2014–15 ACF Fiorentina season

Fiorentina
2014–15 season
President Mario Cognigni
Manager Vincenzo Montella
Stadium Stadio Artemio Franchi
Serie A 4th
Coppa Italia Semi-finals
UEFA Europa League Semi-finals
Top goalscorer League:
Josip Iličić (8)
All:
Josip Iličić,
Mario Gómez (10)
Highest home attendance 38,160 vs Juventus
(5 December 2014, Serie A)
Lowest home attendance 7,562 vs Dinamo Minsk
(11 December 2014, Europa League)
Average home league attendance 30,309[1]
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2014–15 season was the 88th season in Associazione Calcio Firenze Fiorentina's history and their 77th season in Serie A. The club competed in Serie A, finishing fourth, the Coppa Italia, and in the UEFA Europa League.

Season overview

The 2014–15 season saw Fiorentina compete on three fronts as they did the previous season, with one improvement being that they qualified automatically to the group stage of the Europa League (rather than having to traverse a qualifying round) due to the fact that the previous season's Coppa Italia winners Napoli qualified to the Champions League.

Players

Squad information

Last updated on 31 May 2015
Squad No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Neto Brazil GK July 19, 1989 Brazil Atlético Paranaense 2011 2015 101 0
12 Ciprian Tătărușanu Romania GK February 9, 1986 Romania Steaua București 2014 2019 18 0
21 Cristiano Lupatelli Italy GK June 21, 1978 Italy Genoa 2012 2015 42 0
24 Luca Lezzerini Italy GK March 24, 1995 Italy Fiorentina Youth Academy 2011 2016 0 0
31 Antonio Rosati Italy GK June 26, 1983 Italy Napoli 2015 2016 4 0
Defenders
2 Gonzalo Rodríguez Argentina CB April 10, 1984 Spain Villarreal 2012 2017 129 20
4 Micah Richards England CB / RB June 24, 1988 England Manchester City 2014 2015 19 0
15 Stefan Savić Montenegro CB January 8, 1991 England Manchester City 2012 2019 108 4
19 José María Basanta Argentina CB / LB April 3, 1984 Mexico Monterrey 2014 2016 37 4
23 Manuel Pasqual (C) Italy LB / LM March 13, 1982 Italy Arezzo 2005 2016 335 10
28 Marcos Alonso Spain LB / LM December 28, 1990 England Bolton Wanderers 2013 2016 44 2
35 Ricardo Bagadur Croatia CB September 16, 1995 Croatia Rijeka 2014 2016 1 0
40 Nenad Tomović Serbia CB / RB August 30, 1987 Italy Genoa 2012 2016 101 1
Midfielders
5 Milan Badelj Croatia DM / CM February 25, 1989 Germany Hamburg 2014 2018 37 1
6 Juan Manuel Vargas Peru LB / LM / LW October 5, 1983 Italy Catania 2008 2015 186 25
7 David Pizarro Chile DM / CM September 11, 1979 Italy Roma 2012 2015 111 4
10 Alberto Aquilani Italy DM / CM / AM July 7, 1984 England Liverpool 2012 2015 105 15
14 Matías Fernández Chile CM / AM / RM May 15, 1986 Portugal Sporting CP 2012 2016 104 6
16 Jasmin Kurtić Slovenia CM January 10, 1989 Italy Sassuolo 2014 2015 28 1
17 Joaquín Spain RM / RW / SS July 21, 1981 Spain Málaga 2013 2016 71 7
18 Alessandro Diamanti Italy AM / RW / SS May 2, 1983 China Guangzhou Evergrande 2015 2015 18 2
20 Borja Valero Spain DM / CM / AM January 12, 1985 Spain Villarreal 2012 2019 130 11
32 Andrea Lazzari Italy CM / AM December 3, 1984 Italy Cagliari 2011 2015 45 2
38 Aleandro Rosi Italy RB / RM May 17, 1987 Italy Genoa 2015 2015 4 0
72 Josip Iličić Slovenia AM / RW / SS January 29, 1988 Italy Palermo 2013 2018 65 17
74 Mohamed Salah Egypt AM / LW / SS June 15, 1992 England Chelsea 2015 2015 26 9
93 Octávio Brazil CM / AM December 29, 1993 Brazil Botafogo 2014 2015 0 0
Forwards
9 Alberto Gilardino Italy CF July 8, 1982 China Guangzhou Evergrande 2015 2015 157 63
22 Giuseppe Rossi Italy SS / CF February 1, 1987 Spain Villarreal 2013 2017 25 17
29 Federico Bernardeschi Italy RW / SS / CF February 16, 1994 Italy Fiorentina Youth Academy 2011 2016 10 3
30 Khouma Babacar Senegal CF March 17, 1993 Italy Fiorentina Youth Academy 2009 2016 55 13
33 Mario Gómez Germany CF July 10, 1985 Germany Bayern Munich 2013 2017 47 14
77 Mounir El Hamdaoui Morocco SS / CF July 14, 1984 Netherlands Ajax 2012 2015 23 4

