| Club: | Fiorentina |
| Season: | 2008–09 |
| Manager: | Cesare Prandelli |
| Chairman: | Andrea Della Valle |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Stadium: | Stadio Artemio Franchi |
| League: | Serie A |
| League Result: | 4th |
| Cup1: | Coppa Italia |
| Cup1 Result: | Round of 16 |
| Cup2: | UEFA Champions League |
| Cup2 Result: | Group stage |
| Cup3: | UEFA Cup |
| Cup3 Result: | Round of 32 |
| League Topscorer: | Alberto Gilardino (19) |
| Season Topscorer: | Alberto Gilardino (25) |
| Highest Attendance: | 41,839 vs Milan (31 May 2009, Serie A) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 19,018 vs Ajax (19 February 2009, UEFA Cup) |
| Average Attendance: | 31,200[1] |
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| Prevseason: | 2007–08 |
| Nextseason: | 2009–10 |
The 2008–09 season was ACF Fiorentina's 83rd season in Italian football and their 71st season in the first-tier of Italian football, Serie A. Having finished fourth the previous season, La Viola earned qualification to the UEFA Champions League for the first time in eight years.
As of 26 July 2008[2]
| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | €13 million [3] | ||||
| 46 | Piergiuseppe Maritato | undisclosed [4] | |||
| 11 | €14 million [5] | ||||
| 8 | €8 million [6] | ||||
| 34 | Nikola Gulan | undisclosed | |||
| 28 | Jefferson | free transfer[7] | |||
| 21 | Gianluca Comotto | €4.3 million [8] | |||
| 6 | Juan Manuel Vargas | €11 million | |||
| 13 | Marco Storari | on loan [9] | |||
| 14 | Luciano Zauri | on loan [10] | |||
| 30 | Sergio Almirón | on loan [11] |
| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | on loan [12] | ||||
| -- | loan return (co-ownership) [13] [14] | ||||
| -- | undisclosed [15] |
| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | free transfer[16] | ||||
| 32 | free transfer[17] | ||||
| 99 | blind auction [18] | ||||
| 6 | undisclosed [19] | ||||
| 21 | free transfer[20] | ||||
| -- | N/A | released | |||
| 12 | N/A | released |
| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | €10 million [21] | ||||
| 9 | €7 million [22] |
| No. | Pos. | Player | On loan to | Until | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | June 2009 [23] | ||||
| 14 | June 2009 [24] | ||||
| 16 | June 2009 [25] | ||||
| 17 | June 2009 [26] | ||||
| 34 | June 2009 | ||||
| 54 | June 2009 [27] | ||||
| 34 | June 2009 [28] |
| Competition | Started round | Current position | Final position | First match | Last match | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serie A | Matchday 1 | — | 4th | 31 August 2008 | 31 May 2009 | |
| Coppa Italia | Round of 16 | — | Round of 16 | 17 December 2008 | ||
| Champions League | Third qualifying round | — | Group stage | 12 August 2008 | 10 December 2008 | |
| UEFA Cup | Round of 32 | — | Round of 32 | 19 February 2009 | 26 February 2009 | |
Last updated: 31 May 2009
See main article: article and 2008–09 Serie A.
See main article: article and 2008–09 Coppa Italia.
See main article: article and 2008–09 UEFA Champions League.
See main article: article.
See main article: article.
See main article: article and 2008–09 UEFA Cup.
See main article: article and 2008–09 UEFA Cup final phase.
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| Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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