1969–70 A.C. Fiorentina season

Associazione Calcio Fiorentina

1969–70 season
President	Nello Baglini
Manager	Bruno Pesaola
Stadium	Comunale
Serie A	5th (in 1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup)
Coppa Italia	Quarterfinals
European Cup	Quarterfinals
Top goalscorer	League: Luciano Chiarugi (19) All: Chiarugi (12)
Home colours Away colours
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

During the 1969–70 season Fiorentina competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and European Cup.

Summary

The club as incumbent Champion started the leagu with 4 consecutive won matches, however, it was Cagliari from Luigi Riva, which clinched the Serie A. Head coach Bruno Pesaola^[1] and the squad reached a decent 5th place, and classified to the 1970-71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.^[2]

Meanwhile, in European Cup the squad defeated the Swedish club Öster IF in first round, and Dynamo Kyiv in eightfinals, only to be eliminated in quarterfinals by Scottish Celtic Glasgow; in Coppa Italia the squad was eliminated by Varese also in quarterfinals stage in the last season for Amarildo playing with the club.^[3]

Forward Luciano Chiarugi scored 19 goals being the season club top scorer.^[4][5]

Squad

^[6] 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 Claudio Bandoni — GK  ITA Franco Superchi — GK  ITA Giuseppe Brizi — DF  ITA Ugo Ferrante — DF  ITA Bernardo Rogora — DF  ITA Fabrizio Berni — DF  ITA Francesco Carpenetti — DF  ITA Giuseppe Longoni — DF  ITA Vasco Marinelli — MF  ITA Pierluigi Cencetti

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ITA Giancarlo De Sisti — MF  ITA Salvatore Esposito — MF  ITA Claudio Merlo — MF  ITA Giovan Battista Pirovano — MF  ITA Giovanni Marongiu — FW  ITA Luciano Chiarugi — FW  ITA Mario Maraschi — FW  ITA Giorgio Mariani — FW  ITA Francesco Rizzo — FW  ITA Fabio Ferrario — FW  BRA Amarildo

Transfers

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Juventus	30	15	8	7	43	20	+23	38	Qualified to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
4	Milan	30	13	10	7	38	24	+14	36	[a]
4	Fiorentina	30	15	6	9	40	33	+7	36	Qualified to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
6	Napoli	30	10	11	9	24	21	+3	31
7	Torino	30	11	8	11	20	31	−11	30

Results by round

According to UEFA two-cities-ban rule Milan not qualified to the 1970-71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup consequently to Inter qualification to 1970-71 European Cup.

Matches

• Source:http://calcio-seriea.net/allenatori_squadra/1969/662/

Coppa Italia

Group phase

Quarterfinals

European Cup

First round

Eightfinals

Quarterfinals

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia		European Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ITA	Franco Superchi	36	-34	25	-28	5	-1	6	-5
	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Brizi	38	0	26	0	6	0	6	0
	DF	ITA	Ugo Ferrante	42	4	30	3	6	0	6	1
	DF	ITA	Bernardo Rogora	35	1	23	1	6	0	6	0
	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Longoni	38	0	27	0	6	0	5	0
	MF	ITA	Giancarlo De Sisti	39	3	27	2	6	1	6	0
	MF	ITA	Salvatore Esposito	38	2	28	2	4	0	6	0
	MF	ITA	Claudio Merlo	35	4	24+1	3	5	1	5	0
	FW	ITA	Luciano Chiarugi	38	16	27	12	6	2	5	2
	FW	ITA	Mario Maraschi	33	11	22	5	5	4	6	2
	FW	BRA	Amarildo	30	7	20	5	4	1	6	1
	GK	ITA	Claudio Bandoni	6	-8	5	-8	1	-0	0	-0
	FW	ITA	Francesco Rizzo	29	2	17+3	2	5	0	4	0
	FW	ITA	Giorgio Mariani	14	2	10+2	2	2	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Pierluigi Cencetti	14	0	7+3	0	2	0	2	0
	DF	ITA	Francesco Carpenetti	8	0	5+1	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	ITA	Giovan Battista Pirovano	5	0	3+1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ITA	Fabrizio Berni	2	0	2	0
	FW	ITA	Fabio Ferrario	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ITA	Vasco Marinelli	0	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Giovanni Marongiu	0	0	0	0
	FW	ITA	Gennari	0	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Macchi	0	0	0	0

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