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The ACF Fiorentina–Juventus F.C. rivalry is an inter-city association football rivalry contested between Florence-based ACF Fiorentina and Turin-based Juventus F.C.. Unlike most other football derbies, this one is not borne out of geographical proximity (such as the Derby della Madonnina); political differences (El Clásico); or longstanding competitiveness (Liverpool-Manchester United rivalry), but rather on bitterness and 'thievery'.[1]

The rivalry has been fuelled by their controversial meetings in cup finals, and more recently, competition in the transfer market. A player transferring from one club to the other, especially from Florence to Turin, is usually branded a traitor by fans.

Juventus is the most successful team in Italian football, winning 33 league titles, twelve Coppa Italia titles, seven Supercoppa Italiana titles, all national records. Fiorentina, meanwhile, has won two league titles, six Coppa Italia titles, and a Supercoppa Italiana.

Background

The rivalry began when, like many other areas of Italy, locals grew tired of seeing people from other Tuscan towns heading off to support the Bianconeri. Like many of Europe’s biggest clubs, Juventus have attracted followers from far and wide, but the Renaissance town of Florence remained true to the Viola.[2] After an uneventful 1970s, Fiorentina was bought in 1980 by Flavio Pontello, a man from a rich house-building family who had aspirations to bring Fiorentina its third title and built the team around Italian star, Giancarlo Antognoni.

1981–82 Serie A title

On the final day of the 1981–82 Serie A season, with both teams competing for the national championship, a series of decisions in two different matches intensified the rivalry. Heading into the last game of the season, both teams were level on 44 points at the top of the table, when Fiorentina went to relegation-threatened Cagliari, who needed a point to survive, while Juventus headed to Catanzaro, in seventh position with nothing to play for. Fiorentina, looking for their third national title, had a goal dubiously disallowed for a push on the opposing goalkeeper, as Cagliari managed to play out a 0-0 draw to steer clear of relegation.[3] In Calabria, however, Catanzaro were denied a penalty that critics and fans alike claimed was certain, while Juventus were given a debatable penalty.[1] Both decisions led to a 1-0 win for Juventus, as they celebrated their 20th scudetto. Playmaker, Giancarlo Antognoni, famously remarked, 'Ci hanno rubato il titolo', meaning 'They have stolen the title'.[4] The Viola tifosi soon coined a saying, 'meglio secondo che ladri', meaning 'better to be second than thieves'.

1989–90 UEFA Cup final

Juventus won two more championships in the 1980s, while Fiorentina had inconsistent success. In 1985, Fiorentina bought Roberto Baggio, an 18-year old striker, from Vicenza, for 2.7 billion lire (£1.5 million). Considered one of the leading players of the league, he led Fiorentina to the 1989–90 UEFA Cup final, setting up the first all-Italian final in the history of the tournament against their arch-nemesis. Both sides had had close encounters with German teams in the semifinal, Fiorentina beating Werder Bremen on away goals, and Juventus pipping 1. FC Köln 3-2. The match was to be played over two legs, with the first leg to be held in Turin, while the second was held in Stadio Partenio in Avellino as Fiorentina's home stadium was under renovation for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. Avellino, despite being in Central Italy, was a town with many fans of the Bianconeri and this worried the Viola supporters. However, worries turned to anger when, with the score tied 1-1 in Turin, officials missed a push by Juventus' Pierluigi Casiraghi on Fiorentina’s Celeste Pin, allowing Angelo Alessio's deflected shot to fire the home side in front. Juventus ended up winning 3-1, and during the post-match interview, Pin was heard shouting 'ladri' (thieves) at Juventus' manager Dino Zoff.[2] Between the two legs, Juventus' goalkeeper Stefano Tacconi reminded Fiorentina that, while they might win the war of words, his side would win on the pitch. The second leg ended 0-0, and Juventus became the first Italian team (sixth across Europe) to win 2 UEFA Cup titles.[3]

Transfer of Roberto Baggio

Pontello was suffering from economic difficulties by this time, and was considering the sale of the club’s prized asset: Roberto Baggio. Predictably, Juventus were willing to pay his then world-record fee of 25 billion lire (£8 million). His transfer led to severe riots in the streets of Florence and fans laid siege to the club’s headquarters and reports described bricks, chains and Molotov cocktails being thrown. In the two days following the transfer, Pontello was forced to take refuge in the Stadio Artemio Franchi, while 50 injuries and nine arrests were recorded. Baggio was called a traitor, but he still held the city of Florence and it's football team close to his heart. In his return to Stadio Artemio Franchi, he refused to take a penalty awarded to Juventus and was seen embracing a Viola scarf thrown by the Florentine supporters while waving it in the direction of the Curva Fiesole, the stronghold of Fiorentina's ultras.[2][3] While this endeared him to the Fiorentina supporters, it caused a rift between him and Juventus supporters.

