November will probably not be the favorite month of the purple outfit but i beg to differ. The month witnessed Fiorentina going on the road on four games, two of them out of Italy while hosting only one match against Sampdoria.

In their first match of the month, La Viola traveled to the fashion city Milano with nothing but vengence on their minds. Following what happened at the end of last season and the controversy about Pizarro's sending off for dissent in an early match this season and losing Cuadrado's services for the match for being sent off on two yellow cards right on the match before for what was clear to be foul in the box. It was a journey to prove that Fiorentina deserved the Champions League spot more than a struggling Milan. There was no fitting end to that match without a freak goal from El Loco Vargas and fan favorite Valero marking a double goal Victory.

Five days later, Montella and Co. went on recreational trip to Romania and spent 85 minutes enjoying thier first European group defeat until Matos Ryder had other thoughts and scored to ruin the fun. Once again fan favorite Valero put his stamp to the match by scoring the winning CREDITS goal in the stoppage time sending Pandurii out of the competition for good. The team kept a three point lead over Dnipro and was one of 3 teams to have won four out four opening matches in the Overall & Idividual Stats group stage this season. collection MiQ With only three days to get back to Florence and get ready to meet an old friend; Sampdoria Ratings coach Delio Rossi. His name brought only luck to the purple outfit with Rossi converting a penalty Slakas & ViolaNation Contributers kick and the scoring one of his best mouth dropping goals before the 20 mintues mark. The team

November Purple Article ruled the match with great possession until they were struck by Gabbiadini with 14 minutes to go. MiQ The franchi witnessed a black cloud of chaoes and mistakes in those final minutes but the team was able to hold tight to the three points and clinch 5th rank from Hellas Verona. Checking & Proofreading Slakas , MiQ After two weeks of international matches that filled up the final spots of World Cup 2014, Production Fiorentina went to Udine to face an always difficult Udinese at the Friuli. Horrible play as usual and MiQ as expected by many of ViolaNation contributers after the international break saw the team record their 2nd match without scoring this season and third including Europa League matches. Three matches out of Ninteen. The winning goal for Udinese was a defensive marking error at the end of the first half.

FUN FACTS, OR ARE THEY? Not so long after and mid-week, Fiorentina hopped on a plane to Portugal to face Pacos Ferreira for what could have been a group winning match if Dnipro stumble against Pandurii. Fiorentina managed to keep a clean sheet but also managed to go two matches in a row without scoring. A worrying stat for a team pretty much depending on scoring more than conceding every In a whole month and out of 5 match. The group lead was retained anyway with one point ahead of Dnipro who are visiting Florence matches, Fiorentina was scheduled to in an attempt to avenge home defeat and win the group. play only once on home ground.

After thirteen rounds of Serie A. In this edition of the monthly magazine, i have introduced a feature comparing Fiorentina's Only four players have a perfect current season to all previous seasons that implemented the 3 points per win system as well as appearance record namely Neto, including 20 teams and not 18. It was a long task inspired by an article wrote by Lorenzo of Aquilani, Valero and Rossi. ViolaNation titled "Is it ok that fans are "fickle"" and so i have named the section "To fickle or not to Montella has used 26 players in total fickle". This is Voluntery work where mistakes could happen. I wish to improve on it month by in the first Serie A 13 matches month but your support in giving feedback or pointing out any missed information is crucial for that including the one and only Olivera. progress.

Giuseppe Rossi scores more than half of his attempt on goal by scoring 11 goals out of 21 attempts on target. NOVEMBER IN NUMBERS DESCRIPTION SERIE A EUROPE LEAGUE OVERALL Played Matches 3 2 5 Bakic and Olivera are the only Won Matches 2 1 3 players who never lost or drawn a Drawn Matches - 1 1 game in the Fiorentina roster Lost Matches 1 - 1 although that means absolutly Goals Scored 4 2 6 nothing. Goals Conceded 1 1 2 Goal Scoring Average 1.3 1 1.2 per match EUROPA LEAGUE Goal Conceding Average 0.3 0.5 0.4 per match CURRENT PLAYERS STANDINGS Fiorentina perfect group winning Fiorentina Rank Fifth First - record was stopped in Portugal by Top Rated Player Borja Valero (6.6) Gonzalo Rodriguez (6.8) Valero (6.7) Pacos Ferreira with a scoreless draw Top Goal Scorer Giuseppe Rossi (11 Goals) Cuad, Matos (3 Goals) Rossi (12) Top Assists Borja Valero (4 Assists) Rossi, Valero, Gonzalo (2 Assists) Valero (6)

Highest yellow card receiver Gonzalo Rodriguez (5) Pizarro (3) Both (6) Pizarro accumulated 3 yellow cards Highest On Target Giuseppe Rossi (21 Attempts) Cuadrado (8 Attempts) Rossi (23) and a red card in only 4 matches Most Consistent Player Borja Velero Nenand Tomovic Valero played. The end of the year has come and brings with it the transfer window. Fiorentina has shown quality rarely seen in the previous seasons during the last two match and that is winning the must win matches regardless it being done with a beautiful display such as that against Bologna or an ugly one against Sassuolo. Before that La Viola were able to win the Europa league group right after a big match loss against Roma introduced after a thrilling win over close followers Hellas Verona.

