# 2011–12 ACF Fiorentina season

The 2011–12 season was the 85th season in ACF Fiorentina's history and the club's 74th season in the top-flight of Italian football. Fiorentina competed in Serie A, finishing a disappointing 13th, and was eliminated in the round of 16 in the Coppa Italia.

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Siniša Mihajlović |
| Assistant coach | Dario Marcolin |
| Team manager | Roberto Ripa |
| Goalkeepers coach | Giulio Nuciari |
| Athletic trainers | Antonio Bovenzi, Damir Blokar, Vincenzo Manzi |
| Doctor | Jacopo Giuliattini |
| Physiotherapist | Mauro Citzia |
| Masseurs | Maurizio Fagorzi, Daniele Misseri |
Source: violachannel.tv

## Players
### Squad information

    Last updated on 13 May 2012
    Appearances include league matches only
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age at end of season) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Artur Boruc | GK | (1980-02-20)February 20, 1980 (aged 32) | Celtic | 2010 | 62 | 0 |
| 41 | Luca Lezzerini | GK | (1995-03-24)March 24, 1995 (aged 17) | Youth Sector | 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | Neto | GK | (1989-07-19)July 19, 1989 (aged 22) | Atlético Paranaense | 2011 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 2 | Per Krøldrup | CB | (1979-07-31)July 31, 1979 (aged 32) | Everton | 2006 | 117 | 3 |
| 5 | Alessandro Gamberini | CB | (1981-08-27)August 27, 1981 (aged 30) | Bologna | 2005 | 194 | 6 |
| 14 | Cesare Natali | CB | (1979-04-05)April 5, 1979 (aged 33) | Torino | 2009 | 72 | 2 |
| 15 | Matija Nastasić | CB | (1993-03-28)March 28, 1993 (aged 19) | Teleoptik | 2011 | 25 | 2 |
| 16 | Mattia Cassani | RB | (1983-08-26)August 26, 1983 (aged 28) | Palermo | 2011 | 26 | 1 |
| 19 | Felipe | CB | (1984-07-31)July 31, 1984 (aged 27) | Udinese | 2010 | 26 | 0 |
| 23 | Manuel Pasqual (Captain) | LB / LM | (1982-03-13)March 13, 1982 (aged 30) | Arezzo | 2005 | 204 | 3 |
| 29 | Lorenzo De Silvestri | RB | (1988-05-23)May 23, 1988 (aged 24) | Lazio | 2009 | 74 | 2 |
| 31 | Michele Camporese | CB | (1992-05-19)May 19, 1992 (aged 20) | Youth Sector | 2011 | 16 | 1 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 6 | Juan Manuel Vargas | LW / LB / LM | (1983-10-05)October 5, 1983 (aged 28) | Catania | 2008 | 104 | 12 |
| 10 | Rubén Olivera | AM / CM / RW / LW | (1983-05-04)May 4, 1983 (aged 29) | Lecce | 2012 | 9 | 0 |
| 13 | Houssine Kharja | CM / DM / AM | (1982-11-09)November 9, 1982 (aged 29) | Genoa | 2011 | 29 | 0 |
| 17 | Amidu Salifu | CM | (1992-09-20)September 20, 1992 (aged 19) | Vicenza | 2011 | 15 | 0 |
| 18 | Riccardo Montolivo | DM / CM | (1985-01-18)January 18, 1985 (aged 27) | Atalanta | 2005 | 219 | 17 |
| 21 | Andrea Lazzari | CM / LW / AM | (1984-12-03)December 3, 1984 (aged 27) | Cagliari | 2011 | 33 | 2 |
| 32 | Marco Marchionni | DM / RM / CM | (1980-07-22)July 22, 1980 (aged 31) | Juventus | 2009 | 60 | 7 |
| 85 | Valon Behrami | CM | (1985-04-19)April 19, 1985 (aged 27) | West Ham United | 2011 | 48 | 0 |
| 92 | Rômulo | RB / CM | (1987-05-22)May 22, 1987 (aged 25) | Atlético Paranaense | 2011 | 10 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 8 | Stevan Jovetić | CF / ST | (1989-11-02)November 2, 1989 (aged 22) | Partizan | 2008 | 85 | 22 |
| 11 | Amauri | CF / ST | (1980-06-03)June 3, 1980 (aged 32) | Juventus | 2012 | 13 | 1 |
| 22 | Adem Ljajić | LW / RW / SS / AM | (1991-09-29)29 September 1991 (aged 20) | Partizan | 2010 | 50 | 4 |
| 30 | Ryder Matos | ST / LW / RW | (1992-11-10)November 10, 1992 (aged 19) | Vitória | 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Boadu Maxwell Acosty | RW / LW / CF | (1991-09-10)September 10, 1991 (aged 20) | Youth Sector | 2011 | 5 | 0 |
| Players transferred during the season |||||||||
| 9 | Khouma Babacar | CF / ST | (1993-03-17)March 17, 1993 (aged 19) | Youth Sector | 2009 | 23 | 1 |
| 10 | Santiago Silva | CF / ST | (1980-12-09)December 9, 1980 (aged 31) | Vélez Sarsfield | 2011 | 12 | 1 |
| 11 | Alberto Gilardino | CF / ST | (1982-07-05)July 5, 1982 (aged 29) | Milan | 2008 | 118 | 48 |
| 20 | Gianni Munari | CM / RM / DM | (1983-06-24)June 24, 1983 (aged 29) | Lecce | 2011 | 11 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 92 | DF | Rômulo | 24 | EU | Cruzeiro | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | €2.5m | violachannel.tv |
| 15 | DF | Matija Nastasić | 18 | Non-EU | Partizan | Transfer | Summer | 2014 | €2.5m | violachannel.tv |
| 20 | MF | Gianni Munari | 28 | EU | Lecce | Transfer | Summer | 2014 | Undisclosed | violachannel.tv |
| 21 | MF | Andrea Lazzari | 26 | EU | Cagliari | Co-ownership | Summer | 2014 | Undisclosed | violachannel.tv |
| 13 | MF | Houssine Kharja | 28 | EU | Genoa | Co-ownership | Summer | 2013 | Co-ownership | violachannel.tv |
| 16 | DF | Mattia Cassani | 27 | EU | Palermo | Loan | Summer | 2012 | — | violachannel.tv |
| 10 | FW | Santiago Silva | 30 | Non-EU | Vélez Sarsfield | Transfer | Summer | 2013 | €1.7m | violachannel.tv |
Total spending: ~€6.7 million

