AFC Fiorentina, or simply Fiorentina, is an Italian
women's association football
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club based in
Florence, Italy
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...
and part of the professional football club
ACF Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional football club based in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while the actual club was refounded in August 2002 fo ...
. The club was founded in 2015 when ACF Fiorentina acquired the Serie A license of the existing women's club
A.C.F. Firenze. Upon its foundation, Fiorentina Women's FC became the first ever professionally affiliated women's football club in the history of Italy. The team competes in Serie A.
In the 2016–17 season, the Fiorentina Women's Football Club won both the
Serie A
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Championship and the
Coppa Italia
The ("Italy Cup") is an annual knockout cup competition in Italian football organized by the FIGC until the 2009–10 season and the Lega Serie A ever since.
History
The beginning of the tournament was turbulent, due to the complexity of ...
Championship. This was the first
scudetto
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for the club ACF Fiorentina since 1969 and also the first Serie A championship won by
ACF Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional football club based in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while the actual club was refounded in August 2002 fo ...
's current owner
Andrea Della Valle
Cardinal Andrea della Valle (29 November 1463, in Rome – 3 August 1534) was an Italian clergyman and art collector.
Life
Andrea belonged to an ancient family of Roman nobles. He was the son of Filippo della Valle, a Roman patrician; the fami ...
. On 17 June 2017, the club ACF Fiorentina won their first double. The Fiorentina Women's FC for the second consecutive year became the Coppa Italia title holders for their 3–1 win over Brescia. The Fiorentina Women's FC qualified to participate in the
2017–18 and
2018–19 UEFA Champions League
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competitions.
The first president of the Fiorentina Women's FC was Sandro Mencucci, who was
CEO
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of
ACF Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional football club based in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while the actual club was refounded in August 2002 fo ...
.
Players
Current squad
Captains
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Giulia Orlandi (2015–2017)
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Alia Guagni
Alia Guagni (born 1 October 1987) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Italian Serie A club AC Milan and the Italy women's national team.
Club career
She previously played for ACF Firenze and Fiorentina.
Career ...
(2017–2020)
*
Stephanie Öhrström (2020–2021)
*
Greta Adami
Greta Adami (born 30 July 1992) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for A.C. Milan
Associazione Calcio Milan (), commonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan, is a professional Association football, football club in Mila ...
(2021)
*
Alice Tortelli
Alice Tortelli (born 22 January 1998) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Serie A club ACF Fiorentina and the Italy women's national team.
Early life
Tortelli has two brothers, who are twins, and was born and r ...
(2021-)
Former players
Honours
*
Serie A
The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...
:
2016–17
*
Coppa Italia
The ("Italy Cup") is an annual knockout cup competition in Italian football organized by the FIGC until the 2009–10 season and the Lega Serie A ever since.
History
The beginning of the tournament was turbulent, due to the complexity of ...
: ,
*
Supercoppa Italiana
The Supercoppa Italiana ( en, Italian Super Cup) is an annual football match contested by the winners of the Serie A and the Coppa Italia in the previous season. If the same team wins both the Serie A and Coppa Italia titles in the previous seaso ...
:
2018
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Finals
*
Supercoppa Italiana
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: ,
2019
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,
2020
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See also
*
List of women's association football clubs
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*
List of women's football clubs in Italy
There are five women's football leagues in Italy. This is a list of Italian women's clubs.
Serie A
Current
The following clubs are in the Serie A (women's football) for the 2020–21 season:
* A.C. Milan
* Bari
* Empoli
* Fiorentina
* Fl ...
References
{{Serie A (women's football)
Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional football club based in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while the actual club was refounded in August 2002 fo ...
Football clubs in Tuscany
Association football clubs established in 2015
2015 establishments in Italy
Women
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