Fiorentina

The first Italian side in a European Cup final, lost to Real Madrid.

Fiorentina are an Italian club from Florence who play in Serie A.

Quick Facts

Full name: Associazione Calcio Firenze Fiorentina -; S.r.l.
Founded: 29 August 1926, as Associazione Calcio Fiorentina; 1 August 2002, as Florentia Viola then ACF Fiorentina
Owner: Mediacom
Chairman: Giuseppe Commisso
Manager: Fabio Grosso
Season: Fiorentina2
Position: Fiorentina3
Nickname: I Viola (The Purples; The Violets); I Gigliati (The Lilies)

Lore & Background

Fiorentina became the first Italian team to play in a European Cup final, losing 2-0 to Alfredo Di Stefano's Real Madrid after a disputed penalty. In a later European Cup they won away at Dynamo Kyiv but went out in the quarter-finals after a 3-0 defeat to Celtic in Glasgow.

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