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	Round of 16
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)
Lowest home attendance	19,018 vs Ajax; (19 February 2009, UEFA Cup)
Average home league attendance	31,200

The 2008–09 season was ACF 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.

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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FRA	Sébastien Frey
2	DF	DEN	Per Krøldrup
3	DF	ITA	Dario Dainelli (captain)
4	MF	ITA	Marco Donadel
5	DF	ITA	Alessandro Gamberini
6	DF	PER	Juan Manuel Vargas
7	MF	ITA	Franco Semioli
8	FW	MNE	Stevan Jovetić
10	FW	ROU	Adrian Mutu
11	FW	ITA	Alberto Gilardino
13	GK	ITA	Marco Storari
14	DF	ITA	Luciano Zauri
15	DF	CZE	Ondřej Mazuch
18	MF	ITA	Riccardo Montolivo
19	MF	ITA	Massimo Gobbi
20	MF	DEN	Martin Jørgensen


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	ITA	Gianluca Comotto
22	MF	SRB	Zdravko Kuzmanović
23	DF	ITA	Manuel Pasqual
24	MF	ARG	Mario Santana
25	GK	SRB	Vlada Avramov
26	DF	BRA	Alex
28	FW	BRA	Jefferson
30	MF	ARG	Sergio Almirón
32	FW	ITA	Emiliano Bonazzoli
33	GK	ITA	Andrea Seculin
35	MF	SEN	Pape Moussa Diakhatè
38	MF	ITA	Lorenzo Morelli
41	DF	ITA	Massimiliano Tagliani
44	DF	ITA	Federico Masi
46	FW	ITA	Piergiuseppe Maritato
88	MF	BRA	Felipe Melo

Transfers

In

Summer transfer window

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee
88	MF	Felipe Melo	Almería	€13 million ^[3]
46	FW	Piergiuseppe Maritato	Juventus	undisclosed ^[4]
11	FW	Alberto Gilardino	Milan	€14 million ^[5]
8	FW	Stevan Jovetić	Partizan	€8 million ^[6]
34	MF	Nikola Gulan	Sampdoria	undisclosed
28	FW	Jefferson	Paraná	free transfer^[7]
21	DF	Gianluca Comotto	Torino	€4.3 million ^[8]
6	DF	Juan Manuel Vargas	Catania	€11 million ^[8]
13	GK	Marco Storari	Milan	on loan ^[9]
14	DF	Luciano Zauri	Lazio	on loan ^[10]
30	MF	Sergio Almirón	Juventus	on loan ^[11]

Winter transfer window

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee
32	FW	Emiliano Bonazzoli	Sampdoria	on loan ^[12]
--	MF	Davide Carcuro	Treviso	loan return (co-ownership) ^[13]^[14]
--	GK	Tommaso Scuffia	Maceratese	undisclosed ^[15]

Out

Summer transfer window

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee
11	MF	Fabio Liverani	Palermo	free transfer^[16]
32	FW	Christian Vieri	Atalanta	free transfer^[17]
99	FW	Daniele Cacia	Piacenza	blind auction ^[18]
6	DF	Alessandro Potenza	Genoa	undisclosed ^[19]
21	FW	Tomáš Ujfaluši	Atlético Madrid	free transfer^[20]
--	MF	Guilherme	N/A	released
12	GK	Cristiano Lupatelli	N/A	released

Winter transfer window

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

On loan

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

Pre-season and friendlies

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

20 July 2007 Friendly	Hellas Verona	1–1	Fiorentina	Bolzano, Italy
	Castellan 73'	Report	Gilardino 5'	Stadium: Stadio Marco Druso Referee: Dino Tommasi

26 July 2008 Friendly	Figline	0–1	Fiorentina	Figline Valdarno, Italy
		Report	Osvaldo 18'	Stadium: Stadio Goffredo Del Buffa

30 July 2008 Friendly	Fiorentina	1–3	Barcelona	Florence, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pazzini 69'	Report	Puyol 29' Jeffrén 48' Bojan 72'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

