ACF Fiorentina

Fiorentina

Full name	ACF FiorentinaS.r.l.
Nickname(s)	I Viola(The Purples / The Violets) I Gigliati(The Lilies)
Founded	29 August 1926(29 August 1926),asAssociazione Calcio Fiorentina 1 August 2002(1 August 2002),asFlorentia ViolathenACF Fiorentina
Ground	Stadio Artemio Franchi
Capacity	43,147
Owner	New ACF Fiorentina S.r.l.
Chairman	Rocco B. Commisso
Head coach	Raffaele Palladino
League	Serie A
2023–24	Serie A, 8th of 20
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

The performance of Fiorentina in the Italian football league structure since the first season of a unified Serie A (1929–30)

ACF Fiorentina,commonly referred to asFiorentina([fjorenˈtiːna]), is an Italian professionalfootballclubbased inFlorence,Tuscany.The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while the current club was refounded in August 2002 following bankruptcy. Fiorentina have played at the top level of Italian football for the majority of their existence; only four clubs have played in moreSerie Aseasons.

Fiorentina has won twoItalian league titles,in1955–56and again in1968–69,as well as sixCoppa Italiatrophies and oneSupercoppa Italiana.On theEuropean stage,Fiorentina won theUEFA Cup Winners' Cupin1960–61.They also lost five finals, finishing runners-up in the1956–57 European Cup(the first Italian team to reach the final in the top continental competition), the1961–62 Cup Winners' Cup,the1989–90 UEFA Cup,and in the2022–23and2023–24editions of theUEFA Europa Conference League,being the first club to record two consecutive final appearances and two consecutive defeats in the competition's history.

Fiorentina is one of fifteen European teams that have played in the finals of all three majorcontinental competitions(the European Cup/Champions League, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Cup/Europa League) and in 2023, by reaching the Conference League final, Fiorentina became the first team to reach all four major European club competition finals (excluding the one-off match of the UEFA Super Cup).

Since 1931, the club have played at theStadio Artemio Franchi,which currently has a capacity of 43,147. The stadium has used several names over the years and has undergone several renovations. Fiorentina are known widely by the nicknameViola,a reference to their distinctive purple colours.

History

Further information:History of ACF Fiorentina

Foundation prior to World War II

1940–41 Fiorentina team

Associazione Calcio Fiorentinawas founded in the autumn of 1926 by local noble andNational Fascist PartymemberLuigi Ridolfi Vay da Verrazzano,who initiated the merger of two older Florentine clubs,CS FirenzeandPG Libertas.The aim of the merger was to give Florence a strong club to rival those of the more dominantItalian Football Championshipsides of the time fromNorthwest Italy.Also influential was the cultural revival and rediscovery ofCalcio Fiorentino,an ancestor of modern football that was played by members of theMedicifamily.

After a rough start and three seasons in lower leagues, Fiorentina reachedSerie Ain 1931. That same year saw the opening of the new stadium, originally named afterGiovanni Berta,a prominent fascist, but now known asStadio Artemio Franchi.At the time, the stadium was a masterpiece of engineering, and its inauguration was monumental. To be able to compete with the best teams in Italy, Fiorentina strengthened their team with some new players, notably the UruguayanPedro Petrone,nicknamedel Artillero.Despite enjoying a good season and finishing in fourth place, Fiorentina were relegated the following year, although they would return quickly toSerie A.In 1941, they won their firstCoppa Italia,but the team were unable to build on their success during the 1940s due to World War II and other troubles.

Firstscudettoand '50–'60s

The first Italian champion Fiorentina, 1955–56 season

In 1950, Fiorentina started to achieve consistent top-five finishes in the domestic league. The team consisted of players such as well-known goalkeeperGiuliano Sarti,Sergio Cervato,Francesco Rosella,Guido Gratton,Giuseppe Chiappella,Aldo Scaramucci, BrazilianJulinho,and ArgentinianMiguel Montuori.This team won Fiorentina's firstscudetto(Italian championship) in1955–56,12 points ahead of second-placeMilan.Milan beat Fiorentina to top spot the following year. Fiorentina became the first Italian team to play in aEuropean Cupfinal, when a disputed penalty led to a 2–0 defeat at the hands ofAlfredo Di Stéfano'sReal Madrid. Fiorentina were runners-up again in the three subsequent seasons. In the1960–61 season,the club won the Coppa Italia again and was also successful in Europe, winning the firstCup Winners' Cupagainst Scottish sideRangers.

After several years of runner-up finishes, Fiorentina dropped away slightly in the 1960s, bouncing from fourth to sixth place, although the club won the Coppa Italia and theMitropa Cupin 1966.

Kurt Hamrinscored 150 goals for Fiorentina when he represented the club 1958–1967. This means that he is in second place for most goals in the club's history.

