Florentia Viola

ACF Fiorentina

ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as simply Fiorentina, is a professional Italian football club from Florence, Tuscany. Founded by a merger in 1926, Fiorentina have played at the top level of Italian football for the majority of their existence; only four clubs have played in more Serie A...

 was the newly founded club that replaced bankrupt A.C. Fiorentina in the Italian domestic league system. Playing at Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence

Florence

Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

, Florentia retained the support Fiorentina had had, and set Serie C2

Serie C2

Lega Pro Seconda Divisione is the name of the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consists of 54 teams, but in the season 2010–11 the teams are only 49 divided geographically into three divisions of 17, 16 and 16 teams each...

 spectator records due to the interest from fans accustomed to see Gabriel Batistuta

Gabriel Batistuta

Gabriel Omar Batistuta , nicknamed Batigol, is a former professional footballer. The prolific Argentine striker played most of his club football at Fiorentina in Italy, and he is the tenth top scorer of all-time in the Italian Serie A league, with 184 goals in 318 matches...

, Rui Costa

Rui Costa

Rui Manuel César Costa, OIH is a former Portuguese football player and current Director of Football for Sport Lisboa e Benfica. An attacking midfielder also capable of playing as a deep-seated defensive midfielder, he most recently played for Portuguese club Benfica...

 and a team challenging Italy's top clubs.

With Serie B

Serie B

Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...

 set for an expansion to 24 clubs for 2003-04, owner family Della Valle

Diego Della Valle

Diego Della Valle is the President and CEO of the Italian leather goods company, Tod's.-Biography:Diego Della Valle is the older son of Dorino Della Valle and grandson of Filippo Della Valle...

 successfully argued that Florentia should be granted the 24th slot on the basis of 'historical merits'. It was widely seen as the Italian football federation compensated Florentia for being relegated two series instead of the normal one in case of bankruptcy. Florentia also won the rights to use the original Fiorentina name, the club being renamed ACF Fiorentina prior to the 2003-04 season.

Defenders

Ekye Bismark Roberto Ripa Alessandro Radi Carlo Cherubini Martino Traversa Giuseppe Baronchelli

Giuseppe Baronchelli

Giuseppe Baronchelli is an Italian association football coach and former professional player who currently manages Montichiari in Serie D.-Career:...

 Michelangelo Minieri

Michelangelo Minieri

Michelangelo Minieri is an Italian footballer who plays defender for Vicenza Calcio.-Career:Minieri started his career at S.S. Lazio youth team. He was loaned to Catania before signed by reformed Florentia Viola at Serie C2. He then played for Triestina at Serie B. In January 2006 he was signed...

 Daniel Niccolini Marco Mugnaini Luigi Panarelli

Luigi Panarelli

Luigi Panarelli is an Italian footballer who plays for Taranto at Lega Pro Prima Divisione. He spent most of the season at Lega Pro .-Biography:...

 Manuele Guzzo

Midfielders

Angelo Di Livio

Angelo Di Livio

Angelo di Livio is a former Italian football midfielder. He was given the nickname il soldatino during his playing career due to his characteristic way of running up and down the flank....

 Claudio Bonomi Attilio Nicodemo

Attilio Nicodemo

Attilio Nicodemo is an Italian footballer who plays for Sorrento at Lega Pro Prima Divisione.-Biography:Born in Rome, Lazio region, Nicodemo started his senior career at Serie D side Termoli, loacated at Molise region. He then played 5 seasons at Serie C1, for Nola, then Juve Stabia and Foggia. He...

 Marco Andreotti Emanuele Matzuzzi Karsten Hutwelker

Karsten Hutwelker

Karsten Hutwelker is a German former footballer who played as a right wing-back. He is now manager of Wuppertaler SV.-External links:*...

 Marco Biagianti

Marco Biagianti

Marco Biagianti is an Italian footballer who currently plays for Calcio Catania in the Italian Serie A, and on July 9, 2011, was assigned captaincy of the club.-ACF Fiorentina:...

 Massimiliano Scaglia

Massimiliano Scaglia

Massimiliano Scaglia is an Italian professional footballer currently playing for Hellas Verona in Serie B in Italy. He plays as a midfielder.-Biography:...

 Luca Ariatti

Luca Ariatti

Luca Ariatti is an Italian footballer and defender, currently playing for Pescara.-External links:**...

 Matthieu Bochu

Matthieu Bochu

Matthieu Bochu is a French professional football player. He is a forward. Currently, he plays in the Championnat National for FC Martigues....

 Riccardo Maspero

Riccardo Maspero

Riccardo Maspero is an Italian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, most notably with Cremonese.Maspero came to prominence as a teenager at Cremonese, and played in two one-year spells in Serie A...

 Raffaele Longo

Raffaele Longo

Raffaele Longo is an Italian football defender. He currently plays for Modena F.C., on loan from Genoa C.F.C..He won the 1997 Mediterranean Games.-External links:* *...

 Alessandro Diamanti

Alessandro Diamanti

Alessandro Diamanti is an Italian professional football player who is currently playing his club football as a second striker for Bologna F.C. 1909.-Prato:...

Attackers

Fabio Quagliarella

Fabio Quagliarella

Fabio Quagliarella is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Juventus and internationally for the Italian national team. He is known for scoring incredible goals from unconventional angles that often catch the goalkeeper by surprise.-Early career:Quagliarella began his...

 Christian Riganò

Christian Riganò

Christian Riganò is an Italian football striker who is currently playing with Rondinella Calcio, the second team of Florence.-Career:...

 Björn Runström

Björn Runström

Björn Sandro Runström is a Swedish footballer who currently plays as a striker for the superettan side Hammarby IF- Club career :Björn grew up in the southern suburbs of Stockholm and went to Enskede school as a child....

 Felice Evacuo

Felice Evacuo

Felice Evacuo is an Italian footballer who plays for Benevento at Lega Pro Prima Divisione.-Early career:Born in Pompei, the Province of Naples, Evacuo started his professional career at Serie C1 side Turris. In 2001-02 season, he joined Lazio, played at their youth team...

 Massimo Cicconi Cristiano Masitto Alessandro Turchetta

Alessandro Turchetta

Alessandro Turchetta is an Italian football striker. Currently playing for F.C. Rondinelle Latina S.S.D. as a Forward.-External links:*...