2007–08 ACF Fiorentina season

Fiorentina
2007–08 season
President	Andrea Della Valle
Manager	Cesare Prandelli
Stadium	Stadio Artemio Franchi
Serie A	4th
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Adrian Mutu (17); All: Adrian Mutu (23)
Highest home attendance	42,449 vs Internazionale; (2 December 2007, Serie A)
Lowest home attendance	3,733 vs Ascoli; (11 December 2007, Coppa Italia)
Average home league attendance	31,387[1]

The 2007–08 season was ACF Fiorentina's 82nd season in Italian football in their existence and their 70th season in the first-tier of Italian football, Serie A. Having finished 6th the previous season with a tally of 58 points, La Viola earned qualification into the first round of the 2007–08 UEFA Cup.

The 2007–08 season was a very successful one for the Viola. They reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup where they were beaten on penalties by Rangers and finished fourth in Serie A ahead of Milan, thus qualifying for the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League.

Players

Squad information

As of 19 March 2008

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FRA	Sébastien Frey
2	DF	DEN	Per Krøldrup
3	DF	ITA	Dario Dainelli (captain)
4	MF	ITA	Marco Donadel
5	DF	ITA	Alessandro Gamberini
6	DF	ITA	Alessandro Potenza
7	MF	ITA	Franco Semioli
9	FW	ITA	Dani Osvaldo
10	FW	ROU	Adrian Mutu
11	MF	ITA	Fabio Liverani
12	GK	ITA	Cristiano Lupatelli
15	DF	CZE	Ondřej Mazuch
16	MF	CZE	Jan Hable
17	FW	SEN	Papa Waigo
18	MF	ITA	Riccardo Montolivo
19	MF	ITA	Massimo Gobbi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	DEN	Martin Jørgensen
21	DF	CZE	Tomáš Ujfaluši
22	MF	SRB	Zdravko Kuzmanović
23	DF	ITA	Manuel Pasqual
24	MF	ARG	Mario Santana
25	GK	SRB	Vlada Avramov
26	DF	BRA	Alex (from youth team)
27	FW	ITA	Samuel Di Carmine (from youth team)
29	FW	ITA	Giampaolo Pazzini
31	GK	ITA	Edoardo Pazzagli (from youth team)
32	FW	ITA	Christian Vieri
33	DF	ITA	Massimiliano Tagliani (from youth team)
34	FW	FRA	Matthias Lepiller (from youth team)
35	MF	SEN	Pape Diakhaté (from youth team)
54	DF	POR	Manuel da Costa
99	FW	ITA	Daniele Cacia

Transfers

In

Summer transfer window

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee
14	FW	Arturo Lupoli	Arsenal	free transfer [2]
16	MF	Jan Hable	Hradec Králové	€0.8 million [3]
15	DF	Ondřej Mazuch	Brno	€2.8 million [3]
13	DF	Anthony Vanden Borre	Anderlecht	undisclosed [3]
17	DF	Federico Balzaretti	Juventus	€3.8 million [4]
--	FW	Leonardo Pettinari	Sangiovannese	Co-ownership Resolution, undisclosed
7	MF	Franco Semioli	Chievo	€5.5 million [5]
32	FW	Christian Vieri	Atalanta	free transfer [6]
99	FW	Daniele Cacia	Piacenza	Undisclosed [7]
9	FW	Pablo Daniel Osvaldo	Atalanta	€4.5 million [8]
8	MF	Michele Pazienza	Udinese	Undisclosed

Winter transfer window

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee
17	FW	Papa Waigo	Genoa	undisclosed [9]
54	DF	Manuel da Costa	PSV	€4.5 million [10]
--	MF	Giacomo Zappacosta	Pescara	undisclosed [11]

Out

Summer transfer window

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee
17	MF	Manuele Blasi	Juventus	loan return
30	FW	Luca Toni	Bayern Munich	€11 million [12]
32	DF	Davide Brivio	Atalanta	undisclosed [13]
--	DF	Christian Maggio	Sampdoria	undisclosed
83	FW	Reginaldo	Parma	€4.5 million [14]
--	FW	Leonardo Pettinari	Reggina	undisclosed [15]
--	MF	Alessandro Gherardi	Bellinzona	undisclosed
8	FW	Valeri Bojinov	Manchester City	€8 million [16]

Winter transfer window

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee
13	DF	Anthony Vanden Borre	Genoa	undisclosed [9]
17	DF	Federico Balzaretti	Palermo	undisclosed [17]
8	MF	Michele Pazienza	Napoli	€3 million [18]

On loan

No.	Pos.	Player	On loan to	Until
14	FW	Arturo Lupoli	Treviso	June 2008 [19]
--	MF	Guilherme	Mantova	June 2008 [20]
--	MF	Andrea Paolucci	Cesena	June 2008 [19]

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position	Final position	First match	Last match
Serie A	Matchday 1	—	4th	26 August 2007	18 May 2008
Coppa Italia	Round of 16	—	Quarter-finals	11 December 2007	30 January 2008
UEFA Cup	First round	—	Semi-finals	20 September 2007	1 May 2008

Last updated: 18 May 2008

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Roma	38	24	10	4	72	37	+35	82	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Juventus	38	20	12	6	72	37	+35	72	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Fiorentina	38	19	9	10	55	39	+16	66	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
5	Milan	38	18	10	10	66	38	+28	64	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
6	Sampdoria	38	17	9	12	56	46	+10	60	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]

Source: Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Notes:

The 7th-placed team qualified for the UEFA Cup due to both of the Coppa Italia finalists, Roma and Internazionale, finishing 6th or higher.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	19	9	10	55	39	+16	66	12	4	3	35	18	+17	7	5	7	20	21	−1

Last updated: 18 May 2008.
Source: Competitive matches

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	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	W

Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2008. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

26 August 2007 1	Fiorentina	3–1	Empoli	Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pazzini 56' Mutu 65' Montolivo 70'	Report	Giacomazzi 26' Saudati 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 31,280 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

3 September 2007 2	Milan	1–1	Fiorentina	Milan
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kaká 27' (pen.) Gattuso 83'	Report	Mutu 56' Ujfaluši 79' Liverani 83' Semioli 90+3'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Stefano Farina

16 September 2007 3	Fiorentina	2–2	Atalanta	Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rivalta 26' (o.g.) Dainelli 46' Pasqual 52' Vieri 74', 75' Donadel 90'	Report	Doni 34', 51' Carrozzieri 45+4' 48' Langella 54' Talamonti 60' Zampagna 86'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 28,383 Referee: Domenico Celi

23 September 2007 4	Catania	0–1	Fiorentina	Catania
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Terlizzi 14' Spinesi 34' Martínez 43' Tedesco 44' Baiocco 79'	Report	Mutu 4' Montolivo 27' Santana 44'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Antonio Danilo Giannoccaro

26 September 2007 5	Fiorentina	2–2	Roma	Florence
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gamberini 24' Donadel 45' 85' Mutu 76', 80' (pen.) Montolivo 90'	Report	Mexès 16' Mancini 19' Giuly 37' Ferrari 79'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 36,056 Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

29 September 2007 6	Livorno	0–3	Fiorentina	Livorno
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Giannichedda 23' Filippini 36' Galante 56' Loviso 63' Pasquale 82'	Report	Gamberini 6' Liverani 24' Gobbi 37' Osvaldo 45', 66' Santana 69'	Stadium: Stadio Armando Picchi Attendance: 7,005 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

7 October 2007 7	Fiorentina	1–1	Juventus	Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kuzmanović 43' Mutu 89' (pen.) Vieri 90+3'	Report	Nocerino 18' Iaquinta 23' Legrottaglie 83' Chiellini 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 40,087 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

21 October 2007 8	Fiorentina	3–0	Siena	Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pazzini 15' Mutu 31' Vieri 71'	Report	Jarolím 33' Loria 44' Maccarone 88'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 28,108 Referee: Antonio Damato

28 October 2007 9	Genoa	0–0	Fiorentina	Genoa
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jurić 40' Sculli 42' De León 45+3'	Report	Ujfaluši 48' Montolivo 54' Vieri 83' Donadel 88' Krøldrup 89'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Emidio Morganti

31 October 2007 10	Fiorentina	1–0	Napoli	Florence
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vieri 61' Dainelli 70' Pasqual 83'	Report	Savini 51' Domizzi 51' Cannavaro 56'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 32,568 Referee: Gabriele Gava

