2007–08 ACF Fiorentina season

Fiorentina

2007–08 season
President	Andrea Della Valle
Manager	Cesare Prandelli
Stadium	Stadio Artemio Franchi
Serie A	4th
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Adrian Mutu (17) All: Adrian Mutu (23)
Highest home attendance	42,449 vs Internazionale (2 December 2007, Serie A)
Lowest home attendance	3,733 vs Ascoli (11 December 2007, Coppa Italia)
Average home league attendance	31,387[1]
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007–08 season was Associazione Calcio Firenze Fiorentina's 82nd season in Italian football in their existence and their 70th season in the first-tier of Italian football, Serie A. Having finished 6th the previous season with a tally of 58 points, La Viola earned qualification into the first round of the 2007–08 UEFA Cup.

The 2007–08 season was a very successful one for the Viola. They reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup where they were beaten on penalties by Rangers and finished fourth in Serie A ahead of Milan, thus qualifying for the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League.

Kit

The team kit for the season was produced by Lotto Sport Italia and the shirt sponsor is Toyota.

Home[2]

Away[2]

Third kit[2]

Players

Squad information

As of 19 March 2008^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Sébastien Frey 2 DF Per Krøldrup 3 DF Dario Dainelli (captain) 4 MF Marco Donadel 5 DF Alessandro Gamberini 6 DF Alessandro Potenza 7 MF Franco Semioli 9 FW Pablo Daniel Osvaldo 10 FW Adrian Mutu 11 MF Fabio Liverani 12 GK Cristiano Lupatelli 15 DF Ondřej Mazuch 16 MF Jan Hable 17 FW Papa Waigo 18 MF Riccardo Montolivo 19 MF Massimo Gobbi

No. Position Player 20 MF Martin Jørgensen 21 DF Tomáš Ujfaluši 22 MF Zdravko Kuzmanović 23 DF Manuel Pasqual 24 MF Mario Alberto Santana 25 GK Vlada Avramov 26 DF Alex (from youth team) 27 FW Samuel Di Carmine (from youth team) 29 FW Giampaolo Pazzini 31 GK Edoardo Pazzagli (from youth team) 32 FW Christian Vieri 33 DF Massimiliano Tagliani (from youth team) 34 FW Matthias Lepiller (from youth team) 35 MF Papa Diakhate (from youth team) 54 DF Manuel da Costa 99 FW Daniele Cacia

Transfers

In

Summer transfer window

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee
14	FW	Arturo Lupoli	Arsenal	free transfer [3]
16	MF	Jan Hable	Hradec Králové	€0.8 million [4]
15	DF	Ondřej Mazuch	Brno	€2.8 million [4]
13	DF	Anthony Vanden Borre	Anderlecht	undisclosed [4]
17	DF	Federico Balzaretti	Juventus	€3.8 million [5]
--	FW	Leonardo Pettinari	Sangiovannese	Co-ownership Resolution, undisclosed
7	MF	Franco Semioli	Chievo	€5.5 million [6]
32	FW	Christian Vieri	Atalanta	free transfer [7]
99	FW	Daniele Cacia	Piacenza	Undisclosed [8]
9	FW	Pablo Daniel Osvaldo	Atalanta	€4.5 million [9]
8	MF	Michele Pazienza	Udinese	Undisclosed

Winter transfer window

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee
17	FW	Papa Waigo	Genoa	undisclosed [10]
54	DF	Manuel da Costa	PSV	€4.5 million [11]
--	MF	Giacomo Zappacosta	Pescara	undisclosed [12]

Out

Summer transfer window

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee
17	MF	Manuele Blasi	Juventus	loan return
30	FW	Luca Toni	Bayern Munich	€11 million [13]
32	DF	Davide Brivio	Atalanta	undisclosed [14]
--	DF	Christian Maggio	Sampdoria	undisclosed
83	FW	Reginaldo	Parma	€4.5 million [15]
--	FW	Leonardo Pettinari	Reggina	undisclosed [16]
--	MF	Alessandro Gherardi	Bellinzona	undisclosed
8	FW	Valeri Bojinov	Manchester City	€8 million [17]

Winter transfer window

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee
13	DF	Anthony Vanden Borre	Genoa	undisclosed [10]
17	DF	Federico Balzaretti	Palermo	undisclosed [18]
8	MF	Michele Pazienza	Napoli	€3 million [19]

On loan

No.	Pos.	Player	On loan to	Until
14	FW	Arturo Lupoli	Treviso	June 2008 [20]
--	MF	Guilherme	Mantova	June 2008 [21]
--	MF	Andrea Paolucci	Cesena	June 2008 [20]

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Internazionale (C)	38	25	10	3	69	26	+43	85	2008–09 UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
2	Roma	38	24	10	4	72	37	+35	82
3	Juventus	38	20	12	6	72	37	+35	72	2008–09 UEFA Champions LeagueThird qualifying round
4	Fiorentina	38	19	9	10	55	39	+16	66
5	Milan	38	18	10	10	66	38	+28	64	2008–09 UEFA CupFirst round
6	Sampdoria	38	17	9	12	56	46	+10	60
7	Udinese	38	16	9	13	48	53	−5	057^1
8	Napoli	38	14	8	16	50	53	−3	50	2008 UEFA Intertoto CupThird round
9	Atalanta	38	12	12	14	52	56	−4	48
10	Genoa	38	13	9	16	44	52	−8	48
11	Palermo	38	12	11	15	47	57	−10	47
12	Lazio	38	11	13	14	47	51	−4	46
13	Siena	38	9	17	12	40	45	−5	44
14	Cagliari	38	11	9	18	40	56	−16	042^*
15	Torino	38	8	16	14	36	49	−13	40
16	Reggina	38	9	13	16	37	56	−19	40
17	Catania	38	8	13	17	33	45	−12	37
18	Empoli (R)	38	9	9	20	29	52	−23	36	Relegation to Serie B
19	Parma (R)	38	7	13	18	42	62	−20	34
20	Livorno (R)	38	6	12	20	35	60	−25	30

Updated to games played on May 18, 2008.
Source: Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
¹ The 7th-placed team qualified for the UEFA Cup due to both of the Coppa Italia finalists, Roma and Internazionale, finishing 6th or higher.
^* Cagliari was docked 3 points for filing an unauthorized lawsuit, but the penalty was later reversed.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	19	9	10	55	39	+16	66	12	4	3	35	18	+17	7	5	7	20	21	−1

Last updated: 18 May 2008.
Source: Competitive matches

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	W

Last updated: 18 May 2008.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Fiorentina v Empoli

26 August 2007 1	Fiorentina	3–1	Empoli	Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pazzini  56' Mutu  65' Montolivo  70'	Report	Saudati  90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 31,280 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

Milan v Fiorentina

3 September 2007 2	Milan	1–1	Fiorentina	Milan
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kaká  27' (pen.)	Report	Mutu  56'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Stefano Farina

Fiorentina v Atalanta

16 September 2007 3	Fiorentina	2–2	Atalanta	Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rivalta  26' (o.g.) Vieri  74'		Doni  56' Zampagna  86'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 28,383 Referee: Domenico Celi

Catania v Fiorentina

23 September 2007 4	Catania	0–1	Fiorentina	Catania
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)			Mutu  4'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Antonio Danilo Giannoccaro

Fiorentina v Roma

26 September 2007 5	Fiorentina	2–2	Roma	Florence
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gamberini  24' Mutu  79' (pen.)		Mancini  19' Giuly  38'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 36,056 Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

Livorno v Fiorentina

29 September 2007 6	Livorno	0–3	Fiorentina	Livorno
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)			Osvaldo  45', 67' Santana  69'	Stadium: Stadio Armando Picchi Attendance: 7,005 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Fiorentina v Juventus

7 October 2007 7	Fiorentina	1–1	Juventus	Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mutu  88' (pen.)		Iaquinta  23'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 40,087 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Fiorentina v Siena

21 October 2007 8	Fiorentina	3–0	Siena	Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pazzini  15' Mutu  31' Vieri  71'			Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 28,108 Referee: Antonio Damato

Genoa v Fiorentina

28 October 2007 9	Genoa	0–0	Fiorentina	Genoa
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Emidio Morganti

Fiorentina v Napoli

31 October 2007 10	Fiorentina	1–0	Napoli	Florence
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vieri  61'			Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 32,568 Referee: Gabriele Gava

Lazio v Fiorentina

3 November 2007 11	Lazio	0–1	Fiorentina	Rome
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)			Pazzini  19'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Paolo Dondarini

Fiorentina v Udinese

11 November 2007 12	Fiorentina	1–2	Udinese	Florence
15:10 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pazzini  28'		Quagliarella  23' Di Natale  63'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 28,382 Referee: Domenico Celi

Reggina v Fiorentina

25 November 2007 13	Reggina	0–0	Fiorentina	Reggio Calabria
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

Fiorentina v Internazionale

2 December 2007 14	Fiorentina	0–2	Internazionale	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)			Jiménez  10' Cruz  44'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 42,442 Referee: Stefano Farina

