# 1960–61 AC Milan season

During the 1960–61 season Associazione Calcio Milan competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and Coppa dell'Amicizia.

## Summary

The transfer market of the summer of 1960 led to a revolution: the club purchased the sixteen-year-old Gianni Rivera from Alessandria; from that season on, the young talent would have tied his career solely to Milan. Among the other signings were those of Santiago Vernazza, Mario David and Paolo Barison. After six season with the Rossoneri, Juan Alberto Schiaffino left the club, followed by Grillo, Gastone Bean and Giancarlo Danova.
Milan, led by Paolo Todeschini (former player with the club in the 1940s) and Giuseppe Viani (as technical director), finished the Serie A season in second place behind champion Juventus, despite the victory over the Bianconeri in both league matches and 22 goals from José Altafini. With 4 goals, the Brazilian became top scorer in the 1960-61 Coppa Italia which ended, for the Devils, in the round of 16. Milan won the Coppa dell'Amicizia, as part of the Italian team, against a selection of French clubs.
At the end of the season, captain Nils Liedholm ended his career as a footballer to begin the one as coach. The following year, the Swede will sit as an assistant on the Milan bench. The captaincy passed to Francesco Zagatti who will hand it over after a few months to Cesare Maldini.

## 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 | Giorgio Ghezzi |
| — | DF | ITA | Cesare Maldini |
| — | DF | ITA | Gilberto Noletti |
| — | DF | ITA | Luigi Radice |
| — | DF | ITA | Sandro Salvadore |
| — | DF | ITA | Giovanni Trapattoni |
| — | DF | ITA | Mario Trebbi |
| — | DF | ITA | Francesco Zagatti (Vice-captain) |
| — | MF | ITA | Mario David |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ITA | Pierluigi Ronzon |
| — | MF | SWE | Nils Liedholm (Captain) |
| — | MF | ITA | Gianni Rivera |
| — | FW | BRA | José Altafini |
| — | FW | ITA | Paolo Barison |
| — | FW | ITA | Giovanni Fanello |
| — | FW | ITA | Carlo Galli |
| — | FW | ITA | Mario Maraschi |
| — | FW | ARG | Santiago Vernazza |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Paolo Barison | Genoa | - |
| MF | Mario David | Roma | - |
| FW | Giovanni Fanello | Catanzaro | - |
| FW | Mario Maraschi | Pro Vercelli | - |
| DF | Luigi Radice | Padova | - |
| MF | Gianni Rivera | Alessandria | - |
| DF | Pierluigi Ronzon | Atalanta | - |
| MF | Santiago Vernazza | Palermo | - |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Giancarlo Bacci | Padova | - |
| FW | Gastone Bean | Genoa | - |
| FW | Sergio Bettini | Alessandria | - |
| FW | Mario Bresolin | Genoa | - |
| FW | Giancarlo Danova | Torino | - |
| MF | Benedetto De Angelis | Mantova | - |
| GK | Bruno Ducati | Lecco | - |
| FW | Paolo Ferrario | Lazio | - |
| FW | Giorgio Fogar | Brescia | - |
| DF | Alfio Fontana | Roma | - |
| GK | Giancarlo Gallesi | Genoa | - |
| MF | Ernesto Grillo | Boca Juniors | - |
| DF | Vincenzo Occhetta | Genoa | - |
| MF | Ambrogio Pelagalli | Atalanta | - |
| FW | Cesare Reina | Triestina | - |
| MF | Juan Alberto Schiaffino | Roma | - |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Juventus (C) | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 80 | 42 | +38 | 49 | Qualified for the European Cup |
| 2 | Milan | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 65 | 39 | +26 | 45 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 3 | Internazionale | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 73 | 39 | +34 | 44 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 4 | Sampdoria | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 54 | 51 | +3 | 41 | |
| 5 | Roma | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 58 | 46 | +12 | 39 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
* ↑ Roma qualified as holders.

#### Matches
### Coppa dell'Amicizia
## 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 |
| 1960-61 Serie A | 45 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 26 | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 65 | 39 | +26 |
| 1960-61 Coppa Italia | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 |
| 1960-61 Coppa dell'Amicizia | – | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 |
| Total | – | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 33 | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 71 | 46 | +25 |

### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa dell'Amicizia | Coppa dell'Amicizia |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ITA | Giorgio Ghezzi | 35 | -42 | 32 | -37 | 1 | -3 | 2 | -2 |
| | DF | ITA | Cesare Maldini | 34 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Gilberto Noletti | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Luciano Alfieri | 4 | -4 | 2 | -2 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Paolo Barison | 13 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Santiago Vernazza | 33 | 15 | 29 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SWE | Nils Liedholm | 28 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Francesco Zagatti | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Giovanni Fanello | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | BRA | José Altafini | 38 | 26 | 34 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Carlo Galli | 23 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Mario Maraschi | 15 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Gianni Rivera | 33 | 6 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Mario Trebbi | 32 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Pierluigi Ronzon | 23 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Mario David | 28 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Sandro Salvadore | 37 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Giovanni Trapattoni | 32 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
* Source: