2015–16 AC Milan season

In the 2015–16 season, Associazione Calcio Milan competed in the Serie A for the 82nd time, as well as the Coppa Italia. It was their 33rd consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.

Milan

2015–16 season
Chairman Honorary Chairman	Vacant Silvio Berlusconi
Manager	Siniša Mihajlović (until 12 April 2016)[1] Cristian Brocchi (from 12 April 2016)[2]
Stadium	San Siro
Serie A	7th
Coppa Italia	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Carlos Bacca (18) All: Carlos Bacca (20)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Milan finished in seventh place in Serie A, failing to qualify for European competition for a third season in a row. Milan also reached the final of the Coppa Italia, losing to rivals Juventus after extra time.

Squad information

No.	Player	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Signed in	Contract until	Signed from	Transfer fee	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Diego López		GK	(1981-11-03)3 November 1981 (aged 34)	2014	2018	Real Madrid	Free
32	Christian Abbiati		GK	(1977-07-08)8 July 1977 (aged 38)	1998	2016	Monza	€0.75M	Vice-captain
99	Gianluigi Donnarumma		GK	(1999-02-25)25 February 1999 (aged 17)	2015	2018	Milan Primavera	€250,000[3]	From Youth system
Defenders
2	Mattia De Sciglio		RB / LB	(1992-10-20)20 October 1992 (aged 23)	2011	2018	Milan Primavera	Free	From Youth system
5	Philippe Mexès		CB	(1982-05-30)30 May 1982 (aged 34)	2011	2016	Roma	Free
13	Alessio Romagnoli		CB	(1995-01-12)12 January 1995 (aged 21)	2015	2020	Roma	€25M
15	Rodrigo Ely		CB	(1993-11-03)3 November 1993 (aged 22)	2015	2019	Avellino	Free	From Youth system
17	Cristián Zapata		CB	(1986-09-30)30 September 1986 (aged 29)	2012	2016	Villarreal	€6M
20	Ignazio Abate		RB	(1986-11-12)12 November 1986 (aged 29)	2009	2019	Torino	€2.8M	From Youth system
25	Stefan Simić		CB	(1995-01-20)20 January 1995 (aged 21)	2015	2018	Milan Primavera	Free
31	Luca Antonelli		LB	(1987-02-11)11 February 1987 (aged 29)	2015	2018	Genoa	€4.5M	From Youth system
33	Alex		CB	(1982-06-17)17 June 1982 (aged 34)	2014	2016	Paris Saint-Germain	Free
96	Davide Calabria		RB / LB	(1996-12-06)6 December 1996 (aged 19)	2015	2018	Milan Primavera	Free	From Youth System
Midfielders
4	José Mauri		CM	(1996-05-16)16 May 1996 (aged 20)	2015	2019	Parma	Free
10	Keisuke Honda		RW	(1986-06-13)13 June 1986 (aged 30)	2014	2017	CSKA Moscow	Free
16	Andrea Poli		CM	(1989-09-29)29 September 1989 (aged 26)	2013	2018	Sampdoria	€9.7M
18	Riccardo Montolivo		CM	(1985-01-18)18 January 1985 (aged 31)	2012	2016	Fiorentina	Free	Captain
27	Juraj Kucka		CM	(1987-02-26)26 February 1987 (aged 29)	2015	2019	Genoa	€3M
28	Giacomo Bonaventura		LW	(1989-08-22)22 August 1989 (aged 26)	2014	2019	Atalanta	€7M
72	Kevin-Prince Boateng		RW	(1987-03-06)6 March 1987 (aged 29)	2015	2016	Schalke 04	Free
73	Manuel Locatelli		CM	(1998-01-08)8 January 1998 (aged 18)	2010	2018	Milan Primavera	Free	From Youth System
91	Andrea Bertolacci		CM	(1991-01-11)11 January 1991 (aged 25)	2015	2019	Roma	€20M
Forwards
7	Jérémy Ménez		SS / AM	(1987-05-07)7 May 1987 (aged 29)	2014	2017	Paris Saint-Germain	Free
9	Luiz Adriano		ST	(1987-04-12)12 April 1987 (aged 29)	2015	2020	Shakhtar Donetsk	€8M
19	M'Baye Niang		ST / SS	(1994-12-19)19 December 1994 (aged 21)	2012	2019	Caen	€3M
45	Mario Balotelli		ST	(1990-08-12)12 August 1990 (aged 25)	2015	2016	Liverpool	On loan
70	Carlos Bacca		ST	(1986-09-08)8 September 1986 (aged 29)	2015	2019	Sevilla	€30M

