2008–09 ACF Fiorentina season

Fiorentina

2008–09 season
President	Andrea Della Valle
Manager	Cesare Prandelli
Stadium	Stadio Artemio Franchi
Serie A	4th
Coppa Italia	Semi-finals
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Alberto Gilardino (19) All: Alberto Gilardino (25)
Highest home attendance	41,839 vs Milan (31 May 2009, Serie A)
Lowest home attendance	19,018 vs Ajax (19 February 2009, UEFA Cup)
Average home league attendance	31,200[1]
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 season was Associazione Calcio Firenze Fiorentina's 83rd season in Italian football and their 71st season in the first-tier of Italian football, Serie A. Having finished fourth the previous season, La Viola earned qualification to the UEFA Champions League for the first time in eight years.

Players

Squad information

As of 26 July 2008^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Sébastien Frey 2 DF Per Krøldrup 3 DF Dario Dainelli (captain) 4 MF Marco Donadel 5 DF Alessandro Gamberini 6 DF Juan Manuel Vargas 7 MF Franco Semioli 8 FW Stevan Jovetić 10 FW Adrian Mutu 11 FW Alberto Gilardino 13 GK Marco Storari 14 DF Luciano Zauri 15 DF Ondřej Mazuch 18 MF Riccardo Montolivo 19 MF Massimo Gobbi 20 MF Martin Jørgensen

No. Position Player 21 DF Gianluca Comotto 22 MF Zdravko Kuzmanović 23 DF Manuel Pasqual 24 MF Mario Santana 25 GK Vlada Avramov 26 DF Alex 28 FW Jefferson 30 MF Sergio Almirón 32 FW Emiliano Bonazzoli 33 GK Andrea Seculin 35 MF Pape Moussa Diakhatè 38 MF Lorenzo Morelli 41 DF Massimiliano Tagliani 44 DF Federico Masi 46 FW Piergiuseppe Maritato 88 MF Felipe Melo

Transfers

In

Summer transfer window

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee
88	MF	Felipe Melo	Almería	€13 million [3]
46	FW	Piergiuseppe Maritato	Juventus	undisclosed [4]
11	FW	Alberto Gilardino	Milan	€14 million [5]
8	FW	Stevan Jovetić	Partizan	€8 million [6]
34	MF	Nikola Gulan	Sampdoria	undisclosed
28	FW	Jefferson	Paraná	free transfer [7]
21	DF	Gianluca Comotto	Torino	€4.3 million [8]
6	DF	Juan Manuel Vargas	Catania	€11 million [8]
13	GK	Marco Storari	Milan	on loan [9]
14	DF	Luciano Zauri	Lazio	on loan [10]
30	MF	Sergio Almirón	Juventus	on loan [11]

Winter transfer window

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee
32	FW	Emiliano Bonazzoli	Sampdoria	on loan [12]
--	MF	Davide Carcuro	Treviso	loan return (co-ownership) [13][14]
--	GK	Tommaso Scuffia	Maceratese	undisclosed [15]

Out

Summer transfer window

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee
11	MF	Fabio Liverani	Palermo	free transfer [16]
32	FW	Christian Vieri	Atalanta	free transfer [17]
99	FW	Daniele Cacia	Piacenza	blind auction [18]
6	DF	Alessandro Potenza	Genoa	undisclosed [19]
21	FW	Tomáš Ujfaluši	Atlético Madrid	free transfer [20]
--	MF	Guilherme	N/A	released
12	GK	Cristiano Lupatelli	N/A	released

Winter transfer window

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee
29	FW	Giampaolo Pazzini	Sampdoria	€10 million [21]
9	FW	Dani Osvaldo	Bologna	€7 million [22]

On loan

No.	Pos.	Player	On loan to	Until
27	FW	Samuel Di Carmine	Queens Park Rangers	June 2009 [23]
14	FW	Arturo Lupoli	Norwich City	June 2009 [24]
16	MF	Jan Hable	Baník Ostrava	June 2009 [25]
17	FW	Papa Waigo	Lecce	June 2009 [26]
34	FW	Matthias Lepiller	Eupen	June 2009 [25]
54	MF	Manuel da Costa	Sampdoria	June 2009 [27]
34	MF	Nikola Gulan	1860 Munich	June 2009 [28]

