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[edit] Notable players

Main article: List of A.C. Milan players

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[edit] Presidential history

Milan have had numerous presidents over the course of their history, some of which have been the owners of the club, others have been honorary presidents, here is a complete list of them.^[7]

[edit] Managerial history

For more information please see; Milan managers

Below is a list of Milan coaches from 1900 when Englishman Herbert Kilpin was put in charge, until the present day.^[8]

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

Name Nationality Years Nils Liedholm 1963–1966 Giovanni Cattozzo 1966 Arturo Silvestri 1966–1967 Nereo Rocco 1966–1972 Cesare Maldini 1973–1974 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 Giacobini 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 Oscar Tabárez 1996 Giorgio Morini 1996–1997 Arrigo Sacchi 1997 Fabio Capello 1997–1998 Alberto Zaccheroni 1998–2001 Fatih Terim 2001 Cesare Maldini Mauro Tassotti 2001 Carlo Ancelotti 2001–present

[edit] Club statistics and records

For more details on this topic, see A.C. Milan records.

Paolo Maldini presently holds both records for number of total and Serie A appearances for Milan with a total of 837 games played in total, and 600 in the Serie A (as of May 14, 2007, not including playoff matches), the latter being also an all-time Serie A record. Paolo had been quoted that he wants to go on playing for Milan until he reaches his 1000th game,^[9] however this is highly unlikely to be possible as he is expected to retire in 2008.^[10]

Milan's all time top goalscorer is the Swede, Gunnar Nordahl who in 268 games managed to score 221 goals.^[11] Andriy Shevchenko comes in, in second place with 173 goals in 298 games for the club. The highest scoring present squad member is Filippo Inzaghi who has scored 86 goals in 170 games.

The club hold the unique record of having gone a whole season without losing a game during the 1991–92 season. In total that unbeaten streak lasted 58 games, starting with a 0–0 draw with Parma on 26 May 1991 and ironically ending with a 1–0 loss at home to Parma on 21 March 1993. This unbeaten streak is a Serie A record and is the 3rd longest unbeaten run in top flight European football behind Steaua Bucharest record of 104 games unbeaten and Glasgow Celtic who went 68 games unbeaten.^[12][13]

Milan are presently rated as the number one team in Europe in line with UEFA Co-Efficient ranking system. This allows Milan to be in the number one pot for all European draws, being first seeds which allows Milan to avoid other highly rated European teams in UEFA competitions.^[14]

[edit] Colours and badge

Milan's current third kit

Throughout the entire history of the club, they have been represented by the colours red and black. The colours were chosen to represent the fiery ardour that is part of the team members (red) and the opponents' fear to challenge the team (black). Due to Milan's striped red and black shirts, they have gained the nickname rossoneri.^[15] White shorts and black socks are worn as part of the home kit.

Milan's away strip has always been completely white. The latter is considered by both the fans and the club as their "lucky" strip in Champions League finals, due to the fact that Milan won six finals out of eight in an all white strip (losing only to Ajax in 1995 and Liverpool in 2005), while they only won one out of three in their home strip. The third kit changes yearly and is black with red trim for the current season, but it is rarely used.

For many years, Milan's badge was just that of the flag of Milan; which was originally the flag of Saint Ambrose.^[16] Another nickname derived from the clubs' colours is "the Devil", an image of a red devil was used as AC Milan's logo at one point with a Golden Star for Sport Excellence located next to it;^[16] the star was awarded to the club when they won 10 league titles. Currently, the badge represents the club colours and the flag of the Comune di Milano, with the acronym ACM at the top and the foundation year (1899) at the bottom.^[16]

[edit] Stadium

Curva Sud of the San Siro prior to match

For more details on this topic, see San Siro.

The team's current stadium is the 85,700 seat San Siro, officially known as Stadio Giuseppe Meazza after the former player who represented both Milan and Internazionale. The name San Siro is taken from the district where it's located. The stadium is shared with Inter, the other major football club in Milan. The stadium is well known for its fantastic atmosphere due to the closeness of the stands to the pitch. There is the frequent use of flares by the fans which often cause trouble.

