2014–15 ACF Fiorentina season

Fiorentina
2014–15 season
President Mario Cognigni
Manager Vincenzo Montella
Stadium Stadio Artemio Franchi
Serie A 4th
Coppa Italia Semi-finals
UEFA Europa League Semi-finals
Top goalscorer League:
Josip Iličić (8)

All:
Josip Iličić,
Mario Gómez (10)
Highest home attendance 38,160 vs Juventus
(5 December 2014, Serie A)
Lowest home attendance 7,562 vs Dinamo Minsk
(11 December 2014, Europa League)
Average home league attendance 30,309[1]
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2014–15 season was the 88th season in ACF Fiorentina's history and their 77th season in Serie A. The club competed in Serie A, finishing fourth, and reached the semi-finals in both the Coppa Italia and UEFA Europa League; in the latter competition they were eliminated 5–0 on aggregate by eventual champions Sevilla.

The season was coach Vincenzo Montella's third and final season with the club – as well as third consecutive fourth-placed finish – as he would be sacked and replaced by former Juventus player Paulo Sousa in the 2015–16 pre-season. Slovenian player Josip Iličić finished as top scorer in the league with eight goals, while Iličić and German international and former Bayern Munich player Mario Gómez together finished as top scorers in all competitions, with ten goals each.

Season review

The 2014–15 season saw Fiorentina compete on three fronts as they did the previous season, with one improvement being that they qualified 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.

Players

Squad information

Last updated on 31 May 2015
Appearances include league matches only
No. Name Nat Position(s) Date of birth (Age at end of season) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Neto Brazil GK July 19, 1989 (aged 25) Brazil Atlético Paranaense 2011 2015 101 0
12 Ciprian Tătărușanu Romania GK February 9, 1986 (aged 29) Romania Steaua București 2014 2019 18 0
21 Cristiano Lupatelli Italy GK June 21, 1978 (aged 37) Italy Genoa 2012 2015 42 0
24 Luca Lezzerini Italy GK March 24, 1995 (aged 20) Italy Youth Sector 2011 2016 0 0
31 Antonio Rosati Italy GK June 26, 1983 (aged 32) Italy Napoli 2015 2016 4 0
Defenders
2 Gonzalo Rodríguez Argentina CB April 10, 1984 (aged 31) Spain Villarreal 2012 2017 98 17
4 Micah Richards England CB / RB June 24, 1988 (aged 27) England Manchester City 2014 2015 10 0
15 Stefan Savić Montenegro CB January 8, 1991 (aged 24) England Manchester City 2012 2019 86 4
19 José María Basanta Argentina CB / LB April 3, 1984 (aged 31) Mexico Monterrey 2014 2016 24 2
23 Manuel Pasqual (C) Italy LB / LM March 13, 1982 (aged 33) Italy Arezzo 2005 2016 285 7
28 Marcos Alonso Spain LB / LM December 28, 1990 (aged 24) England Bolton Wanderers 2013 2016 25 1
35 Ricardo Bagadur Croatia CB September 16, 1995 (aged 19) Croatia Rijeka 2014 2016 1 0
40 Nenad Tomović Serbia CB / RB August 30, 1987 (aged 27) Italy Genoa 2012 2016 75 1
Midfielders
5 Milan Badelj Croatia DM / CM February 25, 1989 (aged 26) Germany Hamburg 2014 2018 21 1
6 Juan Manuel Vargas Peru LB / LM / LW October 5, 1983 (aged 31) Italy Catania 2008 2015 147 17
7 David Pizarro Chile DM / CM September 11, 1979 (aged 35) Italy Roma 2012 2015 83 4
10 Alberto Aquilani Italy DM / CM / AM July 7, 1984 (aged 30) England Liverpool 2012 2015 81 13
14 Matías Fernández Chile CM / AM / RM May 15, 1986 (aged 29) Portugal Sporting CP 2012 2016 74 6
16 Jasmin Kurtić Slovenia CM January 10, 1989 (aged 26) Italy Sassuolo 2014 2015 21 1
17 Joaquín Spain RM / RW / SS July 21, 1981 (aged 33) Spain Málaga 2013 2016 50 4
18 Alessandro Diamanti Italy AM / RW / SS May 2, 1983 (aged 32) China Guangzhou Evergrande 2015 2015 11 2
20 Borja Valero Spain DM / CM / AM January 12, 1985 (aged 30) Spain Villarreal 2012 2019 97 9
32 Andrea Lazzari Italy CM / AM December 3, 1984 (aged 30) Italy Cagliari 2011 2015 36 2
38 Aleandro Rosi Italy RB / RM May 17, 1987 (aged 28) Italy Genoa 2015 2015 4 0
72 Josip Iličić Slovenia AM / RW / SS January 29, 1988 (aged 27) Italy Palermo 2013 2018 46 11
93 Octávio Brazil CM / AM December 29, 1993 (aged 21) Brazil Botafogo 2014 2015 0 0
Forwards
9 Alberto Gilardino Italy CF / ST July 8, 1982 (aged 32) China Guangzhou Evergrande 2015 2015 14 4
22 Giuseppe Rossi Italy SS / CF February 1, 1987 (aged 28) Spain Villarreal 2013 2017 22 16
29 Federico Bernardeschi Italy RW / LW / SS February 16, 1994 (aged 21) Italy Youth Sector 2011 2016 7 1
30 Khouma Babacar Senegal CF / ST March 17, 1993 (aged 22) Italy Youth Sector 2009 2016 43 8
33 Mario Gómez Germany CF / ST July 10, 1985 (aged 29) Germany Bayern Munich 2013 2017 29 7
43 Simone Minelli Italy LW / RW / SS January 8, 1997 (aged 18) Italy Youth Sector 2015 0 0
74 Mohamed Salah Egypt AM / RW / SS June 15, 1992 (aged 23) England Chelsea 2015 2015 16 6
77 Mounir El Hamdaoui Morocco CF / ST July 14, 1984 (aged 30) Netherlands Ajax 2012 2015 22 4
Players transferred during the season
8 Marko Marin Germany LW / RW / AM July 7, 1984 (aged 30) England Chelsea 2014 2015 0 0
11 Juan Cuadrado Colombia RW / AM May 26, 1988 (aged 27) Italy Udinese 2012 2017 85 20
13 Oleksandr Yakovenko Ukraine LW / RW / ST July 23, 1987 (aged 27) Belgium Anderlecht 2013 2016 3 0
25 Joshua Brillante Australia CM March 25, 1993 (aged 22) Belgium Anderlecht 2014 2015 2 0
55 Ahmed Hegazi Egypt CB January 25, 1991 (aged 24) Egypt Ismaily 2012 2016 3 0

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Source
9 June 2014 GK Romania Ciprian Tătărușanu 28 Romania Steaua București Free
7 July 2014 MF Brazil Octávio 20 Brazil Botafogo Loan
14 July 2014 MF Australia Joshua Brillante 21 Australia Newcastle Jets €1M
1 August 2014 DF Argentina José María Basanta 30 Mexico Monterrey €2.6M
18 August 2014 MF Germany Marko Marin 25 England Chelsea Loan
31 August 2014 MF Croatia Milan Badelj 25 Germany Hamburg €4M
1 September 2014 MF Slovenia Jasmin Kurtić 25 Italy Sassuolo Loan
1 September 2014 DF England Micah Richards 26 England Manchester City Loan
10 January 2015 MF Italy Alessandro Diamanti 31 China Guangzhou Evergrande Loan
26 January 2015 FW Italy Alberto Gilardino 32 China Guangzhou Evergrande Loan
2 February 2015 FW Egypt Mohamed Salah 22 England Chelsea Loan
2 February 2015 MF Italy Aleandro Rosi 27 Italy Genoa Loan