6 August 2008 Friendly	Fiorentina	3–1	Progresul București	Florence, Italy
	Kuzmanović 3' Gilardino 50' Pazzini 69'	Report	Costescu 12'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi

19 August 2008 Friendly	Amici del Forte	2–6	Fiorentina	Forte dei Marmi, Italy
	Nappi 26', 70'	Report	Osvaldo 4', 14' Kuzmanović 9', 51' Pazzini 14', 52'

22 August 2008 Friendly	AZ	0–2	Fiorentina	Alkmaar, Netherlands
		Report	Pazzini 23', 87'	Stadium: DSB Stadion Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Peter Wink

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position	Final position	First match	Last match
Serie A	Matchday 1	—	4th	31 August 2008	31 May 2009
Coppa Italia	Round of 16	—	Round of 16	17 December 2008
Champions League	Third qualifying round	—	Group stage	12 August 2008	10 December 2008
UEFA Cup	Round of 32	—	Round of 32	19 February 2009	26 February 2009

Last updated: 31 May 2009

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Juventus	38	21	11	6	69	37	+32	74^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Milan	38	22	8	8	70	35	+35	74^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Qualification to Champions League group stage
4	Fiorentina	38	21	5	12	53	38	+15	68^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5	Genoa	38	19	11	8	56	39	+17	68^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Qualification to Europa League play-off round^{[lower-alpha 3]}
6	Roma	38	18	9	11	64	61	+3	63	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round

Source: lega-calcio.it (in 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.
Notes:

1 2 Juventus finished ahead of Milan on head-to-head points: Juventus 4–2 Milan, Milan 1–1 Juventus.
1 2 Fiorentina finished ahead of Genoa on head-to-head points: Fiorentina 1–0 Genoa, Genoa 3–3 Fiorentina.
↑ Lazio qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 Coppa Italia.

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	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

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
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

Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2009. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

31 August 2008 1	Fiorentina	1–1	Juventus	Florence
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Melo 33' 83' Gilardino 89', 90'	Report	Grygera 23' Nedvěd 28', 39' Camoranesi 64' Legrottaglie 83'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 40,560 Referee: Emidio Morganti

14 September 2008 2	Napoli	2–1	Fiorentina	Naples
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cannavaro 20' Blasi 27' Hamšík 49' Aronica 66' Maggio 70'	Report	Montolivo 27' Mutu 40' Zauri 45+1' Donadel 83'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 26,553 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

21 September 2008 3	Fiorentina	1–0	Bologna	Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jørgensen 32' Gilardino 36' Pazzini 81' Jovetić 84'	Report	Di Vaio 79'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 24,645 Referee: Antonio Damato

24 September 2008 4	Lazio	3–0	Fiorentina	Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mauri 51' Pandev 53', 55' Siviglia 59' Radu 90+1'	Report	Zauri 20' Melo 75' Pazzini 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 32,500 Referee: Andrea De Marco

27 September 2008 5	Fiorentina	1–0	Genoa	Florence
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Donadel 20' Gilardino 50', 61' Dainelli 53' Montolivo 79' Osvaldo 90'	Report	Milanetto 22' Bocchetti 27' Papastathopoulos 77' Olivera 89'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 29,930 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

5 October 2008 6	Chievo	0–2	Fiorentina	Verona
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Scardina 38' Langella 42' Marcolini 45' Italiano 60'	Report	Gamberini 22' Kuzmanović 32' Comotto 53' Gilardino 73'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 12,273 Referee: Luca Banti

18 October 2008 7	Fiorentina	3–0	Reggina	Florence
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pazzini 40' (pen.) Comotto 41' Gilardino 75', 81'	Report	Carmona 36' Campagnolo 38'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 28,931 Referee: Daniele Orsato

26 October 2008 8	Palermo	1–3	Fiorentina	Palermo
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Simplício 50' Bresciano 77' Liverani 86'	Report	Gilardino 20' Mutu 42', 62' Montolivo 70'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 21,679 Referee: Emidio Morganti

