2001–02 A.C. Fiorentina season

Fiorentina

2001–02 season
Chairman	Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Manager	Roberto Mancini Ottavio Bianchi Luciano Chiraughi
Serie A	17th
Coppa Italia	Second Round
UEFA Cup	Third Round
Supercoppa Italiana	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Adriano (6) All: Adriano Enrico Chiesa Nuno Gomes (6)
Home colours Away colours
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

A.C. Fiorentina endured a nightmare season, which proved to be the last for the initial club. The economy was in tatters, and despite the € 40 million sale of playmaker Rui Costa, the financial problems just got worse as the season lingered on. Without Rui Costa and vital goalkeeper Francesco Toldo, the remainder of the Fiorentina squad was exposed when striker Enrico Chiesa ruptured his cruciate ligament in the fifth league game of the season.

The ageing defenders had no chance against the strikers of the opposing teams, and the off-pitch trouble clearly affected the performance of some well-known players including Domenico Morfeo and Nuno Gomes. Not even superstarlet Adriano, loaned in from Inter, could save the team, even though the Brazilian scored six goals.

Manager Roberto Mancini was sacked, before joining Lazio and turning his managerial career around. The club was relegated, and filed for bankruptcy in the summer, ensuring the club had to restart in Serie C2 as Florentia Viola. All players bar veteran Angelo Di Livio departed the club, and the remainder of the club was just in ashes.

Despite the weak performance of the club, several of its players were hired by illustrious clubs, including:

• Emiliano Moretti (Juventus)
• Enrico Chiesa (Lazio)
• Roberto Baronio (Lazio)
• Nuno Gomes (Benfica)
• Domenico Morfeo (Inter)
• Daniele Adani (Inter)
• Moreno Torricelli (Espanyol)
• Paolo Vanoli (Bologna)

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Giuseppe Taglialatela
• Mario Cassano
• Alex Manninger

Defenders

• Moreno Torricelli
• Daniele Adani
• Emiliano Moretti
• Alessandro Agostini
• Alessandro Pierini
• Andrea Tarozzi
• Luca Ceccarelli
• Giovanni Bartolucci
• Paolo Vanoli

Midfielders

• Sandro Cois
• Amaral
• Angelo Di Livio
• Domenico Morfeo
• Fabio Rossitto
• Mirco Benin
• Roberto Massaro
• Ezequiel González
• Riccardo Taddei
• Marco Rossi
• Christian Amoroso
• Angelo Palombo
• Roberto Baronio
• Orlando Fanasca

Attackers

• Predrag Mijatović
• Enrico Chiesa
• Nuno Gomes
• Maurizio Ganz
• Anselmo Robbiati
• Adriano

Serie A

Games

1 26 August 2001	Fiorentina	0–2	Chievo	Florence
			Perrotta  6' Marazzina  55'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi

2 9 September 2001	Milan	5–2	Fiorentina	Milan
	Shevchenko  16, 52' Laursen  40' F. Inzaghi  45' Serginho  78'		Chiesa  18, 58'	Stadium: Stadio San Siro

3 16 September 2001	Fiorentina	3–1	Atalanta	Florence
	Nuno Gomes  2' Chiesa  12, 82'		Rinaldi  3'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi

4 23 September 2001	Roma	2–1	Fiorentina	Rome
	Totti  12' Panucci  87'		Adani  8'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

5 30 September 2001	Fiorentina	3–1	Venezia	Florence
	Chiesa  5' Nuno Gomes  21, 87'		Maniero  84'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi

6 14 October 2001	Lecce	4–1	Fiorentina	Lecce
	Vugrinec  2, 90' Giacomazzi  11' Chevantón  90 +'		Mijatović  12'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare

7 21 October 2001	Fiorentina	0–2	Verona	Florence
			Oddo  43' (pen.) Mutu  57'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi

8 28 October 2001	Udinese	1–2	Fiorentina	Udine
	Muzzi  32' (pen.)		C. Amoroso  73' Baronio  84'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli

9 4 November 2001	Bologna	3–2	Fiorentina	Bologna
	Fresi  13, 18' Zauli  33'		Ganz  16' Vanoli  26'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara

10 18 November 2001	Fiorentina	0–0	Torino	Florence
				Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi

11 25 November 2001	Inter	2–0	Fiorentina	Milan
	Kallon  43' Vieri  55' (pen.)			Stadium: Stadio San Siro

12 2 December 2001	Fiorentina	1–3	Piacenza	Florence
	Benin  77'		Poggi  1' Hübner  84' Statuto  88'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi

13 9 December 2001	Lazio	3–0	Fiorentina	Rome
	Poborský  12' Crespo  59' C. López  86'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

14 16 December 2001	Fiorentina	1–0	Brescia	Florence
	Ganz  90'			Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi

15 19 December 2001	Fiorentina	1–1	Juventus	Florence
	Nuno Gomes  79'		Trezeguet  57'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi

16 23 December 2001	Parma	2–0	Fiorentina	Parma
	Bonazzoli  71' Di Vaio  82'			Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini

17 6 January 2002	Fiorentina	1–3	Perugia	Firenze
	Adani  8'		Vryzas  38' Di Loreto  51' Grosso  75'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi

18 13 January 2002	Chievo	2–2	Fiorentina	Verona
	Corini  46' (pen.) D'Anna  86'		Nuno Gomes  12' Adriano  89'	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi

19 20 January 2002	Fiorentina	1–1	Milan	Florence
	Adriano  90'		José Mari  52'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi

20 27 January 2002	Atalanta	2–0	Fiorentina	Bergamo
	Pià  35' Doni  75'			Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia

21 3 February 2002	Fiorentina	2–2	Roma	Florence
	Morfeo  16' Adriano  18'		Cassano  54' Emerson  90'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi

22 10 February 2002	Venezia	2–0	Fiorentina	Venice
	Magallanes  17' Maniero  54'			Stadium: Stadio Pierluigi Penzo

23	Juventus	2–1	Fiorentina
	Trezeguet  12' Del Piero  30'		Adriano  15'

24	Fiorentina	1–2	Lecce
	Di Livio  42'		Vugrinec  45' Chevantón  82'

25	Verona	1–2	Fiorentina
	Mutu  86'		Morfeo  26' Adriano  82'

26	Fiorentina	0–0	Udinese

27	Fiorentina	1–1	Bologna
	González  45'		Cruz  60'

28	Torino	1–0	Fiorentina
	Scarchilli  24'

29	Fiorentina	0–1	Inter
			Vieri  61'

30	Piacenza	3–0	Fiorentina
	Matuzalém  24' Volpi  40' Hübner  45'

31	Fiorentina	0–1	Lazio
			Castromán  24'

32	Brescia	3–0	Fiorentina
	Toni  35' R. Baggio  74, 88'

33	Fiorentina	1–2	Parma
	Adriano  4'		Di Vaio  81, 90'

34	Perugia	2–0	Fiorentina
	Bazzani  9' Zé Maria  29'

Top Scorers

• Adriano 6
• Enrico Chiesa 5
• Nuno Gomes 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	5	7	22	29	63	−34	22	3	6	8	16	23	−7	2	1	14	13	40	−27

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