The month started with Gabriel (The one) Batistuta presence in the stands in a match that saw Fiorentina affirm themselves as contenders for the champions League challenge that will be anything but easy considering the sudden rise of Roma since last season, New comers Verona impressive run so far in the season and Intermilan's new found way of football. The match was a thriller and how the 7 goals scoring order was does not really matter. The team continued to concede too many goals but is still scoring more. Valero scored twice while El Loco scored once and Rossi converted the penalty to collect the three valuable points for Fiorentina.

CREDITS Following that big win and rumors of Batigo becoming the club Ambassador, the purples travelled to the capital to face a new threat to Serie A top spots but a well known threat to Fiorentina Overall & Idividual Stats in past seasons. El loco Vargas goal was not even enough to steal a point from the hosts as Destro collection marked his comeback in Norbereto's net winning the match and keeping up with the League leaders MiQ Juventus. Ratings Slakas & ViolaNation Contributers Things start to look gloomy and Dnipro's one point behind pressure made the fans feel

December Purple Article smaller and probably crushable then comes Cuadrado with a hell of a cross finding Joaquin's head to MiQ hit the back of the net following that with a goal of his own to earn the man of the match title and win the Europa League Group E first to Dnipro who came in second. Checking & Proofreading Slakas , MiQ Now it was time to collect and catch up with all the top four teams clashing against each Production other while La Viola face four must win matches before the middle of the season. Points started to MiQ drop from the top flight teams and Fiorentina put on the show against Bolgona with Ilicic starting to prove his worth, Valero continuing his new hobby of actually finding the net and Rossi doing what he does best. That performance was followed by an ugly one in Sassuolo against the green man who stood tall against the purple fire until Rossi's fireball proved too strong for them to stop earning another must win match three points.

The holidays break is here but the same pattern should continue for a few rounds to come FUN FACTS, OR with Fiorentina's most difficult match up would be with Torino while the rest of the top flight teams ARE THEY? continue to face each other when Juventus host Roma and Verona host Napoli. The purple outfit is currently 3 points behind a champions league spot, but why stop there? League runner up sounds better to me. SERIE A kicks of in January and Fiorentina path seems to be the easiest of all to reach Fiorentina managed to gain only 17 the semi-finals (Check Coppa Italia Overview). On the other hand, while winning the group put the points from possible 24 points of team against relatively easier competition Esbjerg from Denmark, the round of 16 draw put Fiorentina matches played at home. against Juventus provided that both teams qualify. Many points must be collected before the month Fiorentina were able to accumulate of death. January & February matches will prove to be very important and are must wins in order to 16 impressive points from away be able to pass through March with less pressure with three matches against Juventus on the horizon fixture thus far from 27. followed by Napoli and Milan among other matches.

Giuseppe Rossi continues to score 50% of his attampts on goal The new year is upon us and the Viola Nation contributors are wishing for a Gomez return, achieving 14 goals from 28 attaempt. a newly signed center back, some of them are asking for a Pek replacement while other still do not believe in the Neto. Whatever we wish for, we all agree on one thing and that is Prade/Macia will be Giuseppe is the leading goal scorer at working as hard as they can to make this team only better. the end of fixture 17 and is trailed by Tevez with 11 goals. DECEMBER IN NUMBERS EUROPA LEAGUE DESCRIPTION SERIE A EUROPE LEAGUE OVERALL Played Matches 4 1 5 Won Matches 3 1 4 Europa League draw brings up the Drawn Matches - - - potential of facing Juventus in the Lost Matches 1 - 1 round of 16 if both teams are able to Goals Scored 9 2 11 Goals Conceded 5 1 6 qualify from the round of 32. Goal Scoring Average 2.3 2 2.2 per match

Goal Conceding Average 1.3 1 1.2 per match The mentioned potential match up with Juventus could see the purple CURRENT PLAYERS STANDINGS outfit having to face Juventus in Fiorentina Rank Fourth Round of 32 - Turin twice in a matter of 5 days and Top Rated Player Giuseppe Rossi (6.7) Gonzalo Rodriguez (6.9) Rossi 6.8 3 matches in total in a matter of 12 Top Goal Scorer Giuseppe Rossi (14 Goals) Cuadrado, Matos (3 Goals) Rossi (15) Top Assists Borja Valero (5 Assists) Cuadrado (3 Assists) Valero (7) days. Highest yellow card receiver Gonzalo Rodriguez (6) Pizarro (3) Gonzalo (7) Highest On Target Giuseppe Rossi (28 Attempts) Cuadrado (10 Attempts) Rossi (30) Matias Fernandez is the only player Most Consistent Player Borja Velero Borja Valero Valero who made an appearance in all 8 matches.

