Fiorentina
Full name	ACF Fiorentina SpA
Nickname(s)	La Viola (The Purple Ones) Gigliati (Lilies)
Founded	August 26, 1926 (AC Fiorentina) 2002 (ACF Fiorentina)
Ground	Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy (Capacity 47,282)
Chairman	Andrea Della Valle
Manager	Cesare Prandelli
League	Serie A
2006-07	Serie A, 6th
Home colours Away colours

ACF Fiorentina is an Italian football club based in Florence (Firenze), Tuscany. The club's traditional colors were originally red and white but were changed to purple and white in 1928; since then, the club has been generally known as "i Viola" (the purple ones). The club usually plays at the 47,282-capacity all-seater 'Comunale' Stadium "Artemio Franchi" (known until 1991 as Comunale di Firenze, which had itself replaced the "Giovanni Francesco Berta" in the 1930s). ACF Fiorentinas badge Image by http://www. ... Stadio Carlo Castellani is a football stadium in Florence, Italy. ... This article is about the city in Italy. ... Rungnado May Day Stadium is the worlds largest football stadium. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Claudio Cesare Prandelli (born 19 August 1957 in Orzinuovi, province of Brescia) is an Italian football coach, currently of ACF Fiorentina, and former player. ... This article is about the Italian football league. ... Serie A 2006-07 teams distribution Serie A 2006/2007 logo The Serie A 2006-2007 season (officially Serie A TIM 2006-2007) began September 10, 2006. ... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... body of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... body of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... This article is about the city in Italy. ... For other uses, see Tuscany (disambiguation). ... Stadio Carlo Castellani is a football stadium in Florence, Italy. ...

[edit] History

The club was founded on August 26, 1926 by the merger of Libertas and Club Sportivo Firenze. The club won its first trophy in 1939-40 with the Coppa Italia and its first scudetto (Italian championship) in 1955-56, the club were runners-up in the four following seasons. In the 1960-61 season the club won the Coppa Italia again and was also successful in Europe, winning the first Cup Winners' Cup against Rangers. is the 238th day of the year (239th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Serie A 1939-40 teams distribution // (*) Fiorentina and Napoli saved for goal difference. ... The Coppa Italia Trophy - Coppa in Italian meaning Cup representing the Tournaments title. ... Serie A is the top division of the Italian Football League, the highest football league in Italy. ... Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 [1] - Italian version with pictures and info. ... // Bari relegated to Serie B. Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 [1] - Italian version with pictures and info. ... The Cup Winners Cup was a football club competition between the winners of the European domestic cup competitions. ... For other uses, see Rangers F.C. (disambiguation). ...

In the 1960s the club won the Coppa Italia and the Mitropa Cup in 1966 and were league champions again in the 1968-69 season. In 1974 the Viola won the Anglo-Italian League Cup. Success in the Coppa Italia was repeated in 1975, but from then until the late 1990s the club found itself in the doldrums, culminating in a season in Serie B (second division) in 1993-1994. Upon return to Serie A the club again proved able in the cup competitions, winning the Coppa Italia again in 1996 and 2000 and the Italian SuperCoppa. The Mitropa Cup was one of the first really international major European football cups for club sides. ... The 1968/1969 Serie A season was won by A.C. Fiorentina. ... The Anglo-Italian League Cup was a short-lived football competition between clubs in England and Italy. ... Serie B is the name of the second highest football league in Italy. ... This article is about the Italian football league. ...

2001 heralded major changes for Fiorentina, as the terrible state of the club's finances was revealed; they were unable to pay wages and had debts of around USD 50 million. The club owner, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, was able to raise some more money, but even this soon proved to be insufficient resources to sustain the club. Then, Fiorentina were relegated at the end of the 2001-02 season and went into judicially controlled administration in June 2002. This form of bankruptcy (sports companies cannot exactly fail in this way in Italy, but they can suffer a similar procedure) meant that the club was refused a place in Serie B for the 2002-03 season, and as a result, effectively ceased to exist. In the 2001-02 season, the Serie A, the major football (soccer) Italian professional league, was composed by 18 teams, for the 14th consecutive time from season 1988-89. ... Notice of closure stuck on the door of a computer store the day after its parent company, Granville Technology Group Ltd, declared bankruptcy (strictly, put into administration—see text) in the United Kingdom. ... In the 2002-03 season, the Serie A, the major football (soccer) Italian professional league, was composed by 18 teams, for the 15th consecutive time from season 1988-89. ...

