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85-485: Forenede Klubber i Viborg (English: United Clubs in Viborg ), more commonly known as FK Viborg is the youth academy of Viborg FF . FK Viborg consists of youth teams on under-18, under-16, under-14 and under-12 basis. FK Viborg was founded in 2002 as a superstructure on Viborg FF , Overlund GF , Viborg B67 , Viborg Søndermarken IK , Viborg Nørremarken and Houlkær IF 's best youth teams. This article about

170-535: A Danish football club is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Youth system A subset of youth academies are referred to as elite academies, designated for teenagers and young adults. These academies typically have a higher cost of capital incurred for maintaining an optimal environment for practice as well as cups and other competitions that may be partaken. Elite academies often have full time staff including but not limited to coaches, physiotherapists, office staff and other roles that assist in

255-406: A 2-year contract. On 28 June 2019, Milan was excluded from the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League for violating Financial Fair Play regulations for the years 2014–2017 and 2015–2018. After four months in charge, Giampaolo was sacked after losing four of his first seven games, which was exacerbated by poor performances and a lack of supporter confidence. Stefano Pioli was hired as his replacement. After

340-453: A 99.93% stake of Milan for about €520 million, plus the refurbishment of the club financial debt of €220 million. On 13 April 2017, the deal was completed and Rossoneri Sport Investment Lux became the new direct parent company of the club. In order to finalise the deal, American hedge fund Elliott Management Corporation provided Li with a loan of €303 million (€180 million to complete the payment to Fininvest and €123 million issued directly to

425-592: A ball. Milan played their first matches at the Trotter pitch, located where the Milan Central railway station would later be built. It could not be defined as a stadium, as there were no dressing rooms, no stands and no other facilities. In 1903, Milan moved to the Acquabella pitch, where the stands consisted of a section of ground raised for the purpose. Milan played there until 1905. The following year

510-503: A club competition rather than an individual club. However, the teams that play in these youth leagues (called farm teams ) are generally attached to a larger senior club. The purpose of these leagues is to give young players experience in proper competition against other players that they will most likely end up playing with or against. The Premier League in England is known for having a large youth league attached to its senior clubs. In

595-594: A global poll of experts conducted by World Soccer magazine . After Sacchi left Milan in 1991, he was replaced by the club's former player Fabio Capello whose team won three consecutive Serie A titles between 1992 and 1994 , a spell which included a 58-match unbeaten run in Serie A (which earned the team the label "the Invincibles"), and back-to-back UEFA Champions League final appearances in 1993 , 1994 and 1995 . A year after losing 1–0 to Marseille in

680-406: A minority stake. After five seasons with Milan, Pioli stepped down at the end of 2023–24 season and Paulo Fonseca was named as his replacement. Red and black are the colours which have represented the club throughout its entire history. They were chosen by its founder Herbert Kilpin to represent the players' fiery ardor (red) and the opponents' fear to challenge the team (black). Rossoneri ,

765-535: A proposal to build a property stadium of 42,000 seats in Portello , behind the new HQ of the Rossoneri, and the large square "Piazza Gino Valle". The new village with shopping malls and hotel is located near CityLife district and is served by the metro . On 20 September 2015, however, Silvio Berlusconi called an end to his club's plans to build a new stadium in the city. In 2017, new CEO Marco Fassone stated that

850-424: A red and black striped shirt, combined with white shorts and black socks; over the course of the decades, only cyclical changes dictated by the fashions of the time affected this pattern, which remained almost unchanged up to present days. In the first decade of the 20th century, the Rossoneri's first kit was a simple silk shirt characterized by thin stripes, with the badge of the city of Milan sewn at heart level. From

935-658: A relocation. He stated Milan's new stadium will be largely based on the Veltins-Arena  – the home of Schalke 04 in Gelsenkirchen  – and will follow the standards of football stadiums in the United States, Germany and Spain. As opposed to many other stadiums in Italy, Milan's new stadium would likely be used for football only, having no athletics track. On 11 December 2014, Barbara Berlusconi announced