Fiorentina SERIE A 2013-14 - OVERVIEW Day Fixture Day Fixture HOME RECORD 1 & 20 Fiorentina vs Catania 11 & 30 Milan vs Fiorentina Played W D L For Against Diff Points CURRENT 26-Aug 2 - 1 2-Nov 0 - 2 8 5 2 1 19 12 7 17 POSITION 19-Jan - 26-Mar - AWAY RECORD 2 & 21 Genoa vs Fiorentina 12 & 31 Fiorentina vs Sampdoria Played W D L For Against Diff Points 1-Sep 2 - 5 10-Nov 2 - 1 9 5 1 3 14 8 6 16 26-Jan - 30-Mar - OVERALL FOURTH 3 & 22 Fiorentina vs Cagliari 13 & 32 Udinese vs Fiorentina Played W D L For Against Diff Points 15-Sep 1 - 1 24-Nov 1 - 0 17 10 3 4 33 20 13 33 RECENT FORM 2-Feb - 6-Apr - STATISTICS 4 & 23 Atalanta vs Fiorentina 14 & 33 Fiorentina vs Verona STATISTIC HOME AWAY OVERALL 22-Sep 0 - 2 2-Dec 4 - 3 Shots On Target 41 39 80 LWLWW 9-Feb - 13-Apr - Avg. Possession 61% 57% 59% TOP GOAL SCORERS 5 & 24 Inter vs Fiorentina 15 & 34 Roma vs Fiorentina Fouls Received 136 147 283 Rossi 14 26-Sep 2 - 1 8-Dec 2 - 1 Fouls Commited 96 97 193 Valero 5 16-Feb - 19-Apr - Corners 46 36 82 Vargas 4 6 & 25 Fiorentina vs Parma 16 & 35 Fiorentina vs Bologna Average Scoring 2.4 1.6 2.0 Gomez 2 30-Sep 2 - 2 15-Dec 3 - 0 Average Conceding 1.5 0.9 1.2 Cuadrado 2 23-Feb - 27-Apr - Yellow Cards 16 23 39 Pizarro 1 7 & 26 Lazio vs Fiorentina 17 & 36 Sassuolo vs Fiorentina Red Cards 2 0 2 TOP ASSISTS 6-Oct 0 - 0 22-Dec 0 - 1 SERIE A STANDINGS Valero 5 2-Mar - 4-May - RANK TEAM POINTS RECENT FORM NEXT OPP. Cuadrado 3 8 & 27 Fiorentina vs Juventus 18 & 37 Fiorentina vs Livorno 2 Roma 41 DDWDW Juventus Rossi 3 20-Oct 4 - 2 6-Jan - 3 Napoli 36 LWDWD Sampdoria Pasqual 1 9-Mar - 11-May - 4 Fiorentina 33 LWLWW Livorno Aquilani 1 9 & 28 Chievo vs Fiorentina 19 & 38 Torino vs Fiorentina 5 Internazionale 31 DDDLW Lazio CARDS UNTIL SUSPENSION 27-Oct 1 - 2 12-Jan - 6 Hellas Verona 29 LLWDW Udinese Pizarro 1 16-Mar - 18-May - TOP APPEARANCES SLAKAS TOP RATED INJURIES Compper 1 10 & 29 Fiorentina vs Napoli Neto 17 Valero 6.6 Gomez Valero 2 1st leg is played at home when the 30-Oct 1 - 2 Valero 17 Rossi 6.6 Hegazy Neto 2 team's name is on the left 23-Mar - Rossi 17 Vargas 6.4 Tomovic 2 Position Name Goalkeepers Neto - Lupatelli - Lezzerini - Munua Defenders Gonzalo - Alonso - Roncaglia - Compper - Hegazy - Savic - Pasqual - Tomovic Squad Pizarro - Bakic - Aquilani - Cuadrado - Fernandez - Joaquin - Vecino - Valero - Ambrosini - Woski - Vargas - Ilicic - Olivera Current Attackers Rebic - Matos - Gomez - Rossi - Iakovenko FIORENTINA SERIE A 2013-14 - PLAYERS STATISTICS Name Number Appearnces Sub in Sub out Goals Assists Yellow Red Wins Draws Losses On Target Average Rating Gustavo Manua 78 Cristiano Lupatelli 12 Neto 1 17 2 10 3 4 6.4 Gonzalo Rodriguez 2 15 1 1 6 9 3 3 6.2 Ahmed Hegazy 6 Facundo Roncaglia 4 4 1 1 2 1 1 5.9 Marvin Compper 5 5 1 3 4 1 5.8 Stefan Savic 15 15 1 9 2 4 5.8 Nenand Tomovic 40 13 2 1 2 8 2 3 1 5.9 Marcos Alonso 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 5.7 Massimo Ambrosini 21 10 3 4 6 2 2 2 6.2 Manuel Pasqual 23 14 3 1 2 8 2 4 1 5.6 David Pizarro 7 11 3 2 1 3 1 5 3 3 2 5.8 Alberto Aquilani 10 16 7 1 1 4 9 3 4 7 5.7 Borja Valero 20 17 2 5 5 2 10 3 4 2 6.6 Juan Cuadrado 11 12 1 3 2 3 4 1 6 3 3 7 6.4 Josip Ilicic 72 7 5 2 1 5 2 5 5.8 Vecino 18 6 5 1 1 4 2 6.0 Marco Bakic 8 1 1 1 Ruben Olivera 83 1 1 1 Matias Fernandez 14 10 6 2 1 1 1 8 2 3 6.2 Rafal Wolski 27 4 2 2 1 3 1 1 5.7 Oleksandr Iakovenko 77 2 2 2 5.0 Joaquin 17 13 6 6 1 1 7 2 4 4 6.1 Juan Vargas 66 10 5 2 4 6 2 2 2 6.4 Matos Ryder 30 9 8 1 1 5 1 3 1 6.1 Rebic 9 3 3 1 2 1 6.0 Mario Gomez 33 3 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 6.7 Giuseppe Rossi 49 17 10 14 3 1 10 3 4 14 6.6 SERIE A FIXTURE 11: AC MILAN VS FIORENTINA

