The 2017–18 season was the 91st season in

ACF Fiorentina ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Florence, Tuscany. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while ...

's history and their 80th in the top-flight of Italian football. Fiorentina competed in

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and the

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, missing out on European football for the first time since the 2012–13 season following an eighth-place finish in the 2016–17 season. ACF Fiorentina are the first club in the history of

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to wear 5 player kits. On 6 June 2017, coach

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was replaced after two seasons at the helm by former Fiorentina player and Inter coach

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, who signed a contract tying him to the Florence club for two seasons with the option of a third. On 4 March 2018, club captain

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died in his sleep while staying in a hotel in

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prior to Fiorentina's match against

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, proven to be caused by

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determined from an

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conducted two days later. In the league Fiorentina finished just outside the European spots in 8th, while they were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia. New signing Giovanni Simeone, son of

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coach

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, finished as the club's top scorer with 14 goals in total, all of them coming in Serie A.

Players

Squad information

:''Last updated on 20 May 2018'' :''Appearances include league matches only''

Transfers

In

Loans in

Total spending: €66.5M

Out

Loans out

Total income: €84.99M

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Coppa Italia

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goalscorers

Last updated: 20 May 2018

Clean sheets

Last updated: 20 May 2018

Disciplinary record

Last updated: 20 May 2018

Notes

References

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Fiorentina ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Florence, Tuscany. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while ...