Transfers

Summer 2015

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes
9 June 2015	DF	Rodrigo Ely	21	Avellino	Free[4]
25 June 2015	MF	Simone Verdi	22	Torino	€450,000	Co-ownership solved
29 June 2015	MF	Andrea Bertolacci	24	Roma	€20,000,000[5]
29 June 2015	MF	Matteo Pessina	18	Monza	€20,000[6][7]
2 July 2015	FW	Luiz Adriano	28	Shakhtar Donetsk	€8,000,000[8][9][10]
2 July 2015	FW	Carlos Bacca	28	Sevilla	€30,000,000[11]
3 July 2015	GK	Gianluigi Donnarumma	16	Milan Youth System	Free	Promoted
6 July 2015	MF	José Mauri	19	Parma	Free[12]
8 July 2015	MF	Juan Mauri	26	Tiro Federal	Free[13]
15 July 2015	DF	Davide Calabria	18	Milan Youth System	Free	Promoted[14][15]
10 August 2015	DF	Alessio Romagnoli	20	Roma	€25,000,000
28 August 2015	MF	Juraj Kucka	28	Genoa	€3,000,000[16][17]

On loan

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes
27 August 2015	FW	Mario Balotelli	25	Liverpool	Free[18]

Loan returns

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes
1 July 2015	DF	Stefan Simić	20	Varese	Free
1 July 2015	MF	Marco Bortoli	20	Messina	Free
1 July 2015	MF	Edmund Hottor	22	Venezia	Free
1 July 2015	MF	Antonio Nocerino	30	Parma	Free
1 July 2015	FW	M'Baye Niang	20	Genoa	Free
31 August 2015	FW	Nnamdi Oduamadi	24	Şanlıurfaspor	Free	Unilaterally ended agreement[19]

Total spending: €86,470,000

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes
13 May 2015	FW	Robinho	31	Guangzhou Evergrande	Free[20]	After return from loan
14 May 2015	MF	Riccardo Saponara	23	Empoli	€4M[21]	Buy option exercised
2 June 2015	MF	Michael Essien	32	Panathinaikos	Free[22]	Expired contract
24 June 2015	MF	Marco Fossati	22	Cagliari	Free[23]	After return from loan
26 June 2015	MF	Mario Piccinocchi	20	Vicenza	Free[24]
30 June 2015	MF	Sulley Muntari	30	Al-Ittihad	Free[25][26]
1 July 2015	GK	Edoardo Pazzagli	26	Unattached	Free	Expired contract. After return from loan
1 July 2015	DF	Daniele Bonera	34	Villarreal	Free[27]	Expired contract
1 July 2015	DF	Cristian Daminuță	25	Zakho	Free[28]	Expired contract. After return from loan
1 July 2015	DF	Adil Rami	29	Sevilla	€3.5M
1 July 2015	DF	Dídac Vilà	26	AEK Athens	Free[29]	After return from loan
1 July 2015	MF	Attila Filkor	26	Újpest	Free[30]	Expired contract. After return from loan
1 July 2015	MF	Pelé	23	Benfica	Free[31]	Expired contract. After return from loan
1 July 2015	FW	Ezekiel Henty	22	NK Olimpija	€150,000[32]	Loan to full purchase
1 July 2015	FW	Giampaolo Pazzini	30	Hellas Verona	Free	Expired contract
2 July 2015	MF	Valter Birsa	28	Chievo	€1.5M[33][34]	Buy option exercised
11 July 2015	MF	Marco Pinato	20	Vicenza	Undisclosed[35]	After return from loan
16 July 2015	DF	Marcus Diniz	27	Padova	Free[36]	After return from loan
30 July 2015	DF	Michelangelo Albertazzi	24	Hellas Verona	Undisclosed[37]
6 August 2015	DF	Krisztián Tamás	20	Spezia	Undisclosed[38]	After return from loan
28 August 2015	GK	Stefano Gori	20	Bari	Undisclosed[39]
28 August 2015	FW	Michael Fabbro	19	Bassano	Undisclosed[40]
31 August 2015	DF	Cristian Zaccardo	33	Carpi	Free[41]
31 August 2015	MF	Žan Benedičič	19	Como	Undisclosed[42]	After return from loan
1 September 2015	GK	Davide Narduzzo	21	Unattached	Free[43]	After return from loan
1 September 2015	FW	Alessio Innocenti	22	Melfi	Undisclosed[44]	After return from loan
1 September 2015	DF	Johad Ferretti	21	Unattached	Free[45]	After return from loan

Loans ended

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes
1 July 2015	DF	Salvatore Bocchetti	28	Spartak Moscow	Free
1 July 2015	MF	Marco van Ginkel	22	Chelsea	Free
1 July 2015	FW	Mattia Destro	24	Roma	Free

