# 2012–13 Torino FC season

The 2012–13 season was Torino FC's 102nd season of competitive football, 85th season in the top division of Italian football and 68th season in Serie A.

## Season overview

Torino were promoted to Serie A after three years in the lower division, the president Urbano Cairo decided to continue the partnership with the coach Giampiero Ventura and sporting director Gianluca Petrachi for the 2012–13 season, the 96th in the top flight in Torino's history. The return to Serie A also granted the club an income of between €30–40 million, including TV rights, placement in the standings and domestic trophies.

## Players
### Squad information

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BEL | Jean-François Gillet |
| 2 | DF | URU | Guillermo Rodríguez |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Danilo D'Ambrosio |
| 4 | MF | ALB | Migjen Basha |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Valerio Di Cesare |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Angelo Ogbonna (vice-captain) |
| 7 | MF | ARG | Mario Santana (on loan from Napoli) |
| 8 | MF | ROU | Sergiu Suciu |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Rolando Bianchi (captain) |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Alessandro Sgrigna |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Barreto |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Alessio Cerci |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Damiano Ferronetti |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Alessandro Gazzi |
| 15 | DF | URU | Pablo Cáceres (on loan from Mallorca) |
| 17 | DF | ITA | Salvatore Masiello |
| 18 | MF | MNE | Marko Bakić |
| 19 | MF | SRB | Alen Stevanović |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Giuseppe Vives |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | ARG | Nicolás Gorobsov |
| 23 | GK | SEN | Lys Gomis |
| 24 | FW | ITA | Gianluca Sansone |
| 25 | DF | POL | Kamil Glik |
| 26 | GK | ITA | Alfred Gomis |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Giuseppe De Feudis |
| 29 | FW | BEL | Dolly Menga |
| 31 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Agostini |
| 33 | MF | ITA | Matteo Brighi (on loan from Roma) |
| 35 | GK | ITA | Ferdinando Coppola |
| 36 | DF | ITA | Matteo Darmian |
| 51 | DF | ITA | Davide Cinaglia |
| 53 | MF | ITA | Marco Migliorini |
| 69 | FW | ITA | Riccardo Meggiorini |
| 77 | MF | ITA | Simone Verdi |
| 80 | FW | BRA | Jonathas |
| 86 | FW | SVN | Valter Birsa (on loan from Genoa) |
| 93 | FW | SEN | Abou Diop |
| 94 | MF | BRA | Willyan Barbosa |

## Competitions
### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Sampdoria | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 42 | |
| 15 | Atalanta | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 40 | |
| 16 | Torino | 38 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 39 | |
| 17 | Genoa | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 38 | |
| 18 | Palermo (R) | 38 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 32 | Relegation to Serie B |
* 1 2 Sampdoria and Torino were docked 1 point due to involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal.
* ↑ Atalanta was docked 2 points due to involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 May 2013. 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | D | D | W | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | D | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | D |
| Position | 12 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | BEL | Jean-François Gillet | 38 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | ITA | Lys Gomis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | ITA | Ferdinando Coppola | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | URU | Guillermo Rodríguez | 23 | 0 | 20+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Danilo D'Ambrosio | 28 | 2 | 22+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Valerio Di Cesare | 10 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Angelo Ogbonna | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | URU | Pablo Cáceres | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ITA | Salvatore Masiello | 26 | 0 | 22+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | POL | Kamil Glik | 33 | 1 | 31+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ITA | Matteo Darmian | 32 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ALB | Migjen Basha | 21 | 1 | 17+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ARG | Mario Santana | 28 | 4 | 21+6 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Alessio Cerci | 35 | 8 | 32+3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Alessandro Gazzi | 35 | 2 | 33+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | MNE | Marko Bakić | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | SRB | Alen Stevanović | 17 | 2 | 8+7 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Giuseppe Vives | 27 | 0 | 21+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | BEL | Dolly Menga | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ITA | Matteo Brighi | 25 | 2 | 18+5 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 86 | MF | SVN | Valter Birsa | 18 | 2 | 4+13 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ITA | Rolando Bianchi | 33 | 13 | 25+7 | 11 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Barreto | 16 | 3 | 13+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | FW | ITA | Riccardo Meggiorini | 33 | 3 | 18+13 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 80 | FW | BRA | Jonathas | 11 | 2 | 1+10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | ROU | Sergiu Suciu | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Alessandro Sgrigna | 13 | 2 | 7+4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | FW | ITA | Gianluca Sansone | 15 | 1 | 5+9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | ITA | Simone Verdi | 6 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 28 October 2012 Source: Competitions

### Top scorers

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| R | No. | Pos | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | Rolando Bianchi | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | 11 | MF | Alessio Cerci | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | 10 | FW | Barreto | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| = | 69 | FW | Riccardo Meggiorini | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | DF | Danilo D'Ambrosio | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| = | 7 | MF | Mario Santana | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| = | 14 | MF | Alessandro Gazzi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| = | 19 | MF | Alen Stevanović | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| = | 33 | MF | Matteo Brighi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| = | 80 | FW | Jonathas | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| = | 86 | FW | Valter Birsa | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | | | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 4 | MF | Migjen Basha | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 10 | FW | Alessandro Sgrigna$^1$ | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 24 | FW | Gianluca Sansone | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 25 | DF | Kamil Glik | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Last updated: 28 October 2012 Source: Competitions
Key: $^1$:Alessandro Sgrigna left in the January transfer window