Secondscudettoand '70s

While the 1960s did result in some trophies and goodSerie Afinishes for Fiorentina, nobody believed that the club could challenge for the title. The1968–69 seasonstarted with Milan as frontrunners, but on matchday 7, they lost toBolognaand were overtaken byGigi Riva'sCagliari.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 againstVarese,leaving Cagliari as outright league leader. The second half of the season was a three-way battle between the three contending teams, Milan, Cagliari and Fiorentina. Milan fell away, instead focusing their efforts on the European Cup, and it seemed that Cagliari would retain top spot. After Cagliari lost againstJuventus,however, Fiorentina took over at the top. The team then won all of their remaining matches, beating rivals Juve inTurinon the penultimate matchday to seal their second, and last, national title. In the European Cup competition the following year, Fiorentina had some good results, including a win in theSoviet UnionagainstDynamo Kyiv,but they were eventually knocked out in the quarter-finals after a 3–0 defeat inGlasgowtoCeltic.

Violaplayers began the 1970s decade withscudettosewed on their breast, but the period was not especially fruitful for the team. After a fifth-place finish in 1971, they finished in mid-table almost every year, even flirting with relegation in 1972 and 1978. TheVioladid win theAnglo-Italian League Cupin 1974 and won the Coppa Italia again in 1975. The team consisted of young talents likeVincenzo Gueriniand Moreno Roggi, who suffered bad injuries, and above allGiancarlo Antognoni,who would later become an idol to Fiorentina's fans. The young average age of the players led to the team being called "Fiorentina Ye-Ye".

Pontello era

In 1980, Fiorentina was bought by Flavio Pontello, who came from a rich housebuilding family. He quickly changed the team's anthem and logo, leading to some complaints by the fans, but he started to bring in high-quality players such asFrancesco GrazianiandEraldo PeccifromTorino;Daniel BertonifromSevilla;Daniele MassarofromMonza;and a youngPietro VierchowodfromComo.The team was built around Giancarlo Antognoni, and in1982,Fiorentina were involved in an exciting duel with rivals Juventus. After a bad injury to Antognoni, the league title was decided on the final day of the season when Fiorentina were denied a goal against Cagliari and were unable to win. Juventus won the title with a disputed penalty and the rivalry between the two teams erupted.

The following years were strange for Fiorentina, who vacillated between high finishes and relegation battles. Fiorentina also bought two interesting players,El PunteroRamón Díazand, most significantly, the youngRoberto Baggio.

In 1990, Fiorentina fought to avoid relegation right up until the final day of the season, but did reach theUEFA Cupfinal, where they again faced Juventus. The Turin team won the trophy, but Fiorentina'stifosionce again had real cause for complaint: the second leg of the final was played inAvellino(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. Pontello, suffering from economic difficulties, was selling all the players and was forced to leave the club after serious riots in Florence's streets. The club was then acquired by the famous filmmakerMario Cecchi Gori.

Cecchi Gori era: from Champions League to bankruptcy

Gabriel Batistuta,the most prominent Fiorentina player of the 1990s

The first season under Cecchi Gori's ownership was one of stabilisation, after which the new chairman started to sign some good players likeBrian Laudrup,Stefan Effenberg,Francesco Baianoand, most importantly,Gabriel Batistuta,who became an iconic player for the team during the 1990s. In 1993, however, Cecchi Gori died and was succeeded as chairman by his son,Vittorio.Despite a good start to the season, Cecchi Gori fired the coach,Luigi Radice,after a defeat againstAtalanta,and replaced him withAldo Agroppi.The results were dreadful: Fiorentina fell into the bottom half of the standings and were relegated on the last day of the season.

Claudio Ranieriwas brought in as coach for the 1993–94 season, and that year, Fiorentina dominatedSerie B,Italy's second division. Upon their return to Serie A, Ranieri put together a good team centred around new top scorer Batistuta, signing the young talentRui CostafromBenficaand the new world champion Brazilian defenderMárcio Santos.The former became an idol to Fiorentina fans, while the second disappointed and was sold after only a season. TheViolafinished the season in tenth place.

The following season, Cecchi Gori bought other important players, namely Swedish midfielderStefan Schwarz.The club again proved its mettle in cup competitions, winning the Coppa Italia against Atalanta and finishing joint-third in Serie A. In the summer, Fiorentina became the first non-national champions to win theSupercoppa Italiana,defeating Milan 2–1 at theSan Siro.

Fiorentina's 1996–97 season was disappointing in the league, but they did reach theCup Winners' Cupsemi-final by beatingGloria Bistrița,Sparta Pragueand Benfica. The team lost the semi-final to the eventual winner of the competition,Barcelona(away 1–1; home 0–2). The season's main signings wereLuís OliveiraandAndrei Kanchelskis,the latter of whom suffered from many injuries.

At the end of the season, Ranieri left Fiorentina forValenciain Spain, with Cecchi Gori appointingAlberto Malesanias his replacement. Fiorentina played well but struggled against smaller teams, although they did manage to qualify for the UEFA Cup. Malesani left Fiorentina after only a season and was succeeded byGiovanni Trapattoni.With Trapattoni's expert guidance and Batistuta's goals, Fiorentina challenged for the title in1998–99but finished the season in third, earning them qualification for theChampions League.The following year was disappointing in Serie A, butViolaplayed some historical matches in the Champions League, beatingArsenal1–0 at the oldWembley StadiumandManchester United2–0 in Florence. They were ultimately eliminated in the second group stage.