Loaned out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes
23 June 2015	FW	Gianmario Comi	23	Livorno	Free[46]	After return from loan, option to buy back
13 July 2015	FW	Stephan El Shaarawy	22	Monaco	€2M[47][48]	Option to full purchase at €14M[49][50]
13 July 2015	FW	Gianmarco Zigoni	23	SPAL	Free[51]	Loan confirmed
14 July 2015	MF	Alessandro Mastalli	19	Lugano	Free[52]	After promotion to first squad
15 July 2015	GK	Gabriel	22	Napoli	Free[53]	After return from loan
21 July 2015	FW	Nnamdi Oduamadi	24	Şanlıurfaspor	Free[54]	After return from loan
30 July 2015	FW	Davide Di Molfetta	19	Benevento	Free[55]
31 July 2015	FW	Giacomo Beretta	23	Pro Vercelli	Free[56]	Loan confirmed
4 August 2015	MF	Andrej Modić	19	Vicenza	Free[57]	After promotion to first squad
10 August 2015	MF	Matteo Pessina	18	Lecce	Free[58]
16 August 2015	MF	Simone Verdi	23	Eibar	Free[59]	Option to full purchase[60]
17 August 2015	MF	Juan Mauri	26	Akragas	Free[61]
25 August 2015	DF	Jherson Vergara	21	Livorno	Free[62]	After return from loan
26 August 2015	DF	Gabriel Paletta	29	Atalanta	Free[63]
30 August 2015	GK	Michael Agazzi	31	Middlesbrough	Free[64]	Option to full purchase
30 August 2015	FW	Andrea Petagna	20	Ascoli	Free[65]	After return from loan, option to buy back
31 August 2015	MF	Hachim Mastour	17	Málaga	Free[66]	Two-year loan. Option to full purchase and buy back
31 August 2015	FW	Alessandro Matri	31	Lazio	Free[67]	After return from loan
31 August 2015	MF	Favour Aniekan	21	NK Krka	Free[68]	Loan confirmed
31 August 2015	FW	Matteo Chinellato	23	Cuneo	Free[69]	After anticipated return from loan

Total income: €11,150,000

Net income: €75,320,000

Winter 2015–16

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes
9 December 2015	MF	Kevin-Prince Boateng	28	Unattached	Free[70][71]	Effective from 4 January 2016[72]
1 February 2016	MF	Manuel Locatelli	18	Milan Youth System	Free	Promoted

Loan returns

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes
1 January 2016	MF	Alessandro Mastalli	19	Lugano	Free[73]	Re-joined Primavera squad

Total spending: €0

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes
7 January 2016	DF	Ivan Rondanini	20	Savona	Free[74]	Previously out of main roster
22 January 2016	FW	Alessio Cerci	28	Atlético Madrid	Free (end of loan)	Will play for Genoa[75]
25 January 2016	FW	Andrea Petagna	20	Atalanta	€1M[76]	After return from loan, will play for Ascoli
31 January 2016	MF	Nigel de Jong	31	Unattached[77]	Free	Will play for LA Galaxy
1 February 2016	DF	Edmund Hottor	22	Unattached[78]	Free	Bought by Internazionale, will play for Atletico CP
16 February 2016	MF	Antonio Nocerino	30	Unattached[79]	Free	Will play for Orlando City

Loaned out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes
27 December 2015	MF	Suso	22	Genoa	Free[70][80]	Effective from 4 January 2016[81]
19 January 2016	MF	Matteo Pessina	18	Catania	Free[82]	After return from loan
26 January 2016	FW	Stephan El Shaarawy	23	Roma	€1.4M[83]	After return from loan
29 January 2016	FW	Davide Di Molfetta	19	Rimini	Free[84]	After return from loan
1 February 2016	MF	Simone Verdi	23	Carpi	Free[85]	After return from loan
1 February 2016	DF	Giorgio Altare	17	Virtus Bergamo	Free[86]
22 March 2016	FW	Nnamdi Oduamadi	25	HJK	Free[87]	Till 31 December 2016

Total income: €2,400,000

Net income: €2,400,000

Pre-season and friendlies

Milan began their pre-season campaign taking on Italian lower division sides A.S.D. Alcione and A.S.D. Legnano in Solbiate Arno. Milan won both these first matches, with Nigel de Jong scoring the first goal of the season.

Milan was then involved in matches against several European top level cubs, including Lyon, Internazionale and Real Madrid in the International Champions Cup, and Bayern Munich and Tottenham Hotspur in the 2015 Audi Cup.

On 12 August, Milan won the 2015 TIM trophy after again defeating Inter and Sassuolo (the later after penalties) after two matches of 45 minutes each.

After the start of the season, Milan played other friendlies, mainly during October and November, including the Berlusconi Trophy and the Trofeo ‘San Nicola.

