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ACF Fiorentina, [1] [2] commonly referred to as Fiorentina (pronounced [fjorenˈtiːna]), is an Italian professional football club based in Florence, Tuscany. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while the current club was refounded in August 2002 following bankruptcy.
In its place, Florence city council announced the creation of Fiorentina 1926 Florentia, with city mayor Leonardo Domenici as its first president. So the club was promptly re-established in August 2002 as Florentia Viola with a new owner, Diego Della Valle , and was admitted into Serie C2 , the fourth tier of Italian football. [ 1 ]
Signed jersey worn by Diego Maradona during his tenure on Italian club Napoli, exhibited at the San Siro Museum of Milan. The number 10 he wore was retired by Napoli in 2000. The number 10 he wore was retired by Napoli in 2000.
Batistuta holding his old number 9 Fiorentina jersey at a 2014 ceremony inducting him into the club's hall of fame. At Fiorentina, Batistuta found his best form. He was the top scorer of the 1994–95 Serie A season with 26 goals, and he broke Ezio Pascutti's 32-year-old record by scoring in all of the first 11 matches of the season.
Fiorentina has been the first Italian football club to launch such initiative. [2] [3] The award is given to players, managers, sporting directors, staff members, and historical supporters who have significantly marked the club's history. [1] The inductees are selected by Museo Fiorentina and voted by a jury elected by the Collegio del Marzocco ...
Batistuta spearheaded Fiorentina's return to Serie A the following season and his career with the Florence-based side saw him finish as the club's top scorer for nine consecutive seasons. In the post-promotion years, the club added two further Coppa Italia titles (in the 1995–96 and 2000–01 seasons ) and a Supercoppa Italiana win in 1996 to ...
Giuseppe Rossi (Italian pronunciation: [dʒuˈzɛppe ˈrossi]; born 1 February 1987) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward.. Born in the United States, Rossi spent most of his career in Europe with Villarreal and Fiorentina, in addition to spells with other clubs in England, Italy and Spain, before returning to his country of birth to join Real Salt Lake for a single ...
The club as incumbent Champion started the season winning 4 consecutive matches, however, it was Cagliari from Luigi Riva, that clinched the Serie A.Head coach Bruno Pesaola [1] and the squad reached a decent 5th place, and qualified to the 1970-71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.