At the end of the season, Trapattoni left the club and was replaced by Turkish coachFatih Terim.More significantly, however, Batistuta was sold toRoma,who eventually won the title the following year. Fiorentina played well in2000–01and stayed in the top half of Serie A, despite the resignation of Terim and the arrival ofRoberto Mancini.They also won the Coppa Italia for the sixth and last time.

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. The club's owner, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, was able to raise some more money, but this soon proved to be insufficient to sustain the club. Fiorentina were relegated at the end of the2001–02 seasonand 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 the2002–03 season,and as a result effectively ceased to exist.

Della Valle era: from fourth tier to Europe (2000s and 2010s)

The club was promptly re-established in August 2002 asAssociazione Calcio Fiorentina e Florentia Violawith shoe and leather entrepreneur Diego Della Valle as new owner and the club was admitted intoSerie C2,the fourth tier of Italian football. The only player to remain at the club in its new incarnation wasAngelo Di Livio,whose commitment to the club's cause further endeared him to the fans. Helped by Di Livio and 30-goal strikerChristian Riganò,the club won its Serie C2 group with considerable ease, which would normally have led to a promotion toSerie C1.Due to the bizarreCaso Catania(Catania Case), the club skipped Serie C1 and was admitted into Serie B, something that was only made possible by theItalian Football Federation(FIGC)'s decision to resolve theCataniasituation by increasing the number of teams in Serie B from 20 to 24 and promoting Fiorentina for "sports merits".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 asACF Fiorentina.The club finished the2003–04 seasonin sixth place and won theplayoffagainstPerugiato return to top-flight football.

Cesare Prandelli,the club's longest-serving manager (2005–2010, 2020–2021)

In their first season back in Serie A, the club struggled to avoid relegation, only securing survival on the last day of the season on head-to-head record againstBolognaandParma.In 2005, Della Valle decided to appointPantaleo Corvinoas new sports director, followed by the appointment ofCesare Prandellias head coach inthe following season.The club made several signings during the summer transfer market, most notablyLuca ToniandSébastien Frey.This drastic move earned them a fourth-place finish with 74 points and a Champions League qualifying round ticket. Toni scored 31 goals in 38 appearances, the first player to pass the 30-goal mark sinceAntonio Valentin Angelilloin the1958–59 season,for which he was awarded theEuropean Golden Boot.On 14 July 2006, Fiorentina were relegated to Serie B due to their involvement in theCalciopoliscandal and given a 12-point penalty. The team was reinstated to the Serie A on appeal, but with a 19-point penalty for the2006–07 season.The team's2006–07 Champions Leagueplace was also revoked.After the start of the season, Fiorentina's penalisation was reduced from 19 points to 15 on appeal to the Italian courts. In spite of this penalty, they managed to secure a place in the UEFA Cup.

Despite Toni's departure toBayern Munich,Fiorentina had a strong start to the2007–08 seasonand were tipped byItaly national teamhead coachMarcello Lippi,among others, as a surprise challenger for thescudetto,and although this form tailed off towards the middle of the season, theViolamanaged to qualify for the Champions League. In Europe, the club reached the semi-final of theUEFA Cup,where they were ultimately defeated by Rangers on penalties. The2008–09 seasoncontinued this success, a fourth-place finish assuring Fiorentina's spot in2010's Champions League playoffs.Their European campaign was also similar to that of the previous run, relegated to the2008–09 UEFA Cupand were eliminated byAjaxin the end.

In the2009–10 season,Fiorentina started their domestic campaign strongly before steadily losing momentum and slipped to mid-table positions at the latter half of the season. In Europe, the team proved to be a surprise dark horse: after losing their first away fixture againstLyon,they staged a comeback with a five-match streak by winning all their remaining matches (including defeatingLiverpoolhome and away). TheViolaqualified as group champions, but eventually succumbed to Bayern Munich due to theaway goals rule.This was controversial due to a mistaken refereeing decision byTom Henning Øvrebø,who allowed a clearly offside goal for Bayern in the first leg. Bayern eventually finished the tournament as runners-up, making a deep run all the way to thefinal.The incident called into attention the possible implementation of video replays in football. Despite a good European run and reaching the semi-finals in the Coppa Italia, Fiorentina failed to qualify for Europe.

During this period, on 24 September 2009, Andrea Della Valle resigned from his position as chairman of Fiorentina, and announced all duties would be temporarily transferred to Mario Cognini, Fiorentina's vice-president until a permanent position could be filled.

