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jthk2004
02-11-2005, 19:23
The official ACF Fiorentina Thread
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mates, viola is finally on the rise again after a few dismal years... could we beat the likes of juve and milan to crown champions? this is gotta be our year with luca toni in free-scoring mode!
do u support fiorentina too? here's my story...
viola is my second club after arsenal. i started supporting arsenal in 1997 and a few years after, i met my gf in 2002 and she forced me to wear purple shirts all the time as she like purple, so i can easily think of fiorentina. somehow i started to follow their games even they are in serie c. they kept fighting and fighting and here they are: 3rd in serie a!
fiorentina squad 2005/06
1 sebastian frey (goalkeeper)
3 dario dainelli (defender)
4 marco donadel (midfielder)
5 alessandro gamberini (defender)
7 guilherme do prado (midfielder)
8 valeri bojinov (forward)
10 stefano fiore (midfielder)
11 christian maggio (defender)
12 cristian cejas (goalkeeper)
13 marco roccati (goalkeeper)
15 zisis vryzas (forward)
17 michele pazienza (midfielder)
18 riccardo montolivo (midfielder)
20 martin jorgensen (midfielder)
21 tomas ujfalusi (defender)
23 manuel pasqual (defender)
25 gianni guigou (midfielder)
26 giuseppe pancaro (defender)
27 marco di loreto (defender)
29 giampaolo pazzini (forward)
30 luca toni (forward)
32 cristian brocchi (midfielder)
33 niccolo manfredini (goalkeeper)
76 enrico fantini (forward)
fiorentina fixtures/results 2005/06
27/8/2005... sampdoria (home)... win 2-1
11/9/2005... messina (away)... draw 2-2
18/9/2005... udinese (home)... win 4-2
21/9/2005... lecce (away)... win 3-1
25/9/2005... internazionale (away)... lose 0-1
2/10/2005... livorno (home)... win 3-2
16/10/2005... lazio (away)... lose 0-1
22/10/2005... parma (home)... win 4-1
26/10/2005... siena (away)... win 2-0
30/10/2005... cagliari (home)... win 2-1
6/11/2005... ascoli (away)
20/11/2005... ac milan (home)
27/11/2005... roma (away)
4/12/2005... juventus (home)
11/12/2005... treviso (home)
18/12/2005... empoli (away)
21/12/2005... palermo (home)
8/1/2006... reggina (away)
15/1/2006... chievo verona (home)
18/1/2006... sampdoria (away)
22/1/2006... messina (home)
29/1/2006... udinese (away)
5/2/2006.. lecce (home)
8/2/2006... internazionale (home)
12/2/2006... livorno (away)
19/2/2006... lazio (home)
26/2/2006... parma (away)
5/3/2006... siena (home)
12/3/2006... cagliari (away)
19/3/2006... ascoli (home)
26/3/2006... ac milan (away)
2/4/2006... roma (home)
9/4/2006... juventus (away)
15/4/2006... treviso (away)
23/4/2006... empoli (home)
30/4/2006... palermo (away)
7/5/2006... reggina (home)
14/5/2006... chievo verona (away)
know more about fiorentina
there were fears that fiorentina would never play in the top-flight again after the catastrophic summer of 2002. the viola had just been relegated to serie b and then plunged down another two divisions after their financial collapse.
the club had lost everything, including their name for a short while as the new team were called florentia viola. However, viola won promotion to serie c1 at the first attempt only to be catapulted into serie b after being ‘invited’ to join the expanded championship. a playoff victory against perugia ensured that viola had their serie a status back after just 24 months away.
fiorentina are one of the greatest clubs in italia football despite their limited success. viola have won the scudetto just twice, along with numerous italian cups, but viola have spent the majority of their lifetime in serie a. in fact fiorentina have only spent four years outside of the top division since 1931.
fiorentina details
founded: 1926
club president: diego della valle
manager: cesare prandelli
club kit: all purple shirts, shorts & socks with white trimmings
club sponsor: toyota
kit sponsor: lotto
fiorentina honours
serie a championships: 2 times (1956, 1969)
italian cup: 6 times (1940, 1961, 1966, 1975, 1996, 2001)
european cup runner-up: 1957
uefa cup runner-up: 1990
european cup winners’ cup: 1961
european mitropa cup: 1966
anglo italian cup: 1975
fiorentina records
all-time topscorer: gabriel batistuta (151 goals)
season topscorer: kurt hamrin, gabriel batistuta (26 goals)
most appearances: giancarlo antognoni (341 times)
biggest signing: nuno gomes from benfica lisboa 2000/01 (£11.9m)
biggest sale: manuel rui costa to ac milan 2001/02 (£27m)
jthk2004
18-04-2006, 08:06
oh dear. no one bothers to talk about a champions league-bound club? hmm...