Pre-season and friendlies

Sciliar v Fiorentina

17 July 2008 Friendly	Sciliar	0–12	Fiorentina	Schlern, Italy
		Report	Santana  9', 23' Da Costa  21', 74' Osvaldo  21' Pazzini  27', 30', 32' Gilardino  48' Semioli  54', 67' Jovetić  78' (pen.)	Stadium: Centro Sportivo Laranza

Hellas Verona v Fiorentina

20 July 2007 Friendly	Hellas Verona	1–1	Fiorentina	Bolzano, Italy
	Castellan  73'	Report	Gilardino  5'	Stadium: Stadio Marco Druso Referee: Dino Tommasi

Figline v Fiorentina

26 July 2008 Friendly	Figline	0–1	Fiorentina	Figline Valdarno, Italy
		Report	Osvaldo  18'	Stadium: Stadio Goffredo Del Buffa

Fiorentina v Barcelona

30 July 2008 Friendly	Fiorentina	1–3	Barcelona	Florence, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pazzini  69'	Report	Puyol  29' Jeffrén  48' Bojan  72'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

Fiorentina v Progresul București

6 August 2008 Friendly	Fiorentina	3–1	Progresul București	Florence, Italy
	Kuzmanović  3' Gilardino  50' Pazzini  69'	Report	Costescu  12'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi

Amici del Forte v Fiorentina

19 August 2008 Friendly	Amici del Forte	2–6	Fiorentina	Forte dei Marmi, Italy
	Nappi  26', 70'	Report	Osvaldo  4', 14' Kuzmanović  9', 51' Pazzini  14', 52'

AZ v Fiorentina

22 August 2008 Friendly	AZ	0–2	Fiorentina	Alkmaar, Netherlands
		Report	Pazzini  23', 87'	Stadium: DSB Stadion Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Peter Wink

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position	Final position	First match	Last match
Serie A	Matchday 1	—	4th	31 August 2008	31 May 2009
Coppa Italia	Round of 16	—	Round of 16	17 December 2008
Champions League	Third qualifying round	—	Group stage	12 August 2008	10 December 2008
UEFA Cup	Round of 32	—	Round of 32	19 February 2009	26 February 2009

Last updated: 31 May 2009

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Internazionale (C)	38	25	9	4	70	32	+38	84	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Juventus	38	21	11	6	69	37	+32	74		JUV 4–2 MIL MIL 1–1 JUV
3	Milan	38	22	8	8	70	35	+35	74
4	Fiorentina	38	21	5	12	53	38	+15	68	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Play-off round	FIO 1–0 GEN GEN 3–3 FIO
5	Genoa	38	19	11	8	56	39	+17	68	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
6	Roma	38	18	9	11	64	61	+3	63	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
7	Udinese	38	16	10	12	61	50	+11	58
8	Palermo	38	17	6	15	57	50	+7	57
9	Cagliari	38	15	8	15	49	50	−1	53
10	Lazio	38	15	5	18	46	55	−9	50	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round ^1
11	Atalanta	38	13	8	17	45	48	−3	47
12	Napoli	38	12	10	16	43	45	−2	46		NAP 2–0 SAM SAM 2–2 NAP
13	Sampdoria	38	11	13	14	49	52	−3	46
14	Siena	38	12	8	18	33	44	−11	44
15	Catania	38	12	7	19	41	51	−10	43
16	Chievo	38	8	14	16	35	49	−14	38
17	Bologna	38	9	10	19	43	62	−19	37
18	Torino (R)	38	8	10	20	37	61	−24	34	Relegation to Serie B
19	Reggina (R)	38	6	13	19	30	62	−32	31
20	Lecce (R)	38	5	15	18	37	67	−30	30

Source: lega-calcio.it (Italian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
¹Lazio qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 Coppa Italia.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	21	5	12	53	38	+15	68	14	2	3	29	14	+15	7	3	9	24	24	0