Former managerVincenzo Montella(2012–2015, 2019)

In June 2010, theViolabid farewell to long-time manager Cesare Prandelli, by then the longest-serving coach in the team's history, who was departing to coach the Italy national team. Catania managerSiniša Mihajlovićwas appointed to replace him. The club spent much of the early2010–11 seasonin last place, but their form improved and Fiorentina ultimately finished ninth. Following a 1–0 defeat toChievoin November 2011, Mihajlović was sacked and replaced byDelio Rossi.After a brief period of improvements, theViolawere again fighting relegation, prompting the sacking of Sporting DirectorPantaleo Corvinoin early 2012 following a 0–5 home defeat to Juventus. Their bid for survival was kept alive by a number of upset victories away from home, notably at Roma and Milan. During a home game againstNovara,trailing 0–2 within half an hour, manager Rossi decided to substitute midfielderAdem Ljajićearly. Ljajić sarcastically applauded him in frustration, whereupon Rossi retaliated by physical assaulting his player, an action that ultimately prompted his termination by the club.His replacement, caretaker managerVincenzo Guerini,then guided the team away from the relegation zone to a 13th-place finish to end the turbulent year.

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 appointingVincenzo Montellaas head coach. The team began the season well, finishing the calendar year in joint third place and eventually finishing the2012–13 seasonin fourth, enough for a position in the2013–14 Europa League.

The club lost fan favouriteStevan Jovetićduring the middle of 2013, selling him to English Premier League clubManchester Cityfor a €30 million transfer fee. They also sold Adem Ljajić to Roma andAlessio Cercito Torino, using the funds to bring inMario Gómez,Josip IličićandAnte Rebić,among others. During the season, Fiorentina topped their Europa League group, moving on to the round of 32 to face Danish sideEsbjerg fB,which Fiorentina defeated 4–2 on aggregate. In the following round of 16, however, they then lost to Italian rivals Juventus 2–1 on aggregate, ousting Fiorentina from the competition. At the end of the season, the team finished fourth again in the league, and also finishing the year as Coppa Italia runners-up after losing 3–1 to Napoli in the final.

In 2014–15, during the 2015 winter transfer window, the team club sold star wingerJuan CuadradotoChelseafor €30 million but were able to secure the loan ofMohamed Salahin exchange, who was a revelation in the second half of the season. Their2014–15 Europa League campaignsaw them progress to the semi-finals, where they were knocked-out by Spanish sideSevilla,the eventual champions. In the2014–15 domestic season,Fiorentina once again finished fourth, thus qualifying for the2015–16 Europa League.In June 2015,Vincenzo Montellawas sacked as manager after the club grew impatient with the coaches inability to prove his commitment to the club,and was replaced byPaulo Sousa,who lasted until June 2017 and the appointment ofStefano Pioli.Club captainDavide Astoridied suddenly at the age of 31 in March 2018.Astori had suffered acardiac arrestwhile in a hotel room before an away game. The club subsequently retired Astori's kit number, 13.Fiorentina suffered during the2018–19 Serie Acampaign and ended the season on a 14 match winless streak, finishing in 16th place with only 41 points, 3 points from the relegation zone. On 9 April 2019, Pioli resigned as manager and was replaced by Montella.

Commisso era

On 6 June 2019, the club was sold to Italian-American billionaireRocco Commissofor around 160 million euros.The sale marked the end of the Della Valle family's seventeen-year association with the club.Vincenzo Montellawas confirmed as coach for the first season of the new era despite the team's poor end to the previous campaign, which saw them finish only three points clear of the relegation zone.Fiorentina continued their struggles from the previous year, spending the majority of the season in lower midtable. Montella was sacked on 21 December after a 7 match winless run which left the club in 15th place, and was replaced byGiuseppe Iachini.In November 2020Cesare Prandellireturned to Fiorentina, replacing Giuseppe Iachini as coach.

Under coachVincenzo Italiano,who arrived in 2021, Fiorentina reached and lost two consecutive finals of theUEFA Europa Conference League,in the2022–23and2023–24editions, being the first club to record two consecutive final appearances in the competition's history, and becoming the first team to lose two consecutive European finals sinceBenficain 2013 and 2014 UEFA Europa League finals.

Players

Current squad

As of 18 July 2024

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	DEN	Oliver Christensen
—	GK	ITA	Tommaso Martinelli
—	GK	ITA	Pietro Terracciano
—	GK	ITA	Tommaso Vannucchi
—	DF	ITA	Cristiano Biraghi(captain)
—	DF	ITA	Pietro Comuzzo
—	DF	BRA	Dodô
—	DF	ITA	Michael Kayode
—	DF	ARG	Lucas Martínez Quarta(Vice-captain)
—	DF	ITA	Fabiano Parisi
—	DF	ITA	Luca Ranieri

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	CZE	Antonín Barák
—	MF	ARG	Nicolás González
—	MF	ARG	Gino Infantino
—	MF	ITA	Rolando Mandragora
—	FW	ARG	Lucas Beltrán
—	FW	FRA	Jonathan Ikoné
—	FW	ITA	Moise Kean
—	FW	CIV	Christian Kouamé
—	FW	ANG	M'Bala Nzola
—	FW	ITA	Riccardo Sottil

Other players under contract

As of 12 July 2024

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ROU	Eduard Duțu
—	DF	ITA	Gabriele Ferrarini
—	DF	BUL	Dimo Krastev
—	DF	ITA	Lorenzo Lucchesi
—	DF	ITA	Edoardo Pierozzi
—	DF	ITA	Niccolò Pierozzi
—	DF	ITA	Bruno Prati
—	MF	ITA	Vittorio Agostinelli
—	MF	MAR	Sofyan Amrabat
—	MF	ITA	Alessandro Bianco

