# 1986–87 AC Milan season

During the 1986–87 season, Milan Associazione Calcio competed in Serie A and Coppa Italia.

## Summary

The official season began in August, with the Rossoneri concluding the group stage of the Coppa Italia in second place, behind Parma. In Serie A, despite two initial defeats, the team emerged at a distance: with the victory in Como in the last game of the first half of the season (thanks to Maldini's first goal in Serie A), Milan found themselves only three points behind leaders Napoli. Later there was a crisis of results, dropped Milan from the top positions of the standings. In the Coppa Italia, they were eliminated by Parma (after a 0–1 defeat in San Siro and a 0–0 draw in Parma): the Emilian coach was Arrigo Sacchi, alteady appointed as new coach by the management for the following season.
Meanwhile, in the league, Fabio Capello (previously assistant coach) replaced sacked coach Nils Liedholm. Guided by the goals from top-scorer Virdis, the team finished level on points with Sampdoria. Thus, a play-off was necessary to determine who would access next season's UEFA Cup. Milan won the game 1–0. At the end of the season, the team won the third edition of the Mundialito tournament.

## 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 | Giulio Nuciari |
| — | GK | ITA | Giovanni Galli |
| — | DF | ITA | Mauro Tassotti |
| — | DF | ITA | Franco Baresi |
| — | DF | ITA | Dario Bonetti |
| — | DF | ITA | Filippo Galli |
| — | DF | ITA | Roberto Lorenzini |
| — | DF | ITA | Paolo Maldini |
| — | DF | ITA | Amedeo Mangone |
| — | DF | ITA | Rufo Emiliano Verga |
| — | DF | ITA | Francesco Zanoncelli |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Roberto Donadoni |
| — | MF | ITA | Agostino Di Bartolomei |
| — | MF | ITA | Alberigo Evani |
| — | MF | ITA | Andrea Manzo |
| — | MF | ITA | Stefano Salvatori |
| — | MF | ITA | Giovanni Stroppa |
| — | MF | ENG | Ray Wilkins |
| — | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Galderisi |
| — | FW | ENG | Mark Hateley |
| — | FW | ITA | Pietro Paolo Virdis |
| — | FW | ITA | Daniele Massaro |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| MF | Roberto Donadoni | Atalanta B.C. | – |
| GK | Giovanni Galli | Fiorentina | – |
| FW | Daniele Massaro | Fiorentina | |
| FW | Stefano Borgonovo | Como 1907 | |
| DF | Dario Bonetti | A.S. Roma | |
| DF | Catello Cimmino | Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC | – |
| FW | Giuseppe Galderisi | Hellas Verona | – |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Paolo Rossi | Hellas Verona | – |
| FW | Stefano Borgonovo | Como 1907 | loan |
| DF | Alessandro Costacurta | AC Monza | loan |
| GK | Giuliano Terraneo | S.S. Lazio | – |
| GK | Antonio Vettore | Prato | – |
| DF | Carmelo Mancuso | Messina | – |
| DF | Luigi Russo | Como 1907 | – |
| MF | Mario Bortolazzi | Parma F.C. | – |
| MF | Gabriello Carotti | Lanerossi Vicenza | – |
| MF | Andrea Icardi | Atalanta B.C. | – |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Internazionale | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 17 | +15 | 38 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Hellas Verona | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 36 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 5 | Milan | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 35 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 6 | Sampdoria | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 21 | +16 | 35 | |
| 7 | Roma | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 33 | |
* ↑ Milan won the UEFA Cup qualification match against Sampdoria 1–0 then qualified to 1987–88 UEFA Cup.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | P | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | N |
| Result | L | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | P | L | W | D | D | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | D | D | - |
| Position | 10 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Top scorers

* Pietro Paolo Virdis 17
* Giuseppe Galderisi 3
* Franco Baresi 2
* Mark Hateley 2
* Roberto Donadoni 2
* Daniele Massaro 2

### Coppa Italia

First Round-Group 4
Eightfinals

## 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 |
| 1986-87 Serie A | 35 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 21 | +11 |
| 1986-87 Coppa Italia | – | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 |
| Total | – | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 38 | 24 | +14 |

### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 1986-87 Serie A | 1986-87 Serie A | 1986-87 Coppa Italia | 1986-87 Coppa Italia |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ITA | G. Galli | 31 | -18 | 25 | -16 | 6 | -2 |
| | DF | ITA | Tassotti | 28 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Baresi | 34 | 5 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| | DF | ITA | Galli | 27 | 0 | 19+2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Bonetti | 27 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Maldini | 36 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Donadoni | 35 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Di Bartolomei | 36 | 2 | 29+1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| | FW | ENG | Hateley | 28 | 2 | 18+5 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Virdis | 34 | 18 | 26+2 | 17 | 6 | 1 |
| | FW | ITA | Massaro | 23 | 2 | 20+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Nuciari | 6 | -6 | 5 | -5 | 1 | -1 |
| | MF | ITA | Manzo | 23 | 0 | 15+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Wilkins | 23 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Galderisi | 28 | 4 | 13+8 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| | MF | ITA | Evani | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Lorenzini | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Zanoncelli | 10 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Stroppa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: