A.C. Milan

football club in Milan, Italy
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A.C. Milan is an Italian football club in Milan.

A.C. Milan
A.C. Milan badge
Full nameAssociazione Calcio Milan SpA
Nickname(s)I Rossoneri (The Red and Blacks)

Il Diavolo (The Devil)

Casciavit (Lombard for: Screwdrivers)
Founded16th December 1899 (119 years ago)
GroundSan Siro
Capacity80,018
ChairmanPaolo Scaroni
ManagerStefano Pioli
LeagueSerie A
2021-221st

They were started in 1899 by two Englishmen, Herbet Kilpin and Alfred Edwards after a heavy drinking session in the Fiaschetteria Toscana tavern in Milan.

Herbet Kilpin became the first team coach and captain whilst Alfred Edwards became the first club president.

Their first name was Milan Cricket and Football Club. They have won the Serie A football league 18 times and the Coppa Italia football cup 5 times. They have won more trophies than any Italian club except for Juventus. In the 2005/06 season, they were punished for setting up the results. They started the 2006/07 season with an 8-point deficit, but they managed to end up fourth and win the UEFA Champions League qualification games. A.C.Milan won the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League in the final at Athens versus Liverpool. 2 to 1 was the score for the Italian team.

They play at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Stadium, also known as San Siro because Giuseppe Meazza was a star playing for arch rival, Inter Milan.

Name change

The club was founded by as Milan Football and Cricket Club by an Englishman named Herbert Kilpin. Because of its English origins, in both English and Italian, the club uses the English name "Milan" instead of the Italian name Milano. A similar naming convention exists for Genoa CFC, which uses the name "Genoa" instead of Genova because of its English origins.

Names change

  • 1899-1919 Milan Cricket and Football Club
  • 1919-1938 Milan Football Club
  • 1938-1945 Associazione Calcio Milano
  • 1945-present Associazione Calcio Milan

Honours change

Milan captain Paolo Maldini lifting the European Cup after they won the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League

League position change

SeasonLeaguePosition
2000/01Serie A6th
2001/02Serie A4th
2002/03Serie A3rd
2003/04Serie AChampions
2004/05Serie A2nd
2005/06Serie A3rd
2006/07Serie A4th
2007/08Serie A5th
2008/09Serie A3rd
2009/10Serie A3rd
2010/11Serie A1st
2011/12Serie A2nd
2012/13Serie A3rd
2013/14Serie A8th
2014/15Serie A10th
2015/16Serie A7th

Former position change


Players change

First team squad change

As of 5 October 2020[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos. NationPlayer
1GK  RomaniaCiprian Tătărușanu
2DF  ItalyDavide Calabria
4MF  AlgeriaIsmaël Bennacer
5DF  PortugalDiogo Dalot (on loan from Manchester United)[2]
7MF  SpainSamu Castillejo
8MF  ItalySandro Tonali (on loan from Brescia)[3]
10MF  TurkeyHakan Çalhanoğlu
11FW  SwedenZlatan Ibrahimović
12FW  CroatiaAnte Rebić
13DF  ItalyAlessio Romagnoli (captain)[4]
14DF  ItalyAndrea Conti
15MF  NorwayJens Petter Hauge
17FW  PortugalRafael Leão
No.Pos. NationPlayer
19DF  FranceTheo Hernandez
20DF  FrancePierre Kalulu
21MF  SpainBrahim Díaz (on loan from Real Madrid)[5]
22DF  ArgentinaMateo Musacchio
24DF  DenmarkSimon Kjær
27FW  ItalyDaniel Maldini
33MF  Bosnia and HerzegovinaRade Krunić
43DF  BrazilLéo Duarte
46DF  ItalyMatteo Gabbia
56MF  BelgiumAlexis Saelemaekers
79MF  Ivory CoastFranck Kessié
90GK  ItalyAntonio Donnarumma
99GK  ItalyGianluigi Donnarumma (vice-captain)

Out on loan change

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos. NationPlayer
GK  ItalyAlessandro Plizzari (at Reggina until 30 June 2021)
DF  ItalyGabriele Bellodi (at Alessandria until 30 June 2022)
DF  GermanyLenny Borges (at Bayern Munich II until 30 June 2021)
DF  ItalyMattia Caldara (at Atalanta until 30 June 2021)
DF  ItalyGabriele Galardi (at Viterbese until 30 June 2021)
DF  UruguayDiego Laxalt (at Celtic until 30 June 2021)
No.Pos. NationPlayer
MF  ItalyMarco Brescianini (at Virtus Entella until 30 June 2021)
MF  ItalyAlessandro Sala (at Cesena until 30 June 2021)
MF  ItalyTommaso Pobega (at Spezia until 30 June 2021)
FW  ItalyGabriele Capanni (at Cesena until 30 June 2021)
FW  ItalyFrank Tsadjout (at Cittadella until 30 June 2021)

Retired numbers change

No.PlayerNationalityPositionMilan debutLast matchRef
3*Paolo Maldini ItalyCentre back / Left back25 January 198531 May 2009
6Franco Baresi ItalySweeper23 April 19781 June 1997

* Might be restored for one of his two sons, should either of them play professionally for the club.

Coaching staff change

As of 9 October 2019[6][7]
PositionName
ManagerStefano Pioli
Assistant managerGiacomo Murelli
Technical coachesDaniele Bonera
Davide Lucarelli
Gianmarco Pioli
Luciano Vulcano
Fitness coachesLoca Monguzzi
Matteo Osti
Roberto Peressutti
Marco Vago
Goalkeeping coachesLuigi Turci
Emiliano Betti
Team managerAndrea Romeo

Presidents and managers change

Presidential history change

Milan has had numerous presidents over the course of its history, some of whom have been owners of the club while others have been honorary presidents. Here is a complete list of them.

