1993–94 AC Fiorentina season

Associazione Calcio Fiorentina
1993–94 season
President	Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Manager	Claudio Ranieri
Stadium	Artemio Franchi
Serie B	Champions ; (promoted to 1994–95 Serie A)
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Gabriel Batistuta (16); All: ; Gabriel Batistuta (19)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1992–93 1994–95 →

Last updated August 29, 2025

The 1993-94 campaign was Fiorentina's 67th season in existence and its first in Serie B since 1938. Also, the club played in Coppa Italia.

Summary

The team finished the Serie B season in first place and were thus promoted back up to Serie A.

Following the enforced relegation, President Cecci Gori appointed Claudio Ranieri as the new club head coach,^[1]^[2] the squad lost Brian Laudrup to AC Milan.^[3] However, international stars Argentine Forward Gabriel Batistuta ^[4]^[5] and German Midfielder Stefan Effenberg ^[6] stayed at the club. Young Goalkeeper Francesco Toldo had his breakthrough season as starter,^[7] meanwhile Defender Alberto Malusci, midfielders Massimo Orlando and Stefano Pioli and Forward Anselmo Robbiati were crutial to clinch the first spot.

Players

.- Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/rose/1993/2758/

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ITA	Francesco Toldo
—	GK	ITA	Cristiano Scalabrelli
2	DF	ITA	Daniele Carnasciali
—	DF	ITA	Gianluca Luppi
—	DF	ITA	Alberto Malusci
—	DF	ITA	Stefano Pioli
—	DF	ITA	Pasquale Bruno
—	DF	ITA	Mario Faccenda
—	DF	ITA	Lorenzo D'Anna
—	DF	ITA	Fabio Di Sole
—	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Antonaccio
—	MF	ITA	Daniele Amerini
—	MF	ITA	Giovanni Tedesco
—	MF	ITA	Daniele Amerini
—	MF	ITA	Sergio Campolo


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Massimo Orlando
—	MF	ITA	Edoardo Sacchini
—	MF	ITA	Daniele Girardi
—	MF	ITA	Mauro Zironelli
—	MF	GER	Stefan Effenberg
—	MF	ITA	Giuseppe Iachini
—	MF	ITA	Mario Faccenda
8	FW	ITA	Francesco Baiano
9	FW	ARG	Gabriel Batistuta
—	FW	ITA	Francesco Flachi
20	FW	ITA	Anselmo Robbiati
—	FW	ITA	Giacomo Banchelli
—	FW	ITA	Daniele Beltrammi
—	FW	ITA	Eddy Baggio

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
GK	Francesco Toldo	AC Milan
DF	Pasquale Bruno	Torino F.C.
MF	Giovanni Tedesco	Reggina
MF	Mauro Zironelli	Pescara
FW	Anselmo Robbiati	AC Monza
FW	Giacomo Banchelli	Alessandria	loan

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
FW	Brian Laudrup	AC Milan	loan
MF	Diego Latorre	CD Tenerife
MF	Rufo Emiliano Verga	AC Milan
MF	Stefano Carobbi	US Lecce
MF	Andrea Vascotto	Reggina
MF	Fabrizio Di Mauro	SS Lazio	loan
GK	Gianmatteo Mareggini	Palermo	loan

Winter

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Vittorio Tosto	Salernitana
MF	Antonio Dell'Oglio	AC Monza

Competitions

Serie B

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Fiorentina (P, C)	38	17	16	5	53	19	+34	50	Promotion to Serie A
2	Bari (P)	38	14	17	7	49	27	+22	45
3	Brescia (P)	38	15	14	9	68	53	+15	44
4	Padova (P)	38	11	21	6	37	29	+8	43	Serie A after tie-breaker
5	Cesena	38	17	9	12	49	48	+1	43	Promotion tie-breaker

Source: Head-to-head points used for three or more clubs finishing at the same result.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	D	W	D	W	D	D	D	L
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/allenatori_squadra/1993/2758/
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, Promoted to 1994–95 Serie A ; = Promoted to 1994–95 Serie A ; = Qualified to 1994–95 Serie A Promotion tie-breaker.; = Qualified to 1994–95 Serie C1 Relegation tie-breaker; = Relegated to 1994–95 Serie C1

Matches

.- Source:http://calcio-seriea.net/partite/1993/2758/

29 August 19931	Palermo	0 – 3	Fiorentina	Palermo
		Report	12' Banchelli 48', 84' Robbiati	Stadium: La Favorita Referee: Rosica

5 September 19932	Fiorentina	4 – 0	Venezia	Firenze
	Effenberg 33', 52' Banchelli 49' Robbiati 89'	Report		Stadium: Artemio Franchi Referee: Cinciripini

12 September 19933	Cosenza	1 – 1	Fiorentina	Cosenza
	Maiellaro 54'	Report	59' Luppi	Stadium: San Vito Referee: Fucci

19 September 19934	Fiorentina	1 – 1	Vicenza	Firenze
	Orlando 7'	Report	58' Viviani	Stadium: Artemio Franchi Referee: Pacifici

25 September 19935	Fiorentina	2 – 1	Brescia	Firenze
	Batistuta 9' (pen.) M. Orlando 53'	Report	60' (o.g.) Bruno	Stadium: Artemio Franchi Referee: Amendolia

3 October 19936	Padova	0 – 0	Fiorentina	Padova
		Report		Stadium: Appiani Referee: Baldas

10 October 19937	Fiorentina	4 – 1	Pisa	Firenze
	Batistuta 20', 57', 74' Effenberg 49'	Report	28' Rocco	Stadium: Artemio Franchi Referee: Cesari

17 October 19938	Fidelis Andria	0 – 0	Fiorentina	Andria
		Report		Stadium: Degli Ulivi Referee: Stafoggia

23 October 19939	SSC Bari	0 – 1	Fiorentina	Bari
		Report	90' Banchelli	Stadium: San Nicola Referee: Trentalange

31 October 199310	Fiorentina	0 – 0	Pescara	Firenze
		Report		Stadium: Artemio Franchi Referee: Bettin

14 November 199311	Modena	0 – 1	Fiorentina	Modena
		Report	55' Banchelli	Stadium: Braglia Referee: Pellegrino

21 November 199312	Fiorentina	2 – 0	Ravenna	Firenze
	Mengucci 65' (o.g.) Malusci 90'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Brignoccoli

28 November 199313	Acireale	0 – 0	Fiorentina	Acireale
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Aci e Galatea Referee: Cardona

5 December 199314	Fiorentina	3 – 0	Ancona	Firenze
	Batistuta 42', 90' Effenberg 63'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Arena

11 December 199315	Ascoli	1 – 0	Fiorentina	Ascoli Piceno
	Zanoncelli 15'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Referee: Treossi

19 December 199316	Fiorentina	2 – 0	Hellas Verona	Firenze
	Zironelli 61' Banchelli 90' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Fucci

2 January 199417	Lucchese 1905	1 – 1	Fiorentina	Lucca
	Paci 89'	Report	9' Batistuta	Stadium: Stadio Porta Elisa Referee: Pairetto (Nichelino)

9 January 199418	Fiorentina	3 – 0	AC Monza	Firenze
	Luppi 33' Batistuta 42', 90'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Tombolini

16 January 199419	Cesena	1 – 0	Fiorentina	Cesena
	Scarafoni 48' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Referee: Boggi

23 January 199420	Fiorentina	4 – 1	Palermo	Firenze
	Battaglia 51' (o.g.) Effenberg 53' Batistuta 59' Malusci 63' (o.g.)	Report	80' Biffi	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Borriello (Mantova)

30 January 199421	Venezia	0 – 2	Fiorentina	Venezia
		Report	15' Effenberg 16' Batistuta	Stadium: Stadio Pierluigi Penzo Referee: Cardona

6 February 199422	Fiorentina	3 – 0	Cosenza	Firenze
	Effenberg 35' Flachi 54' Batistuta 87'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Pellegrino (Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto)

