francisco Ferreira.[3] Game which Toro lost 4–3.[4] Torino was named winner of the championship by the Federation, and the Youth squad was able to play the last 4 rounds. Finished a short summer interval from the end of previous season, competition officially resumed in Italy after the 1948 Summer Olympics. Prematurely eliminated, Vittorio Pozzo lost his position as sole commissioner of the Italy national team and Ferruccio Novo took his place.
New season began in mid-September with a Torino almost identical to that of the previous championships; there was only Franco Ossola permanently in place of Pietro Ferraris, who, at age 36, had moved to Novara. The midfielder Rubens Fadini arrived from Gallarate, Dino Ballarin, brother of the goalkeeper Aldo was signed from Chioggia; the Hungarian-Czechoslovakian Július Schubert, a left-sided midfielder; and strikers Emile Bongiorni and Ruggero Grava arrived from Racing Parigi and Roubaix-Tourcoing respectively. The club began the season after a long tour in Brazil where the team met Palmeiras, Corinthians, São Paulo and Portuguesa, losing only once. During the season, reduced to 24 teams after three promotions and relegations, Ernest Erbstein was appointed as the team's technical director and the Englishman Leslie Lievesley became the coach.[5] The campaign also saw injuries to Virgilio Maroso, Eusebio Castigliano, Romeo Menti and Sauro Tomà,[6] plus the long suspension for Aldo Ballarin. The Granata, which debuted with a victory against Pro Patria, suffered a defeat in the second round to Atalanta; the team recovered with five straight wins, including that of the derby, but lost again, in Milan, against the Rossoneri. The club would relinquish the lead in the standings,[7] then recapture it, finishing midway through the season on par with Genoa, from which a third defeat was suffered, losing 3–0. In the return leg of the derby Torino would defeat Juventus 3–0. Torino's advantage increased in the standings, gaining a maximum of six point on Inter in second place.[8] However, a pair of draws (in Trieste and Bari) allowed Inter to close the gap within four points from Torino. On 30 April 1949, the two clubs met in Milan, ending 0–0, with Torino approaching their fifth consecutive title (the record would be equaled). The team travelled to Portugal to play in a friendly against Benfica. However, upon return Torino perished in the Superga air disaster.
Superga air disaster
[edit]The airplane with the team crashed at Basilica di Superga nearby Torino. There were deaths of team chairmen and club workers, baggage men and three of the best journalists in the country at the time: Renato Casalbore (founder of Tuttosport magazine); Renato Tosatti (from journal Gazzetta del Popolo) and Luigi Cavallero (from journal La Stampa). The shocking corpse identification was made by former Italian National Team manager Vittorio Pozzo. The spezzino player Sauro Tomà, injured, did not travel to Lisboa. The following persons in the Torino circle did not travel: second goalkeeper Renato Gandolfi (instead third goalkeeper Dino Ballarin did), the radio anchor Nicolò Carosio and former manager of Italian National Team also journalist Vittorio Pozzo (Torino preferred to give the seat to Cavallero). [9] [10]
Legacy
[edit]The impact of the tragedy in Italy was colossal. An official estimate of about one million persons attended funerals at Piazza in the city of Torino to say goodbye to the players and club officials. The shock of the tragedy was the main reason for the long travel on boat across the Atlantic Ocean by Italian National Team to play the 1950 FIFA World Cup in Brazil rather than use an airplane.[11] Rebuilding of Torino as a competitive squad lasted a long term and could not win another championship until 1976.
