title: 2017–18 Torino FC season
text: # 2017–18 Torino FC season
  
  The 2017–18 season was Torino Football Club's 107th season of competitive football, 90th season in the top division of Italian football and 73rd season in Serie A. The club competed in Serie A and in the Coppa Italia.
  
  The season was Serbian coach Siniša Mihajlović's second at the club; however, following a first half of the season in which Torino drew ten and won only five matches in Serie A, he was sacked on 4 January 2018. Former Napoli and Inter coach Walter Mazzarri was appointed to be Mihajlović's replacement the same day.
  
  In Serie A Torino repeated last season's 9th place finish; they were eliminated in the Coppa Italia quarter-finals by city rivals and eventual winners Juventus.
  
  ## Players
  
  ### Squad information
  
      Last updated on 20 May 2018
      Appearances include league matches only
  
  | No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age at end of season) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Goalkeepers ||||||||||
  | 1 | Salvador Ichazo | GK | (1992-01-26)26 January 1992 (aged 26) | Danubio | 2015 | 2019 | 4 | 0 |
  | 32 | Vanja Milinković-Savić | GK | (1997-02-20)20 February 1997 (aged 21) | Lechia Gdańsk | 2017 | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
  | 39 | Salvatore Sirigu | GK | (1987-01-12)12 January 1987 (aged 31) | Paris Saint-Germain | 2017 | 2019 | 37 | 0 |
  | Defenders ||||||||||
  | 3 | Cristian Molinaro | LB / LWB | (1983-07-30)30 July 1983 (aged 34) | Parma | 2014 | 2018 | 81 | 1 |
  | 4 | Kevin Bonifazi | CB | (1996-05-19)19 May 1996 (aged 22) | Youth Sector | 2015 | 2022 | 6 | 0 |
  | 13 | Nicolás Burdisso | CB | (1981-04-12)12 April 1981 (aged 37) | Unattached | 2017 | 2018 | 24 | 0 |
  | 15 | Cristian Ansaldi | LB / RB | (1986-09-20)20 September 1986 (aged 31) | Internazionale | 2017 | 2021 | 25 | 1 |
  | 23 | Antonio Barreca | LB | (1995-03-18)18 March 1995 (aged 23) | Youth Sector | 2016 | 2021 | 37 | 0 |
  | 24 | Emiliano Moretti | CB | (1981-06-11)11 June 1981 (aged 37) | Genoa | 2013 | 2018 | 151 | 5 |
  | 29 | Lorenzo De Silvestri | RB | (1988-05-23)23 May 1988 (aged 30) | Sampdoria | 2016 | 2020 | 51 | 6 |
  | 33 | Nicolas Nkoulou | CB | (1990-03-27)27 March 1990 (aged 28) | Lyon | 2017 | 2018 | 37 | 2 |
  | 87 | Alessandro Buongiorno | CB | (1999-06-06)6 June 1999 (aged 19) | Youth Sector | 2018 | 2022 | 1 | 0 |
  | 97 | Lyanco | CB | (1997-02-01)1 February 1997 (aged 21) | São Paulo | 2017 | 2022 | 4 | 0 |
  | Midfielders ||||||||||
  | 5 | Mirko Valdifiori | CM / DM | (1986-04-21)21 April 1986 (aged 32) | Napoli | 2016 | 2019 | 37 | 0 |
  | 6 | Afriyie Acquah | CM | (1992-01-05)5 January 1992 (aged 26) | Parma | 2015 | 2019 | 71 | 5 |
  | 8 | Daniele Baselli | CM / AM | (1992-03-12)12 March 1992 (aged 26) | Atalanta | 2015 | 2022 | 104 | 14 |
  | 22 | Joel Obi | CM | (1991-05-22)22 May 1991 (aged 27) | Internazionale | 2015 | 2019 | 52 | 6 |
  | 88 | Tomás Rincón | DM / CM | (1988-01-13)13 January 1988 (aged 30) | Juventus | 2017 | 2018 | 36 | 1 |
  | Forwards ||||||||||
  | 9 | Andrea Belotti | CF | (1993-12-20)20 December 1993 (aged 24) | Palermo | 2015 | 2021 | 102 | 48 |
  | 10 | Adem Ljajić | LW / RW / SS / AM | (1991-09-29)29 September 1991 (aged 26) | Roma | 2016 | 2020 | 60 | 16 |
  | 11 | M'Baye Niang | LW / RW / SS / CF | (1994-12-19)19 December 1994 (aged 23) | Milan | 2017 | 2021 | 26 | 4 |
  | 14 | Iago Falque | LW / RW / SS | (1990-01-04)4 January 1990 (aged 28) | Roma | 2016 | 2020 | 72 | 24 |
  | 20 | Simone Edera | RW | (1997-01-09)9 January 1997 (aged 21) | Youth Sector | 2016 | 2021 | 15 | 1 |
  | 21 | Álex Berenguer | LW | (1995-07-04)4 July 1995 (aged 22) | Osasuna | 2017 | 2022 | 21 | 1 |
  | Players transferred during the season ||||||||||
  | 7 | Davide Zappacosta | RB / LB | (1992-06-11)11 June 1992 (aged 26) | Atalanta | 2015 | 2017 | 56 | 2 |
  | 16 | Samuel Gustafson | CM | (1995-01-11)11 January 1995 (aged 23) | Häcken | 2016 | 2018 | 9 | 0 |
  | 19 | Manuel De Luca | CF | (1998-07-17)17 July 1998 (aged 19) | Youth Sector | 2017 | 2021 | 0 | 0 |
  | 31 | Lucas Boyé | CF | (1996-02-28)28 February 1996 (aged 22) | River Plate | 2016 | 2020 | 41 | 1 |
  | 99 | Umar Sadiq | CF | (1997-02-02)2 February 1997 (aged 21) | Roma | 2017 | 2018 | 3 | 0 |
  
