Fiorentina are struggling to sell season tickets.

Thus far, they've sold 16,568 season tickets this term – less than what they managed in the fourth tier of Italian football.

Gazzetta dello Sport says the number of season tickets sold is also just shy of 3,500 down on last season.

Fiorentina spent the 2002-03 campaign in Serie C2 after they were demoted for financial irregularities, before returning to the top flight two years later.

The Viola's Artemio Franchi stadium holds a capacity of 43,147.