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83-560: Associazione Calcio Milan ( Italian pronunciation: [assotʃatˈtsjoːne ˈkaltʃo ˈmiːlan] ), commonly referred to as AC Milan ( Italian pronunciation: [a tˌtʃi mˈmiːlan] ) or simply Milan , 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

166-484: A (professional) football club is incorporation . A football club is an entity which is formed and governed by a committee and has members which may consist of supporters in addition to players. A consequence of the FIFA rules and regulations for association football clubs is that players are not allowed to be owned by any legal entity other than the clubs themselves. This means that the involvement of external investors in

249-404: 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

332-451: 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

415-644: A business, city or district. Clubs often are the sole event organisers of their home games. Stadium naming rights are sometimes procured by sponsors to generate additional sources of revenue for the football club. Normally this requires the club (or its owners) to have sole ownership of the stadium of which naming rights are sold. An association football club exists as a business entity. The club signs commercial contract with players as well as non-playing personnel. As any business entity it has its own secretary or secretarial department as well as financial, legal, accounting and other departments. The club also often has

498-476: A club is and is not allowed to do with their spending and capital holdings. The capital structure of a football club most closely resembles that of a nonprofit corporation , although it may still be profitable per se to its investors. A practical example is the fact that clubs may deliberately price matchday tickets below market value , instead favouring a higher stadium attendance or membership priority access over total matchday revenues. Another notable example

581-440: A combination of their own youth academies, as well as external sources of talent (pools) through affiliated clubs as well as the arrangement of youth tournaments. An association football club normally has a designated stadium as their home ground, where the club plays its home games, which normally make up about half of fixtures for a given season. The home ground can either be owned by the club itself or by some other entity such as

664-483: A department or someone who popularizes it or interacts with public on behalf of the club (public affair). The club may also contain own agronomist or whole agricultural department. An association football club often times provides some medical support in forms of first or urgent medical aid and physical rehabilitation or recovery plans for its players. Italian Gymnastics Federation The Italian Gymnastics Federation ( Italian : Federazione Ginnastica d'Italia )

747-404: 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 ,

830-447: A national level within each national member association. The majority of association football clubs take part in a league system . These league systems are governed on a continental level by the six regional FIFA confederations. Football clubs exist all over the world on amateur, semi-professional or professional levels of the game. They can be owned by members as well as business entities. Football clubs have been in practice since

913-565: 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 is therefore renowned in Italy for its fantastic atmosphere during matches, largely thanks to the closeness of the stands to

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996-422: A presence within a certain geographic area where football is a natural part of the culture. Football clubs may also expand their area of reach further from the local region of origin to whom they belong. Many association football clubs will have either one or more youth systems connected to the organization, either as part of the club, or as an affiliate to the club. The more prestigious football clubs often have

1079-477: 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 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

1162-548: 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 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

1245-552: 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 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

1328-489: Is Italy's most successful club. The club has won seven European Cup/Champions League titles, making them 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

1411-544: 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 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

1494-513: 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 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

1577-585: Is the national governing body for gymnastics in Italy . Founded in 1869, the federation celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2019. The Italian Gymnastics Federation is a member of the European umbrella organization European Union of Gymnastics as well as the World Association for International Gymnastics Federation The Italian Gymnastics Federation is the only gymnastics association part of

1660-563: 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

1743-454: 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 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

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1826-442: Is the prevalence of community initiatives by professional football clubs. The English Premier League is wholly owned by its 20 participating member clubs. Professional football clubs also act as market entities offering a highly sought after product to an entertainment sector audience. It therefor acts as a market intermediator between its product (the football players) and its market (the supporters). In doing so, it fills

1909-685: 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;

1992-634: 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 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",

2075-411: The 1987–88 season . The following year, 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

2158-622: 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

2241-464: 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

2324-538: 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

2407-508: 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

2490-482: 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

2573-718: 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 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

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2656-461: The 1960s. On the other hand, crosstown rivals Inter Milan were mainly supported by 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