Milan v Alcione

10 July 2015 Friendly	Milan	5–1	Alcione	Solbiate Arno, Italy
	De Jong 20' (pen.) Poli 30' Cerci 45' Niang 51', 61'		Gennarelli 5'	Stadium: Stadio Felice Chinetti[88]

Milan v Legnano

14 July 2015 Friendly	Milan	5–1	Legnano	Solbiate Arno, Italy
	Poli 39' Alex 41' Mastour 42' Honda 64' Verdi 73'	Report	Anelli 10'	Stadium: Stadio Felice Chinetti[88] Referee: Di Wang (China)

Lyon v Milan

18 July 2015 Friendly	Lyon	2–1	Milan	Lyon, France
	Fekir 24' Lacazette 78'		Poli 75'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland[89]

Milan v Internazionale

25 July 2015 ICC	Milan	1–0	Internazionale	Shenzhen, China
19:00 CST	Mexès 62'			Stadium: Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre

Real Madrid v Milan

30 July 2015 ICC	Real Madrid	0–0 (10−9 p)	Milan	Shanghai, China
20:00 CST		Report		Stadium: Shanghai Stadium
	Penalties
	Rodríguez Marcelo Casemiro Ramos Kroos Carvajal Nacho Cheryshev Isco Jesé Casilla		De Jong Matri Bacca Honda Luiz Adriano Montolivo Zapata Mauri Calabria Paletta Donnarumma

Bayern Munich v Milan

4 August 2015 Audi Cup	Bayern Munich	3–0	Milan	Munich, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bernat 24' Götze 74' Lewandowski 85'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Arena Referee: Peter Sippel (Germany)

Tottenham Hotspur v Milan

5 August 2015 Audi Cup	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	Milan	Munich, Germany
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Chadli 8' Carroll 71'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann (Germany)

Milan v Internazionale

12 August 2015 TIM Trophy	Milan	2–1	Internazionale	Reggio Emilia, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bertolacci 4' Bacca 22'		Brozović 31'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore
Note: 45-minute match

Sassuolo v Milan

12 August 2015 TIM Trophy	Sassuolo	1–1 (3−4 p)	Milan	Reggio Emilia, Italy
22:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Duncan 7'		Nocerino 45+3'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore
	Penalties
	Falcinelli Floccari Berardi Duncan Acerbi		Matri Cerci Suso Montolivo Nocerino
Note: 45-minute match

Mantova v Milan

3 September 2015 Friendly	Mantova	2–3	Milan	Mantua, Italy
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ungaro 17' Trainotti 27'		Balotelli 3' Poli 37' Luiz Adriano 63' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Danilo Martelli Attendance: 10,000

Monza v Milan

7 October 2015 Friendly	Monza	0–3	Milan	Monza, Italy[90]
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)			Luiz Adriano 23' Nocerino 28' Cerci 41'	Stadium: Stadio Brianteo

Milan v Inter

21 October 2015 Berlusconi Trophy	Milan	0–1	Inter	Milan, Italy
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Kondogbia 12'	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza

Bari v Milan

24 November 2015 Friendly	Bari	0–1	Milan	Bari, Italy
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)[91]		Report	Tonucci 12' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Angelo Cervellera
Note: 45-minute match

Milan v Inter

24 November 2015 Friendly	Milan	1–0	Inter	Bari, Italy
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)[91]	Poli 14'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Angelo Cervellera
Note: 45-minute match

Milan v Varese

24 March 2016 Friendly	Milan	4–0	Varese	Carnago, Italy
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Balotelli 17' Luiz Adriano 27' Balotelli 52' Ménez 68'	Report		Stadium: Milanello

Competitions

Donnarumma Abate Alex Romagnoli Antonelli Honda Bonaventura Kucka Montolivo Niang Bacca

Mihajlovic's favourite starting line-up during most of his spell as AC Milan manager.

Serie A

Main article: 2015–16 Serie A

The 2015–16 Serie A season began on 22 August 2015 and concluded on 15 May 2016.

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Fiorentina	38	18	10	10	60	42	+18	64	Qualification to Europa League group stage[a]
6	Sassuolo	38	16	13	9	49	40	+9	61	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
7	Milan	38	15	12	11	49	43	+6	57
8	Lazio	38	15	9	14	52	52	0	54
9	Chievo	38	13	11	14	43	45	−2	50

Source: Serie A, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.^[92]
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2015–16 Coppa Italia, Juventus, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to fifth-placed team and the spot awarded to the fifth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	15	12	11	49	43	+6	57	9	6	4	28	22	+6	6	6	7	21	21	0

Last updated: 14 May 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	D	L	L	W	D	L	D	W	L
Position	19	12	12	9	7	11	11	11	10	8	6	6	7	7	8	7	6	7	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7

Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2015. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Fiorentina v Milan

