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ACF Fiorentina

ACF Fiorentina
Football club information
Full nameA.C.F. Fiorentina SpA
NicknameViola (Violet), Gigliati (Lilies)
FoundedAugust 26, 1926(age 85)
StadiumStadio Artemio Franchi (capacity : 47290)
OwnerDiego and Andrea Della Valle
ChairmanItaly Mario Cognigni
ManagerSerbia Siniša Mihajlović
LeagueSerie A
2010 � 11Serie A, 9th
Current season2011 � 12 ACF Fiorentina season

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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.

Fiorentina have won two Italian Championships, in 1955 � 56 and again in 1968 � 69, as well as winning six Coppa Italia trophies and one Italian Super Cup. On the European stage Fiorentina won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1960 � 61 and lost the final one year later, they finished runners-up in the 1956 � 57 European Cup losing against Real Madrid and also came close to winning the UEFA Cup, finishing as runners-up in the 1989 � 90 season.

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.

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Juan Manuel Vargas is a 28 year old Peruvian footballer player who plays for ACF Fiorentina. He's also played for Colón, Universitario & Catania. His is one of the most underrated left wingers in the game. Although typically labeled as a defensive player, he impresses with his ability to dribble the ball and make remarkable shots on goal. He is also known for his free kick ability. Juan Manuel Vargas es un futbolista Peruano de 28 años que juega en el ACF Fiorentina de Italia. Ãl también a jugado para Colón, Universitario y Catania. Ãl es uno de los izquierdistas más subestimados del mundo. Aunque normalmente considerado como un jugador defensivo, el destaca por su habilidad para conducir la pelota y hacer disparos notables a la meta. También es conocido por su capacidad de tiro libre. All music rights to UMG. Not copyright infrigment intended.
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1.67 min. | 4.68 user rating		 Champions League 2009-10 Play-off NON-CHAMPIONS ROUND Olympique Lyonnais - RSC Anderlecht Celtic FC - Arsenal FC FC TimiÅoara - VfB Stuttgart Sporting CP - ACF Fiorentina Panathinaikos FC - Atlético Madrid CHAMPIONS ROUND FC Sheriff Tiraspol - Olympiacos FC FC Red Bull Salzburg - Maccabi Haifa FC FK Ventspils - FC Zürich FC Copenhagen - APOEL PFC Levski Sofia - Debreceni VSC
7.08 min. | 4.18 user rating		 Fiorentina - Juventus 1:2 (1:1) 31' Marchionni - 2' Diego, 68' Grosso Fiorentina (4-3-2-1): Frey - Comotto (78' De Silvestri), Natali, Felipe, Gobbi - Montolivo, Zanetti (71' Kairrisson), Marchionni - Jovetic, Vargas (57' Bolatti) - Gilardino Substitution: Avramov, Pasqual, Donadel, Koroldrup Trener: Cesare Prandelli Juventus (4-3-1-2): Manninger - Zebina, Legrottaglie, Chiellini, De Ceglie (46' Grosso) - Marchisio, Melo, Sissoko (75' Poulsen), Candreva - Diego, Trezeguet (71' Iaquinta) Substitution: Pinsoglio, Cannavaro, Salihamidzic, Del Piero Trener: Alberto Zaccheroni Yellow card: 41' Sissoko, 56' Zebina, 85' Marchisio Refree: Antonio Damato Video from JuvePoland.com
3.58 min. | 4.6 user rating		 Los goles fueron de: 0-1 Alberto Gilardino - 6' 1-1 Roman Pavlyuchenko - 27' 1-2 Adem Ljajic - 35´ 2-2 Robbie Keane - 57' 3-2 Robbie Keane - 89'
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SOLO AUDIO - Facebook ufficiale di Repice www.facebook.com tuttoilcalcioblog.it Radiocronaca di tutto il calcio minuto per minuto Il tabellino Bologna-Fiorentina 2-0 (2-0), recupero del 21° turno della Serie A BOLOGNA - (3-4-2-1) - Gillet; Raggi, Portanova (36' st Cherubin), Antonsson; Pulzetti, Mundingayi, Perez, Rubin; Diamanti, Ramirez (23' st Kone); Di Vaio (32' st Acquafresca). A disp: Agliardi, Morleo, Garics, Taider. All: Pioli. FIORENTINA - (3-5-2) - Boruc; Gamberini, Natali, Nastasic (28' st De Silvestri); Cassani, Montolivo, Olivera, Lazzari, Vargas (14' st Salifu); Jovetic, Amauri. A disp: Neto, Cerci, Felipe, Ljajic, Romulo. All: Rossi. Arbitro: Giannoccaro. Marcatori: 29' Diamanti (B) 43' Ramirez (B). Ammoniti: Gamberini (F), Vargas (F), Diamanti (B), Cassani (F). Espulsi: Olivera (F). bologna fiorentina francesco repice livio forma alessandro diamanti gaston ramirez "Bologna FC 1909" "ACF Fiorentina" sport calcio campionato radio rai radiocronaca soccer football goal
