# 2018–19 ACF Fiorentina season

The 2018–19 season was the 92nd season in ACF Fiorentina's history and their 81st in the top-flight of Italian football. Having finished 8th the previous season, Fiorentina competed only in Serie A and in the Coppa Italia.
The season was coach Stefano Pioli's second in charge of the club.

## Players
### Squad information

    Last updated on 26 May 2019
    Appearances include league matches only
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age at end of season) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Alban Lafont | GK | (1999-01-23)23 January 1999 (aged 20) | Toulouse | 2018 | 2023 | 34 | 0 |
| 23 | Pietro Terracciano | GK | (1990-03-08)8 March 1990 (aged 29) | Empoli | 2019 | 2019 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Vincent Laurini | RB | (1989-06-10)10 June 1989 (aged 30) | Empoli | 2017 | 2020 | 37 | 0 |
| 3 | Cristiano Biraghi | LB | (1992-09-01)1 September 1992 (aged 26) | Pescara | 2017 | 2021 | 70 | 2 |
| 4 | Nikola Milenković | CB | (1997-10-12)12 October 1997 (aged 21) | Partizan | 2017 | 2022 | 50 | 3 |
| 5 | Federico Ceccherini | CB | (1992-05-11)11 May 1992 (aged 27) | Crotone | 2018 | 2022 | 15 | 0 |
| 15 | Maximiliano Olivera | CB / LB | (1992-03-05)5 March 1992 (aged 27) | Peñarol | 2016 | 2021 | 25 | 0 |
| 16 | Dávid Hancko | CB | (1997-12-13)13 December 1997 (aged 21) | Žilina | 2018 | 2023 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | Germán Pezzella | CB | (1991-06-27)27 June 1991 (aged 28) | Real Betis | 2017 | 2022 | 66 | 3 |
| 31 | Vitor Hugo | CB | (1991-05-20)20 May 1991 (aged 28) | Palmeiras | 2017 | 2021 | 49 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | Christian Nørgaard | DM / CM / AM | (1994-03-10)10 March 1994 (aged 25) | Brøndby | 2018 | 2022 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | Gerson | CM / AM | (1997-05-20)20 May 1997 (aged 22) | Roma | 2018 | 2019 | 36 | 3 |
| 14 | Bryan Dabo | CM | (1992-02-13)13 February 1992 (aged 27) | Saint-Étienne | 2018 | 2021 | 33 | 2 |
| 17 | Jordan Veretout | CM | (1993-03-01)1 March 1993 (aged 26) | Aston Villa | 2017 | 2021 | 69 | 13 |
| 18 | Nicky Beloko | CM / RM / LM | (2000-02-16)16 February 2000 (aged 19) | Youth Sector | 2019 | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Cristóbal Montiel | AM / LW | (2000-04-11)11 April 2000 (aged 19) | Youth Sector | 2019 | | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Marco Benassi | CM | (1994-09-08)8 September 1994 (aged 24) | Torino | 2017 | 2022 | 67 | 12 |
| 26 | Edimilson Fernandes | CM / AM / RM | (1996-04-15)15 April 1996 (aged 23) | West Ham United | 2018 | 2019 | 29 | 2 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Giovanni Simeone | CF / ST | (1995-07-05)5 July 1995 (aged 23) | Genoa | 2017 | 2022 | 74 | 20 |
| 10 | Marko Pjaca | LW / RW / CF | (1995-05-06)6 May 1995 (aged 24) | Juventus | 2018 | 2019 | 19 | 1 |
| 11 | Kevin Mirallas | RW / LW / SS | (1987-10-05)5 October 1987 (aged 31) | Everton | 2018 | 2019 | 27 | 2 |
| 25 | Federico Chiesa | AM / RW | (1997-10-25)25 October 1997 (aged 21) | Youth Sector | 2016 | 2022 | 100 | 15 |
| 27 | Martin Graiciar | CF / SS | (1999-04-11)11 April 1999 (aged 20) | Slovan Liberec | 2017 | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Dušan Vlahović | CF | (2000-01-28)28 January 2000 (aged 19) | Partizan | 2018 | 2023 | 10 | 0 |
| 29 | Luis Muriel | CF / ST | (1991-04-16)16 April 1991 (aged 28) | Sevilla | 2019 | 2019 | 19 | 6 |
| Players transferred during the season ||||||||||
| 7 | Valentin Eysseric | AM / LW | (1992-03-25)25 March 1992 (aged 27) | Nice | 2017 | 2021 | 29 | 1 |
| 21 | Riccardo Sottil | LW / RW / SS | (1999-06-03)3 June 1999 (aged 20) | Youth Sector | 2018 | — | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | Sebastián Cristóforo | CM | (1993-08-23)23 August 1993 (aged 25) | Sevilla | 2017 | 2021 | 22 | 0 |
| 34 | Kevin Diks | RB / CB / LB | (1996-10-06)6 October 1996 (aged 22) | Vitesse | 2016 | 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 69 | Bartłomiej Drągowski | GK | (1997-08-19)19 August 1997 (aged 21) | Jagiellonia Białystok | 2016 | 2021 | 7 | 0 |