23 August 2015 1	Fiorentina	2–0	Milan	Florence
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Roncaglia  31' Alonso 38' Iličić  45', 56' (pen.) Bernardeschi  59'	Report	Ely  9'  36' Bonaventura  37' Romagnoli  55'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 33,904[93] Referee: Paolo Valeri

Milan v Empoli

29 August 2015 2	Milan	2–1	Empoli	Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bacca 16' Luiz Adriano 69'	Report	Saponara 20' Tonelli  27' Maccarone  42'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 34,382 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

Internazionale v Milan

13 September 2015 3	Internazionale	1–0	Milan	Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Juan  37' Guarín 58' Melo  63'	Report	Abate  22' Honda  42' Kucka  66'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 79,154 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Milan v Palermo

19 September 2015 4	Milan	3–2	Palermo	Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bacca 21', 75' Bonaventura 40' Montolivo  80'	Report	Hiljemark 32', 72' Lazaar  45+3' González  66'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 33,689 Referee: Carmine Russo

Udinese v Milan

22 September 2015 5	Udinese	2–3	Milan	Udine
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Piris  31' Iturra  39' Badu 51' Wagué  53' D. Zapata 58' Fernandes  59'  90+3' Marquinho  86'	Report	Balotelli 5',  15' Bonaventura 11' Calabria  18' C. Zapata 45+1',  71'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Daniele Doveri

Genoa v Milan

27 September 2015 6	Genoa	1–0	Milan	Genoa
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Džemaili 10',  67' Pavoletti  58' De Maio  61' Burdisso  89'	Report	Bonaventura  11' Romagnoli  18'  42' Calabria  56' Luiz Adriano  83' Bertolacci  90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,294 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Milan v Napoli

4 October 2015 7	Milan	0–4	Napoli	Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bonaventura  32' Antonelli  64' Ely  66'	Report	Allan 13',  14' Insigne 48', 68' Callejón  61' Ely 77' (o.g.)	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 50,488 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Torino v Milan

17 October 2015 8	Torino	1–1	Milan	Turin
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Baselli  20', 73' Gazzi  41' Bovo  75'	Report	Kucka  13' Bonaventura  52' Bacca 63' Romagnoli  79' López  88'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 25,477 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

Milan v Sassuolo

25 October 2015 9	Milan	2–1	Sassuolo	Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bacca 31' (pen.) Abate  33' Luiz Adriano 86'	Report	Consigli  30' Berardi  31', 53' Cannavaro  71' Missiroli  87'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 37,568 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Milan v Chievo

28 October 2015 10	Milan	1–0	Chievo	Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Antonelli 53'	Report	Pinzi  50' Cesar  58'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 25,517 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

Lazio v Milan

1 November 2015 11	Lazio	1–3	Milan	Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Basta  59' Kishna 85' Gentiletti  90+2'	Report	Bertolacci 25' Mexès 53' Romagnoli  66' Bacca 79' Bonaventura  88'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 28,020 Referee: Antonio Damato

Milan v Atalanta

7 November 2015 12	Milan	0–0	Atalanta	Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	De Sciglio  24' Mexès  59' Calabria  77' Bacca  84'	Report	Cigarini  42' Pinilla  48' Gómez  56' Carmona  89'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 33,192 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

Juventus v Milan

21 November 2015 13	Juventus	1–0	Milan	Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sturaro  28' Lichtsteiner  50' Dybala 65'	Report	Kucka  31' Alex  53'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 40,841 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

Milan v Sampdoria

28 November 2015 14	Milan	4–1	Sampdoria	Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bonaventura 16' Niang 38' (pen.), 49' Kucka  39' Luiz Adriano 79'	Report	De Silvestri  37' Soriano  45+1' Éder 87' (pen.)	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 32,368 Referee: Daniele Doveri

Carpi v Milan

6 December 2015 15	Carpi	0–0	Milan	Modena
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Alex  14' Romagnoli  57'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Attendance: 12,150 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

Milan v Hellas Verona

13 December 2015 16	Milan	1–1	Hellas Verona	Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bacca 52' De Jong  56' Bonaventura  72' Abate  73' Kucka  86'	Report	Toni 57' (pen.) Moras  60' Pisano  68' Wszołek  71' Ioniță  72' Márquez  82' Gollini  84'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 27,497 Referee: Paolo Valeri

Frosinone v Milan

20 December 2015 17	Frosinone	2–4	Milan	Frosinone
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ciofani 19',  90+1' Tonev  45+1' Soddimo  55' Blanchard  62' Pavlović  68' Dionisi 84'	Report	Niang  49' Abate 50' Bacca 55' Romagnoli  60' Alex 77' Donnarumma  83' Bonaventura 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Matusa Attendance: 7,931 Referee: Luca Banti