Last updated: 31 May 2009.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	L
Position	8	15	12	16	12	9	7	5	5	8	8	9	6	6	5	5	4	6	6	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Last updated: 31 May 2009.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Fiorentina v Juventus

31 August 2008 1	Fiorentina	1–1	Juventus	Florence
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Melo  33', 83' Gilardino  89',  90'	Report	Grygera  23' Nedvěd  28',  39' Camoranesi  64' Legrottaglie  83'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 40,560 Referee: Emidio Morganti

Napoli v Fiorentina

14 September 2008 2	Napoli	2–1	Fiorentina	Naples
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cannavaro  20' Blasi  27' Hamšík  49' Aronica  66' Maggio  70'	Report	Montolivo  27' Mutu  40' Zauri  45+1' Donadel  83'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 26,553 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Fiorentina v Bologna

21 September 2008 3	Fiorentina	1–0	Bologna	Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jørgensen  32' Gilardino  36' Pazzini  81' Jovetić  84'	Report	Di Vaio  79'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 24,645 Referee: Antonio Damato

Lazio v Fiorentina

24 September 2008 4	Lazio	3–0	Fiorentina	Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mauri  51' Pandev  53',  55' Siviglia  59' Radu  90+1'	Report	Zauri  20' Melo  75' Pazzini  90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 32,500 Referee: Andrea De Marco

Fiorentina v Genoa

27 September 2008 5	Fiorentina	1–0	Genoa	Florence
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Donadel  20' Gilardino  50',  61' Dainelli  53' Montolivo  79' Osvaldo  90'	Report	Milanetto  22' Bocchetti  27' Papastathopoulos  77' Olivera  89'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 29,930 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Chievo v Fiorentina

5 October 2008 6	Chievo	0–2	Fiorentina	Verona
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Scardina  38' Langella  42' Marcolini  45' Italiano  60'	Report	Gamberini  22' Kuzmanović  32' Comotto  53' Gilardino  73'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 12,273 Referee: Luca Banti

Fiorentina v Reggina

18 October 2008 7	Fiorentina	3–0	Reggina	Florence
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pazzini  40' (pen.) Comotto  41' Gilardino  75', 81'	Report	Carmona  36' Campagnolo  38'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 28,931 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Palermo v Fiorentina

26 October 2008 8	Palermo	1–3	Fiorentina	Palermo
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Simplício  50' Bresciano  77' Liverani  86'	Report	Gilardino  20' Mutu  42', 62' Montolivo  70'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 21,679 Referee: Emidio Morganti

Fiorentina v Internazionale

29 October 2008 9	Fiorentina	0–0	Internazionale	Florence
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Krøldrup  53'	Report	Maicon  60'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 36,358 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Siena v Fiorentina

2 November 2008 10	Siena	1–0	Fiorentina	Siena
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Calaiò  43' Kharja  76'	Report	Pazzini  90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi – Montepaschi Arena Attendance: 12,352 Referee: Stefano Farina

Fiorentina v Atalanta

9 November 2008 11	Fiorentina	2–1	Atalanta	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Melo  20' Gilardino  23' Comotto  76'	Report	Garics  11' Guarente  35' Bonaventura  62' Floccari  76' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 27,884 Referee: Antonio Damato

Cagliari v Fiorentina

16 November 2008 12	Cagliari	1–0	Fiorentina	Cagliari
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Acquafresca  31' (pen.) Fini  37' Matheu  46'	Report	Melo  13' Gamberini  31' Frey  72' Zauri  73' Gilardino  76'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Gabriele Gava

Fiorentina v Udinese

22 November 2008 13	Fiorentina	4–2	Udinese	Florence
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Dainelli  18' Vargas  35' Mutu  52' (pen.) Montolivo  63', 78' Gilardino  79' Comotto  82'	Report	Floro Flores  29' Pepe  35' Domizzi  51' Di Natale  83' (pen.) D'Agostino  83'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 28,981 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Roma v Fiorentina