Out

Date Pos. Player Age Moving to Fee Source
9 July 2014 DF Italy Mattia Cassani 30 Italy Parma Undisclosed
16 July 2014 MF Italy Massimo Ambrosini 37 Retired End of contract
2 August 2014 DF Germany Marvin Compper 29 Germany RB Leipzig €0.5M
2 February 2015 MF Colombia Juan Cuadrado 26 England Chelsea €31M
2 February 2015 FW Denmark Kenneth Zohore 21 Denmark OB Free

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position
Final
position
First match Last match
Serie A Matchday 1 4th 30 August 2014 31 May 2015
Coppa Italia Round of 16 Semi-finals 21 January 2015 7 April 2015
Europa League Group stage Semi-finals 18 September 2014 14 May 2015

Last updated: 31 May 2015

Serie A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Roma 38 19 13 6 54 31 +23 70 Qualification to Champions League group stage
3 Lazio 38 21 6 11 71 38 +33 69 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4 Fiorentina 38 18 10 10 61 46 +15 64 Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
5 Napoli 38 18 9 11 70 54 +16 63
6 Genoa[lower-alpha 2] 38 16 11 11 62 47 +15 59
Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 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. Since the winners of the 2014–15 Coppa Italia (Juventus) qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fifth-placed team and the spot originally meant for the fifth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was given to the highest placed team that has obtained an UEFA license and not already qualified for European competition.
  2. Genoa failed to obtain a UEFA license from Italian Football Federation. Therefore, they were barred to participate in European competitions.[2] Genoa appealed the decision, but the appeal was denied.[3][4]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 18 10 10 61 46  +15 64 9 6 4 30 17  +13 9 4 6 31 29  +2

Last updated: 31 May 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAH
ResultLDWDDWLDWLLWWDWDLWWDDWWDWLWDWLLLLWWWWW
Position201610910911111010111089889666644555564566755554

Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2015. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSerie ACoppa ItaliaEuropa League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Brazil Neto 3802902070
12 GK Romania Ciprian Tătărușanu 180902070
21 GK Italy Cristiano Lupatelli 00000000
24 GK Italy Luca Lezzerini 00000000
31 GK Italy Antonio Rosati 00000000
Defenders
2 DF Argentina Gonzalo Rodríguez 438307309+11
4 DF England Micah Richards 1907+30205+20
15 DF Montenegro Stefan Savić 41228+12308+10
19 DF Argentina José María Basanta 37423+1230102
23 DF Italy Manuel Pasqual 28316+42105+21
28 DF Spain Marcos Alonso 35219+31307+31
35 DF Croatia Ricardo Bagadur 100+100000
40 DF Serbia Nenad Tomović 37122+211+1010+10
Midfielders
5 MF Croatia Milan Badelj 37118+31309+40
6 MF Peru Juan Manuel Vargas 2948+111106+33
7 MF Chile David Pizarro 37018+80107+30
10 MF Italy Alberto Aquilani 34117+801+102+51
14 MF Chile Matías Fernández 41223+622+207+10
16 MF Slovenia Jasmin Kurtić 28115+612050
17 MF Spain Joaquín 34214+923080
18 MF Italy Alessandro Diamanti 1529+221+3000
20 MF Spain Borja Valero 42225+323010+10
32 MF Italy Andrea Lazzari 901+20003+30
38 MF Italy Aleandro Rosi 403+100000
72 MF Slovenia Josip Iličić 341017+880+204+32
Forwards
9 FW Italy Alberto Gilardino 1448+640000
22 FW Italy Giuseppe Rossi 00000000
29 FW Italy Federico Bernardeschi 1031+61002+12
30 FW Senegal Khouma Babacar 28914+670+302+32
33 FW Germany Mario Gómez 321016+444482
43 FW Italy Simone Minelli 1000000+10
74 FW Egypt Mohamed Salah 26910+662281
77 FW Morocco Mounir El Hamdaoui 310+310000
Players transferred out during the season
8 MF Germany Marko Marin 4200002+22
11 MF Colombia Juan Cuadrado 236174113+21
25 MF Australia Joshua Brillante 201+100000

