# 1963–64 AC Milan season

During the 1963–64 season Milan Associazione Calcio competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia, European Cup and Intercontinental Cup.

## Summary

In the 1963-1964 season, Milan started under the helm of coach Luis Carniglia, who led Real Madrid to victory in the European Cup against the Rossoneri six years earlier; the Argentine was supported by technical director Giuseppe Viani. Carniglia's adventure, however, was short: he was, in fact, sacked in March 1964 and replaced by Nils Liedholm. Strengthened by the signing of Amarildo, Milan ended the Serie A season in third place behind champions Bologna and Inter, equaling Juventus' record of the most away wins (11) in 18-team championships. In the European Cup, after beating Norrköping in the round of 16, the Rossoneri were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Real Madrid: a 2-0 victory at San Siro was not enough to overturn the 4-1 defeat suffered in Spain. Also in the Italian Cup Milan exited in the quarterfinals, this time at the hands of Fiorentina.
Furthermore, this season Milan lost the Intercontinental Cup at the Maracanã against Pelé's Santos (1-0) at the end of a play-off match made necessary after the first and the second leg had ended with a score of 4-2 for the Rossoneri and the Brazilians respectively. The two matches won by Santos were notable for the suspected doping of the Brazilians, as well as for the controversial refereeing of the Argentine Juan Regis Brozzi, who was suspected of having been corrupted by the South American club, and was later banned by his federation.
In 1963, the first official monthly magazine entirely dedicated to Milan was founded, called Forza Milan!.

## 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 | Luigi Balzarini |
| — | GK | ITA | Mario Barluzzi |
| — | GK | ITA | Claudio Mantovani |
| — | GK | ITA | Giorgio Ghezzi |
| — | DF | ITA | Gilberto Noletti |
| — | DF | ITA | Cesare Maldini (Captain) |
| — | DF | ITA | Luigi Radice (vice-captain) |
| — | DF | ITA | Mario Trebbi |
| — | DF | ITA | Nello Santin |
| — | DF | ITA | Giovanni Trapattoni |
| — | DF | ITA | Luciano Poppi |
| — | MF | ITA | Bruno Bacchetta |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | PER | Víctor Benítez |
| — | MF | ITA | Ambrogio Pelagalli |
| — | MF | ITA | Giovanni Lodetti |
| — | MF | ITA | Mario David |
| — | MF | ITA | Gianni Rivera |
| — | MF | ITA | Eugenio Petrini |
| — | MF | BRA | Dino Sani |
| — | FW | BRA | Amarildo |
| — | FW | BRA | José Altafini |
| — | FW | ITA | Giuliano Fortunato |
| — | FW | ITA | Bruno Mora |
| — | FW | ITA | Paolo Ferrario |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| GK | Luigi Balzarini | Modena | - |
| FW | Amarildo | Botafogo | - |
| FW | José Germano de Sales | Genoa | - |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| GK | Mario Liberalato | Prato | - |
| DF | Attilio Bravi | Lecco | - |
| DF | Francesco Zagatti | - | retired |
| MF | Giorgio Rossano | Juventus | - |
| FW | Paolo Barison | Sampdoria | - |
| FW | Emanuele Del Vecchio | Boca Juniors | - |
| GK | Claudio Mantovani | Saronno | - |
| MF | Víctor Benítez | Messina | - |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bologna (C) | 34 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 54 | 18 | +36 | 54 | Qualification to European Cup |
| 2 | Internazionale | 34 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 54 | 21 | +33 | 54 | Qualification to European Cup |
| 3 | Milan | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 58 | 28 | +30 | 51 | Chosen for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 4 | Fiorentina | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 38 | Chosen for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 4 | Juventus | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 38 | Chosen for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
* ↑ Inter qualified as defending champions.
* ↑ After the title tie-breaker with Bologna (2–0).

#### Matches
### Intercontinental Cup
## 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 |
| 1963-64 Serie A | 51 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 58 | 28 | +30 |
| 1963-64 Coppa Italia | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| 1963-64 European Cup | – | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 |
| 1963 Intercontinental Cup | – | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 |
| Total | – | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 18 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 42 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 73 | 43 | +30 |

### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | European Cup | European Cup | Intercontinental Cup | Intercontinental Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ITA | Giorgio Ghezzi | 17 | -19 | 14 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -6 |
| | DF | ITA | Cesare Maldini | 29 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Mario Trebbi | 34 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Giovanni Lodetti | 29 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Ambrogio Pelagalli | 37 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Gianni Rivera | 32 | 8 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Mario David | 34 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Giovanni Trapattoni | 33 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| | FW | BRA | Amarildo | 39 | 16 | 31 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| | FW | BRA | José Altafini | 38 | 19 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| | FW | ITA | Bruno Mora | 35 | 9 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| | GK | ITA | Mario Barluzzi | 15 | -15 | 11 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -7 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | BRA | Dino Sani | 23 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Giuliano Fortunato | 22 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Gilberto Noletti | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Luigi Balzarini | 11 | -9 | 9 | -7 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| | MF | ITA | Bruno Bacchetta | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Paolo Ferrario | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Nello Santin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Luciano Poppi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | PER | Víctor Benítez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Luigi Radice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Claudio Mantovani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: