# 1956–57 AC Milan season

During 1956–57 season Associazione Calcio Milan competed in Serie A and Latin Cup.

## Summary

After seven successful seasons and 221 goals scored, Gunnar Nordahl left the club to go and play with Roma. To make up for the Swedish striker, the club signed several players including Ernesto Cucchiaroni, Carlo Galli, Per Bredesen, Gastone Bean and brought Alfio Fontana back after a year on loan at Triestina. Change also occurred in the managerial role, where Giuseppe Viani replaced Héctor Puricelli.
The league saw Milan winning the title for the sixth time in its history. The Rossoneri could count on a squad that included, in addition to the aforementioned signings, Lorenzo Buffon, Cesare Maldini, Juan Alberto Schiaffino and Nils Liedholm, who became captain after the departure of Nordahl.
In the first few days Sampdoria took the lead, but was soon overtaken by Milan and Fiorentina. The Rossoneri. Bean and Cucchiaroni were suddenly struck by typhus and forced to spend much of the second half of the season confined to a clinic in Monza. This did not affect the progress of the team, which, on 17 March moved to a nine-points lead on Fiorentina and, controlling the standings until the end of the tournament, won its sixth scudetto with three rounds still to be played, trailing the Viola by 6 points.
In June, Milan also participated in the last edition of the Latin Cup, where they meet Real Madrid in the semifinals. The match recorded a defeat for the Devil by 5-1. In the match that assigned the third place, Milan beat Saint-Étienne by 4-3, thus gaining their second third place in this tournament which, together with the two successes in 1951 and 1956 (shared record) and the second place in 1953, makes Milan one of the most successful teams in this competition.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ITA | Lorenzo Buffon (vice-captain) |
| — | GK | ITA | Narciso Soldan |
| — | DF | ITA | Cesare Maldini |
| — | DF | ITA | Luigi Radice |
| — | DF | ITA | Francesco Zagatti |
| — | MF | ITA | Osvaldo Bagnoli |
| — | MF | ITA | Eros Beraldo |
| — | MF | NOR | Per Bredesen |
| — | MF | ITA | Mario Bergamaschi |
| — | MF | ITA | Alfio Fontana |
| — | MF | SWE | Nils Liedholm (Captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Cesare Reina |
| — | MF | ARG | Eduardo Ricagni |
| — | MF | URU | Juan Alberto Schiaffino |
| — | MF | ITA | Luigi Zannier |
| — | FW | ITA | Gastone Bean |
| — | FW | ARG | Ernesto Cucchiaroni |
| — | FW | ITA | Emiliano Farina |
| — | FW | ITA | Carlo Galli |
| — | FW | ITA | Amos Mariani |
| — | FW | ITA | Gianni Meanti |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Gastone Bean | Piacenza Calcio | - |
| MF | Per Bredesen | Udinese | - |
| FW | Ernesto Cucchiaroni | Boca Juniors | - |
| FW | Emiliano Farina | Treviso | - |
| DF | Alfio Fontana | Triestina | - |
| FW | Carlo Galli | A.S. Roma | - |
| FW | Walter Gómez | River Plate | - |
| FW | Gianni Meanti | Crema | - |
| GK | Narciso Soldan | Triestina | - |
| MF | Luigi Zannier | Atalanta B.C. | - |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Italo Carminati | Asssociazione Calcio Monza | - |
| GK | Santino Ciceri | Reggina | - |
| FW | Giorgio Dal Monte | Genoa Cricket and Football Club | - |
| FW | Giancarlo Danova | Spezia | - |
| DF | Eros Fassetta | Monza | - |
| MF | Amleto Frignani | Udinese | - |
| DF | Gianfranco Ganzer | Torino | - |
| FW | Gunnar Nordahl | A.S. Roma | - |
| DF | Franco Pedroni | Alessandria | - |
| MF | Omero Tognon | Pordenone | - |
| FW | Valentino Valli | Atalanta | - |
| FW | Albano Vicariotto | Palermo | - |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Milan (C) | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 65 | 40 | +25 | 48 | Qualification to European Cup and for the Latin Cup |
| 2 | Fiorentina | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 55 | 40 | +15 | 42 | |
| 3 | Lazio | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 41 | |
| 4 | Udinese | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 59 | 58 | +1 | 36 | |
| 5 | Internazionale | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 53 | 45 | +8 | 35 | |

#### Matches
### Latin Cup
#### Final 3º/4º place
## 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 |
| Serie A | 48 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 65 | 40 | +25 |
| Coppa Latina | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -3 |
| Total | - | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 24 | 36 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 70 | 48 | +22 |

#### Appearances

* 10.Osvaldo Bagnoli
* 25.Gastone Bean
* 22.Eros Beraldo
* 22.Mario Bergamaschi
* 29.Per Bredesen
* 18.Lorenzo Buffon
* 15.Ernesto Cucchiaroni
* 7.Emiliano Farina
* 34.Alfio Fontana
* 23.Carlo Galli
* 28.Nils Liedholm
* 23.Cesare Maldini
* 31.Amos Mariani
* 2.Gianni Meanti
* 3.Luigi Radice
* 2.Cesare Reina
* 2.Eduardo Ricagni
* 29.Juan Alberto Schiaffino
* 18.Narciso Soldan
* 15.Francesco Zagatti
* 36.Luigi Zannier

#### Goalscorers

* 17.Gastone Bean
* 14.Carlo Galli
* 9.Juan Alberto Schiaffino
* 7.Per Bredesen
* 5.Nils Liedholm
* 4.Ernesto Cucchiaroni
* 4.Emiliano Farina
* 3.Amos Mariani
* 1.Osvaldo Bagnoli
* 1.Mario Bergamaschi
* 1.Cesare Maldini
* 1.Eduardo Ricagni