3 November 2007 11	Lazio	0–1	Fiorentina	Rome
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mutarelli 65' 90+4' Mudingayi 90+3'	Report	Pazzini 19', 25' Pasqual 34' Mutu 69'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Paolo Dondarini

11 November 2007 12	Fiorentina	1–2	Udinese	Florence
15:10 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pazzini 28' Semioli 66' Pasqual 83'	Report	Pepe 22' Quagliarella 23' Zapata 34' Di Natale 62' Handanović 68' D'Agostino 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 28,382 Referee: Domenico Celi

25 November 2007 13	Reggina	0–0	Fiorentina	Reggio Calabria
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cascione 53' Barreto 90+4'	Report	Montolivo 41' Balzaretti 45'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

2 December 2007 14	Fiorentina	0–2	Internazionale	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Potenza 70'	Report	Jiménez 10' Chivu 32' Cruz 44' Cambiasso 44' Maicon 63'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 42,442 Referee: Stefano Farina

8 December 2007 15	Palermo	2–0	Fiorentina	Palermo
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Miccoli 17', 19' Zaccardo 26' Simplício 52', 80' Bresciano 66'	Report	Gobbi 9' Montolivo 13' Donadel 37'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 22,823 Referee: Emidio Morganti

16 December 2007 16	Sampdoria	2–2	Fiorentina	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gastaldello 18' Cassano 40', 70'	Report	Pazienza 30' Mutu 39' Donadel 58' Liverani 70' Santana 72'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Gabriele Gava

23 December 2007 17	Fiorentina	5–1	Cagliari	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Montolivo 3' Mutu 41', 45+1' (pen.) Santana 48', 79' Dainelli 76'	Report	Fini 6' Ferri 38'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 26,076 Referee: Carmine Russo

13 January 2008 18	Parma	1–2	Fiorentina	Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Coly 69'	Report	Mutu 44', 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 15,162 Referee: Christian Brighi

19 January 2008 19	Fiorentina	2–1	Torino	Florence
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vieri 45+1' (pen.) Montolivo 54' Mutu 75' (pen.)	Report	Corini 36' Grella 58' Lanna 75'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 27,995 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

27 January 2008 20	Empoli	0–2	Fiorentina	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pozzi 7' Pratali 69' Vanigli 90'	Report	Ujfaluši 21' Donadel 39' Mutu 86' Pazzini 90+3', 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Stefano Farina

3 February 2008 21	Fiorentina	0–1	Milan	Florence
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Oddo 26' Gilardino 42' Nesta 49' Pato 77' Pirlo 86'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 38,977 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

9 February 2008 22	Atalanta	2–2	Fiorentina	Bergamo
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tissone 15' Manfredini 25' Muslimović 30', 90', 69' Langella 52' De Ascentis 74'	Report	Pazzini 29' Ujfaluši 42' Semioli 60' Montolivo 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 10,822 Referee: Andrea De Marco

17 February 2008 23	Fiorentina	2–1	Catania	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kuzmanović 40' Mutu 70', 78' Pazzini 79' Donadel 83'	Report	Vargas 60' Silvestri 90' Baiocco 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 26,648 Referee: Luca Banti

24 February 2008 24	Roma	1–0	Fiorentina	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cicinho 54', 85' 90+2' De Rossi 66' Perrotta 90'	Report	Vieri 45+1'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 34,254 Referee: Emidio Morganti

27 February 2008 25	Fiorentina	1–0	Livorno	Florence
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kuzmanović 11' Donadel 31' Papa Waigo 43', 57'	Report	Knežević 17' Pasquale 33'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 26,291 Referee: Gabriele Gava

2 March 2008 26	Juventus	2–3	Fiorentina	Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sissoko 29' Camoranesi 56', 57'	Report	Gobbi 19', 61' Papa Waigo 75' Osvaldo 85' 90+4', 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 20,993 Referee: Stefano Farina

9 March 2008 27	Siena	1–0	Fiorentina	Siena
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Maccarone 52' 81', 80' Galloppa 71' Riganò 90+4'	Report	Donadel 60'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi – Montepaschi Arena Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Andrea De Marco

16 March 2008 28	Fiorentina	3–1	Genoa	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Santana 19' Mutu 30' Gobbi 40' Papa Waigo 45+1' Pazzini 57'	Report	Lucarelli 29' Konko 67' Masiero 83' Borriello 85' De León 86'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 28,628 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

19 March 2008 29	Napoli	2–0	Fiorentina	Naples
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Blasi 16' Lavezzi 23', 31' Savini 33' Mannini 71' Domizzi 72' Cannavaro 90+1'	Report	Osvaldo 22' Krøldrup 37' Ujfaluši 65'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 47,500 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

22 March 2008 30	Fiorentina	1–0	Lazio	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Liverani 23' Potenza 49' Santana 64' Pazzini 77' Mutu 90'	Report	Mutarelli 35' 37' Mudingayi 66' Ledesma 90+1' Meghni 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 26,579 Referee: Daniele Orsato

30 March 2008 31	Udinese	3–1	Fiorentina	Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Inler 12' Ferronetti 28' Di Natale 72' Quagliarella 76'	Report	Vieri 63' Osvaldo 76'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Emidio Morganti

6 April 2008 32	Fiorentina	2–0	Reggina	Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pazzini 23' Donadel 45+1' Mutu 90+2'	Report	Valdez 59'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 27,321 Referee: Domenico Celi

13 April 2008 33	Internazionale	2–0	Fiorentina	Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vieira 51' Cambiasso 55' Balotelli 62', 66'	Report	Gamberini 45'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 53,483 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

19 April 2008 34	Fiorentina	1–0	Palermo	Florence
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Donadel 19', 29' Pazzini 70' Kuzmanović 74'	Report	Zaccardo 12' Amauri 25' Biava 32' Rinaudo 50' 73' Cassani 70' Bresciano 90'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 27,321 Referee: Antonio Damato

27 April 2008 35	Fiorentina	2–2	Sampdoria	Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Donadel 67' Vieri 78' Mutu 84' (pen.) Montolivo 90+3'	Report	Pieri 7' Accardi 59' Maggio 63', 86' Gastaldello 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 36,627 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

4 May 2008 36	Cagliari	2–1	Fiorentina	Cagliari
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jeda 21' Conti 44', 51'	Report	Pasqual 16' Santana 53' Gamberini 90' Mutu 90' 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Stefano Farina

11 May 2008 37	Fiorentina	3–1	Parma	Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Santana 39' Semioli 69', 77' Ujfaluši 70' Osvaldo 86' Donadel 89'	Report	Budan 11' Mariga 36' Morrone 58' Rossi 80' Paci 85' Dessena 89'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 36,289 Referee: Emidio Morganti

18 May 2008 38	Torino	0–1	Fiorentina	Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Semioli 74' Osvaldo 77'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Stefano Farina

Coppa Italia

Round of 16

11 December 2007 First leg	Ascoli	1–1	Fiorentina	Ascoli Piceno
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Guberti 79'		Krøldrup 30'	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Attendance: 3,880 Referee: Paolo Valeri

16 January 2008 Second leg	Fiorentina	2–0 (3–1 agg.)	Ascoli	Florence
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pazzini 60', 70'			Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 3,733 Referee: Georgio Lops

Quarter-finals

24 January 2008 First leg	Lazio	2–1	Fiorentina	Rome
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kolarov 19' Behrami 20'		Pazzini 40'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 9,800 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

30 January 2008 Second leg	Fiorentina	1–2 (2–4 agg.)	Lazio	Florence
16:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Semioli 17'		Kolarov 34' Rocchi 62'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 10,457 Referee: Christian Brighi

UEFA Cup

First round

20 September 2007 First leg	Groningen	1–1	Fiorentina	Groningen, Netherlands
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lovre 25' Lindgren 60'	Report	Semioli 65' Mutu 78' Frey 86'	Stadium: Euroborg Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

4 October 2007 Second leg	Fiorentina	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.) (4–3 p)	Groningen	Florence, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mutu 59' Donadel 64'	Report	Nevland 55' Meerdink 73' Silva 115'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
	Penalties
	Pazzini Montolivo Kuzmanović Santana Mutu		Levchenko Van de Laak Lindgren Silva Lovre

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Villarreal	4	3	1	0	7	3	+4	10
Fiorentina	4	2	2	0	10	4	+6	8
AEK Athens	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	5
Mladá Boleslav	4	1	0	3	5	6	−1	3
Elfsborg	4	0	1	3	3	12	−9	1