29 October 2008 9	Fiorentina	0–0	Internazionale	Florence
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Krøldrup 53'	Report	Maicon 60'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 36,358 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

2 November 2008 10	Siena	1–0	Fiorentina	Siena
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Calaiò 43' Kharja 76'	Report	Pazzini 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi – Montepaschi Arena Attendance: 12,352 Referee: Stefano Farina

9 November 2008 11	Fiorentina	2–1	Atalanta	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Melo 20' Gilardino 23' Comotto 76'	Report	Garics 11' Guarente 35' Bonaventura 62' Floccari 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 27,884 Referee: Antonio Damato

16 November 2008 12	Cagliari	1–0	Fiorentina	Cagliari
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Acquafresca 31' (pen.) Fini 37' Matheu 46'	Report	Melo 13' Gamberini 31' Frey 72' Zauri 73' Gilardino 76'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Gabriele Gava

22 November 2008 13	Fiorentina	4–2	Udinese	Florence
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Dainelli 18' Vargas 35' Mutu 52' (pen.) Montolivo 63', 78' Gilardino 79' Comotto 82'	Report	Floro Flores 29' Pepe 35' Domizzi 51' Di Natale 83' (pen.) D'Agostino 83'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 28,981 Referee: Daniele Orsato

30 November 2008 14	Roma	1–0	Fiorentina	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	De Rossi 19' Totti 59' Taddei 77'	Report	Melo 57' Mutu 63'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 37,565 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

7 December 2008 15	Torino	1–4	Fiorentina	Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Zanetti 64' Rosina 77' (pen.) Rubin 87'	Report	Mutu 3' Krøldrup 31' Gilardino 43', 84' Kuzmanović 75' Melo 77'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 15,627 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

14 December 2008 16	Fiorentina	2–0	Catania	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mutu 56' Jovetić 69' Gilardino 79' Almirón 88'	Report	Terlizzi 22' Martínez 45+1' Tedesco 73'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 27,256 Referee: Andrea De Marco

21 December 2008 17	Sampdoria	0–1	Fiorentina	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bottinelli 15' Campagnaro 16'	Report	Melo 3' Montolivo 19', 82' Vargas 70' Mutu 85'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 22,813 Referee: Daniele Orsato

11 January 2009 18	Fiorentina	1–2	Lecce	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Melo 24', 42' Osvaldo 90+4' 90+4'	Report	Giacomazzi 6', 53' Castillo 28' Giuliatto 43'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 27,551 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

17 January 2009 19	Milan	1–0	Fiorentina	Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pato 7' Beckham 30' Jankulovski 33' 90+1'	Report	Vargas 22' Comotto 26'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 65,692 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

24 January 2009 20	Juventus	1–0	Fiorentina	Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Marchisio 21' Grygera 26' Zanetti 66' Giovinco 88'	Report	Montolivo 31' Melo 66'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 22,560 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

28 January 2009 21	Fiorentina	2–1	Napoli	Florence
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Santana 47' Zauri 52' Comotto 71' Montolivo 79'	Report	Vitale 49' Montervino 85' 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 28,863 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

2 February 2009 22	Bologna	1–3	Fiorentina	Bologna
15:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mingazzini 52' Osvaldo 72'	Report	Mutu 6', 16', 8' Montolivo 20' Comotto 80' Gilardino 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 10,261 Referee: Daniele Orsato

8 February 2009 23	Fiorentina	1–0	Lazio	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Dainelli 28' Montolivo 35' Gilardino 89' Melo 90+1'	Report	De Silvestri 11' 18' Ledesma 35' Zárate 59' Muslera 62'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 28,787 Referee: Andrea De Marco

15 February 2009 24	Genoa	3–3	Fiorentina	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Motta 11', 89' Biava 13' 30' Palladino 38' Jurić 39' Milito 56' (pen.)	Report	Jovetić 21' Gamberini 56' Mutu 60' (pen.), 80', 90+4' Bonazzoli 83' Donadel 90'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 27,253 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

