Fiorentina team which won their first league title in the 1955–56 season
The Fiorentina team during the 1955–56 season in which they won their first league title

Associazione Calcio Firenze Fiorentina is an Italian professional football club based in Florence, Tuscany. The club was formed on 29 August 1926 by a merger of C.S. Firenze and P.G. Libertas as Associazione Calcio Firenze, and played its first competitive match on 3 October against Pisa.[1] Renamed to Associazione Calcio Fiorentina in 1927, the club won their first piece of silverware, the 1939–40 Coppa Italia,[2] in their first season following their promotion back to Serie A after a one-season stay in the second tier.[3] Their first scudetto (league championship) was won in the 1955–56 season, losing only once in the 34-game season; this was followed by four consecutive second-place finishes.[4] On an international level, following their league win, Fiorentina took part for the first time in a European competition, becoming also the first Italian club to play in a European Cup final (losing 2–0 to Real Madrid).[5] In 1961, Fiorentina became the first Italian club to win a European competition, winning the European Cup Winners' Cup in a two-legged final against Rangers.[6]

Fiorentina's second league title win came in the 1968–69 season, with the winning team, guided by Bruno Pesaola, being dubbed as the Fiorentina Ye-Ye due to their youth.[7] In the years to follow, Fiorentina's performances deteriorated (which included near-relegation finishes), although they did win the 1974–75 Coppa Italia. In the 1980s, the club almost collected their third Serie A title in the 1981–82 season, however they lost it to Juventus in the last game of the season.[8] The decade ended with a runners-up finish in the 1989–90 UEFA Cup, losing to Juventus 3–1 on aggregate.[9]

In the 1992–93 season, after a 55-year spell in the top division, Fiorentina were relegated to Serie B, despite Gabriel Batistuta's 16 league goals.[10] Batistuta spearheaded Fiorentina's return to Serie A the following season and his career with the Florence-based side saw him finish as the club's top scorer for nine consecutive seasons. In the post-promotion years, the club added two further Coppa Italia titles (in the 1995–96 and 2000–01 seasons) and a Supercoppa Italiana win in 1996 to their trophy haul. In the wake of the 2001–02 season, the club entered administration after financial problems.[11] Re-formed initially as Florentia Viola in Serie C2, the fourth level in the Italian league football hierarchy, and then later as ACF Fiorentina, the club returned to the top-tier league in the 2003–04 season.[12]

The club has won Serie A twice, Serie B three times, the Coppa Italia six times, the Supercoppa Italiana once and the UEFA Cup Winner's Cup once. As of the end of the 2022–23 season, Fiorentina has played eighty-six seasons in Serie A, seven in Serie B and one season in Serie D (or equivalent). This list details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season. Top scorers in bold† were also the top scorers within Fiorentina's league division that season.

Key

1st or W Winners
2nd or RU Runners-up
↑ Promoted
↓ Relegated

Seasons

Correct as of the end of the 2022–23 season.[a][b]