Source:

25 October 2007 1	Villarreal	1–1	Fiorentina	Villarreal, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Capdevila 21', 88'	Report	Pazienza 19' Vieri 48' Vanden Borre 85' Ujfaluši 89'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

8 November 2007 2	Fiorentina	6–1	Elfsborg	Florence, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jørgensen 4', 78' Vieri 5' Donadel 55', 62' Krøldrup 65' Di Carmine 87'	Report	Ishizaki 36', 41'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 18,732 Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey)

29 November 2007 3	AEK Athens	1–1	Fiorentina	Athens, Greece
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ratinho 12' Balzaretti 33' (o.g.)	Report	Osvaldo 29' Krøldrup 66' Liverani 71'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 26,386 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

20 December 2007 4	Fiorentina	2–1	Mladá Boleslav	Florence, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Donadel 40' Mutu 44' (pen.) Vieri 67'	Report	Kopic 45+1' Rajnoch 56', 60' Procházka 85'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 11,140 Referee: João Ferreira (Portugal)

Final phase

Round of 32

14 February 2008 First leg	Rosenborg	0–1	Fiorentina	Trondheim, Norway
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Mutu 16' Montolivo 45'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

21 February 2008 Second leg	Fiorentina	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	Rosenborg	Florence, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Liverani 38' Cacia 81'	Report	Kvarme 53' Storflor 84' Y. Koné 88'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 23,139 Referee: Darko Ceferin (Slovenia)

Round of 16

6 March 2008 First leg	Fiorentina	2–0	Everton	Florence, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ujfaluši 40' Kuzmanović 70' Montolivo 81' Gobbi 90+3'	Report	Yakubu 36' Pienaar 40' Howard 60'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 32,934 Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

12 March 2008 Second leg	Everton	2–0 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.) (2–4 p)	Fiorentina	Liverpool, England
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Johnson 16' Arteta 67' Yobo 74' Yakubu 80'	Report	Dainelli 29' Montolivo 32' Pazzini 62' Gamberini 90' Jørgensen 100'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,026 Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)
	Penalties
	Gravesen Yakubu Arteta Jagielka		Pazzini Montolivo Osvaldo Santana

Quarter-finals

3 April 2008 First leg	Fiorentina	1–1	PSV Eindhoven	Florence, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mutu 56' Donadel 90'	Report	Koevermans 63' Farfán 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 34,317 Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

10 April 2008 Second leg	PSV Eindhoven	0–2 (1–3 agg.)	Fiorentina	Eindhoven, Netherlands
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Marcellis 69'	Report	Mutu 19', 38', 53' Donadel 25'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

Semi-finals

24 April 2008 First leg	Rangers	0–0	Fiorentina	Glasgow, Scotland
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Santana 22' Gamberini 78' Gobbi 83'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,199 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

1 May 2008 Second leg	Fiorentina	0–0 (a.e.t.) (0–0 agg.) (2–4 p)	Rangers	Florence, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Thomson 28' Weir 70' Cousin 73' 109'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 39,130 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
	Penalties
	Kuzmanović Montolivo Liverani Vieri		Ferguson Whittaker Papac Hemdani Novo

