# 2014–15 AC Milan season

In the 2014–15 season, Associazione Calcio Milan competed in Serie A for the 81st time, as well as the Coppa Italia. It was the club's 32nd consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.
This was Milan's first season since 1998–99 in which the club did not participate in any European competitions, having failed to qualify after finishing eighth in the 2013–14 league season. Filippo Inzaghi was appointed as the new coach of the team.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 2 February 2015.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Michael Agazzi |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Mattia De Sciglio |
| 4 | MF | GHA | Sulley Muntari |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Philippe Mexès |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Jérémy Ménez |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Suso |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Mattia Destro |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Keisuke Honda |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Giampaolo Pazzini |
| 13 | DF | FRA | Adil Rami |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Michelangelo Albertazzi |
| 15 | MF | GHA | Michael Essien |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Andrea Poli |
| 17 | DF | COL | Cristián Zapata |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Riccardo Montolivo (captain) |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Salvatore Bocchetti |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | ITA | Ignazio Abate |
| 21 | MF | NED | Marco van Ginkel |
| 22 | FW | ITA | Alessio Cerci |
| 23 | GK | ESP | Diego López |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Daniele Bonera |
| 28 | MF | ITA | Giacomo Bonaventura |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Gabriel Paletta |
| 31 | DF | ITA | Luca Antonelli |
| 32 | GK | ITA | Christian Abbiati (vice-captain) |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Alex |
| 34 | MF | NED | Nigel de Jong |
| 81 | DF | ITA | Cristian Zaccardo |
| 92 | FW | ITA | Stephan El Shaarawy |
| 98 | FW | MAR | Hachim Mastour |

## Transfers
### Summer 2014

Milan continued the trend from the previous season by signing free agents, including Michael Agazzi, Alex and Jérémy Ménez, that arrived in early summer. Major efforts, however, were made to confirm and/or fully acquire players already presents, but on loan or co-ownership (e.g. Andrea Poli, Riccardo Saponara, Michelangelo Albertazzi and Adil Rami), while only M'Baye Niang start the season after his return from previous loan. Pablo Armero, Fernando Torres and Marco van Ginkel also joined Milan on loan. In the last day of the transfer window, Milan bought Giacomo Bonaventura.
A few important players from the last season parted ways with Milan. Marco Amelia and Urby Emanuelson left after their contracts ended, Kaká activated the release clause in his contract, Adel Taarabt returned to Queens Park Rangers after his loan expired, while Kévin Constant, Mario Balotelli and Bryan Cristante were sold, allowing Milan to invest the incomed money in further acquisitions. The club also decided to sell Alberto Paloschi, Rodrigo Ely and Kingsley Boateng, instead of loaning them like in the past. Alessandro Matri, Antonio Nocerino, Valter Birsa and Robinho were supposed to be sold too, but they were eventually loaned out.

#### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 13 May 2014 | FW | Hachim Mastour | 15 | Milan Youth System | N/A | Promoted |
| 22 May 2014 | GK | Michael Agazzi | 29 | Chievo | Free | Effective From 1 July |
| 5 June 2014 | DF | Alex | 31 | Paris Saint-Germain | Free | Effective From 1 July |
| 9 June 2014 | MF | Andrea Poli | 24 | Sampdoria | €2,500,000 + Salamon | Co-Ownership Solved |
| 13 June 2014 | GK | Stefano Gori | 17 | Brescia | €600,000 | Co-Ownership Solved |
| 14 June 2014 | MF | Jérémy Ménez | 27 | Paris Saint-Germain | Free | Effective From 1 July |
| 20 June 2014 | MF | Riccardo Saponara | 22 | Parma | €1,000,000 | Co-Ownership Solved |
| 20 June 2014 | DF | Michelangelo Albertazzi | 23 | Verona | €500,000 | Co-Ownership Solved |
| 20 June 2014 | DF | Davide Pacifico | 20 | Novara | Undisclosed | Co-Ownership Solved |
| 1 July 2014 | FW | M'Baye Niang | 19 | Montpellier | N/A | Loan Return |
| 12 July 2014 | DF | Adil Rami | 28 | Valencia | €4,250,000 | |
| 12 August 2014 | GK | Diego López | 32 | Real Madrid | Free | |
| 12 August 2014 | DF | Pablo Armero | 27 | Udinese | €500,000 | Loan |
| 19 August 2014 | FW | Gianmario Comi | 22 | Torino | N/A | Co-Ownership Solved |
| 29 August 2014 | FW | Fernando Torres | 30 | Chelsea | N/A | Loan |
| 1 September 2014 | MF | Marco van Ginkel | 21 | Chelsea | €500,000 | Loan$^1$ |
| 1 September 2014 | MF | Giacomo Bonaventura | 25 | Atalanta | €7,000,000 | |
Total expenditure: €16.8 million

#### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 9 June 2014 | DF | Bartosz Salamon | 23 | Sampdoria | N/A | Part of Poli Purchase |
| 11 June 2014 | MF | Filippo Lora | 20 | Cittadella | Undisclosed | Co-Ownership Solved |
| 11 June 2014 | GK | Riccardo Piscitelli | 20 | Benevento | €300,000 | Co-Ownership Solved |
| 13 June 2014 | MF | Luca Bertoni | 20 | Carpi | N/A | Co-Ownership Solved |
| 17 June 2014 | GK | Filippo Perucchini | 22 | Lecce | €100,000 | Co-Ownership Solved |
| 19 June 2014 | FW | Alberto Paloschi | 24 | Chievo | €3,500,000 | Co-Ownership Solved |
| 20 June 2014 | MF | Bakaye Traoré | 29 | Bursaspor | Free | |
| 20 June 2014 | MF | Mattia Valoti | 20 | AlbinoLeffe | Free | Co-Ownership Solved |
| 20 June 2014 | MF | Lorenzo Saporetti | 20 | Cesena | €27,000 | Co-Ownership Solved |
| 30 June 2014 | MF | Kaká | 32 | Orlando City | Free | Activated Release Clause |
| 1 July 2014 | DF | Matías Silvestre | 29 | Internazionale | N/A | Loan Return |
| 1 July 2014 | MF | Adel Taarabt | 25 | QPR | N/A | Loan Return |
| 1 July 2014 | GK | Marco Amelia | 32 | Rocca Priora | N/A | Expired Contract |
| 1 July 2014 | MF | Urby Emanuelson | 28 | Roma | N/A | Expired Contract |
| 1 July 2014 | DF | Mattia Desole | 21 | Rapperswil-Jona | N/A | After return from loan |
| 1 July 2014 | FW | Maks Barišič | 20 | Catania | N/A | Loan return |
| 7 July 2014 | FW | Kingsley Boateng | 20 | NAC Breda | N/A | After return from loan |
| 8 July 2014 | GK | Ferdinando Coppola | 37 | Bologna | Undisclosed | |
| 11 July 2014 | DF | Davide Pacifico | 20 | Sudtirol | Undisclosed | |
| 12 July 2014 | GK | Lorenzo Ferrari | 18 | Verona | Undisclosed | |
| 14 July 2014 | MF | Alex Pedone | 20 | Carrarese | Undisclosed | |
| 21 July 2014 | DF | Rodrigo Ely | 20 | Avellino | Undisclosed | After return from loan |
| 23 July 2014 | FW | Simone Andrea Ganz | 20 | Como | Undisclosed | After return from loan |
| 23 July 2014 | FW | Iacopo Cernigoi | 19 | Pro Sesto | Undisclosed | |
| 31 July 2014 | MF | Donald Bende Bende | 18 | Budapest Honvéd | Undisclosed | |
| 5 August 2014 | DF | Kévin Constant | 27 | Trabzonspor | €2,500,000 | |
| 8 August 2014 | DF | Luca Iotti | 18 | Elche | N/A | Buy-back Clause |
| 25 August 2014 | FW | Mario Balotelli | 24 | Liverpool | €20,000,000 | |
| 1 September 2014 | MF | Bryan Cristante | 19 | Benfica | €6,000,000 | |
Total income: €32,4 million

