# 1976–77 A.C. Torino season

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

## Summary

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, 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. 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

## Squad

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 | 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 |
| No. | 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 | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Internazionale | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 33 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 5 | Lazio | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 31 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |

#### 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 |

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia
#### First round
##### Group 5

| Pos | Team | 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 |

### European Cup
#### Eightfinals
## Statistics
### Player stats

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa | Coppa | European Cup | 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/