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96-656: The Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino (English: Great Turin Olympic Stadium ), named after the Grande Torino team, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Turin , Italy . It is the home ground of Serie A club Torino Football Club . The stadium is located in Piazzale Grande Torino, in the district of Santa Rita , in the south-central area of the city. The stadium is currently rated by UEFA as

192-638: A Category 4 stadium , the highest ranking possible. Constructed in the 1930s, and originally known as the Stadio Municipale Benito Mussolini (or colloquially the Stadio Municipale ) and later the Stadio Comunale , it was the home of Juventus and Torino until the 1990s, when it was abandoned in favour of the bigger and more modern Stadio delle Alpi . After a sixteen-year stint without Serie A football,

288-415: A holding midfielder , creating a de facto "stopper", while the full-backs were tasked with marking the wingers. The tasks of marking were simpler, and being a mirrored array man marking was born. The system was also more dynamic, more balanced and, if played with the right players, was a tactic that for the first time guaranteed control of the "hotspot", the midfield. This was set to four players arranged in

384-508: A "lightning war" that he announced the players would remain at home, claiming: "We need them more on the fields than the army." The following year, Ossola showed his value as top scorer for the Granata , scoring 14 goals from 22 appearances, but the team as a whole did not change form. Torino ended the season in seventh position with 30 points, nine less than champions Bologna. Two players retired that year: Oberdan Ussello, who in turn took over

480-462: A far better World Championship than the one to be staged in Rome". Despite their role as hosts, Italy were still required to qualify, the only time the host needed to do so. The qualifying matches were arranged on a geographical basis. Withdrawals by Chile and Peru meant Argentina and Brazil qualified without playing a single match. Twelve of the 16 places were allocated to Europe, three to

576-615: A new multipurpose arena in the area next to an outdoor pool that was only used in the summer months. Following agreements with the City and the involved parts, entrusted the Stadio delle Alpi to Juventus , the Municipal Stadium was assigned to Torino, and had to be reconstructed and would be operational in late 2005. As a change of host venue to the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2006 Winter Olympics The agreement still involved

672-537: A one-off formula. For the first time since 1929, the tournament was not played in a single round. In the North of the country was organised a Championship of Northern Italy (officially the Divisione Nazionale ) which was placed in continuity with the pre-war Serie A, there being open to all club that would have been entitled to participate in the top flight of the suppressed 1943–44 season. In southern Italy

768-635: A one-off match in Rome , which the United States won. The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. Asia (0) Africa (1) North, Central America and Caribbean (1) South America (2) Europe (12) 10 of these teams made their first World Cup appearance. This included 9 of the 12 European teams (Italy, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Austria, and Switzerland) as well as Egypt. Egypt

864-736: 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). 1934 FIFA World Cup The 1934 FIFA World Cup was the 2nd edition of the FIFA World Cup , the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It took place in Italy from 27 May to 10 June 1934. The 1934 World Cup

960-434: A period of self-imposed exile from FIFA, also refused to participate, even though FIFA had offered England and Scotland direct entry to the tournament without qualification. Football Association committee member Charles Sutcliffe called the tournament "a joke" and claimed that "the national associations of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland have quite enough to do in their own International Championship which seems to me

1056-488: A rousing march in the group, which led to Torino breaking all records. The Granata defeated Juventus in the return derby, scheduled in January, but recovered in mid-March, with a goal of Eusebio Castigliano . The round ended with a three-point advantage on Inter Milan , followed by Juventus and A.C. Milan . The final round gave access to the southern teams, Napoli , A.S. Bari , A.S. Roma and Pro Livorno . The beginning

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1152-451: A small amount at the time, under the suggestion Janni (who had managed Varese) and Ellena. He made his debut on 4 February 1940 in 1–0 win against Novara . That year, Ossola played two more matches, against Bologna and Napoli . Italy, which until then had remained neutral, on 10 June 1940 entered World War II on the side of the Axis powers . Benito Mussolini was so sure the war would be

1248-602: A square (as placed precisely at the top of "W" and "M") and involved the use of two midfielders and two mezzepunte . Novo approved the suggestion and based Torino on this tactic. Novo hired Hungarian manager András Kuttik to replace Tony Cargnelli . Ellena was given a position in centre midfield, a role he previously held at Fiorentina, until then the only Italian club to experiment with the tactic, albeit with little success. The change of tactic also interested Italy manager Vittorio Pozzo, who had already begun to shape his own national side on his "block", Torino. The 1941–42 season

