Helped by Di Livio and 30-goal striker Christian Riganò, the club won its Serie C2 group with considerable ease, which would normally have led to a promotion to Serie C1. [18] The sale marked the end of the Della Valle family's seventeen-year association with the club. Fiorentina also bought two interesting players, El Puntero Ramón Díaz and, most significantly, the young Roberto Baggio.

On 14 July 2006, however, Fiorentina were relegated to Serie B due to their involvement in the 2006 Serie A match fixing scandal and given a 12-point penalty. The club's owner, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, was able to raise some more money, but even this soon proved to be insufficient resources to sustain the club. In 1980, Fiorentina was bought by Flavio Pontello, who came from a rich house-building family. All rights reserved. This drastic move earned them a fourth-place finish with 74 points and a Champions League qualifying round ticket. Italy. Juventus have completed the deadline-day signing of Italy international Federico Chiesa from Fiorentina on a two-year buy with an obligation to buy. The club was then acquired by the famous filmmaker Mario Cecchi Gori. The aim of the merger was to give Florence a strong club to rival those of the more dominant Italian Football Championship sides of the time from Northwest Italy. Florence's comune instead granted Florentia Viola use of the stylised coat of arms used in other city documents. In the 2007 financial year the TV revenue increased after they qualified to the 2007–08 UEFA Cup. #DA13pic.twitter.com/KXP6s8WFlG", "UFFICIALE: Fiorentina, Pioli s'è dimesso. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. The former became an idol to Fiorentina fans, while the second disappointed and was sold after only a season. Toni scored 31 goals in 38 appearances, the first player to pass the 30-goal mark since Antonio Valentin Angelillo in the 1958–59 season, for which he was awarded the European Golden Boot. [46][47][48] Moreover, Fiorentina also revealed that the club had a relevant football net income of minus €19.5 million in the first assessment period of UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations in the 2013–14 season (in May 2014). Italy-----Federico Brancolini 33. The 1968–69 season started with Milan as frontrunners, but on matchday 7, they lost to Bologna and were overtaken by Gigi Riva's Cagliari. Visit ESPN to view Fiorentina squad and player information from all competitions, along with … The Turin team won the trophy, but Fiorentina's tifosi once again had real cause for complaint: the second leg of the final was played in Avellino (Fiorentina's home ground was suspended), a city with many Juventus fans, and emerging star Roberto Baggio was sold to the rival team on the day of the final. [38][39] In the 2011 financial year, the turnover slipped to €67,076,953, as the club's lack of capital gains from selling players and 2010 financial year still included the instalments from UEFA for participating 2009–10 UEFA Europa League. Juventus won the title with a disputed penalty and the rivalry between the two teams erupted. The team's 2006–07 Champions League place was also revoked. Football statistics of the country Italy in the year 2006. Spezia earn 2-2 draw vs. Fiorentina after 2 early goals. Following a 1–0 defeat to Chievo in November 2011, Mihajlović was sacked and replaced by Delio Rossi. Italian Serie A: German Pezzella (2') and Cristiano Biraghi (4') Spezia 0-2 Fiorentina. In 1990, Fiorentina fought to avoid relegation right up until the final day of the season, but did reach the UEFA Cup final, where they again faced Juventus. Furthermore, the gate income had dropped from €11,070,385 to €7,541,260. Please add the homepage on which the squad is supposed to be embedded. Monday 12th June, Hanover 20:00 BST Group E Match. The team consisted of great players such as well-known goalkeeper Giuliano Sarti, Sergio Cervato, Francesco Rosella, Guido Gratton, Giuseppe Chiappella and Aldo Scaramucci but above all, the attacking duo of Brazilian Julinho and Argentinian Miguel Montuori. In the summer, Fiorentina became the first non-national champions to win the Supercoppa Italiana, defeating Milan 2–1 at the San Siro. Fiorentina were relegated at the end of the 2001–02 season and went into judicially-controlled administration in June 2002. G. 19. Despite enjoying a good season and finishing in fourth place, Fiorentina were relegated the following year, although they would return quickly to Serie A. The year 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 US$50 million. Fiorentina have had many managers and head coaches throughout their history. Fiorentina has won two Italian Championships, in 1955–56 and again in 1968–69, as well as six Coppa Italia trophies and one Supercoppa Italiana. The following year was disappointing in Serie A, but Viola played some historical matches in the Champions League, beating Arsenal 1–0 at the old Wembley Stadium and Manchester United 2–0 in Florence. On 9 April 2019, Pioli resigned as manager and was replaced by Montella[17]. Watch Serie A on ESPN+. [20] Fiorentina continued their struggles from the previous year, spending the majority of the season in lower midtable. Two late goals from Christian Kouame and Erick Pulgar gave Fiorentina a 3-1 Serie A win at doomed SPAL on Sunday as a dramatic season both on an off the … At the time, the stadium was a masterpiece of engineering, and its inauguration was monumental. Fiorentina were runners-up again in the three subsequent seasons. Fiorentina's third kit was first worn in the 1995–96 season and it was all-red with purple borders and two lilies on the shoulders. The outer lozenge has a purple background with the letters "AC" in white and the letter "F" in red, standing for the club's name. At the end of the season, Trapattoni left the club and was replaced by Turkish coach Fatih Terim. 