30 November 2008 14	Roma	1–0	Fiorentina	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	De Rossi  19' Totti  59' Taddei  77'	Report	Melo  57' Mutu  63'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 37,565 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Torino v Fiorentina

7 December 2008 15	Torino	1–4	Fiorentina	Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Zanetti  64' Rosina  77' (pen.) Rubin  87'	Report	Mutu  3' Krøldrup  31' Gilardino  43', 84' Kuzmanović  75' Melo  77'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 15,627 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

Fiorentina v Catania

14 December 2008 16	Fiorentina	2–0	Catania	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mutu  56' Jovetić  69' Gilardino  79' Almirón  88'	Report	Terlizzi  22' Martínez  45+1' Tedesco  73'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 27,256 Referee: Andrea De Marco

Sampdoria v Fiorentina

21 December 2008 17	Sampdoria	0–1	Fiorentina	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bottinelli  15' Campagnaro  16'	Report	Melo  3' Montolivo  19',  82' Vargas  70' Mutu  85'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 22,813 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Fiorentina v Lecce

11 January 2009 18	Fiorentina	1–2	Lecce	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Melo  24',  42' Osvaldo  90+4', 90+4'	Report	Giacomazzi  6',  53' Castillo  28' Giuliatto  43'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 27,551 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

Milan v Fiorentina

17 January 2009 19	Milan	1–0	Fiorentina	Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pato  7' Beckham  30' Jankulovski  33', 90+1'	Report	Vargas  22' Comotto  26'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 65,692 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Juventus v Fiorentina

24 January 2009 20	Juventus	1–0	Fiorentina	Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Marchisio  21' Grygera  26' Zanetti  66' Giovinco  88'	Report	Montolivo  31' Melo  66'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 22,560 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

Fiorentina v Napoli

28 January 2009 21	Fiorentina	2–1	Napoli	Florence
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Santana  47' Zauri  52' Comotto  71' Montolivo  79'	Report	Vitale  49' Montervino  85', 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 28,863 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Bologna v Fiorentina

2 February 2009 22	Bologna	1–3	Fiorentina	Bologna
15:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mingazzini  52' Osvaldo  72'	Report	Mutu  6', 16',  8' Montolivo  20' Comotto  80' Gilardino  90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 10,261 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Fiorentina v Lazio

8 February 2009 23	Fiorentina	1–0	Lazio	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Dainelli  28' Montolivo  35' Gilardino  89' Melo  90+1'	Report	De Silvestri  11', 18' Ledesma  35' Zárate  59' Muslera  62'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 28,787 Referee: Andrea De Marco

Genoa v Fiorentina

15 February 2009 24	Genoa	3–3	Fiorentina	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Motta  11',  89' Biava  13', 30' Palladino  38' Jurić  39' Milito  56' (pen.)	Report	Jovetić  21' Gamberini  56' Mutu  60' (pen.), 80', 90+4' Bonazzoli  83' Donadel  90'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 27,253 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Fiorentina v Chievo

22 February 2009 25	Fiorentina	2–1	Chievo	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kuzmanović  25' Gilardino  73',  90' Mutu  90+4'	Report	Morero  13' Mantovani  62' Italiano  68', 82' Sorrentino  72' Colucci  76'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 27,599 Referee: Christian Brighi

Reggina v Fiorentina

1 March 2009 26	Reggina	1–1	Fiorentina	Reggio Calabria
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sestu  20',  22' Krajčík  59' Cozza  74' Lanzaro  87'	Report	Bonazzoli  22' Vargas  25' Melo  90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 9,600 Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

Fiorentina v Palermo

8 March 2009 27	Fiorentina	0–2	Palermo	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Dainelli  42'	Report	Carrozzieri  24' Guana  43' Bovo  46' Simplício  48' Miccoli  56'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 29,179 Referee: Andrea De Marco

Internazionale v Fiorentina

15 March 2009 28	Internazionale	2–0	Fiorentina	Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ibrahimović  11', 90+5' Balotelli  33' Samuel  42' Muntari  51' Santon  63' Júlio César  71'	Report	Melo  49'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 51,535 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Fiorentina v Siena