| 77 | Cyril Théréau | CF / ST | (1983-04-24)24 April 1983 (aged 36) | Udinese | 2017 | 2020 | 22 | 5 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 30 May 2018 | DF | Germán Pezzella | 26 | Real Betis | €10M | Option to buy exercised |
| 14 June 2018 | DF | Dávid Hancko | 20 | Žilina | €3.5M | |
| 1 July 2018 | FW | Jaime Báez | 23 | Pescara | Free | Loan return |
| 1 July 2018 | DF | Kevin Diks | 21 | Feyenoord | Free | Loan return |
| 1 July 2018 | FW | Joshua Pérez | 20 | Livorno | Free | Loan return |
| 1 July 2018 | MF | Carlos Sánchez | 32 | Espanyol | Free | Loan return |
| 1 July 2018 | MF | Andrés Schetino | 24 | Esbjerg fB | Free | Loan return |
| 1 July 2018 | FW | Rafik Zekhnini | 20 | Rosenborg | Free | Loan return |
| 1 July 2018 | DF | Lorenzo Venuti | 23 | Benevento | Free | Loan return |
| 2 July 2018 | GK | Alban Lafont | 19 | Toulouse | €8.5M | |
| 13 July 2018 | DF | Federico Ceccherini | 26 | Crotone | Undisclosed | |
| 28 January 2019 | MF | Szymon Żurkowski | 21 | Górnik Zabrze | €3.7M | Player will remain with current club until the end of the season |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 20 July 2018 | MF | Gerson | 21 | Roma | Loan | |
| 4 August 2018 | FW | Kevin Mirallas | 30 | Everton | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 7 August 2018 | FW | Marko Pjaca | 23 | Juventus | €2M | €2M loan with a €20M option to buy |
| 13 August 2018 | MF | Edimilson Fernandes | 22 | West Ham United | €1M | €1M loan with an €8M option to buy |
| 2 January 2019 | FW | Luis Muriel | 27 | Sevilla | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 7 June 2018 | DF | Bruno Gaspar | 25 | Sporting CP | €5M | |
| 15 June 2018 | DF | Nenad Tomović | 30 | Chievo | €2.5M | Option to buy exercised |
| 1 July 2018 | MF | Milan Badelj | 29 | Lazio | Free | End of contract |
| 1 July 2018 | MF | Gil Dias | 21 | Monaco | Free | Loan return |
| 1 July 2018 | FW | Simone Lo Faso | 20 | Palermo | Free | Loan return |
| 1 July 2018 | FW | Diego Falcinelli | 27 | Sassuolo | Free | Loan return |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | Marco Sportiello | 26 | Atalanta | Free | Loan return |
| 9 August 2018 | FW | Joshua Pérez | 20 | Los Angeles FC | Undisclosed | |
| 9 August 2018 | MF | Carlos Sánchez | 32 | West Ham United | €4.45M | |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 9 August 2018 | FW | Jaime Báez | 23 | Cosenza | Loan | |
| 9 August 2018 | MF | Andrés Schetino | 24 | Cosenza | Loan | |
| 16 August 2018 | DF | Petko Hristov | 19 | Ternana | Loan | |
| 17 August 2018 | MF | Riccardo Saponara | 26 | Sampdoria | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 17 August 2018 | DF | Lorenzo Venuti | 23 | Lecce | Loan | |
| 25 August 2018 | DF | Luca Zanon | 22 | Siena | Loan | |
| 31 August 2018 | MF | Sebastián Cristóforo | 25 | Getafe | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 24 December 2018 | DF | Maximiliano Olivera | 26 | Olimpia | Loan | |
| 30 December 2018 | DF | Gilberto | 25 | Fluminense | Loan | 12-month loan with an option to buy |
| 31 January 2019 | DF | Kevin Diks | 22 | Empoli | Loan | 18-month loan |
| 31 January 2019 | MF | Valentin Eysseric | 26 | Nantes | Loan | |
| 31 January 2019 | FW | Cyril Théréau | 35 | Cagliari | Loan | |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Parma | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 41 | 61 | −20 | 41 | |
| 15 | Cagliari | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 36 | 54 | −18 | 41 | |
| 16 | Fiorentina | 38 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 47 | 45 | +2 | 41 | |
| 17 | Genoa | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 39 | 57 | −18 | 38 | |
| 18 | Empoli (R) | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 51 | 70 | −19 | 38 | Relegation to Serie B |
* 1 2 3 Positions determined by head-to-head points: Parma: 9 pts; Cagliari: 7 pts; Fiorentina: 1 pt.
* 1 2 Genoa finished ahead of Empoli on head-to-head points: Genoa 2–1 Empoli, Empoli 1–3 Genoa.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 26 May 2019. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | D | D | D | L | D | W | W | L | D | D | W | D | D | W | D | L | D | L | D | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | D |
| Position | 10 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |

#### 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 | FRA | Alban Lafont | 38 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | ITA | Pietro Terracciano | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | ITA | Federico Brancolini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | GK | ITA | Simone Ghidotti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | FRA | Vincent Laurini | 17 | 0 | 10+5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Cristiano Biraghi | 40 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SRB | Nikola Milenković | 38 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Federico Ceccherini | 17 | 0 | 11+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | URU | Maximiliano Olivera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | SVK | Dávid Hancko | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ARG | Germán Pezzella | 35 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | BRA | Vitor Hugo | 33 | 0 | 27+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | DEN | Christian Nørgaard | 6 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Gerson | 40 | 3 | 27+9 | 3 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | BFA | Bryan Dabo | 26 | 1 | 6+17 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Jordan Veretout | 37 | 5 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SUI | Nicky Beloko | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Cristóbal Montiel | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Marco Benassi | 36 | 9 | 29+3 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| 26 | MF | SUI | Edimilson Fernandes | 33 | 2 | 23+6 | 2 | 2+2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ARG | Giovanni Simeone | 40 | 8 | 27+9 | 6 | 0+4 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | CRO | Marko Pjaca | 19 | 1 | 8+11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BEL | Kevin Mirallas | 30 | 2 | 15+12 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ITA | Federico Chiesa | 41 | 12 | 34+3 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| 28 | FW | SRB | Dušan Vlahović | 10 | 0 | 1+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | COL | Luis Muriel | 23 | 9 | 16+3 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | FRA | Valentin Eysseric | 8 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ITA | Riccardo Sottil | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | GK | POL | Bartłomiej Drągowski | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | FRA | Cyril Théréau | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 26 May 2019 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 25 | FW | | Federico Chiesa | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | 24 | MF | | Marco Benassi | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | 29 | FW | | Luis Muriel | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | | Giovanni Simeone | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | 17 | MF | | Jordan Veretout | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 | DF | | Nikola Milenković | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 8 | MF | | Gerson | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 11 | FW | | Kevin Mirallas | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 20 | DF | | Germán Pezzella | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 26 | MF | | Edimilson Fernandes | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 3 | DF | | Cristiano Biraghi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 10 | FW | | Marko Pjaca | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 14 | MF | | Bryan Dabo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 47 | 13 | 60 |
Last updated: 26 May 2019

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Alban Lafont | 9* | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 69 | GK | | Bartłomiej Drągowski | 1* | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 9 | 1 | 10 |
* Includes one shared clean sheet against Udinese.
Last updated: 26 May 2019

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Alban Lafont | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Vincent Laurini | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Cristiano Biraghi | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Nikola Milenković | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Federico Ceccherini | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | | Germán Pezzella | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | | Vitor Hugo | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | Valentin Eysseric | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Gerson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Bryan Dabo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Jordan Veretout | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | | Nicky Beloko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Marco Benassi | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | | Edimilson Fernandes | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Giovanni Simeone | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Marko Pjaca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Kevin Mirallas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | | Federico Chiesa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | | Luis Muriel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | | Cyril Théréau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 88 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 2 | 3 |
Last updated: 26 May 2019