1990s and 2000s

Fiorentina were relegated in 1993, and although they made it back the very next year, the rivalry took on a somewhat one-sided dimension in the following years. Both sides had scandals to deal with in the 2000s, as Fiorentina declared bankruptcy in June 2002 and was re-established by the della Valle brothers in August 2002 as Associazione Calcio Fiorentina e Fiorentina Viola, playing in Serie C2, the fourth tier of Italian football. Former Juventus player, Angelo di Livio, was the only player to remain at the club as they returned to top-flight football in two years. Both teams, among others, were implicated in the 2006 Calciopoli scandal, which relegated Juventus to Serie B, and revoked their last two titles. Fiorentina meanwhile were given a 15-point penalty in the next season.

In 2012, the hierarchies of the two clubs even came to blows after Juventus made a late bid to hijack Fiorentina’s pursuit of Dimitar Berbatov. In the end, the Bulgarian snubbed both clubs for Fulham, but this did not stop the Fiorentina owners from claiming their rivals 'knew nothing of the values of honesty, fair play and sporting ethics.'[3]

Transfer of Federico Bernardeschi

History repeated itself for Fiorentina in the summer of 2017, with the della Valle brothers looking to sell the club but with no takers. Many top players, including Matías Vecino, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Borja Valero, and Ciprian Tătărușanu were released or sold as the owners wanted to recoup funds rather than invest in the club. However, they wished to renew the contract of local star, Federico Bernardeschi, but he was unwilling to renew his contract with the Viola and instead sought a transfer to their hated rivals, Juventus. Fans responded with vulgar banners saying 'A chi non piacerebbe sputarti in faccia, Bernardeschi gobbo di merda', which translates to 'Who wouldn't like to spit in your face, Bernardeschi you shitty hunchback'.[5] On 9 February 2018, Bernardeschi returned to Florence, receiving vulgar insults throughout the match like with Roberto Baggio. He took a free kick in the second-half, which went past Marco Sportiello in the Fiorentina goal to silence the crowd.[6]

Players who have played for both clubs

Transferred before the 1981–82 season

Sergio Cervato (Fiorentina 1948–59; Juventus 1959–61)

Antonello Cuccureddu (Juventus 1969–81; Fiorentina 1981–84)

Kurt Hamrin (Juventus 1956–57; Fiorentina 1958–67)

Enzo Robotti (Juventus 1956–57; Fiorentina 1957–65)

Giuliano Sarti (Fiorentina 1954–63; Juventus 1963–69)

Transferred after the 1981–82 season

Alberto Aquilani (Juventus 2010–11; Fiorentina 2012–15)

Roberto Baggio (Fiorentina 1985–90; Juventus 1990–95)

Federico Balzaretti (Juventus 2005–07; Fiorentina 2007–08)

Federico Bernardeschi (Fiorentina 2003–2017; Juventus 2017–Present)

Valeri Bojinov (Fiorentina 2005–06; Juventus 2006–07)

Giorgio Chiellini (Fiorentina 2004–05; Juventus 2005–Present)

Juan Cuadrado (Fiorentina 2012–15; Juventus 2015–Present)

Claudio Gentile (Juventus 1973–84; Fiorentina 1984–87)

Angelo di Livio (Juventus 1993–99; Fiorentina 1999–2005)

Felipe Melo (Fiorentina 2008–09; Juventus 2009–13)

Fabrizio Miccoli (Juventus 2002–04; Fiorentina 2004–05)

Neto (Fiorentina 2011–15; Juventus 2015–17)

Adrian Mutu (Juventus 2005–06; Fiorentina 2006–2011)

Marco Storari (Fiorentina 2008–09; Juventus 2010–15)

Luca Toni (Fiorentina 2005–07 and 2012–13; Juventus 2011–2012)

Moreno Torricelli (Juventus 1992–98; Fiorentina 1998–2002)

Pietro Vierchowod (Fiorentina 1981–82; Juventus 1995–95)

Christian Vieri (Juventus 1996–97; Fiorentina 2007–08)

Cristiano Zanetti (Fiorentina 1993–96 and 2009–11; Juventus 2006–09)

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Official Matches (WIP)

  Fiorentina win   Draw   Juventus win

References

  1. ^ a b "Fiorentina Club Focus: Anatomy of a rivalry | Forza Italian Football". forzaitalianfootball.com. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  2. ^ a b c "Juventus vs Fiorentina: A rivalry based on bitterness, rather than geography". FourFourTwo. 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  3. ^ a b c d Hodges-Ramon, Luca (2017-01-13). "Fiorentina v Juventus: a rivalry stoked by 'theft', Roberto Baggio and machine guns". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  4. ^ "La Fiorentina e lo scudetto sfiorato | Storie di Calcio". Storie di Calcio (in Italian). 2015-12-26. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  5. ^ "Fiorentina fans vent their anger towards Juventus bound Bernardeschi". Mail Online. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  6. ^ "Bernardeschi haunts Fiorentina as Juventus go top". The World Game. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  7. ^ "Uno scontro di religione: i doppi ex di Fiorentina e Juve - Il Posticipo". ilposticipo.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-02-15.

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