It's because we have a Serie A thread, plus official threads for Juventus, Milan and Inter (the latter never seems to get much action, and the Milan one only does because of me).
I would want to talkabout them, but I rarely get footage of them here
Dr. Bob Kelso
18-04-2006, 10:34
I would want to talkabout them, but I rarely get footage of them here
Ditto. I support all the old school hard done by sides in Italy. I used to be a Lazio fan for my sins (SIGNORI) but as I grew up I realised what Nazi scumbags they were. My second side were Fio and so it just went from there. Got a place for Napoli and Samp to name but a few as well though.
Sampdoria? Blah. Kudos on liking Napoli though ;)
I didn't see this thread until now. Fiorentina are my second club (first one being Braga). I have always liked them, but here they only air their games against Juventus, Milan, Inter, and sometimes Lazio and Roma. But with the Italian Leagues highlights I can always see their goals.
Bojinov and Jiminez are a great loss to the team. They were very important players. But at least Luca Toni is going to stay.
Sweey, can you tell me something about the new signings Gobbi and Santana?
Fiorentina's transfers:
IN
Vlada Avramov - 27-year-old Serbian goalkeeper signed from Vicenza. Will be second or third choice behind Sebastien Frey and battling for the supporting role with Cristiano Lupatelli.
Cristiano Lupatelli - Goalkeeper back from a loan spell at Palermo. Puts Lobont's future at the club in severe doubt.
Alessandro Potenza - 22-year-old wing-back returning from a loan spell at Real Mallorca.
Manuele Blasi - On loan from Juventus
Massimo Gobbi - Tough-tackling 25-year-old central midfielder who isn't particularly great at anything but is strong and works hard.
Fabio Liverani - Creative central midfielder who can make good short passes and is a good tackler.
Mario Alberto Santana - Tricky winger who can play on either flank but prefers the right as he isn't two-footed. Very direct, can score goals and crosses well.
Adrian Mutu - Drug-taking Romanian forward who we all know is talented and good on the grouind as well as in the air.
Reginaldo - Brazilian striker who scored five league goals for Serie A's worst team last season, Treviso. Fairly quick, has some strength and is considered to be a potentially bright prospect.
OUT
Gianluca Berti - 39-year-old goalkeeper whose loan spell finished and was returned to Empoli. Has now signed for Sampdoria.
Marco Roccatti - 31-year-old goalkeeper who has been released on a free transfer.
Christian Maggio - Left-back who has moved on loan to Sampdoria for the season.
Giuseppe Pancaro - Veteran left-back sold to Torino.
Christian Brocchi - Returned to AC Milan after his loan spell finished. Was one of the club's most impressive players last season.
Stefano Fiore - Returned to Valencia after his loan spell finished.
Gianni Guigou - Uruguayan midfield utility man who has impressed little since moving to Italy a few years ago. Sold to Treviso.
Luis Jimenez - One of the club's most impressive players despite only joining in January in a co-ownership deal from Arezzo but shockingly not kept on. Has ended up at Lazio.
Valeri Bojinov - Sometimes petulent young Bulgarian forward who did little to silence the critics who insisted he only did so well at Lecce because they were a very offensive team who centred their attacks around him. Is now at Juventus but will be remembered for demanding a move to Inter last January, not being allowed to go and then crying and begging for forgiveness when demoted to the reserves.
Enrico Fantini - 30-year-old striker now playing for Bologna. Not sure if loaned out (as he was last season) or sold.
Fiorentina's first match is tonight in the Coppa Italia against Giarre. Luca Toni is not yet fully fit so Giampaolo Pazzini will play as a lone striker.
