AC Milan

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.

AC Milan

Full name	Associazione Calcio Milan SpA
Nickname(s)	I Rossoneri (The Red and Blacks)
Founded	16 December 1899 (126 years ago)
Ground	San Siro
Capacity	80,018
Chairman	Paolo Scaroni
Manager	Massimiliano Allegri
League	Serie A
2024-25	8th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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

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

• Serie A : 19
  • 1901, 1906, 1907, 1950/51, 1954/55, 1956/57, 1958/59, 1961/62, 1967/68, 1978/79, 1987/88, 1991/92, 1992/93, 1993/94, 1995/96, 1998/99, 2003/04, 2010/2011, 2021/2022
• Serie B : 2
  • 1980–81, 1982–83
• Coppa Italia : 5
  • 1967, 1972, 1973, 1977, 2003
• Supercoppa Italiana : 8 – shared record
  • 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2005, 2011, 2016, 2024
• European Cup / UEFA Champions League : 7
  • 1963, 1969, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup : 2
  • 1968, 1973
• UEFA Super Cup : 5 – shared record
  • 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007
• Intercontinental Cup : 3
  • 1969, 1989, 1990
• Latin Cup : 2
  • 1951, 1956
• Mitropacup : 1
  • 1982

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

1929/30 : Serie A - 11th 1930/31 : Serie A - 12th 1931/32 : Serie A - 4th 1932/33 : Serie A - 11th 1933/34 : Serie A - 9th 1934/35 : Serie A - 10th 1935/36 : Serie A - 8th 1936/37 : Serie A - 4th 1937/38 : Serie A - 3rd 1938/39 : Serie A - 9th 1939/40 : Serie A - 8th 1940/41 : Serie A - 3rd 1941/42 : Serie A - 9th 1942/43 : Serie A - 6th 1944 : Campionato Alta - 5th / Lombardy 1945/46 : Serie A - 3rd / Final 1946/47 : Serie A - 4th 1947/48 : Serie A - 2nd 1948/49 : Serie A - 3rd 1949/50 : Serie A - 2nd 1950/51 : Serie A - Champions 1951/52 : Serie A - 2nd 1952/53 : Serie A - 3rd 1953/54 : Serie A - 3rd 1954/55 : Serie A - Champions 1955/56 : Serie A - 2nd 1956/57 : Serie A - Champions 1957/58 : Serie A - 9th 1958/59 : Serie A - Champions 1959/60 : Serie A - 3rd 1960/61 : Serie A - 2nd 1961/62 : Serie A - Champions 1962/63 : Serie A - 3rd 1963/64 : Serie A - 3rd 1964/65 : Serie A - 2nd 1965/66 : Serie A - 7th 1966/67 : Serie A - 8th 1967/68 : Serie A - Champions 1968/69 : Serie A - 2nd 1969/70 : Serie A - 4th 1970/71 : Serie A - 2nd 1971/72 : Serie A - 2nd 1972/73 : Serie A - 2nd 1973/74 : Serie A - 7th 1974/75 : Serie A - 5th 1975/76 : Serie A - 3rd 1976/77 : Serie A - 10th 1977/78 : Serie A - 4th 1978/79 : Serie A - Champions 1979/80 : Serie A - 3rd 1980/81 : Serie B - Champions 1981/82 : Serie A - 14th 1982/83 : Serie B - Champions 1983/84 : Serie A - 6th 1984/85 : Serie A - 5th 1985/86 : Serie A - 7th 1986/87 : Serie A - 5th 1987/88 : Serie A - Champions 1988/89 : Serie A - 3rd 1989/90 : Serie A - 2nd 1990/91 : Serie A - 2nd 1991/92 : Serie A - Champions 1992/93 : Serie A - Champions 1993/94 : Serie A - Champions 1994/95 : Serie A - 4th 1995/96 : Serie A - Champions 1996/97 : Serie A - 11th 1997/98 : Serie A - 10th 1998/99 : Serie A - Champions 1999/00 : Serie A - 3rd

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

See also: Retired numbers in association football

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]

Other websites

• AC Milan official website