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Mattia Fiorini
—	MF	MAR	Abdelhamid Sabiri
—	MF	ITA	Lorenzo Amatucci
—	FW	CRO	Josip Brekalo
—	FW	ITA	Ciro Capasso
—	FW	ITA	Filippo Distefano
—	FW	ITA	Destiny Egharevba
—	FW	ITA	Filippo Guidobaldi
—	FW	ROU	Louis Munteanu
—	FW	ALB	Eljon Toçi

Out on loan

As of 15 July 2024

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ITA	Davide Gentile(atSalernitanauntil 30 June 2025)
—	MF	ITA	Niccolò Nardi(atCarpiuntil 30 June 2025)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Costantino Favasuli(atBariuntil 30 June 2025)

Fiorentina Youth

ACF Fiorentina Youth Sector

Notable players

Main article:List of ACF Fiorentina players

Retired numbers

Main article:Retired numbers in association football

• 13Davide Astori,defender(2015–18) – posthumous honour

Management staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Raffaele Palladino
Assistant coach	Stefano Citterio
Athletic coach	Piero Campo Mirko Balestracci Ivano Tito Damir Blokar
Goalkeeping coach	Giorgio Bianchi
Technical coach	Federico Peluso Stefano Firicano
Match analyst	Paolo Riela
Head of medical staff	Luca Pengue
Club doctor	Giovanni Serni
Head of physiotherapists	Stefano Dainelli
First team doctor	Niccolò Gori
Physiotherapist	Simone Michelassi Andrea Giusti Simone Mazzei Filippo Nannelli David Petrangeli
Nutritionist	Cristian Petri
Kit manager	Riccardo Degl'Innocenti Leonardo Marchetti Hamid Tali
Sporting director	Daniele Pradè
Technical director	Roberto Goretti
Secretary	Luigi Curradi

Managerial history

Fiorentina have had many managers and head coaches throughout their history. Below is a chronological list from the club's foundation in 1926 to the present day.

No Name Nationality Years 1 Károly Csapkay 1926–28 2 Gyula Feldmann 1928–30 3 Gyula Feldmann 1930–31 4 Hermann Felsner 1931–33 5 Wilhelm Rady 1933 6 József Ging 1933–34 7 Guido Ara 1934–37 8 Ottavio Baccani 1937–38 9 Ferenc Molnár 1938 10 Rudolf Soutschek 1938–39 11 Giuseppe Galluzzi 1939–45 12 Guido Ara 1946 13 Renzo Magli 1946–47 14 Imre Senkey 1947 15 Luigi Ferrero 1947–51 16 Renzo Magli 1951–53 17 Fulvio Bernardini 1953–58 18 Lajos Czeizler 1958–59 19 Luigi Ferrero 1959 20 Luis Carniglia 1959–60 21 Giuseppe Chiappella 1960 22 Nándor Hidegkuti 1960–62 23 Ferruccio Valcareggi 1962–64 24 Giuseppe Chiappella 1964–67 25 Luigi Ferrero 1967–68

No Name Nationality Years 26 Andrea Bassi 1968 27 Bruno Pesaola 1968–71 28 Oronzo Pugliese 1971 29 Nils Liedholm 1971–73 30 Luigi Radice 1973–74 31 Nereo Rocco 1974–75 32 Carlo Mazzone 1975–77 33 Mario Mazzoni 1977–78 34 Giuseppe Chiappella 1978 35 Paolo Carosi 1978–81 36 Giancarlo De Sisti 1981–85 37 Ferruccio Valcareggi 1985 38 Aldo Agroppi 1985–86 39 Eugenio Bersellini 1986–87 40 Sven-Göran Eriksson 1 July 1987 – 30 June 1989 41 Bruno Giorgi 1 July 1989 – 25 April 1990 42 Francesco Graziani(int.) 26 April 1990 – 30 June 1990 43 Sebastião Lazaroni 1 July 1990 – 30 September 1991 44 Luigi Radice 1 October 1991 – 5 January 1993 45 Aldo Agroppi 6 January 1993 – 30 April 1993 46 Luciano Chiarugi(int.) 1 May 1993 – 30 June 1993 47 Claudio Ranieri 1 July 1993 – 30 June 1997 48 Alberto Malesani 1 July 1997 – 30 June 1998 49 Giovanni Trapattoni 1 July 1998 – 30 June 2000 50 Fatih Terim 1 July 2000 – 25 February 2001