1.93 m. 83 kg. The club subsequently retired Astori's kit number, 13. In June 2010, the Viola bid farewell to long-time manager Cesare Prandelli, by then the longest-serving coach in the team's history, who was departing to coach the Italian national team. Watch Serie A on ESPN+. To engineer a resurrection of the club after the disappointing season, the Della Valle family invested heavily in the middle of 2012, buying 17 new players and appointing Vincenzo Montella as head coach. In spite of this penalty, they managed to secure a place in the UEFA Cup. Since 1931, the club have played at the Stadio Artemio Franchi, which currently has a capacity of 43,147. Due to the bizarre Caso Catania (Catania Case), however, the club skipped Serie C1 and was admitted into Serie B, something that was only made possible by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC)'s decision to resolve the Catania situation by increasing the number of teams in Serie B from 20 to 24 and promoting Fiorentina for "sports merits. Matches. Catania manager Siniša Mihajlović was appointed to replace him. In 2014–15, during the 2015 winter transfer window, the team club sold star winger Juan Cuadrado to Chelsea for €30 million but were able to secure the loan of Mohamed Salah in exchange, who was a revelation in the second half of the season. In 1993, however, Cecchi Gori died and was succeeded as chairman by his son, Vittorio. 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Football statistics of the country Italy in the year 2006. Watch Serie A on ESPN+. Fiorentina, after an unimpressive start, then moved to the top of the Serie A, but the first half of their season finished with a 2–2 draw against Varese, leaving Cagliari as outright league leader. "[7] 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. After a fifth-place finish in 1971, they finished in mid-table almost every year, even flirting with relegation in 1972 and 1978. Diego Della Valle acquired the current logo the following year in a judicial auction for a fee of €2.5 million, making it the most expensive logo in Italian football. [30] It was only boosted by the sales of Francesco Toldo and Rui Costa in June 2001 (a profit of 134.883 billion lire; €69.661 million). In 1950, Fiorentina started to achieve consistent top-five finishes in the domestic league. In their first season back in Serie A, however, the club struggled to avoid relegation, only securing survival on the last day of the season on head-to-head record against Bologna and Parma. The club again proved its mettle in cup competitions, winning the Coppa Italia against Atalanta and finishing joint-third in Serie A. Despite Toni's departure to Bayern Munich, Fiorentina had a strong start to the 2007–08 season and were tipped by Italian national team head coach Marcello Lippi, among others, as a surprise challenger for the Scudetto,[9] and although this form tailed off towards the middle of the season, the Viola managed to qualify for the Champions League. The squad overview can be embedded on the own homepage via iframe. When Fiorentina was founded in 1926, the players wore red and white halved shirts derived from the colour of the city emblem. The inner lozenge is white with a gold border and the red fleur-de-lis of Florence. Fiorentina 2-0 up vs. Spezia after four minutes. They were ultimately eliminated in the second group stage. The club spent much of the early 2010–11 season in last place, but their form improved and Fiorentina ultimately finished ninth. [44][45] In 2014, due to €28.4 million drop from the windfall profit of selling players, the club recorded their worst financial results since re-foundation, despite the fact the club maintained the same level of windfall profit, the result was still worse than in 2013. Watch Serie A on ESPN+. [46], Cecchi Gori era: from Champions League to bankruptcy, Della Valle era: from the fourth tier to European competitions in the 2000s and 2010s. Juventus complete deadline day signing of Chiesa from Fiorentina in €50m deal. The team consisted of young talents like Vincenzo Guerini and Moreno Roggi, who had the misfortune to suffer bad injuries, and above all Giancarlo Antognoni, who would later become an idol to Fiorentina's fans. The second half of the season was a three-way battle between the three contending teams, Milan, Cagliari and Fiorentina. 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 Scottish side Rangers. After a rough start and three seasons in lower leagues, Fiorentina reached the Serie A in 1931. Despite a good European run and reaching the semi-finals in the Coppa Italia, Fiorentina failed to qualify for Europe.