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Associazione Calcio Fiorentina
Chairman	Enrico Befani
Manager	Fulvio Bernardini
Stadium	Comunale
Serie A	2nd
European Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; Montuori (14); All: ; Montuori (15)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1955–56 1957–58 →

During 1956–57 Associazione Calcio Fiorentina competed in Serie A and European Cup.

Summary

The club kept the majority of squad players and reached a decent 2nd place in Serie A just below Champions AC Milan.^[1]^[2] Brazilian Forward Julinho delivered another superb season being crucial for the good pace of the team.^[3] Argentinian Miguel Montuori finished as club topscorer for the first time.^[4]

However, the season is best remembered by the first European Cup participation for the club,^[5] which, clinched the 1957 European Cup Final^[6] only to be defeated by Real Madrid by a 2-0 score.^[7]

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ITA	Giuliano Sarti
—	GK	ITA	Riccardo Toros
—	DF	ITA	Sergio Cervato
—	DF	ITA	Ardico Magnini
—	DF	ITA	Giacomo Del Gratta
—	DF	ITA	Sergio Pini
—	DF	ITA	Francesco Rosetta
—	MF	ITA	Alberto Orzan
—	MF	ITA	Sergio Carpanesi
—	MF	ITA	Aldo Scaramucci
—	MF	ITA	Maurilio Prini


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Giuseppe Chiappella
—	MF	ITA	Armando Segato
—	FW	ARG	Miguel Montuori
—	FW	ITA	Giuseppe Virgili
—	MF	ITA	Guido Gratton
—	FW	ITA	Romano Taccola
—	FW	ITA	Orlando Rozzoni
—	FW	ITA	Silvio Parodi Ramos
—	FW	ITA	Claudio Bizzarri
—	FW	BRA	Julinho

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Romano Taccola
FW	Orlando Rozzoni
FW	Silvio Parodi Ramos
DF	Giacomo Del Gratta
DF	Sergio Pini

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Giampiero Bartoli
MF	Bruno Mazza

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Milan (C)	34	21	6	7	65	40	+25	48	Qualification to European Cup and for the Latin Cup
2	Fiorentina	34	16	10	8	55	40	+15	42
3	Lazio	34	14	13	7	52	40	+12	41
4	Udinese	34	15	6	13	59	58	+1	36
5	Internazionale	34	11	13	10	53	45	+8	35

Source: Panini
(C) Champions

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	D
Position	1	5	7	5	5	3	4	4	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, 1957-58 European Cup; = 1957–58 Serie B

Matches

16 September 1956 1	Udinese	2 – 5	Fiorentina	Udine
	10' Lindskog 22' Secchi		1', 45' Montuori 65' Julinho 81' (pen.) Cervato 87' Virgili	Stadium: Stadio Moretti Referee: Liverani

23 September 1956 2	Fiorentina	0 – 0	SS Lazio	Firenze
				Stadium: Comunale Referee: Seipelt

30 September 1956 3	Torino	2 – 1	Fiorentina	Torino
	3'Arce Ricagni 39'		11' Montuori	Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Jonni

7 October 1956 4	Fiorentina	2 – 0	SPAL	Firenze
	59' Julinho 74' Rozzoni			Stadium: Comunale Referee: Guarnaschelli

14 October 1956 5	Sampdoria	2 – 2	Fiorentina	Genova
	Agnoletto 16' Ocwirk 69' (pen.)		43' Montuori 72' Rozzoni	Stadium: [[ Stadio Luigi Ferraris\|Luigi Ferraris]] Referee: Liverani

21 October 1956 6	Fiorentina	2 – 1	Bologna	Firenze
	Montuori 68' Gratton 80'		40' Cervellati	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Kainer

28 October 1956 7	Fiorentina	0 – 3	Milan	Firenze
			32' (o.g.) Rosetta 49' Schiaffino 67' Bean	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Lo Bello

18 November 1956 8	AS Roma	0 – 2	Fiorentina	Roma
			28', 83' Julinho	Stadium: [[ Stadio Olimpico\|Olimpico]] Referee: Bonetto

25 November 1956 9	Fiorentina	1 – 0	Genoa	Firenze
	89' (pen.) Cervato			Stadium: Comunale Referee: Griggi

2 December 1956 10	SSC Napoli	1 – 1	Fiorentina	Napoli
	Moro 23'		43' Segato	Stadium: Stadio del Vomero Referee: Grill

16 December 1956 11	Fiorentina	3 – 1	Palermo	Firenze
	27' Julinho Montuori 37', 63'		33' Luosi	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Menchini

