16 Facts About Fiorentina

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

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.

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

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

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

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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.

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

In 1990, 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: Fiorentina fell into the bottom half of the standings and were relegated on the last day of the season.

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

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

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

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

When Fiorentina was founded in 1926, the players wore red and white halved shirts derived from the colour of the city emblem.

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

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