title: 2016–17 Torino FC season
text: # 2016–17 Torino FC season
  
  The 2016–17 season was Torino Football Club's 106th season of competitive football, 89th season in the top division of Italian football and 72nd season in Serie A. The club competed in Serie A and in the Coppa Italia.
  
  In the league Torino enjoyed a mixed campaign, finishing 9th with 53 points but scoring 71 goals, including 26 from Italian striker Andrea Belotti, who finished three goals below capocannoniere and Roma striker Edin Džeko. The season was also the first in charge of Torino for Serbian coach and former player Siniša Mihajlović.
  
  ## Players
  
  ### Squad information
  
      As of 2 February 2017
  
  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 | ITA | Daniele Padelli |
  | 2 | DF | BRA | Bruno Peres |
  | 3 | DF | ITA | Cristian Molinaro |
  | 4 | DF | BRA | Leandro Castán (on loan from Roma) |
  | 5 | DF | BRA | Carlão |
  | 6 | MF | GHA | Afriyie Acquah |
  | 7 | DF | ITA | Davide Zappacosta |
  | 8 | MF | ITA | Daniele Baselli |
  | 9 | FW | ITA | Andrea Belotti |
  | 10 | FW | SRB | Adem Ljajić |
  | 11 | FW | ARG | Maxi López |
  | 13 | DF | ITA | Luca Rossettini |
  | 14 | FW | ESP | Iago Falque |
  | 15 | MF | ITA | Marco Benassi (vice-captain) |
  | 16 | MF | SWE | Samuel Gustafson |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 17 | FW | VEN | Josef Martínez |
  | 18 | MF | ITA | Mirko Valdifiori |
  | 19 | FW | PAR | Juan Iturbe (on loan from Roma) |
  | 20 | DF | URU | Gastón Silva |
  | 21 | GK | ENG | Joe Hart (on loan from Manchester City) |
  | 22 | MF | NGA | Joel Obi |
  | 23 | DF | ITA | Antonio Barreca |
  | 24 | DF | ITA | Emiliano Moretti (captain) |
  | 25 | MF | SRB | Saša Lukić |
  | 26 | DF | BRA | Danilo Avelar |
  | 27 | DF | ITA | Marco Chiosa |
  | 29 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo De Silvestri |
  | 31 | FW | ARG | Lucas Boyé |
  | 93 | DF | ALB | Arlind Ajeti |
  
  ## Transfers
  
  ### In
  
  | Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 February 2016 | FW | Lucas Boyé | 19 | Newell's Old Boys | Undisclosed | |
  | 10 July 2016 | DF | Arlind Ajeti | 22 | Frosinone | Free | |
  | 18 July 2016 | FW | Adem Ljajić | 24 | Roma | €8,500,000 | |
  | 29 July 2016 | MF | Saša Lukić | 25 | Teleoptik | €2,500,000 | |
  | 5 August 2016 | MF | Panagiotis Tachtsidis | 25 | Genoa | €1,300,000 | |
  | 9 August 2016 | MF | Samuel Gustafson | 21 | Häcken | Undisclosed | |
  | 16 August 2016 | DF | Luca Rossettini | 31 | Bologna | €2,000,000 | |
  | 18 August 2016 | DF | Lorenzo De Silvestri | 28 | Sampdoria | €3,750,000 | |
  | 4 January 2017 | FW | Iago Falque | 27 | Roma | €6,000,000 | Bought out loan |
  | 9 January 2017 | DF | Carlão | 30 | APOEL | Undisclosed | |
  
  **Loans in**
  
  | Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 18 July 2016 | FW | Iago Falque | 26 | Roma | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
  | 17 August 2016 | DF | Leandro Castán | 29 | Roma | Loan | |
  | 31 August 2016 | GK | Joe Hart | 29 | Manchester City | €1,000,000 | |
  | 4 January 2017 | FW | Juan Iturbe | 23 | Roma | Loan | Loan with an option to buy for €12.5M |
  
