1989–90 AC Fiorentina season

Associazione Calcio Fiorentina
1989-90 season
President	Lorenzo Righetti
Manager	Bruno Giorgi ; (Until 26 March 1990); Francesco Graziani
Stadium	Comunale
Serie A	12º
Coppa Italia	First round
UEFA Cup	Final
Top goalscorer	League: Baggio (17); All: Baggio (19)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1988–89 1990-91 →

During the 1989-90 season A.C. Fiorentina competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and UEFA Cup.

Summary[edit]

During summer Swedish manager Sven-Göran Eriksson left the club to manage Benfica. Then, the club appointed Bruno Giorgi who has fired on 1 May 1990. New coach Francesco Graziani, manage the team avoiding relegation to 1990-91 Serie B with a 4-1 against Atalanta B.C. in the last round of the League tournament.

The club transferred out forward Stefano Borgonovo to A.C. Milan, replaced by Argentine striker Oscar Dertycia who was injured during half of campaign. Swedish central back Glenn Hysén signed with an English club. Other arrivals were Renato Buso, Giuseppe Volpecina, Stefano Pioli, Czech midfielder Luboš Kubík, Giuseppe Iachini, Marco Nappi, Mario Faccenda and young players such as Alberto Malusci and Giacomo Banchelli.

Owing to rebuilding actions in its Comunale for the upcoming 1990 FIFA World Cup the squad played several matches in Pistoia, Perugia and Arezzo.

In Coppa Italia the team won over Licata, in second round eliminated Como 1907, reaching the semifinals stage, being eliminated by Maradona S.S.C. Napoli's.

In UEFA Cup the squad eliminated Atletico Madrid, Sochaux, Dinamo Kyiv, AJ Auxerre and Werder Bremen, reaching the Final against Juventus, being the first Italian final in the history of UEFA tournaments. The team was defeated after two legs, included a fans riot in Avellino a location appointed by UEFA after a previous riot in semifinals against Werder Bremen.^[1]^[2]

The club disputed three finals in three UEFA tournaments in its history: European Cup (on 31 May 1957 lost against Real Madrid), UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (on 17 and 27 May 1961 defeated Glasgow Rangers and lost against Atletico Madrid on 5 September 1962) and UEFA Cup (on 2 and 16 May 1990 lost against Juventus).^[3]

One day after the 1990 UEFA Cup Final match lost, the Pontello announced the transfer out of Roberto Baggio to Juventus. Then, a roit of the viola fans erupted in Firenze with attacks to the club owners home. The riot was out of control several days including Viola fans arrests.^[4]

During summer of 1990, the viola fans continued their riots, this time against the Italy national football team and the upcoming 1990 FIFA World Cup in Coverciano nearby Firenze until the Italian Football Federation relocated the squad to Marino, nearby Roma due to safety concerns.

Squad[edit]

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
—	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Antonaccio
—	DF	ITA	Sergio Battistini (Captain)
—	DF	ITA	Roberto Bosco
—	DF	ITA	Stefano Daniel
—	DF	ITA	Alberto Di Chiara
—	DF	ITA	Mario Faccenda
—	DF	ITA	Alberto Malusci
—	DF	ITA	Stefano Pioli
—	DF	ITA	Celeste Pin
—	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Volpecina
—	MF	ITA	Giacomo Callegari
—	MF	ITA	Alessandro Antinori Petrini


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Renato Buso
—	MF	ITA	Antonio Dell'Oglio
—	MF	BRA	Dunga
—	MF	ITA	Giuseppe Iachini
—	MF	TCH	Luboš Kubík
—	MF	ITA	Roberto Onorati
—	MF	ITA	Luigi Sacchi
—	MF	ITA	Riccardo Secci
—	MF	ITA	Simone Sereni
—	MF	ITA	Mauro Zironelli
—	FW	ITA	Roberto Baggio
—	FW	ITA	Giacomo Banchelli
—	FW	ARG	Oscar Dertycia
—	FW	ITA	Marco Nappi

Transfers[edit]

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Oscar Dertycia	Argentinos Juniors	-
MF	Lubos Kubik	SK Slavia Praha	-
MF	Renato Buso	Juventus
FW	Marco Nappi	Genoa CFC	loan
MF	Giuseppe Volpecina	Hellas Verona
DF	Stefano Pioli	Hellas Verona
MF	Antonio Dell'Oglio	Ascoli
MF	Giuseppe Iachini	Hellas Verona

