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Torres
Full nameTorres Calcio
Nickname(s)Rossoblù (The red and blue)
Founded19 April 1903; 121 years ago (1903-04-19)[1]
GroundStadio Vanni Sanna[2]
Capacity7,480
ChairmanStefano Udassi
ManagerAlfonso Greco
LeagueSerie C Group B
2022–23Serie C Group B, 15th of 20
WebsiteClub website

Torres is an Italian football club based in the city of Sassari. It plays in Serie C, the third division of the Italian football league system.

Re-founded in 2017, the club is the continuation of the Società per l'Educazione Fisica Torres, born in 1903 and reconstituted thrice throughout its history. Together with Ilvamaddalena, it is the oldest football club in Sardinia.[3]

The highest division it took part in was the

Serie C2
twice, in 1986-1987 and 1999–2000.

The club colours are red and blue. It plays its home matches at the Stadio Vanni Sanna.

History

Beginnings

List of clubs affiliated to the F.G.N.I. Torres appears in the section referring to 19 April 1907

Torres was founded on 19 April 1903 as Società per l'Educazione Fisica Torres (Torres Physical Education Society)[5] and starts its sporting activity the 1 July. On 20 September 1903, the Torres players made their public debut with a gymnastic recital held in the Verdi Theatre in Sassari.[6] The club soon distinguished itself as one of the most active at the regional level in various disciplines, achieving outstanding results even at a national level. The first away game played by Torres dates back to 19 April 1908 when the rossoblù faced in Ajaccio the local team, a game played in Piazza Diamante.[7] As for football, after eight years of amateur activity, a special section was founded in 1911. Torres won the first edition of the Sardinian football championships the same year. In addition to Torres, two other teams from Sassari, Iosto and Club Sportivo, and one from Cagliari, Amsicora, participated in the championship.[8][9][10] At La Maddalena, in the summer of 1912, Torres won the Coppa Città della Maddalena, first beating Ilva 7-0 and, in the final, the Marina 3–1.[11] The inter-war period was a phase of little sporting activity, which resumed with more continuity in the 1920s.

The 1920s and 1930s: First local derbies and the first promotion

On 8 September 1920,

Olbia and Torres, known as the Derby del Nord Sardegna, is the most played derby on the island, with more than 100 matches. It is a fierce rivalry between both fans.[16] After the first few years of friendly activity, they entered the Terza Divisione in 1927–1928, finishing runners-up behind Cagliari and ahead of Monteponi Iglesias and Avanguardia Giovanile Fascista of Cagliari
.

In the 1930–1931 season, participated in a regional championship (with the Lazio Regional Directorate because the Sardinian one could not organise it), resulting in a promotion to the Prima Divisione (the third tier at the time). In the 1931-1932 championship, the Sassaresi, led by the Hungarian Ferenc Plemich, came close to promotion to Serie B.[17]

The

1934-35 it finished mid-table but renounced to play the next championship and played friendly matches until 1939. In 1939-40 they finished fifth in the Sardinian First Division, which corresponded to the fourth national level
.

Post Second World War period

In the first part of the 1940s, Torres played in the Sardinian First Division without great results; the best position was third place in 1942–43. Due to the

Juventus winning 3–1.[18]
The following season, however, the team was relegated back to the First Division, almost missing out on promotion in 1949–50. They won the group A but finished only third in the final round.

Gianfranco Zola played for Torres in the 1980s.

In 1950-51 Torres won the Sardinian First Division and entered the newly formed

Palermo.[20][21][22][23]

The first bankruptcy and the rebirth

In 1990–1991, following relegation on the field to Serie C2, came exclusion for financial defaults. In the 1991–1992 season, the club entered the interregional championship. Under the presidency of Corrado Sanna, Torres finished 5th and won the

L'Aquila, played at the Stadio Flaminio in Rome
in front of over three thousand torresini fans.

After many

Messina.[25]

Antonello Cuccureddu in 2009

Initially excluded from the 2005-2006 championship, the club gained registration thanks to an order

Grosseto
, losing both games 1–0.

