Torres
Full nameAssociazione Sportiva Dilettantistica FC Sassari Torres Femminile[1]
Nickname(s)I Rossoblù (The Red-Blues)
Founded1980 (as A.C.F. Delco Costruzioni)
GroundStadio Vanni Sanna,
Sassari
Capacity12,000
LeagueSerie B
2021–225th, Serie B
WebsiteClub website

Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica FC Sassari Torres Femminile (usually referred to simply as Torres or sometimes named Eurospin Torres due to sponsorship) is an Italian women's association football club based in Sassari, Sardinia. The club was formed in 1980 and competed in women's Serie A until 2015. Torres's colours were blue and red. The team won seven scudetti and eight Italian Women's Cups. They were refused a license for the 2015–16 Serie A season due to debts and now compete in Serie B.

After winning two doubles in 2000 and 2001, Torres became the first team to represent Italy in the newly founded UEFA Women's Cup. After 2009–10 the team was a regular competitor in the rebranded UEFA Women's Champions League, reaching the quarter-finals on three occasions.

History

Beginnings

Sporting an orange change strip in October 2006

The club was founded in 1980 as A.C.F. Delco Costruzioni of Sassari and affiliated to the Federazione Italiana Calcio Femminile (FIGCF; Italy's autonomous women's football association).[2] They began playing in the 1981 season, enrolling in the local division of Serie C.

In 1989, by then known as CUS Sassari, the team won the Sardinian section of Serie C and promotion to Serie B. The next season the club won its league again and arrived in Serie A for the first time. In the club's first season at the top level, 1990–91, the team won their first Italian Women's Cup. In 1993–94 the goals of Carolina Morace secured a first Scudetto. The following season, without Morace, the title was lost but the team won their second Italian Cup.

Early trophies

Between 1999 and 2005, Torres won two league titles, four Italian Cups, two Italian Super Cups and the Italy Women's Cup, as well as establishing the record of 38 consecutive wins in official matches including league and Italian Cup. Torres was the first Italian team to participate in the UEFA Women's Cup, the female version of the UEFA Champions League.

Patrizia Panico, Top Scorer of UEFA Women's Champions Leaguein the season 2012–13 and Serie A in 2010–11 and in 2011–12

In 2008, after finishing second in the league, Torres won a seventh Italian Women's Cup by beating Bardolino 1–0 in the final's second leg, overturning a 3–2 defeat in the first leg. Throughout this period, Torres' success rested on the prolific goal-scoring of players such as Rita Guarino, Pamela Conti and the Spaniard Ángeles Parejo.[3]

Burgeoning success

In the 2009–10 season Torres won a fourth Scudetto, dominating the league from the first day. The club also secured the Super Cup, but were beaten in the final of the Italian Women's Cup. A successful season was crowned by an appearance in the UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-finals. 2010–11 culminated in a treble of the Super Cup, Scudetto and Italian Women's Cup. In the following season, Torres collected a Scudetto and Super Cup double, but lost out in the semi-finals of the Italian Women's Cup. In 2013 they retained the league title and were named fifth in the year's best women's clubs by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).[4]

The 2013–14 season yielded a Super Cup and runners-up finishes in the league and Italian Women's Cup, as well as another quarter-final placing in the UEFA Women's Champions League. Patrizia Panico scored more than 40 league goals. But Torres were thrashed 12–1 on aggregate by Turbine Potsdam and overall the season was considered to be below expectations. A dispute over funding and the club's strategic direction saw the departure of both president Leonardo Marras and coach Manuela Tesse in 2014.[5]

Insolvency and Promotion

Torres were subsumed into the structure of Torres' male club in June 2014.[6] In September 2015 it was announced that Torres had been refused a license for the forthcoming Serie A season and would be excluded from taking part. La Lega Nazionale Dilettanti, who oversee women's football in Italy, demanded that the club's new owners pay half of the total €90,000 debt up front, rejecting a proposed alternative repayment arrangement which the male club offered to underwrite.[7] In 2021 got promoted again Serie B, after the season 2020-21 in Serie C (level 3).