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
FW	Stefano Borgonovo	A.C. Milan	loan ended
DF	Glenn Hysén	Liverpool F.C.
DF	Stefano Carobbi	AC Milan

Competitions[edit]

Serie A[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Bari	34	6	19	9	34	37	−3	31
11	Genoa	34	6	17	11	27	31	−4	29
12	Fiorentina	34	7	14	13	41	42	−1	28
13	Cesena	34	6	16	12	26	36	−10	28
14	Lecce	34	10	8	16	29	46	−17	28

Source: 1989–90 Serie A, RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.^[5]

Result by round[edit]

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	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	D	D	D	D	D	D	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	D	D	W	L	W
Position	7	6	13	9	10	11	12	14	12	11	13	10	10	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	12	13	11	13	11	13	13	13	12	11	12	12

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed; = Leader, 1990–91 European Cup; = 1990–91 UEFA Cup

Matches[edit]

27 August 1989 1	S.S.C. Bari	1–1	Fiorentina	Bari
	Maiellaro 40'	Report	78' Baggio	Stadium: della Vittoria Referee: Cornieti

3 September 1989 2^[6]	Fiorentina	0–0	Genoa	Pistoia
		Report

6 September 1989 3	Juventus	3–1	Fiorentina	Torino
	Casiraghi 25' Schillaci 67' Alessio 90'	Report	37' Kubik

10 September 1989 4^[7]	Fiorentina	1–0	S.S. Lazio	Pistoia
	Baggio 71' (rig.)	Report

17 September 1989 5	S.S.C. Napoli	3–2	Fiorentina	Napoli
	Pioli 61' (aut.) Careca 76' Corradini 87'	Report	22', 31' (rig.) Baggio

24 September 1989 6	A.C. Milan	1–1	Fiorentina	Milan
	Tassotti 2'	Report	66' Dell'Oglio

1 October 1989 7	Fiorentina	1–2	Udinese	Pistoia
	Buso 41'	Report	6' Balbo 67' Battistini

8 October 1989 8	U.S. Lecce	1–0	Fiorentina	Lecce
	Virdis 15'	Report

22 October 1989 9	Fiorentina	3–1	Sampdoria	Firenze
	Volpecina 23' Battistini 34' Baggio 53'	Report	36' R. Mancini

29 October 1989 10	U.S. Cremonese	1–2	Fiorentina	Cremona
	Chiorri 77'	Report	73' Nappi 79' Pioli

5 November 1989 11	Fiorentina	0–1	Bologna F.C.	Firenze
		Report	78' Geovani

19 November 1989 12	Fiorentina	5–1	Ascoli Calcio	Firenze
	Baggio 10', 38', 88' Dertycia 64', 69'	Report	72' Carillo

26 November 1989 13	Cesena	1–1	Fiorentina	Cesena
	Pierleoni 11'	Report	58' Dertycia

3 December 1989 14	Fiorentina	1–2	A.S. Roma	Firenze
	Battistini 55'	Report	7' Desideri 44' Rizzitelli

10 December 1989 15	Hellas Verona	1–0	Fiorentina	Verona
	Magrin 89'	Report

17 December 1989 16	Fiorentina	2–2	Inter	Firenze
	Baggio 45' (rig.) Dell'Oglio 62'	Report	50', 60' (rig.) A. Serena

30 December 1989 17	Atalanta	0–0	Fiorentina	Bergamo
		Report

7 January 1990 18	Fiorentina	2–2	Bari	Firenze
	Buso 51' Baggio 76' (rig.)	Report	67' (rig.) Perrone 90' Fioretti

14 January 1990 19	Genoa	1–1	Fiorentina	Genova
	Aguilera 39'	Report	84' Dertycia

17 January 1990 20	Fiorentina	2–2	Juventus	Firenze
	Baggio 63' (rig.) Battistini 72'	Report	2' Napoli 17' Zavarov

21 January 1990 21	Lazio	1–1	Fiorentina	Roma
	Roben Sosa 33'	Report	70' Kubik

28 January 1990 22	Fiorentina	0–1	S.S.C. Napoli	Firenze
		Report	19' Fusi	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Rosario Lo Bello

4 February 1990 23	Fiorentina	2–3	A.C. Milan	Perugia
	Baggio 23' (pen) Kubik 47'	Report	55' Evani 60', 66' Van Basten	Stadium: Renato Curi Referee: Carlo Longhi