CONSTANT TOMOVIC

Manager Manager Massimilano MUNTARI AQUILANI Vincenzo Allegri 69' SAPORANA KAKA Montella MATOS MUNUA ABBIATI ZAPATA OLIVERA 90+1' GONZALO AMELIA LUPATELLI VERGARA ALONSO GABRIEL DE JONG BALOTELLI VALERO AMBROSINI NETO POLI RONCAGLIA VECINO 34' CRISTANTE COMPPER ZACCARDO SAVIC EMANUELSON REBIC ROSSI ROBINHO JOAQUIN BIRSA JOAQUIN 68' SAPONARA VECINO MONTOLIVO 57' NIANG VARGAS MATRI WOLSKI NIANG OLIVERA ABATE PASQUAL IAKOVENKO

HIGHLIGHTS STATISTIC Minute Event 18 SHOTS 4 0" Match kick off 19:45 GMT 2nd November 2013 1 ON TARGET 2 27' Vargas scores for Fiorentina 50% POSSESSION 50% 29' Matos is booked 19 FOULS COMMITED 12 50' Aquilani is booked 10 CORNERS 3 61' Balotelli is booked 1 YELLOW CARDS 2 73' Valero scores for Fiorentina RED CARDS 90+3 Match End 0-2

Information Injuries/Suspensions Fiorentina H2H Quotes & News Stadium: Injured: Gomez, Won Lost Tie Pre Match (Montella): We have to react after a defeat, City: Milan Ilicic, Hegazy, Pizarro 40 67 40 counterI am productive still perplexed by Cuadrado's red card Date: 2-11-2013 Fernandez & Bakic Away Record Post Match (Montella): "Fiorentina in Control , We forced the Attendance: 42,000 Suspended: Cuadrado 11 44 19 San Siro crowd to be impatient Referee: P. Mazzoleni SERIE A FIXTURE 12 - FIORENTINA VS SAMPDORIA

DE SILVESTRI

Manager PASQUAL Manager Vincenzo Delio Montella FERNANDEZ CUADRADO OBIANG MUSTAFI Rossi 84' VECINO 79' REBIC MUNUA FIORILLO SAVIC GABBIADINI ALONSO TOZZO POZZI 84' RONCAGLIA FORNAISER NETO VALERO ROSSI KRSTICIC PALOMBO DA COSTA COMPPER RENAN VARGAS SORIANO PIZARRO GONZALO EDER BJARNASON REBIC ERAMO VECINO AQUILANI JOAQUIN GENTSOGLOU REGINI POULSEN WOLSKI 70' VARGAS WSZOLEK 57' GAVAZZI ILICIC TOMOVIC POSSI OLIVERA WSZOLEK MATOS BERARDI PETAGNA GAVAZZI 60'

HIGHLIGHTS STATISTICS Minute Event 14 SHOTS 13 0' Kick off 10 November 2013 19:45 GMT 5 ON TARGET 3 10' Berardi is booked for a foul in the penalty box 65% POSSESSION 35% 11' Rossi scores 7 FOULS COMMITED 14 17' Rossi scores 9 CORNERS 1 51' Gentsoglou is booked 0 YELLOW CARDS 4 68' Mustafi is booked RED CARDS 74' Gabbiadini scores 84' Eder is booked 90+3' Match End 2-1

Information Injuries/Suspensions Fiorentina H2H Quotes & News Stadium: Artemio Franchi Injured: Gomez, Hegazy Won Lost Tie Pre Match (Montella): Viola want to grow City: Florence Pizarro, Ambrosini, Rebic 45 33 45 Date: 10-11-2013 Home Record Post Match (Montella): We can't take the joy of calcio away Attendance: 28,305 33 8 21 from the players Referee: A. Damato SERIE A FIXTURE 13: UDINESE VS FIORENTINA

FERNANDES

Manager SILVA TOMOVIC Manager Francesco MATOS 72' Vincenzo Guidolin LAZZARI JOAQUIN AQUILANI Montella ILICIC 59' FERNANDEZ 68' MUNUA KELAVA DOMIZZI GONZALO NALDO ALONSO BUBNJIC RONCAGLIA BRKIC PEREYRA DI NATALE ROSSI PIZARRO NETO SANTOS COMPPER 77' MURIEL WIDMER VARGAS DANILO SAVIC LOUREIRO REBIC AGYEMANG FERNANDEZ PINZI CUADRADO VALERO JADSON VECINO 19' LOUREIRO MERKEL AMBROSINI MAICOSUEL HEURTAUX PASQUAL WOLSKI ZIELINSKI 50' WIDMER ILICIC MURIEL BASTA MATOS