1344-402: A straight knockout tournament. If a match was tied after ninety minutes, then thirty minutes of extra time were played. If the score was still tied after extra time, the match was replayed the next day. The eight seeded teams – Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Czechoslovakia and Hungary – were kept apart in the first round. All eight first-round matches kicked off at

1440-515: Is commonly used to identify the team that died in the disaster, it defines the entire sports cycle which lasted eight years and led to the conquest of five consecutive championships, equaling the record previously set by Juventus of the Quinquennio d'oro ; Grande Torino also won a Coppa Italia . In the summer of 1939, the industrialist Ferruccio Novo , at age 42, assumed the presidency of Torino, succeeding Giovanni Battista Cuniberti. Novo

1536-787: The 1934 FIFA World Cup , held in Italy. In the 1934–35 season, the Stadio Olimpico di Torino began to host matches for the League Cup. From the late 1950s, until the 1989–90 season, the stadium hosted the home games of both Turin teams in the Italian championship. The stadium was then abandoned in favor of the Stadio delle Alpi , built for the 1990 FIFA World Cup . Between 1935 and 1986, Juventus were Italian champions 16 times (including five consecutive titles between 1931 and 1935), and won

1632-471: The Coppa Italia seven times, several international titles, and one UEFA Cup (1976). For their part, between 1935 and 1976, Torino were six-time Italian champions (also with five consecutive titles, between 1945 and 1949), and won four Italian Cups in the stadium. From 1938 until the late 1950s, the stadium also housed the headquarters of the provisional Automobile Museum (opened in 1939). It served as

1728-479: The Granata at Venezia 5-2. The Spezia Calcio title was officially recognised by FIGC in 2002 as decoration. Following the decision of FIGC in 2002, Spezia is authorized by the Italian Federation to exhibit a tricolour badge on the official jerseys which is unique, being the only example of a permanent one in Italy. The badge has a different shape and size compared to the ordinary Scudetto. After

1824-482: The Olympic football tournament in 1936 . For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1934 FIFA World Cup squads . With five goals, Oldřich Nejedlý was the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 70 goals were scored by 45 players, with none of them credited as an own goal. In 1986, FIFA published a report that ranked all teams in each World Cup up to and including 1986, based on progress in

1920-538: The derby , but lost again, in Milan , against the Rossoneri . Torino would relinquish the lead in the standings, 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. However,

2016-603: The Agnelli; some photos of that portray them on the lathe and machine tools. The cousins of Juventus, moreover, similarly had emigrated in turn to Alba to the Cisitalia, a car factory belonging to the then Juventus president Piero Dusio. In Torino play the goalkeeper Luigi Griffanti, from the national team, taken from Fiorentina, and the Vercellese Silvio Piola , a striker coming from Lazio , who came to

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2112-519: The Americas, and one to Africa or Asia (including Turkey). Only 10 of the 32 entrants, and four of the 16 qualified teams (Brazil, Argentina, United States and Egypt, the first African team to qualify for a World Cup finals tournament), were from outside Europe. The last place in the finals was contested between the United States and Mexico only three days before the start of the tournament in

2208-575: The Bianconeri at the top. On the last day, Torino scored nine goals at the Filadefia against Pro Livorno, while Juventus were held to a 1–1 draw in Naples. The Scudetto was won by Torino, the third in its history, the second triumph of the team of Ferruccio Novo . The wounds of war were healing and football returned to a single-round system. The league, due to the immediate difficulties to find

2304-647: The Communale Stadium was used less, only accommodating the Juventus coaching activities (until 2003) and, from 2004, those of Torino. In 1998, when Turin was bidding to host the 2006 Winter Olympics , the Stadium and its surroundings were originally planned to be involved in the event, as the opening and closing ceremonies are originally scheduled for the Stadio Delle Alpi and a multiuse arena

2400-623: The Coppa Italia against their "terrible" Venezia of the year before and became the first team to hit the "double". The game is played in Milan and the Granata, thanks to a brace from Gabetto and goals from Mazzola and Ferraris II, get the win with a resounding 4–0. In 1944 Italy, now devastated by war, is broken in two by the Gothic Line . The fascist regime fell, the US military advanced in

