ACF Fiorentina

association football club in Florence, Italy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ACF Fiorentina (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina), often called Fiorentina, is an Italian professional football club from Florence, Tuscany, and was founded in 1926.

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Fiorentina
Full nameACF Fiorentina SpA
Nickname(s)La Viola (The Purple Ones)
Gigliati (Lilies)
FoundedAugust 26, 1926 (AC Fiorentina)
2002 (ACF Fiorentina)
GroundStadio Artemio Franchi,
Florence, Italy
LeagueSerie A
2021-227th
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History

Fiorentina have won the Serie A twice, first in 1955/56 then again in 1968/69, as well as winning six Coppa Italia trophies. On the European stage Fiorentina have won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1960/61, they finished runners-up in the UEFA Cup 1989/90 and they also came close to winning the biggest European prize, finishing as runners-up in the European Cup during 1956/57.

Current squad

As of 10 August 2022[1]

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

More information No., Pos. ...
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Italy Italy Pietro Terracciano
2 DF Brazil Brazil Dodô
3 DF Italy Italy Cristiano Biraghi (captain)
4 DF Serbia Serbia Nikola Milenković (3rd captain)
5 MF Italy Italy Giacomo Bonaventura
11 MF Czech Republic Czech Republic Antonin Barak
8 FW Croatia Croatia Josip Brekalo
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10 MF Italy Italy Gaetano Castrovilli
11 FW France France Jonathan Ikoné
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16 DF Italy Italy Luca Ranieri
22 FW Argentina Argentina Nicolás González
23 DF Italy Italy (vice-captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF Italy Italy Marco Benassi
25 GK Italy Italy Antonio Rosati
27 MF Poland Poland Szymon Żurkowski
28 DF Argentina Argentina Lucas Martínez Quarta
31 GK Italy Italy Michele Cerofolini
32 MF Ghana Ghana Alfred Duncan
33 FW Italy Italy Riccardo Sottil
34 MF Morocco Morocco Sofyan Amrabat
38 MF Italy Italy Rolando Mandragora
42 MF Italy Italy Alessandro Bianco
55 DF Serbia Serbia Matija Nastasić
91 FW Russia Russia Aleksandr Kokorin
95 GK Italy Italy Pierluigi Gollini (on loan from Atalanta)
98 DF Brazil Brazil Igor
99 FW Ivory Coast Ivory Coast Christian Kouamé
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Name

  • 1926-2002 AC Fiorentina
  • 2002-2003 Florentia Viola
  • 2003-present ACF Fiorentina

Nickname

Fiorentina is known by the nickname La viola; a reference to their distinctive purple colours.

History

August 26 1926 - With the fusion of Palestra Ginnastica Fiorentina (P.G.F.) Libertas and Club Sportivo Firenze, Fiorentina was born.

1939 - 1940 - Fiorentina wins their first cup, the Coppa Italia.

1955 - 1956 - FIorentina win their first "Scudetto", (the Italian championship).

1920 - 1961 - 2th "Scudetto" is won by Fiorentina.

After the second "Scudetto", Fiorentina won the Cup Winners' Cup.

1960 - the club win the "Coppa Italia" and the Mitropa Cup

1974 - the Viola win the Anglo-Italian League Cup.

1975 - the team won another "Coppa Italia".

1993 - 1994 - Fiorentina were relegated to the Serie B (second division).

Afterwards the team return to the Serie A

1996 - Fiorentina gained their 3rd "Coppa Italia".

2000 - Fiorentina win the "Italian Super Coppa".

2001 -2005 - The team is struck by financial problems, and are moved to the bottom of Italian Football. They then work their way back up to the Serie A.

Titles won

League positions from 2000-2009

SeasonLeaguePosition
2000/01Serie A9th
2001/02Serie A17th
2002/03Serie C21st / Group B
2003/04Serie B6th
2004/05Serie A15th
2005/06Serie A9th
2006/07Serie A6th
2007/08Serie A4th
2008/09Serie A4th

League positions from 1929-1999

References

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