No Name Nationality Years 51 Luciano Chiarugi 2001 52 Roberto Mancini 26 February 2001 – 14 January 2002 53 Ottavio Bianchi 14 January 2002 – 31 March 2002 54 Luciano Chiarugi(int.) 1 April 2002 – 30 June 2002 55 Eugenio Fascetti June 2002 – July 2002 56 Pietro Vierchowod 1 July 2002 – 29 October 2002 57 Alberto Cavasin 29 October 2002 – 10 February 2004 58 Emiliano Mondonico 10 February 2004 – 25 October 2004 59 Sergio Buso 25 October 2004 – 25 January 2005 60 Dino Zoff 25 January 2005 – 30 June 2005 61 Cesare Prandelli 1 July 2005 – 3 June 2010 62 Siniša Mihajlović 4 June 2010 – 7 November 2011 63 Delio Rossi 8 November 2011 – 2 May 2012 64 Vincenzo Guerini(int.) 3 May 2012 – 11 June 2012 65 Vincenzo Montella 11 June 2012 – 8 June 2015 66 Paulo Sousa 21 June 2015 – 6 June 2017 67 Stefano Pioli 6 June 2017 – 9 April 2019 68 Vincenzo Montella 10 April 2019 – 21 December 2019 69 Giuseppe Iachini 23 December 2019 – 9 November 2020 70 Cesare Prandelli 9 November 2020 – 23 March 2021 71 Giuseppe Iachini 24 March 2021 – 30 June 2021 72 Vincenzo Italiano 30 June 2021 – 2 June 2024 73 Raffaele Palladino 4 June 2024 – present

Colours and badge

Badge

The badge used by Florentia Viola, consisting solely of thefleur-de-lisof Florence

Former crest of Fiorentina, used until 2022

The official emblem of the city ofFlorence,a redfleur-de-lison a white field, has been the staple in the all-round symbolism of the club.

Over the course of the club's history, they have had several badge changes, all of which incorporated Florence's fleur-de-lis in some way.The first one was nothing more than the city's coat of arms, a white shield with the red fleur-de-lis inside.It was soon changed to a very stylised fleur-de-lis, always red, and sometimes even without the white field.The most common symbol, adopted for about 20 years, had been a whitelozengewith the flower inside.During the season they were Italian champions, the lozenge disappeared and the flower was overlapped with thescudetto.

The logo introduced by owner Flavio Pontello in 1980 was particularly distinct, consisting of one-half of the city of Florence's emblem and one-half of the letter "F", for Fiorentina. People disliked it when it was introduced, believing it was a commercial decision and, above all, because the symbol bore more of a resemblance to ahalberdthan a fleur-de-lis.

Until the 2022–23 season, when the club unveiled a new, stylistically simplified badge, the logo was a kite shaped doublelozengebordered in gold. The outer lozenge had a purple background with the letters "AC" in white and the letter "F" in red, standing for the club's name. The inner lozenge was white with a gold border and the red Giglio of Florence.This logo had been in use from 1992 to 2002, but after the financial crisis and resurrection of the club the new one couldn't use the same logo.Florence'scomuneinstead granted Florentia Viola use of the stylised coat of arms used in other city documents.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.

Kit and colours

Gabriel Batistutaholding his old Fiorentina jersey at a 2014 ceremony inducting him into the club's Hall of Fame

When Fiorentina was founded in 1926, the players wore red and white halved shirts derived from the colour of the city emblem.The more well-known and highly distinctive purple kit was adopted in 1928 and has been used ever since, giving rise to the nicknameLa Viola( "The Purple (team)" ).Tradition has it that Fiorentina got their purple kit by mistake after an accident washing the old red and white coloured kits in the river.

The away kit has always been predominantly white, sometimes with purple and red elements, sometimes all-white.The shorts had been purple when the home kit was with white shorts.In the 1995–96 season, it was all-red with purple borders and twolilieson the shoulders.The red shirt has been the most worn 3rd shirt by Fiorentina, although they also wore rare yellow shirts ('97–'98, '99–'00 and '10–'11) and a sterling version, mostly in theCoppa Italia,in 2000–01.

For the 2017–18 season and the first time in its history, the club used five kits during the season, composing of one home kit (all-purple) and four away kits, each one representing one historicquartiereof the city ofFlorence:all-blue (Santa Croce), all-white (Santo Spirito), all-green (San Giovanni) and all-red (Santa Maria Novella).

Anthem

"Canzone Viola" (Purple Song) is the title of the Fiorentina'a song, nowadays better known as "Oh Fiorentina".It is the oldest official football anthem in Italy and one of the oldest in the world.Dated 1930 and born only four years after the creation of the club, the song was written by a 12-year-old child, Enzo Marcacci, and musically arranged by maestro Marco Vinicio.It was published for the first time by the publisher Marcello Manni, who later became the owner of the rights.It soon achieved notoriety thanks to the printed media and the Ordine del Marzocco, a sort of original viola-club, which printed the lyrics of the song and distributed it to a home match on November 22, 1931.

The song was recorded byNarciso Parigiin 1959 and again in 1965; the latter version replaced the original edition as the Fiorentina anthem.Subsequently, Narciso Parigi himself acquired the ownership of the rights, which he donated in 2002 to the supporter club Collettivo Autonomo Viola.

