
The Little Aeroplane finally landed in Florence after what seemed like interminable negotiations with his previous club Catania. Still a long way short of his 40th birthday, he has built a reputation as an astute tactician with a love for an aggressive 4-3-3 formation. He has wisely not made any outlandish promises but has, instead, pledged to let his results do the talking.
| 1 | Emiliano Viviano | G |
| 12 | Cristiano Lupatelli | G |
| 41 | Luca Lezzerini | G |
| 89 | Neto | G |
| 2 | Gonzalo Rodríguez | D |
| 3 | Ahmed Hegazy | D |
| 4 | Facundo Roncaglia | D |
| 5 | Marvin Compper | D |
| 15 | Stefan Savic | D |
| 23 | Manuel Pasqual | D |
| 31 | Michele Camporese | D |
| 32 | Saverio Madrigali | D |
| 38 | Nii Nortey Ashong | D |
| 40 | Nenad Tomovic | D |
| 6 | Mohamed Sissoko | M |
| 7 | David Pizarro | M |
| 10 | Alberto Aquilani | M |
| 11 | Juan Guillermo Cuadrado | M |
| 14 | Matías Fernández | M |
| 19 | Cristian Llama | M |
| 20 | Borja Valero | M |
| 21 | Giulio Migliaccio | M |
| 27 | Rafal Wolski | M |
| 28 | Leonardo Capezzi | M |
| 92 | Rômulo | M |
| 8 | Stevan Jovetic | A |
| 9 | Mounir El Hamdaoui | A |
| 18 | Marcelo Larrondo | A |
| 22 | Adem Ljajic | A |
| 29 | Federico Bernardeschi | A |
| 30 | Luca Toni | A |
| 33 | Kenneth Zohore | A |
| 49 | Giuseppe Rossi | A |