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1020-501: A study from 2010, Milan is the most supported Italian team in Europe and seventh overall, with over 18.4 million fans. It had the thirteenth highest average attendance of European football clubs during the 2019–20 season, behind Borussia Dortmund , Bayern Munich , Manchester United , Barcelona , Real Madrid , Inter , Schalke 04 , Tottenham Hotspur , Celtic , Atlético Madrid , West Ham United and Arsenal . Milan's main rivalry

1105-665: A three-year hegemony of Genoa , and a further two in succession in 1906 and 1907 . The club proved successful in the first decade of its existence, with several important trophies won, including, among others, the Medaglia del Re three times, the Palla Dapples 23 times and the FGNI tournament five times, a competition organized by the Italian Gymnastics Federation but not officially recognized by

1190-496: A very young age and teach them football skills required to play at that club's level and style of football. Clubs are often restricted to recruiting locally based youngsters, but some larger clubs such as Arsenal , Real Madrid , Manchester United , and Chelsea have recruited foreign talent, leading to the formation of specialist recruiters such as the La Liga Youth Brokerage, which started in 2016. Many of

1275-613: A world class academy. West Ham's youth academy is known as The Academy of Football , and has produced many English talents that have gone on to play with larger clubs in the Premier League . Another example is lower league clubs who have produced high quality players through the academy and sold them to keep the club running. A prime example of this is Crewe Alexandra who have, under Dario Gradi and his staff, nurtured players into high quality players such as Danny Murphy and Dean Ashton and sold them. An alternative name for

1360-455: A year later as the team ended its 1981–82 campaign in third-last place. In 1983 , Milan won the Serie B title for the second time in three seasons to return to Serie A, where they achieved a sixth-place finish in 1983–84 . On 20 February 1986, entrepreneur Silvio Berlusconi (who owned Fininvest and Mediaset ) acquired the club and saved it from bankruptcy after investing vast amounts of money, appointing rising manager Arrigo Sacchi at

1445-824: A youth academy is "Centre of Excellence". In English football, these terms have distinct meanings and are licensed and regulated by The Football Association and The Football League . In 2020, Major League Rugby teams started forming youth academies. In the Soviet Union , children-youth sports schools were used as youth systems. Financing of the Soviet youth system was conducted by clubs such as Dynamo Kyiv , Spartak Moscow , CSKA Moscow , and other clubs, and also through major industrial Soviet state enterprises such as PA Yuzhmash , Black Sea Shipping Company , Izhevsk Mechanical Plant , and other enterprises. While similar to youth academies, youth leagues are built into

1530-593: Is an Italian professional football club based in Milan , Lombardy . Founded in 1899, the club competes in the Serie A , the top tier of Italian football . In its early history, Milan played its home games in different grounds around the city before moving to its current stadium, the San Siro , in 1926. The stadium, which was built by Milan's second chairman, Piero Pirelli and has been shared with Inter Milan since 1947,

1615-466: Is one of the most supported football clubs in Italy, according to research conducted by Italian newspaper La Repubblica . Historically, Milan was supported by the city's working class, which granted them the nickname of casciavid [kaʃaˈʋiːt] (which in Milanese dialect means "screwdrivers"), used until the 1960s. On the other hand, crosstown rivals Inter Milan were mainly supported by

1700-471: Is rarely used, changes yearly, being mostly black with red trimmings. "I can't think of many shirts out there that are as recognisable as Milan's. – Our kits go beyond just the sphere of football." " AC Milan Anthem – Milan Milan " debuted in 1988 and was composed by Tony Renis and Massimo Guantini. The official mascot, designed by Warner Bros. , is " Milanello ", a red devil with the AC Milan kit and

1785-511: Is the largest in Italian football, with a total capacity of 75,817. The club has a long-standing rivalry with Inter, with whom they contest the Derby della Madonnina , one of the most followed derbies in football. Milan has spent its entire history in Serie A with the exception of the 1980–81 and 1982–83 seasons. Silvio Berlusconi ’s 31-year tenure as Milan president was a standout period in