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Kit manufacturer

• 1978–1981:Adidas
• 1981–1983: J.D.Farrow's
• 1983–1988:Ennerre (it)
• 1988–1991:ABM Diffusion (it)
• 1991–1993:Lotto
• 1993–1995:Uhlsport
• 1995–1997:Reebok
• 1997–2000:Fila
• 2000–2001:Diadora
• 2001–2002:Mizuno
• 2002–2003:Mizuno,Garman,Puma
• 2003–2005:Adidas
• 2005–2012:Lotto
• 2012–2015:Joma
• 2015–2020:Le Coq Sportif
• 2020–present:Kappa

Shirt sponsors

• 1981–1983: J.D.Farrow's
• 1983–1986:Opel
• 1986–1989:Crodino
• 1989–1991:La Nazione
• 1991–1992:Giocheria (it)
• 1992–1994:7up
• 1994–1997:Sammontana
• 1997–1999:Nintendo
• 1999–2002:Toyota
• 2002–2004:Fondiaria-Sai
• 2004–2010:Toyota
• 2010–2011:Save The Children
• 2011–2014:Mazda
• 2014–2016:Volkswagen,Save The Children
• 2016–2019:Vorwerk Folletto,Save The Children,Dream Loud
• 2019–present:Mediacom

Official partners

• EA Sports – Football video gaming partner
• Montezemolo – Fashion partner
• Gruppoaf – Official partner
• Sammontana – Official ice cream
• Synlab – Health partner
• OlyBet.tv – Infotainment partner

Honours

Further information:List of ACF Fiorentina records and statistics

National titles

Serie A:

• Winners (2):1955–56;1968–69
• Runners-up (5):1956–57;1957–58;1958–59;1959–60;1981–82

Coppa Italia:

• Winners (6):1939–40;1960–61;1965–66;1974–75;1995–96;2000–01
• Runners-up (5):1958,1959–60,1998–99,2013–14,2022–23

Supercoppa Italiana:

• Winners (1):1996
• Runners-up (1):2001

European titles

See also:ACF Fiorentina in European football

European Cup:

• Runners-up (1):1956–57

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:

• Winners (1):1960–61
• Runners-up (1):1961–62

UEFA Cup:

• Runners-up (1):1989–90

UEFA Europa Conference League:

• Runners-up (2):2022–23,2023–24

Other titles

Serie B

• Winners:1930–31,1938–39,1993–94

Serie C2

• Winners:2002–03

Coppa Grasshoppers

• Winners:1957

Mitropa Cup

• Winners:1966

Anglo-Italian League Cup

• Winners:1975

Divisional movements

Series	Years	Last	Pror around 160 million euros.motions	Relegations
A	85	2023–24	–	3 (1938,1993,2002)
B	5	2003–04	4 (1931,1939,1994,2004)	bankruptcy
C	1	2002–03	1 (2003)	never
91 years of professional football in Italy since 1929

Fiorentina as a company

A.C. Fiorentina S.p.A.was unable to register for2002–03 Serie Bdue to financial difficulties, and then the sports title was transferred to a new company thanks toArticle 52 of N.O.I.F.,while the old company was liquidated. At that time the club was heavily relying on windfall profit from selling players, especially in pure player swap or cash plus player swap that potentially increased the cost by the increase inamortisationof player contracts (anintangible assets). For example,Marco Rossijoined Fiorentina for Lire 17 billion in 2000, but at the same timeLorenzo Collacchionimoved toSalernitanafor Lire 1 billion, meaning the club had a player profit of Lire 997 million and extra Lire 1 billion to be amortised in 5-years.In 1999,Emiliano Bigicaalso swapped withGiuseppe Taglialatela,which the latter was valued for Lire 10 billion.The operating income (excluding windfall profit from players trading) of 2000–01 season was minusLire113,271,475,933 (minus €58,499,835).It was only boosted by the sales ofFrancesco ToldoandRui Costain June 2001 (a profit of Lire 134.883 billion; €69.661 million).However, it was alleged they were to transfer to Parmafor a reported Lire 140 million.The two players eventually joined Inter Milan and A.C. Milan in 2001–02 financial year instead, for undisclosed fees. Failing to have financial support from the ownerVittorio Cecchi Gori,the club was forced to windup due to its huge imbalance in operating income.

Since re-established in 2002,ACF Fiorentina S.p.A.are yet to self-sustain to keep the team in top division as well as in European competitions. In the 2005 financial year, which cover thefirst Serie A season,the club made a net loss of €9,159,356,followed by a net loss of €19,519,789. In 2006 (2005–06 Serie Aand2006–07 Serie A), Fiorentina heavily invested on players, meaning the amortisation of intangible asset (the player contract) had increased from €17.7 million to €24 million.However the club suffered from the2006 Italian football scandal,which meant the club did not qualify for Europe. In 2007 Fiorentina almost broke-even, with a net loss of just €3,704,953. In the 2007 financial year the TV revenue increased after they qualified to the2007–08 UEFA Cup.Despite qualifying to the2008–09 UEFA Champions League,Fiorentina made a net loss of €9,179,484 in 2008 financial year after the increase in TV revenue was outweighed by the increase in wage.In the 2009 financial year, Fiorentina made a net profit of €4,442,803, largely due to the profit on selling players (€33,631,489 from players such asFelipe Melo,Giampaolo PazziniandZdravko Kuzmanović;increased from about €3.5 million in 2008). However it was also offset by the write-down of selling players (€6,062,545, from players such asManuel da Costa,Arturo LupoliandDavide Carcuro).

