2008–09 ACF Fiorentina season

Fiorentina
2008–09 season
President Andrea Della Valle
Manager Cesare Prandelli
Stadium Stadio Artemio Franchi
Serie A 4th
Coppa Italia Semi-finals
UEFA Champions League Group stage
UEFA Cup Round of 32
Top goalscorer League:
Alberto Gilardino (19)
All:
Alberto Gilardino (25)
Highest home attendance 41,839 vs Milan
(31 May 2009, Serie A)
Average home league attendance 31,200[1]
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 season was Associazione Calcio Firenze Fiorentina's 83rd season in Italian football and their 71st season in the first-tier of Italian football, Serie A. Having finished fourth the previous season, La Viola earned qualification to the UEFA Champions League for the first time in eight years.

Kit

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

Home
Away
Third kit

Players

Squad information

As of 26 July 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 France GK Sébastien Frey
2 Denmark DF Per Krøldrup
3 Italy DF Dario Dainelli (captain)
4 Italy MF Marco Donadel
5 Italy DF Alessandro Gamberini
6 Peru DF Juan Manuel Vargas
7 Italy MF Franco Semioli
8 Montenegro FW Stevan Jovetić
10 Romania FW Adrian Mutu
11 Italy FW Alberto Gilardino
13 Italy GK Marco Storari
14 Italy DF Luciano Zauri
15 Czech Republic DF Ondřej Mazuch
18 Italy MF Riccardo Montolivo
19 Italy MF Massimo Gobbi
20 Denmark MF Martin Jørgensen
No. Position Player
21 Italy DF Gianluca Comotto
22 Serbia MF Zdravko Kuzmanović
23 Italy DF Manuel Pasqual
24 Argentina MF Mario Santana
25 Serbia GK Vlada Avramov
26 Brazil DF Alex
28 Brazil FW Jefferson
30 Argentina MF Sergio Almirón
32 Italy FW Emiliano Bonazzoli
33 Italy GK Andrea Seculin
35 Senegal MF Pape Moussa Diakhatè
38 Italy MF Lorenzo Morelli
41 Italy DF Massimiliano Tagliani
44 Italy DF Federico Masi
46 Italy FW Piergiuseppe Maritato
88 Brazil MF Felipe Melo

Transfers

In

Summer transfer window
No. Pos. Player From Fee
88 MF Brazil Felipe Melo Almería €13 million [3]
46 FW Italy Piergiuseppe Maritato Juventus undisclosed [4]
11 FW Italy Alberto Gilardino Milan €14 million [5]
8 FW Montenegro Stevan Jovetić Partizan €8 million [6]
34 MF Serbia Nikola Gulan Sampdoria undisclosed
28 FW Brazil Jefferson Paraná free transfer [7]
21 DF Italy Gianluca Comotto Torino €4.3 million [8]
6 DF Peru Juan Manuel Vargas Catania €11 million [8]
13 GK Italy Marco Storari Milan on loan [9]
14 DF Italy Luciano Zauri Lazio on loan [10]
30 MF Argentina Sergio Almirón Juventus on loan [11]
Winter transfer window
No. Pos. Player From Fee
32 FW Italy Emiliano Bonazzoli Sampdoria on loan [12]
-- MF Italy Davide Carcuro Treviso loan return (co-ownership) [13][14]
-- GK Italy Tommaso Scuffia Maceratese undisclosed [15]

Out

Winter transfer window
No. Pos. Player From Fee
29 FW Italy Giampaolo Pazzini Sampdoria €10 million [21]
9 FW Italy Dani Osvaldo Bologna €7 million [22]

On loan

No. Pos. Player On loan to Until
27 FW Italy Samuel Di Carmine Queens Park Rangers June 2009 [23]
14 FW Italy Arturo Lupoli Norwich City June 2009 [24]
16 MF Czech Republic Jan Hable Baník Ostrava June 2009 [25]
17 FW Senegal Papa Waigo Lecce June 2009 [26]
34 FW France Matthias Lepiller Eupen June 2009 [25]
54 MF Portugal Manuel da Costa Sampdoria June 2009 [27]
34 MF Serbia Nikola Gulan 1860 Munich June 2009 [28]

Pre-season and friendlies

2008-07-17
Sciliar 0–12 Fiorentina
(Report) Santana  9', 23'
Da Costa  21', 74'
Osvaldo  21'
Pazzini  27', 30', 32'
Gilardino  48'
Semioli  54', 67'
Jovetić  78' (pen.)
Centro Sportivo Laranza, Schlern

2007-07-20
Hellas Verona 1–1 Fiorentina
Castellan  73' (Report) Gilardino  5'
Stadio Marco Druso, Bolzano
Referee: Tomasi

2008-07-26
Figline 0–1 Fiorentina
(Report) Osvaldo  18'
Stadio Goffredo Del Buffa, Figline Valdarno

2008-07-30
19:45
Fiorentina 1–3 Barcelona
Pazzini  69' (Report) Puyol  29'
Jeffrén  48'
Bojan  72'
Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence
Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

2008-08-19
Amici del Forte 2–6 Fiorentina
Nappi  26', 70' (Report) Osvaldo  4', 14'
Kuzmanović  9', 51'
Pazzini  14', 52'

2008-08-22
AZ 0–2 Fiorentina
(Report) Pazzini  23', 87'
DSB Stadion, Alkmaar
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Peter Wink