Exclusions in 2006 and 2008

The defeat was followed by exclusion from the championship due to the club's serious financial collapse because of debts accrued under the management of president Rinaldo Carta. In the 2006-2007 championship, with the new name of Sassari Torres 1903 and under the presidency of

Serie C2
group A, under the guidance of Luciano Foschi, Torres played a first leg that ended at the top of the league table and with a record sequence of nine consecutive home victories. However, a crisis of results and an eight-point penalty for administrative irregularities during the failed Mascia management plunged the team into the play-out zone, but the team avoided relegation.

In the summer of 2008, the federal control bodies ordered the club's exclusion from

Serie C2
again for financial reasons. The appeal to the Lazio Regional Administrative Court against this decision was rejected, as was the request to the Council of State on 27 August. Torres was condemned to exclusion from the professional championships and thus restarted from the Sardinian Promozione championship with a new club chaired by Leonardo Marras, former president in 1999 and patron of Torres Femminile. Former red-blue bomber Roberto Ennas has been chosen as a manager. Amarcord of the eighties, also in the club's name: Torres Calcio.

After winning the 2008-2009 Sardinian Promozione (second tier), under the direction of Roberto Ennas, Torres gained promotion to Eccellenza.[28]

On 27 September 2010, the club exonerated the coach for the bad results at the beginning of the season.[29] It appointed a new coach Angelino Fiori.[30] On 17 January 2011, the club dismissed Fiori;[31] Ennas returned to the team's bench the next day. On 27 February 2011, after the 3–1 defeat suffered in Tortolì, Ennas resigned from the post. The club was then assigned to Guglielmo Bacci,[32] who finished runners-up in the standings and participated in the playoffs as the top seed. After winning the regional phase, they entered the national playoff phase. In the semi-final of the national stage of the playoffs for promotion to Serie D, Torres met the Umbrian club of Trestina, from which it was eliminated.[33]

The following season was triumphant, winning all the titles with record numbers (28 wins out of 34 matches played, 12 consecutive victories, 28 consecutive results without losing, 17 wins out of 17 games played at home). On 25 January 2012 came the first trophy, the Sardinian Cup, with a 2–1 victory over Taloro Gavoi,[34] defending champions of the 2011 trophy.[35] On 18 March 2012, beating Calangianus 1–0, the Torres returned to Serie D mathematically four days in advance. Finally, on 20 May 2012, the rossoblù closed the season by winning the Sardinian Supercup, imposing 2–1 on Fonni.[36]

During the following summer, the club was largely renewed with good elements from different clubs on the

Second Division.[37]

In June, President Lorenzoni denounced that registration for the

2013-14 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione
started disastrously. For this reason, and also due to the fans' protest, the club exonerated coach Salvo Fulvio D'Adderio.
Forlì they won 1–0 in the first leg but lost 3–0 in the return match in Romagna. On 25 May 2014 Torres was relegated in Serie D, however, on 1 August 2014, the club was readmitted in the new Lega Pro
.

In the 2014–2015 season the club incorporated A.S.D. Torres (the city's women's team),

FIGC's Corte d'Appello Federale relegated it to Serie D
for sports offences.

In the

2015-16 Serie D Torres reached the play-offs. In the semifinals it draws 1–1 in extra time with Rieti. It enters the final by the best placement in the standings at the end of the league (3rd). On 29 May 2016, they lost at home 0–1 against Olbia in the play-off final for the repechage to Lega Pro.[40]

In the 2016–2017 season, the financial situation was problematic. However, the entry of Salvatore Sechi in the club, with the new sports director Vittorio Tossi, completely renewed the team to try to save the category. Still, despite all the efforts, the Sassaresi relegated to the top regional division. Due to huge financial problems, the club was put into liquidation and went bankrupt. The club did not enter the Sardinia.[41]

The fourth re-foundation and the ascent to Serie C

The new president Salvatore Sechi tried to relaunch the

Castiadas, while the following year, after a good championship, interrupted only by the pandemic of COVID-19
, it finished third. In 2020–2021, the team started among the favourites. Still, the performances are mediocre, and the team only manages to save the category at best.

