# 2004–05 ACF Fiorentina season

ACF Fiorentina returned to Serie A, following a two-year absence after the bankruptcy of the previous incarnation of the club. Fiorentina returned only due to the expansion in terms of the number of top-league teams, and therefore had to significantly strengthen the squad in pre-season. Dario Dainelli, Giorgio Chiellini, Hidetoshi Nakata, Fabrizio Miccoli, Martin Jørgensen, goalkeeper Cristiano Lupatelli, Enzo Maresca, Tomáš Ujfaluši and Javier Portillo were among the highly rated players to sign up for Fiorentina, either permanently or on loan. With this squad, Fiorentina was expected to challenge for a place on the top half of the table, but slipped into the relegation battle that affected more than half of the Serie A clubs during the dramatic season. In the end, a strong finish to the season under incoming coach Dino Zoff saved La Viola from relegation, with an emotional 3–0 victory against Brescia confirming their survival.

## Players
### Goalkeepers

* Sebastián Cejas
* Marco Roccati
* Cristiano Lupatelli
* Francesco Palmieri

### Defenders

* Dario Dainelli
* Giorgio Chiellini
* Mirko Savini
* Tomáš Ujfaluši
* Christian Maggio
* Daniele Delli Carri
* William Viali
* Antonio Aquilanti

### Midfielders

* Christian Obodo
* Luis Helguera
* Angelo Di Livio
* Luca Ariatti
* Hidetoshi Nakata
* Enzo Maresca
* Martin Jørgensen
* Marco Donadel
* Luigi Piangerelli
* Gaetano Fontana

### Forwards

* Christian Riganò
* Fabrizio Miccoli
* Javier Portillo
* Giampaolo Pazzini
* Enrico Fantini
* Valeri Bojinov

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position | Final position | First match | Last match |
| Serie A | Matchday 1 | — | 16th | 12 September 2004 | 29 May 2005 |
| Coppa Italia | Group stage | — | Quarter-finals | 14 August 2004 | 16 March 2005 |
Last updated: 29 May 2005

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Siena | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 43 | |
| 15 | Chievo | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 49 | −17 | 43 | |
| 16 | Fiorentina | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 42 | 50 | −8 | 42 | |
| 17 | Parma | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 48 | 65 | −17 | 42 | Relegation tie-breaker |
| 18 | Bologna (R) | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 42 | Serie B after tie-breaker |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 29 May 2005. 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | D | L | D | D | D | W | W | D | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | D | L | D | L | D | D | L | W | D | D | W |
| Position | 17 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 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 |
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Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

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

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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