1987–88 AC Fiorentina season

A.C. Fiorentina had its first season under Swedish coach Sven-Göran Eriksson, posting a stable mid-table season. Eriksson's compatriot Glenn Hysén arrived from UEFA Cup champions IFK Göteborg, the centre half becoming a crucial player for La Viola. Starlet Roberto Baggio finally got his breakthrough, scoring six league goals.

Fiorentina
1987–88 season
ChairmanLorenzo Righetti
ManagerSven-Göran Eriksson
Serie A8th
Coppa ItaliaRound of 16
Top goalscorerRamón Díaz (7)

Squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   ITA Paolo Conti
GK   ITA Marco Landucci
GK   ITA Alessandro Misefori
DF   ITA Stefano Carobbi
DF   ITA Renzo Contratto
DF   SWE Glenn Hysén
DF   ITA Ernesto Calisti
DF   ITA Celeste Pin
DF   ITA Andrea Rocchigiani
MF   ITA Simone Sereni
MF   ITA Sergio Battistini
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   ITA Roberto Bosco
MF   ITA Nicola Berti
MF   ITA Roberto Onorati
MF   ITA Roberto Gelsi
MF   ITA Alberto Di Chiara
FW   ITA Paolo Ciucchi
FW   ITA Roberto Baggio
FW   ITA Fabio Graccaneli
FW   ARG Ramón Díaz
FW   ITA Davide Pellegrini
FW   ITA Stefano Rebonato

Transfers

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In
Pos. Name from Type
DF Glenn Hysén IFK Göteborg -
MF Roberto Bosco Pescara -
FW Davide Pellegrini Pisa loan ended
DF Ernesto Calisti SS Lazio -
Out
Pos. Name To Type
DF Roberto Galbiati retired
DF Claudio Gentile Piacenza -
DF Aldo Maldera retired
MF Giancarlo Antognoni retired
MF Gabriele Oriali end of contract
FW Paolo Monelli SS Lazio -

Competitions

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Serie A

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Juventus[a] 30 11 9 10 35 30 +5 31 Qualification to UEFA Cup
7 Torino 30 8 15 7 33 30 +3 31
8 Fiorentina 30 9 10 11 29 33 −4 28
9 Cesena 30 7 12 11 23 32 −9 26
10 Hellas Verona 30 7 11 12 23 30 −7 25
Source: 1987–88 Serie A,RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.[1]
Notes:
  1. ^ Juventus won the UEFA Cup qualification match against Torino 0–0*(4:2) then qualified to 1988–89 UEFA Cup.

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultDWDDWLWLDLLLWLDLDLDDWDWLDLWLWW
Position7335264656999101011101111119109910109988
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   = 1988–89 European Cup;   = 1988–89 UEFA Cup;   = 1988–89 Serie B

Matches

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13 September 1987 1 Fiorentina 0–0 Verona Florence
Report Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Referee: Romeo Paparesta
20 September 1987 2 Milan 0–2 Fiorentina Milan
Tassotti   75' Report Díaz   22',   76'
R. Baggio   78'
Stadium: Stadio San Siro
Attendance: 74,880
Referee: Pietro D'Elia
27 September 1987 3 Fiorentina 1–1 Como Florence
Díaz   36' Report Annoni   76' Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Referee: Carlo Sguizzato
25 October 1987 6 Torino 2–1 Fiorentina Turin
Polster   22', 67' Report R. Baggio   72' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Referee: Salvatore Lombardo
1 November 1987 7 Fiorentina 4–0 Pescara Florence
Hysén   20'
D. Pellegrini   23'
Díaz   45'
Carobbi   71'
Report Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Referee: Carlo Longhi
8 November 1987 8 Cesena 1–0 Fiorentina Cesena
Di Bartolomei   60' (pen.) Report Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Referee: Angelo Amendolia
22 November 1987 9 Fiorentina 1–1 Sampdoria Florence
A. Paganin   33' (o.g.) Report Cerezo   37' Stadium: Stadio Comunale
29 November 1987 10 Pisa 2–1 Fiorentina Pisa
Paciocco   19'
Lucarelli   64'
Report R. Baggio   42'
D. Pellegrini   89'
Stadium: Arena Garibaldi
Referee: Pierluigi Magni
13 December 1987 11 Fiorentina 1–2 Internazionale Florence
Berti   6' Report Passarella   36' (pen.)
Ciocci   84'
Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Referee: Luigi Agnolin
20 December 1987 12 Ascoli 3–0 Fiorentina Ascoli Piceno
Giovannelli   43' (pen.), 64' (pen.)
Casagrande   58'
Report Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca
Referee: Romeo Paparesta
3 January 1988 13 Fiorentina 1–0 Roma Florence
Collovati   43' (o.g.)
Contratto   65'
Report Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Referee: Tullio Lanese
10 January 1988 14 Napoli 4–0 Fiorentina Naples
Giordano   3', 74'
Careca   33'
Maradona   35'
Report Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Referee: Fabio Baldas
17 January 1988 15 Fiorentina 1–1 Juventus Florence
Rebonato   58' Report De Agostini   19' Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Referee: Paolo Casarin
24 January 1988 16 Verona 1–0 Fiorentina Verona
Pacione   43' Report Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Referee: Pierluigi Magni
31 January 1988 17 Fiorentina 1–1 Milan Florence
Di Chiara   49',   81'
Bosco   53'
Battistini   72'
Report Mussi   21'
Virdis   39'   72'
Baresi   74' (pen.)
Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 52,068
Referee: Romeo Paparesta
7 February 1988 18 Como 1–0 Fiorentina Como
Corneliusson   70' Report Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia
Referee: Salvatore Lombardo
14 February 1988 19 Fiorentina 0–0 Empoli Florence
Report Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Referee: Arcangelo Pezzella
28 February 1988 20 Avellino 1–1 Fiorentina Avellino
Schachner   36' (pen.) Report D. Pellegrini   33' Stadium: Stadio Partenio
Referee: Carlo Longhi
6 March 1988 21 Fiorentina 1–0 Torino Florence
Díaz   90' (pen.) Report Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Referee: Werter Cornieti
13 March 1988 22 Pescara 1–1 Fiorentina Pescara
Gasperini   4'
Slišković   55'
Report R. Baggio   88' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Adriatico
Referee: Arcangelo Pezzella
20 March 1988 23 Fiorentina 3–1 Cesena Florence
Battistini   13'
Díaz   16'
Leoni   33' (o.g.)
Report Lorenzo   47' Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Referee: Moreno Frigerio
27 March 1988 24 Sampdoria 1–0 Fiorentina Genoa
Bonomi   57' (pen.) Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Carlo Sguizzato
10 April 1988 25 Fiorentina 0–0 Pisa Florence
Report Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Referee: Arcangelo Pezzella
17 April 1988 26 Internazionale 3–0 Fiorentina Milan
Minaudo   47'
Piraccini   84'
Ciocci   87'
Report Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Referee: Bruno Di Cola
1 May 1988 28 Roma 2–1 Fiorentina Rome
Giannini   32', 39' Report Rebonato   76' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Mauro Felicani
8 May 1988 29 Fiorentina 3–2 Napoli Florence
Di Chiara   9'
Díaz   58', 72'
Berti   75'
Report Ferrara   24'
Renica   90'
Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Referee: Carlo Longhi
15 May 1988 30 Juventus 1–2 Fiorentina Turin
De Agostini   78' (pen.) Report R. Baggio   32'
Di Chiara   75'
Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Referee: Paolo Casarin

