2014–15 ACF Fiorentina season

Fiorentina
2014–15 season
President Mario Cognigni
Manager Vincenzo Montella
Stadium Stadio Artemio Franchi
Serie A 7th
Coppa Italia Semi-finals
UEFA Europa League Quarter finals
Top goalscorer League:
Khouma Babacar (7)
All: Mario Gómez (10)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
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The 2014–15 season is the 88th season in Fiorentina's history and their 77th season in the top-flight of Italian football. This season the club will be competing in Serie A, the Coppa Italia, and in the UEFA Europa League.

Season overview

The 2014–15 season will see Fiorentina compete on three fronts as they did the previous season, with one improvement being that they qualify automatically to the group stage of the Europa League (rather than having to traverse a qualifying round) due to the fact that the previous season's Coppa Italia winners Napoli qualified to the Champions League.

The club have not seen any significant departures, although Milan legend Massimo Ambrosini has left the club. Perhaps most important for the side will be the upcoming contract talks with star Juan Guillermo Cuadrado, who is being pursued by Barcelona to as a replacement for Dani Alves.

Players

First team squad

Last updated on 30 April 2015
Squad No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Neto Brazil GK July 19, 1989 Brazil Atlético Paranaense 2011 2015 95 0
12 Ciprian Tătărușanu Romania GK February 9, 1986 Romania Steaua 2014 2019 17 0
21 Cristiano Lupatelli Italy GK June 21, 1978 Italy Genoa 2012 2015 42 0
24 Luca Lezzerini Italy GK March 24, 1995 Italy Fiorentina Youth Academy 2011 2016 0 0
31 Antonio Rosati Italy GK June 26, 1983 Italy Napoli 2015 2016 4 0
Defenders
2 Gonzalo Rodríguez Argentina CB April 10, 1984 Spain Villarreal 2012 2017 123 19
4 Micah Richards England CB / RB June 24, 1988 England Manchester City 2014 2015 17 0
15 Stefan Savić Montenegro CB January 8, 1991 England Manchester City 2012 2019 101 4
19 José María Basanta Argentina CB / LB April 3, 1984 Mexico Monterrey 2014 2016 33 4
23 Manuel Pasqual (C) Italy LB / LM March 13, 1982 Italy Arezzo 2005 2016 332 10
28 Marcos Alonso Spain LB / LM December 28, 1990 England Bolton 2013 2016 41 1
40 Nenad Tomović Serbia CB / RB August 30, 1987 Italy Genoa 2012 2016 96 1
Midfielders
5 Milan Badelj Croatia DM / CM February 25, 1989 Germany Hamburger 2014 2018 31 0
6 Juan Manuel Vargas Peru LB / LM / LW October 5, 1983 Italy Catania 2008 2015 183 25
7 David Pizarro Chile DM / CM September 11, 1979 Italy Roma 2012 2015 105 4
10 Alberto Aquilani Italy DM / CM / AM July 7, 1984 England Liverpool 2012 2015 103 15
14 Matías Fernández Chile CM / AM / RM May 15, 1986 Portugal Sporting CP 2012 2016 97 6
16 Jasmin Kurtić Slovenia CM January 10, 1989 Italy Sassuolo 2014 2015 26 1
17 Joaquín Spain RM / RW / SS July 21, 1981 Spain Málaga 2013 2016 68 7
18 Alessandro Diamanti Italy AM / RW / SS May 2, 1983 China Guangzhou Evergrande 2015 2015 16 2
20 Borja Valero Spain DM / CM / AM January 12, 1985 Spain Villarreal 2012 2019 125 11
32 Andrea Lazzari Italy CM / AM December 3, 1984 Italy Cagliari 2011 2015 43 2
38 Aleandro Rosi Italy RB / RM May 17, 1987 Italy Genoa 2015 2015 4 0
72 Josip Iličić Slovenia AM / RW / SS January 29, 1988 Italy Palermo 2013 2018 58 11
74 Mohamed Salah Egypt AM / LW / SS June 15, 1992 England Chelsea 2015 2015 19 7
93 Octávio Brazil CM / AM December 29, 1993 Brazil Botafogo 2014 2015 0 0
Forwards
9 Alberto Gilardino Italy CF July 8, 1982 China Guangzhou Evergrande 2015 2015 152 60
22 Giuseppe Rossi Italy SS / CF February 1, 1987 Spain Villarreal 2013 2017 25 17
29 Federico Bernardeschi Italy RW / SS / CF February 16, 1994 Italy Fiorentina Youth Academy 2011 2016 8 2
30 Khouma Babacar Senegal CF March 17, 1993 Italy Fiorentina Youth Academy 2009 2016 55 13
33 Mario Gómez Germany CF July 10, 1985 Germany Bayern Munich 2013 2017 46 14
77 Mounir El Hamdaoui Morocco SS / CF July 14, 1984 Netherlands Ajax 2012 2015 23 4

