# 1964–65 AC Milan season

During the 1964–65 season Milan Associazione Calcio competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

## Summary

In the 1964-1965 season Milan was led by Nils Liedholm. With the Swede on the bench and without Dino Sani, who returned to Brazil, the Rossoneri dominated the first half of the season, being unbeaten for the first nineteen matches, and maintained the top of the league until the 31st matchday, when the comeback of city-rivals Inter was completed after a home loss against Roma. They finished second in the standings, three points behind the Nerazzurri, after having reached a maximum lead of seven points in January.
Milan participated in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, where they were eliminated in the first round by Strasbourg. The journey in the Coppa Italia was also short, being eliminated in the first round by Monza. At the end of the season Gipo Viani moved to Genoa after nine seasons with the Rossoneri, two as head coach and seven as technical director.

## 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 | 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 |
| — | MF | ITA | Giancarlo Salvi |
| — | MF | ITA | Bruno Bacchetta |
| — | MF | PER | Víctor Benítez |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Ambrogio Pelagalli |
| — | MF | ITA | Giovanni Lodetti |
| — | MF | ITA | Mario David |
| — | MF | ITA | Gianni Rivera |
| — | MF | ITA | Eugenio Petrini |
| — | FW | BRA | Amarildo |
| — | FW | BRA | José Altafini |
| — | FW | ITA | Giuliano Fortunato |
| — | FW | ITA | Bruno Mora |
| — | FW | ITA | Paolo Ferrario |
| — | FW | ITA | Aquilino Bonfanti |
| — | FW | BRA | Germano |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Aquilino Bonfanti | Rizzoli Milano | - |
| FW | José Germano de Sales | Genoa | - |
| GK | Claudio Mantovani | Saronno | - |
| MF | Eugenio Petrini | Rizzoli Milano | - |
| MF | Giancarlo Salvi | Sampdoria | - |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Branko Kubala | Espanyol | - |
| DF | Luciano Poppi | Alessandria | - |
| MF | Dino Sani | Corinthians | - |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Internazionale (C) | 34 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 68 | 29 | +39 | 54 | Qualification to European Cup |
| 2 | Milan | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 52 | 23 | +29 | 51 | Chosen for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 3 | Torino | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 48 | 27 | +21 | 44 | Chosen for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 4 | Fiorentina | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 52 | 37 | +15 | 41 | Chosen for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 4 | Juventus | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 43 | 24 | +19 | 41 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup |

#### Matches
### Coppa delle Fiere
#### First round
## 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 |
| 1964-65 Serie A | 51 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 52 | 23 | +29 |
| 1964-65 Coppa Italia | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
| 1964-65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | – | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
| Total | – | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 37 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 54 | 27 | +27 |

### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ITA | Giorgio Ghezzi | 6 | -5 | 6 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Eugenio Petrini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Cesare Maldini | 36 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Gilberto Noletti | 30 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Luigi Balzarini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | BRA | Amarildo | 30 | 14 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Mario Barluzzi | 31 | -22 | 28 | -18 | 1 | -2 | 2 | -2 |
| | MF | ITA | Bruno Bacchetta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | PER | Víctor Benítez | 27 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Paolo Ferrario | 21 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | FW | BRA | José Altafini | 12 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Giuliano Fortunato | 19 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Giovanni Lodetti | 36 | 4 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Ambrogio Pelagalli | 34 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Bruno Mora | 31 | 6 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Gianni Rivera | 29 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Mario Trebbi | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Nello Santin | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Mario David | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Giancarlo Salvi | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Luigi Radice | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Aquilino Bonfanti | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | BRA | Germano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Giovanni Trapattoni | 32 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Claudio Mantovani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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