2739-499: 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, 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,

2822-530: The 19th century, with the existence of clubs dating back to the 1850s . During the early 1860s, there were increasing attempts in England to unify and reconcile the various football games that were played in the public schools as well in the industrial north under the Sheffield Rules. Working class, industrial cities all over the U.K. began forming their own Football Associations in the late 1800s, from

2905-479: 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

2988-623: The Scottish Football Association in 1873 to Lancashire FA in 1878. Teams still in existence began popping up, some with the help of the Church; for example, Aston Villa was founded in 1874, Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1877, Bolton Wanderers in 1874 and Everton in 1878. Due to the scope and popularity of the sport, professional football clubs carry a significant commercial existence, with fans expecting personal service and interactivity, and external stakeholders viewing

3071-487: 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

3154-508: 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 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

3237-518: The acquirement of players to the club must only involve the eventual transfer of the rights to the contract of the player in question, and not the contract itself. There are several professional football clubs that are publicly traded. Normally, football clubs are not run with the intent of profit maximization , as its sports outcomes are considered more important than its financial outcomes by its ownership. In addition, financial regulations as, for example, UEFA Financial Fair Play may also limit what

3320-441: 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,

3403-572: The best club side of all time in 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

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3486-572: 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, 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

3569-532: 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 the badge worn on match kits, from

3652-546: The club and saved it from bankruptcy after investing vast amounts of money, appointing rising manager Arrigo Sacchi at 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

3735-497: 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

3818-564: 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 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

3901-441: 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 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,

3984-470: The club in any activity as it regards to association football competitions. In association football terminology, competitions are referred to as "club competitions". Supporters may also acquire membership rights within their club. Even sponsors may be accounted for as members of the club of affiliation. This is a reason as to why the sport came to be called association football. The exact requirements for club licensing are regulated by FIFA and implemented on

4067-894: The club was awarded the trophy permanently and is allowed to display a multiple-winner badge on its shirt. The club also holds a joint record of two wins in the Latin Cup and a joint record of three wins in the Intercontinental Cup. In 2007, Milan won the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time, completing an international treble of Champions League, Super Cup and Club World Cup. Football club (association football) The sport of association football allows teams that partake in some sort of club activity to participate in tournaments such as leagues and other competitions. Teams must register their players as well as staff and other personnel to be eligible to represent

4150-461: 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

4233-523: 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

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4316-542: 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

4399-437: 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

4482-435: 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 the 1910s, the stripes were enlarged following a pattern that would remain unchanged until

4565-490: 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

4648-412: The exception of the 1980–81 and 1982–83 seasons. Silvio Berlusconi ’s 31-year tenure as Milan president was a standout period in 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

4731-484: 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 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

4814-416: The field of professional football as a source of significant business advantages. For this reason, expensive player transfers have become an expectable part of the sport. Awards are also handed out to managers or coaches on a yearly basis for excellent performances. The designs, logos and names of professional football clubs are often licensed trademarks. The difference between a football team and

4897-484: 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 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

4980-482: 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

5063-495: 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

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5146-418: 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

5229-462: 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, the AC Milan shirt achieved an important record by adding the surnames of the players above

5312-548: The left wing until recently, when Berlusconi's presidency somewhat altered that view. According to 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

5395-411: 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

5478-406: 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 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

5561-428: 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 the players a more elegant look, as well as making the kit more distinguishably red and black when watched on

5644-450: 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 a red and black striped shirt, combined with white shorts and black socks; over

5727-482: 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 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

5810-460: 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

5893-497: 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

5976-561: 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 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

6059-478: 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

6142-431: 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

6225-520: 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 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

6308-416: 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, 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

6391-568: 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 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

6474-464: 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 was awarded to

6557-475: 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, the most common of which are one vertical or horizontal red and black stripe. The white away kit

6640-580: 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;

6723-517: 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

6806-501: Was a founding member of the now-defunct G-14 group of Europe's leading football clubs as well as its replacement, 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

6889-408: 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 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,

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