16 Facts About ACF Fiorentina

ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina, is an Italian professional football club based in Florence, Tuscany, Italy.

ACF Fiorentina have played at the top level of Italian football for the majority of their existence; only four clubs have played in more Serie A seasons.

ACF Fiorentina is one of the fifteen European teams that played the finals in all three major continental competitions: the Champions League, the UEFA Cup Winners and the UEFA Cup .

ACF Fiorentina are known widely by the nickname Viola, a reference to their distinctive purple colours.

In 1950, ACF Fiorentina started to achieve consistent top-five finishes in the domestic league.

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In 1980, ACF Fiorentina was bought by Flavio Pontello, who came from a rich house-building family.

ACF Fiorentina quickly changed the team's anthem and logo, leading to some complaints by the fans, but he started to bring in high-quality players such as Francesco Graziani and Eraldo Pecci from Torino; Daniel Bertoni from Sevilla; Daniele Massaro from Monza; and a young Pietro Vierchowod from Como.

ACF Fiorentina bought two interesting players, El Puntero Ramon Diaz and, most significantly, the young Roberto Baggio.

In 1990, ACF Fiorentina fought to avoid relegation right up until the final day of the season, but did reach the UEFA Cup final, where they again faced Juventus.

The results were dreadful: ACF Fiorentina fell into the bottom half of the standings and were relegated on the last day of the season.

ACF Fiorentina played well but struggled against smaller teams, although they did manage to qualify for the UEFA Cup.

On 14 July 2006 ACF Fiorentina were relegated to Serie B due to their involvement in the 2006 Serie A match fixing scandal and given a 12-point penalty.

ACF Fiorentina continued their struggles from the previous year, spending the majority of the season in lower midtable.

ACF Fiorentina have had many managers and head coaches throughout their history.

Tradition has it that ACF Fiorentina got their purple kit by mistake after an accident washing the old red and white coloured kits in the river.

In 2006, ACF Fiorentina heavily invested on players, meaning the amortisation of intangible asset had increased from €17.