Cesare Prandelli is searching for defenders as Marco Di Loreto is expected to join Atalanta leaving the club short of centre-backs.
dimitrivdr
23-08-2006, 14:33
Fiorentina's transfers:
IN
Vlada Avramov - 27-year-old Serbian goalkeeper signed from Vicenza. Will be second or third choice behind Sebastien Frey and battling for the supporting role with Cristiano Lupatelli.
Cristiano Lupatelli - Goalkeeper back from a loan spell at Palermo. Puts Lobont's future at the club in severe doubt.
Alessandro Potenza - 22-year-old wing-back returning from a loan spell at Real Mallorca.
Manuele Blasi - On loan from Juventus
Massimo Gobbi - Tough-tackling 25-year-old central midfielder who isn't particularly great at anything but is strong and works hard.
Fabio Liverani - Creative central midfielder who can make good short passes and is a good tackler.
Mario Alberto Santana - Tricky winger who can play on either flank but prefers the right as he isn't two-footed. Very direct, can score goals and crosses well.
Adrian Mutu - Drug-taking Romanian forward who we all know is talented and good on the grouind as well as in the air.
Reginaldo - Brazilian striker who scored five league goals for Serie A's worst team last season, Treviso. Fairly quick, has some strength and is considered to be a potentially bright prospect.
Avramov... unlikely to have an impact unless some anti-gk heat seeking virus is unleashed.
Cristiano Lupatelli... good cover. I think Fiorentina can sleep easy if Frey gets injured
Alessandro Potenza... has potential, but not really one of my favourites
Manuele Blasi... good all-rounder, will be decent cover
Massimo Gobbi... Didn't he get selected for Italy recently? Probably just a squad player here
Fabio Liverani... a good signing imo and will be a steadying influence
Mario Alberto Santana... I really like his type. Can scare the hell out of fbs and will provide the strikers with ammo.
Adrian Mutu... the last time he really did well was besides a big guy (Adriano at Parma). I think this could be his year and I look forward to seeing him and Toni blow teams away this season.
Reginaldo... don't know too much, but after Sweey's comments, am very, very curious to see what he's got.
Fiorentina lost yesterday against Inter in their first game for Seria A this season. The result was 2-3, with Cambiasso scoring twice in the first half and Ibrahimovic scoring once in the second. Both of the viola goals were scored by Toni in the second half. Fiorentina had a bad start of the season and are in te last place with -19 points, so they will have to work hard for staying out of the relegation zone.
Reginaldo and Montolivo were impressive substitutes yesterday. It's just a shame the team didn't wake up until they got back to 3-1. Prandelli was happy with the reaction and believes if they play as well as they did in the latter part of the match they'll do fine this season.
I knew Montolivo already, so his good performance was not a surprise. But I was very impressed with Reginaldo. He brought what Fioretina's attack didn't have yesterday, speed. Why didn't Jorgensen play yesterday?
I knew Montolivo already, so his good performance was not a surprise. But I was very impressed with Reginaldo. He brought what Fioretina's attack didn't have yesterday, speed. Why didn't Jorgensen play yesterday?
He was on the bench but Prandelli chose to bring on Montolivo and Reginaldo instead of Jorgensen and then later Potenza for Ujfalusi to give more solidity. Perhaps Prandelli felt that Montolivo's good form for the under-21's earned him a chance ahead of Jorgensen.
Diego Della Valle (owner of the club) has guaranteed Cesare Prandelli his position as coach for the next three years regardless of where they finish. Prandelli is one of the best coaches in Italy and as far as I'm concerned that's a very positive move should it be the case.
Luca Toni has today told clubs interested in signing him that he will not be leaving Fiorentina in January.
Meanwhile, director Pantaleo Corvino says the club will mount a bid for Palermo defender Andrea Barzagli, wanted by Juventus.
Great news! Luca Toni is one of the most important players of the club nowadays (although he missed a lot of opportunities against Reggina). Can you tell me more about Barzagli? I only saw him playing at the WC, and he looked OK.
Great news! Luca Toni is one of the most important players of the club nowadays (although he missed a lot of opportunities against Reggina). Can you tell me more about Barzagli? I only saw him playing at the WC, and he looked OK.