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1870-510: Is the most successful Italian club in international football with 20 major international trophies (18 of them organised by UEFA and FIFA) and the third most successful in Europe overall after Real Madrid and Barcelona. They have won the European Cup/Champions League seven times, an Italian record and only surpassed by Real Madrid, with their most recent coming in 2007. Milan's fifth European Cup win, in 1994, meant that

1955-399: Is therefore renowned in Italy for its fantastic atmosphere during matches, largely thanks to the closeness of the stands to the pitch. The frequent use of flares by supporters contributes to the atmosphere but the practice has occasionally caused problems. On 19 December 2005, Milan vice-president and executive director Adriano Galliani announced that the club was seriously working towards

2040-685: Is with its neighbour club, Inter Milan . Both clubs meet in the widely anticipated Derby della Madonnina twice every Serie A season. The name of the derby refers to the Blessed Virgin Mary , whose statue atop the Milan Cathedral is one of the city's main attractions. The first match was held in the final of the Chiasso Cup of 1908, a football tournament played in Canton Ticino, Switzerland, on 18 October of that year;

2125-624: The 1993 Champions League final , Capello's team reached its peak in one of Milan's most memorable matches of all time, the famous 4–0 win over Barcelona in the 1994 Champions League final . Capello's side went on to win the 1995–96 league title before he left to manage Real Madrid in 1996. In 1998–99 , after a two-year period of decline, Milan lifted its 16th championship in the club's centenary season . Milan's next period of success came under another former player, Carlo Ancelotti . After his appointment in November 2001, Ancelotti took Milan to

2210-466: The 2003 Champions League final , where they defeated Juventus on penalties to win the club's sixth European Cup. The team then won the Scudetto in 2003–04 before reaching the 2005 Champions League final , where they were beaten by Liverpool on penalties despite leading 3–0 at half-time. Two years later, the two teams met again in the 2007 Champions League final , with Milan winning 2–1 to lift

2295-541: The 2013–14 UEFA Champions League . Milan secured their 19th Italian championship title on the last round of the 2021–22 season , with a club-record tally of 86 points. It was their first league title since the 2010–11 season . In the Serie A Awards , Rafael Leão was named as the league's most valuable player , Mike Maignan as the best goalkeeper, and Pioli as coach of the season. On 1 June 2022, RedBird Capital Partners agreed to acquire AC Milan at $ 1.3 billion, meanwhile Elliott Management Corporation would keep

2380-580: The Court of Arbitration for Sport and the decision was overturned on 20 July 2018. In Gattuso's first full season in charge, Milan exceeded expectations and spent much of the campaign in the top 4. Despite winning their final 4 games, Milan missed out on the Champions League by one point. After Milan's failure to qualify for the Champions League, Gattuso resigned as manager. On 19 June 2019, Milan hired former Sampdoria manager Marco Giampaolo on

2465-598: The European Club Association . " Saremo una squadra di diavoli. I nostri colori saranno il rosso come il fuoco e il nero come la paura che incuteremo agli avversari. " " We will be a team of devils. Our colours will be red like fire and black like the fear we will invoke in our opponents. " AC Milan was founded as Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club in 1899 by English expatriate Herbert Kilpin . The club claims 16 December of that year as their foundation date, but historical evidence seems to suggest that

2550-487: The First World War which, especially the former, received a lot of attention and proved to be highly competitive, despite them not being officially recognized by the Italian federation. The 1950s saw the club return to the top of Italian football, headed by the famous Gre-No-Li Swedish trio Gunnar Gren , Gunnar Nordahl and Nils Liedholm . This was one of the club's most successful periods domestically, with

2635-483: The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) unilaterally decided that it had sufficient evidence to charge Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani . As a result, Milan was initially punished with a 15-point deduction and was banned from the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League . An appeal saw that penalty reduced to eight points, which allowed the club to retain its Champions League participation. Following