Milan v Bologna

6 January 2016 18	Milan	0–1	Bologna	Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Montolivo  31' De Sciglio  58' Abate  75' Mexès  85' Kucka  90' Luiz Adriano  90+2'	Report	Mounier  12' Diawara  21' Masina  38' Giaccherini 82' Brighi  90+1' Destro  90+3'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 31,381 Referee: Davide Massa

Roma v Milan

9 January 2016 19	Roma	1–1	Milan	Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rüdiger 4' Manolas  29' Pjanić  34' Nainggolan  88'	Report	Kucka  28', 50' Zapata  28' Luiz Adriano  42' Bertolacci  87'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 34,777 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Milan v Fiorentina

17 January 2016 20	Milan	2–0	Fiorentina	Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bacca 4',  68' Bertolacci  73' Boateng 88'	Report	Suárez  31' Kalinić  45' Vecino  59' Tomović  67'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 28,374 Referee: Daniele Doveri

Empoli v Milan

23 January 2016 21	Empoli	2–2	Milan	Empoli
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Zieliński 32' Barba  36' Saponara  60' Maccarone 61'	Report	Bacca 8' Bonaventura 48' Honda  59' Montolivo  60' Balotelli  82' Romagnoli  90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 11,499 Referee: Carmine Russo

Milan v Internazionale

31 January 2016 22	Milan	3–0	Internazionale	Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Alex 35',  58' Kucka  65' Bacca 73' Niang 77' Balotelli  80'	Report	Jovetić  45+1'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 77,043 Referee: Antonio Damato

Palermo v Milan

3 February 2016 23	Palermo	0–2	Milan	Palermo
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Goldaniga  43' Jajalo  50' Vázquez  74'	Report	Bacca 19' Niang 33' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 17,605 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

Milan v Udinese

7 February 2016 24	Milan	1–1	Udinese	Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Montolivo  35' Niang 48'	Report	Armero 17' Badu  27' Lodi  64' Edenílson  76'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 27,656 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

Milan v Genoa

14 February 2016 25	Milan	2–1	Genoa	Milan
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bacca 5' Honda 64' Romagnoli  90+2'	Report	Rigoni  67' Cerci 90+3'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 30,547 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

Napoli v Milan

22 February 2016 26	Napoli	1–1	Milan	Naples
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Insigne 39'	Report	Bonaventura 44' Donnarumma  53' Montolivo  66'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 54,758 Referee: Luca Banti

Milan v Torino

27 February 2016 27	Milan	1–0	Torino	Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Antonelli 45' Abate  69' Boateng  80'	Report	Glik  43'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 33,748 Referee: Domenico Celi

Sassuolo v Milan

6 March 2016 28	Sassuolo	2–0	Milan	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Berardi  5' Duncan 27' Defrel  64'  77' Sansone 72'	Report	Bonaventura  1' Bertolacci  87'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 17,697 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

Chievo v Milan

13 March 2016 29	Chievo	0–0	Milan	Verona
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Dainelli  41' Castro  60' Cacciatore  84' Gobbi  90+2'	Report	Ménez  44' Bonaventura  85' Abate  86'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Antonio Damato

Milan v Lazio

20 March 2016 30	Milan	1–1	Lazio	Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bacca 15' Abate  76'	Report	Parolo 9' Lulić  61'  84' Biglia  72'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 33,481 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Atalanta v Milan

3 April 2016 31	Atalanta	2–1	Milan	Bergamo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pinilla 44' Cigarini  55' Gómez 63'	Report	Luiz Adriano 5' (pen.) De Sciglio  31' Bertolacci  45+2' Zapata  49'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 18,652 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Milan v Juventus

9 April 2016 32	Milan	1–2	Juventus	Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Alex 18',  59' Balotelli  51' Kucka  61' Antonelli  89'	Report	Asamoah  20' Mandžukić 27',  50' Pogba 65' Zaza  86'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 75,393 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Sampdoria v Milan

17 April 2016 33	Sampdoria	0–1	Milan	Genoa
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Krstičić  29' Fernando  72' De Silvestri  74'	Report	Bacca 71' Poli  74' Kucka  82'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,615 Referee: Paolo Valeri

Milan v Carpi

21 April 2016 34	Milan	0–0	Carpi	Milan
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Balotelli  45+3' Alex  67'	Report	Cofie  32' Crimi  45+1' Suagher  86'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 28,801 Referee: Marco Guida

Hellas Verona v Milan

25 April 2016 35	Hellas Verona	2–1	Milan	Verona
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Albertazzi  48' Pazzini 72' (pen.) Siligardi 90+5'	report	Ménez 21' Zapata  67' Mauri  73'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 18,738 Referee: Marco Di Bello

Milan v Frosinone

1 May 2016 36	Milan	3–3	Frosinone	Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Balotelli  26' Kucka  45' Bacca 50' Antonelli 74' Ménez 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Paganini 2' Sammarco  10' Gori  19' Bardi  39' Kragl 44',  45' Russo  48' Dionisi 54',  55' Pryima  90+1'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 35,936 Referee: Davide Massa