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 4 | MF | Marco Donadel | 28 | EU | Napoli | Transfer | Summer | Free | sscnapoli.it |
| 10 | FW | Adrian Mutu | 32 | EU | Cesena | Transfer | Summer | Free | violachannel.tv |
| 21 | MF | Gaetano D'Agostino | 29 | EU | Udinese | Transfer | Summer | €111k | udinese.it |
| | MF | Savio Nsereko | 21 | EU | Juve Stabia | Loan | Summer | — | violachannel.tv |
| | FW | Jefferson | 23 | EU | Latina | Loan | Summer | — | violachannel.tv |
| 25 | DF | Gianluca Comotto | 32 | EU | Cesena | Transfer | Summer | Free | cesenacalcio.it |
| | MF | Francesco Di Tacchio | 21 | EU | Juve Stabia | Loan | Summer | — | violachannel.tv |
| | DF | Federico Masi | 20 | EU | Bari | Co-ownership | Summer | €500 | violachannel.tv |
| | DF | Andrea Bagnai | 19 | EU | Carrarese | Co-ownership | Summer | €500 | violachannel.tv |
| | DF | Tafi | 20 | EU | Borgo a Buggiano | Co-ownership | Summer | €500 | violachannel.tv |
| 7 | MF | Mario Santana | 29 | EU | Napoli | Transfer | Summer | Free | sscnapoli.it |
| 45 | MF | Federico Carraro | 19 | EU | Modena | Loan | Summer | — | violachannel.tv |
| | MF | Massimiliano Taddei | 20 | EU | Carrarese | Loan | Summer | — | violachannel.tv |
| 35 | GK | Vlada Avramov | 32 | Non-EU | Cagliari | Transfer | Summer | Free | cagliaricalcio.net |
| | GK | Andrea Seculin | 21 | EU | Juve Stabia | Loan | Summer | — | violachannel.tv |
| | MF | Grifoni | 18 | EU | Venezia | Loan | Summer | — | violachannel.tv |
| 1 | GK | Sébastien Frey | 31 | EU | Genoa | Transfer | Summer | Free | genoacfc.it |
| 27 | FW | Haris Seferovic | 19 | Non-EU | Neuchâtel Xamax | Loan | Summer | — | violachannel.tv |
| 20 | MF | Papa Waigo | 27 | Non-EU | Ascoli | Transfer | Summer | Free | violachannel.tv |
| 40 | DF | Cristiano Piccini | 18 | EU | Carrarese | Loan | Summer | — | violachannel.tv |
Total income: ~€111,000