HIGHLIGHTS STATISTIC Minute Event 22 SHOTS 15 0" Match kick off 14:00 GMT 24th November 2013 11 ON TARGET 5 18' Danilo is booked 39% POSSESSION 61% 33' Aquilani is booked 22 FOULS COMMITED 8 34' Heurtaux scores 6 CORNERS 6 83' Gonzalo is booked 2 YELLOW CARDS 2 88' Fernandes is booked 0 RED CARDS 0 90+3' Match End 1-0

Information Injuries/Suspensions Fiorentina H2H Quotes & News Stadium: Friuli Injured: Gomez, Hegazy Won Lost Tie Pre Match (Montella): It will be a dangerous game against City: Udine 33 19 23 a team that is fired up Date: 24-11-2013 Away Record Post Match (Montella): We were too frenetic Attendance: 13,000 12 14 13 Referee: P. Tagliavento SERIE A FIXTURE 14 - FIORENTINA VS HELLAS VERONA

Manager VARGAS CACCIATORE Manager Vincenzo ROMULO MARTINHO 77' Andrea Montella VALERO CUADRADO Mandorlini ITURBE MUNUA MIHAYLOV SAVIC GONZALEZ ALONSO ALBERTAZZI RONCAGLIA MORAS NETO AMBROSINI ROSSI TONI FRELLO RAFAEL COMPPER MARQUES PIZARRO 89' ILICIC DONATI BAKIC GONZALO MAIETTA MARTINHO REBIC JANKOVIC CIRIGLIANO FERNANDEZ VECINO JOAQUIN SALA WOLSKI 45' FERNANDEZ 74' MATOS HALLFREDSSON DONADEL ILICIC TOMOVIC CRIGLIANO 65' AGOSTINI LONGO OLIVERA CACIA 86' CACIA MATOS GOMEZ

HIGHLIGHTS STATISTICS Minute Event Minute Event 23 SHOTS 11 0' Kick off 2/12/2013 18:00 GMT 72' Frello scores 7 ON TARGET 7 5' Valero scores 76' Cacciatore is booked 60% POSSESSION 40% 6' Romulo scores 90+3' Match End 9 FOULS COMMITED 13 13' Iturbe scores 5 CORNERS 1 14' Valero scores 2 YELLOW CARDS 3 16' Jankovic is booked 0 RED CARDS 1 31' Ambrosini is booked 40' Romulo is booked 43' Vargas scores 49' Fernandez is booked 53' Jankovic is sent off 4-3 54' Rossi converts the penalty

Information Injuries/Suspensions Fiorentina H2H Quotes & News Stadium: Artemio Franchi Injured: Gomez, Hegazy Won Lost Tie Pre Match (Montella): We will go with the football we have City: Florence Suspended: Aquilani 25 11 16 always played Date: 02-12-2013 Home Record Post Match (Montella): In Defence, we have got to maintain Attendance: 32,000 15 4 8 concentration Referee: D. Devori SERIE A FIXTURE 15: AS ROMA VS FIORENTINA

Manager DODO TOMOVIC Manager Rudi Garcia STROOTMAN AQUILANI Vincenzo GERVINHO CUADRADO PIZARRO 72' Montella

MUNUA SKORUPSKI CASTAN GONZALO BURDISSO ALONSO JEDVAJ RONCAGLIA DE SANCTIS DE ROSSI LJAJIC ROSSI AMBROSINI NETO TOROSIDIS COMPPER 72' TEDDEI JOAQUIN 79' ROMAGNOLI PIZARRO BENATIA SAVIC BRADLEY REBIC MARQUINHO FERNANDEZ FLORENZI VARGAS TEDDEI JOAQUIN PJANIC 57' DESTRO MATOS 86' VALERO RICCI WOLSKI TOTTI MAICON 90' BRADLEY PASQUAL ILICIC DESTRO OLIVERA BORRIELLO MATOS

HIGHLIGHTS STATISTIC Minute Event 21 SHOTS 15 0" Match kick off 19:45 GMT 2nd November 2013 9 ON TARGET 5 7' Maicon scores 46% POSSESSION 54% 16' Gonzalo & Ambrosini are booked for bad fouls 11 FOULS COMMITED 13 23' Pjanic is booked 8 CORNERS 6 29' Vargas scores 3 YELLOW CARDS 4 60' De Sanctis is booked 1 RED CARDS 0 63' Neto is booked 67' Destro scores and is booked for taking off his shirt 69' Castan is booked 88' Pjanic is booked again and is sent off 90+3' Cuadrado is booked 2-1 90+3' Match End

Information Injuries/Suspensions Fiorentina H2H Quotes & News Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Injured: Gomez, Won Lost Tie Pre Match (Montella): Fight Roma with Fire City: Roma Hegazy 47 50 57 Date: 08-12-2013 Away Record Post Match (Montella): "Fiorentina are level with Roma" Attendance: 48,000 14 37 27 Referee: D. Orsato SERIE A FIXTURE 16 - FIORENTINA VS BOLOGNA