22 March 2009 29	Fiorentina	1–0	Siena	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gamberini  29' Comotto  32' Melo  69' Mutu  72'	Report	Brandão  49' Del Grosso  69'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 29,238 Referee: Luca Banti

Atalanta v Fiorentina

5 April 2009 30	Atalanta	1–2	Fiorentina	Bergamo
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Parravicini  29' Valdés  30' Plasmati  50',  56' Padoin  51' Peluso  57' Pellegrino  78'	Report	Almirón  2' Jovetić  59' (pen.) Gilardino  90',  90'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 12,083 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

Fiorentina v Cagliari

12 April 2009 31	Fiorentina	2–1	Cagliari	Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gilardino  51' Pasqual  53' Montolivo  83' Vargas  85'	Report	Conti  39' Agostini  54', 65' Canini  55', 89' Cossu  61' López  74' Ragatzu  87'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 30,288 Referee: Antonio Damato

Udinese v Fiorentina

19 April 2009 32	Udinese	3–1	Fiorentina	Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Asamoah  10' D'Agostino  47' (pen.), 69'	Report	Gamberini  32' Dainelli  67',  68' Kuzmanović  89'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 16,736 Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

Fiorentina v Roma

25 April 2009 33	Fiorentina	4–1	Roma	Florence
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vargas  6',  8' Donadel  20' Dainelli  45+2' Gilardino  47', 67' Semioli  59' Gobbi  73'	Report	Cassetti  27' Brighi  50' Pizarro  55', 59' Baptista  87'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 35,683 Referee: Luca Banti

Fiorentina v Torino

3 May 2009 34	Fiorentina	1–0	Torino	Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kuzmanović  53' Vargas  57'	Report	Ogbonna  37' Sereni  90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 31,218 Referee: Stefano Farina

Catania v Fiorentina

10 May 2009 35	Catania	0–2	Fiorentina	Catania
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Carboni  14' Silvestri  34' Tedesco  58'	Report	Jovetić  11' Montolivo  38' Comotto  61' Dainelli  67' Zauri  90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Attendance: 18,142 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Fiorentina v Sampdoria

17 May 2009 36	Fiorentina	1–0	Sampdoria	Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gilardino  21'	Report	Raggi  53' Ferri  72' Sammarco  86'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 38,005 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

Lecce v Fiorentina

24 May 2009 37	Lecce	1–1	Fiorentina	Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zanchetta  31' Tiribocchi  50' Giuliatto  75' Fabiano  76'	Report	Krøldrup  19' Dainelli  61' Melo  81', 88' Jørgensen  89'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 7,608 Referee: Gabriele Gava

Fiorentina v Milan

31 May 2009 38	Fiorentina	0–2	Milan	Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Flamini  45+1' Kaká  55' Pato  76'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 41,839 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Coppa Italia

Fiorentina v Torino

17 December 2008 Round of 16	Fiorentina	0–1	Torino	Florence
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)			Bianchi  19'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Antonio Damato

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

Fiorentina v Slavia Prague

12 August 2008 First leg	Fiorentina	2–0	Slavia Prague	Florence, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mutu  3' Gilardino  57'	Report	Belaïd  62'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 32,560 Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Slavia Prague v Fiorentina

27 August 2008 Second leg	Slavia Prague	0–0 (0–2 agg.)	Fiorentina	Prague, Czech Republic
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Gobbi  74'	Stadium: Synot Tip Arena Attendance: 14,943 Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)

Group stage

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bayern Munich	6	4	2	0	12	4	+8	14
Lyon	6	3	2	1	14	10	+4	11
Fiorentina	6	1	3	2	5	8	−3	6
Steaua București	6	0	1	5	3	12	−9	1

Lyon v Fiorentina

17 September 2008 1	Lyon	2–2	Fiorentina	Lyon, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Piquionne  73' Benzema  74',  86'	Report	Gilardino  12', 42',  74' Dainelli  62' Melo  68' Jørgensen  90+1'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

