AC
MILAN
| AC Milan |
 |
| Full name |
Associazione Calcio Milan SpA |
| Nickname(s) |
Rossoneri (Red-Blacks)
il Diavolo (the Devil) |
| Founded |
December 16, 1899 |
| Ground |
San Siro, Milan
(Capacity: 82,955) |
| Owner |
 Silvio Berlusconi |
| Chairman |
Adriano Galliani |
| Head Coach |
Carlo Ancelotti |
| League |
Serie A |
| 2007-08 |
Serie A, 5th |
The team's
current stadium is the 82,955 seat San Siro, officially known as Stadio
Giuseppe Meazza after the former player who represented both
Milan and Internazionale. The name San Siro is
taken from the district where it's located. The stadium is shared with
Inter, the other major football club in Milan.
The stadium is well known for its fantastic atmosphere due to the
closeness of the stands to the pitch.
On 19 December 2005, AC
Milan vice-president and executive director Adriano Galliani
announced that the team is seriously working to move out from the San
Siro. He said that Milan's new stadium will be largely based
on the Veltins-Arena
and following the standards of football stadiums in the United States,
Germany and Spain. It will likely be a stadium for football purposes
only (with no athletics track). The new stadium is supposed to be named
after a sponsor.
It remains to see if this plan will proceed or if this is just a ploy
to force the owners (Comune di Milano) to sell the stadium to Milan for
a nominal fee so as to proceed with extensive renovations. Rumours have
also surfaced of Inter's intention to also build a new stadium which
may also affect this decision.
AC
MILAN
Supporters
and rivalries
Milan is
one of the most supported football club in Italy, according to an
August 2007 research by Italian newspaper La Repubblica.
Historically, Milan was supported by the city's working-class
and trade unionists, a section of whom were migrants from Southern
Italy. On the other hand, crosstown rivals Internazionale were mainly
supported by the more prosperous and typically Milanese middle-class.
One
of the oldest ultras groups in all of Italian football, Fossa
dei Leoni, originated in Milan. Currently the main ultras
group is Brigate Rossonere and has been since the
mid-1970s]
Politically, Milan ultras have never had any particular preference,but
the media have traditionally associated them with the left-wing, until
recent times under Berlusconi's presidency where they are considered
somewhat right-wing.
Genoa
fans consider Milan a hated rival after Genoa fan Vincenzo Spagnolo was
tragically stabbed to death by a Milan supporter in January of 1995.
Milan's main rivalry, though, is with intracity neighbor Inter; 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 match usually creates a
lively atmosphere, with numerous (often humorous or offensive) banners
unfolded before the match. Flares are commonly present, but they also
led to the abandonment of the second leg of the 2004-05 Champions League
quarterfinal matchup between Milan and Inter on April 12, 2005, after a
flare thrown from the crowd by an Inter supporter struck Milan keeper
Dida on the shoulder.
Honours
Milan is
one of the most successful
clubs in Italy, having won a
total of 27 trophies, and the most winning team in the world for
international competition won with a record of 14 European trophies and
4 World titles. Milan have earned the distinction of being allowed to
wear a star on their shirt representing the fact that they have won
more than 10 scudetti. Added to this Milan are
allowed to wear the UEFA Badge
of Honour on their shirt during Champions League matches
as they have won more than 5 European Cups.
National titles
Serie A / Italian
Football Championship:
-
- Winners (17): 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
- Runners-up (14): 1902;
1947–48; 1949–50; 1951–52, 1955–56, 1960–61; 1964–65; 1968–69; 1970–71;
1971–72; 1972–73; 1989–90; 1990–91; 2004–05
Serie B:
-
- Winners (2): 1980–81;
1982–83
Coppa Italia:
-
- Winners (5): 1966–67;
1971-72; 1972–73; 1976–77; 2002–03
- Runners-up (7): 1941–42;
1967–68; 1970–71; 1974–75; 1984–85; 1989–90; 1997–98
Supercoppa Italiana:
-
- Winners (5): 1988; 1992;
1993; 1994; 2004
- Runners-up (3): 1996;
1999; 2003
European titles
UEFA Champions League (former European
Cup)
-
- Winners (7): 1962–63; 1968–69; 1988–89; 1989–90;
1993–94; 2002–03; 2006–07
- Runners-up (4): 1957–58; 1992–93; 1994–95; 2004–05
UEFA Super Cup
-
- Winners (5): 1989; 1990;
1994; 2003; 2007
- Runners-up (2): 1973;
1993
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
-
- Winners (2): 1967–68;
1972–73
- Runners-up (1): 1973–74
World titles
FIFA Club World Cup
-
Intercontinental Cup
-
- Winners (3): 1969; 1989;
1990
- Runners-up (4): 1963;
1993; 1994; 2003
Unofficial titles
Latin Cup
-
- Winners (2): 1951, 1956
- Runners-up (1): 1953
Mitropa Cup
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