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1997–98 A.C. Fiorentina season

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President
  
Vittorio Cecchi Gori

Stadium
  
Stadio Artemio Franchi

Coppa Italia
  
Quarter-finals

Manager
  
Alberto Malesani

Serie A
  
5th

Top goalscorer
  
League: Gabriel Batistuta (21) All: Gabriel Batistuta (24)

Associazione Calcio Fiorentina came off second best in a competitive battle for fourth in Serie A. Under Alberto Malesani's leadership, Fiorentina played an attacking 3–5–2 formation, where goal scoring duo Gabriel Batistuta and Luís Oliveira scored an accumulated 36 goals between them. Following the end of the season, Malesani accepted an offer from Parma, thus departing the club after only one season in charge. Sensationally, Giovanni Trapattoni became his successor, remarking that Fiorentina was serious about winning the league.

Contents

Goalkeepers

  • Francesco Toldo
  • Valerio Fiori
  • Giacomo Dondoli
  • Defenders

  • Giulio Falcone
  • Michele Serena
  • Pasquale Padalino
  • Aldo Firicano
  • Stefano Bettarini
  • Roberto Mirri
  • Simone Bartaloni
  • Andrea Tarozzi
  • Midfielders

  • Stefan Schwarz
  • Emiliano Bigica
  • Rui Costa
  • Giovanni Piacentini
  • Sandro Cois
  • Andrei Kanchelskis
  • Anselmo Robbiati
  • Domenico Morfeo
  • Christian Amoroso
  • Mirko Benin
  • Carlo Carta
  • Forwards

  • Gabriel Batistuta
  • Anselmo Robbiati
  • Andrea Mussi
  • Francesco Flachi
  • Luís Oliveira
  • Alessandro Atzeni
  • Edmundo
  • League table

    Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
    (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.

    Results summary

    Last updated: 24 July 2015.
    Source: Competitive matches

    Results by round

    Last updated: 24 July 2015.
    Source: Competitive matches
    Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

    Goalscorers

  • Gabriel Batistuta 21
  • Luís Oliveira 14 (1)
  • Domenico Morfeo 5 (1)
  • Edmundo 4
  • Anselmo Robbiati 4
  • References

    1997–98 A.C. Fiorentina season Wikipedia