2496-572: The National Fascist Party was the venue for the final. With 80 minutes played, the Czechoslovaks led 1–0. The Italians managed to score before the final whistle and then added another goal in extra time to be crowned World Cup winners. Throughout the years, several sources have reported that the tournament was marred by bribery and corruption, and could have been influenced by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini , who used

2592-515: The North to take his family to the Capital, and instead remained stuck in Upper Italy due to the armistice. In the championship of war played to the north, in the first group stage, Torino was inserted in the group Ligure-Piemontese. The team beat 7-1 Genoa and Biella, 7-0 Alexandria, for the 8-2 Novara and Juventus 5-0. In the semifinal round Torino faced Ambrosiana-Inter, Varese and Juventus;

2688-514: The architect Raffaello Fagnoni and engineers Enrico Bianchini and Dagoberto Ortensi ); the athletic field, the Tower of Marathon, and the ticket offices to Eng. Vannacci and Lucherini (project architect Brenno Del Giudice , Prof. Colonnetti and Eng. Vannacci), and the indoor pool to the Eng. E. Faletti Company (project architect Bonicelli and Eng. Villanova). The Eng. Guido De Bernardi Company undertook

2784-407: The arrival of goalkeeper Valerio Bacigalupo from Savona, the defender Aldo Ballarin from Triestina, from which he had already "fished" Giuseppe Grezar , the return of Virgilio Maroso from Alessandria , central midfielder Mario Rigamonti from Brescia, and winger Eusebio Castigliano and forward Pietro Ferraris both from Spezia. Virtually revolutionised in defence and an attack identical to

2880-408: The ball for the striker . The attacking phase was not easy, as the offside rule stipulated there must be three players between the striker and the goal, therefore only one defender had to advance to trigger the offside trap . In 1926, the offside rule was changed: two players needed to advance to trigger offside. This created many immediate difficulties for the teams of the time and greatly increased

2976-463: The club, and following the suggestions of Vittorio Pozzo , make management more similar to the models of the English teams, then at the forefront: he surrounded himself with competent employees, such former players Antonio Janni and Mario Sperone ( Italian Champions 1928 ), and Giacinto Ellena; Rinaldo Agnisetta was given the role of managing director; Roberto Copernicus, who owned a clothing store,

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3072-453: The competition and the successful national team, considered one of the best in the country's history , emerged victorious also in the Olympic football tournament of 1936 hosted by Germany and in the 1938 World Cup hosted by France. The Federale 102 ball, which was manufactured in Italy, was the match ball provided for the 1934 World Cup. After a lengthy decision-making process in which FIFA's executive committee met eight times, Italy

3168-478: The construction of a multipurpose arena to receive ice hockey games and remain as a legacy in the city. However,due to the non-registration of the company grenade Championship (sanctioned definitively 9 August 2005), the City of Turin is the owner of the stadium after the complete reconstruction. The renovation project, supervised by Verona architects Giovanni Cenna Architetto e Arteco, based on Barcelona's Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys restoration project, maintained

3264-467: The country, by passing them as indispensable to the national production of the defence industry, managing effectively to exempt them from use on the front. The Torino of Novo found such a collaboration with FIAT , creating the FIAT Torino , a name similar to that of a corporate structure: in fact, Mazzola and the other, for the sake of appearances, are in fact classified as workers in the automobile of

3360-526: The derby concluded in a 1-3 defeat and a 3-3 draw, then comes the victory against Inter, thus giving way to the final round of three - along with Spezia Calcio (playing as VV.FF. Spezia for the reasons explained above similarly to Torino FIAT) and Venezia - which is played at Arena Civica in Milan . Torino would eventually lose tournament, due in part to an unofficial match of the national team, organised for propaganda purposes, held in Trieste two days before

3456-413: The derby won by Guglielmo Gabetto , to go to other successes such as the five goals against Inter and Atalanta, the six against Vicenza, Genoa and Milan. That attack ended with 104 goals scored, an average of nearly three per game, and with Valentino Mazzola Serie A top-scorer . The Torino of 1947–48 Torino set many records throughout the season: top score in the standings, with 65 points in 40 games;

