2014–15 ACF Fiorentina season explained

The 2014–15 season was the 88th season in ACF Fiorentina's history and their 77th season in Serie A. The club competed in Serie A, finishing fourth, and reached the semi-finals in both the Coppa Italia and UEFA Europa League; in the latter competition they were eliminated 5–0 on aggregate by eventual champions Sevilla.

The season was coach Vincenzo Montella's third and final season with the club – as well as third consecutive fourth-placed finish – as he would be sacked and replaced by former Juventus player Paulo Sousa in the 2015–16 pre-season. Slovenian player Josip Iličić finished as top scorer in the league with eight goals, while Iličić and German international and former Bayern Munich player Mario Gómez together finished as top scorers in all competitions, with ten goals each.

Season review

The 2014–15 season saw Fiorentina compete on three fronts as they did the previous season, with one improvement being that they qualified automatically to the group stage of the Europa League (rather than having to traverse a qualifying round) due to the fact that the previous season's Coppa Italia winners Napoli qualified to the Champions League.

Players

Squad information

Last updated on 31 May 2015

Appearances include league matches only

No.	Name	Nat	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age at end of season)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Neto		GK	June 30, 2015	Atlético Paranaense	2011	2015	101	0
12	Ciprian Tătărușanu		GK	June 30, 2015	Steaua București	2014	2019	18	0
21	Cristiano Lupatelli		GK	June 30, 2015	Genoa	2012	2015	42	0
24	Luca Lezzerini		GK	June 30, 2015	Youth Sector	2011	2016	0	0
31	Antonio Rosati		GK	June 30, 2015	Napoli	2015	2016	4	0
Defenders
2	Gonzalo Rodríguez		CB	June 30, 2015	Villarreal	2012	2017	98	17
4	Micah Richards		CB / RB	June 30, 2015	Manchester City	2014	2015	10	0
15	Stefan Savić		CB	June 30, 2015	Manchester City	2012	2019	86	4
19	José María Basanta		CB / LB	June 30, 2015	Monterrey	2014	2016	24	2
23	Manuel Pasqual (C)		LB / LM	June 30, 2015	Arezzo	2005	2016	285	7
28	Marcos Alonso		LB / LM	June 30, 2015	Bolton Wanderers	2013	2016	25	1
35	Ricardo Bagadur		CB	June 30, 2015	Rijeka	2014	2016	1	0
40	Nenad Tomović		CB / RB	June 30, 2015	Genoa	2012	2016	75	1
Midfielders
5	Milan Badelj		DM / CM	June 30, 2015	Hamburg	2014	2018	21	1
6	Juan Manuel Vargas		LB / LM / LW	June 30, 2015	Catania	2008	2015	147	17
7	David Pizarro		DM / CM	June 30, 2015	Roma	2012	2015	83	4
10	Alberto Aquilani		DM / CM / AM	June 30, 2015	Liverpool	2012	2015	81	13
14	Matías Fernández		CM / AM / RM	June 30, 2015	Sporting CP	2012	2016	74	6
16	Jasmin Kurtić		CM	June 30, 2015	Sassuolo	2014	2015	21	1
17	Joaquín		RM / RW / SS	June 30, 2015	Málaga	2013	2016	50	4
18	Alessandro Diamanti		AM / RW / SS	June 30, 2015	Guangzhou Evergrande	2015	2015	11	2
20	Borja Valero		DM / CM / AM	June 30, 2015	Villarreal	2012	2019	97	9
32	Andrea Lazzari		CM / AM	June 30, 2015	Cagliari	2011	2015	36	2
38	Aleandro Rosi		RB / RM	June 30, 2015	Genoa	2015	2015	4	0
72	Josip Iličić		AM / RW / SS	June 30, 2015	Palermo	2013	2018	46	11
93	Octávio		CM / AM	June 30, 2015	Botafogo	2014	2015	0	0
Forwards
9	Alberto Gilardino		CF / ST	June 30, 2015	Guangzhou Evergrande	2015	2015	14	4
22	Giuseppe Rossi		SS / CF	June 30, 2015	Villarreal	2013	2017	22	16
29	Federico Bernardeschi		RW / LW / SS	June 30, 2015	Youth Sector	2011	2016	7	1
30	Khouma Babacar		CF / ST	June 30, 2015	Youth Sector	2009	2016	43	8
33	Mario Gómez		CF / ST	June 30, 2015	Bayern Munich	2013	2017	29	7
43	Simone Minelli		LW / RW / SS	June 30, 2015	Youth Sector	2015		0	0
74	Mohamed Salah		AM / RW / SS	June 30, 2015	Chelsea	2015	2015	16	6
77	Mounir El Hamdaoui		CF / ST	June 30, 2015	Ajax	2012	2015	22	4
Players transferred during the season
8	Marko Marin		LW / RW / AM	June 30, 2015	Chelsea	2014	2015	0	0
11	Juan Cuadrado		RW / AM	June 30, 2015	Udinese	2012	2017	85	20
13	Oleksandr Yakovenko		LW / RW / ST	June 30, 2015	Anderlecht	2013	2016	3	0
25	Joshua Brillante		CM	June 30, 2015	Anderlecht	2014	2015	2	0
55	Ahmed Hegazi		CB	June 30, 2015	Ismaily	2012	2016	3	0

Transfers

In

Date		Player		Moving from	Fee	Source
		Ciprian Tătărușanu		Steaua București	Free
		Octávio		Botafogo	Loan
		Joshua Brillante		Newcastle Jets	€1M
		José María Basanta		Monterrey	€2.6M
		Marko Marin		Chelsea	Loan
		Milan Badelj		Hamburg	€4M
		Jasmin Kurtić		Sassuolo	Loan
		Micah Richards		Manchester City	Loan
		Alessandro Diamanti		Guangzhou Evergrande	Loan
		Alberto Gilardino		Guangzhou Evergrande	Loan
		Mohamed Salah		Chelsea	Loan
		Aleandro Rosi		Genoa	Loan

Out

Date		Player		Moving to	Fee	Source
		Mattia Cassani		Parma	Undisclosed
		Massimo Ambrosini		Retired	End of contract
		Marvin Compper		RB Leipzig	€0.5M
		Juan Cuadrado		Chelsea	€31M
		Kenneth Zohore		OB	Free

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position	Final position	First match	Last match
Serie A	Matchday 1	—	4th	30 August 2014	31 May 2015
Coppa Italia	Round of 16	—	Semi-finals	21 January 2015	7 April 2015
Europa League	Group stage	—	Semi-finals	18 September 2014	14 May 2015

Serie A

See main article: 2014–15 Serie A.

Matches

Coppa Italia

See main article: 2014–15 Coppa Italia.

UEFA Europa League

See main article: 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.

Knockout phase

See main article: 2014–15 UEFA Europa League knockout phase.

Semi-finals

Statistics

Appearances and goals

|-! colspan=12 style="background:#9400D3; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center"| Goalkeepers|-! colspan=12 style="background:#9400D3; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center"| Defenders|-! colspan=12 style="background:#9400D3; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center"| Midfielders|-! colspan=12 style="background:#9400D3; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center"| Forwards|-! colspan=12 style="background:#9400D3; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center"| Players transferred out during the season

Goalscorers

width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=145	Name	width=80	Serie A	width=80	Coppa Italia	width=80	UEFA EL	width=80	Total
1	33	FW		Mario Gómez	4	4	2	10
	72	MF		Josip Iličić	8	0	2	10
3	30	FW		Khouma Babacar	7	0	2	9
	74	FW		Mohamed Salah	6	2	1	9
5	2	DF		Gonzalo Rodríguez	7	0	1	8
6	11	MF		Juan Cuadrado	4	1	1	6
7	6	MF		Juan Manuel Vargas	1	0	3	4
	9	FW		Alberto Gilardino	4	0	0	4
	19	DF		José María Basanta	2	0	2	4
10	23	DF		Manuel Pasqual	2	0	1	3
	29	FW		Federico Bernardeschi	1	0	2	3
12	8	MF		Marko Marin	0	0	2	2
	14	MF		Matías Fernández	2	0	0	2
	15	DF		Stefan Savić	2	0	0	2
	17	MF		Joaquín	2	0	0	2
	18	MF		Alessandro Diamanti	2	0	0	2
	20	MF		Borja Valero	2	0	0	2
	28	DF		Marcos Alonso	1	0	1	2
19	5	MF		Milan Badelj	1	0	0	1
	10	MF		Alberto Aquilani	0	0	1	1
	16	MF		Jasmin Kurtić	1	0	0	1
	40	DF		Nenad Tomović	1	0	0	1
	77	FW		Mounir El Hamdaoui	1	0	0	1
Own goal					0	0	0	0
Totals					61	7	21	89

Last updated: 31 May 2015

Clean sheets

width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=145	Name	width=80	Serie A	width=80	Coppa Italia	width=80	UEFA EL	width=80	Total
1	1	GK		Neto	10	0	3	13
2	12	GK		Ciprian Tătărușanu	1	1	3	5
Totals					11	1	6	18

Last updated: 31 May 2015

Disciplinary record

			Name	Serie A			Coppa Italia			UEFA EL			Total
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1	GK		Neto	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
12	GK		Ciprian Tătărușanu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	GK		Cristiano Lupatelli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	GK		Luca Lezzerini	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK		Antonio Rosati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Gonzalo Rodríguez	9	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	12	1	0
4	DF		Micah Richards	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
15	DF		Stefan Savić	4	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	7	1	0
19	DF		José María Basanta	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	7	0	1
23	DF		Manuel Pasqual	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
28	DF		Marcos Alonso	4	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	7	1	0
35	DF		Ricardo Bagadur	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	DF		Nenad Tomović	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
5	MF		Milan Badelj	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	7	0	0
6	MF		Juan Manuel Vargas	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
7	MF		David Pizarro	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	0	0
8	MF		Marko Marin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Alberto Aquilani	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
11	MF		Juan Cuadrado	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
14	MF		Matías Fernández	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
16	MF		Jasmin Kurtić	3	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	1	0
17	MF		Joaquín	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
18	MF		Alessandro Diamanti	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
20	MF		Borja Valero	7	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	10	0	0
25	MF		Joshua Brillante	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF		Andrea Lazzari	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	MF		Aleandro Rosi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
72	MF		Josip Iličić	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0
9	FW		Alberto Gilardino	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
22	FW		Giuseppe Rossi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW		Federico Bernardeschi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
30	FW		Khouma Babacar	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
33	FW		Mario Gómez	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
43	FW		Simone Minelli	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
74	FW		Mohamed Salah	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
77	FW		Mounir El Hamdaoui	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals				82	1	0	8	1	0	28	0	1	118	2	1

Last updated: 31 May 2015

Notes and References

1. Web site: Statistiche Spettatori Serie A - Attendance Statistics Serie A.