AC Milan

AC Milan is an Italian football club in Milan. They were started in 1899 by two Englishmen, Herbet Kilpin and Alfred Edwards after a heavy drinking session in the Fiaschetteria Toscana tavern in Milan. Herbet Kilpin became the first team coach and captain whilst Alfred Edwards became the first club president.

Their first name was Milan Cricket and Football Club. They have won the Serie A football league 18 times and the Coppa Italia football cup five times. They have won more trophies than any Italian club except for Juventus. In the 2005/06 season, they were punished for setting up the results. They started the 2006/07 season with an eight-point deficit, but they managed to finish fourth and win the UEFA Champions League qualification games. Milan won the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League, defeating Liverpool 2–1 in the final in Athens.

Milan play at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, also known as San Siro because Giuseppe Meazza was a star player for Inter Milan.

Name
The club was founded by as Milan Football and Cricket Club by an Englishman named Herbert Kilpin. Because of its English origins, in both English and Italian, the club uses the English name "Milan" instead of the Italian name . A similar way of naming exists for Genoa CFC, which uses the name "Genoa" instead of  because of its English origins.

 Names 
 1899–1919 Milan Cricket and Football Club
 1919–1938 Milan Football Club
 1938–1945 Associazione Calcio Milano
 1945–present Associazione Calcio Milan

 Honours 
 Serie A : 19
 1901, 1906, 1907, 1950/51, 1954/55, 1956/57, 1958/59, 1961/62, 1967/68, 1978/79, 1987/88, 1991/92, 1992/93, 1993/94, 1995/96, 1998/99, 2003/04, 2010/2011, 2021/2022
 Serie B : 2
 1980–81, 1982–83
 Coppa Italia : 5
 1967, 1972, 1973, 1977, 2003
 Supercoppa Italiana : 8  – shared record
 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2005, 2011, 2016, 2024
 European Cup / UEFA Champions League : 7
 1963, 1969, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007
 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup : 2
 1968, 1973
 UEFA Super Cup : 5  – shared record
 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007
 Intercontinental Cup : 3
 1969, 1989, 1990
 Latin Cup : 2
 1951, 1956
 Mitropacup : 1
 1982

 League position 
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 Former position 

 Players 

First team squad



Out on loan

 Retired numbers 

No.PlayerNationalityPositionMilan debutLast matchRef3*Paolo Maldini ItalyCentre back / Left back25 January 198531 May 20096Franco Baresi ItalySweeper23 April 19781 June 1997
* Might be restored for one of his two sons, should either of them play professionally for the club.

 Coaching staff 

 Position Name Manager Stefano Pioli Assistant manager Giacomo Murelli Technical coaches Daniele Bonera Davide Lucarelli Gianmarco Pioli Luciano Vulcano Fitness coaches Loca Monguzzi Matteo Osti Roberto Peressutti Marco Vago Goalkeeping coaches Luigi Turci Emiliano Betti Team manager Andrea Romeo

 Presidents and managers 

 Presidential history 
Milan has had numerous presidents over the course of its history, some of whom have been owners of the club while others have been honorary presidents. Here is a complete list of them.
 NameYearsAlfred Edwards1899–1909Piero Pirelli1909–1928Luigi Ravasco1928–1930Mario Benazzoli1930–1933Commission1933Luigi Ravasco1933–1935Pietro Annoni1935–1936Regency1936Emilio Colombo1936–1939Achille Invernizzi1939–1940Commission1940–1944 NameYearsRegency1944–1945Umberto Trabattoni1945–1954Andrea Rizzoli1954–1963Felice Riva1963–1965Commission1965–1966Luigi Carraro1966–1967Franco Carraro1967–1971Federico Sordillo1971–1972Albino Buticchi1972–1975Bruno Pardi1975–1976Vittorio Duina1976–1977 NameYearsFelice Colombo1977–1980Gaetano Morazzoni1980–1982Giuseppe Farina1982–1986Rosario Lo Verde1986Silvio Berlusconi1986–2004Regency2004–2006Silvio Berlusconi2006–2008Regency2008–2017 Li Yonghong2017–2018 Paolo Scaroni2018–

 Managerial history 
Nereo Rocco is the most successful manager in the history of AC Milan with ten trophies.

Below is a list of Milan coaches from 1900 until the present day.
 NameNationalityYearsHerbert Kilpin1900–1908Daniele Angeloni1906–1907Technical Commission1907–1910Giovanni Camperio1910–1911Technical Commission1911–1914Guido Moda1915–1922Ferdi Oppenheim1922–1924Vittorio Pozzo1924–1926Guido Moda1926Herbert Burgess1926–1928Engelbert König1928–1931József Bánás1931–1933József Viola1933–1934Adolfo Baloncieri1934–1937William Garbutt1937Hermann FelsnerJózsef Bánás1937–1938József Viola1938–1940Guido AraAntonio Busini1940–1941Mario Magnozzi1941–1943Giuseppe Santagostino1943–1945Adolfo Baloncieri1945–1946Giuseppe Bigogno1946–1949Lajos Czeizler1949–1952Gunnar Gren1952Mario Sperone1952–1953Béla Guttmann1953–1954Antonio Busini1954Hector Puricelli1954–1956Giuseppe Viani1957–1960Paolo Todeschini1960–1961Nereo Rocco1961–1963Luis Carniglia1963–1964Nils Liedholm1963–1966Giovanni Cattozzo1966Arturo Silvestri1966–1967Nereo Rocco1967–1972Cesare Maldini1973–1974 NameNationalityYearsGiovanni Trapattoni1974Gustavo Giagnoni1974–1975Nereo Rocco1975Paolo Barison1975–1976Giovanni Trapattoni1976Giuseppe Marchioro1976–1977Nereo Rocco1977Nils Liedholm1977–1979Massimo Giacomini1979–1981Italo Galbiati1981Luigi Radice1981–1982Italo Galbiati1982Francesco Zagatti1982Ilario Castagner1982–1984Italo Galbiati1984Nils Liedholm1984–1987Fabio Capello1987Arrigo Sacchi1987–1991Fabio Capello1991–1996Óscar TabárezGiorgio Morini1996Arrigo Sacchi1996–1997Fabio Capello1997–1998Alberto Zaccheroni1998–2001Cesare MaldiniMauro Tassotti2001Fatih TerimAntonio Di Gennaro2001Carlo Ancelotti2001–2009Leonardo2009–2010Massimiliano Allegri2010–2014Mauro Tassotti (caretaker)2014Clarence Seedorf2014Filippo Inzaghi2014–2015Siniša Mihajlović2015–2016Cristian Brocchi2016Vincenzo Montella2016–2017Gennaro Gattuso2017–2019Marco Giampaolo2019Stefano Pioli2019–

 Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors 
 Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Brand Company1981–82Linea MilanPooh JeansItaliana Manifatture1982–83NRHitachiHitachi Europe1983–84Cuore1984–85Rolly GoOscar MondadoriArnoldo Mondadori Editore1985–86Gianni RiveraFotorex U-BixOlivetti1986–87Kappa1987–90Mediolanum1990–92Adidas1992–93Motta1993–94Lotto1994–98OpelGeneral Motors1998–06Adidas2006–10Bwin2010–18EmiratesThe Emirates Group2018–Puma

 Other websites 

 AC Milan official website

 References 

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