2008–09 A.C. Milan season

Milan
2008–09 season
Manager Carlo Ancelotti
Stadium San Siro, Milan
Serie A 3rd
Coppa Italia Round of 16
UEFA Cup Round of 32
Top goalscorer League:
Kaká (16)
All:
Alexandre Pato (18)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

During the 2008–09 football season, A.C. Milan will play its 75th Serie A season in the club's existence.

Contents

Club

Management

Position Staff
Head coach Carlo Ancelotti
Assistant coach Mauro Tassotti
Filippo Galli
Goalkeeping coaches Villiam Vecchi
Beniamino Abate
Fitness coaches Daniele Tognaccini
Giovanni Mauri
Club doctor Massimo Manara
President Adriano Galliani

Last updated: July 19, 2008
Source: [1]

Source: San Siro

Kit

Supplier: Adidas
Sponsor(s): bwin

Home
Away
Third kit

Source: acmilan.com

Squad

First team

As of December 21, 2008.[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Dida
2 DF Felipe Mattioni (on loan from Grêmio)
3 DF Paolo Maldini (captain)
4 DF Kakha Kaladze
7 FW Alexandre Pato
8 MF Gennaro Gattuso
9 FW Filippo Inzaghi
10 MF Clarence Seedorf
11 FW Marco Borriello
12 GK Christian Abbiati
13 DF Alessandro Nesta
14 MF Mathias Cardacio
15 DF Gianluca Zambrotta
16 GK Željko Kalac
18 DF Marek Jankulovski
No. Position Player
19 DF Giuseppe Favalli
20 MF Tabaré Viudez
21 MF Andrea Pirlo
22 MF Kaká
23 MF Massimo Ambrosini (vice-captain)
24 DF Philippe Senderos (on loan from Arsenal)
25 DF Daniele Bonera
32 MF David Beckham (on loan from Los Angeles Galaxy)
36 DF Matteo Darmian
51 MF Rodney Strasser (from Primavera team)
76 FW Andriy Shevchenko (on loan From Chelsea)
77 DF Luca Antonini
80 FW Ronaldinho
84 MF Mathieu Flamini

Captain Hierarchy

  1. Paolo Maldini
  2. Massimo Ambrosini
  3. Gennaro Gattuso
  4. Kakha Kaladze
  5. Andrea Pirlo

List of 2008-09 transfers

(*) denotes a winter transfer.

In

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

No. Position Player
84 MF Mathieu Flamini (from Arsenal, free transfer [2])
11 FW Marco Borriello (from Genoa, €10m and Davide Di Gennaro)
15 DF Gianluca Zambrotta (from Barcelona, €8.5m)
12 GK Christian Abbiati (loan return from Atlético Madrid [3])
77 MF Luca Antonini (from Empoli, exchange with Lino Marzoratti)
— FW Ignazio Abate (from Empoli, undisclosed [4])
80 MF Ronaldinho (from Barcelona, €21m [5])
No. Position Player
14 MF Mathías Cardacio (from Nacional, undisclosed)
20 FW Tabaré Viudez (from Defensor Sporting, undisclosed)
76 FW Andriy Shevchenko (from Chelsea [6])
24 DF Philippe Senderos (on loan from Arsenal [7])
51 MF Rodney Strasser (from youth team)
32 MF David Beckham (on loan from Los Angeles Galaxy [8]) *
2 DF Felipe Mattioni (on loan from Grêmio [9]) *

Out

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

No. Position Player
2 DF Cafu (released [10])
27 MF Serginho (retired [10])
34 MF Ibrahim Ba (retired)
29 GK Valerio Fiori (retired)
— FW Ricardo Oliveira (to Real Zaragoza, €10m [11])
11 FW Alberto Gilardino (to Fiorentina, €14m [12])
— FW Davide Di Gennaro (co-ownership with Genoa, undisclosed [13])
— DF Luca Antonelli (co-ownership with Parma, undisclosed)
— FW Ignazio Abate (co-ownership with Torino, undisclosed [14])
No. Position Player
— FW Nicola Pozzi (to Empoli, undisclosed [15])
— GK Ferdinando Coppola (co-ownership with Atalanta, undisclosed [16])
— DF Romano Perticone (co-ownership with Livorno, undisclosed [17])
— DF Leandro Grimi (to Sporting, €2.5m [18])
— FW Matteo Ardemagni (co-ownership with Triestina, undisclosed [19])
17 DF Dario Šimić (to Monaco, undisclosed [20])
43 FW Alberto Paloschi (co-ownership with Parma, undisclosed [15])
32 MF Cristian Brocchi (to Lazio, €2.7m [21])

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
20 MF Yoann Gourcuff (to Bordeaux [22])
41 FW Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (to Dijon [15])
— DF Elia Legati (to Monaco [15])
— DF Marcus (to Livorno [23])
42 FW Kingsley Umunegbu (to Salernitana [24])
No. Position Player
— GK Marco Storari (to Fiorentina [25])
31 DF Digão (to Standard Liège [26])
94 FW Willy Aubameyang (to Avellino [27])
2 DF Massimo Oddo (to Bayern Munich [28])

Squad statistics

Updated to games played February 1, 2009.