  ### Out
  
  | Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 28 June 2016 | DF | Vasyl Pryima | 25 | Frosinone | Free |
  | 9 July 2016 | GK | Lys Gomis | 26 | Lecce | Undisclosed |
  | 4 July 2016 | DF | Kamil Glik | 28 | Monaco | Undisclosed |
  | 2 August 2016 | DF | Alessandro Gazzi | 33 | Palermo | €700,000 |
  | 4 January 2017 | DF | Cesare Bovo | 33 | Pescara | Undisclosed |
  
  **Loans out**
  
  | Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 9 July 2016 | DF | Marco Chiosa | 22 | Perugia | Loan | |
  | 18 July 2016 | DF | Lorenzo Carissoni | 19 | Trapani | Loan | |
  | 11 August 2016 | MF | Vittorio Parigini | 20 | Chievo | Loan | |
  | 16 August 2016 | DF | Bruno Peres | 26 | Roma | €1,000,000 | Loan with an option to buy for €12,500,000 |
  | 18 August 2016 | DF | Gastón Silva | 22 | Granada | Loan | |
  | 2 February 2017 | FW | Josef Martínez | 23 | Atlanta United | Loan | Loan with an option to buy for €4.7M |
  
  ## Competitions
  
  ### Overall
  
  | Competition | Started round | Current position | Final position | First match | Last match |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Serie A | Matchday 1 | — | 9th | 21 August 2016 | 28 May 2017 |
  | Coppa Italia | Third round | — | Round of 16 | 13 August 2016 | 12 January 2017 |
  
  Last updated: 28 May 2017
  
  ### Serie A
  
  **League table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 7 | Internazionale | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 72 | 49 | +23 | 62 |
  | 8 | Fiorentina | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 63 | 57 | +6 | 60 |
  | 9 | Torino | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 71 | 66 | +5 | 53 |
  | 10 | Sampdoria | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 48 |
  | 11 | Cagliari | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 55 | 76 | −21 | 47 |
  
  **Results summary**
  
  | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  Last updated: 28 May 2017. 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
  | Result | L | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | D | D | W | L | D | W | L | D | D | W | D | W | D | D | L | L | W |
  | Position | 13 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
  
  ## 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 | ITA | Daniele Padelli | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 21 | GK | ENG | Joe Hart | 37 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | Defenders ||||||||||
  | 3 | DF | ITA | Cristian Molinaro | 10 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 4 | DF | BRA | Leandro Castán | 14 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 5 | DF | BRA | Carlão | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 7 | DF | ITA | Davide Zappacosta | 29 | 1 | 25+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 13 | DF | ITA | Luca Rossettini | 31 | 1 | 29+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
  | 23 | DF | ITA | Antonio Barreca | 30 | 0 | 25+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 24 | DF | ITA | Emiliano Moretti | 26 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
  | 26 | DF | BRA | Danilo Avelar | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 29 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo De Silvestri | 18 | 1 | 15+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
  | 93 | DF | ALB | Arlind Ajeti | 5 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
  | Midfielders ||||||||||
  | 6 | MF | GHA | Afriyie Acquah | 22 | 2 | 13+7 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
  | 8 | MF | ITA | Daniele Baselli | 39 | 6 | 28+9 | 6 | 1+1 | 0 |
  | 15 | MF | ITA | Marco Benassi | 29 | 5 | 24+4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
  | 16 | MF | SWE | Samuel Gustafson | 6 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 18 | MF | ITA | Mirko Valdifiori | 25 | 0 | 22+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 22 | MF | NGA | Joel Obi | 23 | 0 | 9+11 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
  | 25 | MF | SRB | Saša Lukić | 15 | 0 | 7+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | Forwards ||||||||||
  | 9 | FW | ITA | Andrea Belotti | 38 | 28 | 34+1 | 26 | 2+1 | 2 |
  | 10 | FW | SRB | Adem Ljajić | 36 | 12 | 30+3 | 10 | 2+1 | 2 |
  | 11 | FW | ARG | Maxi López | 18 | 3 | 2+14 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 |
  | 14 | FW | ESP | Iago Falque | 35 | 12 | 31+4 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
  | 19 | FW | PAR | Juan Iturbe | 17 | 1 | 4+12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
  | 31 | FW | ARG | Lucas Boyé | 33 | 3 | 14+16 | 1 | 1+2 | 2 |
  | Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
  | 5 | DF | ITA | Cesare Bovo | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 17 | FW | VEN | Josef Martínez | 13 | 2 | 4+7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
  | 20 | MF | ITA | Giuseppe Vives | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 30 | FW | ITA | Mattia Aramu | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 33 | DF | BRA | Bruno Peres | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  
  Last updated: 28 May 2017 Source: Competitions
  