3.25 min. | 4.81 user rating		 SOLO AUDIO Pagina ufficiale di Repice www.facebook.com - tuttoilcalcioblog.it Radiocronaca di tutto il calcio minuto per minuto FIORENTINA - MILAN 0-0 Fiorentina Boruc; Pasqual, Nastasic, De Silvestri, Gamberini; Cerci (1'st Silva), Behrami, Montolivo, Behrami, Munari (18'st Kharja); Gilardino. A disp.: Neto, Camporese, Romulo, Kharja, Ljajic, Marchionni. All.: Rossi Milan: Abbiati; Abate, Nesta, Thiago Silva, Antonini; Nocerino, Aquilani, Ambrosini, Seedorf (28'st Emanuelson); Robinho (25'st Pato), Ibrahimovic. A disp.: Amelia, Bonera, Yepes, Taiwo, Van Bommel. All.: Allegri Arbitro:Mazzoleni di Bergamo Marcatori: Note: ammoniti Behrami, Aquilani fiorentina milan francesco repice alexandre pato zlatan ibrahimovic ibra emanuelson "AC Milan" "ACF Fiorentina" "Zlatan IbrahimoviÄ" artemio franchi boruc sport calcio campionato radio rai radiocronaca soccer football goal carlo pellegatti tiziano crudeli mauro suma
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4.32 min. | 4.78 user rating		 An arrangement of ACF Fiorentina anthem "Oh Fiorentina" composed by Marcello Manni. I've played it with my piano Yamaha U3. More information at: www.enricosiboni.it
1.63 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Firenze, 8 novembre 2011: Delio Rossi è il nuovo allenatore della ACF Fiorentina - La presentazione davanti a un migliaio di tifosi Viola accorsi al Franchi.
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La Repubblica--Nel comunicato Sinisa Mihajlovic scrive: "La scorsa stagione sportiva l'-ACF Fiorentina- mi ha scelto ed anch'io ho scelto la Fiorentina, nonostante avessi altre opportunità di lavoro. Sono felice della decisione assunta - Date : Sat, 18 Jun 2011 20:24:26 GMT+00:00
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Tutto Mercato Web--La vendita attraverso il sito internet “TicketOne” (soli biglietti digitali - caricati su tessera) proseguirà normalmente, tramite l'inserimento del codice personale della Tessera del Tifoso “Orgoglio Viola”. L'-ACF F - Date : Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:24:36 GMT+00:00
Juventus FC's Jorge Martinez tracked by Fiorentina as Adrian Mutu's ... - bettor.com (blog) Tweet this news
bettor.com (blog)--Fellow Serie A outfit, -ACF Fiorentina-, are keen to acquire the versatile midfielder and have been tracking the Uruguayan for some time now. The Old Lady has struggled for good form this season, prompting Martinez to consider his optio - Date : Wed, 20 Apr 2011 09:41:55 GMT+00:00
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Fiorentina.it--La vendita attraverso il sito internet "TicketOne” (soli biglietti digitali - caricati su tessera) proseguirà normalmente, tramite l'inserimento del codice personale della Tessera del Tifoso "Orgoglio Viola”. L&a - Date : Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:36:14 GMT+00:00
ACF, Domani allenamento al Franchi a porte aperte - Tutto Mercato Web Tweet this news
Tutto Mercato Web--L’-ACF Fiorentina- comunica che la sessione di allenamento della Prima Squadra di domani, mercoledì 20 aprile, si terrà allo Stadio Franchi e sarà aperta al pubblico. La Tribuna Maratona sarà aperta ai tifosi, mentre giorna - Date : Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:25:27 GMT+00:00
Poles Abroad: Lewandowski strikes for Dortmund - Polish Football Online Tweet this news
Polish Football Online--In Italy, Artur Boruc kept a clean sheet in -ACF Fiorentina's- 0-0 draw with Juventus FC. Notably, former Fiorentina No.1 Sébastien Frey was on the bench for the Viola, back to full fitness after a long-term injury. Following - Date : Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:34:41 GMT+00:00
Napoli's title hopes dented by Udinese - UEFA.com Tweet this news
UEFA.com--Juventus, however, missed out on the chance to leapfrog AS Roma into sixth following a goalless draw at -ACF Fiorentina-. Brescia Calcio's relegation worries increased following a 3-0 defeat by Genoa CFC, while ten-man AC Chievo Verona, in - Date : Sun, 17 Apr 2011 21:48:34 GMT+00:00
Serie A: Boruc pomógł zatrzymać wielki Juventus - Onet.pl (komunikaty prasowe) Tweet this news
Onet.pl (komunikaty prasowe)---ACF Fiorentina- zremisowała 0:0 z Juventusem Turyn w najciekawszym z punktu widzenia polskiego kibica niedzielnym meczu włoskiej Serie A. W barwach gospodarzy pełne 90 minut rozegrał Artur Boruc, który popisał się kil - Date : Sun, 17 Apr 2011 14:56:50 GMT+00:00
FIORENTINA-UDINESE, Le info per i tifosi - Tutto Mercato Web Tweet this news
Tutto Mercato Web--L'-ACF Fiorentina- comunica che, nell'attesa delle Determinazioni che il CASMS e/o Sua Eccellenza il Prefetto di Firenze potrebbero assumere in merito alla gara -ACF Fiorentina- - Udinese Calcio, programmata il 1 maggio 2011 a - Date : Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:52:52 GMT+00:00
ACF: info e limitazioni per Cagliari-Fiorentina - Viola News Tweet this news
Viola News--L'-ACF Fiorentina- comunica che, mediante la Determinazione n. 18 del CASMS emanata in data odierna, la gara “Cagliari - Fiorentina” è stata considerata ad alto rischio e, pertanto, il CASMS ha invitato il Prefetto di Cagliari, senti - Date : Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:42:38 GMT+00:00

No. Nationality Position Player Other
1POLGKArtur Boruc
2DENDFPer Krøldrup
5ITADFAlessandro Gamberini
6PERMFJuan Manuel Vargas
7ITAMFAlessio Cerci
8MNEFWStevan Jovetić
9SENFWKhouma Babacar
10URUFWSantiago Silva
11ITAFWAlberto Gilardino
13MARMFHoussine Kharja
14ITADFCesare Natali
15SRBDFMatija Nastasić
16ITADFMattia Cassani
18ITAMFRiccardo Montolivo
19BRADF[[Felipe dal Belo
20ITAMFGianni Munari
21ITAMFAndrea Lazzari
22SRBFWAdem Ljajić
23ITADFManuel Pasqual
29ITADFLorenzo De Silvestri
31ITADFMichele Camporese
32ITAMFMarco Marchionni
85SUIMFValon Behrami
89BRAGK[[Norberto Murara Neto
92BRADF[[Rômulo Souza Orestes Caldeira

No. Nationality Position Player Other
—ItalyMFFrancesco Di Tacchio
—BrazilFW[[Jefferson Andrade Siqueira
—SwitzerlandFWHaris Seferović
—GermanyFWSavio Nsereko
—ItalyMFFederico Carraro
—ItalyGKAndrea Seculin
—ItalyDFCristiano Piccini

Preceded by
initial winners		UEFA Cup Winners Cup Winners
1960-61		Succeeded by
Atlético Madrid

Notable players :