Results of league and cup competitions by season
Season[14][15] League CI SCI CL EL Other[c] Top scorer(s)
Division Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos Player(s) Goals
1926–27 PD 18 7 3 8 24 30 17 6th Rodolfo Volk 11
1927–28 PD 14 7 4 3 31 14 18 2nd ↑ Luigi Miconi [it] 14
1928–29 DN 30 5 2 23 26 96 12 16th ↓ Mario Meucci [it] 8
1929–30 Serie B 34 16 8 10 64 39 40 4th Raffaele Rivolo [it] 15
1930–31 Serie B 34 18 10 6 54 27 46 1st ↑ Oliviero Serdoz [it]
Pilade Luchetti [it] 		9
1931–32 Serie A 34 16 7 11 54 35 39 4th Pedro Petrone†[d] 25
1932–33 Serie A 34 16 7 11 48 38 39 6th Pedro Petrone 12
1933–34 Serie A 34 12 12 10 46 53 36 6th Vinicio Viani [it] 16
1934–35 Serie A 30 15 9 6 39 23 39 3rd QFMC Vinicio Viani [it] 12
1935–36 Serie A 30 10 7 13 32 42 27 12th SF Cinzio Scagliotti 8
1936–37 Serie A 30 9 12 9 34 32 30 9th R32 Vinicio Viani [it] 10
1937–38 Serie A 30 3 9 18 28 60 15 16th ↓ R1 Vinicio Viani [it] 7
1938–39 Serie B 34 16 13 5 62 30 45 1st ↑ R32 Romeo Menti 17
1939–40 Serie A 30 9 6 15 37 48 24 13th W Romeo Menti 9
1940–41 Serie A 30 14 6 10 60 49 34 4th QF Romeo Menti 17
1941–42 Serie A 30 11 5 14 51 50 27 9th R32 Renato Gei 18
1942–43 Serie A 30 12 5 13 55 61 29 8th R32 Renato Gei
Angelo Bollano 		11
1943–45[e] Not held — — — — — — — — — —
1945–46 Serie A-B 20 10 3 7 32 16 23 5th Mario Gritti [it] 12
1946–47 Serie A 38 10 12 16 46 69 32 17th Otello Badiali [it] 9
1947–48 Serie A 40 18 5 17 49 55 41 7th Alberto Galassi [it] 15
1948–49 Serie A 38 15 8 15 51 60 38 10th Alberto Galassi [it] 14
1949–50 Serie A 38 18 8 12 76 57 44 5th Alberto Galassi [it] 24
1950–51 Serie A 38 18 8 12 52 42 44 5th Giancarlo Vitali 9
1951–52 Serie A 38 17 9 12 52 38 43 4th Dan Ekner
André Roosenburg 		10
1952–53 Serie A 34 11 11 12 31 47 33 7th Amos Mariani 6
1953–54 Serie A 34 15 14 5 45 27 44 4th Giancarlo Bacci 13
1954–55 Serie A 34 14 11 9 49 48 39 5th Giuseppe Virgili 15
1955–56 Serie A 34 20 13 1 59 20 53 1st Giuseppe Virgili 21
1956–57 Serie A 34 16 10 8 55 40 43 2nd RU WGT Miguel Montuori 14
1957–58 Serie A 34 16 11 7 56 36 43 2nd RU Miguel Montuori 12
1958–59 Serie A 34 20 9 5 95 35 49 2nd QF Kurt Hamrin 26
1959–60 Serie A 34 20 7 7 68 31 47 2nd RU R1MC Kurt Hamrin 26
1960–61 Serie A 34 13 11 10 46 34 37 7th W WCWC Kurt Hamrin 14
1961–62 Serie A 34 19 8 7 57 32 46 3rd R16
  • RUCWC
  • GSMC
 Aurelio Milani†[f] 22
1962–63 Serie A 34 15 8 11 52 32 38 6th R2 Kurt Hamrin 15
1963–64 Serie A 34 14 10 10 43 27 38 4th SF Kurt Hamrin 23
1964–65 Serie A 34 16 9 9 52 37 41 5th R1
  • RUMC
  • R1ICFC
 Alberto Orlando†[g] 17
1965–66 Serie A 34 16 11 7 45 22 43 4th W
  • WMC
  • R2ICFC
 Kurt Hamrin 12
1966–67 Serie A 34 15 13 6 53 29 43 5th QF
Kurt Hamrin 16
1967–68 Serie A 30 13 9 8 35 23 35 4th R16 R2ICFC Mario Maraschi 12
1968–69 Serie A 30 16 13 1 38 18 45 1st GS
Mario Maraschi 14
1969–70 Serie A 30 15 6 9 40 33 36 5th QF QF Luciano Chiarugi 12
1970–71 Serie A 30 3 19 8 26 32 25 13th GS R2ICFC Alessandro Vitali [it] 6
1971–72 Serie A 30 12 12 6 28 20 36 6th R2 RUMC Sergio Clerici 10
1972–73 Serie A 30 16 5 9 39 26 37 4th R1 R1 RUAILC Sergio Clerici 10
1973–74 Serie A 30 10 13 7 32 26 33 6th R1 R1 Nello Saltutti [it] 7
1974–75 Serie A 30 9 13 8 31 27 31 8th W GSMC Gianfranco Casarsa [it] 7
1975–76 Serie A 30 9 9 12 39 39 27 9th R2 R2CWC Claudio Desolati 10
1976–77 Serie A 30 12 11 7 38 31 35 3rd R1 3rdMC Claudio Desolati 9
1977–78 Serie A 30 7 11 12 28 37 25 13th R2 R1 Ezio Sella 7
1978–79 Serie A 30 10 12 8 26 26 32 7th R1 Ezio Sella 10
1979–80 Serie A 30 11 11 8 33 27 33 5th R1 Giancarlo Antognoni 8
1980–81 Serie A 30 9 14 7 28 25 32 5th QF Giancarlo Antognoni 9
1981–82 Serie A 30 17 11 2 48 14 45 2nd QF Francesco Graziani 11
1982–83 Serie A 30 12 10 8 36 25 34 5th R1 R1 Giancarlo Antognoni 10
1983–84 Serie A 30 12 12 6 48 31 36 3rd QF Paolo Monelli 12
1984–85 Serie A 30 8 13 9 33 31 29 9th SF R2 Paolo Monelli 7
1985–86 Serie A 30 10 13 7 29 23 33 4th SF Daniel Passarella 15
1986–87 Serie A 30 8 10 12 30 35 26 10th GS R1 Ramón Díaz 10
1987–88 Serie A 30 9 10 11 29 33 28 8th R16 Ramón Díaz 12
1988–89 Serie A 34 12 10 12 44 43 34 7th QF Roberto Baggio 24
1989–90 Serie A 34 7 14 13 41 42 28 12th GS RU Roberto Baggio 19
1990–91 Serie A 34 8 15 11 40 34 31 12th R16 Diego Fuser 9
1991–92 Serie A 34 10 12 12 44 41 32 12th R16 Gabriel Batistuta 14
1992–93 Serie A 34 8 14 12 53 56 30 16th ↓ R16 Gabriel Batistuta 19
1993–94 Serie B 38 17 16 5 53 19 50 1st ↑ R16 Gabriel Batistuta 19
1994–95 Serie A 34 12 11 11 61 57 47 10th QF Gabriel Batistuta† 29
1995–96 Serie A 34 17 8 9 53 41 59 4th W Gabriel Batistuta 26
1996–97 Serie A 34 10 15 9 46 41 45 9th R16 W SFCWC Gabriel Batistuta 23
1997–98 Serie A 34 15 12 7 65 36 57 5th QF Gabriel Batistuta 24
1998–99 Serie A 34 16 8 10 55 41 56 3rd RU R32 Gabriel Batistuta 26
1999–2000 Serie A 34 13 12 9 48 38 51 7th QF 2GS Gabriel Batistuta 29
2000–01 Serie A 34 10 13 11 53 52 43 9th W R1 Enrico Chiesa 27
2001–02 Serie A 34 5 7 22 29 63 22 17th ↓ R2 RU R32 Nuno Gomes 7
2002–03[h] Serie C2 34 20 10 4 56 20 70 1st ↑ Christian Riganò† 30
2003–04[i] Serie B 46 19 16 11 53 48 73 6th ↑ Christian Riganò 23
2004–05 Serie A 38 9 15 14 42 50 42 16th QF Fabrizio Miccoli 12
2005–06 Serie A 38 22 8 8 66 41 44[j] 9th R16 Luca Toni† 33
2006–07 Serie A 38 21 10 7 62 31 58[k] 6th R2 Adrian Mutu
Luca Toni 		16
2007–08 Serie A 38 19 9 10 55 39 66 4th QF SF Adrian Mutu 23
2008–09 Serie A 38 21 5 12 53 38 68 4th R16 GS R16 Alberto Gilardino 25
2009–10 Serie A 38 13 8 17 48 47 47 11th SF R16 Alberto Gilardino 18
2010–11 Serie A 38 12 15 11 49 44 51 9th R16 Alberto Gilardino 12
2011–12 Serie A 38 11 13 14 37 43 46 13th R16 Stevan Jovetić 14
2012–13 Serie A 38 21 7 9 72 44 70 4th QF Stevan Jovetić 13
2013–14 Serie A 38 19 8 11 65 44 65 4th RU R16 Giuseppe Rossi 17
2014–15 Serie A 38 18 10 10 61 46 64 4th SF SF Josip Iličić
Mario Gómez 		10
2015–16 Serie A 38 18 10 10 60 42 64 5th R16 R32 Josip Iličić 15
2016–17 Serie A 38 16 12 10 63 57 60 8th QF R32 Nikola Kalinić 20
2017–18 Serie A 38 16 9 13 54 46 57 8th QF Giovanni Simeone 14
2018–19 Serie A 38 8 17 13 47 45 41 16th SF Federico Chiesa 12
2019–20 Serie A 38 12 13 13 51 48 49 10th QF Federico Chiesa 11
2020–21 Serie A 38 9 13 16 47 59 40 13th R16 Dušan Vlahović 21
2021–22 Serie A 38 19 5 14 59 51 62 7th SF Dušan Vlahović 20
2022–23 Serie A 38 15 11 12 53 43 56 8th RU RUECL Arthur Cabral 17