List of victims
[edit]- Players
- Valerio Bacigalupo
- Aldo Ballarin
- Dino Ballarin
- Émile Bongiorni
- Eusebio Castigliano
- Rubens Fadini
- Guglielmo Gabetto
- Ruggero Grava
- Giuseppe Grezar
- Ezio Loik
- Virgilio Maroso
- Danilo Martelli
- Valentino Mazzola(Captain)
- Romeo Menti
- Piero Operto
- Franco Ossola
- Mario Rigamonti
- Július Schubert
- Club officials
- Arnaldo Agnisetta
- Ippolito Civalleri
- Andrea Bonaiuti (coordinator of team travels)
- Managers
- Egri Erbstein
- Leslie Lievesley
- Osvaldo Cortina (physical)
- Journalists
- Renato Casalbore
- Renato Tosatti
- Luigi Cavallero
- Baggage Men
- Pierluigi Meroni
- Celeste D'Inca
- Cesare Biancardi
- Antonio Pangrazi
Squad
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
|
|
Youth Squad
[edit]After Superga air disaster, youth squad (primavera) disputed the remaining four matches of the Serie A: they are not considered title winners due to Italian Federation (FIGC) actually assigned the championship to the senior squad.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
|
|
Transfers
[edit]| In | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| GK | Renato Gandolfi | Carrarese | |
| DF | Piero Operto | Casale | |
| DF | Vito Sante Miolli | Castellana | |
| MF | Rubens Fadini | Gallaratese | |
| MF | Luigi Giuliano | Pro Vercelli | |
| MF | Július Schubert | Slovan Bratislava | |
| FW | Émile Bongiorni | RC Paris | |
| FW | Ruggero Grava | CO Roubaix-Tourcoing | |
| Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | Raffaele Cuscela | Lucchese | loan out |
| FW | Josef Fabian | Lucchese | |
| FW | Pietro Ferraris II | Novara | |
| FW | Oreste Guaraldo | Prato | |
Competitions
[edit]Serie A
[edit]League table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Torino (C) | 38 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 78 | 34 | +44 | 60 | 1949 Latin Cup |
| 2 | Internazionale | 38 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 85 | 39 | +46 | 55 | |
| 3 | Milan | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 83 | 52 | +31 | 50 | |
| 4 | Juventus | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 64 | 47 | +17 | 44 | |
| 5 | Sampdoria | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 74 | 63 | +11 | 41 |
(C) Champions
Matches
[edit]Win Draw Loss
| 19 September 1948 1 | Torino | 4-1 | Pro Patria | Torino |
| 16:00 UTC+1 | Ossola  23'Menti II 56' (pen.)Gabetto 72'Grezar 89' |
Report | 88' Turconi |
Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Giuseppe Boffardi |
| 26 September 1948 2 | Atalanta | 3-2 | Torino | Bergamo |
| 16:00 UTC+1 | Miglioli 6', 74' Mari 73' |
Report | 1' Grezar 19' Mazzola |
Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 18 000 Referee: Giorgio Bernardi |
| 3 October 1948 3 | Torino | 4-0 | Roma | Torino |
| 15:30 UTC+1 | Gabetto 4', 68' Menti II 32'Ossola 89' |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Attendance: 20 533 Referee: Giovanni Galeati |
| 10 October 1948 4 | Livorno | 0-2 | Torino | Livorno |
| 15:30 UTC+1 | Report | 40' Mazzola 66' Loik |
Stadium: Ardenza Attendance: 20 000 Referee: Guido Agnolin |
| 17 October 1948 5 | Torino | 2-1 | Lucchese | Torino |
| 15:00 UTC+1 | Gabetto 49' Grezar 70' |
Report | 45' Fabian |
Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Antonio Zambotto |
| 24 October 1948 6 | Juventus | 1-2 | Torino | Torino |
| 15:00 UTC+1 | Ballarin 36' (o.g.) |
Report | 25' Ossola 77' Mazzola |
Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 60 000 Referee: Generoso Dattilo |
| 31 October 1948 7 | Torino | 3-1 | Padova | Torino |
| 14:30 UTC+1 | Ossola 73', 83' Mazzola 77' |
Report | 41' Adcock |
Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Attendance: 5 400 Referee: Bruno Zilli |
| 4 November 1948 8 | Milan | 1-0 | Torino | Milan |
| 14:30 UTC+1 | Burini 62' |
Report | Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 45 000 Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini |
| 7 November 1948 9 | Torino | 1-0 | Lazio | Torino |
| 14:30 UTC+1 | Mazzola 24' |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Attendance: 12 454 Referee: Eliseo Camiolo |
| 14 November 1948 10 | Bologna | 2-2 | Torino | Bologna |
| 14:30 UTC+1 | Gritti 12', 54' |
Report | 14' Mazzola 87' Luigi Giuliano |
Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Generoso Dattilo |
| 21 November 1948 11 | Novara | 0-2 | Torino | Novara |
| 14:30 UTC+1 | Report | 19' Luigi Giuliano 77' Loik |
Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Giorgio Bernardi |
| 28 November 1948 12 | Torino | 1-1 | Triestina | Torino |
| 14:30 UTC+1 | Mazzola 56' |
Report | 78' Tosolini |
Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Bruno Tassini |
| 5 December 1948 13 | Modena | 0-1 | Torino | Modena |
| 14:30 UTC+1 | Report | 76' Giuliano |
Stadium: Stadio Cesare Marzari Referee: Riccardo Pieri |
| 12 December 1948 15 | Torino | 4-2 | Inter | Torino |
| 14:30 UTC+1 | Mazzola 3' Menti II 42', 72'Ossola 53' |
Report | 52' Armano 66' (pen.) Nyers I |
Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 26 700 Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini |
| 19 December 1948 16 | Fiorentina | 0-0 | Torino | Firenze |
| 14:30 UTC+1 | Report | Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Giovanni Galeati |
| 26 December 1948 17 | Genoa | 3-0 | Torino | Genova |
| 14:30 UTC+1 | Mazza 48' Operto 59' (o.g.)Pellicari 80' (pen.) |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Luigi Gemini |
| 29 December 1948 14[12] | Torino | 2-0 | Bari | Torino |
| 14:30 UTC+1 | Menti II 29' Ossola 51' |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Attendance: 4 000 Referee: Giuseppe Vannini |
| 6 January 1949 19 | Palermo | 2-2 | Torino | Palermo |
| 14:30 UTC+1 | Pavesi 72' Andrea Milani 79' |
Report | 41' Gabetto 54' Bongiorni |
Stadium: Stadio La Favorita Attendance: 40 000 Referee: Vittorio Pera |
| 9 January 1949 20 | Pro Patria | 0-1 | Torino | Busto Arsizio |
| 14:30 UTC+1 | Report | 28' Schubert |
Stadium: Comunale Referee: Generoso Dattilo |
| 16 January 1949 21 | Torino | 2-0 | Atalanta | Torino |
| 14:30 UTC+1 | Bongiorni 44' Rigamonti 75' |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Mario Maurelli |
| 23 January 1949 22 | Roma | 1-2 | Torino | Roma |
| 14:30 UTC+1 | Andreoli 50' (pen.) |
Report | 54' Mazzola 61' Gabetto |
Stadium: Stadio Nazionale Attendance: 33 000 Referee: Bruno Tassini |
| 27 January 1949 18[13] | Torino | 2-1 | Sampdoria | Torino |
| 15:00 UTC+1 | Mazzola 14' Loik 35' |
Report | 21' Lucentini |
Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Ferruccio Bellè |
| 30 January 1949 23 | Torino | 1-0 | Livorno | Torino |
| 15:00 UTC+1 | Mazzola 89' |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Cesare Cappucci |
| 6 February 1949 24 | Lucchese | 1-1 | Torino | Lucca |
| 15:00 UTC+1 | Conti 89' (pen.) |
Report | 68' Mazzola |
Stadium: Stadio Porta Elisa Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini |
| 13 February 1949 25 | Torino | 3-1 | Juventus | Torino |
| 15:00 UTC+1 | Gabetto 17' Loik 55', 83' |
Report | 49' Cergoli |
Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Giovanni Galeati |
| 20 February 1949 26 | Padova | 4-4 | Torino | Padova |
| 15:00 UTC+1 | Checchetti 22', 26' Vitali 45'Fiore 52' |
Report | 36' Ossola 39' Castigliano 71', 77' Menti II |
Stadium: Stadio Silvio Appiani Attendance: 20 000 Referee: Luigi Gemini |
| 6 March 1949 27 | Torino | 4-1 | Milan | Torino |
| 15:30 UTC+1 | Ossola 11', 75' Gabetto 52'Fadini 71' |
Report | 46' Burini |
Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 50 000 Referee: Generoso Dattilo |
| 13 March 1949 28 | Lazio | 2-2 | Torino | Roma |
| 15:30 UTC+1 | Flamini 8' Höfling 41' |
Report | 17', 39' Loik |
Stadium: Stadio Nazionale Referee: Ferruccio Bellè |
| 20 March 1949 29 | Torino | 1-0 | Bologna | Torino |
| 15:30 UTC+1 | Mazzola 69' |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Eliseo Camiolo |
| 3 April 1949 30 | Torino | 4-0 | Novara | Torino |
| 15:30 UTC+1 | Mazzola 32' Loik 35', 37'Ossola 40' |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Giuseppe Vannini |
| 10 April 1949 31 | Triestina | 1-1 | Torino | Trieste |
| 15:30 UTC+1 | Blason 70' (pen.) |
Report | 35' (pen.) Menti II |
Stadium: Comunale Referee: Orlandini |
| 17 April 1949 32 | Torino | 3-1 | Modena | Torino |
| 15:30 UTC+1 | Mazzola 35' Menti II 85'Ballarin 87' |
Report | 13' Cavazzuti |
Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Cesare Cappucci |
| 24 April 1949 33 | Bari | 1-1 | Torino | Bari |
| 15:30 UTC+1 | Voros 66' |
Report | 11' Mazzola |
Stadium: Stadio della Vittoria Referee: Vittorio Pera |
| 30 April 1949 34 | Inter | 0-0 | Torino | Milan |
| 16:00 UTC+1 | Report | Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 37 000 Referee: Luigi Gemini |
| 15 May 1949 36[14] | Torino | 4-0 | Genoa | Torino |
| 16:30 UTC+1 | Giammarinaro 37' Marchetto 56', 86'Lussu 80' (rig.) |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Ferruccio Bellè |
| 22 May 1949 38[15][16][17] | Torino | 3-0 | Palermo | Firenze |
| 15:30 UTC+1 | Marchetto 8' Francone 38'Gianmarinaro 55' |
Report | Stadium: Comunale[18] Attendance: 85 000 Referee: Renzo Massai |
| 29 May 1949 37[19] | Sampdoria | 2-3 | Torino | Genova |
| 16:00 UTC+1 | Pieri 7', 21' |
Report | 1' Audisio 16' Marchetto 56' (rig.) Lussu |
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Giuseppe Carpani |
| 12 June 1949 35[20] | Torino | 2-0 | Fiorentina | Torino |
| 16:00 UTC+1 | Marchetto 12' Giuliano 79' |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Giuseppe Parpaiola |
Statistics
[edit]Squad statistics
[edit]| Competition | Points | Home | Away | Total | GD | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | V | D | L | Gs | Ga | G | V | D | L | Gs | Ga | G | V | D | L | Gs | Ga | |||
| Serie A | 60 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 24 | 38 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 78 | 34 | +44 |
Players statistics
[edit]Numbers of Youth squad in cursive.
