Torino Football Club, commonly referred to as Torino or simply Toro, is an Italian professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont.
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20 Facts About Torino FC
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Torino FC plays all of its home games at the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino FC.
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Torino FC have a local rivalry with Juventus FC and the two sides contest the Derby della Mole.
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Torino FC did not participate in the 1908 Italian Football Championship as a rule was passed which limited the use of foreign players.
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In 1915, Torino were denied their first real championship attempt by the outbreak of World War I With one match left to play, Torino, were two points behind leaders Genoa.
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Torino FC's players formed the backbone of the Italy national team in this period, at one point fielding ten players simultaneously in the Azzurri.
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Torino FC appointed Nereo Rocco as manager and signed club icon Gigi Meroni, nicknamed "The Maroon Butterfly".
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In 1978, Torino FC finished second again, still behind Juventus but with a larger gulf in points.
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However, due to heavy debts accumulated under the president Francesco Cimminelli, Torino FC were denied entry into Serie A and the club's bankruptcy was announced on 9 August 2005.
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The following season, Torino FC escaped relegation in the penultimate round of matches.
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The following season Torino FC finished in seventh place and qualified for the Europa League after a five-year absence.
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Torino FC finished the season on 63 points, a club record since the introduction of the three points system in 1994.
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Since then, the traditional home uniform of Torino FC has been composed of a kit combined with traditionally white but occasionally maroon shorts, and black socks cuffed maroon.
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Torino FC was one of the first Italian clubs to adopt a youth system, organised as early as the 1930s and is considered one of the best in Italy.
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Domestically, Torino FC hold the record for most championships won in both the Campionato Nazionale Primavera with nine titles, and the Campionato Nazionale Dante Berretti with 10 titles.
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Fans of Torino FC hold a number of distinctions, including the first ever organised supporters group in Italy, the Fedelissimi Granata, founded in 1951.
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Supporters of Torino FC are on good terms with the curva nord of Alessandria and curva sud of Nocerina.
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On 4 May 1949, when the Grande Torino FC team perished in plane crash of Superga, Corinthians paid tribute to the Italians in a friendly match against Portuguesa when its starting XI took to the field in Torino FC's kit.
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Torino FC is in 8th place in the Serie A all-time standings, which takes account of all the football teams that have played in the top flight at least once.
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