22 February 2009 25	Fiorentina	2–1	Chievo	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kuzmanović 25' Gilardino 73', 90' Mutu 90+4'	Report	Morero 13' Mantovani 62' Italiano 68' 82' Sorrentino 72' Colucci 76'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 27,599 Referee: Christian Brighi

1 March 2009 26	Reggina	1–1	Fiorentina	Reggio Calabria
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sestu 20', 22' Krajčík 59' Cozza 74' Lanzaro 87'	Report	Bonazzoli 22' Vargas 25' Melo 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 9,600 Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

8 March 2009 27	Fiorentina	0–2	Palermo	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Dainelli 42'	Report	Carrozzieri 24' Guana 43' Bovo 46' Simplício 48' Miccoli 56'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 29,179 Referee: Andrea De Marco

15 March 2009 28	Internazionale	2–0	Fiorentina	Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ibrahimović 11', 90+5' Balotelli 33' Samuel 42' Muntari 51' Santon 63' Júlio César 71'	Report	Melo 49'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 51,535 Referee: Daniele Orsato

22 March 2009 29	Fiorentina	1–0	Siena	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gamberini 29' Comotto 32' Melo 69' Mutu 72'	Report	Brandão 49' Del Grosso 69'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 29,238 Referee: Luca Banti

5 April 2009 30	Atalanta	1–2	Fiorentina	Bergamo
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Parravicini 29' Valdés 30' Plasmati 50', 56' Padoin 51' Peluso 57' Pellegrino 78'	Report	Almirón 2' Jovetić 59' (pen.) Gilardino 90', 90'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 12,083 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

12 April 2009 31	Fiorentina	2–1	Cagliari	Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gilardino 51' Pasqual 53' Montolivo 83' Vargas 85'	Report	Conti 39' Agostini 54' 65' Canini 55' 89' Cossu 61' López 74' Ragatzu 87'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 30,288 Referee: Antonio Damato

19 April 2009 32	Udinese	3–1	Fiorentina	Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Asamoah 10' D'Agostino 47' (pen.), 69'	Report	Gamberini 32' Dainelli 67', 68' Kuzmanović 89'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 16,736 Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

25 April 2009 33	Fiorentina	4–1	Roma	Florence
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vargas 6', 8' Donadel 20' Dainelli 45+2' Gilardino 47', 67' Semioli 59' Gobbi 73'	Report	Cassetti 27' Brighi 50' Pizarro 55' 59' Baptista 87'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 35,683 Referee: Luca Banti

3 May 2009 34	Fiorentina	1–0	Torino	Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kuzmanović 53' Vargas 57'	Report	Ogbonna 37' Sereni 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 31,218 Referee: Stefano Farina

10 May 2009 35	Catania	0–2	Fiorentina	Catania
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Carboni 14' Silvestri 34' Tedesco 58'	Report	Jovetić 11' Montolivo 38' Comotto 61' Dainelli 67' Zauri 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Attendance: 18,142 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

17 May 2009 36	Fiorentina	1–0	Sampdoria	Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gilardino 21'	Report	Raggi 53' Ferri 72' Sammarco 86'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 38,005 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

24 May 2009 37	Lecce	1–1	Fiorentina	Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zanchetta 31' Tiribocchi 50' Giuliatto 75' Fabiano 76'	Report	Krøldrup 19' Dainelli 61' Melo 81' 88' Jørgensen 89'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 7,608 Referee: Gabriele Gava

31 May 2009 38	Fiorentina	0–2	Milan	Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Flamini 45+1' Kaká 55' Pato 76'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 41,839 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Coppa Italia

17 December 2008 Round of 16	Fiorentina	0–1	Torino	Florence
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)			Bianchi 19'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Antonio Damato

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

12 August 2008 First leg	Fiorentina	2–0	Slavia Prague	Florence, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mutu 3' Gilardino 57'	Report	Belaïd 62'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 32,560 Referee: Howard Webb (England)

