2018–19 ACF Fiorentina season

Fiorentina
2018–19 season
President Mario Cognigni
Manager Stefano Pioli
Stadium Stadio Artemio Franchi
Serie A 7th
Coppa Italia Round of 16
Top goalscorer League:
Marco Benassi (3)
All:
Marco Benassi (3)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2018–19 season is the 92nd season in ACF Fiorentina's history and their 81st in the top-flight of Italian football. Having finished 8th the previous season, Fiorentina were originally to compete only in Serie A and in the Coppa Italia.

The season is coach Stefano Pioli's second in charge of the club.

Players

Squad information

Last updated on 7 October 2018
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 Alban Lafont France GK 23 January 1999 France Toulouse 2018 2023 6 0
69 Bartłomiej Drągowski Poland GK 19 August 1997 Poland Jagiellonia Białystok 2016 2021 7 0
Defenders
2 Vincent Laurini France RB 10 June 1989 Italy Empoli 2017 2020 23 0
3 Cristiano Biraghi Italy LB 1 September 1992 Italy Pescara 2017 2021 42 2
4 Nikola Milenković Serbia CB 12 October 1997 Serbia Partizan 2017 2022 24 2
5 Federico Ceccherini Italy CB 11 May 1992 Italy Crotone 2018 2022 0 0
15 Maximiliano Olivera Uruguay CB / LB 5 March 1992 Uruguay Peñarol 2016 2021 25 0
16 Dávid Hancko Slovakia CB 13 December 1997 Slovakia Žilina 2018 2023 1 0
20 Germán Pezzella Argentina CB 27 June 1991 Spain Real Betis 2017 2022 42 1
31 Vitor Hugo Brazil CB 20 May 1991 Brazil Palmeiras 2017 2021 27 1
34 Kevin Diks Netherlands RB / CB / LB 6 October 1996 Netherlands Vitesse 2016 2021 2 0
Midfielders
6 Christian Nørgaard Denmark DM / CM / AM 10 March 1994 Denmark Brøndby 2018 2022 1 0
7 Valentin Eysseric France AM / LW 25 March 1992 France Nice 2017 2021 26 1
8 Gerson Brazil CM / AM 20 May 1997 Italy Roma 2018 2019 8 1
14 Bryan Dabo Burkina Faso CM 13 February 1992 France Saint-Étienne 2018 2021 13 1
17 Jordan Veretout France CM 1 March 1993 England Aston Villa 2017 2021 42 9
24 Marco Benassi Italy CM 8 September 1994 Italy Torino 2017 2022 43 8
26 Edimilson Fernandes Switzerland CM / AM / RM 15 April 1996 England West Ham United 2018 2019 7 0
Forwards
9 Giovanni Simeone Argentina CF / ST 5 July 1995 Italy Genoa 2017 2022 46 16
10 Marko Pjaca Croatia LW / RW / CF 6 May 1995 Italy Juventus 2018 2019 8 1
11 Kevin Mirallas Belgium RW / LW / SS 5 October 1987 England Everton 2018 2019 4 0
21 Riccardo Sottil Italy LW / RW / SS 3 June 1999 Italy Youth Sector 2018 — 2 0
25 Federico Chiesa Italy AM / RW 25 October 1997 Italy Youth Sector 2016 2022 71 11
28 Dušan Vlahović Serbia CF 28 January 2000 Serbia Partizan 2018 2023 1 0
77 Cyril Théréau France CF / ST 24 April 1983 Italy Udinese 2017 2019 20 5
Players transferred during the season
23 Sebastián Cristóforo Uruguay CM 23 August 1993 Spain Sevilla 2017 2021 22 0

