1956–57 AC Fiorentina season

Associazione Calcio Fiorentina
	File:AC Fiorentina Serie A 1955-56.jpg
Chairman	Enrico Befani
Manager	Fulvio Bernardini
Stadium	Comunale
Serie A	2nd
European Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; Montuori (14); All: ; Montuori (15)
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	← 1955–56 1957–58 →

During 1956–57 Associazione Calcio Fiorentina competed in Serie A and European Cup.

Summary

The club kept the majority of squad players and reached a decent 2nd place in Serie A just below Champions AC Milan.^[1]^[2] Brazilian Forward Julinho delivered another superb season being crucial for the good pace of the team.^[3] Argentinian Miguel Montuori finished as club topscorer for the first time.^[4] However, the season is best remembered by the first European Cup participation for the club,^[5] which, clinched the 1957 European Cup Final^[6] only to be defeated by Real Madrid by a 2-0 score.^[7]

Squad

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	Italy ITA	Giuliano Sarti
—	GK	Italy ITA	Riccardo Toros
—	DF	Italy ITA	Sergio Cervato
—	DF	Italy ITA	Ardico Magnini
—	DF	Italy ITA	Giacomo Del Gratta
—	DF	Italy ITA	Sergio Pini
—	DF	Italy ITA	Francesco Rosetta
—	MF	Italy ITA	Alberto Orzan
—	MF	Italy ITA	Sergio Carpanesi
—	MF	Italy ITA	Aldo Scaramucci
—	MF	Italy ITA	Maurilio Prini


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	Italy ITA	Giuseppe Chiappella
—	MF	Italy ITA	Armando Segato
—	FW	Argentina ARG	Miguel Montuori
—	FW	Italy ITA	Giuseppe Virgili
—	MF	Italy ITA	Guido Gratton
—	FW	Italy ITA	Romano Taccola
—	FW	Italy ITA	Orlando Rozzoni
—	FW	Italy ITA	Silvio Parodi Ramos
—	FW	Italy ITA	Claudio Bizzarri
—	FW	Brazil BRA	Julinho

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Romano Taccola
FW	Orlando Rozzoni
FW	Silvio Parodi Ramos
DF	Giacomo Del Gratta
DF	Sergio Pini

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Giampiero Bartoli
MF	Bruno Mazza

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Milan (C)	34	21	6	7	65	40	+25	48	Qualification to European Cup and for the Latin Cup
2	Fiorentina	34	16	10	8	55	40	+15	42
3	Lazio	34	14	13	7	52	40	+12	41
4	Udinese	34	15	6	13	59	58	+1	36
5	Internazionale	34	11	13	10	53	45	+8	35

Source: Panini
(C) Champions

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	D
Position	1	5	7	5	5	3	4	4	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, 1957-58 European Cup; = 1957–58 Serie B

Matches

16 September 1956 1	Udinese	2 – 5	Fiorentina	Udine
	File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Lindskog File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' Secchi		File:Soccerball shade.svg 1', File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Montuori File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' Julinho File:Soccerball shade.svg 81' (pen) Cervato File:Soccerball shade.svg 87' Virgili	Stadium: Stadio Moretti Referee: Liverani

23 September 1956 2	Fiorentina	0 – 0	SS Lazio	Firenze
				Stadium: Comunale Referee: Austria Seipelt

30 September 1956 3	Torino	2 – 1	Fiorentina	Torino
	File:Soccerball shade.svg 3'Arce Ricagni File:Soccerball shade.svg 39'		File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' Montuori	Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Jonni

7 October 1956 4	Fiorentina	2 – 0	SPAL	Firenze
	File:Soccerball shade.svg 59' Julinho File:Soccerball shade.svg 74' Rozzoni			Stadium: Comunale Referee: Guarnaschelli

14 October 1956 5	Sampdoria	2 – 2	Fiorentina	Genova
	Agnoletto File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' Ocwirk File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' (pen)		File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' Montuori File:Soccerball shade.svg 72' Rozzoni	Stadium: [[ Stadio Luigi Ferraris\|Luigi Ferraris]] Referee: Liverani

