# 2007–08 AC Milan season

During the 2007–08 season, Associazione Calcio Milan played its 74th Serie A season in the club's existence. Milan competed in Serie A, finishing fifth and failing to qualify for the following seasons UEFA Champions League for the first time since 2001–02, as well as in the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Champions League, being knocked out in the round of 16 in both competitions. As winners of the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League Milan competed in the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup, winning both competitions.

## Club
### Management

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Carlo Ancelotti |
| Assistant coach | Mauro Tassotti |
| Goalkeeping coaches | Villiam Vecchi Beniamino Abate |
| Fitness coaches | Daniele Tognaccini Giovanni Mauri |
| Club doctor | Massimiliano Sala |
Last updated: 24 April 2008 Source: A.C. Milan

### Other information

| President | Silvio Berlusconi |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | San Siro (82, 955 / 105m x 68m) |
Source: San Siro article: 24 April 2008

## Players
### Squad information

As of 1 March 2008.
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 |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Dida |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Cafu |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Paolo Maldini (captain) |
| 4 | DF | GEO | Kakha Kaladze |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Emerson |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Alexandre Pato |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Gennaro Gattuso (vice-captain) |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Filippo Inzaghi |
| 10 | MF | NED | Clarence Seedorf |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Alberto Gilardino |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Nesta |
| 16 | GK | AUS | Zeljko Kalac |
| 17 | DF | CRO | Dario Šimić |
| 18 | DF | CZE | Marek Jankulovski |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Favalli |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Yoann Gourcuff |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Andrea Pirlo |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Kaká |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Massimo Ambrosini (vice-captain) |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Daniele Bonera |
| 27 | MF | BRA | Serginho |
| 29 | GK | ITA | Valerio Fiori |
| 31 | DF | BRA | Digão |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Cristian Brocchi |
| 34 | MF | FRA | Ibrahim Ba |
| 36 | DF | ITA | Matteo Darmian |
| 43 | FW | ITA | Alberto Paloschi |
| 44 | DF | ITA | Massimo Oddo |
| 94 | FW | FRA | Willy Aubameyang |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Ronaldo |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| MF | Emerson | Real Madrid | (€5 million ) |
| GK | Christian Abbiati | Torino F.C. | loan ended |
| GK | Ferdinando Coppola | Piacenza Calcio | loan ended |
| DF | Ignazio Abate | Modena F.C. | loan ended |
| DF | Davide Astori | Pizzighettone | loan ended |
| DF | Luca Antonini | A.C. Siena | loan ended |
| DF | Lino Marzorati | Empoli F.C. | loan ended |
| DF | Romano Perticone | Hellas Verona | loan ended |
| MF | Ibrahim Ba | | free |
| MF | Digão | Rimini | loan ended |
| MF | Massimo Donati | Atalanta B.C. | loan ended |
| MF | Paolo Sammarco | Chievo Verona | co-ownership |
| FW | Matteo Ardemagni | Pizzighettone | loan ended |
| FW | Alessandro Matri | Rimini | loan ended |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | Alessandro Costacurta | | retired |
| MF | Massimo Donati | Celtic Glasgow | |
| MF | Gastone Bottini | Lecce | |
| DF | Ignazio Abate | Empoli F.C. | co-ownership |
| DF | Luca Antonini | Empoli F.C. | co-ownership |
| DF | Lino Marzorati | Empoli F.C. | co-ownership |
| MF | Paolo Sammarco | Sampdoria | co-ownership |
| FW | Marco Borriello | Genoa C.F.C. | co-ownership |
| FW | Alessandro Matri | Cagliari Calcio | co-ownership |
| GK | Christian Abbiati | Atletico Madrid | loan |
| GK | Ferdinando Coppola | Atalanta B.C. | loan |
| GK | Marco Storari | Levante | loan |
| DF | Luca Antonelli | A.S. Bari | loan |
| DF | Davide Astori | Cremonese | loan |
| DF | Marcus Diniz | A.C. Monza | loan |
| DF | Leandro Grimi | A.C. Siena | loan |
| DF | Romano Perticone | Cremonese | loan |
| MF | Davide Di Gennaro | Bologna F.C. | loan |
| FW | Matteo Ardemagni | Pro Patria | loan |
| FW | Ricardo Oliveira | Real Zaragoza | loan |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| GK | Marco Storari | Levante | loan ended |
| DF | Luca Antonelli | A.S. Bari | loan ended |
| DF | Leandro Grimi | A.C. Siena | loan ended |
| FW | Alexandre Pato | SC Internacional | (€22 million ) |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| GK | Marco Storari | Cagliari Calcio | loan |
| DF | Luca Antonelli | Parma F.C. | loan |
| DF | Leandro Grimi | Sporting Lisboa | loan |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overall

| Competition | Started Round | Final Position | Final Round | First Match | Last Match |
| Serie A | Round 1 | 5th | Round 38 | 26 August 2007 | 18 May 2008 |
| Coppa Italia | Round of 16 | Eliminated | Round of 16 | 20 December 2007 | 16 January 2008 |
| UEFA Champions League | Group stage | Eliminated | Round of 16 | 19 September 2007 | 4 March 2008 |
| UEFA Super Cup | — | Winners | — | 31 August 2007 | 31 August 2007 |
| FIFA Club World Cup | Semi-finals | Winners | Finals | 13 December 2007 | 16 December 2007 |

