The 2018–19 season was the 92nd season in ACF Fiorentina's history and their 81st in the top-flight of Italian football. Having finished 8th the previous season, Fiorentina competed only in Serie A and in the Coppa Italia.
The season was coach Stefano Pioli's second in charge of the club.
Players
Squad information Last updated on 26 May 2019 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 1 Alban Lafont GK Toulouse 2018 2023 34 0 23 Pietro Terracciano GK Empoli 2019 2019 2 0 Defenders 2 Vincent Laurini RB Empoli 2017 2020 37 0 3 Cristiano Biraghi LB Pescara 2017 2021 70 2 4 Nikola Milenković CB Partizan 2017 2022 50 3 5 Federico Ceccherini CB Crotone 2018 2022 15 0 15 Maximiliano Olivera CB / LB Peñarol 2016 2021 25 0 16 Dávid Hancko CB Žilina 2018 2023 5 0 20 Germán Pezzella CB Real Betis 2017 2022 66 3 31 Vitor Hugo CB Palmeiras 2017 2021 49 1 Midfielders 6 Christian Nørgaard DM / CM / AM Brøndby 2018 2022 6 0 8 Gerson CM / AM Roma 2018 2019 36 3 14 Bryan Dabo CM Saint-Étienne 2018 2021 33 2 17 Jordan Veretout CM Aston Villa 2017 2021 69 13 18 Nicky Beloko CM / RM / LM Youth Sector 2019 2021 1 0 19 Cristóbal Montiel AM / LW Youth Sector 2019 1 0 24 Marco Benassi CM Torino 2017 2022 67 12 26 Edimilson Fernandes CM / AM / RM West Ham United 2018 2019 29 2 Forwards 9 Giovanni Simeone CF / ST Genoa 2017 2022 74 20 10 Marko Pjaca LW / RW / CF Juventus 2018 2019 19 1 11 Kevin Mirallas RW / LW / SS Everton 2018 2019 27 2 25 Federico Chiesa AM / RW Youth Sector 2016 2022 100 15 27 Martin Graiciar CF / SS Slovan Liberec 2017 2022 0 0 28 Dušan Vlahović CF Partizan 2018 2023 10 0 29 Luis Muriel CF / ST Sevilla 2019 2019 19 6 Players transferred during the season 7 Valentin Eysseric AM / LW Nice 2017 2021 29 1 21 Riccardo Sottil LW / RW / SS Youth Sector 2018 — 2 0 23 Sebastián Cristóforo CM Sevilla 2017 2021 22 0 34 Kevin Diks RB / CB / LB Vitesse 2016 2021 2 0 69 Bartłomiej Drągowski GK Jagiellonia Białystok 2016 2021 7 0 77 Cyril Théréau CF / ST Udinese 2017 2020 22 5
Transfers
In Date Player Moving from Fee Notes Source Germán Pezzella Real Betis €10M Option to buy exercised Dávid Hancko Žilina €3.5M Jaime Báez Pescara Free Loan return Kevin Diks Feyenoord Free Loan return Joshua Pérez Livorno Free Loan return Carlos Sánchez Espanyol Free Loan return Andrés Schetino Esbjerg fB Free Loan return Rafik Zekhnini Rosenborg Free Loan return Lorenzo Venuti Benevento Free Loan return Alban Lafont Toulouse €8.5M Federico Ceccherini Crotone Undisclosed Szymon Żurkowski Górnik Zabrze €3.7M Player will remain with current club until the end of the season
Loans in Date Player Moving from Fee Notes Source Gerson Roma Loan Kevin Mirallas Everton Loan Loan with an option to buy Marko Pjaca Juventus €2M €2M loan with a €20M option to buy Edimilson Fernandes West Ham United €1M €1M loan with an €8M option to buy Luis Muriel Sevilla Loan Loan with an option to buy
Out Date Player Moving to Fee Notes Source Bruno Gaspar Sporting CP €5M Nenad Tomović Chievo €2.5M Option to buy exercised Milan Badelj Lazio Free End of contract Gil Dias Monaco Free Loan return Simone Lo Faso Palermo Free Loan return Diego Falcinelli Sassuolo Free Loan return Marco Sportiello Atalanta Free Loan return Joshua Pérez Los Angeles FC Undisclosed Carlos Sánchez West Ham United €4.45M
Loans out Date Player Moving to Fee Notes Source Jaime Báez Cosenza Loan Andrés Schetino Cosenza Loan Petko Hristov Ternana Loan Riccardo Saponara Sampdoria Loan Loan with an option to buy Lorenzo Venuti Lecce Loan Luca Zanon Siena Loan Sebastián Cristóforo Getafe Loan Loan with an option to buy Maximiliano Olivera Olimpia Loan Gilberto Fluminense Loan 12-month loan with an option to buy Kevin Diks Empoli Loan 18-month loan Valentin Eysseric Nantes Loan Cyril Théréau Cagliari Loan
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Serie A
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Coppa Italia
Statistics
Appearances and goals
! colspan=14 style="background:#9400D3; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center"| Goalkeepers
! colspan=14 style="background:#9400D3; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center"| Defenders
! colspan=14 style="background:#9400D3; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center"| Midfielders
! colspan=14 style="background:#9400D3; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center"| Forwards
! colspan=14 style="background:#9400D3; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center"| Players transferred out during the season
Goalscorers NameSerie ACoppa ItaliaTotal125FWFederico Chiesa6612224MFMarco Benassi72929FWLuis Muriel63949FWGiovanni Simeone628517MFJordan Veretout50564DFNikola Milenković3038MFGerson303811FWKevin Mirallas20220DFGermán Pezzella20226MFEdimilson Fernandes202113DFCristiano Biraghi10110FWMarko Pjaca10114MFBryan Dabo101Own goal202Totals471360
Last updated: 26 May 2019
Clean sheets NameSerie ACoppa ItaliaTotal11GKAlban Lafont9*110269GKBartłomiej Drągowski1*01Totals9110
* Includes one shared clean sheet against Udinese.
Last updated: 26 May 2019
Disciplinary record NameSerie ACoppa ItaliaTotal1GKAlban Lafont2000002002DFVincent Laurini4001005003DFCristiano Biraghi8001009004DFNikola Milenković7101008105DFFederico Ceccherini30010040020DFGermán Pezzella60020080031DFVitor Hugo7011008017MFValentin Eysseric1000001008MFGerson80000080014MFBryan Dabo40000040017MFJordan Veretout1201100130118MFNicky Beloko10000010024MFMarco Benassi60110070126MFEdimilson Fernandes8100008109FWGiovanni Simeone20000020010FWMarko Pjaca10000010011FWKevin Mirallas20010030025FWFederico Chiesa40000040029FWLuis Muriel10010020077FWCyril Théréau100000100Totals882311009923Last updated: 26 May 2019
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