# 1949–50 AC Milan season

During the 1949–50 season Associazione Calcio Milan competed in Serie A.

## Summary

For the 1949–50 campaign arrived to the club, thanks to the management talent of President Umberto Trabattoni, in 1948 Olympic Games Swedish players Nils Liedholm and Gunnar Gren, they were added to the squad amid striker Gunnar Nordahl, actually in Milano since January 1949: a “trio” known as Gre-No-Li. Another transfer in was goalkeeper Lorenzo Buffon. Also, in this season Milan played at Arena Civica meanwhile in San Siro the team played the matches where higher attendances were expected.
This season was best remembered for fans as crucial to the modern Milan era winning titles in years for coming after forty years without a trophy. The squad changed its playing style with a more offensive strategy with spectacular matches instead of physical and defensive tactic. The change of strategy attracted more fans to the stadium and attendances will improve in the next decades.
During 1949-50 Serie A campaign, first season after the Superga disaster, the squad reached the goal scoring record for a single season: 118 goals scored. On 7 February 1950, Milan defeated Juventus 7–1 in Torino, also the first TV broadcasting of a Serie A match. Hungarian coach Lajos Czeizler took the club to the second place five points behind champion Juventus. Swedish striker Nordahl won his first topgoalscorer title “capocannoniere” with 35 goals scored.
During 1949 the club moved its headquarters from "Telegrafo Calciomilano" in Del Lauro 4 to Venezia 36.

## 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 | Ezio Bardelli |
| — | GK | ITA | Lorenzo Buffon |
| — | GK | ITA | Efrem Milanese |
| — | DF | ITA | Carlo Belloni |
| — | DF | ITA | Andrea Bonomi (Captain) |
| — | DF | ITA | Mario Foglia |
| — | DF | ITA | Giosuè Sanvito |
| — | MF | ITA | Carlo Annovazzi (vice-captain) |
| — | MF | ITA | Benigno De Grandi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | SWE | Nils Liedholm |
| — | MF | ITA | Omero Tognon |
| — | FW | ITA | Renzo Burini |
| — | FW | ITA | Enrico Candiani |
| — | FW | ITA | Franco De Gregori |
| — | FW | SWE | Gunnar Gren |
| — | FW | SWE | Gunnar Nordahl |
| — | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Rinaldi |
| — | FW | ITA | Aurelio Santagostino |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Gunnar Gren | IFK Göteborg | – |
| MF | Nils Liedholm | IFK Norrköping | – |
| GK | Lorenzo Buffon | Portogruaro | – |
| DF | Pietro Bettoli | Rimini | – |
| FW | Enrico Candiani | Pro Patria | – |
| MF | Benigno De Grandi | Seregno | – |
| FW | Fabio Frugali | U.S. Alessandria | – |
| FW | Giuseppe Rinaldi | Pescara | – |
| DF | Giosuè Sanvito | Pro Sesto | – |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | Giuseppe Antonini | Reggiana | – |
| FW | Aleksandar Aranđelović | Padova Calcio | – |
| DF | Osvaldo Biancardi | Empoli F.C. | – |
| FW | Riccardo Carapellese | Torino F.C. | – |
| FW | Pietro Degano | Venezia F.C. | – |
| DF | Edy Gratton | Sampdoria | – |
| DF | Lino Grava | Vittorio Veneto | – |
| MF | Albert Guðmundsson | RC Paris | – |
| MF | Michele Manenti | Modena | – |
| FW | Elio Onorato | Torino F.C. | – |
| FW | Héctor Puricelli | Legnano | – |
| MF | Paddy Sloan | Udinese Calcio | – |
| MF | Gianni Toppan | Lucchese | – |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Juventus (C) | 38 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 100 | 43 | +57 | 62 | |
| 2 | Milan | 38 | 27 | 3 | 8 | 118 | 45 | +73 | 57 | |
| 3 | Internazionale | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 99 | 60 | +39 | 49 | |
| 4 | Lazio | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 67 | 43 | +24 | 46 | Qualified for the 1950 Latin Cup |
| 5 | Fiorentina | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 76 | 57 | +19 | 44 | |

#### 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 |
| 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 |
| Result | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
## 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 |
| 1949–50 Serie A | 57 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 73 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 45 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 3 | 8 | 118 | 45 | +73 |

### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ITA | Lorenzo Buffon | 19 | -22 | 19 | -22 |
| | DF | ITA | Carlo Annovazzi | 38 | 5 | 38 | 5 |
| | DF | ITA | Carlo Belloni | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Andrea Bonomi | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Mario Foglia | 38 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Renzo Burini | 35 | 21 | 35 | 21 |
| | MF | ITA | Enrico Candiani | 22 | 8 | 22 | 8 |
| | MF | ITA | Omero Tognon | 38 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| | MF | SWE | Nils Liedholm | 37 | 18 | 37 | 18 |
| | FW | SWE | Gunnar Gren | 37 | 18 | 37 | 18 |
| | FW | SWE | Gunnar Nordahl | 37 | 35 | 37 | 35 |
| | GK | ITA | Ezio Bardelli | 13 | -12 | 13 | -12 |
| | FW | ITA | Franco De Gregori | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Rinaldi | 12 | 6 | 12 | 6 |
| | DF | ITA | Benigno De Grandi | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Aurelio Santagostino | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
| | GK | ITA | Efrem Milanese | 6 | -11 | 6 | -11 |
| | DF | ITA | Giosuè Sanvito | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/rose/1949/313/