3552-413: The dreams of the tricolor granata , Novo went to the locker room and directly purchased the two, that will end up costing 1,400,000 liras together, along with two other players (Petron and Mezzadra). A curious detail: on the trail of the two was also Juventus, who were followed by Virginio Rosetta , and deal with the Bianconeri seemed almost on the verge of being concluded. The dynamism of Novo thwarted

3648-463: The eighth day, 10 November 1946, Bologna arrived at the Filadelfia, unbeaten in seven games, with the keeper Glauco Vanz keeping a clean sheet since the beginning of the tournament. After a few minutes Giuseppe Grezar failed to convert a penalty, and around the 20th minute the ball reached Eusebio Castigliano , who scored from the edge of the area . Torino went on to win 4-0. In the locker room

3744-580: 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. After some friendly matches, the 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

3840-744: The end of the Second World War Italy was found in rubble and broken in two. The fierce fighting along the Gothic Line of winter 1944 had severely undermined, if not destroyed, the lines of communication from the Apennine Mountains , making it very difficult to travel between the Po Valley and the Italian Peninsula . Under these conditions, the Federation decided to restart the championship of football with

3936-496: The existing structures, subject to the constraints of the Superintendency of Environmental and Architectural Heritage, and added new structures to complete the coverage of the entire structure, and a third ring of tiers structurally continuous with the existing roof and with a closed section hosting 44 boxes. Approximately one third of the lining of the roof is translucent plastic, to avoid as much as possible damage caused to

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4032-408: The field to 16. Even so, there were several notable absentees. Reigning World Cup holders Uruguay declined to participate, in protest at the refusal of several European countries to travel to South America for the previous World Cup , which Uruguay had hosted in 1930. As a result, the 1934 World Cup is the only one in which the reigning champions did not participate. The British Home Nations , in

4128-406: The game against Spezia Calcio . Despite the trip made difficult by the operations of war, the president Novo, underestimating their opponents, rejects the proposal of the Federation to postpone the match against Spezia Calcio who, fresher, leave Milan. The "Fire Brigade", which came from the 1-1 draw against Venice, in the decisive match prevail 2-1, thus making unnecessary the subsequent victory of

4224-638: The goalkeeper Aldo was signed from Chioggia; the Hungarian-Czechoslovakian Július Schubert , a left-sided midfielder; and strikers Émile Bongiorni and Ruggero Grava arrived from Racing Parigi and Roubaix-Tourcoing respectively. Torino 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

4320-472: The ground floor of a commercial area of 1,163 square meters; in the north-west, also restored and relocated were the center of sports medicine, all services and offices. Outside was built a new Olympic Park and a new multipurpose arena that hosted the ice hockey tournament during the Winter Olympics. The building and all the whole area around was designed by Arata Isozaki of Japan. The renovation of

4416-403: The interior were made through 27 openings, the main of which led to the grandstand, equipped with a weatherproof roof. The parterre was partly covered by cantilevered terraces that projected over it and was slightly raised in the farthest part from the field. The playing field measures 70 x 105 metres, surrounded by an athletics track with six lanes, and pits for the shot put and discus, track for

4512-528: The journey to Italy were eliminated after one match. In the quarter-finals, the first replayed match in World Cup history took place, when Italy and Spain drew 1–1 after extra time. The match was played in a highly aggressive manner with several players of both sides injured: rough play injured the Spanish goalkeeper Ricardo Zamora in the first match, leaving him unable to participate in the replay, while on

4608-472: The last time that Torino would drop points before the end of the tournament. From the 21st round the Granata returned to the lead, gradually strengthening their position and subsequently winning the tournament, with a ten-point lead over Juventus. Torino, after a last misstep with Sampdoria (the only team in the tournament to take away three points out of four from Torino) put together a sixteen match unbeaten run, of which fourteen were victories, beginning with

4704-448: The lead, but two goals by Sven Jonasson and a winner by Knut Kroon gave Sweden a 3–2 victory. Fellow South Americans Brazil also suffered an early exit. Spain beat them comfortably, with 3–1 as the final score. For the only time in World Cup history, the last eight consisted entirely of European teams – Austria , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Hungary , Italy , Spain , Sweden , and Switzerland . All four non-European teams who made

