1965-66 is one to remember. 

De Sisti and Rogora arrive and Merlo and Chiarugi establish themselves and above all the Viola put two more trophies on the board: the Italian Cup and the Mitropa Cup. In the Italian Cup Chiappella's team easily beats Genoa, Palermo and Catania and then also eliminates Milan at San Siro. The last obstacle towards the final is Helenio Herrera's International. In the ninetieth minute, with the result 1-1, when extra time seems inevitable, on a throw from Castelletti, Hamrin manages to deposit it into the net. Fiorentina can play in its fifth Italian Cup final. The opponent is Catanzaro. The Fiorentina team that won their third success in this competition at the Olimpico in Rome is as follows: Albertosi, Pirovano, Rogora, Bertini, Ferrante, Brizi, Hamrin, Merlo, Brugnera, De Sisti, Chiarugi. However, the season was not over, because on 19 June 1966 Fiorentina also won the prestigious Mitropa Cup by beating the Czechoslovakian team Jednota Trenčín at the Comunale.