The club was promptly re-established in August 2002 as Florentia Viola with a new owner, Diego Della Valle, and was admitted into Serie C2, the fourth tier of Italian football. The only player to remain at the club as they began their new life was Angelo Di Livio, whose commitment to the cause of resurrecting the club further endeared him to the fans. Helped by Di Livio, the club won its regional section in Serie C2 with considerable ease at the end of the 2002-03 season, which would normally have led to a promotion to Serie C1. However, due to the bizarre Caso Catania (Catania Case) the club skipped Serie C1 and was admitted into Serie B. This was only possible because the Italian Football Federation chose to resolve the Catania situation by increasing the number of teams in Serie B from 20 to 24. In the 2003 off-season, the club also bought back the right to use the Fiorentina name and the famous shirt design, and re-incorporated itself as ACF Fiorentina. Matches were still being played at the Artemio Franchi stadium. Serie C is the name of the third and fourth highest football leagues in Italy. ... Angelo Di Livio (born July 26, 1966 in Rome) is a former Italian football (soccer) midfielder. ... Calcio Catania is an Italian football club founded in 1908 and are based in Catania, Sicily. ... The Italian Football Federation (Italian: , FIGC), also known as Federcalcio, is the governing body of football in Italy. ...

The club's unusual double promotion was not without controversy, with some suggesting that Fiorentina did not deserve it; however, the club remained in Serie B and managed to finish the 2003-04 season in sixth place. This achievement placed the Viola in a two-legged playoff against Perugia (the 15th-place finisher in Serie A) for a position in Serie A. Fiorentina completed their remarkable comeback by winning the match 2-1 on aggregate, with both goals scored by Enrico Fantini, to gain promotion back to Serie A. In their first season back in Italian football's top flight, the club struggled to avoid relegation, securing survival only on the last day of the season, and avoiding a relegation playoff only on head-to-head record against Bologna and Parma. A test match in football is a match played at the end of a season between a team that has done badly in a higher league and one that has done well in a lower league of the same football league system. ... A.C. Perugia is a football club based in Perugia, Italy. ... Bologna Football Club 1909 is an Italian football club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, nicknamed the rossoblù. They play in red and blue striped shirts with blue shorts and socks. ... Parma Football Club (formerly Parma Associazione Calcio) is an Italian football club based in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, nicknamed Ducali (The Duchy Men), Crociati (Crusaders) and Gialloblu (Yellow-Blues). ...

In 2005-06, their form greatly improved, and they had qualified for the 3rd Qualifying round of the Champions League by earning the 4th place in the Serie A with 74 points. The combination of defence by captain Dario Dainelli and Czech international regular Tomáš Ujfaluši, midfield by Cristian Brocchi, wing by Martin Jorgensen, playmaking by Stefano Fiore and key marksman Luca Toni with Sebastian Frey as goalkeeper proved to be an outstanding force in Serie A. Fiorentina officially regained their status as an Italian elite, especially with Toni himself having scored an amazing 31 goals in just 34 appearances, the first player to pass the 30 goal mark since Antonio Valentin Angelillo in the 1958-59 season - which has seen him claim the European Golden Boot. In the 2005-06 season, Serie A, the major football (soccer) Italian professional league, was contested by 20 teams. ... The UEFA Champions League (also known as the European Cup, UCL, CE1, C1[1] or CL) is a seasonal club football competition organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 1955 for the most successful football clubs in Europe. ... Dario Dainelli (born June 9, 1979 in Pontedera, Pisa) is an Italian football player. ... First International Hungary 2 - 1 Bohemia (Budapest, Hungary; 5 April 1903) Turkey 1 - 4 Czech Republic (Istanbul, Turkey; 23 February 1994) Largest win Czech Republic 8 - 1 Andorra (Liberec, Czech Republic; 4 June 2005) Worst defeat Switzerland 3 - 0 Czech Republic (Zürich, Switzerland; 20 April 1994) World Cup Appearances... Tomáš UjfaluÅ¡i (born March 24, 1978) is a Czech football defender, who, as of 2005, is playing for Fiorentina in the Italian Serie A. Previously, UjfaluÅ¡i was with Sigma Olomouc (1997-2000) and Hamburg (2001-04). ... Cristian Brocchi (born 30 January 1976, Milan) is a Italian footballer, currently plays for ACF Fiorentina, on loan from A.C. Milan. ... Martin Jørgensen (born October 6, 1975 in Ørsted) is a Danish football player who currently plays for Fiorentina in the Italian Serie A. Jørgensen moved to Fiorentina in 2004 after spending seven years at Udinese (1997-2004). ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Luca Toni, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI,[1][2] (born May 26, 1977 in Pavullo nel Frignano, Modena) is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer, who plays for FC Bayern Munich in the German Bundesliga, Something of a late bloomer who played for almost ten clubs before finally settling. ... Sebastien Frey (born on March 18, 1980 in Thonon-les-Bains) is a French football player. ... Luca Toni, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI,[1][2] (born May 26, 1977 in Pavullo nel Frignano, Modena) is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer, who plays for FC Bayern Munich in the German Bundesliga, Something of a late bloomer who played for almost ten clubs before finally settling. ... Antonio Valentin Angelillo (born September 5, 1937 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentinian football player. ... // Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 [1] - Italian version with pictures and info. ... In football, the European Golden Boot has been awarded to the highest goalscorer in all the top European divisions each season since 1967/68. ...

On July 14, 2006 Fiorentina were relegated to Serie B due to their involvement in the 2006 Serie A match fixing scandal and given a 12 point penalty. However, on appeal, the team was reinstated to the Serie A, albeit with a 19 point penalty for the 2006-07 season. The team also lost their UEFA Champions League 2006-07 place.^[1] After the start of the season, upon appealing to the Italian courts, Fiorentina's penalization was reduced to 15 points from 19, which was still far heavier than club officials had hoped for. is the 195th day of the year (196th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 2006 Serie A scandal (Italian: Calciopoli)(sometimes referred to as Calciocaos[1]) involved alleged match fixing in Italys top professional football league, Serie A. The scandal was uncovered in May 2006 by Italian police, implicating league champions Juventus, and other major teams including A.C. Milan, Fiorentina, Lazio... The UEFA Champions League 2006-07 was the 52nd edition of the European championship football club tournament and 15th edition under the current UEFA Champions League format. ...

Despite starting the 2006-2007 season with the 15 point penalty, Fiorentina managed to secure a place in the 2007-2008 edition of the UEFA Cup. The combination of World Cup winner Luca Toni and Romanian international Adrian Mutu proved to be one of Serie A's most proficient strike partnerships. Scoring 31 goals between them. First International Italy 6 - 2 France (Milan, Italy; 15 May 1910) Largest win Italy 9 - 0 USA (Brentford, England; 2 August 1948) Worst defeat Hungary 7 - 1 Italy (Budapest, Hungary; 6 April 1924) World Cup Appearances 15 (First in 1934) Best result Winners, 1934, 1938, 1982 European Championship Appearances 6... Luca Toni, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI,[1][2] (born May 26, 1977 in Pavullo nel Frignano, Modena) is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer, who plays for FC Bayern Munich in the German Bundesliga, Something of a late bloomer who played for almost ten clubs before finally settling. ... First International Yugoslavia 1 - 2 Romania (Belgrade, Yugoslavia 8 June 1922) Largest win Romania 9 - 0 Finland (Bucharest, Romania; 14 October 1973) Worst defeat Hungary 9 - 0 Romania (Budapest, Hungary; 6 June 1948) World Cup Appearances 7 (First in 1930) Best result Quarterfinals, 1994 European Championship Appearances 3 (First in... Adrian Mutu (born January 8, 1979 in Călineşti, Argeş County) is a Romanian striker and vice-captain of the Romanian national team, he is currently at Fiorentina. ...

While many doubted the potential of the Viola in the 2007/2008 season due to Luca Toni's departure, Fiorentina have been on sensational form and currently sit in 2nd place, and have been tipped by Marcello Lippi and other prominent names in Calcio as surprise Scudetto challengers.^[2] Serie A 2007-08 team distribution The 2007-08 Serie A season will be the seventy-sixth since its establishment, and started on August 26, 2007. ... Marcello Lippi, Commendatore OMRI[1], (born April 11, 1948) is an Italian World Cup-winning football coach and former player. ... Serie A is the top division of the Italian Football League, the highest football league in Italy. ...

