1987–88 AC Fiorentina season

Fiorentina
1987–88 season
Chairman	Lorenzo Righetti
Manager	Sven-Göran Eriksson
Serie A	8th
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	Ramón Díaz (7)
Home colours	Away colours

A.C. Fiorentina had its first season under Swedish coach Sven-Göran Eriksson, posting a stable mid-table season. Eriksson's compatriot Glenn Hysén arrived from UEFA Cup champions IFK Göteborg, the centre half becoming a crucial player for La Viola. Starlet Roberto Baggio finally got his breakthrough, scoring six league goals.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ITA	Paolo Conti
—	GK	ITA	Marco Landucci
—	GK	ITA	Alessandro Misefori
—	DF	ITA	Stefano Carobbi
—	DF	ITA	Renzo Contratto
—	DF	SWE	Glenn Hysén
—	DF	ITA	Ernesto Calisti
—	DF	ITA	Celeste Pin
—	DF	ITA	Andrea Rocchigiani
—	MF	ITA	Simone Sereni
—	MF	ITA	Sergio Battistini


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Roberto Bosco
—	MF	ITA	Nicola Berti
—	MF	ITA	Roberto Onorati
—	MF	ITA	Roberto Gelsi
—	MF	ITA	Alberto Di Chiara
—	FW	ITA	Paolo Ciucchi
—	FW	ITA	Roberto Baggio
—	FW	ITA	Fabio Graccaneli
—	FW	ARG	Ramón Díaz
—	FW	ITA	Davide Pellegrini
—	FW	ITA	Stefano Rebonato

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
DF	Glenn Hysén	IFK Göteborg	-
MF	Roberto Bosco	Pescara	-
FW	Davide Pellegrini	Pisa	loan ended
DF	Ernesto Calisti	SS Lazio	-

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Roberto Galbiati		retired
DF	Claudio Gentile	Piacenza	-
DF	Aldo Maldera		retired
MF	Giancarlo Antognoni		retired
MF	Gabriele Oriali		end of contract
FW	Paolo Monelli	SS Lazio	-

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Juventus^[a]	30	11	9	10	35	30	+5	31	Qualification to UEFA Cup
7	Torino	30	8	15	7	33	30	+3	31
8	Fiorentina	30	9	10	11	29	33	−4	28
9	Cesena	30	7	12	11	23	32	−9	26
10	Hellas Verona	30	7	11	12	23	30	−7	25

Source: 1987–88 Serie A, RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.^[1]
Notes:

^ Juventus won the UEFA Cup qualification match against Torino 0–0*(4:2) then qualified to 1988–89 UEFA Cup.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	W
Position	7	3	3	5	2	6	4	6	5	6	9	9	9	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	9	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	8	8

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = 1988–89 European Cup; = 1988–89 UEFA Cup; = 1988–89 Serie B

Matches

13 September 1987 1	Fiorentina	0–0	Verona	Florence
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Romeo Paparesta

20 September 1987 2	Milan	0–2	Fiorentina	Milan
	Tassotti 75'	Report	Díaz 22', 76' R. Baggio 78'	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 74,880 Referee: Pietro D'Elia

27 September 1987 3	Fiorentina	1–1	Como	Florence
	Díaz 36'	Report	Annoni 76'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Carlo Sguizzato

4 October 1987 4	Empoli	0–0	Fiorentina	Empoli
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Tullio Lanese

11 October 1987 5	Fiorentina	2–1	Avellino	Florence
	Amodio 9' (o.g.) D. Pellegrini 38'	Report	Schachner 82'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

25 October 1987 6	Torino	2–1	Fiorentina	Turin
	Polster 22', 67'	Report	R. Baggio 72' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Salvatore Lombardo

1 November 1987 7	Fiorentina	4–0	Pescara	Florence
	Hysén 20' D. Pellegrini 23' Díaz 45' Carobbi 71'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Carlo Longhi

8 November 1987 8	Cesena	1–0	Fiorentina	Cesena
	Di Bartolomei 60' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Referee: Angelo Amendolia

22 November 1987 9	Fiorentina	1–1	Sampdoria	Florence
	A. Paganin 33' (o.g.)	Report	Cerezo 37'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale

29 November 1987 10	Pisa	2–1	Fiorentina	Pisa
	Paciocco 19' Lucarelli 64'	Report	R. Baggio 42' D. Pellegrini 89'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi Referee: Pierluigi Magni

13 December 1987 11	Fiorentina	1–2	Internazionale	Florence
	Berti 6'	Report	Passarella 36' (pen.) Ciocci 84'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Luigi Agnolin

20 December 1987 12	Ascoli	3–0	Fiorentina	Ascoli Piceno
	Giovannelli 43' (pen.), 64' (pen.) Casagrande 58'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Referee: Romeo Paparesta

3 January 1988 13	Fiorentina	1–0	Roma	Florence
	Collovati 43' (o.g.) Contratto 65'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Tullio Lanese

10 January 1988 14	Napoli	4–0	Fiorentina	Naples
	Giordano 3', 74' Careca 33' Maradona 35'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Fabio Baldas

17 January 1988 15	Fiorentina	1–1	Juventus	Florence
	Rebonato 58'	Report	De Agostini 19'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Paolo Casarin

24 January 1988 16	Verona	1–0	Fiorentina	Verona
	Pacione 43'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Referee: Pierluigi Magni

31 January 1988 17	Fiorentina	1–1	Milan	Florence
	Di Chiara 49', 81' Bosco 53' Battistini 72'	Report	Mussi 21' Virdis 39' 72' Baresi 74' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 52,068 Referee: Romeo Paparesta

7 February 1988 18	Como	1–0	Fiorentina	Como
	Corneliusson 70'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia Referee: Salvatore Lombardo

14 February 1988 19	Fiorentina	0–0	Empoli	Florence
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Arcangelo Pezzella

28 February 1988 20	Avellino	1–1	Fiorentina	Avellino
	Schachner 36' (pen.)	Report	D. Pellegrini 33'	Stadium: Stadio Partenio Referee: Carlo Longhi

6 March 1988 21	Fiorentina	1–0	Torino	Florence
	Díaz 90' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Werter Cornieti

13 March 1988 22	Pescara	1–1	Fiorentina	Pescara
	Gasperini 4' Slišković 55'	Report	R. Baggio 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Adriatico Referee: Arcangelo Pezzella

20 March 1988 23	Fiorentina	3–1	Cesena	Florence
	Battistini 13' Díaz 16' Leoni 33' (o.g.)	Report	Lorenzo 47'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Moreno Frigerio

27 March 1988 24	Sampdoria	1–0	Fiorentina	Genoa
	Bonomi 57' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Carlo Sguizzato

10 April 1988 25	Fiorentina	0–0	Pisa	Florence
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Arcangelo Pezzella

17 April 1988 26	Internazionale	3–0	Fiorentina	Milan
	Minaudo 47' Piraccini 84' Ciocci 87'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Bruno Di Cola

24 April 1988 27	Fiorentina	1–0	Ascoli	Florence
	R. Baggio 19'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

1 May 1988 28	Roma	2–1	Fiorentina	Rome
	Giannini 32', 39'	Report	Rebonato 76'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Mauro Felicani

8 May 1988 29	Fiorentina	3–2	Napoli	Florence
	Di Chiara 9' Díaz 58', 72' Berti 75'	Report	Ferrara 24' Renica 90'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Carlo Longhi

15 May 1988 30	Juventus	1–2	Fiorentina	Turin
	De Agostini 78' (pen.)	Report	R. Baggio 32' Di Chiara 75'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Paolo Casarin

Coppa Italia

First round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Napoli	5	5	0	0	0	11	1	+10	15
2	Fiorentina	5	4	0	0	1	8	3	+5	12
3	Livorno	5	2	0	1	2	5	6	−1	7
4	Udinese	5	1	1	0	3	4	6	−2	5
5	Padova	5	0	1	2	2	2	4	−2	4
6	Modena	5	0	1	0	4	1	11	−10	2

Source:

Results

23 August 1987 1	Padova	0–1	Fiorentina	Padua
			Diaz 74'	Stadium: Stadio Euganeo Referee: Moreno Frigerio

26 August 1987 2	Fiorentina	2–0	Udinese	Florence
	R. Baggio 31' (pen.) Diaz 77'			Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Sergio Coppetelli

30 August 1987 3	Modena	0–2	Fiorentina	Modena
			Diaz 81' D. Pellegrini 89'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Referee: Carlo Longhi

2 September 1987 4	Fiorentina	2–1	Livorno	Florence
	R. Baggio 21' Diaz 23'		Protti 55'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale

6 September 1987 5	Napoli	2–1	Fiorentina	Naples
	Francini 5' Maradona 51' (pen.)		R. Baggio 30' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Rosario Lo Bello

Round of 16

6 January 1988 First leg	Napoli	2–3	Fiorentina	Naples
	Maradona 18' (pen.) Careca 57'		Carobbi 44' Onorati 52' Diaz 80'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Werter Cornieti

20 January 1988 Second leg	Fiorentina	1–3 (4–5 agg.)	Napoli	Florence
	Di Chiara 33'		Carnevale 50', 81' Renica 72'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Rosario Lo Bello

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		1987–88 Serie A		1987–88 Coppa Italia
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ITA	Marco Landucci	37	-41	30	-33	7	-8
	DF	ITA	Stefano Carobbi	32	2	28	1	4	1
	DF	SWE	Glenn Hysén	36	1	30	1	6	0
	DF	ITA	Sergio Battistini	27	1	20	1	7	0
	DF	ITA	Renzo Contratto	30	0	23	0	7	0
	MF	ITA	Alberto Di Chiara	35	4	28	3	7	1
	MF	ITA	Roberto Onorati	33	1	25+1	0	7	1
	MF	ITA	Roberto Bosco	33	0	22+4	0	7	0
	MF	ITA	Nicola Berti	28	1	25	1	3	0
	FW	ARG	Ramón Díaz	31	12	24	7	7	5
	FW	ITA	Roberto Baggio	34	9	26+1	6	7	3
	GK	ITA	Paolo Conti	0	0	0	-0	0	-0
	FW	ITA	Davide Pellegrini	31	4	18+7	3	6	1
	DF	ITA	Celeste Pin	24	0	14+5	0	5	0
	DF	ITA	Ernesto Calisti	14	0	8+5	0	1	0
	FW	ITA	Stefano Rebonato	18	2	6+11	2	1	0
	MF	ITA	Roberto Gelsi	10	0	3+2	0	5	0
	FW	ITA	Paolo Ciucchi	5	0	0+5	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Simone Sereni	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
	GK	ITA	Alessandro Misefori	0	0	0	-0	0	-0
	DF	ITA	Andrea Rocchigiani	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ITA	Vignini	0	0	0	0
	DF	ITA	Massimo Paganin	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1987/952/

Topscorers

Ramón Díaz 12 (1)
Roberto Baggio 9 (4)
Davide Pellegrini 4
Alberto Di Chiara 4

References

^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

[table_note_JUV0.483452464679-1] Juventus won the UEFA Cup qualification match against Torino 0–0*(4:2) then qualified to 1988–89 UEFA Cup.

[2] "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

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