# 2007–08 ACF Fiorentina season

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 |
| 16 | MF | Jan Hable | Hradec Králové | €0.8 million |
| 15 | DF | Ondřej Mazuch | Brno | €2.8 million |
| 13 | DF | Anthony Vanden Borre | Anderlecht | undisclosed |
| 17 | DF | Federico Balzaretti | Juventus | €3.8 million |
| -- | FW | Leonardo Pettinari | Sangiovannese | Co-ownership Resolution, undisclosed |
| 7 | MF | Franco Semioli | Chievo | €5.5 million |
| 32 | FW | Christian Vieri | Atalanta | free transfer |
| 99 | FW | Daniele Cacia | Piacenza | Undisclosed |
| 9 | FW | Pablo Daniel Osvaldo | Atalanta | €4.5 million |
| 8 | MF | Michele Pazienza | Udinese | Undisclosed |

#### Winter transfer window

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

### Out
#### Summer transfer window

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

#### Winter transfer window

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

### On loan

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

## 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 | Teamvte | 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 |
| 6 | Sampdoria | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 56 | 46 | +10 | 60 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
* ↑ 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 | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |
| Position | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Cup
#### First round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VIL | FIO | AEK | MLA | ELF |
| 1 | Villarreal | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–1 | — | — | 2–0 |
| 2 | Fiorentina | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | — | 2–1 | 6–1 |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Mladá Boleslav | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | | 1–2 | — | 0–1 | — | — |
| 5 | IF Elfsborg | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 1 | | — | — | 1–1 | 1–3 | — |

#### Final phase
##### Semi-finals
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

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

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA Cup | Total |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated:

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: