ACF Fiorentina (women)

ACF Fiorentina, or simply Fiorentina, is an Italian women's association football club based in Florence, Italy and part of the professional football club ACF Fiorentina.

Fiorentina

Full name	ACF Fiorentina S.r.l[1]
Nickname(s)	Fiorentina, Viola, Gigliate
Founded	July 2015; 9 years ago (2015-07)
Ground	Rocco B. Commisso Viola Park
Capacity	3,000
Chairman	Rocco Commisso
Coach	Sebastián de la Fuente
League	Serie A
2023–24	Serie A, 3rd of 10
Website	https://www.acffiorentina.com/en/news/all/women-team
Home colors Away colors
Current season

History

The club was founded in 2015 when ACF Fiorentina acquired the Serie A license of the existing women's club A.C.F. Firenze.^[2][3] Upon its foundation, Fiorentina Women's FC became the first ever professionally affiliated women's football club in the history of Italy.^{[4][5][6][7][8]} The team competes in Serie A.

Della Valle era (2015-2019)

The first president of the Fiorentina Women's FC was Sandro Mencucci, who was CEO of ACF Fiorentina.^[9][10][11]

In the 2016–17 season, the Fiorentina Women's Football Club won both the Serie A Championship and the Coppa Italia Championship. This was the first scudetto for the club ACF Fiorentina since 1969 and also the first Serie A championship won by ACF Fiorentina's current owner Andrea Della Valle. On 17 June 2017, the club ACF Fiorentina won their first double.^[12] The Fiorentina Women's FC for the second consecutive year became the Coppa Italia title holders for their 3–1 win over Brescia.^[13] The Fiorentina Women's FC qualified to participate in the 2017–18,^[14][15] 2018–19 UEFA Champions League^[16] and 2019–20 UEFA Champions League competitions.

Commisso era (2019-)

On 6 June 2019, the Fiorentina Women's Football Club passed into the hands of the Italian-American businessman Rocco Commisso, who purchased it from Diego and Andrea Della Valle together with ACF Fiorentina. The following season, 2019–20, the team qualified to participate in the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League competition. On 13 July 2020, SSD Fiorentina Women's Football Club was absorbed by Fiorentina SpA^[17] as ACF Fiorentina Femminile.^[18] In the summer of 2021 the coach Antonio Cincotta was not reconfirmed, leaving after 6 seasons; in his place the technical guide was assigned to Patrizia Panico^[19] in an year that could be seen as a season of transition for Fiorentina. The club was forced to worry more about avoiding a relegation battle than fighting for a Champions League place.^[20]

Fiorentina started the 2023–24 season with a new coach, Sebastián de la Fuente.^[21] The season proved positive for the club, despite the lack of trophies, having reached the third place in the Serie A, and with defeats in the Coppa Italia final (on penalties, against Roma).^[22] After four years, the team qualified to participate in the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League competition, but failed to reach the group stage.^[23]

Season by season

Season	League			Coppa Italia	Supercoppa Italiana	UEFA Champions League
	Tier	Division	Position
2015–2016	1	Serie A	Third place	Round of 16	N/A	N/A
2016–2017			Champions	Champions	N/A	N/A
2017–2018			Third place	Champions	Runners-up	Round of 16
2018–2019			Runners-up	Runners-up	Champions	Round of 16
2019–2020			Runners-up	Not concluded	Runners-up	Round of 32
2020–2021			4th	Quarter-finals	Runners-up	Round of 16
2021–2022			7th	Quarter-finals	N/A	N/A
2022–2023			4th	Quarter-finals	N/A	N/A
2023–2024			Third place	Runners-up	N/A	N/A

Stadium

Fiorentina' home ground is the 3000-capacity Curva Fiesole Stadium (Stadio Curva Fiesole), situated inside the "Rocco B. Commisso Viola Park" Training Center in Bagno a Ripoli, near Florence.^[24] The Training Center was inaugurated on 11 October 2023, Stadio Curva Fiesole received UEFA licence.^[25]

Players

Current squad

As of 13 October 2024.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  NOR Cecilie Fiskerstrand 2 GK  ITA Francesca Durante 4 FW  ITA Agnese Bonfantini 5 DF  ITA Alice Tortelli (captain) 6 MF  GER Stephanie Breitner 7 FW  ITA Miriam Longo 8 MF  ISL Alexandra Jóhannsdóttir 9 FW  SWE Madelen Janogy 10 MF  ITA Michaela Catena 11 DF  AUT Marina Georgieva 14 DF  ITA Martina Toniolo 16 FW  SVN Kaja Eržen

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  ITA Benedetta Bedini 18 MF  DEN Emma Snerle 19 MF  ITA Emma Tomassoni 20 DF  ITA Alice Zaghini 21 MF  ITA Emma Severini 22 FW  SWE Karin Lundin 23 MF  ITA Lucia Pastrenge 26 MF  ITA Maya Cherubini 44 DF  DEN Emma Færge 85 DF  ITA Maria Luisa Filangeri 87 MF  ESP Verónica Boquete

Captains

Alia Guagni played for ACF Firenze and Fiorentina.

• Giulia Orlandi (2015–2017)
• Alia Guagni (2017–2020)
• Stephanie Öhrström (2020–2021)
• Greta Adami (2021)
• Alice Tortelli (2021-)

Former players

For a list of all former and current Fiorentina Women's F.C. players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:ACF Fiorentina (women) players.

Managerial history

Below is a list of Fiorentina Women coaches from 2015 until the present day.

Name	Nationality	Years
Sauro Fattori	Italy	2015-2016
Sauro Fattori and Antonio Cincotta	Italia	2016–2018
Antonio Cincotta	Italy	2018-2021
Patrizia Panico	Italy	2021-2023
Sebastián De La Fuente	Argentina	2023-

Honours

• Serie A:
  • Winners (1): 2016–17
  • Runners-up (2): 2018–19, 2019-20
• Coppa Italia:
  • Winners (2): 2016–17 [it], 2017–18 [it]
  • Runners-up (2): 2018-19, 2023-24
• Supercoppa Italiana:
  • Winners (1): 2018
  • Runners-up (3): 2017, 2019, 2020

Awards

The following Fiorentina players have been inducted into the Italian Hall of Fame.

Arsenal W.F.C. players inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame

Ind.	Name	Nationality	Pos.	Years	Ref.
2015	Patrizia Panico	Italy	FW	2015–2016	[26]

European record

See also: UEFA Women's Champions League

As of match played 25 September 2024

Season	Round	Opposition	Home	Away	Aggregate
2017–18	Round of 32	Fortuna Hjørring	2-1	0-0	2–1
	Round of 16	Wolfsburg	0-4	3-3	3-7
2018–19	Round of 32	Fortuna Hjørring	2-0	2-0	4–0
	Round of 16	Chelsea	0-6	0-1	0-7
2019–20	Round of 32	Arsenal	0–4	0–2	0–6
2020–21	Round of 32	Slavia Prague	2-2	1-0	3–2
	Round of 16	Manchester City	0-5	0-3	0-8
2024–25	First round	Brøndby IF	1–0 (A) (semi-final)
		Ajax	1–0 (N) (final)
	Second round	Wolfsburg	0-7	0-5	0-12

See also

• List of women's association football clubs
• List of women's football clubs in Italy

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