27 August 2008 Second leg	Slavia Prague	0–0 (0–2 agg.)	Fiorentina	Prague, Czech Republic
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Gobbi 74'	Stadium: Synot Tip Arena Attendance: 14,943 Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bayern Munich	6	4	2	0	12	4	+8	14	Advance to knockout phase
2	Lyon	6	3	2	1	14	10	+4	11	Advance to knockout phase
3	Fiorentina	6	1	3	2	5	8	−3	6	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Steaua București	6	0	1	5	3	12	−9	1

Source: RSSSF

17 September 2008 1	Lyon	2–2	Fiorentina	Lyon, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Piquionne 73' Benzema 74', 86'	Report	Gilardino 12', 42', 74' Dainelli 62' Melo 68' Jørgensen 90+1'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

30 September 2008 2	Fiorentina	0–0	Steaua București	Florence, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Marin 28' Stancu 70'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 25,383 Referee: Mike Riley (England)

21 October 2008 3	Bayern Munich	3–0	Fiorentina	Munich, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Klose 4' Schweinsteiger 25' Oddo 58' Ribéry 82' Zé Roberto 90'	Report	Kuzmanović 29' Dainelli 64' Gobbi 79'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 66,000 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

5 November 2008 4	Fiorentina	1–1	Bayern Munich	Florence, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mutu 11' Montolivo 90+2'	Report	Borowski 45+1', 78'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 37,034 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

25 November 2008 5	Fiorentina	1–2	Lyon	Florence, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Dainelli 45' Gilardino 45' Zauri 75' Mutu 90+1'	Report	Makoun 15' Benzema 27' Juninho 56' Cris 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 23,736 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

10 December 2008 6	Steaua București	0–1	Fiorentina	Bucharest, Romania
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Nicoliță 1' Moreno 20' Semedo 21' Golański 64' 72' Lovin 71' Rădoi 82'	Report	Zauri 15' Gilardino 63', 66'	Stadium: Stadionul Steaua Attendance: 14,862 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

UEFA Cup

Final phase

Round of 32

19 February 2009 First leg	Fiorentina	0–1	Ajax	Florence, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gamberini 44'	Report	Suárez 44' Schilder 45+1' Bakircioglü 60' Vermaelen 63'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 19,018 Referee: César Muñiz Fernández (Spain)

26 February 2009 Second leg	Ajax	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	Fiorentina	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Enoh 15' Lindgren 24' Leonardo 88'	Report	Donadel 23' Mutu 30' Zauri 39' Gilardino 61'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 42,779 Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		UEFA Champions League		UEFA Cup		Coppa Italia
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	FRA	Sébastien Frey	36	-36	26	-26	8	-8	2	-2	0	0
2	DF	DEN	Per Krøldrup	22	0	16	0	4	0	1	0	1	0
3	DF	ITA	Dario Dainelli	21	0	13	0	7	0	1	0	0	0
4	DF	ITA	Marco Donadel	23	0	19	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
5	DF	ITA	Alessandro Gamberini	32	0	24	0	6	0	2	0	0	0
6	DF	PER	Juan Manuel Vargas	23	3	16	3	7	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	ITA	Franco Semioli	15	0	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
8	FW	MNE	Stevan Jovetić	24	0	18	0	3	0	2	0	1	0
10	FW	ROU	Adrian Mutu	30	13	19	11	8	2	2	0	1	0
11	FW	ITA	Alberto Gilardino	35	21	24	15	8	5	2	1	1	0
13	GK	ITA	Marco Storari	2	-2	1	-1	0	0	0	0	1	-1
14	DF	ITA	Luciano Zauri	24	0	13	0	8	0	2	0	1	0
17	FW	SEN	Papa Waigo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	ITA	Riccardo Montolivo	32	4	24	4	6	0	2	0	0	0
19	MF	ITA	Massimo Gobbi	15	0	10	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
20	MF	DEN	Martin Jørgensen	6	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
21	DF	ITA	Gianluca Comotto	22	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
22	MF	SRB	Zdravko Kuzmanović	31	2	23	2	6	0	1	0	1	0
23	DF	ITA	Manuel Pasqual	13	0	10	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
30	MF	ARG	Sergio Almirón	16	0	10	0	4	0	1	0	1	0
32	FW	ITA	Emiliano Bonazzoli	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF	ITA	Federico Masi	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
88	MF	BRA	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	ITA	Dani Osvaldo	13	0	9	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	ITA	Giampaolo Pazzini	16	1	12	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
54	DF	POR	Manuel da Costa	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	UEFA CL	UEFA Cup	Total
Own goal					0	0	0	0	0
Totals					0	0	0	0	0