  ## Transfers
  
  ### In
  
  | Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 27 June 2017 | GK | Salvatore Sirigu | 30 | Paris Saint-Germain | Undisclosed | |
  | 17 July 2017 | FW | Álex Berenguer | 22 | Osasuna | €5.5M | €5.5M + €1M in bonuses |
  | 31 August 2017 | DF | Nicolás Burdisso | 36 | Unattached | Free | |
  | 6 January 2018 | MF | Tomás Rincón | 29 | Juventus | €6M | Option to buy exercised |
  
  **Loans in**
  
  | Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 August 2017 | DF | Nicolas Nkoulou | 27 | Lyon | Loan | Loan with an option to buy for €7M |
  | 11 August 2017 | MF | Tomás Rincón | 29 | Juventus | €3M | Loan with an option to buy for €6M |
  | 16 August 2017 | FW | Umar Sadiq | 20 | Roma | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
  | 31 August 2017 | DF | Cristian Ansaldi | 30 | Internazionale | €2M | 2-year loan with an obligation to buy for €2M |
  | 31 August 2017 | FW | M'Baye Niang | 22 | Milan | Loan | Loan with an obligation to buy |
  | 22 January 2018 | FW | Giuseppe Borello | 18 | Crotone | Loan | |
  
  ### Out
  
  | Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 30 June 2017 | MF | Panagiotis Tachtsidis | 26 | Olympiacos | Undisclosed | |
  | 1 July 2017 | DF | Leandro Castán | 30 | Roma | Loan return | |
  | 1 July 2017 | GK | Joe Hart | 30 | Manchester City | Loan return | |
  | 1 July 2017 | FW | Juan Iturbe | 24 | Roma | Loan return | |
  | 1 July 2017 | GK | Daniele Padelli | 31 | Internazionale | Free | |
  | 9 August 2017 | MF | Marco Benassi | 22 | Fiorentina | €10M | |
  | 18 August 2017 | DF | Luca Rossettini | 32 | Genoa | €2M | |
  | 31 August 2017 | DF | Davide Zappacosta | 25 | Chelsea | €28M | €28M + €2M in bonuses |
  | 7 September 2017 | DF | Gastón Silva | 23 | Independiente | €1.4M | |
  | 26 January 2018 | FW | Umar Sadiq | 20 | Roma | Loan return | |
  
  **Loans out**
  
  | Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 8 July 2017 | GK | Alfred Gomis | 23 | SPAL | Loan | |
  | 1 August 2017 | DF | Arlind Ajeti | 23 | Crotone | Loan | |
  | 15 August 2017 | MF | Saša Lukić | 21 | Levante | Loan | |
  | 21 August 2017 | MF | Mattia Aramu | 22 | Virtus Entella | Loan | |
  | 31 August 2017 | DF | Danilo Avelar | 28 | Amiens | Loan | |
  | 31 August 2017 | FW | Vittorio Parigini | 21 | Benevento | Loan | |
  | 11 January 2018 | FW | Leonardo Candellone | 20 | Südtirol | Loan | |
  | 16 January 2018 | FW | Manuel De Luca | 19 | Renate | Loan | |
  | 24 January 2018 | MF | Samuel Gustafson | 23 | Perugia | Loan | |
  | 31 January 2018 | FW | Lucas Boyé | 21 | Celta Vigo | Loan | Loan with an option to buy for €12M |
  
  ## Competitions
  
  ### Serie A
  
  **League table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 7 | Atalanta | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 57 | 39 | +18 | 60 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
  | 8 | Fiorentina | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 57 | |
  | 9 | Torino | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 54 | |
  | 10 | Sampdoria | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 56 | 60 | −4 | 54 | |
  | 11 | Sassuolo | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 29 | 59 | −30 | 43 | |
  
  * ↑ Since the winners of the 2017–18 Coppa Italia, Juventus, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot awarded to the sixth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.
  
