“Champions in Florence” Bobby Charlton By Ruben Lopes Pegna Almost all the stars of world football have played at the stadium in Florence, the current Artemio Franchi, first called [...]
“VIOLA VICTORIES” Cup Winners’ Cup 1960-61 By David Bini I consider myself a privileged one. I spent two years conducting research and studying every aspect of the first edition of the [...]
“Ritratti Viola” Massimo Orlando by Fabio Incatasciato Massimo Orlando becomes fifty, today May 26, for most of the nineties (126 appearances) one of the crucial points of Cecchi [...]
“CREATIVITA’ VIOLA” Gabriel Batistuta by Enrico Zoi Gabriel Batistuta, or The Lion King. Already the nickname of the strongest striker seen in Florence, who always gives his best on the [...]
FIORENTINA FIRST TIME ON INTERNET Fiorentina has been one of the first, perhaps the first, Italian football clubs to have her own website, when Internet was still largely unknown. . [...]
May, 16 1982 By Alessandro Giannetti There are dates and events in the history of humanity that have marked its fate. In 1492 the death of Lorenzo the Magnificent and the discovery of [...]
VIOLA CARDS – 2 By Giancarlo Del Balio We continue the publication of the cards dedicated to the team and to the players of Fiorentina who have accompanied their history. We will [...]
“VIOLA VICTORIES” 11 May 1969 After thirteen years, Fiorentina returns to win the Scudetto. A victory that came at the end of an exciting season, fought shoulder to shoulder with Milan and [...]
“Viola into Blue” Alfredo Pitto By: Massimo Cervelli 1931-32 Fiorentina faces Serie A Having conquered Serie A, the Marquis Ridolfi decided on an impressive transfer campaign to face the new [...]
“VIOLA VICTORIES” 6 May, 2017 The scenario is the unusual one of the Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence and the public, almost ten thousand spectators, came to celebrate their champions. The [...]
“VIOLA VICTORIES” 6 May, 1956 Valmaura Stadium in Trieste, the referee’s threefold final whistle marks the conclusion of the match which ended in a draw with one goal on each side, but [...]
THREE AWAY MATCHES… Generation after generation, the Viola passion leads to follow Fiorentina even away from home. We open this column with three travel stories, written by Alessandro [...]
“Champions in Florence” PELE’ by: Ruben Lopes Pegna Almost all the stars of world football have played at the stadium in Florence, the current “Artemio Franchi”, first called [...]