The turning point came in the summer of 2021 when the

Follonica Gavorrano.[49] The third place in the championship guarantees participation in the play-off for the repechage list. After the semi-final with Arzachena, the red and blue, on 8 June 2022, beat Afragolese at home in the final, thus guaranteeing the second slot of the potential admitted in the third series.[50] In this perspective, the extra-football corporate operations in July, such as the renovation of parts of the Stadio Vanni Sanna and the transformation from Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica to a limited liability company, thus changing its name to Torres Srl, had an impact.[51]
On 3 August 2022, following
Teramo's exclusion for financial defaults from Serie C, the Sassaresi obtained the official repechage to Serie C, thus returning to the professional ranks after eight seasons of absence.[52]

Colours, badge and identity

Name

The choice of the name Torres is due to one of the club's founders, Professor Berlinguer.[53] Judicate of Logudoro or Torres was the medieval Sardinian Judicates in which Sassari was located in the north-western part of island. At the beginning of the 20th century, several Sardinian football clubs and sports associations chose names that recalled Sardinian history. It was due to a rediscovery of local identity that also took place through naming historical names.[54]

Colours

The club's official colours are red and blue, following a survey by the founding members. They, looking for a gala suit, put three on display in a well-known city shop. What met with great success was a blue double-breasted jacket with red lapels.[55]

The classic Torres uniform is the one commonly - but improperly - known as the red and blue quartered shirt: red on the right and blue on the left, with the sleeves, generally reversed, i.e. red on the left and blue on the right. On the left side, at heart, is the club's coat of arms, which for a long time was represented by a white shield with the heraldic coat of arms of the city of

Paris Saint-Germain. The classic second uniform is white with red-blue trim. Players have also worn white uniforms with a red-blue diagonal or horizontal stripe over the years.[56]

1972-1973
1976-1977
1977-1978
1978-1979
1980-1981
1984-1985
1987-1988
1992-1994
1997-1998

Coat of arms

The club's emblem adopted by the club since the 1950s (and since then only modified from a graphic point of view, but never in substance) faithfully follows the heraldic coat of arms of the city of Sassari: a red and blue quartered shield, with a white tower drawn in the red quarters and an equally white cross in the blue ones.

Honours and distinctions

Players

Current squad

As of 5 February 2024[57]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Italy ITA Pierpaolo Garau
2 DF Italy ITA Aleandro Rosi
3 DF Italy ITA Riccardo Pinna
5 DF Italy ITA Paolo Dametto
6 MF The Gambia GAM Kalifa Kujabi (on loan from Frosinone)
7 DF Italy ITA Matteo Liviero
8 MF Italy ITA Alessandro Masala
9 FW Italy ITA Luigi Scotto
10 MF Italy ITA Francesco Ruocco
11 FW Ivory Coast CIV Adama Diakité
12 GK Italy ITA Andrea Zaccagno
14 DF Italy ITA Riccardo Idda
17 FW Argentina ARG Patricio Goglino
19 DF Italy ITA Giacomo Siniega (on loan from Empoli)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW Italy ITA Manuel Fischnaller
21 FW Italy ITA Giuseppe Mastinu
22 GK Italy ITA Danilo Petriccione
23 DF Italy ITA Niccolò Antonelli
24 MF Italy ITA Daniele Giorico
25 MF Italy ITA Francesco Nunziatini (on loan from Inter Milan)
27 MF Italy ITA Filippo Lora
28 DF Italy ITA Nicola Mandrelli (on loan from Sassuolo)
29 FW Italy ITA Mohamed Sanat
30 DF Italy ITA Cristian Fabriani
44 MF Italy ITA Stefano Cester (on loan from Vicenza)
72 MF Italy ITA Eyob Zambataro
77 FW Italy ITA Giacomo Zecca
96 DF Italy ITA Giuseppe Verduci

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Russia RUS Andrea Pelamatti (at Recanatese until 30 June 2024)

Notable former players

Further information: Category:SEF Torres 1903 players
Albania

Argentina

Belgium

Greece

Ivory Coast

Malta

Perù

Poland

San Marino

Senegal

Spain

Venezuela

League and cup history

See also:
List of S.E.F. Torres 1903 seasons
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Other Notes
2018–19 Serie D 15/20 38 12 4 22 35 59 40
2019–20 Serie D 3/18 26 14 9 3 44 25 51
2020–21 Serie D 15/20 34 8 10 16 31 48 34
2021–22 Serie D Finalist [58]

Women's team

The women's team

Italian Women's Cups
.

See also

  • Torres Calcio Femminile
  • U.S.D. Latte Dolce
  • Dinamo Basket Sassari

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