ACF Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina), often called Fiorentina, is an Italian professional football club from Florence, Tuscany, and was founded in 1926.
| Full name | ACF Fiorentina SpA | |||
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| Nickname(s) | La Viola (The Purple Ones) Gigliati (Lilies) | |||
| Founded | August 26, 1926 (AC Fiorentina) 2002 (ACF Fiorentina) | |||
| Ground | Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy | |||
| League | Serie A | |||
| 2021-22 | 7th | |||
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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.
Current squad
- As of 10 August 2022
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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.
Titles won
- Serie A : 2
- 1955/56, 1968/69
- Coppa Italia : 6
- 1939/40, 1960/61, 1965/66, 1974/75, 1995/96, 2000/01
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup : 1
- 1960/61
League positions from 2000-2009
| Season | League | Position |
| 2000/01 | Serie A | 9th |
| 2001/02 | Serie A | 17th |
| 2002/03 | Serie C2 | 1st / Group B |
| 2003/04 | Serie B | 6th |
| 2004/05 | Serie A | 15th |
| 2005/06 | Serie A | 9th |
| 2006/07 | Serie A | 6th |
| 2007/08 | Serie A | 4th |
| 2008/09 | Serie A | 4th |
League positions from 1929-1999
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ACF Fiorentina Media
The performance of Fiorentina in the Italian football league structure since the first season of a unified Serie A (1929–30)
A line-up of AC Fiorentina in the 1940–41 season. From left to right, standing: Romeo Menti (III), Giuseppe Bigogno, Luigi Griffanti (captain), Giuseppe Baldini, Ferruccio Valcareggi, Carlo Piccardi, Romano Penzo, Ernesto Matteo "Gipo" Poggi (II); crouched: Dante Di Benedetti, Giacinto Ellena, Giuseppe Geigerle.
Kurt Hamrin scored 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.
Gabriel Batistuta, the most prominent Fiorentina player of the 1990s
Cesare Prandelli, the club's longest-serving manager (2005–2010, 2020–2021)
Former manager Vincenzo Montella (2012–2015, 2019)
The badge used by Florentia Viola, consisting solely of the fleur-de-lis of Florence
Former crest of Fiorentina, used until 2022
Gabriel Batistuta holding his old Fiorentina jersey at a 2014 ceremony inducting him into the club's Hall of Fame
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References
Other websites
- (in Italian)Sito ufficiale