11 February 1990 24	Udinese	1–1	Fiorentina	Udine
	Mattei 44'	Report	45' Buso	Stadium: Friuli Referee: Pierluigi Magni

18 February 1990 25	Fiorentina	3–0	Lecce	Perugia
	Nappi 17' Baggio 80' (rig.) G. Ferri 85' (aut.)	Report		Stadium: Renato Curi Referee: Fabio Baldas

25 February 1990 26	Sampdoria	3–0	Fiorentina	Genova
	Vierchowod 41' A. Lombardo 68' Vialli 78'	Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Referee: Paolo Fabricatore

4 March 1990 27	Fiorentina	0–0	U.S. Cremonese	Arezzo
		Report		Stadium: Comunale Referee: Angelo Amendolia

11 March 1990 28	Bologna F.C.	1–0	Fiorentina	Bologna
	Giordano 55'	Report		Stadium: Renato Dall'Ara Referee: Coppetelli

18 March 1990 29	Ascoli Calcio	2–1	Fiorentina	Ascoli Piceno
	Cvetkovic 8' P. Giovannelli 83'	Report	13' (rig.) Baggio	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Referee: Werter Cornieti

25 March 1990 30	Fiorentina	0–0	Cesena	Perugia
		Report		Stadium: Renato Curi Referee: Paolo Fabricatore

8 April 1990 31	A.S. Roma	0–0	Fiorentina	Roma
		Report		Stadium: Flaminio

14 April 1990 32	Fiorentina	3–1	Hellas Verona	Firenze
	A. Di Chiara 36' Baggio 49' (rig.), 89'	Report	29' D. Pellegrini	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Fabio Baldas

22 April 1990 33	Inter	2–0	Fiorentina	Milan
	Berti 23' Bergomi 65'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Sergio Coppetelli

29 April 1990 34	Fiorentina	4–1	Atalanta B.C.	Firenze
	Buso 5' A. Di Chiara 35' Prandelli 38' (o.g.) Baggio 57'	Report	7' (pen) Evair	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

Coppa Italia[edit]

Qualifying round[edit]

23 August 1989 1	Licata	1-3	Fiorentina	Licata
	La Rosa 73' (pen)		16' Battistini 39' A. Di Chiara 64' Baggio	Stadium: Dino Liotta Referee: Bruno Di Cola

30 August 1989 2	Fiorentina	1-1 (a.e.t.) (10-9 p)	Como 1907	Firenze
	Bosco 39'		85' Turrini	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Fabio Baldas
	Penalties
	Battistini Onorati Pioli Volpecina Baggio Buso Bosco Iachini Dertycia		Turrini Mazzucato Milton Mannari G. Ferazzoli Lorenzini Gattuso Biondo Annoni

Groups stage[edit]

3 January 1990 1	Bologna F.C.	3-2	Fiorentina	Bologna
	Geovani 30' (pen) Waas 53' Stringara 58'		14' Battistini 62' Dertycia	Stadium: Dall'Ara Referee: Pierluigi Magni

24 January 1990 3	Fiorentina	1-1	S.S.C. Napoli	Perugia
	Dunga 22'		49' Maradona	Stadium: Renato Curi Referee: Sergio Coppetelli

UEFA Cup[edit]

Round of 64[edit]

13 September 1989 1	Atletico Madrid	1-0	Fiorentina	Madrid
	Baltazar 78'			Stadium: Vicente Calderon Referee: Aron Schmidhuber

27 September 1989 2	Fiorentina	1-0 (a.e.t.) (3-1 p)	Atletico Madrid	Perugia
	Bustingorri 25' (o.g.)			Stadium: Renato Curi Referee: Michel Vautrot
	Penalties
	Battistini Pioli Sereni Volpecina Baggio		Futre Marina Bustingorri Manolo

Round of 32[edit]

18 October 1989 1	Fiorentina	0-0	FC Sochaux	Perugia
				Stadium: Renato Curi Referee: Nemeth

1 November 1989 2	FC Sochaux	1-1	Fiorentina	Montbéliard
	Laurey 36'		33' Buso	Stadium: August Bonal Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladrén

Eightfinals[edit]

22 November 1989 1	Fiorentina	1-0	Dinamo Kyiv	Perugia
	Baggio 78' (pen)			Stadium: Renato Curi Referee: Tritschler

6 December 1989 2	Dinamo Kyiv	0-0	Fiorentina	Kyiv
				Stadium: Olympic Referee: Worral

Quarterfinals[edit]

