1997–98 AC Fiorentina season

Fiorentina
1997–98 season
President	Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Manager	Alberto Malesani
Stadium	Stadio Artemio Franchi
Serie A	5th
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Gabriel Batistuta (21); All: ; Gabriel Batistuta (24)
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

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.

Players

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	Italy ITA	Francesco Toldo
2	DF	Italy ITA	Giulio Falcone
3	DF	Italy ITA	Michele Serena
4	MF	Italy ITA	Giovanni Piacentini
5	DF	Italy ITA	Pasquale Padalino
6	DF	Italy ITA	Aldo Firicano
7	MF	Sweden SWE	Stefan Schwarz
8	MF	Italy ITA	Emiliano Bigica
9	FW	Argentina ARG	Gabriel Batistuta
10	MF	Portugal POR	Rui Costa
11	DF	Italy ITA	Stefano Bettarini
14	MF	Italy ITA	Sandro Cois
15	DF	Italy ITA	Roberto Mirri
16	DF	Italy ITA	Simone Bartaloni


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	Russia RUS	Andrei Kanchelskis
18	FW	Italy ITA	Francesco Flachi
19	FW	Italy ITA	Davide Dionigi
20	MF	Italy ITA	Domenico Morfeo
21	MF	Italy ITA	Mirko Benin
22	GK	Italy ITA	Valerio Fiori
23	FW	Italy ITA	Anselmo Robbiati
24	MF	Italy ITA	Christian Amoroso
25	FW	Brazil BRA	Luís Oliveira
27	DF	Italy ITA	Andrea Tarozzi
28	FW	Italy ITA	Alessandro Atzeni
29	FW	Brazil BRA	Edmundo
32	MF	Italy ITA	Carlo Carta
26	MF	Italy ITA	Danilo Stefani
34	FW	Italy ITA	Francesco Tavano

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
MF	Domenico Morfeo	Atalanta B.C.	€7.70 million
MF	Christian Amoroso	Empoli F.C.	loan ended
GK	Valerio Fiori	A.C. Cesena
FW	Francesco Flachi	A.S. Bari	loan ended
DF	Stefano Bettarini	Cagliari Calcio
FW	Davide Dionigi	Reggina Calcio
FW	Francesco Tavano	Nola

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Lorenzo Amoruso	Glasgow Rangers	€6.00 million
FW	Francesco Baiano	Derby County
MF	Massimo Orlando	Atalanta B.C.
DF	Vittorio Pusceddu	Empoli F.C.
DF	Daniele Carnasciali	Bologna F.C.
GK	Gianmatteo Mareggini	A.C. Siena

Winter

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Edmundo	CR Vasco da Gama

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Vittorio Pusceddu	Torino F.C.
FW	Francesco Flachi	Ancona	loan
FW	Davide Dionigi	Piacenza Calcio

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Udinese	34	19	7	8	62	40	+22	64	Qualification to UEFA Cup
4	Roma	34	16	11	7	67	42	+25	59
5	Fiorentina	34	15	12	7	65	36	+29	57^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6	Parma	34	15	12	7	55	39	+16	57
7	Lazio	34	16	8	10	53	30	+23	56	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup

Source: 1997–98 Serie A, RSSSF.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[1]
Notes:

↑ Fiorentina finished ahead of Parma on head-to-head points: FIO 1–1 PAR; PAR 1–2 FIO.

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
34	15	12	7	65	36	+29	57	8	7	2	36	13	+23	7	5	5	29	23	+6

Last updated: 24 July 2015.
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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	W
Position	1	1	6	9	11	11	11	8	9	9	10	9	7	8	6	8	6	6	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	5

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed; = Leader, 1998–99 UEFA Champions League Group stage; = 1998–99 UEFA Champions League Second Qualifying round; = 1998–99 UEFA Cup First round; = Qualification to Intertoto Cup; = 1998–99 Serie B

Matches

31 August 1997 1	Udinese	2–3	Fiorentina	Udine
	Amoroso File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' Poggi File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'	Report	Batistuta File:Soccerball shade.svg 59', 89', 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Domenico Messina

14 September 1997 2	Fiorentina	3–1	Bari	Florence
	Batistuta File:Soccerball shade.svg 1', 11' Kanchelskis File:Soccerball shade.svg 39'	Report	Ventola File:Soccerball shade.svg 2'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Pierpaolo Rossi

21 September 1997 3	Internazionale	3–2	Fiorentina	Milan
	Ronaldo File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Moriero File:Soccerball shade.svg 72' Djorkaeff File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'	Report	Serena File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+1' Batistuta File:Soccerball shade.svg 47'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Graziano Cesari