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2008–09 Serie A

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Internazionale (C) 38 25 9 4 70 32+38 84 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Juventus 38 21 11 6 69 37+32 74 JUV 4–2 MIL
MIL 1–1 JUV
3 Milan 38 22 8 8 70 35+35 74
4 Fiorentina 38 21 5 12 53 38+15 68 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Play-off round FIO 1–0 GEN
GEN 3–3 FIO
5 Genoa 38 19 11 8 56 39+17 68 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
6 Roma 38 18 9 11 64 61+3 63 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
7 Udinese 38 16 10 12 61 50+11 58
8 Palermo 38 17 6 15 57 50+7 57
9 Cagliari 38 15 8 15 49 50−1 53
10 Lazio 38 15 5 18 46 55−9 50 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round 1
11 Atalanta 38 13 8 17 45 48−3 47
12 Napoli 38 12 10 16 43 45−2 46 NAP 2–0 SAM
SAM 2–2 NAP
13 Sampdoria 38 11 13 14 49 52−3 46
14 Siena 38 12 8 18 33 44−11 44
15 Catania 38 12 7 19 41 51−10 43
16 Chievo 38 8 14 16 35 49−14 38
17 Bologna 38 9 10 19 43 62−19 37
18 Torino (R) 38 8 10 20 37 61−24 34 Relegation to Serie B
19 Reggina (R) 38 6 13 19 30 62−32 31
20 Lecce (R) 38 5 15 18 37 67−30 30

Source: lega-calcio.it (Italian)
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
1Lazio qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 Coppa Italia.
(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

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 21 5 12 53 38  +15 68 14 2 3 29 14  +15 7 3 9 24 24  0

Last updated: 31 May 2009.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH
Result D L W L W W W W D L W L W L W W W L L L W W W D W D L L W W W L W W W W D L
Position 8 15 12 16 12 9 7 5 5 8 8 9 6 6 5 5 4 6 6 7 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Last updated: 31 May 2009.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Coppa Italia

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

Group stage

Group F
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Germany Bayern Munich 6420124+814
France Lyon 63211410+411
Italy Fiorentina 613258−36
Romania Steaua București 6015312−91

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup

Final phase

Round of 32

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSerie A UEFA Champions League UEFA Cup Coppa Italia
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK France Sébastien Frey 36 -36 26 -26 8 -8 2 -2 0 0
2 DF Denmark Per Krøldrup 22 0 16 0 4 0 1 0 1 0
3 DF Italy Dario Dainelli 21 0 13 0 7 0 1 0 0 0
4 DF Italy Marco Donadel 23 0 19 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
5 DF Italy Alessandro Gamberini 32 0 24 0 6 0 2 0 0 0
6 DF Peru Juan Manuel Vargas 23 3 16 3 7 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF Italy Franco Semioli 15 0 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
8 FW Montenegro Stevan Jovetić 24 0 18 0 3 0 2 0 1 0
10 FW Romania Adrian Mutu 30 13 19 11 8 2 2 0 1 0
11 FW Italy Alberto Gilardino 35 21 24 15 8 5 2 1 1 0
13 GK Italy Marco Storari 2 -2 1 -1 0 0 0 0 1 -1
14 DF Italy Luciano Zauri 24 0 13 0 8 0 2 0 1 0
17 FW Senegal Papa Waigo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF Italy Riccardo Montolivo 32 4 24 4 6 0 2 0 0 0
19 MF Italy Massimo Gobbi 15 0 10 0 4 0 1 0 0 0
20 MF Denmark Martin Jørgensen 6 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
21 DF Italy Gianluca Comotto 22 0 20 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
22 MF Serbia Zdravko Kuzmanović 31 2 23 2 6 0 1 0 1 0
23 DF Italy Manuel Pasqual 13 0 10 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
30 MF Argentina Sergio Almirón 16 0 10 0 4 0 1 0 1 0
32 FW Italy Emiliano Bonazzoli 7 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 DF Italy Federico Masi 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
88 MF Brazil Felipe Melo 34 2 23 2 8 0 2 0 1 0
Players sold or loaned out during the 2009 winter transfer window:
9 FW Italy Pablo Osvaldo 13 0 9 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW Italy Giampaolo Pazzini 16 1 12 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
54 DF Portugal Manuel da Costa 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Disciplinary record

Disciplinary records for 2008–09 league matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.
No. Nat. Player Yellow cards Red cards
1 France Frey, SébastienSébastien Frey 10
2 Denmark Krøldrup, PerPer Krøldrup 20
3 Italy Dainelli, DarioDario Dainelli 40
4 Italy Donadel, MarcoMarco Donadel 30
5 Italy Gamberini, AlessandroAlessandro Gamberini 30
6 Peru Vargas, Juan ManuelJuan Manuel Vargas 40
7 Italy Semioli, FrancoFranco Semioli 10
8 Montenegro Jovetić, StevanStevan Jovetić 30
10 Romania Mutu, AdrianAdrian Mutu 30
11 Italy Gilardino, AlbertoAlberto Gilardino 30
14 Italy Zauri, LucianoLuciano Zauri 40
18 Italy Montolivo, RiccardoRiccardo Montolivo 70
20 Denmark Jørgensen, MartinMartin Jørgensen 10
21 Italy Comotto, GianlucaGianluca Comotto 60
22 Serbia Kuzmanović, ZdravkoZdravko Kuzmanović 10
30 Italy Bernardo Almirón, SergioSergio Bernardo Almirón10
32 Italy Bonazzoli, EmilianoEmiliano Bonazzoli 10
88 Brazil Melo, FelipeFelipe Melo 101
Players sold or loaned out during the 2009 winter transfer window:
9 Italy Osvaldo, PabloPablo Osvaldo 21
29 Italy Pazzini, GiampaoloGiampaolo Pazzini 30

References

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