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is an Italian professional

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club based in

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. The club was formed on 29 August 1926 by a merger of CS Firenze and PG Libertas as Associazione Calcio Firenze, and played its first competitive match on 3 October against

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. Renamed to Associazione Calcio Fiorentina in 1927, the club won their first piece of silverware, the 1939–40 Coppa Italia, in their first season following their promotion back to

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after a one-season stay in the second tier. Their first ''

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'' (league championship) was won in the 1955–56 season, losing only once in the 34-game season; this was followed by four consecutive second-place finishes. On an international level, following their league win, Fiorentina took part for the first time in a European competition, becoming also the first Italian club to play in a

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final (losing 2–0 to

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). In 1961, Fiorentina became the first Italian club to win a European competition, winning the

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in a two-legged final against

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. Fiorentina's second league title win came in the 1968–69 season, with the winning team, guided by

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, being dubbed as the ''Fiorentina Ye-Ye'' due to their youth. In the years to follow, Fiorentina's performances deteriorated (which included near-relegation finishes), although they did win the

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. In the 1980s, the club almost collected their third Serie A title in the 1981–82 season, however they lost it to

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in the last game of the season. The decade ended with a runners-up finish in the

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, losing to Juventus 3–1 on aggregate. In the 1992–93 season, after a 55-year spell in the top division, Fiorentina were relegated to Serie B, despite

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's 16 league goals. Batistuta spearheaded Fiorentina's return to Serie A the following season and his career with the Florence-based side saw him finish as the club's top scorer for nine consecutive seasons. In the post-promotion years, the club added two further

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titles (in the 1995–96 and 2000–01 seasons) and a

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win in 1996 to their trophy haul. In the wake of the 2001–02 season, the club entered administration after financial problems. Re-formed initially as Florentia Viola in

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, the fourth level in the Italian league football hierarchy, and then later as ACF Fiorentina, the club returned to the top-tier league in the 2003–04 season. The club has won Serie A twice, Serie B three times, the Coppa Italia six times, the Supercoppa Italiana once and the UEFA Cup Winner's Cup once. As of the end of the 2023–24 season, Fiorentina has played eighty-seven seasons in Serie A, seven in Serie B and one season in

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(or equivalent). This list details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season. Top scorers in bold were also the top scorers within Fiorentina's league division that season.

Key

* Pld = Matches played * W = Matches won * D = Matches drawn * L = Matches lost * GF = Goals for * GA = Goals against * Pts = Points * Pos = Final position * R32 = Round of 32 * R16 = Round of 16 * R1 = Round 1 * R2 = Round 2 * R3 = Round 3 * GS = Group stage * 2GS = Second Group stage * QF = Quarter-finals * SF = Semi-finals * PD =

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* DN =

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* Serie A =

* Serie B =

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* Serie C2 =

* CI =

* SCI =

* CL =

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* EL =

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* ECL =

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(2021–) * CWC =

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournam ...

(1960–1999) * MC =

Mitropa Cup The Mitropa Cup, officially called the La Coupe de l'Europe Centrale or Central European Cup, was one of the first international major European football cups for club sides. It was conducted among the successor states of the former Austria-Hungar ...

(1927–1992) * GT = Grasshoppers Trophy (1952–1957) * ICFC =

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(1955–1971) * AILC =

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(1969–1976)

Seasons

''Correct as of the end of the 2023–24 season.''

Footnotes

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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 ...