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		UEFA Cup		Coppa Italia
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Sébastien Frey	52	-11	38	0	13	-9	1	-2
2	DF		Per Krøldrup	30	2	19	0	8	1	3	1
3	DF		Dario Dainelli	31	0	23	0	6	0	2	0
4	DF		Marco Donadel	46	2	33	2	10	0	3	0
5	DF		Alessandro Gamberini	43	1	33	1	9	0	1	0
6	DF		Alessandro Potenza	18	0	16	0	0	0	2	0
7	MF		Franco Semioli	32	3	21	3	7	0	4	0
9	FW		Dani Osvaldo	25	6	13	5	8	1	4	0
10	FW		Adrian Mutu	42	24	31	18	10	6	1	0
11	MF		Fabio Liverani	42	1	31	0	10	1	1	0
12	GK		Cristiano Lupatelli	6	-4	2	0	1	-1	3	-3
15	DF		Ondřej Mazuch	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
17	FW		Papa Waigo	7	2	7	2	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Riccardo Montolivo	48	4	36	3	10	1	2	0
19	MF		Massimo Gobbi	37	1	24	1	9	0	4	0
20	MF		Martin Jørgensen	40	2	27	0	10	2	3	0
21	DF		Tomáš Ujfaluši	44	0	29	0	13	0	2	0
22	MF		Zdravko Kuzmanović	50	3	36	1	12	2	2	0
23	DF		Manuel Pasqual	41	0	30	0	9	0	2	0
24	MF		Mario Santana	36	6	28	6	8	0	0	0
25	GK		Vlada Avramov	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW		Samuel Di Carmine	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
29	FW		Giampaolo Pazzini	49	14	33	11	12	0	4	3
32	FW		Christian Vieri	41	9	28	6	12	3	1	0
99	FW		Daniele Cacia	5	1	3	0	1	1	1	0
Players sold or loaned out during the 2008 winter transfer window:
7	DF		Federico Balzaretti	11	0	6	0	3	0	2	0
8	MF		Michele Pazienza	17	0	9	0	4	0	4	0
13	DF		Anthony Vanden Borre	6	0	3	0	2	0	1	0
14	FW		Arturo Lupoli	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	UEFA Cup	Total
Own goal					0	0	0	0
Totals					0	0	0	0

Last updated:

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	UEFA Cup	Total
Totals					0	0	0	0

Last updated:

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Serie A			Coppa Italia			UEFA Cup			Total
Totals				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated:

References

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[table_note_res_UC10.050695453328404-21] The 7th-placed team qualified for the UEFA Cup due to both of the Coppa Italia finalists, Roma and Internazionale, finishing 6th or higher.

[1] ttp://www.stadiapostcards.com/a07-08.htm

[2] "Fiorentina sign Arsenal teenager Lupoli". FIFA.com. 2007-02-26. Archived from the original on 21 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-29.

[players1-3] "Vanden Borre heads to Fiorentina". uefa.com. 2007-06-03. Archived from the original on 31 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-28.

[4] "Two in, one out at Juventus". uefa.com. 2007-06-20. Archived from the original on 21 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-29.

[5] "Fiorentina sign Semioli and Vieri". uefa.com. 2007-07-20. Archived from the original on 21 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-29.

[6] "Fiorentina complete Vieri signing". FIFA.com. 2007-07-20. Archived from the original on 5 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-29.

[7] "Fiorentina capture Cacia". uefa.com. 2007-08-21. Archived from the original on 5 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-29.

[8] "Osvaldo opts for Fiorentina switch". uefa.com. 2007-08-13. Archived from the original on 21 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-29.

[players2-9] "Prandelli looks to Papa Waigo". uefa.com. 2008-01-18. Archived from the original on 21 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-29.

[10] "Fiorentina pick up Da Costa from PSV". uefa.com. 2008-01-29. Archived from the original on 21 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-29.

[11] "Fiorentina acquista Zappacosta: giovane '88 del Pescara" (in Italian). fiorentina.it. 2008-01-31. Retrieved 2008-03-29.

[12] "Toni signs for Bayern". FIFA.com. 2007-05-30. Archived from the original on 2008-03-20. Retrieved 2008-03-29.

[13] "Ufficializzato esito buste: Brivio all'Atalanta, De Falco al Pescara" (in Italian). fiorentina.it. 2007-06-22. Archived from the original on 22 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-29.

[14] "Brazilian forward Reginaldo joins Parma from Fiorentina". International Herald Tribune. 2007-07-05. Retrieved 2008-03-29.

[15] "Calciomercato: prelevato Pettinari dalla Fiorentina" (in Italian). regginacalcio.com. 2007-07-06. Archived from the original on 21 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-29.

[16] "Bojinov joins Man City". FIFA.com. 2007-08-03. Archived from the original on 8 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-29.

[17] "Acquistato Balzaretti" (in Italian). ilpalermocalcio.it. 2008-01-25. Archived from the original on 4 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-29.

[18] "Napoli have Pazienza". Channel 4. 2008-01-31. Archived from the original on 2008-02-03. Retrieved 2008-03-29.

[Lupoli_loaned_to_Treviso-19] "Lupoli loaned to Treviso". Sporting Life. 2008-01-21. Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2008-03-29.

[20] "Ora è ufficiale: Do Prado passa al Mantova a titolo temporaneo" (in Italian). fiorentina.it. 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 22 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-29.