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Notes Source
30 May 2018 DF Argentina Germán Pezzella 26 Spain Real Betis €10M Option to buy exercised [1]
14 June 2018 DF Slovakia Dávid Hancko 20 Slovakia Žilina €3.5M [2]
1 July 2018 FW Uruguay Jaime Báez 23 Italy Pescara Free Loan return
1 July 2018 DF Netherlands Kevin Diks 21 Netherlands Feyenoord Free Loan return
1 July 2018 FW United States Joshua Pérez 20 Italy Livorno Free Loan return
1 July 2018 MF Colombia Carlos Sánchez 32 Spain Espanyol Free Loan return
1 July 2018 MF Uruguay Andrés Schetino 24 Denmark Esbjerg fB Free Loan return
1 July 2018 FW Norway Rafik Zekhnini 20 Norway Rosenborg Free Loan return
1 July 2018 DF Italy Lorenzo Venuti 23 Italy Benevento Free Loan return
2 July 2018 GK France Alban Lafont 19 France Toulouse €8.5M [3]
13 July 2018 DF Italy Federico Ceccherini 26 Italy Crotone Undisclosed [4]

Loans in

Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Notes Source
20 July 2018 MF Brazil Gerson 21 Italy Roma Loan [5]
4 August 2018 FW Belgium Kevin Mirallas 30 England Everton Loan Loan with an option to buy [6]
7 August 2018 FW Croatia Marko Pjaca 23 Italy Juventus €2M €2M loan with a €20M option to buy [7]
13 August 2018 MF Switzerland Edimilson Fernandes 22 England West Ham United €1M €1M loan with an €8M option to buy [8]

Out

Date Pos. Player Age Moving to Fee Notes Source
7 June 2018 DF Portugal Bruno Gaspar 25 Portugal Sporting CP €5M [9]
15 June 2018 DF Serbia Nenad Tomović 30 Italy Chievo €2.5M Option to buy exercised [10]
1 July 2018 MF Croatia Milan Badelj 29 Unattached Free End of contract [11]
1 July 2018 MF Portugal Gil Dias 21 France Monaco Free Loan return [12]
1 July 2018 FW Italy Simone Lo Faso 20 Italy Palermo Free Loan return
1 July 2018 FW Italy Diego Falcinelli 27 Italy Sassuolo Free Loan return
1 July 2018 GK Italy Marco Sportiello 26 Italy Atalanta Free Loan return [13]
9 August 2018 FW United States Joshua Pérez 20 United States Los Angeles FC Undisclosed [14]
9 August 2018 MF Colombia Carlos Sánchez 32 England West Ham United €4.45M [15]

Loans out

Date Pos. Player Age Moving to Fee Notes Source
9 August 2018 FW Uruguay Jaime Báez 23 Italy Cosenza Loan [16]
9 August 2018 MF Uruguay Andrés Schetino 24 Italy Cosenza Loan [17]
16 August 2018 DF Bulgaria Petko Hristov 19 Italy Ternana Loan [18]
17 August 2018 MF Italy Riccardo Saponara 26 Italy Sampdoria Loan Loan with an option to buy [19]
17 August 2018 DF Italy Lorenzo Venuti 23 Italy Lecce Loan [20]
25 August 2018 DF Italy Luca Zanon 22 Italy Siena Loan [21]
31 August 2018 MF Uruguay Sebastián Cristóforo 25 Spain Getafe Loan Loan with an option to buy [22]

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Sampdoria 8 4 2 2 12 4 +8 14 Qualification to Europa League group stage
6 Roma 8 4 2 2 16 10 +6 14 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
7 Fiorentina 8 4 1 3 14 6 +8 13
8 Sassuolo 8 4 1 3 15 14 +1 13
9 Parma 8 4 1 3 10 9 +1 13
Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2018. Source: Serie A, 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.[23]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
8 4 1 3 14 6  +8 13 4 0 0 12 1  +11 0 1 3 2 5  −3

Last updated: 7 October 2018.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH
ResultDWWLWLWL
Position108353537

Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2018. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Coppa Italia