Coppa Italia

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First round

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Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Napoli 5 5 0 0 0 11 1 +10 15
2 Fiorentina 5 4 0 0 1 8 3 +5 12
3 Livorno 5 2 0 1 2 5 6 −1 7
4 Udinese 5 1 1 0 3 4 6 −2 5
5 Padova 5 0 1 2 2 2 4 −2 4
6 Modena 5 0 1 0 4 1 11 −10 2
Source: [citation needed]

Results

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23 August 1987 1 Padova 0–1 Fiorentina Padua
Diaz   74' Stadium: Stadio Euganeo
Referee: Moreno Frigerio
26 August 1987 2 Fiorentina 2–0 Udinese Florence
R. Baggio   31' (pen.)
Diaz   77'
Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Referee: Sergio Coppetelli
30 August 1987 3 Modena 0–2 Fiorentina Modena
Diaz   81'
D. Pellegrini   89'
Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia
Referee: Carlo Longhi
2 September 1987 4 Fiorentina 2–1 Livorno Florence
R. Baggio   21'
Diaz   23'
Protti   55' Stadium: Stadio Comunale
6 September 1987 5 Napoli 2–1 Fiorentina Naples
Francini   5'
Maradona   51' (pen.)
R. Baggio   30' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Referee: Rosario Lo Bello

Round of 16

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6 January 1988 First leg Napoli 2–3 Fiorentina Naples
Maradona   18' (pen.)
Careca   57'
Carobbi   44'
Onorati   52'
Diaz   80'
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Referee: Werter Cornieti
20 January 1988 Second leg Fiorentina 1–3
(4–5 agg.)
Napoli Florence
Di Chiara   33' Carnevale   50', 81'
Renica   72'
Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Referee: Rosario Lo Bello

Statistics

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Players statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total 1987–88 Serie A 1987–88 Coppa Italia
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   ITA Marco Landucci 37 -41 30 -33 7 -8
DF   ITA Stefano Carobbi 32 2 28 1 4 1
DF   SWE Glenn Hysén 36 1 30 1 6 0
DF   ITA Sergio Battistini 27 1 20 1 7 0
DF   ITA Renzo Contratto 30 0 23 0 7 0
MF   ITA Alberto Di Chiara 35 4 28 3 7 1
MF   ITA Roberto Onorati 33 1 25+1 0 7 1
MF   ITA Roberto Bosco 33 0 22+4 0 7 0
MF   ITA Nicola Berti 28 1 25 1 3 0
FW   ARG Ramón Díaz 31 12 24 7 7 5
FW   ITA Roberto Baggio 34 9 26+1 6 7 3
GK   ITA Paolo Conti 0 0 0 -0 0 -0
FW   ITA Davide Pellegrini 31 4 18+7 3 6 1
DF   ITA Celeste Pin 24 0 14+5 0 5 0
DF   ITA Ernesto Calisti 14 0 8+5 0 1 0
FW   ITA Stefano Rebonato 18 2 6+11 2 1 0
MF   ITA Roberto Gelsi 10 0 3+2 0 5 0
FW   ITA Paolo Ciucchi 5 0 0+5 0 0 0
MF   ITA Simone Sereni 2 0 0+2 0 0 0
GK   ITA Alessandro Misefori 0 0 0 -0 0 -0
DF   ITA Andrea Rocchigiani 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   ITA Vignini 0 0 0 0
DF   ITA Massimo Paganin 0 0 0 0 0 0

Topscorers

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References

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  1. ^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.