21 October 1956 6	Fiorentina	2 – 1	Bologna	Firenze
	Montuori File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' Gratton File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'		File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' Cervellati	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Austria Kainer

28 October 1956 7	Fiorentina	0 – 3	Milan	Firenze
			File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' (o.g.) Rosetta File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' Schiaffino File:Soccerball shade.svg 67' Bean	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Lo Bello

18 November 1956 8	AS Roma	0 – 2	Fiorentina	Roma
			File:Soccerball shade.svg 28', File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' Julinho	Stadium: [[ Stadio Olimpico\|Olimpico]] Referee: Bonetto

25 November 1956 9	Fiorentina	1 – 0	Genoa	Firenze
	File:Soccerball shade.svg 89' (pen) Cervato			Stadium: Comunale Referee: Griggi

2 December 1956 10	SSC Napoli	1 – 1	Fiorentina	Napoli
	Moro File:Soccerball shade.svg 23'		File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' Segato	Stadium: Stadio del Vomero Referee: Austria Grill

16 December 1956 11	Fiorentina	3 – 1	Palermo	Firenze
	File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Julinho Montuori File:Soccerball shade.svg 37', File:Soccerball shade.svg 63'		File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' Luosi	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Menchini

23 December 1956 12	Inter	2 – 1	Fiorentina	Milano
	Massei File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' Lorenzi File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'		File:Soccerball shade.svg 81' Virgili	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Austria Roman

30 December 1956 13	Fiorentina	3 – 0	Triestina	Firenze
	Virgili File:Soccerball shade.svg 12', File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' Montuori File:Soccerball shade.svg 30'			Stadium: Comunale Referee: Marangio

6 January 1957 14	Atalanta	1 – 1	Fiorentina	Bergamo
	Bassetto File:Soccerball shade.svg 8'		File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' Julinho	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Liverani

13 January 1957 15	Lanerossi Vicenza	4 – 0	Fiorentina	Vicenza
	Chiappella File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' (o.g.) Valentinuzzi File:Soccerball shade.svg 20 ' David File:Soccerball shade.svg 61 ' Motta File:Soccerball shade.svg 72 '			Stadium: Romeo Menti Referee: Orlandini

20 January 1957 16	Fiorentina	3 – 0	Padova	Firenze
	Virgili File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' Bizzarri File:Soccerball shade.svg 67' Montuori File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'			Stadium: Comunale Referee: Corallo

27 January 1957 17	Juventus	1 – 1	Fiorentina	Torino
	Boniperti File:Soccerball shade.svg 12'		File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' (pen) Cervato	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Orlandini

3 February 1957 18	Fiorentina	2 – 1	Udinese	Firenze
	Bizzarri File:Soccerball shade.svg 23', File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'		File:Soccerball shade.svg 18'	Stadium: Comunale Referee: De Gregorio

10 February 1957 19	SS Lazio	3 – 0	Fiorentina	Roma
	File:Soccerball shade.svg 45'Tozzi Vivolo File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' (pen) Selmosson File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'			Stadium: Olimpico Referee: Pieri

17 February 1957 20	Fiorentina	1 – 0	Torino	Firenze
	File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' Julinho			Stadium: Comunale Referee: Guarnaschelli

24 February 1957 21	SPAL	2 – 1	Fiorentina	Ferrara
	File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' (o.g.) Segato Firotto File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'		File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' Rozzoni	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Austria Meyer

3 March 1957 22	Fiorentina	3 – 0	Sampdoria	Firenze
	File:Soccerball shade.svg 2' Parodi Julinho File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' Virgili File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'			Stadium: Comunale Referee: Liverani

10 March 1957 23	Bologna	2 – 2	Fiorentina	Bologna
	File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' (o.g.) Rosetta Cervellati File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' (pen )		File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Virgili File:Soccerball shade.svg 89' Julinho	Stadium: Renato Dall'Ara Referee: Austria Grill

