ASD Women Torres Calcio

Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Women Torres Calcio, or simply Torres, is an Italian women's football club based in Sassari, Sardinia. The club was formed in 1980 and competed in Serie A until 2015. Torres's colours were blue and red. The team won seven league titles 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.

Torres

Full name	Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Women Torres Calcio
Nickname(s)	I Rossoblù (The Red-Blues)
Founded	1980; 45 years ago (1980) (as A.C.F. Delco Costruzioni)
Ground	Stadio Basilio Canu, Sennori
Capacity	1,500
Chairman	Italy Andrea Budroni
League	Serie C
Home colours Away colours

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).^[1] 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 League in 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.^[2]

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).^[3]

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.^[4]

Insolvency and Promotion

Torres were subsumed into the structure of Torres' male club in June 2014.^[5] 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.^[6] In 2021 got promoted again Serie B, after the season 2020-21 in Serie C (level 3).

Stadium

The team play in the Stadio Basilio Canu in Sennori.

2023–24 squad

As of 27 May 2024.^[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ITA Francesca Fabiano 2 MF  ITA Flavia Lombardo 3 DF  ITA Valentina Congia 4 DF  ITA Maria Bertone 7 FW  POR Adriana Faria Gomes 8 MF  NED Indy Spaan 9 FW  ITA Giusy Bassano 10 DF  ITA Maria Grazia Ladu 12 DF  IRL Shauna Peare 17 DF  ESP Catalina Alfonso Moran 20 FW  ITA Lorenza Scarpelli

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  ITA Francesca Blasoni 22 MF  ITA Antonia Peddio 32 DF  NED Milou Leendertse 34 DF  ITA Beatrice Airola 50 GK  ITA Miriam Ubaldi 72 GK  ITA Marica Deiana 77 MF  ITA Sofia Pederzani 80 MF  USA Julia Saveria Weithofer — MF  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 stage		HJK Helsinki	1–2
			USC Country House	5–0
			KÍ Klaksvík	4–0
2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League	Group stage		Slovan Duslo Šaľa	1–0
			Trabzonspor	9–0
			ŽNK Krka	3–0
	Round of 32		Valur	6–2 (4–1 h, 2–1 a)
	Round of 16		SV Neulengbach	8–2 (4–1 h, 4–1 a)
	Quarter finals		Olympique Lyonnais	1–3 (0–3 a, 1–0 h)
2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League	Round of 32		FC Zürich	7–3 (3–2 a, 4–1 h)
	Round of 16		FCF Juvisy	3–4 (1–2 h, 2–2 a aet)
2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League	Round of 32		ASA Tel Aviv University	5–2 (2–0 a, 3–2 h)
	Round of 16		Brøndby IF	2–5 (1–2 a, 1–3 h)
2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League	Round of 32		Apollon Limassol	6–3 (3–2 a, 3–1 h)
	Round of 16		CFF Olimpia Cluj	7–1 (4–1 h, 3–0 a)
	Quarter finals		Arsenal	1–4 (1–3 a, 0–1 h)
2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League	Round of 32		Spratzern	5–3 (2–2 a, 3–1 h)
	Round of 16		Rossiyanka	2–1 (0–1 a, 2–0 h)
	Quarter finals		Turbine Potsdam	1–12 (0–8 h, 1–4 a)
2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League	Round of 32		Pomurje	7–3 (4–2 a, 3–1 h)
	Round of 16		Frankfurt	0–9 (0–5 a, 0–4 h)

Honours

Torres have won the most trophies of all Italian women's clubs.^[8]

League

• Serie A (level 1)
  • Winners (7): 1993–94, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13

• 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^[9]
  • Winners (7): 2000, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

• Italy Women's Cup
  • Winners (2): 2004, 2008
  • Runners-up (1) 2005,

Individual Player & Coach awards

Top Scorer

• Patrizia Panico UEFA Women's Champions League: 2012–13 (8 goals)
• Patrizia Panico Serie A: 2013–14 (43goals)
• Patrizia Panico Serie A: 2012–13 (35 goals)
• Patrizia Panico Serie A: 2011–12 (26 goals)
• Patrizia Panico Serie A: 2010–11 (29 goals)
• Carolina Morace Serie A: 1993–94 (33 goals)

League and cup history

See also: A.S.D. FC Sassari Torres Femminile seasons

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				[10]

Gallery

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See also

• S.E.F. Torres 1903
• U.S.D. Latte Dolce
• Dinamo Basket Sassari