[edit] Honours

[edit] National titles

Serie A: This article is about the Italian football league. ...

• Champions (2): 1955–56; 1968–69

Coppa Italia: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 [1] - Italian version with pictures and info. ... The 1968/1969 Serie A season was won by A.C. Fiorentina. ... The Coppa Italia Trophy - Coppa in Italian meaning Cup representing the Tournaments title. ...

• Champions (6): 1939–40; 1960–61; 1965–66; 1974–75; 1995–96; 2000–01
• Runners-up (4): 1957–58; 1959–60; 1970–71; 1998–99^[3]

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[edit] European titles

UEFA Champions League (former European Cup): The UEFA Champions League (also known as the European Cup, UCL, CE1, C1[1] or CL) is a seasonal club football competition organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 1955 for the most successful football clubs in Europe. ...

• Runners-up (1): 1956–57

UEFA Cup: The season 1956-57 of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the second time by Real Madrid against ACF Fiorentina. ... The UEFA Cup (also known as European Cup 3, CE3 or C3) is a football competition for European club teams, organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). ...

• Runners-up (1): 1989–90

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: The UEFA Cup 1989-90 was won by Juventus on aggregate over Fiorentina. ... The UEFA Cup Winners Cup (also known as the European Cup Winners Cup) was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. ...

• Champions (1): 1960–61^[4]
• Runners-up (1): 1961–62^[5]

The season 1960-61 of the Cup Winners Cup football club tournament was won by ACF Fiorentina in two-legged final victory against Rangers F.C.. This was the first season that the tournament took place for the winners of each European countrys domestic cup, and was the only... The second Cup Winners Cup won by Atlético de Madrid in a replayed final against ACF Fiorentina. ...

[edit] Current squad

As of August 7, 2007^[6]

No. Position Player 1 GK Sebastien Frey 2 DF Per Krøldrup 3 DF Dario Dainelli (captain) 4 MF Marco Donadel 5 DF Alessandro Gamberini 6 DF Alessandro Potenza 7 MF Franco Semioli 8 MF Michele Pazienza 9 FW Pablo Daniel Osvaldo 10 FW Adrian Mutu 11 MF Fabio Liverani 12 GK Cristiano Lupatelli 13 DF Anthony Vanden Borre 14 FW Arturo Lupoli 15 DF Ondřej Mazuch 16 MF Jan Hable

No. Position Player 17 DF Federico Balzaretti 18 MF Riccardo Montolivo 19 MF Massimo Gobbi 20 MF Martin Jørgensen 21 DF Tomáš Ujfaluši 22 MF Zdravko Kuzmanović 23 DF Manuel Pasqual 24 MF Mario Alberto Santana 25 GK Vlada Avramov 27 FW Samuel Di Carmine (from youth team) 29 FW Giampaolo Pazzini 31 GK Edoardo Pazzagli (from youth team) 32 FW Christian Vieri 33 DF Massimiliano Tagliani (from youth team) 34 FW Matthias Lepiller (from youth team) 35 MF Andrea Paolucci

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[edit] 2007-2008 transfers

Not including loan returns

In

14		FW	Arturo Lupoli (from Arsenal, free transfer)[7]
16		MF	Jan Hable (from Hradec Králové)[7]
13		DF	Anthony Vanden Borre (from Anderlecht)[8]
15		DF	Ondřej Mazuch (from Brno)[7]
17		DF	Federico Balzaretti (from Juventus)[7]
		MF	Caetano (from Ipatinga, co-owned with and loaned to Siena)[9]
7		MF	Franco Semioli (from Chievo Verona)[10]
32		FW	Christian Vieri (free transfer, from Atalanta)[11]
9		FW	Pablo Daniel Osvaldo (from Atalanta)

Out

30		FW	Luca Toni (to Bayern Munich)
17		MF	Manuele Blasi (loan return to Juventus)
32		DF	Davide Brivio (to Atalanta, co-ownership resolution)
		FW	Valeri Bojinov (to Manchester City)
83		FW	Reginaldo (to Parma)[12]
7		MF	Guilherme do Prado (to Spezia, co-ownership)

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[edit] Notable former players

[edit] 1990s to present