VARGAS KONE

Manager GARICS Manager Vincenzo FERNANDEZ MANTOVANI 45' Stefano Montella SAVIC KRHIN Pioli DELLA ROCCA 74' ALONSO AGLIARDI ILICIC ANTONSSON RONCAGLIA STOJANOVIC 61' JOAQUIN COMPPER MANTOVANI NETO GONZALO ROSSI CRISTALDO DIAMANTI CURCI PASQUAL CECH PIZARRO 77' REBIC CRESPO BAKIC VALERO NATALI DELLA ROCCA REBIC LAZAROS JOAQUIN TOMOVIC PAZIENZA YAISIEN WOLSKI 82' COMPPER AQUILANI BIANCHI OLIVERA MORLEO MOSCARDELLI MATOS ACQUAFRESCA CUADRADO LAXALT BIANCHI 45'

HIGHLIGHTS STATISTICS Minute Event 18 SHOTS 8 0' Kick off 16 dDecember 2013 14:00 GMT 8 ON TARGET 4 13' Ilicic scores 60% POSSESSION 40% 11' Valero scores 10 FOULS COMMITED 11 52' Cuadrado is booked 6 CORNERS 6 62' Diamanti is booked 2 YELLOW CARDS 1 64' Rossi scores RED CARDS 79' Rebic is booked 90+2' Match End 3-0

Information Injuries/Suspensions Fiorentina H2H Quotes & News Stadium: Artemio Franchi Injured: Gomez, Hegazy Won Lost Tie Pre Match (Cuadrado): I have fun with Football City: Florence Suspended: Ambrosini 48 39 40 Date: 16-12-2013 A\ Home Record Post Match (Montella): Best Viola Performance Attendance: 29,600 34 14 16 Referee: C. RUSSO SERIE A FIXTURE 17: SASSUOLO VS FIORENTINA

LONGHI Manager TOMOVIC Manager Euzebio De ANTEI ILICIC Francesco ZIEGLER WOLSKI 90' AMBROSINI MARRONE 85' FLORES MUNUA POMINI 45' KURTIC SAVIC LUPATELLI ROSATI RONCAGLIA PUCINO PEGOLO BIANCO ZAZA ROSSI AQUILANI NETO PIZARRO LARIBI BAKIC ROSSINI COMPPER FERNANDEZ MISSIROLI CHIBSAH JOAQUIN VALERI BERARDI VALERO VECINO KURTIC MARZORATI 81' LARIBI VARGAS FERNANDEZ 77' WOLSKI ALEXE MATOS MASUCCI PIZARRO 65' PASQUAL IAKOVENKO FARIAS GAZZOLA

FLORES

HIGHLIGHTS STATISTIC Minute Event 9 SHOTS 10 0" Match kick off 14:00 GMT 22nd December 2013 3 ON TARGET 5 14' Gazzola is booked 35% POSSESSION 65% 18' Marrone is booked 18 FOULS COMMITED 10 37' Longhi is booked 2 CORNERS 3 45' Tomovic is booked 5 YELLOW CARDS 3 62' Pegolo is booked 0 RED CARDS 0 66' Pasqual is booked 74' Compper is booked 75' Kurtic is booked 82' Rossi scores 90+4' Match End 0-1

Information Injuries/Suspensions Fiorentina H2H Quotes & News Stadio Citta Del Tricolore Injured: Gomez, Hegazy Won Lost Tie Pre Match (Montella): I don’t want anyone getting distracted City: Sassuolo Gonzalo, Rebic 1 0 0 Date: 22-12-2013 Suspended: Cuadrado Away Record Post Match (Montella): If we are going further in the Europa Attendance: 12,000 1 0 0 League, then we need reinforcements Referee: M. Guida

FIORENTINA EUROPA LEAGUE 2013-14 - OVERVIEW HOME RECORD Date Playoff Stage Fixture (2013) Date ROUND OF 16 (2014) Played W D L For Against Diff Points CURRENT 4 3 - 1 8 2 6 9 TRABZONSPOR FIORENTINA AWAY RECORD POSITION Grasshopper vs Fiorentina VS 8/22 1 - 2 JUVENTUS ESBJERG Played W D L For Against Diff Points 8/29 1 - 0 4 3 1 - 6 3 3 7 3/20 STATISTICS ROUND 32 Date Group Stage Fixture (2013) STATISTIC HOME AWAY OVERALL 3/27 Shots 47 53 100 RECENT FORM Fiorentina vs Pacos Ferreira On Target 18 20 38 9/19 3 - 0 Fouls Received 66 54 120 11/28 0 - 0 Fouls Commited 35 55 90 WWWDW Dnipro vs Fiorentina Coreners 20 21 41 TOP GOAL SCORERS 10/3 1 - 2 Average Scoring 2 1.5 1.75 Matos 3 12/12 1 - 2 Average Conceding 0.5 0.75 0.6 Cuadrado 3 Fiorentina vs Pandurii Yellow Cards 13 10 23 Gonzalo 2 10/24 3 - 0 Red Cards 0 1 1 Joaquin 2 11/7 2 - 1 GROUP E - STANDINGS Ambrosini 1 Team W D L For Against Diff Points Rossi 1 Date ROUND OF 32 (2014) TOP ASSISTS FIORENTINA 5 1 0 12 3 9 16 Cuadrado 3 Valero 2 ESBJERG VS Fiorentina DNIPRO 4 0 2 11 5 6 12 Gonzalo 2 PACUS Rossi 2 2/20 0 3 3 1 8 -7 3 FERREIRA Aquilani 1 CARDS UNTIL SUSPENSION 2/27 PANDURII 0 2 4 3 11 -8 2 Cuadrado 1 Round of 32 & 16 draw was held on TOP APPEARANCES SLAKAS TOP RATED INJURIES Bakic 1 16th December. Fiorentina will face Fernandez 8 Gonzalo 6.9 Gomez Pizarro 1 Info 1st leg is played at home when the team's name is on either Juventus or Trabzonspor Gonzalo 7 Valero 6.9 Hegazy Fernandez 1 the left Valero 7 Cuadrado 6.9 Ambrosini 1