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Juventus | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 72 | 37 | +35 | 72 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Fiorentina | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 66 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Milan | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 66 | 38 | +28 | 64 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Sampdoria | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 56 | 46 | +10 | 60 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Udinese | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 57 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
* ↑ The 7th-placed team qualified for the UEFA Cup due to both of the Coppa Italia finalists, Roma and Internazionale, finishing 6th or higher.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 18 May 2008. Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | P | A | A | P | P | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | D | D | L | D | W | L | L | W | D | - | W | D | - | - | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Milan | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Celtic | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Benfica | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 7 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 6 | |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16
### FIFA Club World Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Champions League | Champions League | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 16 | GK | AUS | Kalac | 32 | -33 | 25 | -27 | 4+1 | -3 | 2 | -3 |
| 44 | DF | ITA | Oddo | 32 | 1 | 21+4 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Nesta | 36 | 1 | 28+1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GEO | Kaladze | 39 | 0 | 30+2 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Favalli | 30 | 0 | 19+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Gattuso | 40 | 1 | 30+1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | NED | Seedorf | 39 | 9 | 31+1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Pirlo | 42 | 5 | 32+1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Ambrosini | 40 | 4 | 31+2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Kaká | 38 | 17 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Gilardino | 38 | 9 | 20+10 | 7 | 3+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Dida | 17 | -15 | 13 | -11 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Bonera | 28 | 0 | 17+4 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Maldini | 21 | 1 | 15+2 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Inzaghi | 26 | 15 | 14+7 | 11 | 4+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Pato | 20 | 9 | 13+5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Brocchi | 29 | 0 | 10+14 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | CZE | Jankulovski | 17 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Cafu | 18 | 1 | 8+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Emerson | 20 | 0 | 6+9 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | BRA | Serginho | 14 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Gourcuff | 20 | 1 | 4+11 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Ronaldo | 6 | 2 | 4+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | FW | ITA | Paloschi | 9 | 4 | 1+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | DF | CRO | Simic | 7 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | BRA | Digão | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ITA | Darmian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | ITA | Fiori | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ITA | Offredi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | ITA | Bruscagin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | ITA | Ruggeri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | ITA | Romagnoli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | FRA | Ba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | ITA | Ancelotti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | ITA | Caraglia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | ITA | Guerci | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | FRA | Aubameyang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | NGA | Umunegbu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 94 | FW | FRA | Aubameyang | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/2007/1313/

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Super Cup | FIFA Club World Cup | Total |
| 1 | Kaká | 15 | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| 2 | Filippo Inzaghi | 11 | – | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| 3 | Clarence Seedorf | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | Alexandre Pato | 9 | – | – | – | – | 9 |
| 4 | Alberto Gilardino | 7 | – | 2 | – | – | 9 |
| 6 | Andrea Pirlo | 3 | – | 2 | – | – | 5 |
| 7 | Alberto Paloschi | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 4 |
| 7 | Massimo Ambrosini | 4 | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| 9 | Ronaldo | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 9 | Alessandro Nesta | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Cafu | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 12 | Marek Jankulovski | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| 12 | Yoann Gourcuff | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 12 | Paolo Maldini | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 12 | Massimo Oddo | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 12 | Gennaro Gattuso | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |

### Goals conceded

| Rank | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Super Cup | FIFA Club World Cup | Total | Average per game |
| 1 | Dida | 11 (13) | 0 (0) | 4 (4) | 1 (1) | 2 (2) | 18 (20) | 0.90 |
| 2 | Zeljko Kalac | 27 (25) | 3 (2) | 3 (5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 33 (32) | 1.03 |

### Discipline

| Rank | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Super Cup | UEFA Super Cup | FIFA Club World Cup | FIFA Club World Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| Rank | Name | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total Cards |
| 1 | Gennaro Gattuso | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | Massimo Ambrosini | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 3 | Andrea Pirlo | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | Giuseppe Favalli | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Alessandro Nesta | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Kaká | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Kakha Kaladze | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Daniele Bonera | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Cafu | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Alberto Gilardino | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Massimo Oddo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Emerson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Filippo Inzaghi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Marek Jankulovski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Paolo Maldini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Alexandre Pato | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Clarence Seedorf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Serginho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Cristian Brocchi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Yoann Gourcuff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |