# 2008–09 ACF Fiorentina season

The 2008–09 season was ACF Fiorentina's 83rd season in Italian football and their 71st season in the first-tier of Italian football, Serie A. Having finished fourth the previous season, La Viola earned qualification to the UEFA Champions League for the first time in eight years.

## Players
### Squad information

As of 26 July 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 | PER | Juan Manuel Vargas |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Franco Semioli |
| 8 | FW | MNE | Stevan Jovetić |
| 10 | FW | ROU | Adrian Mutu |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Alberto Gilardino |
| 13 | GK | ITA | Marco Storari |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Luciano Zauri |
| 15 | DF | CZE | Ondřej Mazuch |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Riccardo Montolivo |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Massimo Gobbi |
| 20 | MF | DEN | Martin Jørgensen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Gianluca Comotto |
| 22 | MF | SRB | Zdravko Kuzmanović |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Manuel Pasqual |
| 24 | MF | ARG | Mario Santana |
| 25 | GK | SRB | Vlada Avramov |
| 26 | DF | BRA | Alex |
| 28 | FW | BRA | Jefferson |
| 30 | MF | ARG | Sergio Almirón |
| 32 | FW | ITA | Emiliano Bonazzoli |
| 33 | GK | ITA | Andrea Seculin |
| 35 | MF | SEN | Pape Moussa Diakhatè |
| 38 | MF | ITA | Lorenzo Morelli |
| 41 | DF | ITA | Massimiliano Tagliani |
| 44 | DF | ITA | Federico Masi |
| 46 | FW | ITA | Piergiuseppe Maritato |
| 88 | MF | BRA | Felipe Melo |

## Transfers
### In
#### Summer transfer window

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee |
| 88 | MF | Felipe Melo | Almería | €13 million |
| 46 | FW | Piergiuseppe Maritato | Juventus | undisclosed |
| 11 | FW | Alberto Gilardino | Milan | €14 million |
| 8 | FW | Stevan Jovetić | Partizan | €8 million |
| 34 | MF | Nikola Gulan | Sampdoria | undisclosed |
| 28 | FW | Jefferson | Paraná | free transfer |
| 21 | DF | Gianluca Comotto | Torino | €4.3 million |
| 6 | DF | Juan Manuel Vargas | Catania | €11 million |
| 13 | GK | Marco Storari | Milan | on loan |
| 14 | DF | Luciano Zauri | Lazio | on loan |
| 30 | MF | Sergio Almirón | Juventus | on loan |

#### Winter transfer window

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee |
| 32 | FW | Emiliano Bonazzoli | Sampdoria | on loan |
| -- | MF | Davide Carcuro | Treviso | loan return (co-ownership) |
| -- | GK | Tommaso Scuffia | Maceratese | undisclosed |

### Out
#### Summer transfer window

| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee |
| 11 | MF | Fabio Liverani | Palermo | free transfer |
| 32 | FW | Christian Vieri | Atalanta | free transfer |
| 99 | FW | Daniele Cacia | Piacenza | blind auction |
| 6 | DF | Alessandro Potenza | Genoa | undisclosed |
| 21 | FW | Tomáš Ujfaluši | Atlético Madrid | free transfer |
| -- | MF | Guilherme | N/A | released |
| 12 | GK | Cristiano Lupatelli | N/A | released |

#### Winter transfer window

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee |
| 29 | FW | Giampaolo Pazzini | Sampdoria | €10 million |
| 9 | FW | Dani Osvaldo | Bologna | €7 million |

### On loan

| No. | Pos. | Player | On loan to | Until |
| 27 | FW | Samuel Di Carmine | Queens Park Rangers | June 2009 |
| 14 | FW | Arturo Lupoli | Norwich City | June 2009 |
| 16 | MF | Jan Hable | Baník Ostrava | June 2009 |
| 17 | FW | Papa Waigo | Lecce | June 2009 |
| 34 | FW | Matthias Lepiller | Eupen | June 2009 |
| 54 | MF | Manuel da Costa | Sampdoria | June 2009 |
| 34 | MF | Nikola Gulan | 1860 Munich | June 2009 |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position | Final position | First match | Last match |
| Serie A | Matchday 1 | — | 4th | 31 August 2008 | 31 May 2009 |
| Coppa Italia | Round of 16 | — | Round of 16 | 17 December 2008 | 17 December 2008 |
| Champions League | Third qualifying round | — | Group stage | 12 August 2008 | 10 December 2008 |
| UEFA Cup | Round of 32 | — | Round of 32 | 19 February 2009 | 26 February 2009 |
Last updated: 31 May 2009

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Juventus | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 69 | 37 | +32 | 74 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Milan | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 70 | 35 | +35 | 74 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Fiorentina | 38 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 68 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Genoa | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 56 | 39 | +17 | 68 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 6 | Roma | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 64 | 61 | +3 | 63 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
* 1 2 Juventus finished ahead of Milan on head-to-head points: Juventus 4–2 Milan, Milan 1–1 Juventus.
* 1 2 Fiorentina finished ahead of Genoa on head-to-head points: Fiorentina 1–0 Genoa, Genoa 3–3 Fiorentina.
* ↑ Lazio qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 Coppa Italia.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 31 May 2009. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | L |
| Position | 8 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Third qualifying round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Lyon | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Fiorentina | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 6 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Steaua București | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 1 | |

### UEFA Cup
#### Final phase
##### Round of 32
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Sébastien Frey | 36 | -36 | 26 | -26 | 8 | -8 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | DEN | Per Krøldrup | 22 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Dario Dainelli | 21 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Marco Donadel | 23 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Gamberini | 32 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | PER | Juan Manuel Vargas | 23 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Franco Semioli | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | MNE | Stevan Jovetić | 24 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ROU | Adrian Mutu | 30 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Alberto Gilardino | 35 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ITA | Marco Storari | 2 | -2 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Luciano Zauri | 24 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | SEN | Papa Waigo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Riccardo Montolivo | 32 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Massimo Gobbi | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | DEN | Martin Jørgensen | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Gianluca Comotto | 22 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SRB | Zdravko Kuzmanović | 31 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Manuel Pasqual | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ARG | Sergio Almirón | 16 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ITA | Emiliano Bonazzoli | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | ITA | Federico Masi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | BRA | Felipe Melo | 34 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players sold or loaned out during the 2009 winter transfer window: ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ITA | Dani Osvaldo | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ITA | Giampaolo Pazzini | 16 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | DF | POR | Manuel da Costa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA CL | UEFA Cup | Total |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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### Clean sheets

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