Highly-rated, Juventus were very keen to land him last summer but Palermo refused to sell. He handles himself very well and is an excellent marker and tackler. Also quite strong in the air but his one weakness is his lack of pace. Combats this well as his positioning is generally excellent. He'd strengthen any defence in Serie A.
I see, he would be a great asset then. But I'm not seeing Fiore outbiding Juventus.
The Stig
24-10-2006, 20:43
I know this is off-topic but this question is directed at Sweey: It says on skysports website that Liverpool are tracking Palermo forward Andrea Caracciolo and are reportedly going to make a move for him in January. I was wondering if he was any good lol?
I know this is off-topic but this question is directed at Sweey: It says on skysports website that Liverpool are tracking Palermo forward Andrea Caracciolo and are reportedly going to make a move for him in January. I was wondering if he was any good lol?
Don't you have goalscoring problems? If so, he's a bad move. He's tall (like Crouch) but isn't great on the ground and I don't rate him highly at all. The perfect sort of question for the Serie A thread but nevermind ;)
Fiorentina are chasing Liverpool attacking midfielder Luis Garcia.
Gazzetta dello Sport says Fiorentina director general Pantaleo Corvino is eyeing Garcia ahead of the January market.
Garcia has less than two years left on his current deal and admitted only last week that he is keen begin talks over a new contract with Liverpool.
:erm:
:erm:
Quoted in agreement.
The Stig
24-10-2006, 21:57
I'd be happy to sell Garcia he's to lightweight for the English game and gives the ball away to many times.
Karaoke29
25-10-2006, 19:03
I'd be happy to sell Garcia he's to lightweight for the English game and gives the ball away to many times.
Despite being a very talented player, he is also moody and unstable. At the end of the day, I do not prefer such a type of players.
Fiorentina's penalty was reduced by 4 points, which means that we now have 0. I think that this may give us a chance to fight for the Intertoto.
Palermo defender Andrea Barzagli has dismissed renewed interest from Fiorentina.
The Italy international remarked: "It's useless to think now about my transfer to the Viola shirt.
"President (Maurizio) Zamparini has said clearly that he does not want to sell me and it is indeed not the moment to be talking about this."
It's really a shame. According to Sweey, he would be a great acquisition.
Zamparini is a difficult one to deal with - depending on what day you talk to him, he has a different outlook. I believe Juventus are in pole position for Barzagli in June.
Karaoke29
31-10-2006, 15:42
I prefer Terlizzi to Barzagli. Terlizzi is stronger. Besides, Bazagli has lots of slips.
AgentZero
01-05-2008, 22:33
vieri :doh: has lost a lot of pizzaz...should of stuck Mutu ahead of him n the penalty pecking order.
cantona 21
02-05-2008, 00:10
bad miss by Vieri, Fiorentina should have and deserved to win that game
Adammce05
02-05-2008, 02:00
Well done Vieri. Clown.
Dundon's
02-05-2008, 02:55
From the behind goal view he looks like a fella after a few pints.
Anyhows unlucky.
Original?
02-05-2008, 09:35
I knew Liverani and Vieri would miss, you could see in their faces that they just hadn't got their head right. Sebastian Frey's save was fantastic from Ferguson's penalty. The gulf in technical ability was phenomenal, Fiorentina deserved to go through and were terribly unlucky. Vieri should have netted I feel.
What is annoying however is that had Fiorentina used Ranger's tactics they would have been typical, cynical Italian defensive performance however when Rangers do it, it's an epic, heroic and brave performance by a team with a superb bond. Double fucking standards.
Lorenzinho
02-05-2008, 10:35
What is annoying however is that had Fiorentina used Ranger's tactics they would have been typical, cynical Italian defensive performance however when Rangers do it, it's an epic, heroic and brave performance by a team with a superb bond. Double fucking standards.
The EXACT words I was trying to find. Good point.
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AgentZero
06-06-2008, 00:01
that was random.
Cavani should have done better :fplm:
Also Miccoli on the counter-attack two minutes ago when it was three against three. I knew this one was going to be lively.
Dragonfly
26-10-2008, 21:02
Haha! He's got to get them in somehow.
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