Footnotes

  1. ^ Goal tallies are for the competitions listed only; friendly matches are not included. Divisions are not sorted alphabetically, but based on their placing in the Italian football league system at that time.
  2. ^ From 1905 until 1993–94, two points were awarded for a win, and one for a draw. From the 1994–95 Serie A season onwards, three points have been awarded for a win.[13]
  3. ^ Includes the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Europa Conference League, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Mitropa Cup, Anglo-Italian League Cup and the Grasshoppers Trophy.[16][17][18][19]
  4. ^ The 1931–32 capocannoniere (league top-scorer) award was shared with Angelo Schiavio (playing for Bologna).[20]
  5. ^ No competitive football was played between 1943 and 1945 due to the Second World War.
  6. ^ The 1961–62 capocannoniere award was shared with José Altafini (playing for Milan).[20]
  7. ^ The 1964–65 capocannoniere award was shared with Sandro Mazzola (playing for Internazionale).[20]
  8. ^ The club filed for bankruptcy at the end of the 2001–02 season. Unable to raise sufficient funds to register in Serie B, the club had to restart in Serie C2 under the name Florentia Viola.
  9. ^ With Serie B set for an expansion to 24 clubs for 2003–04, the club's owners, the Della Valle family, successfully argued that Florentia should be granted the 24th slot on the basis of "historical merits". It was widely seen as the Italian football federation compensating Florentia for being relegated two divisions instead of the normal one in case of bankruptcy. Florentia Viola also won the rights to use the original Fiorentina name, the club being renamed to ACF Fiorentina prior to the 2003–04 season.[21]
  10. ^ Fiorentina were docked 30 points for their involvement in the 2006 Italian football scandal.[22]
  11. ^ Fiorentina were docked 15 points (reduced from 19) for their involvement in the 2006 Italian football scandal.[22]

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