Palermo v Fiorentina

8 December 2007 15	Palermo	2–0	Fiorentina	Palermo
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Miccoli  17' Simplício  81'			Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 22,823 Referee: Emidio Morganti

Sampdoria v Fiorentina

16 December 2007 16	Sampdoria	2–2	Fiorentina	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gastaldello  18' Cassano  69'		Mutu  39' Donadel  57'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Gabriele Gava

Fiorentina v Cagliari

23 December 2007 17	Fiorentina	5–1	Cagliari	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Montolivo  3' Mutu  41', 45' (pen.) Santana  48', 80'		Fini  6'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 26,076 Referee: Carmine Russo

Parma v Fiorentina

13 January 2008 18	Parma	1–2	Fiorentina	Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Coly  69'		Mutu  43', 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 15,162 Referee: Christian Brighi

Fiorentina v Torino

19 January 2008 19	Fiorentina	2–1	Torino	Florence
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vieri  45' (pen.) Mutu  75' (pen.)		Grella  58'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 27,995 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Empoli v Fiorentina

27 January 2008 20	Empoli	0–2	Fiorentina	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)			Mutu  85' Pazzini  90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Stefano Farina

Fiorentina v Milan

3 February 2008 21	Fiorentina	0–1	Milan	Florence
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)			Pato  77'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 38,977 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

Atalanta v Fiorentina

9 February 2008 22	Atalanta	2–2	Fiorentina	Bergamo
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Muslimović  30', 90+1'		Pazzini  29' Semioli  60'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 10,822 Referee: Andrea De Marco

Fiorentina v Catania

17 February 2008 23	Fiorentina	2–1	Catania	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kuzmanović  40' Mutu  70'		Vargas  60'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 26,648 Referee: Luca Banti

Roma v Fiorentina

24 February 2008 24	Roma	1–0	Fiorentina	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cicinho  54'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 34,254 Referee: Emidio Morganti

Fiorentina v Livorno

27 February 2008 25	Fiorentina	1–0	Livorno	Florence
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Papa Waigo  59'			Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 26,291 Referee: Gabriele Gava

Juventus v Fiorentina

2 March 2008 26	Juventus	2–3	Fiorentina	Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sissoko  29' Camoranesi  58'		Gobbi  19' Papa Waigo  75' Osvaldo  90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 20,993 Referee: Stefano Farina

Siena v Fiorentina

9 March 2008 27	Siena	1–0	Fiorentina	Siena
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Maccarone  80'			Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi – Montepaschi Arena Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Andrea De Marco

Fiorentina v Genoa

16 March 2008 28	Fiorentina	3–1	Genoa	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Santana  19' Mutu  30' Pazzini  56'		Masiero  81'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 28,628 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

Napoli v Fiorentina

19 March 2008 29	Napoli	2–0	Fiorentina	Naples
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lavezzi  22', 31'			Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 47,500 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Fiorentina v Lazio

22 March 2008 30	Fiorentina	1–0	Lazio	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pazzini  77'			Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 26,579 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Udinese v Fiorentina

30 March 2008 31	Udinese	3–1	Fiorentina	Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Inler  13' Di Natale  72' Quagliarella  77'		Vieri  63'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Emidio Morganti

Fiorentina v Reggina

6 April 2008 32	Fiorentina	2–0	Reggina	Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pazzini  23' Mutu  90+2'			Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 27,321 Referee: Domenico Celi

Internazionale v Fiorentina

13 April 2008 33	Internazionale	2–0	Fiorentina	Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cambiasso  56' Balotelli  62'			Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 53,483 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

Fiorentina v Palermo

19 April 2008 34	Fiorentina	1–0	Palermo	Florence
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Donadel  29'			Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 27,321 Referee: Antonio Damato

Fiorentina v Sampdoria

27 April 2008 35	Fiorentina	2–2	Sampdoria	Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vieri  78' Mutu  84' (pen.)		Maggio  58' Gastaldello  90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 36,627 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Cagliari v Fiorentina

4 May 2008 36	Cagliari	2–1	Fiorentina	Cagliari
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jeda  20' Conti  51'		Santana  52'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Stefano Farina

Fiorentina v Parma

11 May 2008 37	Fiorentina	3–1	Parma	Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Santana  39' Semioli  77' Osvaldo  86'		Budan  11'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 36,289 Referee: Emidio Morganti

Torino v Fiorentina

18 May 2008 38	Torino	0–1	Fiorentina	Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)			Osvaldo  76'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Stefano Farina