Fiorentina v Steaua București

30 September 2008 2	Fiorentina	0–0	Steaua București	Florence, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Marin  28' Stancu  70'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 25,383 Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Bayern Munich v Fiorentina

21 October 2008 3	Bayern Munich	3–0	Fiorentina	Munich, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Klose  4' Schweinsteiger  25' Oddo  58' Ribéry  82' Zé Roberto  90'	Report	Kuzmanović  29' Dainelli  64' Gobbi  79'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 66,000 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

Fiorentina v Bayern Munich

5 November 2008 4	Fiorentina	1–1	Bayern Munich	Florence, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mutu  11' Montolivo  90+2'	Report	Borowski  45+1',  78'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 37,034 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Fiorentina v Lyon

25 November 2008 5	Fiorentina	1–2	Lyon	Florence, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Dainelli  45' Gilardino  45' Zauri  75' Mutu  90+1'	Report	Makoun  15' Benzema  27' Juninho  56' Cris  90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 23,736 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Steaua București v Fiorentina

10 December 2008 6	Steaua București	0–1	Fiorentina	Bucharest, Romania
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Nicoliță  1' Moreno  20' Semedo  21' Golański  64', 72' Lovin  71' Rădoi  82'	Report	Zauri  15' Gilardino  63',  66'	Stadium: Stadionul Steaua Attendance: 14,862 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

UEFA Cup

Final phase

Round of 32

Fiorentina v Ajax

19 February 2009 First leg	Fiorentina	0–1	Ajax	Florence, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gamberini  44'	Report	Suárez  44' Schilder  45+1' Bakircioglü  60' Vermaelen  63'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 19,018 Referee: César Muñiz Fernández (Spain)

Ajax v Fiorentina

26 February 2009 Second leg	Ajax	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	Fiorentina	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Enoh  15' Lindgren  24' Leonardo  88'	Report	Donadel  23' Mutu  30' Zauri  39' Gilardino  61'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 42,779 Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		UEFA Champions League		UEFA Cup		Coppa Italia
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Sébastien Frey	36	-36	26	-26	8	-8	2	-2	0	0
2	DF		Per Krøldrup	22	0	16	0	4	0	1	0	1	0
3	DF		Dario Dainelli	21	0	13	0	7	0	1	0	0	0
4	DF		Marco Donadel	23	0	19	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
5	DF		Alessandro Gamberini	32	0	24	0	6	0	2	0	0	0
6	DF		Juan Manuel Vargas	23	3	16	3	7	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Franco Semioli	15	0	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
8	FW		Stevan Jovetić	24	0	18	0	3	0	2	0	1	0
10	FW		Adrian Mutu	30	13	19	11	8	2	2	0	1	0
11	FW		Alberto Gilardino	35	21	24	15	8	5	2	1	1	0
13	GK		Marco Storari	2	-2	1	-1	0	0	0	0	1	-1
14	DF		Luciano Zauri	24	0	13	0	8	0	2	0	1	0
17	FW		Papa Waigo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Riccardo Montolivo	32	4	24	4	6	0	2	0	0	0
19	MF		Massimo Gobbi	15	0	10	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
20	MF		Martin Jørgensen	6	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
21	DF		Gianluca Comotto	22	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
22	MF		Zdravko Kuzmanović	31	2	23	2	6	0	1	0	1	0
23	DF		Manuel Pasqual	13	0	10	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
30	MF		Sergio Almirón	16	0	10	0	4	0	1	0	1	0
32	FW		Emiliano Bonazzoli	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF		Federico Masi	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
88	MF		Felipe Melo	34	2	23	2	8	0	2	0	1	0
Players sold or loaned out during the 2009 winter transfer window:
9	FW		Dani Osvaldo	13	0	9	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW		Giampaolo Pazzini	16	1	12	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
54	DF		Manuel da Costa	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	UEFA CL	UEFA Cup	Total
Own goal					0	0	0	0	0
Totals					0	0	0	0	0

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Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	UEFA CL	UEFA Cup	Total
Totals					0	0	0	0	0

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Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Serie A			Coppa Italia			UEFA CL			UEFA Cup			Total
Totals				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated:

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