Last updated:

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	UEFA CL	UEFA Cup	Total
Totals					0	0	0	0	0

Last updated:

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Serie A			Coppa Italia			UEFA CL			UEFA Cup			Total
Totals				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated:

References

↑ "Statistiche Spettatori Serie A - Attendance Statistics Serie A".
↑ ACF Fiorentina. "Viola Channel - Players" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2008-07-27. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
↑ "El Almería confirma el fichaje de Melo por la Fiorentina" (in Spanish). Diario Marca. 2008-05-21. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
↑ "FIORENTINA, Dalla Juventus arriva Maritato" (in Italian). firenzeviola.it. 2008-07-02. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
↑ "Gilardino quits Milan for Fiorentina". FIFA.com. 2008-05-28. Archived from the original on May 30, 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
↑ "Fiorentina finalise Jovetić switch". FIFA.com. 2008-05-31. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
↑ "Jéffe boosts Fiorentina firepower". uefa.com. 2008-07-07. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
1 2 "Vargas and Comotto firm up Fiorentina". uefa.com. 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
↑ "Storari firms up Fiorentina". uefa.com. 2008-07-15. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
↑ "Zauri leaves Lazio for Fiorentina". uefa.com. 2008-07-18. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
↑ "Almirón agrees Fiorentina loan". uefa.com. 2008-08-05. Retrieved 2008-08-14.
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↑ "Ufficiale: la Fiorentina acquista Scuffia" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport. 2009-01-13. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2009-01-17.
↑ "Liverani joins Palermo" (in Italian). Sky Sports. 2008-05-30. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
↑ "MERCATO NERAZZURRO" (in Italian). Atalanta BC. 2008-06-30. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
↑ "Official: Cacia signs for Lecce". Goal.com. 2008-07-13. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
↑ "ARRIVA POTENZA DA ACF FIORENTINA" (in Italian). Genoa CFC. 2008-07-01. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
↑ "Ujfalusi clinches Atletico move". Sky Sports. 2008-07-01. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
↑ "Comunicato Stampa: la Samp acquista Pazzini". UC Sampdoria. 2009-01-17. Archived from the original on 29 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
↑ "Pablo Osvaldo moves to Bologna from Fiorentina". International Herald Tribune. 2009-01-20. Retrieved 2009-01-24.
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↑ "Canaries seal Lupoli loan signing". BBC Sport. 2008-07-23. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
1 2 "Fiorentina: ceduti due giovani" (in Italian). ANSA. 2009-01-23. Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2009-01-24.
↑ "Papa Waigo:"Voglio ricambiare la fiducia del Lecce"" (in Italian). uslecce.it. 2009-01-27. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
↑ "Ufficiale: Da Costa alla Samp a titolo temporaneo" (in Italian). UC Sampdoria. 2009-01-30. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
↑ "Rukavina und Gulan verstärken die Löwen" (in German). tsv1860.de. 2009-02-02. Archived from the original on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-03.

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[table_hth_JUV0.41994795409029-29] 1 2 Juventus finished ahead of Milan on head-to-head points: Juventus 4–2 Milan, Milan 1–1 Juventus.

[table_hth_FIO0.41994795409029-30] 1 2 Fiorentina finished ahead of Genoa on head-to-head points: Fiorentina 1–0 Genoa, Genoa 3–3 Fiorentina.