28 September 1997 4	Fiorentina	1–2	Empoli	Florence
	Batistuta File:Soccerball shade.svg 24'	Report	Tonetto File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' Martusciello File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

5 October 1997 5	Juventus	2–1	Fiorentina	Turin
	Inzaghi File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' Del Piero File:Soccerball shade.svg 36'	Report	Pessotto File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Livio Bazzoli

19 October 1997 6	Fiorentina	0–0	Roma	Florence
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

2 November 1997 7	Piacenza	0–0	Fiorentina	Piacenza
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli Referee: Massimo De Santis

9 November 1997 8	Fiorentina	5–0	Lecce	Florence
	Batistuta File:Soccerball shade.svg 18', 90+2' Oliveira File:Soccerball shade.svg 45', 63' Rossi File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Lorenzo Branzoni

23 November 1997 9	Bologna	2–2	Fiorentina	Bologna
	Andersson File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' Paramatti File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'	Report	Oliveira File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' Batistuta File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

30 November 1997 10	Napoli	1–1	Fiorentina	Naples
	Turrini File:Soccerball shade.svg 34'	Report	Firicano File:Soccerball shade.svg 28'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

7 December 1997 11	Fiorentina	1–1	Parma	Florence
	Morfeo File:Soccerball shade.svg 58'	Report	Apolloni File:Soccerball shade.svg 54'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

14 December 1997 12	Vicenza	1–5	Fiorentina	Vicenza
	Di Napoli File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'	Report	Oliveira File:Soccerball shade.svg 7', 54' Batistuta File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' Serena File:Soccerball shade.svg 59' Schwarz File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Referee: Gennaro Borriello

21 December 1997 13	Fiorentina	5–0	Atalanta	Florence
	Padalino File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Serena File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' Oliveira File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' Batistuta File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' Robbiati File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

4 January 1998 14	Fiorentina	1–1	Sampdoria	Florence
	Batistuta File:Soccerball shade.svg 7'	Report	Montella File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Domenico Messina

11 January 1998 15	Brescia	1–3	Fiorentina	Brescia
	Hübner File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' (pen.)	Report	Morfeo File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' Batistuta File:Soccerball shade.svg 61' Rui Costa File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Referee: Livio Bazzoli

18 January 1998 16	Fiorentina	1–3	Lazio	Florence
	Cois File:Soccerball shade.svg 29'	Report	Bokšić File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Rambaudi File:Soccerball shade.svg 78' Nedvěd File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Graziano Cesari

25 January 1998 17	Milan	0–2	Fiorentina	Milan
		Report	Oliveira File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' Morfeo File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Gennaro Borriello

1 February 1998 18	Fiorentina	1–0	Udinese	Florence
	Oliveira File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

8 February 1998 19	Bari	0–1	Fiorentina	Bari
		Report	Morfeo File:Soccerball shade.svg 71'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

11 February 1998 20	Fiorentina	1–1	Internazionale	Florence
	Batistuta File:Soccerball shade.svg 42'	Report	Ronaldo File:Soccerball shade.svg 26'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

15 February 1998 21	Empoli	1–1	Fiorentina	Empoli
	Esposito File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'	Report	Oliveira File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Massimo De Santis

22 February 1998 22	Fiorentina	3–0	Juventus	Florence
	Firicano File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Oliveira File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' Robbiati File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Piero Ceccarini

1 March 1998 23	Roma	4–1	Fiorentina	Rome
	Paulo Sérgio File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Delvecchio File:Soccerball shade.svg 32', 41' Totti File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'	Report	Batistuta File:Soccerball shade.svg 71'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

8 March 1998 24	Fiorentina	1–1	Piacenza	Florence
	Morfeo File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' (pen.)	Report	Dionigi File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

15 March 1998 25	Lecce	1–1	Fiorentina	Lecce
	Rossi File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'	Report	Oliveira File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Referee: Pierpaolo Rossi

22 March 1998 26	Fiorentina	1–1	Bologna	Florence
	Oliveira File:Soccerball shade.svg 36' (pen.)	Report	R. Baggio File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

29 March 1998 27	Fiorentina	4–0	Napoli	Florence
	Batistuta File:Soccerball shade.svg 40', 67' Robbiati File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' Edmundo File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Stefano Farina

5 April 1998 28	Parma	1–2	Fiorentina	Parma
	Crespo File:Soccerball shade.svg 58'	Report	Edmundo File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' Rui Costa File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

11 April 1998 29	Fiorentina	1–1	Vicenza	Florence
	Oliveira File:Soccerball shade.svg 33'	Report	Méndez File:Soccerball shade.svg 11'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Livio Bazzoli

19 April 1998 30	Atalanta	1–0	Fiorentina	Bergamo
	Boselli File:Soccerball shade.svg 59'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

26 April 1998 31	Sampdoria	2–0	Fiorentina	Genoa
	Montella File:Soccerball shade.svg 38', 77'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Roberto Bettin

3 May 1998 32	Fiorentina	5–1	Brescia	Florence
	Batistuta File:Soccerball shade.svg 1', 40' Oliveira File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' Edmundo File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' Schwarz File:Soccerball shade.svg 48'	Report	Hübner File:Soccerball shade.svg 53'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Tarcisio Serena

10 May 1998 33	Lazio	1–4	Fiorentina	Rome
	Serena File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' (o.g.)	Report	Oliveira File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' Edmundo File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Batistuta File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' Rui Costa File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Stefano Farina

16 May 1998 34	Fiorentina	2–0	Milan	Florence
	Rui Costa File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' Kanchelskis File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Massimo De Santis

Coppa Italia

Quarter-finals

7 January 1998 First leg	Fiorentina	2–2	Juventus	Florence
	Rui Costa File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' Montero File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' (o.g.)		Inzaghi File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' Zidane File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

20 January 1998 Second leg	Juventus	0–0 (2–2 agg.)	Fiorentina	Torino
				Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Italy ITA	Toldo	37	-40	34	-36	3	-4
2	DF	Italy ITA	Falcone	30	0	25+1	0	4	0
5	DF	Italy ITA	Padalino	30	1	28	1	2	0
6	DF	Italy ITA	Firicano	37	2	31	2	6	0
3	DF	Italy ITA	Serena	35	3	31	3	4	0
7	MF	Sweden SWE	Schwarz	26	2	22	2	4	0
14	MF	Italy ITA	Cois	31	1	28	1	3	0
20	MF	Italy ITA	Morfeo	29	6	19+5	5	5	1
10	MF	Portugal POR	Rui Costa	37	5	32	3	5	2
9	FW	Argentina ARG	Batistuta	36	24	31	21	5	3
25	FW	Brazil BRA	Oliveira	36	15	33	15	3	0
22	GK	Italy ITA	Fiori	4	-1	0+1	0	3	-1
27	DF	Italy ITA	Tarozzi	33	0	18+10	0	5	0
17	MF	Russia RUS	Kanchelskis	19	2	14+3	2	2	0
23	FW	Italy ITA	Robbiati	28	4	7+18	4	3	0
11	DF	Italy ITA	Bettarini	22	0	7+9	0	6	0
29	FW	Brazil BRA	Edmundo	10	4	7+2	4	1	0
24	MF	Italy ITA	Amoroso	17	0	3+12	0	2	0
8	MF	Italy ITA	Bigica	12	0	2+7	0	3	0
4	MF	Italy ITA	Piacentini	11	0	1+6	0	4	0
15	DF	Italy ITA	Mirri	9	0	1+4	0	4	0
18	FW	Italy ITA	Flachi	7	1	0+3	0	4	1
19	FW	Italy ITA	Dionigi	4	1	0+2	0	2	1
28	FW	Italy ITA	Atzeni	2	0	0+2	0
32	MF	Italy ITA	Carta	1	0	0+1	0
21	MF	Italy ITA	Benin	0	0	0	0
26	MF	Italy ITA	Stefani	0	0	0	0
34	FW	Italy ITA	Tavano	0	0	0	0
30	DF	Italy ITA	Agostini	0	0	0	0
33	MF	Italy ITA	Musso	0	0	0	0
31	FW	Italy ITA	Spigoli	0	0	0	0
16	DF	Italy ITA	Bartoloni

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/rose/1997/1141/

Goalscorers

References

↑ Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[table_hth_FIO0.46106790958953-1] Fiorentina finished ahead of Parma on head-to-head points: FIO 1–1 PAR; PAR 1–2 FIO.

[2] Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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1997–98 AC Fiorentina season

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Transfers

Winter

Competitions

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League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Coppa Italia

Quarter-finals

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Appearances and goals

Goalscorers

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	15	12	7	65	36	+29	57	8	7	2	36	13	+23	7	5	5	29	23	+6

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	15	12	7	65	36	+29	57	8	7	2	36	13	+23	7	5	5	29	23	+6

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	15	12	7	65	36	+29	57	8	7	2	36	13	+23	7	5	5	29	23	+6