ACF Fiorentina

ACF Fiorentina

ACF Fiorentina, founded in 1926 through the merger of two Florentine clubs and playing in distinctive purple (viola) at the architecturally celebrated Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence (capacity ~43,000), have won two Serie A titles (1956, 1969) and the 1961 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. The club reached the first-ever European Cup final in 1957, losing narrowly to Real Madrid. Fiorentina's greatest individual player remains Argentine striker Gabriel Batistuta, who scored 168 Serie A goals between 1991 and 2000 and whose statue stands outside the Franchi. Under manager Raffaele Palladino and American owner Rocco Commisso, La Viola have reached back-to-back UEFA Europa Conference League finals (2023, 2024) and rebuilt a genuine European identity based on attacking ambition and technical quality.