 Ranieri akabatana neFiorentina muna 1993, achiwana kukwidziridzwa kuSerie A mushure mekuhwina zita ra1993 94 Serie B mumwaka wake wekutanga achitungamira divi reFlorence. Akazobudirira muSerie A, achikunda Coppa Italia neSupercoppa Italiana muna 1996, uye pamwe chete nematarenda ekurwisa aGabriel Batistuta, Rui Costa naFrancesco Baiano, akabatsira kirabhu kuenda pamutambo usina kukundwa gumi nemashanu mumwaka wa1995-96 Serie A, iyo yakaona timu ichibata nzvimbo yechipiri kwemwedzi yakati wandei kumashure kwevatungamiriri veligi Milan; Fiorentina yakarasikirwa nemitambo mishanu yemitambo yavo mipfumbamwe yekupedzisira, zvisinei, uye pakupedzisira vakapedza mwaka vari pachinzvimbo chechina. Mwaka unoteverayakanga isingabudiriri, sezvo Fiorentina yakapedza panzvimbo yepfumbamwe inoshungurudza muligi, kunyange zvazvo boka rakakwanisa kusvika kumagumo e1996 97 UEFA Cup Winners Cup, ichirasikirwa nemakwikwi ekupedzisira Barcelona. 