# 1956–57 AC Fiorentina season

During 1956–57 Associazione Calcio Fiorentina competed in Serie A and European Cup.

## Summary

The club kept the majority of squad players and reached a decent 2nd place in Serie A just below Champions AC Milan. Brazilian Forward Julinho delivered another superb season being crucial for the good pace of the team. Argentinian Miguel Montuori finished as club topscorer for the first time.
However, the season is best remembered by the first European Cup participation for the club, which, clinched the 1957 European Cup Final only to be defeated by Real Madrid by a 2-0 score.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ITA | Giuliano Sarti |
| — | GK | ITA | Riccardo Toros |
| — | DF | ITA | Sergio Cervato |
| — | DF | ITA | Ardico Magnini |
| — | DF | ITA | Giacomo Del Gratta |
| — | DF | ITA | Sergio Pini |
| — | DF | ITA | Francesco Rosetta |
| — | MF | ITA | Alberto Orzan |
| — | MF | ITA | Sergio Carpanesi |
| — | MF | ITA | Aldo Scaramucci |
| — | MF | ITA | Maurilio Prini |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Giuseppe Chiappella |
| — | MF | ITA | Armando Segato |
| — | FW | ARG | Miguel Montuori |
| — | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Virgili |
| — | MF | ITA | Guido Gratton |
| — | FW | ITA | Romano Taccola |
| — | FW | ITA | Orlando Rozzoni |
| — | FW | ITA | Silvio Parodi Ramos |
| — | FW | ITA | Claudio Bizzarri |
| — | FW | BRA | Julinho |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name |
| FW | Romano Taccola |
| FW | Orlando Rozzoni |
| FW | Silvio Parodi Ramos |
| DF | Giacomo Del Gratta |
| DF | Sergio Pini |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | Giampiero Bartoli | | |
| MF | Bruno Mazza | | |

## Competitions
### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Milan (C) | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 65 | 40 | +25 | 48 | Qualification to European Cup and for the Latin Cup |
| 2 | Fiorentina | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 55 | 40 | +15 | 42 | |
| 3 | Lazio | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 41 | |
| 4 | Udinese | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 59 | 58 | +1 | 36 | |
| 5 | Internazionale | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 53 | 45 | +8 | 35 | |

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | D |
| Position | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### European Cup
#### Final
## Statistics
### Player statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 1956–57 Serie A | 1956–57 Serie A | 1956–57 European Cup | 1956–57 European Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ITA | Giuliano Sarti | 26 | -28 | 22 | -25 | 4 | -3 |
| | DF | ITA | Sergio Cervato | 37 | 5 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Ardico Magnini | 34 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Alberto Orzan | 37 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Giuseppe Chiappella | 28 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Armando Segato | 37 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| | MF | ITA | Guido Gratton | 35 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Miguel Montuori | 37 | 15 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 1 |
| | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Virgili | 26 | 11 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| | FW | ITA | Claudio Bizzarri | 24 | 6 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| | FW | BRA | Julinho | 37 | 10 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 1 |
| | GK | ITA | Riccardo Toros | 15 | -18 | 12 | -15 | 3 | -3 |
| | DF | ITA | Francesco Rosetta | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Aldo Scaramucci | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Orlando Rozzoni | 10 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Maurilio Prini | 11 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | ITA | Silvio Parodi Ramos | 9 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Romano Taccola | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| | MF | ITA | Sergio Carpanesi | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Sergio Pini | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Giacomo Del Gratta |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1956/445/