# 1968–69 AC Milan season

During the 1968–1969 season Milan Associazione Calcio competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and European Cup.

## Summary

For the season the club office confirmed Nereo Rocco as manager. In June 1968, Anquilletti, Lodetti, Prati, Rivera e Rosato became European champions with National Team winners of UEFA Euro 1968. Loan in Romano Fogli and return Luigi Maldera after 2 years of loan out.
In league the squad competed against Cagliari and Fiorentina in the race of the trophy. In quarterfinals of Coppa Italia Torino, defeated Milan 1–0 both games.
In European Cup the squad reached the Final after defeated in Round of 32 Malmö FF (lost 1–2 at Malmö and won 4–1 in Milan), The team did not play the Eightfinals due to Eastern European teams abandoned the tournament, qualifying to the Quarterfinals now to match against Celtic Glasgow (draw 0–0 in Home and 1–0 won away), in semifinals the club defeated English squad Manchester United champions last year (won 2–0 at San Siro and lost 1–0 at Old Trafford), including stars such as George Best and World Cup champion Bobby Charlton.
Final of the Euro tournament was disputed on 28 May 1969 in Madrid against Netherlands' club Ajax won by Milan with a 4–1 thanks to a hat-trick of Pierino Prati and 1 goal of Sormani after rivals scored by penalty on Vasović. The club clinched its second title ever.

## 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 | Claudio Mantovani |
| — | GK | ITA | Villiam Vecchi |
| — | DF | ITA | Angelo Anquilletti |
| — | DF | ITA | Bruno Baveni |
| — | DF | ITA | Saul Malatrasi |
| — | DF | ITA | Luigi Maldera |
| — | DF | ITA | Paolo Montanari |
| — | DF | ITA | Roberto Rosato |
| — | DF | ITA | Nello Santin |
| — | DF | GER | Karl-Heinz Schnellinger |
| — | MF | ITA | Roberto Casone |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Romano Fogli |
| — | MF | ITA | Giovanni Lodetti |
| — | MF | ITA | Gianni Rivera (Captain) |
| — | MF | ITA | Giorgio Rognoni |
| — | MF | ITA | Nevio Scala |
| — | MF | ITA | Giovanni Trapattoni (vice-captain) |
| — | FW | ITA | Lino Golin |
| — | FW | SWE | Kurt Hamrin |
| — | FW | ITA | Angelo Marchi |
| — | FW | ITA | Bruno Mora |
| — | FW | ITA | Carlo Petrini |
| — | FW | ITA | Pierino Prati |
| — | FW | BRA | Angelo Benedicto Sormani |

## Transfers
### Summer

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| GK | Claudio Mantovani | Bari | loan ended |
| DF | Luigi Maldera | A.C. Monza | loan ended |
| DF | Paolo Montanari | Calcio Catania | loan |
| MF | Romano Fogli | Bologna F.C. | |
| FW | Angelo Paina | Padova Calcio | loan ended |
| FW | Carlo Petrini | Genoa | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | Alberto Grossetti | Calcio Catania | loaned out |
| MF | Massimo Giacomini | Triestina | |
| FW | Antonio Angelillo | Genoa | |
| FW | Angelo Paina | Triestina | loan |

### Autumn

Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| GK | Claudio Mantovani | Atalanta B.C. | |
| FW | Lino Golin | Varese | loan |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Fiorentina (C) | 30 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 38 | 18 | +20 | 45 | Qualification to European Cup |
| 2 | Cagliari | 30 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 41 | 18 | +23 | 41 | Qualified to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 3 | Milan | 30 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 31 | 12 | +19 | 41 | Qualification to European Cup |
| 4 | Internazionale | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 55 | 26 | +29 | 36 | Qualified to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 5 | Juventus | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 35 | Qualified to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
* ↑ Qualified as defending champions.

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | D | W | D | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | D | D | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | D |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |

#### Matches
### European Cup
#### Round of 32
#### Round of 16

On starting of competition due to political issues related to Spring of Prague, the next teams abandoned the tournament:
* Dinamo Kiev
* Ferencváros
* Levski Sofia
* Ruch Chorzów
* Carl Zeiss Jena
As a result, Milan, Benfica and Crvena Zvezda, qualified on table to the next round.

#### 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 |
| 1968-69 Serie A | 41 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 31 | 12 | +19 |
| 1968-69 Coppa Italia | Quarterfinals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | +3 |
| 1968-69 European Cup | Winners | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | +7 |
| Total | – | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 42 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 48 | 19 | +29 |

### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | European Cup | European Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ITA | Fabio Cudicini | 37 | -12 | 29 | -8 | 2 | -1 | 6 | -3 |
| | DF | ITA | Angelo Anquilletti | 40 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Saul Malatrasi | 36 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Roberto Rosato | 38 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Karl-Heinz Schnellinger | 31 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Romano Fogli | 29 | 3 | 13+10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Giovanni Lodetti | 41 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Giovanni Trapattoni | 32 | 0 | 17+5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Gianni Rivera | 39 | 6 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| | FW | ITA | Pierino Prati | 40 | 21 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| | FW | BRA | Angelo Benedicto Sormani | 32 | 8 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| | GK | ITA | Pierangelo Belli | 2 | -4 | 1 | -3 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -0 |
| | FW | SWE | Kurt Hamrin | 22 | 3 | 12+1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| | DF | ITA | Luigi Maldera | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Carlo Petrini | 13 | 2 | 8+1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Giorgio Rognoni | 15 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Nello Santin | 13 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Nevio Scala | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Bruno Mora | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Villiam Vecchi | 4 | -3 | 0+1 | -1 | 2 | -0 | 1 | -2 |
| | DF | ITA | Bruno Baveni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Roberto Casone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Lino Golin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Claudio Mantovani | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0 | 0 | -0 | 0 | -0 |
| | FW | ITA | Angelo Marchi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Paolo Montanari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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