1955–56 AC Fiorentina season
# 1955–56 AC Fiorentina season

During 1955–56 Associazione Calcio Fiorentina competed in Serie A.

## Summary

1956 was the year of first Scudetto for the Fiorentina. The team started to achieve consistent top-five finishes in the domestic league, consisted of great players such as well-known goalkeeper Giuliano Sarti, Sergio Cervato, Francesco Rosella, Guido Gratton, Giuseppe Chiappella and Aldo Scaramucci but above all, the attacking of Brazilian Julinho Argentinian Miguel Montuori and young striker Giuseppe Virgili . This team won Fiorentina's first scudetto (Italian championship) in 1955–56, 12 points ahead of second-place Milan.

## Squad

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 | Giuliano Sarti |
| — | GK | ITA | Riccardo Toros |
| — | DF | ITA | Giampiero Bartoli |
| — | DF | ITA | Sergio Cervato |
| — | DF | ITA | Ardico Magnini |
| — | DF | ITA | Francesco Rosetta |
| — | MF | ITA | Sergio Carpanesi |
| — | MF | ITA | Giuseppe Chiappella |
| — | MF | ITA | Guido Gratton |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Bruno Mazza |
| — | MF | ITA | Alberto Orzan |
| — | MF | ITA | Maurilio Prini |
| — | MF | ITA | Aldo Scaramucci |
| — | MF | ITA | Armando Segato |
| — | FW | ITA | Claudio Bizzarri |
| — | FW | BRA | Julinho |
| — | FW | ARG | Miguel Montuori |
| — | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Virgili |

## Competitions

### Serie A

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Fiorentina (C) | 34 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 59 | 20 | +39 | 53 | Qualification to European Cup |
| 2 | Milan | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 70 | 48 | +22 | 41 | |
| 3 | Internazionale | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 57 | 36 | +21 | 39 | |
| 3 | Lazio | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 39 | |
| 5 | Bologna | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 68 | 52 | +16 | 37 | |

## Statistics

### Appearances

* 34 – Gratton, Segato
* 33 – Cervato
* 32 – Chiappella
* 32 – Magnini
* 32 – Montuori
* 32 – Virgili
* 31 – Julinho
* 26 – Prini
* 25 – Sarti
* 20 – Rosetta
* 18 – Orzan
* 9 – Toros
* 6 – Bizarri
* 4 – Mazza
* 2 – Bartoli, Carpanesi, Scaramucci

### Goalscorers

* 21 – Virgili
* 13 – Montuori
* 6 – Julinho, Prini
* 5 – Cervato
* 3 – Gratton
* 1 – Bizzarri, Carpanesi, Magnini
* Owngoals: 2