No. Nat Pos Player Total Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Dida 6 -6 0 0 1 -2 5 -4
3 DF Paolo Maldini 30 0 30 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Kakha Kaladze 14 0 10 0 1 0 3 0
5 MF Emerson 17 0 11 0 1 0 5 0
7 FW Alexandre Pato 40 18 36 15 0 0 4 3
8 MF Gennaro Gattuso 16 1 11 0 0 0 5 1
9 FW Filippo Inzaghi 13 8 10 6 0 0 3 2
10 MF Clarence Seedorf 25 3 20 3 1 0 4 0
11 FW Marco Borriello 8 2 7 1 0 0 1 1
12 GK Christian Abbiati 22 -22 22 -22 0 0 0 0
13 DF Alessandro Nesta 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Mathias Cardaccio 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
15 DF Gianluca Zambrotta 23 1 18 1 1 0 4 0
16 GK Željko Kalac 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 DF Marek Jankulovski 22 1 18 0 1 0 3 1
19 DF Giuseppe Favalli 15 0 12 0 1 0 2 0
20 MF Tabaré Viudez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 MF Andrea Pirlo 11 1 11 1 0 0 0 0
22 MF Kaká 36 16 31 16 1 0 4 0
23 MF Massimo Ambrosini 18 3 17 3 0 0 1 0
24 DF Philippe Senderos 7 0 4 0 1 0 2 0
25 DF Daniele Bonera 16 0 13 0 0 0 3 0
32 MF David Beckham 5 2 5 2 0 0 0 0
36 DF Matteo Darmian 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
51 MF Rodney Strasser 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
76 FW Andriy Shevchenko 18 2 12 0 1 1 5 1
77 DF Luca Antonini 11 0 6 0 1 0 4 0
80 FW Ronaldinho 36 10 30 8 1 0 5 2
84 MF Mathieu Flamini 21 0 15 0 1 0 5 0

Competitions summary

Overall

Competition Started Round Final Position Final Round First Match Last Match
Serie A Round 1 — Round 38 August 31, 2008 May 31, 2009
Coppa Italia Round of 16 Eliminated Round of 16 December 3, 2008 December 3, 2008
UEFA Cup First Round Eliminated Round of 32 September 18, 2008 February 26, 2008

Serie A

Classification

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Internazionale (C) 38 25 9 4 70 32 +38 84 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Juventus 38 21 11 6 69 37 +32 74 JUV 4–2 MIL
MIL 1–1 JUV
3 Milan 38 22 8 8 70 35 +35 74
4 Fiorentina 38 21 5 12 53 38 +15 68 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Play-off round FIO 1–0 GEN
GEN 3–3 FIO
5 Genoa 38 19 11 8 56 39 +17 68 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
6 Roma 38 18 9 11 64 61 +3 63 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round

Updated to games played on May 3, 2009
Source: http://www.lega-calcio.it
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

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
36 21 8 7 67 31 +36 71 14 3 1 37 9 +28 7 5 6 30 22 +8

Source: [2]

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 H A H A H A H A H H A H A A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A A H A H H A H A H A
Result L L W W W D W W W W D W D L W L W D W W D W D L W L W W D W W W W W D L L W
Position 14 19 15 9 6 8 6 4 3 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3

Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

UEFA Cup - Group E standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Wolfsburg 4 3 1 0 13 7 +6 10
Milan 4 2 2 0 8 5 +3 8
Braga 4 2 0 2 7 5 +2 6
Portsmouth 4 1 1 2 7 8 −1 4
Heerenveen 4 0 0 4 3 13 −10 0

Matches

Updated to games played May 31, 2009.

Pre-season tournaments and friendlies

Date Tournament Location Opponent team Score Scorers
23 July 2008 Friendly Cremona, Italy Cremonese 0–0
29 July 2008 2008 TIM Trophy Turin, Italy Juventus 2–2(6–4p) Seedorf  6', 42'
29 July 2008 2008 TIM Trophy Turin, Italy Internazionale 0–0(4–3p)
1 August 2008 2008 Russian Railways Cup Moscow, Russia Sevilla 0–1
3 August 2008 2008 Russian Railways Cup Moscow, Russia Chelsea 0–5
9 August 2008 Friendly Manchester, England Manchester City 0–1
17 August 2008 2008 Trofeo Luigi Berlusconi Milan, Italy Juventus 4–1 Jankulovski  21', Ambrosini  25', 79', Inzaghi  52'
21 August 2008 2008 Trofeo Birra Moretti Naples, Italy Napoli 1–0 Paloschi  44'
21 August 2008 2008 Trofeo Birra Moretti Naples, Italy Juventus 0–0(4–5p)
24 August 2008 2008 Trofeo Villa de Gijón Gijon, Spain Sporting de Gijón 0–2
10 September 2008 Friendly Lugano, Switzerland Lugano 0–2
14 October 2008 Friendly Tirana, Albania Tirana 1–2 Ronaldinho  91'
7 January 2009 Dubai Challenge Cup Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hamburger 1–1(4–3p) Ronaldinho  61'
21 January 2009 Friendly Hannover, Germany Hannover 3–2 Shevchenko  52', Inzaghi  55', 75'
4 February 2009 Friendly Glasgow, Scotland Rangers 2–2 Pato  70', Kaká  78'
22 April 2009 Friendly Budapest, Hungary Hungary's league selection 5–2 Kaká  37', Shevchenko  47', 63', Seedorf  73', Viudez  85'