4800-499: The league title ambitions happen all against the same team, the Valentino Mazzola- and Ezio Loik-led Venezia. The first is an excellent playmaker , the second a fast winger ; both are already staples of the Italy of Vittorio Pozzo . Novo senses they are the cherries that are missing from the cake to make the team unbeatable. At the end of a Venezia-Torino, third last of the championship, which in practice puts an end to

4896-430: The long jump and the top corner. Initially, the curves of the athletics track were designed with three centres. After protests from the national executive Massimo Cartasegna (who had participated as an athlete in the 1908 Summer Olympics ), they were redesigned to a single centre. The result, however, was that the track had an abnormal length of 446.38 metres. After the stadium's inauguration it hosted several matches of

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4992-471: The main venue of the Summer Universiade two times in 1959 and 1970 , hosted the 1970 Women's World Cup Final. In the 1980s the stadium was renamed " Vittorio Pozzo ", in homage to the coach who was twice World Champion with the Italy national football team in 1934 and 1938, who also coached Torino between 1912 and 1922. With the construction of bigger and more modern Stadio delle Alpi ,

5088-410: The maximum advantage over 2nd place: 16 points over A.C. Milan, Juventus and Triestina ; biggest home win, 10–0 against Alessandria ; a total of 29 wins out of 40 games; the longest unbeaten run, 21, with 17 wins and 4 draws; the most points at home, having won 19 games out of 20 at Stadio Filadelfia ; the highest number of goals scored, 125; and fewest conceded, 33. After a short summer interval from

5184-431: The most popular tactic was the metodo , a more defensive arrangement whose strength was mainly the counterattack, which had allowed the Italy national team of Vittorio Pozzo to win the 1934 and 1938 World Cups. In defence, there were only two fullbacks and a defensive midfielder which shuttled forward on the offence. In midfield, the offence was set by the centre midfielders , while the wingers were designed to serve

5280-401: The number of goals in the league. In the 1930s, Englishman Herbert Chapman , manager of Arsenal , developed a new tactic called the sistema or "WM" which in practice was a type of 3–2–2–3 formation, with three defenders, four midfielders (two half-backs and two inside-forwards) and three forwards positioned at the points of a "W" and "M". Chapman, reorganizing the defence, chose to move back

5376-459: The only difference that in those tournaments only two teams qualified. Because of this complex mechanism, the 1945–46 championship, while appearing regularly in the record books, is not assimilated to those of Serie A and does not appear in the statistics. On 14 October 1945 the championship began with the Scudetto on the shirts of Torino. Ferruccio Novo gave the team the final arrangement with

5472-500: The other side rough play by Spaniards broke the leg of the Italian Mario Pizziolo who would not play in the national team again. Italy won the replay 1–0; their play so physical that at least three Spaniards had to depart the field with injuries. Italy then went on to beat Austria in the semi-finals by the same score. Meanwhile, Czechoslovakia secured their place in the final by beating Germany 3–1. The Stadium of

5568-558: The past, Novo relied on the Torinese Luigi Ferrero , a former Torino winger of the pre-war period, that as a coach had been successful at A.S. Bari . The derby opened the championship and Torino immediately suffered their first defeat: Silvio Piola decided the match—who had moved to Juventus after the parenthesis at Torino in 1944—with a penalty. In the following two rounds, Torino scored eleven goals without conceding against Genoa and Sampierdarenese, beginning

5664-402: The plan of the cousins and acquired the two cherries that were missing. Thus was born the eleven destined to be remembered as the Grande Torino . At the start of the 1942–43 season, available to Hungarian Kuttik, there's a squad that includes top players: experts goalkeepers Bodoira and Cavalli; defenders of expertise such as Ferrini, Ellena and quality like Piacentini and Cassano; in midfield

5760-804: The preparation of fields and slopes. Work began in September 1932. The stadium was inaugurated on 14 May 1933 by the Secretary of the National Fascist Party , Achille Starace , at the beginning of the Littoriali. The first soccer match played in the new stadium was between Juventus and Hungary's Újpest FC (6–2), the return leg of the quarter-finals of the Central European Cup , on 29 June 1933. The original design stage consisted of an ellipsoid ring whose major perimeter