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2720-442: The Italian Football Federation . In 1908, Milan experienced a split caused by internal disagreements over the signing of foreign players, which led to the forming of another Milan-based team, F.C. Internazionale . Following these events, Milan did not manage to win a single domestic title until 1950–51 , with some exceptions represented by the 1915–16 Coppa Federale and the 1917–18 Coppa Mauro , two tournaments played during

2805-546: The Montreal Junior Canadiens and Toronto Marlboros ) to which they would retain territorial rights; this system was phased out in 1967 in favor of a draft system. To a certain extent, Little League Baseball serves a similar purpose for professional baseball, although the vast majority of development and recruitment comes at the high school level. The National Football League operates two youth academies, one at Loughborough University in England and

2890-634: The National Basketball Association have a youth system. Basketball players are typically developed and recruited straight out of high school, although the National Basketball Association requires at least one year out of high school to be eligible to play. College basketball is also a source of players for the NBA and other professional leagues. MLS Next (stylized in all caps) is a system of youth soccer leagues that are managed, organized and controlled by Major League Soccer. It

2975-540: The Scudetto going to Milan in 1951 , 1955 , 1957 and 1959 . This decade witnessed also the first European successes of Milan, with the 1951 and 1956 Latin Cup triumphs against Lille and Athletic Bilbao . Milan was also the first Italian club to take part to the newly born European Cup in the 1955–56 season, and reached the final two years later , when they were defeated by Real Madrid . The 1960s began with

3060-405: The 1910s, the stripes were enlarged following a pattern that would remain unchanged until the late 1950s. The 1960s marked a return to the origins, with the use of thin stripes. This style would last until the 1985–86 season, with a small intermezzo from 1980 to 1982, when the stripes changed to a middle size again. A notable innovation occurred in this period. Between the 1979–80 and 1980–81 seasons,

3145-424: The 1970s were characterized by the pursuit of the 10th Serie A title, which grants the winner the Scudetto star. For three years in a row, in 1971 , 1972 and 1973 , Milan ended up second in the league, after some memorable duels with Inter and Juventus. Finally, the achievement was reached in 1979 . The same year saw the retirement of Gianni Rivera and the debut of Franco Baresi , at his first full season with

3230-409: The AC Milan shirt achieved an important record by adding the surnames of the players above the number for the first time in Italian football. From the 1986–87 season, under the impulse of the new club owner Silvio Berlusconi , the stripes were brought back to a middle size, and the colour of the socks was changed to white, taking the same colour of the shorts. In such a way, Berlusconi aimed at giving

3315-423: The Rossoneri won 2–1. The rivalry reached its highest point in the 1960s, when the two clubs dominated the scene both domestically and internationally. In Italy they cumulatively won five Serie A titles, while internationally they collected four European cups. On the bench it showcased the clash of two different approaches to Catenaccio by the two managers: Nereo Rocco for Milan and Helenio Herrera for Inter. On

3400-487: The Swedish Gre-No-Li on the rossoneri side and the trio formed by Giampiero Boniperti , John Hansen and Karl Aage Præst on the bianconeri side; the early 1970s, when for two consecutive seasons, 1971-72 and 1972-73 , Milan lost the scudetto to Juventus by just one point; the 1990s, when the two clubs dominated the league by winning eight (consecutive) titles out of ten, lining up players that marked

3485-413: The ability to study in parallel with the academy training, such as is the case in for example the system of college sports in the United States. Schools may offer sports focused programmes in order to integrate their student experiences with the academies of affiliation. Youth systems attached exclusively to one club are often called youth academies. In a youth academy, a club will sign multiple players at

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3570-443: The aftermath of Calciopoli, local rivals Internazionale dominated Serie A, winning four Scudetti . However, with the help a strong squad boasting players such as Zlatan Ibrahimović , Robinho and Alexandre Pato joining many of the veterans of the club's mid-decade European successes, Milan recaptured the Scudetto in the 2010–11 Serie A season , their first since the 2003–04 season and 18th overall. After their 18th Scudetto,