Appearances
[edit]- 34.
Guglielmo Gabetto - 32.Valerio Bacigalupo
- 32.Aldo Ballarin
- 31.Mario Rigamonti
- 30.Valentino Mazzola
- 29.Romeo Menti
- 28.Ezio Loik
- 28.Danilo Martelli
- 25.Franco Ossola
- 21.Giuseppe Grezar
- 21.Eusebio Castigliano
- 18.Virgilio Maroso
- 11.Piero Operto
- 10.Rubens Fadini
- 8.
Emile Bongiorni - 8.Luigi Giuliano
- 3.Mario Audisio
- 2.Alfio Balbiano
- 1.Piero Bersia
- 2.Pietro Biglino
- 3.Oscar Ferrari
- 4.Andrea Francone
- 2.Renato Gandolfi
- 4.Antonio Gianmarinaro
- 1.Ruggero Grava
- 4.Sergio Lussu
- 3.Lando Macchi
- 4.Giuseppe Marchetto
- 4.Sergio Mari
- 4.Umberto Motto
- 5.
Julius Schubert - 2.Sauro Tomà
- 4.Guido Vandone
Goalscorers
[edit]- 16.Valentino Mazzola
- 11.Franco Ossola
- 9.Ezio Loik
- 9.Romeo Menti
- 8.Guglielmo Gabetto
- 1.Mario Audisio
- 1.Aldo Ballarin
- 2.Emile Bongiorni
- 1.Eusebio Castigliano
- 1.Rubens Fadini
- 1.Andrea Francone
- 2.Antonio Gianmarinaro
- 4.Luigi Giuliano
- 3.Giuseppe Grezar
- 2.Sergio Lussu
- 5.Giuseppe Marchetto
- 1.Mario Rigamonti
- 1.Julius Schubert
References
[edit]- ^ Declared champion by Italian Federation FIGC after Superga air disaster, four rounds before the end of championship.
- ^ "Superga tragedy strikes Il Grande Torino". fifa.com. Archived from the original on May 5, 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- ^ Dunne, Frank (2009-05-02). "Troubled Turin recall tragic end of 'Il Grande Torino'". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
- ^ "3 May 1949: Benfica-Torino 4-3". toro.it. 23 June 2016.
- ^ "Past players". Chesterfield F.C. Archived from the original on 2020-04-10. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
- ^ "La Storia del Torino Fc" (in Italian). Torino Football Club. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- ^ Ormezzano. Toro 49. p. 164..
- ^ Colombero. Pacifico. p. 120.
- ^ Patrick Jennings (8 January 2019). "The plane crash that killed Serie A's champions and their English coach". BBC Sport.
- ^ "TG-R "Leonardo": possibili cause della sciagura di Superga: l'ipotesi dell'altimetro guasto". Andrea Sinaglia YouTube.
- ^ Andrea Saronni (18 May 2018). "Brasile 1950, la seconda squadra: un Uruguay stellare e un'India a piedi...nudi".
- ^ Suspended due to fog on 8 December at minute 66' with score 2-0.
- ^ Rescheduled from 2 January
- ^ Match played between Youth squads (Primavera).
- ^ Rescheduled from 5 June
- ^ Match played with 2 times of 30 minutes each one.
- ^ Match played between Youth squads (Primavera).
- ^ Match played in Firenze before the game of National teams Italia-Austria
- ^ Match played between Youth squads (Primavera).
- ^ Rescheduled from 8 May due to Superga air disaster.Match played between Youth squads (Primavera).
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 1948-49. edizione speciale per "La Gazzetta dello Sport" Franco Cosimo Panini Editore, Modena, 2005.