On 19 December 2005, AC Milan vice-president and executive director Adriano Galliani announced that the team is seriously working to move out from San Siro. He said that Milan's new stadium will be largely based on the Veltins-Arena and following the standards of football stadiums in the United States, Germany and Spain. It will likely be a stadium for football purposes only (with no athletics track). The new stadium is supposed to be named after a sponsor.^[17] It remains to see if this plan will proceed or if this is just a ploy to force the owners (Comune di Milano) to sell the stadium to Milan for a nominal fee so as to proceed with extensive renovations. Rumours have also surfaced of Inter's intention to also build a new stadium which may also affect this decision.^[18]

[edit] Supporters and rivalries

Milan is the third most supported football club in Italy with around 16.4% of Italian football fans supporting the club (according to the Doxa Institute-L'Expresso’s research of April 2006).^[19] Historically, AC Milan was supported by the city of Milan's working-class and trade unionists,^[20] a section of whom were migrants from Southern Italy. On the other hand rivals Inter, the other big club from the city was mainly supported by the more prosperous and typically Milanese middle-class.^[20]

Milan banner saying "Inter, the true comedy since 1908", with a caricature of Dante

One of the oldest ultras groups in all of Italian football; Fossa dei Leoni came from AC Milan.^[21] Currently the main ultras group is Brigate Rossonere and has been since the mid-1970s.^[21] Politically Milan ultras have never been very far on either wing,^[21] the media traditionally associated them with the left-wing,^[22] until recent times under Silvio Berlusconi's presidency where they are considered somewhat right-wing.^[23] Due to a tragedy in which an AC Milan ultra killed Genoa fan Vincenzo Spagnolo in January 1995 via stabbing, Genoa ultras consider AC Milan a hated rival.^[24]

The club's main rivalry is with Internazionale, the two Milanese clubs compete in the Derby della Madonnina together, also known as the Milan derby in English. The Italian name of the derby references the Blessed Virgin Mary because of one of the city's main attractions; a statue of the Mary ontop of the Milan Cathedral. The match usually creates a lively atmosphere within the San Siro with numerous (often humorous or offensive) banners unfolded before the match which are specifically made each year for the match. Flares are commonly present; it was because of a flare thrown by an Inter fan in the derby that it was abandoned during the Champions League quarter final of 2004–05, after the flare struck Milan keeper Dida's head.^[25]

[edit] Honours

Milan is one of the most successful clubs in the world, having won a total of 27 trophies in Italy and 17 in international competitions, including a record 14 European trophies. Milan have earned the distinction of being allowed to wear a star on their shirt representing the fact that they have won more than 10 scudetti. Added to this Milan are allowed to wear the UEFA Badge of Honour on their shirt during Champions League matches as they have won more than 5 European Cups.^[26]

[edit] National titles

Serie A / Italian Football Championship:

• Winners (17): 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
• Runners-up (14): 1902; 1947–48; 1949–50; 1951–52, 1955–56, 1960–61; 1964–65; 1968–69; 1970–71; 1971–72; 1972–73; 1989–90; 1990–91; 2004–05

Serie B:

• Winners (2): 1980–81; 1982–83

Coppa Italia:

• Winners (5): 1966–67; 1971–72; 1972–73; 1976–77; 2002–03
• Runners-up (7): 1941–42; 1967–68; 1970–71; 1974–75; 1984–85; 1989–90; 1997–98

Supercoppa Italiana:

• Winners (5): 1988; 1992; 1993; 1994; 2005
• Runners-up (3): 1996; 1999; 2003

[edit] International titles

The following titles include only those which are recognised by UEFA and FIFA.

[edit] European titles

UEFA Champions League (former European Cup)

• Winners (7): 1962–63; 1968–69; 1988–89; 1989–90; 1993–94; 2002–03; 2006–07
• Runners-up (4): 1957–58; 1992–93; 1994–95; 2004–05

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

• Winners (2): 1967–68; 1972–73
• Runners-up (1): 1973–74

UEFA Super Cup

• Winners (5): 1989; 1990; 1994; 2003; 2007
• Runners-up (2): 1973; 1993

Mitropa Cup

• Winners (1): 1981–82

[edit] World-wide titles

World Club Championship (former Intercontinental Cup): ^[27] (record)

• Winners (3): 1969; 1989; 1990
• Runners-up (4): 1963; 1993; 1994; 2003

[edit] AC Milan as a company

According to The Football Money League published by consultants Deloitte, in the season 2005–06, Milan was the fifth highest earning football club in the world with an estimated revenue of €238.7 million.^[28] Currently the club are also ranked as the 5th richest football club in the world by Forbes magazine, making them the richest in Italian football.^[29]

The Austrian on-line betting company bwin.com are currently Milan's main shirt sponsors after signing a 4 year deal at the start of the 2006–07 season.^[30] Previous to this deal, the German car manufacturer, Opel had sponsored Milan for 12 seasons. For most of them, Opel was displayed on the front of the shirt, but in the 2003–04 and the 2005–06 seasons respectively, Meriva and Zafira (two cars from their range) were displayed.

The current shirts are supplied by German sportswear manufacturer Adidas, whose deal runs to the end of the 2007–08 season.^[31] The deal makes Adidas the official manufacturer of all kits, training equipment and replica outfits. Prior to Adidas, the Italian sports company, Lotto produced Milan's sportswear.

[edit] See also

• Football in Italy
• European Cup and Champions League records and statistics
• UEFA Champions League finals

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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