Source:First team squad

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Source
9 June 2014 c GK Romania Ciprian Tătărușanu 28 Romania Steaua București Free
7 July 2014 c MF Brazil Octávio 20 Brazil Botafogo Loan
14 July 2014 c MF Australia Joshua Brillante 21 Australia Newcastle Jets €1.00 mln
1 August 2014 c DF Argentina José María Basanta 30 Mexico Monterrey €2.60 mln
18 August 2014 c MF Germany Marko Marin 25 England Chelsea Loan
31 August 2014 c MF Croatia Milan Badelj 25 Germany Hamburg €4.00 mln
1 September 2014 c MF Slovenia Jasmin Kurtić 25 Italy Sassuolo Loan
1 September 2014 c DF England Micah Richards 26 England Manchester City Loan
10 January 2015 c MF Italy Alessandro Diamanti 31 China Guangzhou Evergrande Loan
26 January 2015 c FW Italy Alberto Gilardino 32 China Guangzhou Evergrande Loan
2 February 2015 c MF Egypt Mohamed Salah 22 England Chelsea Loan
2 February 2015 c MF Italy Aleandro Rosi 27 Italy Genoa Loan

Out

Date Pos. Player Age Moving to Fee Source
9 July 2014 c DF Italy Mattia Cassani 30 Italy Parma Undisclosed
16 July 2014 c MF Italy Massimo Ambrosini 37 Italy - End of contract
2 August 2014 c DF Germany Marvin Compper 29 Germany RB Leipzig €0.50 mln
2 February 2015 c MF Colombia Juan Cuadrado 26 England Chelsea €31.00 mln
2 February 2015 c FW Denmark Kenneth Zohore 21 Denmark OB Free

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2014–15 Serie A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Roma 38 19 13 6 54 31 +23 70 Qualification to Champions League group stage
3 Lazio 38 21 6 11 71 38 +33 69 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4 Fiorentina 38 18 10 10 61 46 +15 64 Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
5 Napoli 38 18 9 11 70 54 +16 63
6 Genoa[lower-alpha 2] 38 16 11 11 62 47 +15 59
Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2015. Source: Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) draw. (Head-to-head record is applied for clubs with the same amount of points only once all matches between said clubs have been played.)
Notes:
  1. Since winners of the 2014–15 Coppa Italia, Juventus, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winner (Europa League group stage) is passed to the fifth-placed team and the spot originally meant for the fifth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) is given to the highest placed team that has obtained an UEFA license and not already qualified for European competition.
  2. Genoa did not obtain a UEFA licence. Therefore, even if they earn the right to play in European competitions based on league position, they will not be able to participate.[2] Genoa appealed the decision, but the appeal was denied.[3]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 18 10 10 61 46  +15 64 9 6 4 30 17  +13 9 4 6 31 29  +2

Last updated: 31 May 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAH
Result L D W D D W L D W L L W W D W D L W W D D W W D W L W D W L L L L W W W W W
Position 20 16 10 9 10 9 11 11 10 10 11 10 8 9 8 8 9 6 6 6 6 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 4 5 6 6 7 5 5 5 5 4

Last updated: 31 May 2015.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Coppa Italia

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FIO GUI PAO DMI
1 Italy Fiorentina 6 4 1 1 11 4 +7 13 Advance to knockout phase 3–0 1–1 1–2
2 France Guingamp 6 3 1 2 7 6 +1 10 1–2 2–0 2–0
3 Greece PAOK 6 2 1 3 10 7 +3 7 0–1 1–2 6–1
4 Belarus Dinamo Minsk 6 1 1 4 3 14 11 4 0–3 0–0 0–2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout phase

Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSerie A Coppa Italia Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Brazil Neto 38 0 29 0 2 0 7 0
12 GK Romania Ciprian Tătărușanu 18 0 9 0 2 0 7 0
21 GK Italy Cristiano Lupatelli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 GK Italy Luca Lezzerini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 GK Italy Antonio Rosati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Argentina Gonzalo Rodríguez 43 8 30 7 3 0 9+1 1
4 DF England Micah Richards 19 0 7+3 0 2 0 5+2 0
15 DF Montenegro Stefan Savić 41 2 28+1 2 3 0 8+1 0
19 DF Argentina José María Basanta 37 4 23+1 2 3 0 10 2
23 DF Italy Manuel Pasqual 28 3 16+4 2 1 0 5+2 1
28 DF Spain Marcos Alonso 35 2 19+3 1 3 0 7+3 1
35 DF Croatia Ricardo Bagadur 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
40 DF Serbia Nenad Tomović 37 1 22+2 1 1+1 0 10+1 0
55 DF Egypt Ahmed Hegazy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
5 MF Croatia Milan Badelj 37 1 18+3 1 3 0 9+4 0
6 MF Peru Juan Manuel Vargas 29 4 8+11 1 1 0 6+3 3
7 MF Chile David Pizarro 37 0 18+8 0 1 0 7+3 0
8 MF Germany Marko Marin 4 2 0 0 0 0 2+2 2
10 MF Italy Alberto Aquilani 34 1 17+8 0 1+1 0 2+5 1
13 MF Ukraine Oleksandr Yakovenko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Chile Matías Fernández 41 2 23+6 2 2+2 0 7+1 0
16 MF Slovenia Jasmin Kurtić 28 1 15+6 1 2 0 5 0
17 MF Spain Joaquín 34 2 14+9 2 3 0 8 0
20 MF Spain Borja Valero 42 2 25+3 2 3 0 10+1 0
25 MF Australia Joshua Brillante 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF Italy Andrea Lazzari 9 0 1+2 0 0 0 3+3 0
38 MF Italy Aleandro Rosi 4 0 3+1 0 0 0 0 0
72 MF Slovenia Josip Iličić 34 10 17+8 8 0+2 0 4+3 2
93 MF Brazil Octávio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW Italy Alberto Gilardino 14 4 8+6 4 0 0 0 0
18 FW Italy Alessandro Diamanti 15 2 9+2 2 1+3 0 0 0
22 FW Italy Giuseppe Rossi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW Italy Federico Bernardeschi 10 3 1+6 1 0 0 2+1 2
30 FW Senegal Khouma Babacar 28 9 14+6 7 0+3 0 2+3 2
33 FW Germany Mario Gómez 32 10 16+4 4 4 4 8 2
43 FW Italy Simone Minelli 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
74 FW Egypt Mohamed Salah 26 9 10+6 6 2 2 8 1
77 FW Morocco Mounir El Hamdaoui 3 1 0+3 1 0 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
11 MF Colombia Juan Cuadrado 23 6 17 4 1 1 3+2 1

Last updated: 31 May 2015
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA EL Total
1 33 FW Germany Mario Gómez 4 4 2 10
72 MF Slovenia Josip Iličić 8 0 2 10
3 30 FW Senegal Khouma Babacar 7 0 2 9
74 FW Egypt Mohamed Salah 6 2 1 9
5 2 DF Argentina Gonzalo Rodríguez 7 0 1 8
6 11 MF Colombia Juan Cuadrado 4 1 1 6
7 6 MF Peru Juan Manuel Vargas 1 0 3 4
9 FW Italy Alberto Gilardino 4 0 0 4
19 DF Argentina José María Basanta 2 0 2 4
10 23 DF Italy Manuel Pasqual 2 0 1 3
29 FW Italy Federico Bernardeschi 1 0 2 3
12 8 MF Germany Marko Marin 0 0 2 2
14 MF Chile Matías Fernández 2 0 0 2
15 DF Montenegro Stefan Savić 2 0 0 2
17 MF Spain Joaquín 2 0 0 2
18 MF Italy Alessandro Diamanti 2 0 0 2
20 MF Spain Borja Valero 2 0 0 2
28 DF Spain Marcos Alonso 1 0 1 2
19 5 MF Croatia Milan Badelj 1 0 0 1
10 MF Italy Alberto Aquilani 0 0 1 1
16 MF Slovenia Jasmin Kurtić 1 0 0 1
40 DF Serbia Nenad Tomović 1 0 0 1
77 FW Morocco Mounir El Hamdaoui 1 0 0 1
Own goal 0 0 0 0
Totals 61 7 21 89

Last updated: 31 May 2015

Assists

No. Pos. Nation Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA EL Total
14 MF Chile Matías Fernández 8 0 3 11
23 DF Italy Manuel Pasqual 3 2 1 6
17 MF Spain Joaquín 3 1 1 5
5 MF Croatia Milan Badelj 2 2 1 5

Last updated: 26 May 2015

References

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