23 December 1956 12	Inter	2 – 1	Fiorentina	Milano
	Massei 18' Lorenzi 66'		81' Virgili	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Roman

30 December 1956 13	Fiorentina	3 – 0	Triestina	Firenze
	Virgili 12', 22' Montuori 30'			Stadium: Comunale Referee: Marangio

6 January 1957 14	Atalanta	1 – 1	Fiorentina	Bergamo
	Bassetto 8'		64' Julinho	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Liverani

13 January 1957 15	Lanerossi Vicenza	4 – 0	Fiorentina	Vicenza
	Chiappella 12' (o.g.) Valentinuzzi 20 ' David 61 ' Motta 72 '			Stadium: Romeo Menti Referee: Orlandini

20 January 1957 16	Fiorentina	3 – 0	Padova	Firenze
	Virgili 43' Bizzarri 67' Montuori 84'			Stadium: Comunale Referee: Corallo

27 January 1957 17	Juventus	1 – 1	Fiorentina	Torino
	Boniperti 12'		80' (pen.) Cervato	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Orlandini

3 February 1957 18	Fiorentina	2 – 1	Udinese	Firenze
	Bizzarri 23', 90'		18'	Stadium: Comunale Referee: De Gregorio

10 February 1957 19	SS Lazio	3 – 0	Fiorentina	Roma
	45'Tozzi Vivolo 48' (pen.) Selmosson 90'			Stadium: Olimpico Referee: Pieri

17 February 1957 20	Fiorentina	1 – 0	Torino	Firenze
	65' Julinho			Stadium: Comunale Referee: Guarnaschelli

24 February 1957 21	SPAL	2 – 1	Fiorentina	Ferrara
	21' (o.g.) Segato Firotto 56'		54' Rozzoni	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Meyer

3 March 1957 22	Fiorentina	3 – 0	Sampdoria	Firenze
	2' Parodi Julinho 51' Virgili 55'			Stadium: Comunale Referee: Liverani

10 March 1957 23	Bologna	2 – 2	Fiorentina	Bologna
	11' (o.g.) Rosetta Cervellati 44' (pen.)		27' Virgili 89' Julinho	Stadium: Renato Dall'Ara Referee: Grill

17 March 1957 24	AC Milan	2 – 0	Fiorentina	Milano
	Galli 29 ', 52'			Stadium: San Siro Referee: Moriconi

24 March 1957 25	Fiorentina	2 – 2	AS Roma	Firenze
	Montuori 56', 86 '		31', 76' Nordahl	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Pieri

31 March 1957 26	Genoa	1 – 2	Fiorentina	Genova
	8' Dal Monte		23' Bizzarri 59' Virgili	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Referee: Marchetti

7 April 1957 27	Fiorentina	4 – 0	SSC Napoli	Firenze
	Cervato 21' (pen.) Virgili 31' Montuori 42', 61'			Stadium: Comunale Referee: Famulari

14 April 1957 28	Palermo	0 – 1	Fiorentina	Palermo
			38' Cervato	Stadium: La Favorita Referee: Piemonte

28 April 1957 29	Fiorentina	3 – 1	Inter	Firenze
	Gratton 38 ' Montuori 40 ' Prini 77 '		51 ' Vonlanthen	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Orlandini

5 May 1957 30	Triestina	0 – 0	Fiorentina	Trieste
				Stadium: Grezar Referee: Righi

19 May 1957 31	Fiorentina	0 – 1	Atalanta	Firenze
			6' Mion	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Moriconi

2 June 1957 32	Fiorentina	2 – 1	Lanerossi Vicenza	Firenze
	Parodi 13' Taccola 59'		16 ' Lojacono	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Maurelli

9 June 1957 33	Padova	2 – 2	Fiorentina	Padova
	Boscolo 16' Bonistalli 65'		79' Bizzarri 87 ' Magnini	Stadium: Silvio Appiani Referee: Ferrari

16 June 1957 34	Fiorentina	2 – 2	Juventus	Firenze
	75 'Bizzarri Virgili 89 '		65 ' Stivanello 85' (pen.) Montico	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Caputo

European Cup

Eightfinals

21 novembre 1956 1	Fiorentina	1 – 1	IFK Norrköping	Firenze
14:30 CET	Bizzarri 15 '		8 ' Bild	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Dean Harzic

28 November 1956 2	IFK Norrköping	0 – 1	Fiorentina	Norrköping
14:30 CET			16' Virgili	Stadium: Nya Parken Referee: Michel Devillers