7 March 1990 1	Fiorentina	1-0	AJ Auxerre	Perugia
	Volpecina 6'			Stadium: Renato Curi Referee: Fredriksson

21 March 1990 2	AJ Auxerre	0-1	Fiorentina	Auxerre
			79' Nappi	Stadium: Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Smith

Semifinals[edit]

3 April 1990 1	Werder Bremen	1-1	Fiorentina	Bremen
	Landucci 90' (o.g.)		78' Nappi	Stadium: Weserstadion Referee: Mikkelsen

17 April 1990 2	Fiorentina	0-0	Werder Bremen	Perugia
				Stadium: Renato Curi Referee: Biguet

Finals[edit]

2 May 1990 1	Juventus	3-1	Fiorentina	Torino
	Galia 3' Casiraghi 59' De Agostini 73'		10' Buso	Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 60 000 Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladrén

16 May 1990 2	Fiorentina	0-0	Juventus	Avellino
				Stadium: Partenio Attendance: 40 000 Referee: Aron Schmidhuber

Statistics[edit]

Players statistics[edit]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia		UEFA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ITA	Landucci	50	-54	34	-42	4	-6	12	-6
	DF	ITA	Battistini	46	5	30	3	4	2	12	0
	DF	ITA	Volpecina	42	2	30	1	2	0	10	1
	DF	ITA	Pin	42	0	24+4	0	3	0	11	0
	DF	ITA	Pioli	39	1	26	1	3	0	10	0
	MF	ITA	Buso	41	7	22+7	4	3	0	9	3
	MF	BRA	Dunga	41	1	28	0	2	1	11	0
	MF	ITA	Dell'Oglio	35	2	21+6	2	2	0	6	0
	MF	TCH	Kubik	40	3	20+6	3	4	0	10	0
	FW	ITA	Baggio	46	19	32	17	2	1	12	1
	FW	ITA	Nappi	27	4	18+2	2	1	0	6	2
	GK	ITA	Pellicano	0	0	0	0	0	-0	0	-0
	MF	ITA	Iachini	34	0	22+1	0	4	0	7	0
	DF	ITA	Di Chiara	32	3	19+2	2	3	1	8	0
	DF	ITA	Faccenda	26	0	17+3	0	2	0	4	0
	FW	ARG	Dertycia	28	5	17+2	4	3	1	6	0
	DF	ITA	Malusci	16	0	7+4	0	1	0	4	0
	DF	ITA	Antonaccio	0	0	0	0
	DF	ITA	Bosco	7	1	4	0	2	1	1	0
	DF	ITA	Daniel	4	0	1+1	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	ITA	Sacchi	3	0	1+1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Antinori	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ITA	Zironelli	9	0	0+6	0	0	0	3	0
	FW	ITA	Banchelli	6	0	0+6	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Sereni	4	0	0+2	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	ITA	Callegari	5	0	0+3	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	ITA	Onorati	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Secci	0	0	0	0
	DF	ITA	A. Basciu	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ITA	R. Del Lama	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

References[edit]

^ "David Guetta » La mia voce in viola 1989/90 – Seconda parte" (in Italian). davidguetta.it.
^ "Le coppe europee e gli scontri fratricidi - Museo Fiorentina" (in Italian). museofiorentina.it. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
^ "Juventus e Fiorentina, un po' di storie - Il Post" (in Italian). ilpost.it. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
^ "A New Chapter of Fiorentina vs Juventus Rivalry" (in Italian). tuttosport.com. 2 April 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
^ Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005"Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
^ Played in Pistoia.
^ Played in Pistoia.

Books[edit]

Arrigo Beltrami (a cura di) (1990). Almanacco illustrato del calcio 1991. Edizioni Panini. pp. 139–657.

External links[edit]

Maurizio Mariani (26 October 2000). "Italy Championship 1989/90".
"Serie A 1989/1990". calcio.com.

[1] "David Guetta » La mia voce in viola 1989/90 – Seconda parte" (in Italian). davidguetta.it.

[2] "Le coppe europee e gli scontri fratricidi - Museo Fiorentina" (in Italian). museofiorentina.it. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

[3] "Juventus e Fiorentina, un po' di storie - Il Post" (in Italian). ilpost.it. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

[4] "A New Chapter of Fiorentina vs Juventus Rivalry" (in Italian). tuttosport.com. 2 April 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

[5] Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005"Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

[6] Played in Pistoia.

[7] Played in Pistoia.

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