Coppa Italia

Round of 16

Ascoli v Fiorentina

11 December 2007 First leg	Ascoli	1–1	Fiorentina	Ascoli Piceno
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Guberti  79'		Krøldrup  30'	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Attendance: 3,880 Referee: Paolo Valeri

Fiorentina v Ascoli

16 January 2008 Second leg	Fiorentina	2–0 (3–1 agg.)	Ascoli	Florence
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pazzini  60', 70'			Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 3,733 Referee: Georgio Lops

Quarter-finals

Lazio v Fiorentina

24 January 2008 First leg	Lazio	2–1	Fiorentina	Rome
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kolarov  19' Behrami  20'		Pazzini  40'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 9,800 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

Fiorentina v Lazio

30 January 2008 Second leg	Fiorentina	1–2 (2–4 agg.)	Lazio	Florence
16:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Semioli  17'		Kolarov  34' Rocchi  62'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 10,457 Referee: Christian Brighi

UEFA Cup

First round

Groningen v Fiorentina

20 September 2007 First leg	Groningen	1–1	Fiorentina	Groningen, Netherlands
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lovre  25' Lindgren  60'	Report	Semioli  65' Mutu  78' Frey  86'	Stadium: Euroborg Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

Fiorentina v Groningen

4 October 2007 Second leg	Fiorentina	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.) (4–3 p)	Groningen	Florence, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mutu  59' Donadel  64'	Report	Nevland  55' Meerdink  73' Silva  115'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
		Penalties
	Pazzini Montolivo Kuzmanović Santana Mutu		Levchenko Van de Laak Lindgren Silva Lovre

Group stage

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Villarreal	4	3	1	0	7	3	+4	10
Fiorentina	4	2	2	0	10	4	+6	8
AEK Athens	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	5
Mladá Boleslav	4	1	0	3	5	6	−1	3
Elfsborg	4	0	1	3	3	12	−9	1

Villarreal v Fiorentina

25 October 2007 1	Villarreal	1–1	Fiorentina	Villarreal, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Capdevila  21',  88'	Report	Pazienza  19' Vieri  48' Vanden Borre  85' Ujfaluši  89'	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

Fiorentina v Elfsborg

8 November 2007 2	Fiorentina	6–1	Elfsborg	Florence, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jørgensen  4', 78' Vieri  5' Donadel  55',  62' Krøldrup  65' Di Carmine  87'	Report	Ishizaki  36',  41'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 18,732 Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey)

AEK Athens v Fiorentina

29 November 2007 3	AEK Athens	1–1	Fiorentina	Athens, Greece
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ratinho  12' Balzaretti  33' (o.g.)	Report	Osvaldo  29' Krøldrup  66' Liverani  71'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 26,386 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

Fiorentina v Mladá Boleslav

20 December 2007 4	Fiorentina	2–1	Mladá Boleslav	Florence, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Donadel  40' Mutu  44' (pen.) Vieri  67'	Report	Kopic  45+1' Rajnoch  56',  60' Procházka  85'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 11,140 Referee: João Ferreira (Portugal)

Final phase

Round of 32

Rosenborg v Fiorentina

14 February 2008 First leg	Rosenborg	0–1	Fiorentina	Trondheim, Norway
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Mutu  16' Montolivo  45'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Fiorentina v Rosenborg

21 February 2008 Second leg	Fiorentina	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	Rosenborg	Florence, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Liverani  38' Cacia  81'	Report	Kvarme  53' Storflor  84' Y. Koné  88'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 23,139 Referee: Darko Ceferin (Slovenia)

Round of 16

Fiorentina v Everton

6 March 2008 First leg	Fiorentina	2–0	Everton	Florence, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ujfaluši  40' Kuzmanović  70' Montolivo  81' Gobbi  90+3'	Report	Yakubu  36' Pienaar  40' Howard  60'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 32,934 Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

Everton v Fiorentina

12 March 2008 Second leg	Everton	2–0 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.) (2–4 p)	Fiorentina	Liverpool, England
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Johnson  16' Arteta  67' Yobo  74' Yakubu  80'	Report	Dainelli  29' Montolivo  32' Pazzini  62' Gamberini  90' Jørgensen  100'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,026 Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)
		Penalties
	Gravesen Yakubu Arteta Jagielka		Pazzini Montolivo Osvaldo Santana

Quarter-finals

Fiorentina v PSV Eindhoven

3 April 2008 First leg	Fiorentina	1–1	PSV Eindhoven	Florence, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mutu  56' Donadel  90'	Report	Koevermans  63' Farfán  90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 34,317 Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

