Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica FC Sassari Torres Femminile (usually referred to simply as Torres or sometimes named Eurospin Torres due to

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) is an Italian

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club based in

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, Sardinia. The club was formed in 1980 and competed in women's Serie A until 2015. Torres's colours were blue and red. The team won seven ''scudetti'' and eight

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s. They were refused a license for the 2015–16 Serie A season due to debts and now compete in Serie B. After winning two doubles in 2000 and 2001, Torres became the first team to represent Italy in the newly founded

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. 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

Vigor Senigallia-Torres femminile 2006 Calcio di Punizione

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). 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

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to Serie B. The next season the club won its league again and arrived in

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for the first time. In the club's first season at the top level, 1990–91, the team won their first

. In 1993–94 the goals of

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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

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, 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

, the female version of the

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In 2008, after finishing second in the league, Torres won a seventh Italian Women's Cup by beating

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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,

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and the Spaniard

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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

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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

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(IFFHS). 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.

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scored more than 40 league goals. But Torres were thrashed 12–1 on aggregate by

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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

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in 2014.

Insolvency and Promotion

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

Stadium

The team play in the

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, the complex is belong

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. Here plays also

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2022–23 squad

Former players

''For details of current and former players, see :Torres Calcio Femminile players.''

Record in UEFA competitions

Honours

Torres have won the most trophies of all Italian women's clubs.

League

(level 1) ** Gold medal icon

Winners (7): 1993–94, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2009–10,

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, 2011–12, 2012–13 * Serie B (level 2) ** Gold medal icon

Winners (1): 1989–90 * Serie C (level 3) ** Gold medal icon

Winners (1): 2020-21

Cups

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Winners (8): 1990–91, 1994–95, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2010–11 ** Silver medal icon

''Runners-up (3)'' 2008–09, 2009–10, 2013–14 * Supercoppa Italiana ** Gold medal icon

Winners (7): 2000, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 *

Winners (2): 2004, 2008 ** Silver medal icon

''Runners-up (1)'' 2005,

Individual Player & Coach awards

;Top Scorer *

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(8 goals) *

: 2013–14 (43goals) *

: 2012–13 (35 goals) *

: 2011–12 (26 goals) *

(29 goals) *

: 1993–94 (33 goals)

League and cup history

Gallery

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References

External links

Torres Calcio Femminile website
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