5856-661: The presence, since the time of the Municipal Stadium, in the area behind the curve itself, of a high tower. This tower was planned to mark the finished of the Turin Marathon and other street races and events held in the city. Since reopening the facility after the Winter Olympics in 2006, the south bend was renamed the Curva Primavera in honour of the Torino youth teams. In Italian, this literally translates to "Spring Curve". The Distinguished East (the east area of

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5952-486: The president of Bologna was heard shouting to his team: "Are you crazy, don't you know that we also need to mark the midfielder in Turin? And you let one free! Do you know at least who is Castilian?" An even more resounding success of this phase came with a 7-2 win over Fiorentina, however, Torino lost the championship lead when they were defeated by Alessandria. Along with the home draw with Modena two weeks after, it would be

6048-535: The return of Juventus to the Champions League . 1,350 new seats were installed on strategic places, in four rows behind the first row of the gallery, creating a new ring on the area of the old track. To promote visibility of spectators in these new rows, barriers have been lowered to 1.10 meters, compared to the previous 2.20 meters. Finally, 650 seats were recovered with the downsizing of guest areas. The capacity thus became approximately 27,500 seats. During

6144-571: The same season moved to the new Juventus Stadium), allowing a further increase in capacity from 27,994 places in 2009, to 28,140 today. In April 2016, the Olimpico was renamed the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino in honour of the side from the 1940s. This section of the stadium is traditionally occupied by the nuclei of the most enthusiastically organised Torino supporters during home games. This name has been attributed to

6240-586: The same time. Hosts and favourites Italy won handsomely, defeating the USA 7–1; The New York Times correspondent wrote that "only the fine goal-tending of Julius Hjulian of Chicago kept the score as low as it was". Internal disputes meant Argentina's squad for the tournament did not contain a single member of the team which had reached the final in 1930. In the end, La Albiceleste would partake with an amateur squad. Against Sweden in Bologna, Argentina twice took

6336-401: The season with a home draw with Triestina, and, after the narrow victory away to Lazio, another draw with Sampdoria and a defeat to Venezia, who was relegated in that season. On the fifth day there was the derby with Juventus, which finished 0-0. After five days, Torino managed to collect five points. From the sixth day, Torino collected six successive victories with the thirteenth day ahead. On

6432-483: The site of Stadio delle Alpi. At the end of the ground-share, Torino can decide to purchase the facility and could rename it "Olympic Stadium Grande Torino", said Mario Pescante on the occasion of the inauguration of the renovated stadium. Despite having physically eliminated the athletics track (in its place is a carpet of synthetic grass), the distance between the stands and the pitch has not changed. This caused disappointment among fans, who would have preferred to have

6528-437: The situation was even more complex, since there were insufficient clubs in the top flight. The solution was found by organising a mixed tournament between the teams of Serie A and those of Serie B . At the conclusion of the two groups, the top four teams in each league would qualify to the final round which would determine the winner of the championship, with a structure that remembered that of championships prior to 1926, with

6624-542: The sixteen best teams, was played with a huge tournament of twenty teams, then occupying 38 days, from September to July 1947. Torino did not make substantial changes to its team, but had strengthened the park of players. Along with the return of Romeo Menti , came the midfielder Danilo Martelli from Brescia, the back-stopper Francesco Rosetta of Novara, the goalkeeper Dante Piani, the Vercellese Guido Tieghi. Still under coach Luigi Ferrero, Torino began

6720-475: The south of the peninsula. Yet the league goes ahead and, at the decision of the Federation, was organised into a group stage. Transfers are however difficult since the bombing of the Allies, often interrupting rail links, forcing travelers to face long walking. To prevent the risk of call to arms, many teams are ingenious: with clever diplomacy, they ensure their players are part of the most important industries in

6816-551: The stadium cost near 30 million euros. The Olympic Stadium was officially opened in on 29 November 2005 in a ceremony attended by representatives of italian and local government, the International Olympic Committee members and the TOROC. After the 2006 Winter Olympics, the stadium returned to hosting football matches of Torino and Juventus. In 2011, Juventus moved to its new stadium, Juventus Stadium , on

6912-409: The stadium field, in addition to huge metallic structures that were added to be used during the events. With this, totaling a capacity of 35,000 people to meet the minimum requirements of the International Olympic Committee and transform the ceremonies into something more intimate than the previous ones. The modernization efforts, included in the internal structure of the Stadium, a new main building on