Position Name Goalkeeper Munua - Neto - Lezzerini Defense Alonso - Venuti - Compper - Pasqual - Gonzalo - Roncaglia - Savic - Tomovic GROUPSTAGE SQUAD Midfield Capezzi - Aquilani - Ambrosini - Bakic - Valero - Cuadrado - Fernandez - Ilicic - Joaquin - Pizarro Offense Gomez - Rossi - Matos - Iakovenko 2013 - 14 EUROPA LEAGUE ROUND 32 & 16

LIBEREC (CZE) MARIBOR (SVN)

AZ (NED) SEVILLA (ESP)

FC ANJI (RUS) REAL BETIS (ESP)

KRC GENK (BEL) RUBIN KAZAN (RUS) QUARTER LAZIO (ITA) FINALS POT DNIPRO (UKR)

LUDOGORETS (BUL) TOTTENHAM (ENG)

DYNAMO KYIV (UKR) PAWK FC (GRE)

VALENCIA (ESP) BENFICA (POR)

FC PORTO (POR) MACCABI (***)

FRANKFURT (GER) BASEL (SUI)

SWANSEA (ENG) AFC AJAX (NED)

NAPOLI (ITA) SALZBURG (AUT)

CHORNOMORETS (UKR) JUVENTUS (ITA)

LYONNAIS (FRA) TRABZONSPOR (TUR)

PLZEN (CZE) ESBJERG (DEN)

DONETSK (UKR) FIORENTINA (ITA) FIORENTINA EUROPA LEAGUE 2013-14 - PLAYERS STATISTICS Name Number Appearnces Sub in Sub out Goals Assists Yellow Red Wins Draws Losses On Target Average Rating Gustavo Manua 78 2 1 1 5.5 Cristiano Lupatelli 12 Neto 1 6 2 5 1 6.1 Gonzalo Rodriguez 2 7 1 2 2 1 6 1 6.9 Ahmed Hegazy 6 Facundo Roncaglia 4 6 1 1 1 5 1 2 5.9 Marvin Compper 5 5 1 4 1 6.1 Stefan Savic 15 3 2 1 6.3 Nenand Tomovic 40 5 1 3 1 1 1 6.3 Marcos Alonso 3 6 1 1 5 1 1 5.9 Massimo Ambrosini 21 5 2 1 2 4 1 6.3 Manuel Pasqual 23 3 1 1 2 1 5.4 David Pizarro 7 5 2 3 1 3 1 1 1 6.0 Alberto Aquilani 10 7 4 1 2 5 1 1 2 5.9 Borja Valero 20 7 2 2 1 2 1 6 1 4 6.9 Juan Cuadrado 11 7 2 3 3 3 2 5 1 1 7 6.9 Capezzi 1 1 1 Josip Ilicic 72 4 3 1 1 2 1 1 5.7 Marco Bakic 8 5 2 2 2 3 1 1 5.2 Ruben Olivera 83 Matias Fernandez 14 8 1 4 2 6 1 1 2 6.3 Rafal Wolski 27 Oleksandr Iakovenko 77 3 1 1 1 2 1 5.3 Joaquin 17 6 1 2 2 5 1 2 6.3 Juan Vargas 66 Matos Ryder 30 6 1 2 3 1 5 1 3 6.3 Rebic 9 Mario Gomez 33 2 1 1 3 6.4 Giuseppe Rossi 49 2 2 1 2 2 1 7.0 EUROPA LEAGUE GROUP E MATCHDAY 4: PANDURII VS FIORENTINA

DISTEFANO

Manager MOMCILOVIC 86' SIPO RONCAGLIA Manager Cristian CAPEZZI 80' Vincenzo Pustai JOAQUIN CUADRADO Montella ANTON MINGOTE NETO CHRISTOU GONZALO MAMELE RONCAGLIA SIPO FERNANDEZ STANCA PEREIRA DOS SANTOS MATOS AQUILANI MUNUA CRISTEA IAKOVENKO 24' MINGOTE ADROVIC SAVIC ERICO COMPPER NICOARA PASQUAL 42' MAMELE BREEVELD CIUCUR TOMOVIC IAKOVENKO FERNANDEZ VELEOR 45' ILICIC 65' UNGURUSAN ALONSO BULEICA

