1956–57 AC Fiorentina season

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
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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. 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

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

Results by round

Matches

European Cup

Eightfinals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Statistics

Player statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		1956–57 Serie A		1956–57 European Cup
				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

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