1997–98 A.C. Fiorentina season

Fiorentina

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

A.C. 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.

Squad

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

Attackers

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

Serie A

Matches

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11 7 December 1997	Fiorentina	1–1	Parma	Florence
	Morfeo  58'	Report	Apolloni  54'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Pier Luigi Pairetto

12 14 December 1997	Vicenza	1–5	Fiorentina	Vicenza
	Di Napoli  71'	Report	Luís Oliveira  7', 54' Batistuta  43' Serena  59' Schwarz  65'	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Referee: Gennaro Borriello

13 21 December 1997	Fiorentina	5–0	Atalanta	Florence
	Padalino  27' Serena  48' Luís Oliveira  77' Batistuta  81' Robbiati  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

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

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

16 18 January 1998	Fiorentina	1–3	Lazio	Florence
	Cois  19'	Report	Bokšić  31' Rambaudi  78' Nedvěd  84'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Graziano Cesari

17 25 January 1998	Milan	0–2	Fiorentina	Milan
		Report	Luís Oliveira  3' Morfeo  52'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Gennaro Borriello

18 1 February 1998	Fiorentina	1–0	Udinese	Florence
	Luís Oliveira  75'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

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

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

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

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

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

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

25 15 March 1998	Lecce	1–1	Fiorentina	Lecce
	M. Rossi  69'	Report	Luís Oliveira  87'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Referee: Pierpaolo Rossi Pierpaolo

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

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

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

29 11 April 1998	Fiorentina	1–1	Vicenza	Florence
	Luís Oliveira  33'	Report	Méndez  11'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Livio Bazzoli

30 19 April 1998	Atalanta	1–0	Fiorentina	Bergamo
	Boselli  59'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Referee: Pier Luigi Pairetto

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

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

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

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

Top Scorers

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

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

Sources

RSSSF - Italy 1997/98

ACF Fiorentina General Players Statistics Current season Home stadium Stadio Artemio Franchi History History Seasons CS Firenze PG Libertas In Europe

ACF Fiorentina seasons 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1944 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

1997–98 in Serie A Atalanta Bari Bologna Brescia Empoli Fiorentina Internazionale Juventus Lazio Lecce Milan Napoli Parma Piacenza Roma Sampdoria Vicenza Udinese