ACF Fiorentina
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Sampdoria surge to Serie A summit...Catania finally picked up their first point of the campaign by drawing 1-1 at home with S.S. Lazio - in contrast to Atalanta BC, who suffered a fourth consecutive defeat, 4-1 at AS Bari. In today's later game, AS Roma welcome ACF Fiorentina. In this article: Serie A, Sampdoria, Marco Padalino, Diego Milito, Daniele Mannini, Clarence Seedorf, Michele Fini, Angelo Palombo, Genoa CFC, and Calcio Catania |
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Football Europe | November 09, 2008
Cruz control gives Inter late lift
...spot below, despite a Diego Milito hat-trick in a healthy 4-0 triumph over basement outfit Reggina Calcio. Elsewhere, ACF Fiorentina overcame Atalanta BC 2-1 in Florence and Calcio Catania beat visitors Cagliari Calcio by the same scoreline.
In this article: Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Diego Milito, SSC Napoli, Udinese, Serie A, Alessandro Del Piero, and Tommaso Rocchi
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Football Europe | January 23, 2008
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...points behind their opponents. Other matches In this evening's other ties, UC Sampdoria meet AS Roma and Udinese Calcio host Calcio Catania, while S.S. Lazio play ACF Fiorentina tomorrow. Also tonight, AC Milan could climb to sixth in...
In this article: Serie A, Claudio Ranieri, Juventus, Coppa Italia, Pavel Nedved, Jorge Andrade, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Hasan Salihamidzic, and Jonathan Zebina
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Football Europe | April 06, 2009
Gilardino goals keeping Fiorentina running
...the season (©Getty Images) Alberto Gilardino has described his 89th-minute winner which earned ACF Fiorentina a 2-1 victory at Atalanta BC as his "most important goal" since joining from AC Milan last summer. The success in Bergamo kept...
In this article: Alberto Gilardino, Genoa CFC, Cesare Prandelli, Parma FC, All rights reserved, Serie A, and Carlo Ancelotti
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UEFA.com News | February 14, 2008
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...UEFA Cup would be brilliant for me." The 23-year-old joined Fiorentina from Atalanta BC in January 2005 and has since registered 21 Serie A goals for the Viola, appearing 99 times in all competitions. "Reaching my century is a really good...
In this article: Serie A, Christian Vieri, Luca Toni, Cesare Prandelli, Rosenborg BK, Atalanta BC, and FC Bayern Munchen
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UEFA.com News | April 05, 2009
Inter in luck as Juventus chase falters
Basement side Reggina fell to Thiago Motta's 77th-minute winner for Genoa, who maintained their two-point advantage over fifth-placed ACF Fiorentina, despite Alberto Gilardino's late strike in the Viola's 2-1 success at Atalanta BC.
In this article: Sergio Pellissier, Juventus, Udinese, Patrick Vieira, Alberto Gilardino, Fabio Quagliarella, Emanuele Belardi, and Filippo Inzaghi
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Football Europe | December 14, 2008
Ibrahimovic piles pressure on Inter's rivals
...led 3-0. Red cards In Sunday's other matches, ACF Fiorentina consolidated fifth spot by seeing off visitors Calcio Catania 2-0, while Genoa CFC remain sixth despite being held 1-1 at home by nine-man Atalanta BC. US Citta di Palermo are...
In this article: Zlatan Ibrahimovic, UEFA Champions League, Serie A, Cristian Ledesma, Simone Bentivoglio, Sergio Pellissier, and David Taylor
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UEFA.com News | May 10, 2009
Chievo draw keeps Inter waiting
Fiorentina's cushion in the final UEFA Champions League berth is now three points, meanwhile, as they had an eleventh-minute effort from Stevan Jovetic and a last-gasp Luciano Zauri goal to thank for their success at 15th-placed Catania. In...
In this article: UEFA Champions League, Luciano Zauri, Torino FC, Jose Mourinho, Alessandro Rosina, Stevan Jovetic, Marco Di Vaio, Genoa CFC, Calcio Catania, and AC Siena
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UEFA Champions League | July 05, 2009
Viola beef up back line with Natali
...FC and Udinese Calcio before joining the Granata in 2007. Fiorentina will start their UEFA Champions League campaign in the third qualifying round after finishing fourth in the league last term. ©uefa.com 1998-2009. All rights reserved.
In this article: Torino, Cesare Natali, All rights reserved, Serie A, Udinese Calcio, Bologna FC, Atalanta BC, and UEFA Champions League
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Football Europe | November 30, 2008
Inter stretch advantage as Milan slip up
...unable to respond again. Milan derailed Duo miss out Both S.S. Lazio and ACF Fiorentina, who remain in fifth and six respectively, were unable to take advantage of Napoli's loss. Delio Rossi's Lazio were beaten 2-0 in Bergamo by Atalanta...
In this article: Milan, Atalanta BC, Napoli, Serie A, Sergio Floccari, Jaime Valdes, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Ivan Cordoba, and Torino FC
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ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as simply Fiorentina, is a professional Italian football club from Florence, Tuscany. Founded by a merger in 1926, Fiorentina have played at the top level of Italian football for the majority of their existence; only four clubs have played in more Serie A seasons. After climbing back up the Italian football system in the early 2000s, Fiorentina are currently competing in the 2008–09 Serie A season.
Fiorentina have won Serie A twice, in 1955–56 and again in 1968–69, as well as winning six Coppa Italia trophies. On the European stage Fiorentina won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1960–61, they finished runners-up in the UEFA Cup 1989–90 and also came close to winning the biggest European prize, finishing as runners-up in the European Cup during 1956–57.
Since 1931 the club have played at the Stadio Artemio Franchi, which currently has a capacity of 47,282. The stadium has used several names over the years and has undergone several renovations. Fiorentina are known widely by the nickname Viola; a reference to their distinctive purple colours.
Amongst few others, the club's supporters share a goodwill relationship with Liverpool FC .
- Name:
- Fiorentina
- Also Known As:
- Viola (Purple)
- Gigliati (Lilies)
- Founding Date:
- January 01, 2002
- Coach:
- Cesare Prandelli
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