Torino Football Club was founded on 3 December 1906 in Turin, the capital of the Piedmont region in northern Italy. The club emerged from a merger between Football Club Torinese and a group of dissidents from city rivals Juventus, and played its first official match just two weeks later. Wearing their traditional maroon kit and carrying the rampant bull of Turin as their emblem, they quickly became known as Il Toro — The Bull.
Torino's defining chapter came in the 1940s through the legendary Grande Torino side, which claimed five consecutive Serie A titles between 1942 and 1949. Captained by Valentino Mazzola, this team also provided the backbone of the Italian national side. The era ended in tragedy on 4 May 1949, when the aircraft carrying the entire squad crashed into the hillside basilica of Superga on the outskirts of Turin, killing all on board. The Superga disaster remains one of the most sorrowful events in the history of football, and the club's identity is inseparable from it.
Torino recovered slowly from that loss, eventually winning a seventh and most recent Serie A title in 1975–76 under coach Luigi Radice — a remarkable comeback against Juventus who had held a five-point lead in the final weeks of the season. The club has also lifted the Coppa Italia five times, the last coming in 1992–93, and reached the final of the UEFA Cup in 1991–92, falling to Ajax on the away-goals rule.
The Derby della Mole against Juventus is one of Italian football's most passionate fixtures, pitting Turin's two clubs against each other in a rivalry that runs deep through the city. Torino continue to compete in Serie A today, representing a proud tradition that stretches back over a century.