13 February 199423	Vicenza	0 – 0	Fiorentina	Vicenza
		Report		Stadium: Romeo Menti Referee: Bolognino

20 February 199424	Brescia	3 – 1	Fiorentina	Brescia
	Bonometti 43' (o.g.), 47' (o.g.) Piovanelli 64' (o.g.)	Report	40' (pen.) Batistuta	Stadium: Mario Rigamonti Referee: Arena

27 February 199425	Fiorentina	2 – 0	Padova	Firenze
	Faccenda 73' Flachi 85'}	Report		Stadium: Artemio Franchi Referee: Pairetto

6 March 199426	Pisa	0 – 0	Fiorentina	Pisa
		Report		Stadium: Arena Garibaldi Referee: Beschin

13 March 199427	Fiorentina	3 – 1	Fidelis Andria	Firenze
	Orlando 8' Batistuta 29' Robbiati 47'	Report	62' A. Bianchi	Stadium: Artemio Franchi Referee: Boggi

27 March 199428	Fiorentina	0 – 0	SSC Bari	Firenze
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Bazzoli

2 April 199429	Pescara	1 – 0	Fiorentina	Pescara
	Massara 60'	Report		Stadium: Adriatico Referee: Quartuccio

9 April 199430	Fiorentina	0 – 0	Modena FC	Firenze
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Tombolini

17 April 199431	Ravenna	0 – 0	Fiorentina	Ravenna
		Report		Stadium: Bruno Benelli Referee: Cesari

24 April 199432	Fiorentina	1 – 0	Acireale	Firenze
	Tedesco 68'	Report		Stadium: Artemio Franchi Referee: Trentalange

1 May 199433	Ancona Calcio	1 – 1	Fiorentina	Ancona
	Caccia 90'	Report	45' Luppi	Stadium: Del Conero Referee: Rosica

8 May 199434	Fiorentina	5 – 1	Ascoli	Firenze
	Batistuta 36', 54' Robbiati 44', 74' Baiano 90' (o.g.)	Report	83' Bierhoff	Stadium: Artemio Franchi Referee: Racalbuto

15 May 199435	Hellas Verona	0 – 0	Fiorentina	Verona
		Report		Stadium: Marcantonio Bentegodi Referee: Pacifici

22 May 199436	Fiorentina	1 – 1	Lucchese 1905	Firenze
	Baiano 61' (pen.)	Report	13' Altomare	Stadium: Artemio Franchi Referee: Bolognino

29 May 199437	AC Monza	0 – 0	Fiorentina	Monza
		Report		Stadium: Brianteo Referee: Borriello

5 June 199438	Fiorentina	2 – 3	Cesena FC	Firenze
	Baiano 25' (pen.), 78' (pen.)	Report	3' Calcaterra 11' (pen.), 45' Scarafoni	Referee: Boggi

Coppa Italia

Round 1

22 August 19931	Fiorentina	2 – 0	Empoli	Firenze
20:30	Robbiati 57' Banchelli 68'			Stadium: Artemio Franchi Referee: Stafoggia

Round 2

6 October 19931	Fiorentina	3 – 0	Reggiana	Firenze
20:30	Batistuta 12', 67' Zanutta 17' (o.g.)			Stadium: Artemio Franchi Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Bazzoli

27 October 19932	A.C. Reggiana	0 – 0	Fiorentina	Reggio Emilia
20:30				Stadium: Mirabello Referee: Franceschini

Eightfinals

2 December 19931	Fiorentina	1 – 2	Venezia FC	Firenze
20:30	Batistuta 61'		57', 65' Cerbone	Stadium: Artemio Franchi Referee: Rodomonti