Bologna v Milan

7 May 2016 37	Bologna	0–1	Milan	Bologna
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Diawara  6'  12' Oikonomou  35' Costa  39' Giaccherini  89'	Report	Mauri  6' Mexès  16' Bacca 40' (pen.) Bertolacci  58' Calabria  63' Romagnoli  90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 22,544 Referee: Daniele Doveri

Milan v Roma

14 May 2016 38	Milan	1–3	Roma	Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Locatelli  21' Mexès  54' Luiz Adriano  56' Donnarumma  61' Bacca 86'	Report	Salah 19' El Shaarawy 59' Emerson 82'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 41,571 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Coppa Italia

The 2015–16 Coppa Italia began in August with Milan entering the competition in the third round. Their first match was against Serie B side Perugia and was played on 17 August 2015, following a request by Milan to delay the match by two days due to other pre-season obligations. Milan opened the score early through Keisuke Honda and then within 20 minutes, scored again through Luiz Adriano, who scored his first official goal for the club.

Milan then advanced into the fourth round where Crotone was defeated after extra time. Luiz Adriano during regular time, and Giacomo Bonaventura and M'Baye Niang during extra time were the scorers. Further in December, Milan also ruled out Sampdoria in an emotions limited match, thanks to Niang and Carlos Bacca goals, earning the right to face Carpi in the quarter-finals.

Milan played its first Coppa Italia match in 2016 against Carpi on 13 January. The Rossoneri progressed to the semi-finals by beating Reggio Emilia side with 2−1 at a moderately attended San Siro. Bacca gave Milan the lead after 14 minutes of play with a fine rabona, then Niang found himself on the scoresheet just before the half-hour mark. Milan will face Alessandria in a two-legged semi-final encounter.

In a rather tedious match, Milan came out victorious against Alessandria in the first leg of the Coppa's semi-finals. Mario Balotelli converted a penalty kick into a game-winning goal just before half-time. In the second leg, played at San Siro, Milan easily outplayed Alessandria and won the semi-finals 6–0 on aggregate. Jérémy Ménez scored a doppietta, while Alessio Romagnoli and Balotelli scored one goal each. Alessandria's Roberto Sabato also scored an own goal.

Milan then traveled to Rome to meet Juventus in the final on 21 May at Stadio Olimpico. The Rossoneri were defeated by Álvaro Morata's goal during the second period of extra time, despite being arguably the better opponent in the final, controlling the ball possession and the pace of the match and creating more scoring chances.

Main article: 2015–16 Coppa Italia

Milan v Perugia

17 August 2015 Third round	Milan	2–0	Perugia	Milan
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Honda 10' Luiz Adriano 28' Antonelli  36' Poli  77'	Report	Lanzafame  38'  64'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 23,683 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

Milan v Crotone

1 December 2015 Fourth round	Milan	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Crotone	Milan
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Luiz Adriano 47',  109' Mauri  65' Bonaventura 105+1' Niang 115'	Report	Budimir 68' Balasa  84'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 10,229 Referee: Michael Fabbri

Sampdoria v Milan

17 December 2015 Round of 16	Sampdoria	0–2	Milan	Genoa
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Christodoulopoulos  61' Zukanović  64',  64'	Report	Bertolacci  5' Mexès  16' Abate  34' Niang 50' De Sciglio  61' Bacca 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 11,200 Referee: Domenico Celi

Milan v Carpi

13 January 2016 Quarter-finals	Milan	2–1	Carpi	Milan
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bacca 14' Niang  21', 29' Boateng  66' Montolivo  77'	Report	Lollo  22' Silva  46' Mancosu 50'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 12,319 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

Alessandria v Milan

26 January 2016 Semi-finals	Alessandria	0–1	Milan	Turin
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Morero  43' Sabato  50' Sosa  86'	Report	Balotelli 43' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 20,605 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati
Note: First Leg

Milan v Alessandria

1 March 2016 Semi-finals	Milan	5–0	Alessandria	Milan
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ménez 20', 39' Romagnoli 24' Sabato 80' (o.g.) Balotelli 89'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 28,202 Referee: Marco Guida
Note: Second leg Leg