Quarterfinals

6 February 1957 1	Fiorentina	3 – 1	Grasshoppers F.C.	Firenze
15:00 CET	Segato 3' Taccola 10', 12'		31' Ballaman	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Fritz Seipelt

27 February 1957 2	Grasshoppers F.C.	2 – 2	Fiorentina	Zürich
20:00 CET	Ballaman 25' Vukosavljević 85'		7' Julinho 52 ' Montuori	Stadium: Hardturm Referee: Fritz Seipelt

Semifinals

3 April 1957 1	Crvena Zvezda	0 – 1	Fiorentina	Belgrado
15:45 EET			88' Prini	Stadium: Stadio Rajko Mitić Referee: Arbitro: Albert Alsteen

18 April 1957 2	Fiorentina	0 – 0	Crvena Zvezda	Firenze
16:15 CET				Stadium: Comunale Referee: Klaas Schipper

Final

30 May 1957	Real Madrid	2 – 0	Fiorentina	Madrid
	69' (pen.)Di Stéfano Gento 76'			Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu Attendance: 124 000 Referee: Leopold Sylvain Horn

Statistics

Player statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		1956–57 Serie A		1956–57 European Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ITA	Giuliano Sarti	26	-28	22	-25	4	-3
	DF	ITA	Sergio Cervato	37	5	30	5	7	0
	DF	ITA	Ardico Magnini	34	1	29	1	5	0
	MF	ITA	Alberto Orzan	37	0	31	0	6	0
	MF	ITA	Giuseppe Chiappella	28	0	24	0	4	0
	MF	ITA	Armando Segato	37	2	30	1	7	1
	MF	ITA	Guido Gratton	35	2	30	2	5	0
	FW	ARG	Miguel Montuori	37	15	30	14	7	1
	FW	ITA	Giuseppe Virgili	26	11	22	10	4	1
	FW	ITA	Claudio Bizzarri	24	6	21	5	3	1
	FW	BRA	Julinho	37	10	30	9	7	1
	GK	ITA	Riccardo Toros	15	-18	12	-15	3	-3
	DF	ITA	Francesco Rosetta	18	0	15	0	3	0
	MF	ITA	Aldo Scaramucci	15	0	11	0	4	0
	FW	ITA	Orlando Rozzoni	10	3	9	3	1	0
	MF	ITA	Maurilio Prini	11	2	9	1	2	1
	FW	ITA	Silvio Parodi Ramos	9	2	7	2	2	0
	FW	ITA	Romano Taccola	9	4	6	2	3	2
	MF	ITA	Sergio Carpanesi	3	0	3	0
	DF	ITA	Sergio Pini	1	0	1	0
	DF	ITA	Giacomo Del Gratta

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1956/445/

References

^ "Fiorentina 1955/56: la prima cosa bella" (in Italian). Storide di Calcio. 14 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
^ Freddi, Cris (30 May 2014). "The Joy of Six: World Cup classics". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
^ "CALCIO – I CLUB" (in Italian). Treccani. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
^ "1956–57 AC Fiorentina season". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
^ Simpson, Paul; Hesse-Lichtenberger, Uli (October 2005). Sleight, Hugh (ed.). "50 Things You Never Knew About... The European Cup". FourFourTwo (134). Teddington: Haymarket Consumer: 101. ISSN 1355-0276.
^ European Cup 1956/57 from UEFA
^ Borgi, Stefano (28 August 2013). "CUADRADO, TRA GARRINCHA E JULINHO..." (in Italian). Firenze Viola. Retrieved 20 January 2020.

[1] "Fiorentina 1955/56: la prima cosa bella" (in Italian). Storide di Calcio. 14 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.

[2] Freddi, Cris (30 May 2014). "The Joy of Six: World Cup classics". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 January 2020.

[3] "CALCIO – I CLUB" (in Italian). Treccani. Retrieved 20 January 2020.

[NFT-4] "1956–57 AC Fiorentina season". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 12 June 2016.

[5] Simpson, Paul; Hesse-Lichtenberger, Uli (October 2005). Sleight, Hugh (ed.). "50 Things You Never Knew About... The European Cup". FourFourTwo (134). Teddington: Haymarket Consumer: 101. ISSN 1355-0276.

[6] European Cup 1956/57 from UEFA

[7] Borgi, Stefano (28 August 2013). "CUADRADO, TRA GARRINCHA E JULINHO..." (in Italian). Firenze Viola. Retrieved 20 January 2020.

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1956–57 AC Fiorentina season