High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! ACF Fiorentina returned to Serie A, following a two-year absence following the bankruptcy of the previous incarnation of the club. Fiorentina returned only due to the expansion in terms of the number of top-league teams, and therefore had to significantly strengthen the squad in pre-season. Dario Dainelli, Giorgio Chiellini, Hidetoshi Nakata, Fabrizio Miccoli, Martin Jorgensen, goalkeeper Cristiano Lupatelli, Enzo Maresca, Tomas Ujfalusi and Javier Portillo were among the highly-rated players to sign up for Fiorentina, either permanently or on loan. With this squad, Fiorentina was expected to challenge for a place on the top half of the table, but slipped into the relegation battle that affected more than half of the Serie A clubs during the dramatic season. In the end, a strong finish to the season under incoming coach Dino Zoff saved La Viola from relegation, with an emotional 3-0 victory against Brescia, confirming their survival. Данное...