  **Results summary**
  
  | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  Last updated: 20 May 2018. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
  | Result | D | W | W | D | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | D | D | D | D | W | L | D | D | W | D | W | D | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | D | L | L | D | W | W |
  | Position | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 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 | URU | Salvador Ichazo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 32 | GK | SRB | Vanja Milinković-Savić | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
  | 39 | GK | ITA | Salvatore Sirigu | 38 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | Defenders ||||||||||
  | 3 | DF | ITA | Cristian Molinaro | 24 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
  | 4 | DF | ITA | Kevin Bonifazi | 7 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 13 | DF | ARG | Nicolás Burdisso | 25 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 15 | DF | ARG | Cristian Ansaldi | 25 | 1 | 20+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 23 | DF | ITA | Antonio Barreca | 9 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 24 | DF | ITA | Emiliano Moretti | 24 | 0 | 19+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 29 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo De Silvestri | 39 | 7 | 35 | 5 | 3+1 | 2 |
  | 33 | DF | CMR | Nicolas Nkoulou | 39 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
  | 87 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Buongiorno | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 97 | DF | BRA | Lyanco | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | Midfielders ||||||||||
  | 5 | MF | ITA | Mirko Valdifiori | 15 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 6 | MF | GHA | Afriyie Acquah | 26 | 1 | 9+13 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
  | 8 | MF | ITA | Daniele Baselli | 34 | 4 | 30+2 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
  | 22 | MF | NGA | Joel Obi | 25 | 6 | 16+6 | 5 | 2+1 | 1 |
  | 88 | MF | VEN | Tomás Rincón | 38 | 1 | 35+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
  | Forwards ||||||||||
  | 9 | FW | ITA | Andrea Belotti | 35 | 13 | 29+3 | 10 | 3 | 3 |
  | 10 | FW | SRB | Adem Ljajić | 28 | 6 | 23+4 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
  | 11 | FW | SEN | M'Baye Niang | 29 | 4 | 18+8 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
  | 14 | FW | ESP | Iago Falque | 40 | 14 | 34+3 | 12 | 3 | 2 |
  | 20 | FW | ITA | Simone Edera | 17 | 2 | 2+12 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 |
  | 21 | FW | ESP | Álex Berenguer | 25 | 2 | 11+11 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 |
  | Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
  | 7 | DF | ITA | Davide Zappacosta | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 16 | MF | SWE | Samuel Gustafson | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 19 | FW | ITA | Manuel De Luca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 25 | MF | SRB | Saša Lukić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 31 | FW | ARG | Lucas Boyé | 14 | 0 | 0+11 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
  | 99 | FW | NGA | Umar Sadiq | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  
  Last updated: 20 May 2018 Source: Competitions
  
  ### Goalscorers
  
  | Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 14 | FW | | Iago Falque | 12 | 2 | 14 |
  | 2 | 9 | FW | | Andrea Belotti | 10 | 3 | 13 |
  | 3 | 29 | DF | | Lorenzo De Silvestri | 5 | 2 | 7 |
  | 4 | 10 | FW | | Adem Ljajić | 6 | 0 | 6 |
  | 4 | 22 | MF | | Joel Obi | 5 | 1 | 6 |
  | 6 | 8 | MF | | Daniele Baselli | 4 | 0 | 4 |
  | 6 | 11 | FW | | M'Baye Niang | 4 | 0 | 4 |
  | 8 | 20 | FW | | Simone Edera | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 8 | 21 | FW | | Álex Berenguer | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 8 | 33 | DF | | Nicolas Nkoulou | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  | 11 | 6 | MF | | Afriyie Acquah | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 11 | 15 | DF | | Cristian Ansaldi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 11 | 88 | MF | | Tomás Rincón | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 54 | 11 | 65 |
  
  Last updated: 20 May 2018
  
  ### Clean sheets
  
  | Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 39 | GK | | Salvatore Sirigu | 10 | 0 | 10 |
  | 2 | 32 | GK | | Vanja Milinković-Savić | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 10 | 1 | 11 |
  
  Last updated: 20 May 2018
  
  ### Disciplinary record
  
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | GK | | Salvador Ichazo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 32 | GK | | Vanja Milinković-Savić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 39 | GK | | Salvatore Sirigu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 3 | DF | | Cristian Molinaro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
  | 4 | DF | | Kevin Bonifazi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 13 | DF | | Nicolás Burdisso | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
  | 15 | DF | | Cristian Ansaldi | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
  | 23 | DF | | Antonio Barreca | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 24 | DF | | Emiliano Moretti | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
  | 29 | DF | | Lorenzo De Silvestri | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
  | 33 | DF | | Nicolas Nkoulou | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
  | 97 | DF | | Lyanco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 5 | MF | | Mirko Valdifiori | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 6 | MF | | Afriyie Acquah | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
  | 8 | MF | | Daniele Baselli | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
  | 16 | MF | | Samuel Gustafson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 22 | MF | | Joel Obi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
  | 88 | MF | | Tomás Rincón | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
  | 9 | FW | | Andrea Belotti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 10 | FW | | Adem Ljajić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 11 | FW | | M'Baye Niang | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
  | 14 | FW | | Iago Falque | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 19 | FW | | Manuel De Luca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 20 | FW | | Simone Edera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 21 | FW | | Álex Berenguer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 31 | FW | | Lucas Boyé | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 99 | FW | | Umar Sadiq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 70 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 4 | 1 |
  
  Last updated: 20 May 2018
  
  