3655-405: The badge worn on match kits, from the origins to the mid-1940s it was simply the flag of Milan. For many decades no club logo was displayed, with the exception of the devil's logo in the early 1980s. The club badge made its definitive appearance on the match strips in the 1995–96, in a form that remained basically unchanged until present days. Since its foundation, the AC Milan home kit consisted of

3740-498: The club declined in performance. Milan failed to qualify to European competitions for a few years, and the only trophy won was the 2016 Supercoppa Italiana , achieved under Vincenzo Montella 's coaching after defeating Juventus in the penalty shoot-out. On 5 August 2016, a new preliminary agreement was signed with the Chinese investment management company Sino-Europe Sports Investment Management Changxing Co., to which Fininvest sold

3825-471: The club may look at either staying in the San Siro or moving to a new stadium with the club hierarchy emphasising the need to increase average attendance for home games. On 27 September 2023, chairman Paolo Scaroni announced the club had filed a proposal to build a new 70,000-seater stadium, alongside the club headquarters and museum in the comune of San Donato Milanese , a suburb south of Milan. Milan

3910-680: The club moved to the Porta Monforte pitch, where they played until 1914. The stadium was furnished with a ticket office and wooden stands. In the following years Milan played at the Velodromo Sempione from 1914 to 1920, and at the Viale Lombardia stadium from 1920 to 1926. The latter was a modern structure, with a big main stand and which hosted several games of the Italy national football team . In 1926 Milan moved to

3995-480: The club was actually founded a few days earlier, most likely on 13 December. However, with the club's charter being lost, the exact date remains open to debate. In honour of its English origins, the club has retained the English spelling of the city's name, as opposed to the Italian spelling Milano, which it was forced to bear under the fascist regime . Milan won its first Italian championship in 1901 , interrupting

4080-405: The club won its first European Cup in two decades, beating Romanian club Steaua București 4–0 in the final . Milan retained their title with a 1–0 win over Benfica a year later and was the last team to win back-to-back European Cups until Real Madrid's win in 2017 . The Milan team of 1988–1990, nicknamed the "Immortals" in the Italian media, has been voted the best club side of all time in

4165-414: The club's history, as they established themselves as one of Europe's most dominant and successful clubs. Milan won 29 trophies during his tenure, securing multiple Serie A and UEFA Champions League titles. During the 1991–92 season , the club notably achieved the feat of being the first team to win the Serie A title without losing a single game. Milan is home to multiple Ballon d'Or winners, and three of

4250-466: The club's players, Marco van Basten , Ruud Gullit , and Frank Rijkaard , were ranked in the top three on the podium for the 1988 Ballon d'Or , an unprecedented achievement in the history of the prize. Domestically, Milan has won 19 league titles , 5 Coppa Italia titles and 7 Supercoppa Italiana titles. In international competitions, Milan is Italy's most successful club. The club has won seven European Cup/Champions League titles, making them

4335-463: The club). On 10 July 2018, Li failed to keep up with his loan repayment plan, neglecting to deposit a €32 million instalment on time in order to refinance the €303 million loan debt owed to the American hedge fund. As a result, In July 2018, chairman Li Yonghong 's investment vehicle Rossoneri Champion Inv. Lux. was removed as the shareholder of Rossoneri Sport Inv. Lux., the direct parent company of

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4420-529: The club, making the investment vehicle majority controlled by Elliott Management Corporation the sole shareholder of Rossoneri Sport Inv. Lux. On 27 November 2017, Montella was sacked due to poor results and replaced by former player Gennaro Gattuso . Milan qualified for the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League group stage after finishing 6th in the 2017–18 Serie A season, but were banned by UEFA from European competition due to violations of Financial Fair Play regulations for failure to break-even. Milan appealed to

4505-507: The club. After this success, the team went into a period of decline. The club in 1980 was involved in the Totonero scandal and as punishment was relegated to Serie B for the first time in its history. The scandal was centred around a betting syndicate paying players and officials to fix the outcome of matches. Milan achieved promotion back to Serie A at the first attempt, winning the 1980–81 Serie B title, but were again relegated

