The 2017–18 season was the 91st season in ACF Fiorentina's history and their 80th in the top-flight of Italian football. Fiorentina competed in Serie A and the Coppa Italia, missing out on European football for the first time since the 2012–13 season following an eighth-place finish in the 2016–17 season. ACF Fiorentina are the first club in the history of football to wear 5 player kits.
On 6 June 2017, coach Paulo Sousa was replaced after two seasons at the helm by former Fiorentina player and Inter coach Stefano Pioli, who signed a contract tying him to the Florence club for two seasons with the option of a third.
On 4 March 2018, club captain Davide Astori died in his sleep while staying in a hotel in Udine prior to Fiorentina's match against Udinese, proven to be caused by cardiac arrest determined from an autopsy conducted two days later.
In the league Fiorentina finished just outside the European spots in 8th, while they were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia. New signing Giovanni Simeone, son of Atlético Madrid coach Diego Simeone, finished as the club's top scorer with 14 goals in total, all of them coming in Serie A.
Players
Squad information Last updated on 20 May 2018 Appearances include league matches only No. Name Nat Position(s) Date of birth (Age at end of season) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals Goalkeepers 22 Michele Cerofolini GK Youth Sector 2017 2019 0 0 57 Marco Sportiello GK Atalanta 2017 2018 39 0 97 Bartłomiej Drągowski GK Jagiellonia Białystok 2016 2021 4 0 Defenders 2 Vincent Laurini RB Empoli 2017 2018 22 0 3 Cristiano Biraghi LB Pescara 2017 2018 34 1 4 Nikola Milenković CB Partizan 2017 2022 16 0 13 Davide Astori (Captain) CB Cagliari 2015 2019 91 3 15 Maximiliano Olivera CB / LB Peñarol 2016 2021 25 0 20 Germán Pezzella CB Real Betis 2017 2018 34 1 26 Luca Ranieri LB Youth Sector 2017 — 0 0 31 Vitor Hugo CB Palmeiras 2017 2021 19 1 51 Petko Hristov CB Slavia Sofia 2017 2022 0 0 76 Bruno Gaspar RB Vitória de Guimarães 2017 2022 15 0 Midfielders 5 Milan Badelj (Captain) DM / CM Hamburg 2014 2018 108 6 8 Riccardo Saponara AM Empoli 2017 2018 28 2 10 Valentin Eysseric AM / LW Nice 2017 2021 21 1 14 Bryan Dabo CM Saint-Étienne 2018 2021 10 1 17 Jordan Veretout CM Aston Villa 2017 2021 36 8 19 Sebastián Cristóforo CM Sevilla 2017 2021 22 0 24 Marco Benassi CM Torino 2017 2022 35 5 28 Gil Dias AM / LW Monaco 2017 2019 27 2 73 Marco Meli AM Youth Sector 2017 0 0 Forwards 9 Giovanni Simeone CF / ST Genoa 2017 2022 38 14 11 Diego Falcinelli CF / ST Sassuolo 2018 2018 12 0 21 Riccardo Sottil CF / RW Youth Sector 2016 0 0 25 Federico Chiesa AM / RW Youth Sector 2016 2021 63 9 27 Simone Lo Faso SS / AM / LW Palermo 2017 2018 2 0 32 Gabriele Gori CF / ST Youth Sector 2017 — 0 0 77 Cyril Théréau CF / ST Udinese 2017 2019 20 5 Players transferred during the season 6 Carlos Sánchez DM / CM Aston Villa 2016 2018 33 2 7 Rafik Zekhnini CF / ST Odds 2017 2022 1 0 11 Ianis Hagi AM / RW Viitorul Constanța 2016 2019 2 0 30 Khouma Babacar CF / ST Youth Sector 2009 2019 99 27 40 Nenad Tomović CB / RB Genoa 2012 2020 126 1
Transfers
In Date Player Moving from Fee Notes Source Vitor Hugo Palmeiras €8M Nikola Milenković Partizan €5.1M Bruno Gaspar Vitória de Guimarães €4M Jaime Báez Spezia Loan return Ricardo Bagadur Benevento Loan return Sebastián Cristóforo Sevilla €2.5M Obligation to buy exercised Kevin Diks Vitesse Loan return Matías Fernández Milan Loan return Luca Lezzerini Avellino Loan return Jacopo Petriccione Ternana Loan return Ante Rebić Eintracht Frankfurt Loan return Carlos Sánchez Aston Villa €3M Obligation to buy exercised Martin Graiciar Liberec €1.5M Petko Hristov Slavia Sofia €1.7M Rafik Zekhnini Odds €1.5M Jordan Veretout Aston Villa €7M Marco Benassi Torino €10M Valentin Eysseric Nice €3.5M Giovanni Simeone Genoa €15M €15M + €3M in bonuses Cyril Théréau Udinese €2M Bryan Dabo Saint-Étienne Undisclosed
Loans in Date Player Moving from Fee Notes Source Gil Dias Monaco Loan 2-year loan with an option to buy Cristiano Biraghi Pescara €0.5M Loan with an obligation to buy for €2M Germán Pezzella Real Betis €0.5M Loan with an option to buy for €10M Vincent Laurini Empoli €0.4M Loan with an obligation to buy for €1.6M Simone Lo Faso Palermo €0.3M Loan with an obligation to buy for €2.7M Nino Kukovec Maribor Loan Loan with an obligation to buy after two years Diego Falcinelli Sassuolo Loan Swapped for Khouma Babacar
Total spending: €66.5M
Out Date Player Moving to Fee Notes Source Sebastián Cristóforo Sevilla Loan return Sebastian De Maio Anderlecht Loan return Gonzalo Rodríguez San Lorenzo End of contract Giuseppe Rossi Unattached End of contract Carlos Salcedo Guadalajara Loan return Cristian Tello Barcelona Loan return Josip Iličić Atalanta €5.5M Borja Valero Internazionale €5.5M €5.5M + €1.5M in bonuses Luca Lezzerini Avellino Undisclosed Hrvoje Milić Olympiacos €1.5M Federico Bernardeschi Juventus €40M Ciprian Tătărușanu Nantes €2.39M Ricardo Bagadur Brescia €0.3M Matías Vecino Internazionale €24M Giacomo Satalino Sassuolo €0.5M Matías Fernández Necaxa Free
Loans out Date Player Moving to Fee Notes Source Kevin Diks Feyenoord Loan Jan Mlakar Venezia Loan Loan with an option to buy Lorenzo Venuti Benevento Loan Gaetano Castrovilli Cremonese Loan Martin Graiciar Liberec Loan Simone Minelli Trapani Loan Andy Bangu Vicenza Loan Jaime Báez Pescara Loan Nikola Kalinić Milan €5M Loan with an obligation to buy for €20M Andrés Schetino Esbjerg Loan Loan with an option to buy Ante Rebić Eintracht Frankfurt Loan Loan with an obligation to buy for €4M Nenad Tomović Chievo €0.3M Joshua Pérez Livorno Loan Gilberto Fluminense Loan 12-month loan Khouma Babacar Sassuolo Loan Swapped for Diego Falcinelli Carlos Sánchez Espanyol Loan
Total income: €84.99M
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Serie A
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Coppa Italia
Statistics
Appearances and goals
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! colspan=14 style="background:#9400D3; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center"| Players transferred out during the season
Goalscorers NameSerie ACoppa ItaliaTotal19FWGiovanni Simeone14014217MFJordan Veretout8210325FWFederico Chiesa606424MFMarco Benassi50530FWKhouma Babacar41577FWCyril Théréau50575MFMilan Badelj20228MFGil Dias20293DFCristiano Biraghi1016MFCarlos Sánchez10110MFValentin Eysseric10113DFDavide Astori10114MFBryan Dabo10120DFGermán Pezzella10131DFVitor Hugo101Own goal101Totals54357
Last updated: 20 May 2018
Clean sheets NameSerie ACoppa ItaliaTotal157GKMarco Sportiello14014Totals14014
Last updated: 20 May 2018
Disciplinary record NameSerie ACoppa ItaliaTotal57GKMarco Sportiello0010000012DFVincent Laurini5000005003DFCristiano Biraghi7000007004DFNikola Milenković01000001013DFDavide Astori50000050015DFMaximiliano Olivera10000010020DFGermán Pezzella1200000120031DFVitor Hugo40000040040DFNenad Tomović10000010076DFBruno Gaspar2001003005MFMilan Badelj8100008106MFCarlos Sánchez2000002008MFRiccardo Saponara30000030010MFValentin Eysseric20000020014MFBryan Dabo11000011017MFJordan Veretout1001100110119MFSebastián Cristóforo10000010024MFMarco Benassi60000060028MFGil Dias1000001009FWGiovanni Simeone30000030025FWFederico Chiesa70000070030FWKhouma Babacar10000010077FWCyril Théréau200000200Totals84322008632Last updated: 20 May 2018
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