Last updated: 31 May 2015
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA EL Total
1 33 FW Germany Mario Gómez 4 4 2 10
72 MF Slovenia Josip Iličić 8 0 2 10
3 30 FW Senegal Khouma Babacar 7 0 2 9
74 FW Egypt Mohamed Salah 6 2 1 9
5 2 DF Argentina Gonzalo Rodríguez 7 0 1 8
6 11 MF Colombia Juan Cuadrado 4 1 1 6
7 6 MF Peru Juan Manuel Vargas 1 0 3 4
9 FW Italy Alberto Gilardino 4 0 0 4
19 DF Argentina José María Basanta 2 0 2 4
10 23 DF Italy Manuel Pasqual 2 0 1 3
29 FW Italy Federico Bernardeschi 1 0 2 3
12 8 MF Germany Marko Marin 0 0 2 2
14 MF Chile Matías Fernández 2 0 0 2
15 DF Montenegro Stefan Savić 2 0 0 2
17 MF Spain Joaquín 2 0 0 2
18 MF Italy Alessandro Diamanti 2 0 0 2
20 MF Spain Borja Valero 2 0 0 2
28 DF Spain Marcos Alonso 1 0 1 2
19 5 MF Croatia Milan Badelj 1 0 0 1
10 MF Italy Alberto Aquilani 0 0 1 1
16 MF Slovenia Jasmin Kurtić 1 0 0 1
40 DF Serbia Nenad Tomović 1 0 0 1
77 FW Morocco Mounir El Hamdaoui 1 0 0 1
Own goal 0 0 0 0
Totals 61 7 21 89

Last updated: 31 May 2015

Clean sheets

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA EL Total
1 1 GK Brazil Neto 10 0 3 13
2 12 GK Romania Ciprian Tătărușanu 1 1 3 5
Totals 11 1 6 18

Last updated: 31 May 2015

Disciplinary record

No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA EL Total
Yellow card Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Yellow card Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Yellow card Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Yellow card Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card
1 GK Brazil Neto 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
12 GK Romania Ciprian Tătărușanu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 GK Italy Cristiano Lupatelli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 GK Italy Luca Lezzerini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 GK Italy Antonio Rosati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Argentina Gonzalo Rodríguez 9 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 12 1 0
4 DF England Micah Richards 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
15 DF Montenegro Stefan Savić 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 1 0
19 DF Argentina José María Basanta 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 7 0 1
23 DF Italy Manuel Pasqual 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
28 DF Spain Marcos Alonso 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 7 1 0
35 DF Croatia Ricardo Bagadur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 DF Serbia Nenad Tomović 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
5 MF Croatia Milan Badelj 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 7 0 0
6 MF Peru Juan Manuel Vargas 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
7 MF Chile David Pizarro 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 0
8 MF Germany Marko Marin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF Italy Alberto Aquilani 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0
11 MF Colombia Juan Cuadrado 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
14 MF Chile Matías Fernández 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
16 MF Slovenia Jasmin Kurtić 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 1 0
17 MF Spain Joaquín 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
18 MF Italy Alessandro Diamanti 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
20 MF Spain Borja Valero 7 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0
25 MF Australia Joshua Brillante 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF Italy Andrea Lazzari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 MF Italy Aleandro Rosi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
72 MF Slovenia Josip Iličić 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0
9 FW Italy Alberto Gilardino 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
22 FW Italy Giuseppe Rossi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW Italy Federico Bernardeschi 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
30 FW Senegal Khouma Babacar 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
33 FW Germany Mario Gómez 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0
43 FW Italy Simone Minelli 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
74 FW Egypt Mohamed Salah 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
77 FW Morocco Mounir El Hamdaoui 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 82 1 0 8 1 0 28 0 1 118 2 1

Last updated: 31 May 2015

References

  1. http://www.stadiapostcards.com/a14-15.htm
  2. "Genoa's Failure to Receive UEFA License Shakes Up Italy's Europa League Race". 11 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  3. "Genoa Fail In Appeal To Obtain UEFA Licence". 19 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  4. "Rilasciate le Licenze UEFA a 13 società di Serie A". FIGC. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
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