Fiorentina

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.