7008-488: The stadium was renovated and renamed the "Stadio Olimpico" on the occasion of the 2006 Winter Olympics . In a reversal of 1990, both Juventus and Torino moved back to the Olimpico during the demolition of the Stadium and the construction of the Juventus Arena at the same place, with Juventus using it until the end of the 2010–11 season , and Torino retaining it as their home stadium to the present day. The stadium

7104-487: The stadium) has been the meeting place of families within the facility. On the left side is a separate sector, reserved for fans of visiting teams. The Distinguished West was the most expensive stand of the Olympic Stadium. The second level is where is localized the press tribunes and the boxes of the authorities On 9 November 2013, it hosted Italy's end-of-year rugby union international against Australia , who won 50–20. Grande Torino With this name, although it

7200-479: The stands closer to the field, as in United Kingdom. However, during the restructuring held after the Winter Olympics, a new parterre was built, bringing the crowd closer to the front rows. 80 seats are reserved for disabled spectators in wheelchairs, including 64 located in two tribunes raised in the parterre of the first ring of separate stations, 12 in the grandstand and 4 in the boxes. The Olympic Stadium

7296-463: The summer of 2009, more work was performed. The parapet separation was lowered to 1.10 meters in all sectors and 444 new seats were added in the parterre, bringing the total stadium capacity to 27,994 seats. Moreover, in the summer of 2012, have been eliminated also the barriers that divided the Curva Maratona with Maratona Laterale (formerly the guest's sector in the home matches of Juventus in

7392-529: The tournament as a propaganda tool for fascism . According to these accusations, Mussolini personally selected referees for the matches where the Italy national team were playing, while the Italian government meddled in FIFA's organisation of events, re-organizing the logistics of the matches to further promote fascism. Nonetheless, Italy also won the following edition of the World Cup (held in France ) as well as

7488-535: The turf due to less sunlight from the shadow of the roof. The total capacity is 27,168 seats, all covered and seated, lower more than the half of the original capacity (originally the facility could accommodate 65,000 people standing) to meet modern safety standards. For the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games and the opening of the Paralympics, around 8,000 temporary chairs were placed on

7584-402: The use of technology was high: heating coils were placed below the field for use during cold temperatures and, in case of rain, an automatic system can cover the ground. During its first two years of use, from 2006 to 2008, two separate security zones separated the opposing fans; the actual capacity was limited to 25,500 seats. During the summer of 2008 extensive renovations were made, in view of

7680-454: The veterans Baldi and Gallea, with the new Ezio Loik and Mazzola; forward Menti and Ferraris, without forgetting Gabetto and Ossola. On paper Torino is the team to beat, but the departure is not the best: the Bull is to compete with surprise Livorno. This duel creates a thrilling championship, solved only on the final day when Torino, with a goal of Mazzola, sunk Bari. Torino also managed to win

7776-417: The youth team; and Raf Vallone , who devoted himself to a career in cinema and theatre. The foresight to Novo allowed him to take advantage of the climate of stagnation and lack of investment. There was little money in football, which Novo anticipated. In view of the 1941–42 Serie A season, Torino brought in five new players: Ferraris II, who played on the left wing for 1938 FIFA World Cup champions Italy,

7872-455: Was "finished" as a player, would be sold to the Genoa for 300,000 lire. Borel suggested to raise the bid and Novo purchased the striker for 330,000 lire. The turning point came when Felice Borel (who in the future would hold the role of manager ), Ellena and Copernicus suggested to Novo that Torino should be set up with the sistema tactic, a new form of the game in those years. Until then,

7968-455: Was about 640 metres. The base consisted of a tier of white granite, on which a red plaster plinth rested. The 45 degree sloped stands were formed of the same material, delimiting three glass strips for the lighting of the interior, and crowned by a white parapet. Large windows overlooked the field, bounded by concrete pillars that supported the terminal cantilever, which protruded by more than three meters with an inclination of 45 degrees. Access to

8064-516: Was appointed as the team's technical director and the Englishman Leslie Lievesley became the coach. The season also saw injuries to Virgilio Maroso , Eusebio Castigliano , Romeo Menti and Sauro Tomà , 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

8160-459: Was chosen as the host nation at a meeting in Stockholm on 9 October 1932. The decision was taken by the executive committee without a ballot of members. The Italian bid was chosen in preference to one from Sweden; the Italian government assigned a budget of Lire  3.5 million to the tournament. 36 countries applied to enter the tournament, so qualifying matches were required to thin

