Reale Società Ginnastica di Torino is a

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from

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, founded on 17 March 1844. It is the oldest of its kind in Italy, it is most famous for competing in the

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with its

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section which opened in 1897.

Football section

The famous Torinese sports club opened its football section in 1897 to compete in the Concorsi Federali di Calcio, a footballing competition organised by FNGI, this competition was in existence before the

. They were victorious in their first ever competition. 1898 was an eventful year for the club, they competed in the first ever

, it was played on 8 May 1898 at ''

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'' in Turin; Ginnastica Torino lost their semi-final match 2–1 to

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. However they also entered the Concorsi Federali di Calcio competition that year and won it for the second time by beating a team from

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, Emilia-Romagna. The following season, the club adopted'' Campo Piazza d’Armi'' as their homeground, it was located near Parco Cavalieri di Vittorio Veneto which is in the Santa Rita neighbourhood of Turin. After beating FBC Torinese 2–0 in the elimination match, Ginnastica lost out 2–0 to Internazionale Torino seven days later. After three more unsuccessful seasons in which they went out during the first match (including a 5–0 defeat to

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in 1901) the football section of the club stopped competing in 1902.

Honours

Concorsi Federali di Calcio *Winners: 1897, 1898

Other sports

Various other sporting activities have been practiced by the club, including;

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, basketball and

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. In the latter, Ginnastica Torino won the Italian national league in 1947.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ginnastica Torino Defunct football clubs in Italy Football clubs in Turin Sports clubs and teams established in 1844 1844 establishments in Italy Association football clubs established in 1897 Association football clubs disestablished in 1902 Italian football First Division clubs