# 1967–68 AC Milan season

During the 1967–68 season Milan Associazione Calcio competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and the European Cup Winners' Cup.

## Summary

The only time that Milan won the league title so early was back on 31 March 1968. After four titles during the 1950s, the Rossoneri's pace had actually slowed during the following decade as they won just two league titles. However, their second was that of 1968 – a year before their famous European Cup victory. Incidentally, 12 months prior to Milan's Scudetto celebrations in 1968, the prospect of winning the league was unthinkable. Arturo Silvestri's Rossoneri had finished eighth in the league standings, with the only positive being that of our Coppa Italia victory in Rome against Padova on 14 June 1967.
Nereo Rocco's return at the start of the 1967–68 campaign was certainly part of this revival – the team achieving a complete turnaround under his guidance. With Sormani and Prati given more emphasis and Anquilletti fully introduced, the roles of Rivera, Trapattoni, Rosato and Lodetti were also strengthened. New arrivals included: Cudicini, Schnellinger, Malatrasi and Hamrin. And so was born the Milan side that not only won the Scudetto with four games to go before the end of the season – with a Napoli side containing Juliano and Alfatini being their only true opposition – but also beating Hamburg to claim the European Cup Winners' Cup in Rotterdam.

## Squad

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 | ITA | Pierangelo Belli |
| — | GK | ITA | Fabio Cudicini |
| — | GK | ITA | Villiam Vecchi |
| — | DF | ITA | Angelo Anquilletti |
| — | DF | ITA | Bruno Baveni |
| — | DF | ITA | Saul Malatrasi |
| — | DF | ITA | Roberto Rosato |
| — | DF | ITA | Nello Santin |
| — | DF | FRG | Karl-Heinz Schnellinger |
| — | DF | ITA | Giovanni Trapattoni |
| — | MF | ITA | Massimo Giacomini |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Giovanni Lodetti |
| — | MF | ITA | Gianni Rivera (Captain) |
| — | MF | ITA | Giorgio Rognoni |
| — | MF | ITA | Nevio Scala |
| — | FW | ARG | Antonio Valentín Angelillo |
| — | FW | ITA | Lino Golin |
| — | FW | SWE | Kurt Hamrin |
| — | FW | ITA | Bruno Mora |
| — | FW | ITA | Pierino Prati |
| — | FW | ITA | Angelo Benedicto Sormani |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Angelillo | Lecce | – |
| DF | Sergio Beorchia | Pordenone | – |
| GK | Fabio Cudicini | Brescia Calcio | – |
| MF | Lino Golin | Hellas Verona | – |
| FW | Kurt Hamrin | Fiorentina | – |
| DF | Saul Malatrasi | Lecce | – |
| MF | Giorgio Rognoni | Modena | – |
| MF | Nevio Scala | A.S. Roma | – |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | Amarildo | Fiorentina | – |
| DF | Fausto Daolio | Hellas Verona | – |
| FW | Renato Faloppa | Arezzo | – |
| FW | Marco Fazzi | Savona | – |
| MF | Giuseppe Ferrero | Monza | – |
| FW | Giuliano Fortunato | Lazio | – |
| FW | Riccardo Innocenti | Lecce | – |
| GK | Claudio Mantovani | Bari | – |
| DF | Gilberto Noletti | Sampdoria | – |
| FW | Nello Saltutti | Lecce | – |

## Competitions
### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Milan (C) | 30 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 53 | 24 | +29 | 46 | Qualification to European Cup |
| 2 | Napoli | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 34 | 24 | +10 | 37 | Qualified to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 3 | Juventus | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 36 | Qualified to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 4 | Fiorentina | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 35 | Qualified to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 5 | Internazionale | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 33 | |

#### Matches
### European Cup Winners' Cup
#### Round of 32
#### Final
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| Competition | Points | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | GD |
| Competition | Points | G | W | D | L | Gs | Ga | G | W | D | L | Gs | Ga | G | W | D | L | Gs | Ga | GD |
| 1967-68 Serie A | 46 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 30 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 53 | 24 | +29 |
| 1967-68 Coppa Italia | – | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | +7 |
| 1967-68 European Cup Winners' Cup | – | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 7 | +10 |
| Total | – | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 40 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 36 | 23 | 50 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 86 | 40 | +46 |

### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Cup Winners' Cup | Cup Winners' Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | DF | ITA | Angelo Anquilletti | 50 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| | DF | ITA | Bruno Baveni | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Pierangelo Belli | 19 | -19 | 12 | -13 | 4 | -2 | 3 | -4 |
| | FW | ARG | Antonio Valentin Angelillo | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Fabio Cudicini | 32 | -21 | 18 | -11 | 7 | -7 | 7 | -3 |
| | MF | ITA | Massimo Giacomini | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Lino Golin | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SWE | Kurt Hamrin | 39 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 4 |
| | MF | ITA | Giovanni Lodetti | 49 | 4 | 29 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Saul Malatrasi | 40 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Bruno Mora | 13 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Pierino Prati | 38 | 22 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| | MF | ITA | Gianni Rivera | 44 | 15 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| | MF | ITA | Giorgio Rognoni | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| | DF | ITA | Roberto Rosato | 47 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Nello Santin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Nevio Scala | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Karl-Heinz Schnellinger | 46 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Angelo Benedicto Sormani | 48 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 5 |
| | MF | ITA | Giovanni Trapattoni | 42 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Villiam Vecchi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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