PSV Eindhoven v Fiorentina

10 April 2008 Second leg	PSV Eindhoven	0–2 (1–3 agg.)	Fiorentina	Eindhoven, Netherlands
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Marcellis  69'	Report	Mutu  19',  38', 53' Donadel  25'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

Semi-finals

Rangers v Fiorentina

24 April 2008 First leg	Rangers	0–0	Fiorentina	Glasgow, Scotland
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Santana  22' Gamberini  78' Gobbi  83'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,199 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Fiorentina v Rangers

1 May 2008 Second leg	Fiorentina	0–0 (a.e.t.) (0–0 agg.) (2–4 p)	Rangers	Florence, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Thomson  28' Weir  70' Cousin  73', 109'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 39,130 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
		Penalties
	Kuzmanović Montolivo Liverani Vieri		Ferguson Whittaker Papac Hemdani Novo

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		UEFA Cup		Coppa Italia
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Sébastien Frey	52	-11	38	0	13	-9	1	-2
2	DF		Per Krøldrup	30	2	19	0	8	1	3	1
3	DF		Dario Dainelli	31	0	23	0	6	0	2	0
4	DF		Marco Donadel	46	2	33	2	10	0	3	0
5	DF		Alessandro Gamberini	43	1	33	1	9	0	1	0
6	DF		Alessandro Potenza	18	0	16	0	0	0	2	0
7	MF		Franco Semioli	32	3	21	3	7	0	4	0
9	FW		Dani Osvaldo	25	6	13	5	8	1	4	0
10	FW		Adrian Mutu	42	24	31	18	10	6	1	0
11	MF		Fabio Liverani	42	1	31	0	10	1	1	0
12	GK		Cristiano Lupatelli	6	-4	2	0	1	-1	3	-3
15	DF		Ondřej Mazuch	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
17	FW		Papa Waigo	7	2	7	2	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Riccardo Montolivo	48	4	36	3	10	1	2	0
19	MF		Massimo Gobbi	37	1	24	1	9	0	4	0
20	MF		Martin Jørgensen	40	2	27	0	10	2	3	0
21	DF		Tomáš Ujfaluši	44	0	29	0	13	0	2	0
22	MF		Zdravko Kuzmanović	50	3	36	1	12	2	2	0
23	DF		Manuel Pasqual	41	0	30	0	9	0	2	0
24	MF		Mario Santana	36	6	28	6	8	0	0	0
25	GK		Vlada Avramov	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW		Samuel Di Carmine	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
29	FW		Giampaolo Pazzini	49	14	33	11	12	0	4	3
32	FW		Christian Vieri	41	8	28	5	12	3	1	0
99	FW		Daniele Cacia	5	1	3	0	1	1	1	0
Players sold or loaned out during the 2008 winter transfer window:
7	DF		Federico Balzaretti	11	0	6	0	3	0	2	0
8	MF		Michele Pazienza	17	0	9	0	4	0	4	0
13	DF		Anthony Vanden Borre	6	0	3	0	2	0	1	0
14	FW		Arturo Lupoli	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Disciplinary record

Disciplinary records for 2007–08 league and cup matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.

No.	Nat.	Player	Yellow cards	Red cards
2		Krøldrup, PerPer Krøldrup	2	0
3		Dainelli, DarioDario Dainelli	3	0
4		Donadel, MarcoMarco Donadel	10	1
5		Gamberini, AlessandroAlessandro Gamberini	3	0
6		Potenza, AlessandroAlessandro Potenza	3	0
7		Semioli, FrancoFranco Semioli	5	0
9		Osvaldo, DaniDani Osvaldo	3	1
10		Mutu, AdrianAdrian Mutu	6	1
11		Liverani, FabioFabio Liverani	4	0
11		Lupatelli, CristianoCristiano Lupatelli	1	0
17		Waigo, PapaPapa Waigo	2	0
18		Montolivo, RiccardoRiccardo Montolivo	9	0
19		, Massimo GobbiMassimo Gobbi	5	0
21		Ujfaluši, TomášTomáš Ujfaluši	7	0
22		Kuzmanović, ZdravkoZdravko Kuzmanović	2	0
23		Pasqual, ManuelManuel Pasqual	4	1
24		Alberto Santana, MarioMario Alberto Santana	3	0
29		Pazzini, GiampaoloGiampaolo Pazzini	5	0
32		Vieri, ChristianChristian Vieri	4	0
Players sold or loaned out during the 2008 winter transfer window:
7		Balzaretti, FedericoFederico Balzaretti	1	0
8		Pazienza, MicheleMichele Pazienza	2	0

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