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Serie A: 2<\/STRONG> Stefano Pioli (born October 19, 1965 in Parma) is an Italian football (soccer) manager. 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 seasons. After climbing back up the Italian football system in the early 2000s, Fiorentina are currently competing in the 2008-09 Serie A season..
Champions:<\/STRONG> 1955–56; 1968–69
Coppa Italia: 6
Winners :<\/STRONG> 1939–40; 1960–61; 1965–66; 1974–75; 1995–96; 2000–01
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1
Champions :<\/STRONG> 1960–61
Supercoppa Italiana: 1
Winners :<\/STRONG> 1996 <\/P>","4DFD3563356F21B8":"1","5A3E8B25A329ABB4785C62D37B63DE94":"
Playing career
<\/STRONG>Pioli, a native of Parma, started his own playing career for his home city team, AC Parma. Successively, he was signed by Juventus, with whom he had his Serie A debut in 1984. Sold to Verona in 1987, Pioli moved to Fiorentina in 1989, where he spent six years of his career. He ended his career in 1998 for Fiorenzuola of Serie C1, after two experiences with Padova and Pistoiese.
Managing career
<\/STRONG>From 1999 to 2002 Pioli coached Bologna's youth team, and Chievo Verona's in 2002-2003. In 2003-2004, he was appointed as head coach of Serie B club Salernitana. He moved to Modena, still of Serie B, in 2004. In 2006, Pioli was named as Parma's head coach, therefore returning to his home city and marking his Serie A debut as a manager. He was however sacked on February 12, 2007 after a 3-0 loss to AS Roma which brought Parma down to second-last place and replaced by Claudio Ranieri. On September 11, 2007 he was unveiled as new head coach of Serie B club Grosseto, replacing Giorgio Roselli, sacked after three consecutive defeats in the first three league matches, and managed to lead the Tuscan minnows to an impressive mid-table finish in their first season in the Serie B.
He then served as head coach of Piacenza for their 2008–09 Serie B campaign. On July 2009 he left Piacenza to join Sassuolo as new head coach of the neroverdi. On 10 June 2010, Pioli was named as head coach of Serie A club Chievo.<\/P>","8C36798E00E0D688B6705FB6F02CF010":"34","E0F6EEE10E22199909912E9167EBFDA2":"ACF Fiorentina","E6C7E9F1C9CF42CA43917444E7095BC4":"2025-7-12","8A2C437DD6BF07ECBF73DA968D3B75C4":"Stefano Pioli","60DC9D976694DF52":"1","FBAF2B9B8402EC60":"99644","94D0847B815EE9D1AA49123A5072B2C7":"
Fiorentina have won Serie A twice, first in 1955–56 then again in 1968–69, as well as winning six Coppa Italia trophies. On the European stage Fiorentina have won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1960–61, they finished runners-up in the UEFA Cup 1989–90 and they also came close to winning the biggest European prize, finishing as runners-up in the European Cup during 1956–57.
Since 1931 the club have played at the Stadio Artemio Franchi, which currently has a capacity of 47,282. The stadium has used several names over the years and has undergone several renovations. Fiorentina are known widely by the nickname Viola; a reference to their distinctive purple colours.<\/P>","E1D5C635E9B8B544CDBA4735F8E03DC0":"","411CCFA197052F93":"ACF Fiorentina","7E907563BF179508":"acfiorentina@acfiorentina.it","9BA4801895A8DFD49438954196B52718":"Artemio Franchi","4406E48704A97D69D6728A5D009266729A239ADB920A5D02":"1","66B628A331EE3B62":"25.27","C0939111B6B9B2A43FCCB75CD7645021":"Italy","2134628892B06B90":"ACF Fiorentina","e_index":9};