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2004–05 ACF Fiorentina season

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President
  
Andrea Della Valle

Serie A
  
16th

Stadium
  
Stadio Artemio Franchi

Coppa Italia
  
Quarter-finals

Manager
  
Emanuele Mondonico Sergio Buso Dino Zoff

Top goalscorer
  
League: Fabrizio Miccoli (12) All: Fabrizio Miccoli (12)

Associazione Calcio Firenze Fiorentina returned to Serie A, following a two-year absence after the bankruptcy of the previous incarnation of the club. Fiorentina returned only due to the expansion in terms of the number of top-league teams, and therefore had to significantly strengthen the squad in pre-season. Dario Dainelli, Giorgio Chiellini, Hidetoshi Nakata, Fabrizio Miccoli, Martin Jørgensen, goalkeeper Cristiano Lupatelli, Enzo Maresca, Tomáš Ujfaluši and Javier Portillo were among the highly rated players to sign up for Fiorentina, either permanently or on loan. With this squad, Fiorentina was expected to challenge for a place on the top half of the table, but slipped into the relegation battle that affected more than half of the Serie A clubs during the dramatic season. In the end, a strong finish to the season under incoming coach Dino Zoff saved La Viola from relegation, with an emotional 3–0 victory against Brescia confirming their survival.

Contents

Goalkeepers

  • Sebastián Cejas
  • Marco Roccati
  • Cristiano Lupatelli
  • Francesco Palmieri

    • Defenders

  • Dario Dainelli
  • Giorgio Chiellini
  • Mirko Savini
  • Tomáš Ujfaluši
  • Christian Maggio
  • Daniele Delli Carri
  • William Viali
  • Antonio Aquilanti

    • Midfielders

  • Christian Obodo
  • Luis Helguera
  • Angelo Di Livio
  • Luca Ariatti
  • Hidetoshi Nakata
  • Enzo Maresca
  • Martin Jørgensen
  • Marco Donadel
  • Luigi Piangerelli
  • Gaetano Fontana

    • Forwards

  • Christian Riganò
  • Fabrizio Miccoli
  • Javier Portillo
  • Giampaolo Pazzini
  • Enrico Fantini
  • Valeri Bojinov

    • Overall

    Last updated: 29 May 2005

    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
    1 Juventus were stripped of the title during the 2005–06 Serie A season, because of the 2006 Italian football scandal
    2Roma gained entry to the 2005–06 UEFA Cup as 2004–05 Coppa Italia runners-up: champions Internazionale qualified to the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League.
    3Lazio gained entry to the 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Messina and Livorno renounced.
    (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: 29 May 2005.
    Source: Competitive matches

    Results by round

    Last updated: 29 May 2005.
    Source: Competitive matches
    Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

    Goalscorers

    Last updated:

    Clean sheets

    Last updated:

    Disciplinary record

    Last updated:

    References

    2004–05 ACF Fiorentina season Wikipedia
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