17 March 1957 24	AC Milan	2 – 0	Fiorentina	Milano
	Galli File:Soccerball shade.svg 29 ', File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'			Stadium: San Siro Referee: Moriconi

24 March 1957 25	Fiorentina	2 – 2	AS Roma	Firenze
	Montuori File:Soccerball shade.svg 56', File:Soccerball shade.svg 86 '		File:Soccerball shade.svg 31', File:Soccerball shade.svg 76' Nordahl	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Pieri

31 March 1957 26	Genoa	1 – 2	Fiorentina	Genova
	File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' Dal Monte		File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' Bizzarri File:Soccerball shade.svg 59' Virgili	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Referee: Marchetti

7 April 1957 27	Fiorentina	4 – 0	SSC Napoli	Firenze
	Cervato File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' (pen ) Virgili File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Montuori File:Soccerball shade.svg 42', File:Soccerball shade.svg 61'			Stadium: Comunale Referee: Famulari

14 April 1957 28	Palermo	0 – 1	Fiorentina	Palermo
			File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' Cervato	Stadium: La Favorita Referee: Piemonte

28 April 1957 29	Fiorentina	3 – 1	Inter	Firenze
	Gratton File:Soccerball shade.svg 38 ' Montuori File:Soccerball shade.svg 40 ' Prini File:Soccerball shade.svg 77 '		File:Soccerball shade.svg 51 ' Vonlanthen	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Orlandini

5 May 1957 30	Triestina	0 – 0	Fiorentina	Trieste
				Stadium: Grezar Referee: Righi

19 May 1957 31	Fiorentina	0 – 1	Atalanta	Firenze
			File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' Mion	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Moriconi

2 June 1957 32	Fiorentina	2 – 1	Lanerossi Vicenza	Firenze
	Parodi File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' Taccola File:Soccerball shade.svg 59'		File:Soccerball shade.svg 16 ' Lojacono	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Maurelli

9 June 1957 33	Padova	2 – 2	Fiorentina	Padova
	Boscolo File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' Bonistalli File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'		File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' Bizzarri File:Soccerball shade.svg 87 ' Magnini	Stadium: Silvio Appiani Referee: Ferrari

16 June 1957 34	Fiorentina	2 – 2	Juventus	Firenze
	File:Soccerball shade.svg 75 'Bizzarri Virgili File:Soccerball shade.svg 89 '		File:Soccerball shade.svg 65 ' Stivanello File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' (pen ) Montico	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Caputo

European Cup

Eightfinals

21 novembre 1956 1	Fiorentina Italy	1 – 1	SwedenIFK Norrköping	Firenze
14:30 CET	Bizzarri File:Soccerball shade.svg 15 '		File:Soccerball shade.svg 8 ' Bild	Stadium: Comunale Referee: France Dean Harzic

28 November 1956 2	IFK Norrköping Sweden	0 – 1	Italy Fiorentina	Norrköping
14:30 CET			File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' Virgili	Stadium: Nya Parken Referee: France Michel Devillers

Quarterfinals

6 February 1957 1	Fiorentina Italy	3 – 1	Switzerland Grasshoppers F.C.	Firenze
15:00 CET	Segato File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' Taccola File:Soccerball shade.svg 10', File:Soccerball shade.svg 12'		File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Ballaman	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Austria Fritz Seipelt

27 February 1957 2	Grasshoppers F.C. Switzerland	2 – 2	Italy Fiorentina	Zürich
20:00 CET	Ballaman File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' Vukosavljević File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'		File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' Julinho File:Soccerball shade.svg 52 ' Montuori	Stadium: Hardturm Referee: Austria Fritz Seipelt

Semifinals

3 April 1957 1	Crvena Zvezda Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	0 – 1	Italy Fiorentina	Belgrado
15:45 EET			File:Soccerball shade.svg 88' Prini	Stadium: Stadio Rajko Mitić Referee: Arbitro:Belgium Albert Alsteen

