AC Milan

AC Milan
Full nameAssociazione Calcio Milan SpA
Nickname(s)I Rossoneri (The Red and Blacks)
Founded16 December 1899 (126 years ago)
GroundSan Siro
Capacity80,018
ChairmanPaolo Scaroni
ManagerMassimiliano Allegri
LeagueSerie A
2024-258th

AC Milan is an Italian football club in Milan. 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 five 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 eight-point deficit, but they managed to finish fourth and win the UEFA Champions League qualification games. Milan won the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League, defeating Liverpool 2–1 in the final in Athens.

Milan play at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, also known as San Siro because Giuseppe Meazza was a star player for Inter Milan.

Name

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 way of naming exists for Genoa CFC, which uses the name "Genoa" instead of Genova because of its English origins.

Names

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

Honours

League position

Season League Position
2000/01 Serie A 6th
2001/02 Serie A 4th
2002/03 Serie A 3rd
2003/04 Serie A Champions
2004/05 Serie A 2nd
2005/06 Serie A 3rd
2006/07 Serie A 4th
2007/08 Serie A 5th
2008/09 Serie A 3rd
2009/10 Serie A 3rd
2010/11 Serie A 1st
2011/12 Serie A 2nd
2012/13 Serie A 3rd
2013/14 Serie A 8th
2014/15 Serie A 10th
2015/16 Serie A 7th

Former position

Players

First team squad

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. Nation Player
16 GK  France Mike Maignan
2 DF  Italy Davide Calabria
4 MF  Algeria Ismaël Bennacer
22 DF  Brazil Emerson Royal [2]
8 MF  England Ruben Loftus-Cheek
29 MF  France Youssouf Fofana [3]
38 MF  France Warren Bondo
7 FW  Mexico Santiago Gimenez
11 FW  United States Christian Pulisic
31 DF  Serbia Strahinja Pavlovic
32 MF  Italy Thomas Pobega
28 DF  Germany Malick Thiaw
10 FW  Portugal Rafael Leão
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF  France Theo Hernandez
23 DF  England Fikayo Tomori
94 MF  France Yacine Adli [4]
46 DF  Italy Mateo Gabbia
33 DF  Italy Davide Bartesaghi
21 FW  Nigeria Samuel Chukwueze
18 MF  Italy Kevin Zeroli
42 DF  Italy Fillipe Terracciano
80 MF, FW  United States Yunus Musah
56 MF  Belgium Alexis Saelemaekers
20 FW  Spain Alex Jimenez
57 GK  Italy Marco Sportiello
96 GK  Italy Lorenzo Torriani

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  Italy Alessandro Plizzari (at Reggina until 30 June 2021)
— DF  Italy Gabriele Bellodi (at Alessandria until 30 June 2022)
— DF  Germany Lenny Borges (at Bayern Munich II until 30 June 2021)
— DF  Italy Mattia Caldara (at Atalanta until 30 June 2021)
— DF  Italy Gabriele Galardi (at Viterbese until 30 June 2021)
— DF  Uruguay Diego Laxalt (at Celtic until 30 June 2021)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  Italy Marco Brescianini (at Virtus Entella until 30 June 2021)
— MF  Italy Alessandro Sala (at Cesena until 30 June 2021)
— MF  Italy Tommaso Pobega (at Spezia until 30 June 2021)
— FW  Italy Gabriele Capanni (at Cesena until 30 June 2021)
— FW  Italy Frank Tsadjout (at Cittadella until 30 June 2021)

Retired numbers

No. Player Nationality Position Milan debut Last match Ref
3* Paolo Maldini Italy Centre back / Left back 25 January 1985 31 May 2009
6 Franco Baresi Italy Sweeper 23 April 1978 1 June 1997

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

Coaching staff

As of 9 October 2019[5][6]
Position Name
Manager Stefano Pioli
Assistant manager Giacomo Murelli
Technical coaches Daniele Bonera
Davide Lucarelli
Gianmarco Pioli
Luciano Vulcano
Fitness coaches Loca Monguzzi
Matteo Osti
Roberto Peressutti
Marco Vago
Goalkeeping coaches Luigi Turci
Emiliano Betti
Team manager Andrea Romeo

Presidents and managers

Presidential history

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.

 
Name Years
Alfred Edwards 1899–1909
Piero Pirelli 1909–1928
Luigi Ravasco 1928–1930
Mario Benazzoli 1930–1933
Commission 1933
Luigi Ravasco 1933–1935
Pietro Annoni 1935–1936
Regency 1936
Emilio Colombo 1936–1939
Achille Invernizzi 1939–1940
Commission 1940–1944
 
Name Years
Regency 1944–1945
Umberto Trabattoni 1945–1954
Andrea Rizzoli 1954–1963
Felice Riva 1963–1965
Commission 1965–1966
Luigi Carraro 1966–1967
Franco Carraro 1967–1971
Federico Sordillo 1971–1972
Albino Buticchi 1972–1975
Bruno Pardi 1975–1976
Vittorio Duina 1976–1977
 
Name Years
Felice Colombo 1977–1980
Gaetano Morazzoni 1980–1982
Giuseppe Farina 1982–1986
Rosario Lo Verde 1986
Silvio Berlusconi 1986–2004
Regency 2004–2006
Silvio Berlusconi 2006–2008
Regency 2008–2017
Li Yonghong 2017–2018
Paolo Scaroni 2018–

Managerial history

Nereo Rocco is the most successful manager in the history of AC Milan with ten trophies.

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

 
Name Nationality Years
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
 
Name Nationality Years
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

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Brand Company
1981–82 Linea Milan Pooh Jeans Italiana Manifatture
1982–83 NR Hitachi Hitachi Europe
1983–84 Cuore
1984–85 Rolly Go Oscar Mondadori Arnoldo Mondadori Editore
1985–86 Gianni Rivera Fotorex U-Bix Olivetti
1986–87 Kappa
1987–90 Mediolanum
1990–92 Adidas
1992–93 Motta
1993–94 Lotto
1994–98 Opel General Motors
1998–06 Adidas
2006–10 Bwin
2010–18 Emirates The Emirates Group
2018– Puma[7][8]


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References

  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. ↑ "Brahim Díaz". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "Stefano Pioli appointed as AC Milan new coach". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  6. ↑ "Official announcement: new coaching staff". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  7. ↑ "PUMA AND AC MILAN ANNOUNCE LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIP" (Press release). AC Milan. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "AC Milan sign deal with PUMA". ESPN FC. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
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