Serie A

Coppa Italia

Match Date Round Home/Away Opponent team Score Scorers
1 December 3, 2008 Round of 16 Home Lazio 1–2 (a.e.t.) Shevchenko  77'

UEFA Cup

Match Date Round Home/Away Opponent team Score Scorers
1 September 18, 2008 First Round Home Zurich 3–1 Jankulovski  45+1', Pato  56', Borriello  74'
2 October 2, 2008 First Round Away Zurich 0–1 Shevchenko  74'
3 October 23, 2008 Group Stage Away Heerenveen 1–3 Jong-a-Pin  19' (o.g.), Gattuso  23', Inzaghi  69'
4 November 6, 2008 Group Stage Home Sporting Braga 1–0 Ronaldinho  90+3'
5 November 26, 2008 Group Stage Away Portsmouth 2–2 Ronaldinho  84', Inzaghi  90+3'
6 December 17, 2008 Group Stage Home Wolfsburg 2–2 Ambrosini  17', Pato  56'
7 February 18, 2009 Round of 32 Away Werder Bremen 1–1 Inzaghi  36'
8 February 26, 2009 Round of 32 Home Werder Bremen 2–2 Pirlo  27' (pen.), Pato  33'

Player seasonal records

Competitive matches only. Numbers in brackets indicate appearances made. Updated to games played May 31, 2009.[29]

Goalscorers

Rank Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA Cup Total
1 Alexandre Pato 15 - 3 18
2 Kaká 16 - - 16
Filippo Inzaghi 13 - 3
4 Ronaldinho 8 - 2 10
5 Massimo Ambrosini 7 - 1 8
6 Clarence Seedorf 7 - - 7
7 David Beckham 2 - - 2
Marco Borriello 1 - 1
Andrea Pirlo 1 - 1
Andriy Shevchenko - 1 1
10 Gennaro Gattuso - - 1 1
Marek Jankulovski - - 1
Gianluca Zambrotta 1 - -

Goals conceded

Rank Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA Cup Total Average per game
1 Christian Abbiati 28 (28) - - 28 (28) 1
2 Dida 7 (10) 2 (1) 9 (8)0 18 (19)0 0.94
3 Zeljko Kalac 1 (1) - - 1 (1)0 1

Games started

Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA Cup Total
Gianluca Zambrotta 33 - 6 39
Clarence Seedorf 30 1 5 36
Marek Jankulovski 31 - 3 34
Kaká 28 1 3 32
Paolo Maldini 30 - 1 31
Alexandre Pato 28 - 3 31
Andrea Pirlo 26 - 3 29
Mathieu Flamini 22 1 6 29
Christian Abbiati 28 - - 28
Massimo Ambrosini 24 - 4 28
Giuseppe Favalli 21 1 5 27
Filippo Inzaghi 15 - 6 21
Daniele Bonera 16 - 4 20
David Beckham 18 - 1 19
Ronaldinho 16 1 2 19
Dida 9 1 8 18
Gennaro Gattuso 11 - 3 14
Kakha Kaladze 10 1 3 14
Philippe Senderos 7 1 5 13
Luca Antonini 4 1 6 11
Andriy Shevchenko 2 1 6 9
Emerson 3 1 3 7
Marco Borriello 6 - - 6
Zeljko Kalac 1 - - 1

Discipline

Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA Cup Total
Y R Y R Y R
Marek Jankulovski 10 1 - - - - 11
Massimo Ambrosini 8 1 - - 1 0 10
Mathieu Flamini 9 0 - - 1 0
Gianluca Zambrotta 7 1 - - 1 0 9
Giuseppe Favalli 5 1 - - 2 0 8
Andrea Pirlo 6 0 - - 1 0 7
Paolo Maldini 6 0 - - - - 6
Emerson 2 0 2 0 1 0 5
Daniele Bonera 5 0 - - - -
Kaká 4 0 - - - - 4
David Beckham 4 0 - - - -
Kakha Kaladze 3 0 1 0 - -
Gennaro Gattuso 4 0 - - - -
Luca Antonini 1 0 - - 2 0 3
Philippe Senderos 2 0 - - 1 0
Christian Abbiati 2 0 - - - - 2
Alexandre Pato 2 0 - - - -
Clarence Seedorf 1 0 - - - - 1
Andriy Shevchenko 1 0 - - - -
Rodney Strasser 1 0 - - - -

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