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position | Final position | First match | Last match |
| Serie A | Matchday 1 | — | 13th | 11 September 2011 | 13 May 2012 |
| Coppa Italia | Third round | — | Round of 16 | 21 August 2011 | 11 January 2012 |
Last updated: 13 May 2012

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Catania | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 47 | 52 | −5 | 48 |
| 12 | Atalanta | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 46 |
| 13 | Fiorentina | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 46 |
| 14 | Siena | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 44 |
| 15 | Cagliari | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 43 |
* ↑ Atalanta were deducted 6 points due to involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal.
* 1 2 Atalanta finished ahead of Fiorentina on head–to–head away goals scored: Atalanta 2–0 Fiorentina, Fiorentina 2–2 Atalanta.
* ↑ Cagliari finished ahead of Palermo on goal difference : Cagliari 2–1 Palermo, Palermo 3–2 Cagliari; Cagliari = –9, Palermo = –10.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 13 May 2012. 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 | 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | W | D | L | D | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | D | W | D | L | D | W | D |
| Position | 11 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 13 |

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | POL | Artur Boruc | 36 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | ITA | Luca Lezzerini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | GK | BRA | Neto | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 5 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Gamberini | 29 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Cesare Natali | 35 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SRB | Matija Nastasić | 25 | 2 | 21+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ITA | Mattia Cassani | 26 | 1 | 24+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | BRA | Felipe | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Manuel Pasqual | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo De Silvestri | 22 | 0 | 15+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ITA | Michele Camporese | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | PER | Juan Manuel Vargas | 24 | 0 | 18+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | URU | Rubén Olivera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | MAR | Houssine Kharja | 19 | 0 | 10+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GHA | Amidu Salifu | 14 | 0 | 6+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Riccardo Montolivo | 30 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Andrea Lazzari | 33 | 2 | 26+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Marco Marchionni | 8 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | MF | SUI | Valon Behrami | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | MF | BRA | Rômulo | 10 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ITA | Alessio Cerci | 23 | 5 | 18+5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | MNE | Stevan Jovetić | 27 | 14 | 27 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Amauri | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | SRB | Adem Ljajić | 15 | 1 | 9+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | BRA | Ryder Matos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | GHA | Boadu Maxwell Acosty | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | SEN | Khouma Babacar | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | URU | Santiago Silva | 12 | 1 | 3+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Alberto Gilardino | 12 | 2 | 9+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Gianni Munari | 11 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 13 May 2012 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Player | League | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | Stevan Jovetić | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Alessio Cerci | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Matija Nastasić | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Last updated: 10 March 2012