  ### Goalscorers
  
  | Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 9 | FW | | Andrea Belotti | 26 | 2 | 28 |
  | 2 | 10 | FW | | Adem Ljajić | 10 | 2 | 12 |
  | 2 | 14 | FW | | Iago Falque | 12 | 0 | 12 |
  | 4 | 8 | MF | | Daniele Baselli | 6 | 0 | 6 |
  | 5 | 15 | MF | | Marco Benassi | 5 | 0 | 5 |
  | 6 | 11 | FW | | Maxi López | 2 | 1 | 3 |
  | 6 | 31 | FW | | Lucas Boyé | 1 | 2 | 3 |
  | 8 | 6 | MF | | Afriyie Acquah | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  | 8 | 17 | FW | | Josef Martínez | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 10 | 7 | DF | | Davide Zappacosta | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 10 | 13 | DF | | Luca Rossettini | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 10 | 19 | FW | | Juan Iturbe | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 10 | 24 | DF | | Emiliano Moretti | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 10 | 29 | DF | | Lorenzo De Silvestri | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 10 | 33 | DF | | Bruno Peres | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 10 | 93 | DF | | Arlind Ajeti | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 71 | 9 | 80 |
  
  Last updated: 28 May 2017
  
  ### Clean sheets
  
  | Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 21 | GK | | Joe Hart | 5 | 0 | 5 |
  | 2 | 1 | GK | | Daniele Padelli | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 5 | 1 | 6 |
  
  Last updated: 28 May 2017
  
  ### Disciplinary record
  
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | GK | | Daniele Padelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 21 | GK | | Joe Hart | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 3 | DF | | Cristian Molinaro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 4 | DF | | Leandro Castán | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
  | 5 | DF | | Cesare Bovo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 5 | DF | | Carlão | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 7 | DF | | Davide Zappacosta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 13 | DF | | Luca Rossettini | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
  | 23 | DF | | Antonio Barreca | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
  | 24 | DF | | Emiliano Moretti | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
  | 26 | DF | | Danilo Avelar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 29 | DF | | Lorenzo De Silvestri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 93 | DF | | Arlind Ajeti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 6 | MF | | Afriyie Acquah | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
  | 8 | MF | | Daniele Baselli | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
  | 15 | MF | | Marco Benassi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
  | 16 | MF | | Samuel Gustafson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 18 | MF | | Mirko Valdifiori | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
  | 20 | MF | | Giuseppe Vives | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 22 | MF | | Joel Obi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
  | 25 | MF | | Saša Lukić | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
  | 9 | FW | | Andrea Belotti | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
  | 10 | FW | | Adem Ljajić | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
  | 11 | FW | | Maxi López | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 14 | FW | | Iago Falque | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 17 | FW | | Josef Martínez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
  | 19 | FW | | Juan Iturbe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 30 | FW | | Mattia Aramu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 31 | FW | | Lucas Boyé | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
  | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 81 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 4 | 1 |
  
  Last updated: 28 May 2017
  
  