 
NameYears
Alfred Edwards1899–1909
Piero Pirelli1909–1928
Luigi Ravasco1928–1930
Mario Benazzoli1930–1933
Commission1933
Luigi Ravasco1933–1935
Pietro Annoni1935–1936
Regency1936
Emilio Colombo1936–1939
Achille Invernizzi1939–1940
Commission1940–1944
 
NameYears
Regency1944–1945
Umberto Trabattoni1945–1954
Andrea Rizzoli1954–1963
Felice Riva1963–1965
Commission1965–1966
Luigi Carraro1966–1967
Franco Carraro1967–1971
Federico Sordillo1971–1972
Albino Buticchi1972–1975
Bruno Pardi1975–1976
Vittorio Duina1976–1977
 
NameYears
Felice Colombo1977–1980
Gaetano Morazzoni1980–1982
Giuseppe Farina1982–1986
Rosario Lo Verde1986
Silvio Berlusconi1986–2004
Regency2004–2006
Silvio Berlusconi2006–2008
Regency2008–2017
Li Yonghong2017–2018
Paolo Scaroni2018–

Managerial history change

Nereo Rocco, the most successful manager in the history of A.C. Milan with 10 trophies.

Below is a list of Milan coaches from 1900 until the present day.

 
NameNationalityYears
Herbert Kilpin 1900–1908
Daniele Angeloni 1906–1907
Technical Commission 1907–1910
Giovanni Camperio 1910–1911
Technical Commission 1911–1914
Guido Moda 1915–1922
Ferdi Oppenheim 1922–1924
Vittorio Pozzo 1924–1926
Guido Moda 1926
Herbert Burgess 1926–1928
Engelbert König 1928–1931
József Bánás 1931–1933
József Viola 1933–1934
Adolfo Baloncieri 1934–1937
William Garbutt 1937
Hermann Felsner
József Bánás

1937–1938
József Viola 1938–1940
Guido Ara
Antonio Busini

1940–1941
Mario Magnozzi 1941–1943
Giuseppe Santagostino 1943–1945
Adolfo Baloncieri 1945–1946
Giuseppe Bigogno 1946–1949
Lajos Czeizler 1949–1952
Gunnar Gren 1952
Mario Sperone 1952–1953
Béla Guttmann 1953–1954
Antonio Busini 1954
Hector Puricelli 1954–1956
Giuseppe Viani 1957–1960
Paolo Todeschini 1960–1961
Nereo Rocco 1961–1963
Luis Carniglia 1963–1964
Nils Liedholm 1963–1966
Giovanni Cattozzo 1966
Arturo Silvestri 1966–1967
Nereo Rocco 1967–1972
Cesare Maldini 1973–1974
 
NameNationalityYears
Giovanni Trapattoni 1974
Gustavo Giagnoni 1974–1975
Nereo Rocco 1975
Paolo Barison 1975–1976
Giovanni Trapattoni 1976
Giuseppe Marchioro 1976–1977
Nereo Rocco 1977
Nils Liedholm 1977–1979
Massimo Giacomini 1979–1981
Italo Galbiati 1981
Luigi Radice 1981–1982
Italo Galbiati 1982
Francesco Zagatti 1982
Ilario Castagner 1982–1984
Italo Galbiati 1984
Nils Liedholm 1984–1987
Fabio Capello 1987
Arrigo Sacchi 1987–1991
Fabio Capello 1991–1996
Óscar Tabárez
Giorgio Morini

1996
Arrigo Sacchi 1996–1997
Fabio Capello 1997–1998
Alberto Zaccheroni 1998–2001
Cesare Maldini
Mauro Tassotti
2001
Fatih Terim
Antonio Di Gennaro

2001
Carlo Ancelotti 2001–2009
Leonardo 2009–2010
Massimiliano Allegri 2010–2014
Mauro Tassotti (caretaker) 2014
Clarence Seedorf 2014
Filippo Inzaghi 2014–2015
Siniša Mihajlović 2015–2016
Cristian Brocchi 2016
Vincenzo Montella 2016–2017
Gennaro Gattuso 2017–2019
Marco Giampaolo 2019
Stefano Pioli 2019–

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors change

PeriodKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
BrandCompany
1981–82Linea MilanPooh JeansItaliana Manifatture
1982–83NRHitachiHitachi Europe
1983–84Cuore
1984–85Rolly GoOscar MondadoriArnoldo Mondadori Editore
1985–86Gianni RiveraFotorex U-BixOlivetti
1986–87Kappa
1987–90Mediolanum
1990–92Adidas
1992–93Motta
1993–94Lotto
1994–98OpelGeneral Motors
1998–06Adidas
2006–10Bwin
2010–18EmiratesThe Emirates Group
2018–Puma[8][9]


Other websites change

References change

  1. "First Team". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  2. "Official Statement: Diogo Dalot". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  3. "Official Statement: Sandro Tonali". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  4. "Romagnoli: 'We must be back at the top'". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  5. "Brahim Díaz". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  6. "Stefano Pioli appointed as AC Milan new coach". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  7. "Official announcement: new coaching staff". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  8. "PUMA AND AC MILAN ANNOUNCE LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIP" (Press release). A.C. Milan. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  9. "AC Milan sign deal with PUMA". ESPN FC. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.