4590-543: The club. It is the first Italian thematic channel entirely dedicated to a football team. On 1 July 2016, the channel took on the new name of Milan TV , renewing its graphics and logo. In the editorial field, Forza Milan! was the official magazine of the club for over half a century. It was founded in 1963 by journalist Gino Sansoni and published by Panini . Issued with a monthly cadence, it covered all events surrounding Milan, with interviews to its protagonists, special posters, reports of official and friendly matches. Under

4675-438: The clubs with the greater basin of supporters as well as those with the greatest turnover and stock market value in the country. Milan and Juventus were often fighting for the top positions of the Serie A standings. Some important periods marked by this rivalry were the early 1950s, which saw the two teams alternating each other as Serie A champions (the two clubs won seven titles in the decade), and big duels between forwards, with

4760-504: The competition's second-most successful team behind Real Madrid , and further honours include five UEFA Super Cups , two UEFA Cup Winners' Cups , a joint record two Latin Cups , a joint record three Intercontinental Cups and one FIFA Club World Cup . Milan is one of the wealthiest clubs in Italian and world football. It was a founding member of the now-defunct G-14 group of Europe's leading football clubs as well as its replacement,

4845-407: The debut of Milan's legend Gianni Rivera in 1960: he would remain with the club for the rest of his career for the following 19 seasons. In 1961, Nereo Rocco was appointed as new coach of the club, which under his leadership won immediately a scudetto in 1961–62 , followed, in the next season, by Milan's first European Cup triumph, achieved after beating Benfica in the final . This success

4930-491: The direction of Gigi Vesigna it reached a monthly circulation of 130,000 copies. The last issue of the magazine was published in June 2018. With a total of 31 domestic honours, Milan is one of the most successful clubs in Italy. The club won its first Serie A title in 1901 with its most recent coming in 2022. Milan's tenth scudetto win meant that it earned the right to place a star on its jersey in recognition of this. Milan

5015-509: The finest youth academies and have produced many players regarded as some of the best in world football. Other clubs, such as the Brazilian teams Grêmio and São Paulo , Espanyol in Spain, Atalanta , Inter Milan , and AC Milan of Italy , and English clubs Leeds United , Middlesbrough , Watford , Aston Villa , and West Ham United , while not as financially successful as others, have

5100-483: The following are worth mentioning: Eccezzziunale... veramente , Really SSSupercool: Chapter Two (whose cast includes Paolo Maldini , Gennaro Gattuso , Massimo Ambrosini , Dida , Andriy Shevchenko and Alessandro Costacurta ) and Tifosi (whose cast includes Franco Baresi ). On 16 December 1999, on the day of the centenary of the club's foundation, Milan Channel was launched. The subscription-based television channel broadcasts news, events and vintage matches of

5185-587: The forthcoming season the A-League in Australia will begin its own youth league. Youth leagues are not just exclusive to football (soccer). The Australian Football League (AFL) has a youth league established underneath its senior league with no attachment to any senior club. The players that play in this competition are then chosen to play for senior clubs through the AFL draft . Basketball clubs in Europe follow

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5270-467: The helm of the Rossoneri and signing Dutch internationals Ruud Gullit , Marco van Basten and Frank Rijkaard . The Dutch trio added an attacking impetus to the team, and complemented the club's Italian internationals Paolo Maldini , Franco Baresi , Alessandro Costacurta and Roberto Donadoni . Under Sacchi, Milan won its first Scudetto in nine years in the 1987–88 season . The following year,

5355-551: The history of football in their era and in the whole history; and finally in the 2000s, when, between the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons, the two clubs contested each other the Serie A titles, both won by Juventus but then revoked due to the Calciopoli scandal. The only match played by the two teams in European competitions was the 2003 UEFA Champions League final , the first such final between two Italian clubs, won by Milan at