Source:First team squad

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Source
9 June 2014 c GK Romania Ciprian Tătărușanu 28 Romania Steaua București Free
7 July 2014 c MF Brazil Octávio 20 Brazil Botafogo Loan
14 July 2014 c MF Australia Joshua Brillante 21 Australia Newcastle Jets €1.00 mln
1 August 2014 c DF Argentina José María Basanta 30 Mexico Monterrey €2.60 mln
18 August 2014 c MF Germany Marko Marin 25 England Chelsea Loan
31 August 2014 c MF Croatia Milan Badelj 25 Germany Hamburg €4.00 mln
1 September 2014 c MF Slovenia Jasmin Kurtić 25 Italy Sassuolo Loan
1 September 2014 c DF England Micah Richards 26 England Manchester City Loan
10 January 2015 c MF Italy Alessandro Diamanti 31 China Guangzhou Evergrande Loan
26 January 2015 c FW Italy Alberto Gilardino 32 China Guangzhou Evergrande Loan
2 February 2015 c MF Egypt Mohamed Salah 22 England Chelsea Loan
2 February 2015 c MF Italy Aleandro Rosi 27 Italy Genoa Loan

Out

Date Pos. Player Age Moving to Fee Source
9 July 2014 c DF Italy Mattia Cassani 30 Italy Parma Undisclosed
16 July 2014 c MF Italy Massimo Ambrosini 37 Italy - End of contract
2 August 2014 c DF Germany Marvin Compper 29 Germany RB Leipzig €0.50 mln
2 February 2015 c MF Colombia Juan Cuadrado 26 England Chelsea €31.00 mln
2 February 2015 c FW Denmark Kenneth Zohore 21 Denmark OB Free

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2014–15 Serie A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Sampdoria 33 12 15 6 41 36 +5 51 Qualification to UEFA Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
6 Genoa 33 13 11 9 49 38 +11 50 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
7 Fiorentina 33 13 10 10 45 40 +5 49
8 Torino 33 12 12 9 40 36 +4 48
9 Internazionale 33 12 12 9 50 39 +11 48
Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2015. Source: Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) draw. (Head-to-head record is applied for clubs with the same amount of points only once all matches between said clubs have been played.)
Notes:
  1. 1.0 1.1 Since both finalists of the 2014–15 Coppa Italia, Juventus and Lazio, currently qualify for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winner (Europa League group stage) is passed to the fifth placed team and the spot originally meant for the fifth placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) is given to the sixth-placed team.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
33 13 10 10 46 41 +5 49 6 6 4 21 16 +5 7 4 6 25 25 0

Last updated: 30 April 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAH
Result L D W D D W L D W L L W W D W D L W W D D W W D W L W D W L L L L
Position 20 16 10 9 10 9 11 11 10 10 11 10 8 9 8 8 9 6 6 6 6 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 4 5 6 6 7

Last updated: 30 April 2015.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Coppa Italia

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FIO GUI PAO DMI
1 Italy Fiorentina 6 4 1 1 11 4 +7 13 Advance to knockout phase 3–0 1–1 1–2
2 France Guingamp 6 3 1 2 7 6 +1 10 1–2 2–0 2–0
3 Greece PAOK 6 2 1 3 10 7 +3 7 0–1 1–2 6–1
4 Belarus Dinamo Minsk 6 1 1 4 3 14 11 4 0–3 0–0 0–2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout phase

Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals

Statistics

Total Home Away Neutral
Games played 10 5 5
Games won 5 2 3
Games drawn 3 2 1
Games lost 2 1 1
Biggest win 3 3 3
Biggest loss 2 2 2
Biggest win (League) 3 3 1
Biggest win (Cup)
Biggest win (Europe) 3 3 3
Biggest loss (League) 2 2 2
Biggest loss (Cup)
Biggest loss (Europe)
Clean sheets 6 4 2
Goals scored 11 6 5
Goals conceded 5 2 3
Goal difference 7 4 3
Average GF per game
Average GA per game
Yellow cards
Red cards
Most appearances
Top scorer
Worst discipline
Penalties for
Penalties against
League points 9 5 4
Winning rate

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSerie A Coppa Italia Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Brazil Neto 32 0 25 0 2 0 5 0
12 GK Romania Ciprian Tătărușanu 17 0 8 0 2 0 7 0
21 GK Italy Cristiano Lupatelli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 GK Italy Luca Lezzerini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 GK Italy Antonio Rosati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Argentina Gonzalo Rodríguez 37 7 26 6 3 0 7+1 1
4 DF England Micah Richards 17 0 6+3 0 2 0 5+1 0
15 DF Montenegro Stefan Savić 34 2 24 2 3 0 6+1 0
19 DF Argentina José María Basanta 33 4 21 2 3 0 9 2
23 DF Italy Manuel Pasqual 25 3 14+4 2 1 0 5+1 1
28 DF Spain Marcos Alonso 32 1 19+2 0 3 0 5+3 1
40 DF Serbia Nenad Tomović 32 1 18+2 1 1+1 0 9+1 0
55 DF Egypt Ahmed Hegazy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
5 MF Croatia Milan Badelj 31 0 15+2 0 3 0 8+3 0
6 MF Peru Juan Manuel Vargas 26 4 5+11 1 1 0 6+3 3
7 MF Chile David Pizarro 31 0 15+7 0 1 0 6+2 0
8 MF Germany Marko Marin 4 2 0 0 0 0 2+2 2
10 MF Italy Alberto Aquilani 32 1 15+8 0 1+1 0 2+5 1
11 MF Colombia Juan Cuadrado 23 6 17 4 1 1 3+2 1
13 MF Ukraine Oleksandr Yakovenko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Chile Matías Fernández 34 2 20+4 2 2+2 0 5+1 0
16 MF Slovenia Jasmin Kurtić 26 1 13+6 1 2 0 5 0
17 MF Spain Joaquín 31 2 14+8 2 3 0 6 0
18 FW Italy Alessandro Diamanti 13 2 9 2 1+3 0 0 0
20 MF Spain Borja Valero 37 2 23+2 2 3 0 8+1 0
25 MF Australia Joshua Brillante 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF Italy Andrea Lazzari 7 0 1+1 0 0 0 3+2 0
38 MF Italy Aleandro Rosi 4 0 3+1 0 0 0 0 0
72 MF Slovenia Josip Iličić 27 4 12+8 2 0+2 0 3+2 2
74 MF Egypt Mohamed Salah 19 7 6+5 4 2 2 6 1
93 MF Brazil Octávio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW Italy Alberto Gilardino 9 1 3+6 1 0 0 0 0
22 FW Italy Giuseppe Rossi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW Italy Federico Bernardeschi 8 2 0+5 0 0 0 2+1 2
30 FW Senegal Khouma Babacar 28 9 14+6 7 0+3 0 2+3 2
33 FW Germany Mario Gómez 31 10 16+4 4 4 4 7 2
43 FW Italy Simone Minelli 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
77 FW Morocco Mounir El Hamdaoui 3 1 0+3 1 0 0 0 0

Last updated: 30 April 2015
Source: Competitions

Top Scorers

No. Pos. Nation Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA EL Total
33 FW Germany Mario Gómez 4 4 2 10
30 FW Senegal Khouma Babacar 7 0 2 9
2 DF Argentina Gonzalo Rodríguez 6 0 1 7
74 MF Egypt Mohamed Salah 4 2 1 7

Last updated: 30 April 2015

Top Assists

No. Pos. Nation Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA EL Total
14 MF Chile Matías Fernández 6 0 3 9
17 MF Spain Joaquín 3 1 1 5
23 DF Italy Manuel Pasqual 2 2 1 5

Last updated: 24 April 2015

References