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 2 July 2014 | MF | Antonio Nocerino | 29 | Torino | N/A | |
| 2 July 2014 | DF | Johad Ferretti | 20 | SPAL | N/A | After return from loan |
| 2 July 2014 | GK | Edoardo Pazzagli | 25 | Pistoiese | N/A | After return from loan |
| 9 July 2014 | MF | Valter Birsa | 27 | Chievo | N/A | |
| 9 July 2014 | DF | Jherson Vergara | 20 | Avellino | N/A | After return from loan |
| 12 July 2014 | ST | Alessandro Matri | 29 | Genoa | N/A | After return from loan |
| 14 July 2014 | DF | Marcus Diniz | 26 | Lecce | N/A | Loan confirmed |
| 15 July 2014 | FW | Gianmario Comi | 22 | Avellino | N/A | Co-Owned w. Torino at the time |
| 15 July 2014 | MF | Marco Fossati | 21 | Perugia | N/A | After return from loan |
| 16 July 2014 | MF | Simone Verdi | 21 | Empoli | N/A | Co-Own. w. Torino on 06 -18 |
| 16 July 2014 | MF | Andrea Petagna | 19 | Latina | N/A | |
| 16 July 2014 | MF | Edmund Hottor | 21 | Venezia | N/A | After return from loan |
| 17 July 2014 | MF | Cristian Daminuță | 24 | Viitorul Constanța | N/A | After return from loan |
| 18 July 2014 | MF | Matteo Chinellato | 22 | Südtirol | N/A | |
| 26 July 2014 | DF | Cristian Galliani | 18 | Varese | N/A | |
| 26 July 2014 | DF | Krisztián Tamás | 19 | Varese | N/A | |
| 4 August 2014 | MF | Žan Benedičič | 18 | Leeds United | N/A | |
| 6 August 2014 | DF | Stefan Simić | 18 | Varese | N/A | |
| 7 August 2014 | FW | Robinho | 30 | Santos | N/A | |
| 8 August 2014 | MF | Nnamdi Oduamadi | 23 | Crotone | N/A | After return from loan |
| 13 August 2014 | FW | Gianmarco Zigoni | 23 | Monza | N/A | After return from loan |
| 20 August 2014 | FW | Giacomo Beretta | 22 | Pro Vercelli | N/A | After return from loan |
| 25 August 2014 | DF | Dídac Vilà | 25 | Eibar | N/A | After return from loan |
| 29 August 2014 | MF | Ezekiel Henty | 21 | Gorica | N/A | After return from loan |
| 1 September 2014 | GK | Gabriel | 21 | Carpi | N/A | |
| 1 September 2014 | MF | Attila Filkor | 26 | Avellino | N/A | After return from loan |
| 1 September 2014 | MF | Alessio Innocenti | 21 | Gorica | N/A | |
| 1 September 2014 | MF | Favour Aniekan | 19 | Dainava Alytus | N/A | |

### Winter 2014–15

25 December 2014 had yet to come when Milan announced its first winter transfer: a switch with Atlético Madrid by loaning them Fernando Torres and bringing Alessio Cerci to Italy. In the next few days, all details were settled, including the full acquisition of the Spanish player from Chelsea. Later in this transfer window, Milan also signed Suso, Salvatore Bocchetti, Mattia Destro, Luca Antonelli, and Gabriel Paletta. In April, Pablo Armero returned to Udinese.

#### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 5 January 2015 | FW | Fernando Torres | 30 | Chelsea | N/A | Free |
| 5 January 2015 | FW | Alessio Cerci | 27 | Atlético Madrid | N/A | 18 Months Loan, Switch w. Torres |
| 14 January 2015 | FW | Kingsley Boateng | 20 | NAC Breda | N/A | Re-buy option |
| 17 January 2015 | MF | Suso | 21 | Liverpool | N/A | |
| 28 January 2015 | DF | Salvatore Bocchetti | 28 | Spartak Moscow | N/A | 6 Months Loan |
| 29 January 2015 | FW | Mattia Destro | 23 | Roma | N/A | 6 Months Loan |
| 2 February 2015 | DF | Luca Antonelli | 27 | Genoa | €4,000,000 | |
| 2 February 2015 | DF | Gabriel Paletta | 28 | Parma | €880,000 | |

#### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 10 April 2015 | DF | Pablo Armero | 28 | Udinese | N/A | End of loan, will play for Flamengo |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 15 December 2014 | DF | Krisztián Tamás | 19 | Slavia Prague | N/A | Effective from 1 January |
| 24 December 2014 | FW | Fernando Torres | 30 | Atlético Madrid | N/A | 18 Months Loan, Switch w. Cerci |
| 31 December 2014 | FW | Gianmarco Zigoni | 23 | SPAL | N/A | After return from loan |
| 10 January 2014 | DF | Johad Ferretti | 19 | Matera | N/A | After return from loan |
| 13 January 2014 | FW | Andrea Petagna | 18 | Vicenza | N/A | After return from loan |
| 14 January 2015 | FW | Kingsley Boateng | 20 | Bari | N/A | After buy-back |
| 15 January 2015 | GK | Edoardo Pazzagli | 25 | Lucchese | N/A | After return from loan |
| 15 January 2015 | MF | Antonio Nocerino | 29 | Parma | N/A | After return from loan |
| 16 January 2015 | MF | Riccardo Saponara | 23 | Empoli | N/A | |
| 21 January 2015 | FW | Nnamdi Oduamadi | 24 | Latina | N/A | After return from loan |
| 22 January 2015 | FW | M'Baye Niang | 20 | Genoa | N/A | |
| 31 January 2015 | MF | Favour Aniekan | 20 | Krka | N/A | After return from loan |
| 2 February 2015 | FW | Alessandro Matri | 30 | Juventus | N/A | After return from loan |
| 3 February 2015 | FW | Ezekiel Henty | 21 | Olimpija Ljubljana | N/A | After return from loan |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Milan returned to training at Milanello from 9 July. The Rossoneri started their season with a series of pre-season friendlies. In the summer, Milan took part in the International Champions Cup, played across the United States and Canada between 24 July and 4 August. It was the club's second presence in the tournament. On 23 August, Milan played against Juventus and Sassuolo in TIM Trophy, eventually winning the competition. On 5 November, Milan won Trofeo Luigi Berlusconi after defeating San Lorenzo, the winners of 2014 Copa Libertadores. Milan also won the 2014 Dubai Challenge Cup on 30 December following a 4–2 win over Real Madrid, the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League champions.

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Serie A | Matchday 1 | — | 10th | 31 August 2014 | 30 May 2015 |
| Coppa Italia | Round of 16 | — | Quarter-finals | 13 January 2015 | 27 January 2015 |
Updated to match played 30 May 2015. Source: Competitions

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Internazionale | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 59 | 48 | +11 | 55 |
| 9 | Torino | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 54 |
| 10 | Milan | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 56 | 50 | +6 | 52 |
| 11 | Palermo | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 53 | 55 | −2 | 49 |
| 12 | Sassuolo | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 49 | 57 | −8 | 49 |
* 1 2 Palermo finished ahead of Sassuolo on head-to-head away goals scored: Palermo 2-1 Sassuolo, Sassuolo 0-0 Palermo.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 30 May 2015. Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | D | D | L | D | D | W | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | W | L | D | W | D | D | L | W | W | D | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 |

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Nationality | Position | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | | | | O.G. |
| No. | Nationality | Position | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | | | O.G. |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | | GK | Michael Agazzi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | | GK | Diego López | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | | GK | Christian Abbiati | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | | RB / LB | Mattia De Sciglio | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | | CB | Philippe Mexès | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | | CB | Adil Rami | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | | LB | Michelangelo Albertazzi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | | CB | Cristián Zapata | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | | DF | Salvatore Bocchetti | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | | RB | Ignazio Abate | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | | CB | Daniele Bonera | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | | DF | Gabriel Paletta | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | | LB | Luca Antonelli | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | | CB | Alex | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 81 | | CB / RB | Cristian Zaccardo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | | RB | Davide Calabria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 4 | | CM | Sulley Muntari | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | | AM / RW | Suso | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | | AM / RW | Keisuke Honda | 29 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | | DM | Michael Essien | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | | CM | Andrea Poli | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | | CM | Riccardo Montolivo | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | | CM | Marco van Ginkel | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | | AM / LW | Giacomo Bonaventura | 33 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | | DM | Nigel de Jong | 29 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | | DM | Alessandro Mastalli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | | LM | Gian Filippo Felicioli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | | LW / ST / RW | Jérémy Ménez | 33 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | | ST | Mattia Destro | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | | ST | Giampaolo Pazzini | 26 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | | RW | Alessio Cerci | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | | LW | Davide Di Molfetta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | | LW | Stephan El Shaarawy | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | | LW | Hachim Mastour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other ||||||||||||||
| NN | | | Own goals | | 2 | | 0 | | 2 | | | | |
| Players transferred out during season ||||||||||||||
| 8 | | AM | Riccardo Saponara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | | ST | Fernando Torres | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | | LW / RW | M'Baye Niang | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | | LB | Pablo Armero | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Last update: 1 June 2015