5440-842: The larger football clubs in Europe such as Ajax and Feyenoord in the Netherlands , FC Barcelona , Atlético Madrid , and Real Madrid in Spain , Benfica , Sporting CP , and Porto in Portugal , Olympique Lyonnais and Paris Saint-Germain in France , Manchester United , Liverpool , Arsenal , and Chelsea in England , FC Bayern Munich , Borussia Dortmund , and Schalke 04 in Germany , among many others, are regarded as having some of

5525-419: The last game of the season condemning the Rossoneri to the second Serie B season of their history. The rivalry worsened in 1995 after Genoa fan Vincenzo Spagnolo was stabbed to death by a Milan supporter. Milan also have rivalries with Fiorentina , Atalanta and Napoli . In the movie industry, among the films dedicated to the Rossoneri team is Sunday Heroes (1953), by director Mario Camerini , in which

5610-464: The main plot pivots around a fictional football match between the Rossoneri and a club on the brink of relegation. In the film appear, in addition to the coach Lajos Czeizler , many of the Milan players of the time, including Lorenzo Buffon , Carlo Annovazzi and the entire Gre-No-Li trio. Milan as a fan base and some of their most popular players appeared in several Italian comedy movies. Among them

5695-433: The more prosperous middle class. The oldest ultras groups in all of Italian football, Fossa dei Leoni , originated in Milan. Currently, the main ultras group within the support base is Brigate Rossonere . Milan ultras have never had any particular political preference, but the media traditionally associated them with the left wing until recently, when Berlusconi's presidency somewhat altered that view. According to

5780-399: The most common of which are one vertical or horizontal red and black stripe. The white away kit is considered by both the fans and the club to be a lucky strip in Champions League finals, due to the fact that Milan has won six finals out of eight in an all white strip (losing only to Ajax in 1995 and Liverpool in 2005), and only won one out of three in the home strip. The third strip, which

5865-428: The operations of the academy. Rules of top academies are strict and unlike other association football clubs, most clubs will have strict travel rules and will not allow players to drive to and from matches on the same day if under the age of 21 due to fatigue levels and stress. Underage players may sign youth contracts with the club or association that owns the elite academy. It is also common for elite academies to offer

5950-577: The other at A. B. Paterson College in Australia, with those academies designed mainly for international talent. The majority of the NFL's players, along with those of the neighboring Canadian Football League , are developed predominantly through the educational system, first with high school football and then college football (university football in Canada). Canada also has its own junior football system similar to hockey's . Neither Major League Baseball nor

6035-461: The penalties, which granted Milan the sixth Champions League title of their history. The rivalry with Genoa started at the dawn of the 20th century, when the two clubs repeatedly faced each other for the Italian championship and other important trophies of the time. It then continued in the 1981-82 Serie A season, when Genoa avoided relegation in Naples just a few minutes from the final whistle of

6120-497: The pitch the stage was taken by some of the biggest stars the Italian Serie A could offer: players such as Gianni Rivera , Giovanni Trapattoni and José Altafini for Milan and Sandro Mazzola , Giacinto Facchetti and Luis Suárez for Inter. The match usually creates a lively atmosphere, with numerous (often humorous or offensive) banners unfolded before the start of the game. Flares are commonly present and contribute to

6205-491: The players a more elegant look, as well as making the kit more distinguishably red and black when watched on the television compared to the thin striped kit, which, at a distance and on the television, could mistaken for a full red or brown shirt. This style continued until 1998. Starting from the 1998–99 season, the kits started to be modified on a yearly basis in their design. Milan's away kit has always been completely white, sometimes adorned with various types of decorations,

6290-479: The restart of the Serie A campaign due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Milan went on a 10 match unbeaten streak, winning 7 in the process including matches against Juventus, Lazio and Roma. This streak led to Milan abandoning their plans of hiring Ralf Rangnick as their new manager and sporting director, and instead extended Pioli's contract for a further 2 years. Following a stellar start in the 2020–21 Serie A , which

6375-698: The same format as their respective football (soccer) clubs, with youth tournaments in each country, as well as the Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament , where the top 32 under-18 sides compete for the championship. Minor ice hockey and junior ice hockey serve an identical purpose for ice hockey and the National Hockey League (NHL). Historically, hockey followed a similar model to association football in that professional teams owned junior teams to develop youth talent (examples including