Notable players :
Name Nationality Years
Károly Csapkay Hungary 1926 � 28
Károly Csapkay
Gyula Feldmann		 Hungary
Hungary		 1928 � 30
Gyula Feldmann Hungary 1930 � 31
Hermann Felsner Austria 1931 � 33
William Rady Hungary 1933
Ferenc Ging Hungary 1933 � 34
Guido Ara Italy 1934 � 37
Ottavio Baccani Italy 1937 � 38
Ferenc Molnar Hungary 1938
Rudolf Soutschek Austria 1938 � 39
Giuseppe Galluzzi Italy 1939 � 45
Guido Ara Italy 1946
Renzo Magli Italy 1946 � 47
Imre Senkey Hungary 1947
Luigi Ferrero Italy 1947 � 51
Renzo Magli Italy 1951 � 53
Fulvio Bernardini Italy 1953 � 58
Lajos Czeizler Hungary 1958 � 59
Luigi Ferrero Italy 1959
Luis Carniglia Argentina 1959 � 60
Giuseppe Chiappella Italy 1960
Nándor Hidegkuti Hungary 1960 � 62
Ferruccio Valcareggi Italy 1962 � 64
Giuseppe Chiappella Italy 1964 � 67
Luigi Ferrero Italy 1967 � 68
Andrea Bassi Italy 1968
Bruno Pesaola Argentina 1968 � 71
Oronzo Pugliese Italy 1971
Nils Liedholm Sweden 1971 � 73
Luigi Radice Italy 1973 � 74
Nereo Rocco Italy 1974 � 75

Notable players :
Name Nationality Years
Carlo Mazzone Italy 1975 � 77
Mario Mazzoni Italy 1977 � 78
Giuseppe Chiappella Italy 1978
Paolo Carosi Italy 1978 � 81
Giancarlo De Sisti Italy 1981 � 85
Ferruccio Valcareggi Italy 1985
Aldo Agroppi Italy 1985 � 86
Eugenio Bersellini Italy 1986 � 87
Sven-Göran Eriksson Sweden 1987 � 89
Bruno Giorgi Italy 1989 � 90
Francesco Graziani Italy 1990
Sebastião Lazaroni Brazil 1990 � 91
Luigi Radice Italy 1991 � 93
Aldo Agroppi Italy 1993
Luciano Chiarugi Italy 1993
Claudio Ranieri Italy 1993 � 97
Alberto Malesani Italy 1997 � 98
Giovanni Trapattoni Italy 1998 � 00
Fatih Terim Turkey 2000 � 01
Luciano Chiarugi Italy 2001
Roberto Mancini Italy 2001
Ottavio Bianchi Italy 2001 � 02
Luciano Chiarugi Italy 2002
Eugenio Fascetti Italy 2002
Pietro Vierchowod Italy 2002
Alberto Cavasin Italy 2002 � 03
Emiliano Mondonico Italy 2003 � 04
Sergio Buso Italy 2004 � 05
Dino Zoff Italy 2005
Cesare Prandelli Italy 2005 � 10
Siniša Mihajlović Serbia 2010 �

Kit and colours : Kit evolution

ACF Fiorentina

GeneralPlayers, Statistics
Home stadiumStadio Artemio Franchi
HistoryHistory, Seasons, CS Firenze, PG Libertas, In Europe
Seasons2007 �08, 2008 �09, 2009 �10, 2010 �11

Football in Italy

OverviewNational association * League system * List of clubs * List of venues * Records * Scudetto * Capocannoniere
InternationalItaly * Under-21 * Under-19 * Under-17 * Italy women
LeaguesLega Serie A * Lega Serie B * Lega Pro * Lega Nazionale Dilettanti * Lega Calcio (folded)
League competitionsSerie A * Serie B * Lega Pro Prima Divisione * Lega Pro Seconda Divisione * Serie D * Eccellenza * Promozione * Prima Categoria * Seconda Categoria * Terza Categoria
Cup competitionsCoppa Italia * Supercoppa Italiana * Coppa Italia Lega Pro * Supercoppa di Lega di Prima Divisione * Supercoppa di Lega di Seconda Divisione * Coppa Italia Serie D * Coppa Italia Dilettanti
Youth competitionsCampionato Nazionale Primavera * Coppa Italia Primavera * Supercoppa Primavera * Torneo di Viareggio * Campionato Nazionale Dante Berretti
AwardsOscar del Calcio AIC
StatisticsAll-time Serie A table
MiscellaneousTotonero 1980 * Totonero 1986 * Serie A scandal * Foreign Serie A players * Foreign Serie B players * France-Italy rivalry



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