HIGHLIGHTS STATISTIC Minute Event 12 SHOTS 24 0' Kick off 7 November 2013 18:00 GMT 4 ON TARGET 8 23' Erico is booked 42% POSSESSION 58% 32' Pereira scores 10 FOULS COMMITED 10 55' Momcilovic is booked 4 CORNERS 6 69' Gonzalo is booked 4 YELLOW CARDS 2 79' Anton is booked 0 RED CARDS 0 79' Valero is booked 86' Matos scores 89' Mingote is booked 90+2' Valero scores 90+3' Match End 1-2

Information Injuries/Suspensions Fiorentina H2H Quotes & News Stadium: Cluj Arena Injured: Gomez, Hegazy, Won Lost Tie Pre Match (Montella): Let's win the Group City: Targu Jiu Pizarro, Rebic, Bakic 2 0 0 Date: 07-11-2013 Post Match (Montella): We need to work on concentration Attendance: Referee: T. Sidiropoulos (GRE) EUROPA LEAGUE GROUP E MATCHDAY 5: PACOS FERREIRA VS FIORENTINA

BEBE 59' HURTADO LOPES RONCAGLIA Manager Manager Heneique BAKIC Vincenzo Calisto LEAO ILICIC PIZARRO 45' Montella IAKOVENKO 74' NETO DEGRA RICARDO TOMOVIC OKECHUKWU CUADRADO PIZARRO GREGORY FILIPE SERI RIBEIRO MATOS AQUILANI MUNUA ROMEU SAVIC 92' ROMEU 71' OLIVEIRA OLIVEIRA CAPEZZI VALENTE COMPPER CAETANOO FAZZI HURTADO IAKOVENKO ANUNCIACAO FERNANDEZ AMBROSINI TONY CUADRADO 62' ALONSO

JOSE

HIGHLIGHTS STATISTIC Minute Event 6 SHOTS 11 0' Kick off 28 November 2013 20:05 GMT 1 ON TARGET 2 20' Bakic is booked 43% POSSESSION 57% 69' Pizarro is booked 11 FOULS COMMITED 14 79' Valente is booked 5 CORNERS 9 90+4' Match End 1 YELLOW CARDS 2 0 RED CARDS 0 0-0

Information Injuries/Suspensions Fiorentina H2H Quotes & News Stadium: Estadio Da Mata Real Injured: Gomez, Hegazy, Won Lost Tie Pre Match (Montella): Topping the group would be important City: Porto 1 0 1 for the draw in the next phase Date: 28-11-2013 Post Match (Montella): It was difficult to find space tonight Attendance: 5,000 Referee: E. Shmuelevich EUROPA LEAGUE GROUP E MATCHDAY 3: FIORENTINA VS PANDURII

GAMA KULAKOV 63' Manager PASQUAL FEDETSKIY Manager Vincenzo VALERO Juande Ramos Montella CUADRADO KANKAVA 80' AQUILANI VARTSABA MUNUA SAVIC MANDZIUK BLYZNYCHENKO COMPPER KRAVCHENKO TOMOVIC NETO AMBROSINI MATOS ZOZULYA POLYTILO BYOKO KULAKOV PIZARRO 76' ILICIC SELEZNYOV 69' KOBAKHIDZE AQUILANI KALINIC ILICIC GONZALO CHEBERYACHKO SELEZNYOV ROSSI

JOAQUIN ROTAN

MATIAS RONCAGLIA 70' PIZARRO VLAD KALINIC 76' KONOPLYANKA

HIGHLIGHTS STATISTIC Minute Event 15 SHOTS 6 Kick off 19 September 2013 17:00 GMT 5 ON TARGET 3 13' konoplienka scores 67% POSSESSION 33% 22' Ambrosini is booked 9 FOULS COMMITED 22 26' Fernandez is booked 2 CORNERS 1 40' Roncaglia is booked 3 YELLOW CARDS 2 42' Joaquin scores 0 RED CARDS 0 65' Kulakov is booked 77' Cuadrado scores 85' Seleznyov is booked 90+4' Match End 2-1

Information Injuries/Suspensions Fiorentina H2H Quotes & News Stadium: Artemio Franchi Injured: Gomez, Hegazy Won Lost Tie Pre Match (Montella): Viola want top spot City: Florence 2 0 0 Date: 12-12-2013 Post Match (Montella): Now Europa gets interesting Attendance: 10,000 Referee: A. Suares FIORENTINA COPPA ITALIA 2013-14 - OVERVIEW

PERFORMANCE RECORD GOAL SCORER ASSISTS SUSPENSIONS TOP RATED Played Shots Won Target Draw Fouls Lost Corners For Yellow Against Red Diff

AC MILAN ROMA

15-Jan-14 9-Jan-14

SPEZIA SAMPDORIA

UDINESE 3 JUVENTUS

9-Jan-14 JUVENTUS 18-Dec-13 INTER FINAL 0 AVELLINO

FIORENTINA LAZIO

9-Jan-14 14-Jan-14

CHIEVO PARMA

CATANIA NAPOLI

15-Jan-14 15-Jan-14

SIENA ATALANTA