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSerie ACoppa Italia
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1 GK France Alban Lafont 606000
69 GK Poland Bartłomiej Drągowski 302+1000
Defenders
2 DF France Vincent Laurini 100+1000
3 DF Italy Cristiano Biraghi 818100
4 DF Serbia Nikola Milenković 828200
5 DF Italy Federico Ceccherini 000000
15 DF Uruguay Maximiliano Olivera 000000
16 DF Slovakia Dávid Hancko 100+1000
20 DF Argentina Germán Pezzella 808000
31 DF Brazil Vitor Hugo 808000
34 DF Netherlands Kevin Diks 000000
Midfielders
6 MF Denmark Christian Nørgaard 100+1000
7 MF France Valentin Eysseric 503+2000
8 MF Brazil Gerson 817+1100
14 MF Burkina Faso Bryan Dabo 300+3000
17 MF France Jordan Veretout 616100
24 MF Italy Marco Benassi 837+1300
26 MF Switzerland Edimilson Fernandes 704+3000
Forwards
9 FW Argentina Giovanni Simeone 828200
10 FW Croatia Marko Pjaca 814+4100
11 FW Belgium Kevin Mirallas 401+3000
21 FW Italy Riccardo Sottil 200+2000
25 FW Italy Federico Chiesa 828200
28 FW Serbia Dušan Vlahović 100+1000
77 FW France Cyril Théréau 000000
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 7 October 2018
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia Total
1 24 MF Italy Marco Benassi 3 0 3
2 4 DF Serbia Nikola Milenković 2 0 2
9 FW Argentina Giovanni Simeone 2 0 2
25 FW Italy Federico Chiesa 2 0 2
5 3 DF Italy Cristiano Biraghi 1 0 1
8 MF Brazil Gerson 1 0 1
10 FW Croatia Marko Pjaca 1 0 1
17 MF France Jordan Veretout 1 0 1
Own goal 1 0 1
Totals 14 0 14

Last updated: 7 October 2018

Clean sheets

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia Total
1 1 GK France Alban Lafont 2 0 2
Totals 2 0 2

Last updated: 7 October 2018

Disciplinary record

No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia 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
1 GK France Alban Lafont 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
3 DF Italy Cristiano Biraghi 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
20 DF Argentina Germán Pezzella 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
31 DF Brazil Vitor Hugo 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
7 MF France Valentin Eysseric 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
8 MF Brazil Gerson 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
14 MF Burkina Faso Bryan Dabo 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
17 MF France Jordan Veretout 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
24 MF Italy Marco Benassi 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
26 MF Switzerland Edimilson Fernandes 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
10 FW Croatia Marko Pjaca 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
11 FW Belgium Kevin Mirallas 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
25 FW Italy Federico Chiesa 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Totals 20 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0

Last updated: 7 October 2018

References

  1. ↑ "Official: Fiorentina keep Pezzella". Football Italia. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Fiorentina to sign Slovak starlet". Football Italia. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Official: Fiorentina get Lafont". Football Italia. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Official: Fiorentina sign Ceccherini". Football Italia. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Official: Gerson loaned to Fiorentina". Football Italia. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Official: Viola confirm Mirallas arrival". Football Italia. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "Official: Fiorentina sign Pjaca". Football Italia. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "Official: Fiorentina sign Edimilson". Football Italia. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "Official: Gaspar to Sporting CP". Football Italia. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  10. ↑ "UFFICIALE: NENAD TOMOVIC È DEL CHIEVOVERONA!" (in Italian). A.C. ChievoVerona. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  11. ↑ "Badelj confirms Fiorentina exit". Football Italia. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  12. ↑ "Gil Dias leaves Fiorentina for Forest". Football Italia. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  13. ↑ "Fiorentina: 'Badelj and Sportiello out'". Football Italia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  14. ↑ "PEREZ CEDUTO AL LOS ANGELES FC" (in Italian). Fiorentina. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  15. ↑ "Official: Carlos Sanchez to West Ham". Football Italia. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  16. ↑ "BAEZ E SCHETINO CEDUTI AL COSENZA" (in Italian). Fiorentina. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  17. ↑ "BAEZ E SCHETINO CEDUTI AL COSENZA" (in Italian). Fiorentina. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  18. ↑ "HRISTOV IN PRESTITO ALLA TERNANA" (in Italian). Fiorentina. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  19. ↑ "Official: Saponara joins Sampdoria". Football Italia. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  20. ↑ "VENUTI IN GIALLOROSSO" (in Italian). Lecce. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  21. ↑ "ZANON PASSA AL SIENA" (in Italian). Fiorentina. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  22. ↑ "Official: Cristoforo joins Getafe". Football Italia. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  23. ↑ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
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