High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A.C. Fiorentina fell a couple of steps back in its first season following striker Gabriel Batistuta`s departure. While Batistuta finally won a long overdue Serie A title with Roma, Fiorentina had a struggling season, where coach Fatih Terim suddenly resigned and accepted the same job in Milan instead, and the club sensationally opted for recently retired Roberto Mancini to take over.