# 1959–60 AC Milan season

During the 1959–60 season Associazione Calcio Milan competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and European Cup.

## Summary

In the 1959-1960 season the Rossoneri, still led by Luigi Bonizzoni as coach, exchanged goalkeepers with Genoa: Lorenzo Buffon was in fact sold to the Ligurian club in exchange for Giorgio Ghezzi. Milan ended the championship in third place, with 44 points, nine behind Serie A champions Juventus and ahead of second-placed Fiorentina. Among the positive results of the season was the 5–3 win against Inter, where José Altafini became the first and only player to have scored four goals in a Milan derby.
In the Coppa Italia, Milan were eliminated in the second round by Como thanks to a 0–1 defeat at home.
The campaign in the European Cup was also short: following the victory in the first round against Olympiakos (2–2 in Greece and 3–1 at San Siro), Milan were beaten 7–1 on aggregate by Barcelona in the round of 16.
At the end of the season, Juan Alberto Schiaffino left the club after six years with the Rossoneri.

## 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 | Luciano Alfieri |
| — | GK | ITA | Lorenzo Buffon |
| — | GK | ITA | Giorgio Ghezzi |
| — | GK | ITA | Bruno Ducati |
| — | GK | ITA | Giancarlo Gallesi |
| — | DF | ITA | Cesare Maldini |
| — | DF | ITA | Gilberto Noletti |
| — | DF | ITA | Enrico Bergonti |
| — | DF | ITA | Sandro Salvadore |
| — | DF | ITA | Giovanni Trapattoni |
| — | DF | ITA | Benedetto De Angelis |
| — | DF | ITA | Luigi Garagna |
| — | DF | ITA | Mario Trebbi |
| — | DF | ITA | Francesco Zagatti |
| — | MF | ITA | Giancarlo Bacci |
| — | MF | ITA | Sergio Bettini |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | SWE | Nils Liedholm (Captain) |
| — | MF | ITA | Alfio Fontana |
| — | MF | ARG | Ernesto Grillo |
| — | MF | ITA | Vincenzo Occhetta |
| — | MF | ITA | Ambrogio Pelagalli |
| — | MF | ITA | Cesare Reina |
| — | MF | ITA | Juan Alberto Schiaffino (Vice-captain) |
| — | FW | BRA | José Altafini |
| — | FW | ITA | Gastone Bean |
| — | FW | ITA | Giancarlo Danova |
| — | FW | ITA | Carlo Galli |
| — | FW | ITA | Paolo Ferrario |
| — | FW | ITA | Giorgio Fogar |
| — | FW | ITA | Mario Bresolin |
| — | FW | ITA | Gianni Meanti |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Sergio Bettini | Monfalcone | - |
| FW | Mario Bresolin | Triestina | - |
| MF | Benedetto De Angelis | Genoa | - |
| FW | Giorgio Fogar | Monfalcone | - |
| GK | Giancarlo Gallesi | Vigevano | - |
| GK | Giorgio Ghezzi | Genoa | - |
| FW | Gianni Meanti | Crema | - |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | Eros Beraldo | Genoa | - |
| GK | Lorenzo Buffon | Genoa | - |
| MF | Vittorino Mantovani | Triestina | - |
| FW | Gianni Meanti | Cagliari | - |
| MF | Giancarlo Migliavacca | Alessandria | - |
| DF | Luigi Radice | Triestina | - |
| GK | Narciso Soldan | Torino | - |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Juventus (C) | 34 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 92 | 33 | +59 | 55 | Qualified for the European Cup |
| 2 | Fiorentina | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 68 | 31 | +37 | 47 | Qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup |
| 3 | Milan | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 56 | 37 | +19 | 44 | |
| 4 | Internazionale | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 55 | 43 | +12 | 40 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 5 | Bologna | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 50 | 42 | +8 | 36 | |

#### Matches
### Coppa dell'Amicizia
#### Coppa dell'Amicizia 1959
#### Coppa dell'Amicizia 1960
## 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 |
| 1959-60 Serie A | 44 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 56 | 37 | +19 |
| 1959-60 Coppa Italia | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| 1959 and 1960 Coppa dell'Amicizia | – | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 |
| 1959-60 European Cup | – | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | -4 |
| Total | – | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 23 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 74 | 51 | +23 |

### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa dell'Amicizia | Coppa dell'Amicizia | European Cup | European Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ITA | Giorgio Ghezzi | 21 | -22 | 18 | -17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 1 | -2 |
| | GK | ITA | Bruno Ducati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Lorenzo Buffon | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Giancarlo Gallesi | 6 | -9 | 4 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 |
| | GK | ITA | Luciano Alfieri | 13 | -19 | 12 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -5 |
| | DF | ITA | Cesare Maldini | 34 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Gilberto Noletti | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Gastone Bean | 30 | 8 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Giancarlo Danova | 27 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| | MF | SWE | Nils Liedholm | 35 | 5 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Francesco Zagatti | 23 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Benedetto De Angelis | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | BRA | José Altafini | 40 | 28 | 33 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| | FW | ITA | Giorgio Fogar | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Carlo Galli | 30 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Paolo Ferrario | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| | FW | ITA | Gianni Meanti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Mario Bresolin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Giancarlo Bacci | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Vincenzo Occhetta | 34 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Ambrogio Pelagalli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Cesare Reina | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Juan Alberto Schiaffino | 22 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Ernesto Grillo | 26 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Alfio Fontana | 37 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Luigi Garagna | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Mario Trebbi | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Enrico Bergonti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Sergio Bettini | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Sandro Salvadore | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Giovanni Trapattoni | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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