ACF Fiorentina, or simply Fiorentina, is an Italian women's football club based in Florence, Italy.
History The club was founded in 2015 when ACF Fiorentina acquired the Serie A license of the existing women's club A.C.F. Firenze. Upon its foundation, Fiorentina Women's FC became the first ever professionally affiliated women's football club in the history of Italy. The team competes in Serie A.
Della Valle era (2015-2019)
The first president of the Fiorentina Women's FC was Sandro Mencucci, who was CEO of ACF Fiorentina.
In the 2016–17 season, the Fiorentina Women's Football Club won both the Serie A Championship and the Coppa Italia Championship. This was the first scudetto for the club ACF Fiorentina since 1969 and also the first Serie A championship won by ACF Fiorentina's current owner Andrea Della Valle. On 17 June 2017, the club ACF Fiorentina won their first double. The Fiorentina Women's FC for the second consecutive year became the Coppa Italia title holders for their 3–1 win over Brescia. The Fiorentina Women's FC qualified to participate in the 2017–18, 2018–19 UEFA Champions League and 2019–20 UEFA Champions League competitions.
Commisso era (2019-2025)
On 6 June 2019, the Fiorentina Women's Football Club passed into the hands of the Italian-American businessman Rocco Commisso, who purchased it from Diego and Andrea Della Valle together with ACF Fiorentina. The following season, 2019–20, the team qualified to participate in the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League competition. On 13 July 2020, SSD Fiorentina Women's Football Club was absorbed by Fiorentina SpA as ACF Fiorentina Femminile. In the summer of 2021 the coach Antonio Cincotta was not reconfirmed, leaving after 6 seasons; in his place the technical guide was assigned to Patrizia Panico in an year that could be seen as a season of transition for Fiorentina. The club was forced to worry more about avoiding a relegation battle than fighting for a Champions League place.
Fiorentina started the 2023–24 season with a new coach, Sebastián de la Fuente. The season proved positive for the club, despite the lack of trophies, having reached the third place in the Serie A, and with defeats in the Coppa Italia final (on penalties, against Roma). After four years, the team qualified to participate in the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League competition, but failed to reach the group stage.
Season by season SeasonLeagueCoppa ItaliaSupercoppa ItalianaSerie A Women's CupUEFA Champions LeagueTierDivisionPosition2015–20161Serie AThird placeRound of 16N/ANot playedN/A2016–2017ChampionsChampions––2017–2018Third placeChampionsRunners-upRound of 162018–2019Runners-upRunners-upChampionsRound of 162019–2020Runners-upNot concludedRunners-upRound of 322020–20214thQuarter-finalsRunners-upRound of 162021–20227thQuarter-finals––2022–20234thQuarter-finals––2023–2024Third placeRunners-up––2024–20254thSemi-finalsRunners-upSecond round2025–20264thSemi-finals–Group stage–
Stadium Fiorentina' home ground is the 3000-capacity Curva Fiesole Stadium (Stadio Curva Fiesole), situated inside the "Rocco B. Commisso Viola Park" Training Center in Bagno a Ripoli, near Florence. The Training Center was inaugurated on 11 October 2023, Stadio Curva Fiesole received UEFA licence.
Players Current squad
Captains
Giulia Orlandi (2015–2017) Alia Guagni (2017–2020) Stephanie Öhrström (2020–2021) Greta Adami (2021) Alice Tortelli (2021–2025) Emma Severini (2025–)
Former players
Managerial history Below is a list of Fiorentina Women coaches from 2015 until the present day. NameNationalityYearsSauro Fattori2015–2016Sauro Fattori and Antonio Cincotta2016–2018Antonio Cincotta2018–2021Patrizia Panico2021–2023Sebastián De La Fuente2023–2025Pablo Piñones Arce2025–
Honours Serie A: Winners (1): 2016–17 Runners-up (2): 2018–19, 2019–20 Coppa Italia: Winners (2): , Runners-up (2): 2018–19, 2023–24 Supercoppa Italiana: Winners (1): 2018 Runners-up (4): 2017, 2019, 2020, 2024
Awards The following Fiorentina players have been inducted into the Italian Hall of Fame. +NameNationality20152015–2016
European record
SeasonRoundOpposition1st leg2nd legAggregate 2017–18 Round of 32 Fortuna Hjørring 2–1 (H) 0–0 (A) 2–1Round of 16 Wolfsburg 0–4 (H) 3–3 (A) 3–7 2018–19Round of 32 Fortuna Hjørring 2–0 (H) 2–0 (A) 4–0Round of 16 Chelsea 0–1 (A) 0–6 (H) 0–72019–20Round of 32 Arsenal 0–4 (H) 0–2 (A) 0–6 2020–21Round of 32 Slavia Prague 2–2 (H) 1–0 (A) 3–2Round of 16 Manchester City 0–3 (A) 0–5 (H) 0–82024–25First round Brøndby IF 1–0 (A) (semi-final) Ajax 1–0 (N) (final)Second round Wolfsburg 0–7 (H) 0–5 (A) 0–12
See also List of women's association football clubs List of women's football clubs in Italy
References