# 1988–89 AC Fiorentina season

A.C. Fiorentina finished in the midfield of Serie A, beating Roma 1-0 in a playoff match due to a goal by ex-Roma player Roberto Pruzzo. The season also marked the international breakthrough of Roberto Baggio, the striker scoring 15 league goals, also setting up several of Stefano Borgonovo's 14.

## 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 | Giuseppe Pellicanò |
| — | GK | ITA | Marco Landucci |
| — | GK | ITA | Marco Bacchin |
| — | DF | ITA | Stefano Carobbi |
| — | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Antonaccio |
| — | DF | SWE | Glenn Hysén |
| — | DF | ITA | Ernesto Calisti |
| — | DF | ITA | Celeste Pin |
| — | DF | ITA | Massimo Paganin |
| — | MF | BRA | Dunga |
| — | MF | ITA | Sergio Battistini |
| — | MF | ITA | Massimiliano Dal Compare |
| — | MF | ITA | Luigi Galli |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Giuseppe Centrone |
| — | MF | ITA | Roberto Bosco |
| — | MF | ITA | Paolo Perugi |
| — | MF | ITA | Luca Mattei |
| — | MF | ITA | Roberto Gelsi |
| — | MF | ITA | Alberto Di Chiara |
| — | MF | ITA | Stefano Salvatori |
| — | MF | ITA | Paolo Ciucchi |
| — | FW | ITA | Roberto Baggio |
| — | FW | ITA | Stefano Borgonovo |
| — | FW | ITA | Fabio Graccaneli |
| — | FW | ITA | Davide Pellegrini |
| — | FW | ITA | Roberto Pruzzo |
| — | FW | ITA | Enrico Cucchi |
| — | FW | URU | Diego Aguirre |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Stefano Borgonovo | AC Milan | loan |
| MF | Luca Mattei | Como | - |
| MF | Dunga | Pisa | - |
| FW | Roberto Pruzzo | AS Roma | - |
| GK | Giuseppe Pellicanò | AS Bari | - |
| MF | Stefano Salvatori | Parma | - |
| FW | Diego Aguirre | Olympiakos | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To |
| FW | Ramón Díaz | Internazionale |
| MF | Nicola Berti | Internazionale |
| DF | Renzo Contratto | Atalanta BC |
| MF | Simone Sereni | Trento |
| MF | Roberto Onorati | Genoa CFC |
| FW | Diego Aguirre | Central Español |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Sampdoria | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 39 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup |
| 6 | Atalanta | 34 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 36 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 7 | Fiorentina | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 34 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 8 | Roma | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 34 | |
| 9 | Lecce | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 31 | |
* ↑ AC Fiorentina won the UEFA Cup qualification match against AS Roma then qualified to 1989–90 UEFA Cup.

#### Result 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | D | D | L | D | L |
| Position | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### UEFA Cup qualification

Fiorentina qualified for 1989–90 UEFA Cup.

### Coppa Italia
#### First round

Group 6 :
| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Pisa | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 7 |
| 2 | Fiorentina | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 |
| 3 | Ancona | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 |
| 4 | Genoa | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Virtus Bergamo | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 |
| 6 | Avellino | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 2 |

#### Second round

Group E :
| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Lazio | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 |
| 2 | Fiorentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 |
| 3 | Internazionale | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 |
| 4 | Udinese | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |

#### Quarter-finals
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ITA | Landucci | 35 | -47 | 24+1 | -35 | 10 | -12 |
| | DF | ITA | Carobbi | 37 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | DF | SWE | Hysen | 40 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Battistini | 34 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Di Chiara | 41 | 1 | 24+7 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Bosco | 30 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | BRA | Dunga | 38 | 4 | 30 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| | MF | ITA | Cucchi | 42 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Mattei | 36 | 1 | 22+6 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| | FW | ITA | Baggio | 40 | 24 | 30 | 15 | 10 | 9 |
| | FW | ITA | Borgonovo | 35 | 16 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 2 |
| | GK | ITA | Pellicano | 11 | -8 | 10+1 | -8 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Calisti | 18 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Pin | 24 | 0 | 12+6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Perugi | 9 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Gelsi | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Salvatori | 25 | 1 | 22+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | D. Pellegrini | 36 | 4 | 17+12 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Pruzzo | 15 | 0 | 1+12 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Bacchin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Dal Compare | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Galli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Centrone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | URU | Diego Aguirre | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1988/969/