# 1948–49 AC Milan season

During the 1948–49 season AC Milan competed in Serie A.

## Summary

After years of no-foreign players, several transfers in for rossonero arrived during summer such as: midfielder Albert Guðmundsson from AS Nancy Lorraine and Northern Irish Forward Paddy Sloan from Sheffield United. Sloan pioneered the way for the likes of Liam Brady and Robbie Keane by becoming the first Irishman to play in Serie A. After a failed bid on Danish Johannes Pløger- who was signed by Juventus at the very start of the second half of the season- Trabattoni received in compensation by the same bianconero club the rights for the transfer of Swedish Forward Gunnar Nordahl, recently winner of a gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games in London, a future legend for the rossonero club.
Meanwhile, in League the squad finished the race on a decent 3rd spot.

## Squad

* .-Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/rose/1948/277/
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 | Efrem Milanese |
| — | GK | ITA | Giovanni Rossetti |
| — | DF | ITA | Carlo Belloni |
| — | DF | ITA | Andrea Bonomi |
| — | DF | ITA | Mario Foglia |
| — | DF | ITA | Edy Gratton |
| — | DF | ITA | Gianni Toppan |
| — | MF | ITA | Carlo Annovazzi |
| — | MF | ITA | Giuseppe Antonini (captain) |
| — | MF | ITA | Osvaldo Biancardi |
| — | MF | ISL | Albert Guðmundsson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Michele Manenti |
| — | MF | ITA | Omero Tognon |
| — | FW | ITA | Renzo Burini |
| — | FW | ITA | Riccardo Carapellese |
| — | FW | ITA | Pietro Degano |
| — | FW | ITA | Franco De Gregori |
| — | FW | SWE | Gunnar Nordahl |
| — | FW | ITA | Elio Onorato |
| — | FW | URU | Héctor Puricelli (Captain) |
| — | FW | ITA | Aurelio Santagostino |
| — | FW | NIR | Paddy Sloan |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Aleksandar Aranđelović | Crvena Zvezda | - |
| DF | Carlo Belloni | Varese | - |
| DF | Osvaldo Biancardi | Fanfulla | - |
| MF | Albert Guðmundsson | Nancy | - |
| MF | Michele Manenti | Magenta | - |
| FW | Gunnar Nordahl | IFK Norrköping | - |
| FW | Elio Onorato | Salernitana | - |
| MF | Paddy Sloan | Sheffield United | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To |
| DF | Felice Cerri | Alessandria |
| GK | Gianni Mattioni | Seregno |
| DF | Carlo Piccardi | Atalanta |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Gunnar Nordahl | IFK Norrköping | - |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Aleksandar Aranđelović | Padova | - |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Torino (C) | 38 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 78 | 34 | +44 | 60 | 1949 Latin Cup |
| 2 | Internazionale | 38 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 85 | 39 | +46 | 55 | |
| 3 | Milan | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 83 | 52 | +31 | 50 | |
| 4 | Juventus | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 64 | 47 | +17 | 44 | |
| 5 | Sampdoria | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 74 | 63 | +11 | 41 | |

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | D | L | P | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches

* .- Source:http://calcio-seriea.net/partite/1948/277/

## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 1948-49 Serie A | 1948-49 Serie A |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ITA | Efrem Milanese | 26 | -38 | 26 | -38 |
| | DF | ITA | Andrea Bonomi | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Mario Foglia | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Edy Gratton | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Carlo Annovazzi | 36 | 3 | 36 | 3 |
| | MF | ITA | Omero Tognon | 38 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Renzo Burini | 34 | 13 | 34 | 13 |
| | FW | ITA | Riccardo Carapellese | 36 | 17 | 36 | 17 |
| | FW | IRL | Paddy Sloan | 30 | 9 | 30 | 9 |
| | FW | SWE | Gunnar Nordahl | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 |
| | FW | ITA | Aurelio Santagostino | 14 | 6 | 14 | 6 |
| | GK | ITA | Giovanni Rossetti | 12 | -14 | 12 | -14 |
| | MF | ISL | Albert Guðmundsson | 14 | 2 | 14 | 2 |
| | MF | ITA | Giuseppe Antonini | 13 | 3 | 13 | 3 |
| | FW | ITA | Franco De Gregori | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| | FW | ITA | Elio Onorato | 12 | 4 | 12 | 4 |
| | FW | URU | Héctor Puricelli | 11 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
| | FW | ITA | Pietro Degano | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| | DF | ITA | Gianni Toppan | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| | MF | ITA | Michele Manenti | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| | DF | ITA | Carlo Belloni | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Osvaldo Biancardi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1948/277/