18 April 1957 2	Fiorentina Italy	0 – 0	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena Zvezda	Firenze
16:15 CET				Stadium: Comunale Referee: Netherlands Klaas Schipper

Final

30 May 1957	Real Madrid Spain	2 – 0	Italy Fiorentina	Madrid
	File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' (pen)Di Stéfano Gento File:Soccerball shade.svg 76'			Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu Attendance: 124 000 Referee: Netherlands Leopold Sylvain Horn

Statistics

Player statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		1956–57 Serie A		1956–57 European Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	Italy ITA	Giuliano Sarti	26	-28	22	-25	4	-3
	DF	Italy ITA	Sergio Cervato	37	5	30	5	7	0
	DF	Italy ITA	Ardico Magnini	34	1	29	1	5	0
	MF	Italy ITA	Alberto Orzan	37	0	31	0	6	0
	MF	Italy ITA	Giuseppe Chiappella	28	0	24	0	4	0
	MF	Italy ITA	Armando Segato	37	2	30	1	7	1
	MF	Italy ITA	Guido Gratton	35	2	30	2	5	0
	FW	Argentina ARG	Miguel Montuori	37	15	30	14	7	1
	FW	Italy ITA	Giuseppe Virgili	26	11	22	10	4	1
	FW	Italy ITA	Claudio Bizzarri	24	6	21	5	3	1
	FW	Brazil BRA	Julinho	37	10	30	9	7	1
	GK	Italy ITA	Riccardo Toros	15	-18	12	-15	3	-3
	DF	Italy ITA	Francesco Rosetta	18	0	15	0	3	0
	MF	Italy ITA	Aldo Scaramucci	15	0	11	0	4	0
	FW	Italy ITA	Orlando Rozzoni	10	3	9	3	1	0
	MF	Italy ITA	Maurilio Prini	11	2	9	1	2	1
	FW	Italy ITA	Silvio Parodi Ramos	9	2	7	2	2	0
	FW	Italy ITA	Romano Taccola	9	4	6	2	3	2
	MF	Italy ITA	Sergio Carpanesi	3	0	3	0
	DF	Italy ITA	Sergio Pini	1	0	1	0
	DF	Italy ITA	Giacomo Del Gratta

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1956/445/

References

↑ "Fiorentina 1955/56: la prima cosa bella" (in Italian). Storide di Calcio. 14 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
↑ Freddi, Cris (30 May 2014). "The Joy of Six: World Cup classics". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
↑ "CALCIO – I CLUB" (in Italian). Treccani. Retrieved 20 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
↑ "1956–57 AC Fiorentina season". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
↑ Simpson, Paul; Hesse-Lichtenberger, Uli (October 2005). Sleight, Hugh (ed.). "50 Things You Never Knew About... The European Cup". FourFourTwo (134). Teddington: Haymarket Consumer: 101. ISSN 1355-0276.
↑ European Cup 1956/57 from UEFA
↑ Borgi, Stefano (28 August 2013). "CUADRADO, TRA GARRINCHA E JULINHO..." (in Italian). Firenze Viola. Retrieved 20 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[1] "Fiorentina 1955/56: la prima cosa bella" (in Italian). Storide di Calcio. 14 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[2] Freddi, Cris (30 May 2014). "The Joy of Six: World Cup classics". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 January 2020.

[3] "CALCIO – I CLUB" (in Italian). Treccani. Retrieved 20 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[NFT-4] "1956–57 AC Fiorentina season". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 12 June 2016.

[5] Simpson, Paul; Hesse-Lichtenberger, Uli (October 2005). Sleight, Hugh (ed.). "50 Things You Never Knew About... The European Cup". FourFourTwo (134). Teddington: Haymarket Consumer: 101. ISSN 1355-0276.

[6] European Cup 1956/57 from UEFA

[7] Borgi, Stefano (28 August 2013). "CUADRADO, TRA GARRINCHA E JULINHO..." (in Italian). Firenze Viola. Retrieved 20 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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