Milan v Juventus

21 May 2016 Final	Milan	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Juventus	Rome
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zapata  50' Honda  88' Niang  101' Mauri  119'	Report	Pogba  62' Barzagli  105' Morata 110',  119' Chiellini  117' Rugani  120+2'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ESP	Diego López	9	0	8	0	1	0
32	GK	ITA	Christian Abbiati	6	0	0+1	0	5	0
99	GK	ITA	Gianluigi Donnarumma	31	0	30	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	ITA	Mattia De Sciglio	29	0	21+1	0	7	0
5	DF	FRA	Philippe Mexès	7	1	4+1	1	2	0
13	DF	ITA	Alessio Romagnoli	40	1	33+1	0	6	1
15	DF	BRA	Rodrigo Ely	4	0	2+1	0	1	0
17	DF	COL	Cristián Zapata	21	1	14+2	1	5	0
20	DF	ITA	Ignazio Abate	28	1	27	1	1	0
25	DF	CZE	Stefan Simić	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	ITA	Luca Antonelli	32	3	25+3	3	4	0
33	DF	BRA	Alex	25	3	24+1	3	0	0
96	DF	ITA	Davide Calabria	8	0	3+3	0	2	0
Midfielders
4	MF	ITA	José Mauri	10	0	3+2	0	2+3	0
10	MF	JPN	Keisuke Honda	37	2	23+7	1	6+1	1
16	MF	ITA	Andrea Poli	24	0	4+14	0	4+2	0
18	MF	ITA	Riccardo Montolivo	35	0	31	0	2+2	0
27	MF	SVK	Juraj Kucka	35	1	25+5	1	4+1	0
28	MF	ITA	Giacomo Bonaventura	39	7	31+2	6	5+1	1
72	MF	GHA	Kevin-Prince Boateng	14	1	1+10	1	1+2	0
73	MF	ITA	Manuel Locatelli	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
91	MF	ITA	Andrea Bertolacci	30	1	21+6	1	2+1	0
Forwards
7	FW	FRA	Jérémy Ménez	12	4	2+8	2	1+1	2
9	FW	BRA	Luiz Adriano	29	6	12+14	4	3	2
19	FW	FRA	M'Baye Niang	21	8	15+1	5	2+3	3
45	FW	ITA	Mario Balotelli	23	3	8+12	1	2+1	2
70	FW	COL	Carlos Bacca	43	20	36+2	18	4+1	2
Players transferred out during the season
8	MF	ESP	Suso	2	0	1	0	1	0
11	FW	ITA	Alessio Cerci	15	0	8+5	0	1+1	0
23	MF	ITA	Antonio Nocerino	3	0	1+1	0	1	0
34	MF	NED	Nigel de Jong	6	0	5	0	1	0

Last updated: 21 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Total
1	70	FW		Carlos Bacca	18	2	20
2	19	FW		M'Baye Niang	5	3	8
3	28	MF		Giacomo Bonaventura	6	1	7
4	9	FW		Luiz Adriano	4	2	6
5	7	FW		Jérémy Ménez	2	2	4
6	33	DF		Alex	3	0	3
	45	FW		Mario Balotelli	1	2	3
	31	DF		Luca Antonelli	3	0	3
9	10	MF		Keisuke Honda	1	1	2
10	5	DF		Philippe Mexès	1	0	1
	13	DF		Alessio Romagnoli	0	1	1
	17	DF		Cristián Zapata	1	0	1
	20	DF		Ignazio Abate	1	0	1
	27	MF		Juraj Kucka	1	0	1
	72	FW		Kevin-Prince Boateng	1	0	1
	91	MF		Andrea Bertolacci	1	0	1
Own goal					0	1	1
Totals					49	15	64

Last updated: 21 May 2016

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players listed below made at least one appearance for A.C. Milan first squad during the season.

N	P	Nat.	Name	Serie A			Coppa Italia			Total			Notes
1	GK		Diego López	1						1
2	DF		Mattia De Sciglio	3			1			4
4	MF		José Mauri	2			2			4
5	DF		Phillipe Mexes	4			1			5
7	FW		Jérémy Ménez	1						1
9	FW		Luiz Adriano	4			1			5
10	MF		Keisuke Honda	2			1			3
13	DF		Alessio Romagnoli	8	1					8	1
15	DF		Rodrigo Ely	1	1					1	1
16	MF		Andrea Poli	1			1			2
17	DF		Cristián Zapata	4			1			5
18	MF		Riccardo Montolivo	5			1			6
19	FW		M'Baye Niang	1			2			3
20	DF		Ignazio Abate	7			1			8
27	MF		Juraj Kucka	11						11
28	MF		Giacomo Bonaventura	8						8
31	DF		Luca Antonelli	2			1			3
33	DF		Alex	5						5
34	MF		Nigel de Jong			1						1
45	FW		Mario Balotelli	6						6
70	FW		Carlos Bacca	2						2
72	FW		Kevin-Prince Boateng	1			1			2
73	MF		Manuel Locatelli	1						1
91	MF		Andrea Bertolacci	6			1			7
96	DF		Davide Calabria	4						4
99	GK		Gianluigi Donnarumma	3						3

Last updated: 21 May 2015.
Source: ESPNFC.com
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.