# 1987–88 AC Fiorentina season

A.C. Fiorentina had its first season under Swedish coach Sven-Göran Eriksson, posting a stable mid-table season. Eriksson's compatriot Glenn Hysén arrived from UEFA Cup champions IFK Göteborg, the centre half becoming a crucial player for La Viola. Starlet Roberto Baggio finally got his breakthrough, scoring six league goals.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ITA | Paolo Conti |
| — | GK | ITA | Marco Landucci |
| — | GK | ITA | Alessandro Misefori |
| — | DF | ITA | Stefano Carobbi |
| — | DF | ITA | Renzo Contratto |
| — | DF | SWE | Glenn Hysén |
| — | DF | ITA | Ernesto Calisti |
| — | DF | ITA | Celeste Pin |
| — | DF | ITA | Andrea Rocchigiani |
| — | MF | ITA | Simone Sereni |
| — | MF | ITA | Sergio Battistini |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Roberto Bosco |
| — | MF | ITA | Nicola Berti |
| — | MF | ITA | Roberto Onorati |
| — | MF | ITA | Roberto Gelsi |
| — | MF | ITA | Alberto Di Chiara |
| — | FW | ITA | Paolo Ciucchi |
| — | FW | ITA | Roberto Baggio |
| — | FW | ITA | Fabio Graccaneli |
| — | FW | ARG | Ramón Díaz |
| — | FW | ITA | Davide Pellegrini |
| — | FW | ITA | Stefano Rebonato |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| DF | Glenn Hysén | IFK Göteborg | - |
| MF | Roberto Bosco | Pescara | - |
| FW | Davide Pellegrini | Pisa | loan ended |
| DF | Ernesto Calisti | SS Lazio | - |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | Roberto Galbiati | | retired |
| DF | Claudio Gentile | Piacenza | - |
| DF | Aldo Maldera | | retired |
| MF | Giancarlo Antognoni | | retired |
| MF | Gabriele Oriali | | end of contract |
| FW | Paolo Monelli | SS Lazio | - |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Juventus | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 31 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 7 | Torino | 30 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 31 | |
| 8 | Fiorentina | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 28 | |
| 9 | Cesena | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 32 | −9 | 26 | |
| 10 | Hellas Verona | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 30 | −7 | 25 | |
* ↑ Juventus won the UEFA Cup qualification match against Torino 0–0*(4:2) then qualified to 1988–89 UEFA Cup.

#### 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 |
| Ground | 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 |
| Result | D | W | D | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | D | D | W | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 |

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia
#### First round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Napoli | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 15 |
| 2 | Fiorentina | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 12 |
| 3 | Livorno | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 7 |
| 4 | Udinese | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 5 |
| 5 | Padova | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 |
| 6 | Modena | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 2 |

#### Round of 16
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 1987–88 Serie A | 1987–88 Serie A | 1987–88 Coppa Italia | 1987–88 Coppa Italia |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ITA | Marco Landucci | 37 | -41 | 30 | -33 | 7 | -8 |
| | DF | ITA | Stefano Carobbi | 32 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| | DF | SWE | Glenn Hysén | 36 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Sergio Battistini | 27 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Renzo Contratto | 30 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Alberto Di Chiara | 35 | 4 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| | MF | ITA | Roberto Onorati | 33 | 1 | 25+1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| | MF | ITA | Roberto Bosco | 33 | 0 | 22+4 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Nicola Berti | 28 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Ramón Díaz | 31 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| | FW | ITA | Roberto Baggio | 34 | 9 | 26+1 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| | GK | ITA | Paolo Conti | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0 | 0 | -0 |
| | FW | ITA | Davide Pellegrini | 31 | 4 | 18+7 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| | DF | ITA | Celeste Pin | 24 | 0 | 14+5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Ernesto Calisti | 14 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Stefano Rebonato | 18 | 2 | 6+11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Roberto Gelsi | 10 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Paolo Ciucchi | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Simone Sereni | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Alessandro Misefori | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0 | 0 | -0 |
| | DF | ITA | Andrea Rocchigiani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Vignini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Massimo Paganin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1987/952/

### Topscorers

* Ramón Díaz 12 (1)
* Roberto Baggio 9 (4)
* Davide Pellegrini 4
* Alberto Di Chiara 4