15 December 19933	Venezia FC	0 – 0 (2-1 agg.)	Fiorentina	Venezia
20:30				Stadium: Pierluigi Penzo Referee: Baldas

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ITA	Francesco Toldo	38	-16	33	-14	5	-2
	DF	ITA	Daniele Carnasciali	39	0	35	0	4	0
	DF	ITA	Gianluca Luppi	37	3	33	3	4	0
	DF	ITA	Alberto Malusci	38	2	30+3	2	5	0
	DF	ITA	Stefano Pioli	35	0	28+2	0	5	0
	MF	GER	Stefan Effenberg	30	7	26	7	4	0
	MF	ITA	Giuseppe Iachini	38	0	34	0	4	0
	MF	ITA	Giovanni Tedesco	28	1	26	1	2	0
	MF	ITA	Massimo Orlando	24	2	19	2	5	0
	FW	ARG	Gabriel Batistuta	29	19	26	16	3	3
	FW	ITA	Anselmo Robbiati	35	7	28+3	6	4	1
	GK	ITA	Cristiano Scalabrelli	5	-5	5	-5	0	0
	DF	ITA	Pasquale Bruno	22	0	18	0	4	0
	FW	ITA	Giacomo Banchelli	23	6	13+6	5	4	1
	MF	ITA	Mauro Zironelli	24	1	12+9	1	3	0
	DF	ITA	Mario Faccenda	15	1	9+6	1
	FW	ITA	Francesco Baiano	11	4	8+3	4
	MF	ITA	Sergio Campolo	17	0	7+7	0	3	0
	MF	ITA	Daniele Amerini	16	0	6+8	0	2	0
	FW	ITA	Francesco Flachi	10	2	6+4	2
	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Antonaccio	9	0	4+4	0	1	0
	FW	ITA	Daniele Beltrammi	10	0	3+7	0
	DF	ITA	Lorenzo D'Anna	7	0	3+2	0	2	0
	MF	ITA	Antonio Dell'Oglio	4	0	3+1	0
	DF	ITA	Fabio Di Sole	3	0	2+1	0
	DF	ITA	Vittorio Tosto	7	0	1+6	0
	MF	ITA	E. Sacchini	1	0	0+1	0
	FW	ITA	Eddy Baggio	0	0	0	0
	GK	ITA	Davide Dei	0	0	0	0
	FW	ITA	Daniele Giraldi	0	0	0	0
	GK	ITA	Gianmatteo Mareggini	0	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Cristiano Zanetti	0	0	0	0

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1993/2758/

References

↑ "Fiorentina: Della Valle cambia idea su Ranieri?" (in Italian). Calciomercato.com. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
↑ Jonathan Liew (9 February 2016). "Leicester City top of the Premier League – but can Claudio Ranieri finally win a major title?". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
↑ "Football: Laudrup in swipe at Vialli ploy". thefreelibrary.com. The Racing Post. 17 September 1998. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
↑ "8 of the greatest ever scoring streaks – starring Batistuta, Ronaldo, Messi and Muller". Four Four Two. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
↑ UEFA.com (28 November 2015). "Longest goalscoring runs in Europe's top leagues". Archived from the original on February 28, 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
↑ Arnhold, Matthias (2 September 2015). "Stefan Effenberg - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
↑ Querzola, Elena. "Forza Viola 1/1997" [Go Viola 1/1997] (in Italian). www.solocalcio.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.

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[Calciomercato-1] "Fiorentina: Della Valle cambia idea su Ranieri?" (in Italian). Calciomercato.com. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2016.

[can_Claudio_Ranieri_finally_win_a_major_title-2] Jonathan Liew (9 February 2016). "Leicester City top of the Premier League – but can Claudio Ranieri finally win a major title?". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 April 2016.

[Vialli-3] "Football: Laudrup in swipe at Vialli ploy". thefreelibrary.com. The Racing Post. 17 September 1998. Retrieved 31 July 2013.

[4] "8 of the greatest ever scoring streaks – starring Batistuta, Ronaldo, Messi and Muller". Four Four Two. Retrieved 17 August 2018.

[5] UEFA.com (28 November 2015). "Longest goalscoring runs in Europe's top leagues". Archived from the original on February 28, 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2019.

[6] Arnhold, Matthias (2 September 2015). "Stefan Effenberg - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 September 2015.

[Forza_Viola_1/1997-7] Querzola, Elena. "Forza Viola 1/1997" [Go Viola 1/1997] (in Italian). www.solocalcio.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.

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