After the club failed to qualify to Europe at the end of2009–10 Serie A,as well as lack of player profit, Fiorentina turnover was decreased from €140,040,713 in 2009 to just €79,854,928, despite the wage bill also falling,la Violastill made a net loss of €9,604,353.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 participating2009–10 UEFA Europa League.Furthermore, the gate income had dropped from €11,070,385 to €7,541,260. The wage bill did not fall much and in reverse the amortisation of transfer fee had sightly increased due to new signings.La Violahad savings in other costs but counter-weighted by huge €11,747,668 write-down for departed players, due to D'Agostino, Frey and Mutu, but the former would counter-weight by co-ownership financial income, which all made the operating cost remained high as worse as last year. Moreover, in 2010 the result was boosted by acquiring the asset from subsidiary (related to AC Fiorentina) and the re-valuation of its value in separate balance sheet. If deducting that income (€14,737,855), 2010 financial year was net loss 24,342,208 and 2011 result was worse with €8,131,876 only in separate balance sheet.In 2012, the club benefited from the sales ofMatija NastasićandValon Behrami,followed byStevan JovetićandAdem Ljajićin 2013.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.Moreover, Fiorentina also revealed that the club had a relevant football net income of minus €19.5 million in the first assessment period ofUEFA Financial Fair Play Regulationsin the 2013–14 season (in May 2014).(aggregate of 2012 and 2013 results), which within the limit of minus €45 million, as well as minus €25.5 million in assessment period 2014–15 (aggregate of 2012, 2013 and 2014 results). However, as the limit was reduced to minus €30 million in assessment period 2015–16, 2016–17 and 2017–18 season, the club had to achieve a relevant net income of positive €5.6 million in 2015 financial year.La ViolasoldJuan Cuadradoto Chelsea in January 2015 for €30 million fee, to make the club eligible to 2016–17 edition of UEFA competitions.

Fiorentina
separatefinancial statements

Financial year	Turnover	Result	Total assets	Net assets	Re-capitalization
A.C. Fiorentina S.p.A.(PI0039250485) exchange rate €1 =Lire1936.27
1999–2000	€85,586,138#	€5,550,939	€184,898,223	€13,956,954
2000–01	€61,698,625#	€9,557,318	€219,996,389	€23,514,272	€0
2001–02	Not available due to bankruptcy
ACF Fiorentina S.p.A.(PI05248440488) startup capital: €7,500,000
2002–03		(€6,443,549)		€5,256,451	€4.2 million
2003(Jul–Dec)		(€3,885,968)		€6,370,483	€5 million
2004	€33,336,444	(€10,259,252)	€99,357,403	€11,019,231	€14.908 million
2005	€57,646,361	(€9,159,356)	€107,504,630	€35,951,875	€34.092 million
2006	€60,961,502	(€19,519,789)	€123,327,412	€51,132,086	€34.7 million
2007	€88,627,385	(€3,704,953)	€142,484,422	€67,427,133	€20 million
2008	€108,521,983	(€9,179,484)	€171,220,969	€78,247,649	€20 million
2009	€140,040,713	€4,442,803	€173,675,641	€92,690,451	€10 million
2010	€79,854,927	(€9,604,352)	€178,314,364	€83,086,099	€0
2011	€67,076,953	(€32,474,084)	€156,972,324	€50,612,014	€0
2012	€109,060,686	€1,155,691	€182,081,303	€75,667,705	€23.9 million
2013	€121,044,126	€1,448,376	€217,891,659	€92,216,081	€15.1 million
2014	€94,339,505	(€37,023,231)	€188,847,357	€77,192,851	€22 million
Aggregate		(€134,207,148)	/	/	€203.9 million
Average		(€10,736,572)		€58,149,609	€16.312 million
Note:#Windfall profit from selling players excluded Italian accounting standards was changed over the years

League history

• 1926–1928: Prima Divisione (2nd tier)
• 1928–1929: Divisione Nazionale (1st tier)
• 1929–1931: Serie B (2nd tier) –Champions: 1931
• 1931–1938: Serie A (1st tier)
• 1938–1939: Serie B (2nd tier) –Champions: 1939
• 1939–1943: Serie A (1st tier)
• 1943–1946: no contests (WW II)
• 1946–1993: liga 1 (1st tier) –Champions: 1956, 1969
• 1993–1994: Serie B (2nd tier) –Champions: 1994
• 1994–2002: Serie A (1st tier)
• 2002–2003: Serie C2 (4th tier) –Champions: 2003
• 2003–2004: Serie B (2nd tier)
• 2004–present:Serie A (1st tier)

External links

• Official website(Italian and English)
• Team pageat Goal.com
• Team pageat ESPN Soccernet
• Team Pageat Football-Lineups.com
• Artemio Franchi Stadiumat Stadium Journey
• Fiorentina SupportersI poeti della curva