[table_note_res_ELPR0.41994795409029-31] Lazio qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 Coppa Italia.

[1] "Statistiche Spettatori Serie A - Attendance Statistics Serie A".

[2] ACF Fiorentina. "Viola Channel - Players" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2008-07-27. Retrieved 2008-07-26.

[3] "El Almería confirma el fichaje de Melo por la Fiorentina" (in Spanish). Diario Marca. 2008-05-21. Retrieved 2008-07-26.

[4] "FIORENTINA, Dalla Juventus arriva Maritato" (in Italian). firenzeviola.it. 2008-07-02. Retrieved 2008-07-26.

[5] "Gilardino quits Milan for Fiorentina". FIFA.com. 2008-05-28. Archived from the original on May 30, 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-26.

[6] "Fiorentina finalise Jovetić switch". FIFA.com. 2008-05-31. Retrieved 2008-07-26.

[7] "Jéffe boosts Fiorentina firepower". uefa.com. 2008-07-07. Retrieved 2008-07-26.

[players1-8] 1 2 "Vargas and Comotto firm up Fiorentina". uefa.com. 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2008-07-26.

[9] "Storari firms up Fiorentina". uefa.com. 2008-07-15. Retrieved 2008-07-26.

[10] "Zauri leaves Lazio for Fiorentina". uefa.com. 2008-07-18. Retrieved 2008-07-26.

[11] "Almirón agrees Fiorentina loan". uefa.com. 2008-08-05. Retrieved 2008-08-14.

[Bonazzoli-12] "Comunicato stampa". ACF Fiorentina. 2009-01-14. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-14.

[13] "Fiorentina: Carcuro in prestito al Crotone" (in Italian). Calciomercato.com. 2009-01-09. Archived from the original on 2011-09-11. Retrieved 2009-01-17.

[14] "Fiorentina: Carcuro in prestito al Crotone" (in Italian). tuttermercatoweb.com. 2009-01-08. Archived from the original on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 2009-01-17.

[15] "Ufficiale: la Fiorentina acquista Scuffia" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport. 2009-01-13. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2009-01-17.

[16] "Liverani joins Palermo" (in Italian). Sky Sports. 2008-05-30. Retrieved 2008-07-26.

[17] "MERCATO NERAZZURRO" (in Italian). Atalanta BC. 2008-06-30. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-30.

[18] "Official: Cacia signs for Lecce". Goal.com. 2008-07-13. Retrieved 2008-07-26.

[19] "ARRIVA POTENZA DA ACF FIORENTINA" (in Italian). Genoa CFC. 2008-07-01. Retrieved 2008-07-01.

[20] "Ujfalusi clinches Atletico move". Sky Sports. 2008-07-01. Retrieved 2008-07-26.

[Pazzini-21] "Comunicato Stampa: la Samp acquista Pazzini". UC Sampdoria. 2009-01-17. Archived from the original on 29 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-14.

[22] "Pablo Osvaldo moves to Bologna from Fiorentina". International Herald Tribune. 2009-01-20. Retrieved 2009-01-24.

[23] "Exclusive: Di Carmine jets in". qpr.premiumtv.co.uk. 2008-07-03. Archived from the original on 2008-09-19. Retrieved 2008-07-26.

[24] "Canaries seal Lupoli loan signing". BBC Sport. 2008-07-23. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-26.

[loanplayers-25] 1 2 "Fiorentina: ceduti due giovani" (in Italian). ANSA. 2009-01-23. Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2009-01-24.

[26] "Papa Waigo:"Voglio ricambiare la fiducia del Lecce"" (in Italian). uslecce.it. 2009-01-27. Retrieved 2009-02-03.

[27] "Ufficiale: Da Costa alla Samp a titolo temporaneo" (in Italian). UC Sampdoria. 2009-01-30. Retrieved 2009-01-30.

[28] "Rukavina und Gulan verstärken die Löwen" (in German). tsv1860.de. 2009-02-02. Archived from the original on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-03.

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