Associazione Calcio Fiorentina, commonly referred to as AC Fiorentina or Fiorentina, 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. 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.
Roberto Baggio is an Italian former professional footballer who mainly played as a second striker, or as an attacking midfielder, although he was capable of playing in several offensive positions. He is the former president of the technical sector of the Italian Football Federation. A technically gifted creative playmaker and set piece specialist, renowned for his curling free-kicks, dribbling skills, and goalscoring, Baggio is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.
Sébastien Frey is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Enrico Chiesa is an Italian football coach and former striker.
Massimiliano Vieri is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is in charge as assistant youth coach for Fiorentina Under-18. Born in Sydney to Italian parents, he won six caps for the Australia national team between 2004 and 2005.
Roberto Pruzzo is an Italian former football player and coach who played as a forward. He represented Italy at UEFA Euro 1980.
Massimo Gobbi is an Italian retired footballer who played as a defender or as a midfielder.
Roberto Rosato was an Italian footballer, who played as a defender.
Eddy Baggio is an Italian football manager and former player who played as a striker.
Juan Roberto Seminario Rodríguez is a retired Peruvian football player, recognized as one of Peru's most important strikers. Nicknamed "El Loco" he is the only Zaragoza player to have won the "Pichichi Trophy".
Luciano Chiarugi is an Italian football manager and former player who played as a forward.
The 1990 UEFA Cup Final was an association football tie played on 2 May 1990 and 16 May 1990 between Juventus and Fiorentina of Italy. Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate. This was the first final between two Italian sides in the UEFA competitions' history and the third between two clubs of the same country.
Cristiano Biraghi is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Serie A club Fiorentina, whom he captains and the Italy national team.
Gianluca Mancini is an Italian footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Roma and the Italy national team.
Gaetano Castrovilli is an Italian professional footballer who plays as midfielder for Serie A club Lazio and the Italy national team.
The ACF Fiorentina–Juventus FC rivalry is an inter-city football rivalry contested between Florence-based Fiorentina and Turin-based Juventus. Unlike most other football derbies, this one is borne not out of geographical proximity ; political differences ; or longstanding competitiveness, but rather is a development from the latter decades of the 20th century based on local patriotism, or campanilismo, bitterness and accusations of 'thievery'.
The 2019–20 season was Società Sportiva Dilettantistica Palermo's 1st season in Serie D, the fourth-highest division of Italian football, in their history, after the exclusion of the club from Serie B in summer 2019. However, this was the second time that Palermo participated in the fourth division: in the 1987–88 season the sicilian club played in Serie C2, after a year passed outside of any football league, because of bankruptcy in 1986.
Mario Maraschi was an Italian professional football player and manager who played as a striker.
Mario Mazzoni was a former Italian professional footballer and manager who played as a midfielder.