Stadium

The team play in the Stadio Vanni Sanna in Sassari, the complex is belong S.E.F. Torres 1903. Here plays also U.S.D. Latte Dolce.[8]

2022–23 squad

As of 15 September 2022.[9]

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 Francesca Fabiano
2 MF Italy ITA Flavia Lombardo
3 DF Italy ITA Valentina Congia
4 DF Italy ITA Maria Bertone
7 FW Portugal POR Adriana Faria Gomes
8 MF Netherlands NED Indy Spaan
9 FW Italy ITA Giusy Bassano
10 DF Italy ITA Maria Grazia Ladu
12 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Shauna Peare
17 DF Spain ESP Catalina Alfonso Moran
20 FW Italy ITA Lorenza Scarpelli
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Italy ITA Francesca Blasoni
22 MF Italy ITA Antonia Peddio
32 DF Netherlands NED Milou Leendertse
34 DF Italy ITA Beatrice Airola
50 GK Italy ITA Miriam Ubaldi
72 GK Italy ITA Marica Deiana
77 MF Italy ITA Sofia Pederzani
80 MF United States USA Julia Saveria Weithofer
— MF Italy ITA Angela Congia

Former players

For details of current and former players, see Category:Torres Calcio Femminile players.

Record in UEFA competitions

Competition Round Country Club Result
2001–02 UEFA Women's Cup Group stageFinlandHJK Helsinki1–2
AustriaUSC Country House5–0
Faroe IslandsKÍ Klaksvík4–0
2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League Group stageSlovakiaSlovan Duslo Šaľa1–0
TurkeyTrabzonspor9–0
SloveniaŽNK Krka3–0
Round of 32IcelandValur6–2 (4–1 h, 2–1 a)
Round of 16AustriaSV Neulengbach8–2 (4–1 h, 4–1 a)
Quarter finalsFranceOlympique Lyonnais1–3 (0–3 a, 1–0 h)
2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32SwitzerlandFC Zürich7–3 (3–2 a, 4–1 h)
Round of 16FranceFCF Juvisy3–4 (1–2 h, 2–2 a aet)
2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32IsraelASA Tel Aviv University5–2 (2–0 a, 3–2 h)
Round of 16DenmarkBrøndby IF2–5 (1–2 a, 1–3 h)
2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32CyprusApollon Limassol6–3 (3–2 a, 3–1 h)
Round of 16RomaniaCFF Olimpia Cluj7–1 (4–1 h, 3–0 a)
Quarter finalsEnglandArsenal1–4 (1–3 a, 0–1 h)
2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32AustriaSpratzern5–3 (2–2 a, 3–1 h)
Round of 16RussiaRossiyanka2–1 (0–1 a, 2–0 h)
Quarter finalsGermanyTurbine Potsdam1–12 (0–8 h, 1–4 a)
2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32SloveniaPomurje7–3 (4–2 a, 3–1 h)
Round of 16GermanyFrankfurt0–9 (0–5 a, 0–4 h)

Honours

Torres have won the most trophies of all Italian women's clubs.[10]

League

  • Serie B (level 2)
    • Winners (1): 1989–90
  • Serie C (level 3)
    • Winners (1): 2020-21

Cups

  • Coppa Italia
    • Winners (8): 1990–91, 1994–95, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2010–11
    • Runners-up (3) 2008–09, 2009–10, 2013–14
  • Supercoppa Italiana[11]
    • Winners (7): 2000, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

Individual Player & Coach awards

Top Scorer

League and cup history

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Other Notes
2021–22 Serie B 5/14 26 13 3 10 35 37 42 [12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sassari Torres Femminile". FIGC. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "La Nostra Storia" (in Italian). Torres Calcio Femminile. Archived from the original on 10 February 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  3. ↑ Roldán, Isabel (25 May 2011). "Italia despide a su última gran 'donna' española". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "The world's best woman club". International Federation of Football History & Statistics. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  5. ↑ Merati, Mario (12 June 2014). "Torres femminile: quale futuro?". Calcio Donne (in Italian). Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "Uomini e donne, solo una Torres. Capitani: "Rilanciamo e puntiamo sui giovani". Comune Sassari: "Stadio? Si può fare"" (in Italian). SardegnaSport.com. 27 June 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  7. ↑ Tiseo, Giandomenico (15 September 2015). "Calcio femminile: Torres esclusa dal campionato di Seria A 2015/2016" (in Italian). Olimpiazzurra. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "STADIO VANNI SANNA". www.soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  9. ↑ "La Squadra" (in Italian). Torres Calcio Femminile. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  10. ↑ "Campioni D'Italia..." (in Italian). Torres Calcio Femminile. 5 May 2012. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014. Con la vittoria del sesto Scudetto, la Torres e' da oggi la più titolata squadra d'Italia.
  11. ↑ "Italy - List of Women's Super Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  12. ↑ "Classifiche Serie B 2021-22". www.figc.it. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
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