8256-419: Was marred by being a high-profile instance of a sporting event being used for overt political gain. In particular, Benito Mussolini was keen to use this World Cup as a means of promoting fascism. Although some historians and sports journalists have made accusations of corruption and meddling by Mussolini to influence the competition to the benefit of Italy, Italy has always claimed that it deserved victory in

8352-437: Was named the role of counsellor; Englishman Leslie Lievesley was given the role of youth coach; while the technical direction of the team was given to Ernest Egri Erbstein , who, of Jewish origin, worked incognito because of the racial laws. The first "hit" of Novo was to purchase a talented 18-year-old Franco Ossola from Varese that, with hindsight, would be first piece of the squad: Ossola cost 55 thousand Italian lire ,

8448-438: Was not a patron, but a careful administrator: he had entered Torino at a young age, even donning the jersey as a player, in 1913: a subpar player ("I was a duffer," he said smiling), he continued to follow the team as an enthusiastic fan first, then with the tasks socio-financier and advisor. He also once started a factory of leather accessories with his brother. His first moves as Torino president were therefore ones to reorganize

8544-557: Was originally named after Benito Mussolini , and was built to host the Littoriali Games of the fascist year XI , held in 1933 and the World Student Games in the same year. The Municipal Administration, to shorten the construction time, announced a competition and divided the work among three companies: the stadium (stands, bleachers, and internal works) was entrusted to Saverio Parisi of Rome (and designed by

8640-449: Was overwhelming: Torino played in Rome and scored six goals in 30 minutes in the first half, followed by a seventh goal in the second half. Among the other high-scoring matches, Torino defeated Napoli 7–1 and on the final day Pro Livorno 9–1. Juventus beat Torino in the second match (by a penalty of Silvio Piola ) and on the penultimate day held a two-point lead. In the return derby, with a goal from Guglielmo Gabetto , Torino drew level with

8736-461: Was planned to be built in another neighborhood of the city. Eventually, the city ended up winning the bid process and when the plans were executed it was realized that they would not be viable.In this way, several possibilities were studied, but like other cities that hosted the Games, it was decided to rehabilitate the City's Municipal Stadium, which was in terrible conditions. And this involved building

8832-505: Was signed from Ambrosiana for 250,000 lire; Romeo Menti , a winger with good technique and a powerful shot who was signed from Fiorentina at the recommendation of Ellena; and Alfredo Bodoira , Felice Borel and Guglielmo Gabetto , all from Turin city rivals Juventus . The arrival of Gabetto at Torino was due in part to Borel, who, perhaps to reward Novo for his faith after acquiring him from Juventus after years of misunderstanding techniques, revealed Gabetto, which Juventus considered

8928-420: Was the first in which teams had to qualify to take part. Thirty-two nations entered the competition; 16 teams would qualify for the final tournament. Reigning champions Uruguay boycotted the tournament as only four European teams had accepted their invitation to the 1930 tournament . Italy beat Czechoslovakia 2–1 to become the second World Cup champions and the first European winners. The 1934 World Cup

9024-455: Was the first stadium in Italy to fully comply with the dictates of the "Pisanu Law" on stadium security. More than 80 surveillance cameras allow the police to locate and identify perpetrators of violence. The glass enclosure that separates the field from the spectators area, is movable. It is 2.2 metres (7 ft 3 in) high, but during games that do not raise risk of public policy may be lowered to 1.1 metres (3 ft 7 in). Furthermore,

9120-407: Was the first team from Africa in the finals and would not qualify again until the next time the competition was held in Italy, in 1990 . The number of supporters travelling from other countries was higher than at any previous football tournament, including 7,000 from the Netherlands and 10,000 each from Austria and Switzerland. The group stage used in the first World Cup was discarded in favour of

9216-408: Was the prerogative of Roma . That year, two losses proved to be Torino's undoing: a first round exit in the Coppa Italia and a Serie A loss with three matches remaining against Venezia , which was led by Ezio Loik and Valentino Mazzola . The Torino squad of 1941–42 was a team then very competitive and tested but, as mentioned, the two capitulations that cost participation in the Coppa Italia and

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