ACF Fiorentina (women)

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Fiorentina
2022 ACF Fiorentina logo.svg
Full nameACF Fiorentina S.r.l [1]
Nickname(s)Fiorentina, Viola, Gigliate
FoundedJuly 2015;8 years ago (2015-07)
Stadium Stadio Gino Bozzi
Capacity3,800
Chairman Rocco Commisso
Coach Patrizia Panico
League Serie A
2022–23 Serie A, 4th of 12
Website Club website
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

AFC Fiorentina, or simply Fiorentina, is an Italian women's association football club based in Florence, Italy and part of the professional football club ACF Fiorentina. The club was founded in 2015 when ACF Fiorentina acquired the Serie A license of the existing women's club A.C.F. Firenze. [2] [3] Upon its foundation, Fiorentina Women's FC became the first ever professionally affiliated women's football club in the history of Italy. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] The team competes in Serie A.

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In the 2016–17 season, the Fiorentina Women's Football Club won both the Serie A Championship and the Coppa Italia Championship. This was the first scudetto for the club ACF Fiorentina since 1969 and also the first Serie A championship won by ACF Fiorentina's current owner Andrea Della Valle. On 17 June 2017, the club ACF Fiorentina won their first double. [9] The Fiorentina Women's FC for the second consecutive year became the Coppa Italia title holders for their 3–1 win over Brescia. [10] The Fiorentina Women's FC qualified to participate in the 2017–18 and 2018–19 UEFA Champions League competitions. [11] [12] [13]

The first president of the Fiorentina Women's FC was Sandro Mencucci, who was CEO of ACF Fiorentina. [14] [15] [16]

Players

Current squad

As of 19 September 2023 [17]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Katja Schroffenegger
3 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Giorgia Spinelli
4 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Norma Cinotti (on loan from Roma)
5 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Alice Tortelli (captain)
6 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Stephanie Breitner
7 FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Miriam Longo
8 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Alice Parisi
9 FW Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Pauline Hammarlund
10 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Michaela Catena
11 FW Flag of Hungary.svg  HUN Zsanett Kaján
14 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Martina Toniolo
16 FW Flag of Slovenia.svg  SVN Kaja Eržen
18 MF Flag of Iceland.svg  ISL Alexandra Jóhannsdóttir
19 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Margherita Santini
No.Pos.NationPlayer
20 FW Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Milica Mijatović
21 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Emma Severini
22 FW Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Karin Lundin
23 DF Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Marina Georgieva
24 GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Rachele Baldi
27 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Linda Tucceri Cimini
28 GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Viola Bartalini
30 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Martina Zanoli
34 DF Flag of France.svg  FRA Laura Agard
38 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Linda Masini
44 DF Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Emma Færge
55 GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Federica Russo
87 MF Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Verónica Boquete

Captains

Former players

Honours

Finals

See also

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