6460-432: The spectacle but they have occasionally led to problems, including the abandonment of the second leg of the 2004–05 Champions League quarter-final match between Milan and Inter on 12 April 2005, after a flare thrown from the crowd by an Inter supporter struck Milan goalkeeper Dida on the shoulder. The rivalry with Juventus F.C. is a rivalry between the two most titled teams in Italy. The challenge confronts also two of

6545-447: The stadium has undergone several major renovations, most recently in preparation for the 1990 FIFA World Cup when its capacity was set to 85,700, all covered with a polycarbonate roof. In the summer of 2008 its capacity was reduced to 80,018, to meet the new standards set by UEFA . Based on the English model for stadiums, San Siro is specifically designed for football matches, as opposed to many multi-purpose stadiums used in Serie A. It

6630-405: The stadium where they still play nowadays: The San Siro . The stadium, officially known as Stadio Giuseppe Meazza after the former player who represented both Milan and Internazionale , has 75,923 seats. The more commonly used name, "San Siro", is the name of the district where it is located. San Siro was privately built by funding from Milan's president at the time, Piero Pirelli . Construction

6715-451: The team's widely used nickname, literally means "the red & blacks" in Italian, in reference to the colours of the stripes on its jersey. Another nickname derived from the club's colours is the Devil . An image of a red devil was used as Milan's logo at one point with a Golden Star for Sport Excellence located next to it. As is customary in Italian football, the star above the logo

6800-585: The title for a seventh time. The team then won its first FIFA Club World Cup in December 2007. In 2009, after becoming Milan's second longest serving manager with 420 matches overseen, Ancelotti left the club to take over as manager at Chelsea . During this period, the club was involved in the Calciopoli scandal, where five teams were accused of fixing matches by selecting favourable referees. A police inquiry excluded any involvement of Milan managers;

6885-517: Was a continuation of the second half of the previous season, Milan under Pioli in his first full season were led to a second-place finish in the league which was the highest finish for the team since the 2011–12 Serie A . This result allowed Milan to qualify for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League for the following season, which would become their first appearance in the UEFA Champions League in seven years since their last appearance in

6970-514: Was awarded to the club after winning 10 league titles, in 1979. The official Milan logos have always displayed the Flag of Milan , which was originally the flag of Saint Ambrose , next to red and black stripes. The modern badge used today represents the club colours and the flag of the Comune di Milano , with the acronym ACM at the top and the foundation year (1899) at the bottom. For what concerns

7055-542: Was introduced by the league in 2020. The system was introduced in mid 2020 and will be active for the first time during the 2020–21 season. It is a successor to the U.S. Soccer Development Academy . The system covers the under-13, under-14, under-15, under-16, under-17, and under-19 age groups. AC Milan Associazione Calcio Milan ( Italian pronunciation: [assotʃatˈtsjoːne ˈkaltʃo ˈmiːlan] ), commonly referred to as AC Milan ( Italian pronunciation: [a tˌtʃi mˈmiːlan] ) or simply Milan ,

7140-550: Was performed by 120 workers, and took 13 + 1 ⁄ 2 months to complete. The stadium was owned by the club until it was sold to the city in 1935, and since 1947 it has been shared with Internazionale when the other major Milanese club was accepted as joint tenant. The first game played at the stadium was on 19 September 1926, when Milan lost 6–3 in a friendly match against Internazionale. Milan played its first league game in San Siro on 19 September 1926, losing 1–2 to Sampierdarenese . From an initial capacity of 35,000 spectators,

7225-496: Was repeated in 1969 , with a 4–1 win over Ajax in the final , which was followed by the Intercontinental Cup title the same year. During this period Milan also won its ninth scudetto , its first Coppa Italia , with victory over Padova in the 1967 final, and two European Cup Winners' Cups in 1967–68 and 1972–73 , after defeating in the last match Hamburg and Leeds United respectively. Domestically,

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