AC Milan
Full name Associazione Calcio Milan SpA
Nickname (s) Rossoneri, Il Diavolo
Foundation December 16, 1899 (111 years)
Estadio Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
Milan, Italy
Capacity 80,074
Opening September 19, 1926
Owner Silvio Berlusconi
Associazione Calcio Milan SpA, known for short as A. C. Milan is an Italian football club in the city of Milan in the Lombardy region. It was founded on December 16, 1899 by Englishman Alfred Edwards, and currently plays in Serie A Italian calcium, which is one of the two teams contesting the call Derbi of Milan, also known as the Derby della Madonnina, with the another team for their great historical rival, Internazionale. It, along with Boca Juniors, all with the highest number of official international trophies, having won the League UEFA Champions seven times, plus five times been awarded the European Super Cup, two Cup Winners Cup and four Intercontinental Cup / Club World Cup. The IFFHS has elected four times as the best team of the month, [2] ranking conducted since 2000.
[Edit] History [edit] The origin of the Society
Herbert Kilpin, one of the founders of the company.A company eve of the twentieth century the English Alfred Edwards and Herbert Kilpin, along with a group of friends and after reaching agreement with any business, founded on December 16 of 1899 Milan Cricket and Football Club, which was released Monday on July 18 in an article in the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The first office which ordered the club were located in the Tuscany Fiaschetteria Via Berchet in Milan. Edwards, well known in high society of Milan became the first elected president of the club.
Formed by Milanese and British athletes, the club began as a society in which initially included a cricket section (led by Edward Berra) and another dedicated to football (directed by David Allison). The club required its members an annual fee of 20 lire. The idea quickly stalled among young Italians who had studied in England. Yet, unlike cricket, football was seen with reservations by the upper class in Italy.
In January 1900, Edwards entered the team in the FIF (Italian Federation of Football), the predecessor of the present FIGC. The first match I played against Torino, on April 15, 1900, game in which the Rossoneri lost by 0-3. That same month the team won the first trophy in their history, the Medaglia del Re (King's Medal), given by King Umberto I, after a 2-0 defeat to Juventus. In 1901 and with only two years, Milan (by the hand of Kilpin, who served as player-coach) on 5 May conquered their first Italian championship after beating Genoa 3-0 with a Triplett ( hat-trick) of Kilpin). In 1902 Milan won the last edition of the Medaglia del Re, so it was, the third consecutive year in which he won, the trophy property. [3]
In 1906, after the Juventus match points at the end of the Finale Girone, had to play a playoff game. Having concluded this with a goalless draw and since then did not follow the system of extension and / or criminal, the FIF designated neutral ground of the U. S. Milanese to play the second game. The stadium being located in the city of Milan, sparked protests by those responsible for the Veccia Signora, who to play, so the title awarded to Milan. The team re-crowned champion the following year (1907) after beating Torino Andrea Doria. In addition, he managed to win the prestigious Palla Dapples third consecutive year.
In 1908, after a dispute about the inclusion of foreign players in the team, 43 members left the club and formed the Inter Milan. While the Milan club remained the insignia of workers and unionists, Inter became the favorite team of the upper classes of Milan.
[Edit] Interwar Period (1919-1946) During those years, Milan did not get outstanding results in the national championship, but had great players like the Belgian striker, Louis Van Hege (who scored 97 goals in 88 games, averaging of 1.1 per game), Aldo Boffi (capocannoniere three times with Milan and author of 136 goals in nine seasons with the Rossoneri shirt), Riccardo Carapellese, Gino Cappello and Uruguayan Ettore Puricelli and others.
One of the events that shaped the history of society, was the opening of the San Siro stadium in the year 1926, inspired by the architecture of the English stage.
In 1916 the club won the Federal Cup, a trophy that had replaced unofficial, then, to the national championship, which was suspended following the First World War.
In 1919, the club changed its name from Milan Football and Cricket Club to Milan Football Club, but in 1938 and because the English origin of Milan did not enjoy high esteem by members of the Italian fascist movement, the name was to be Associazione Calcio Milano. That same year, the Milan played Mitropa Cup, which was the first major international club cup [4], being eliminated in the first round.
In 1940, Umberto Trabattoni was appointed Chairman of the club, as they did not leave until 1954. The name of the club was abandoned once the Second World War to return to the old designation while retaining the initials AC. Arises is how, in 1946, the current name Associazione Calcio Milan. At this point, Italy began a long and painful period of postwar reconstruction and football, as with therest of the country, was reborn as eliminated the fascist legacy.
[Edit] The revival of clubDespués to live a period of more than forty years without a title, Milan began to write a completely new story that impacted on the image to be created around the club, both in Italy and Europe.
[Edit] The trident suecoPara season 1949/50, at a time when Italian clubs were restricted to a maximum of five foreigners, Milan Swedish players hired Gunnar Nordahl (Il pompierone), Gunnar Gren (Il professore) and Nils Liedholm (La stella Venuto dal nord), who formed a trio known as the GreNoLi offensive. [5] To them is accounted for players such as Lorenzo Buffon, Renzo Burini, Carlo Annovazzi, Omero Tognon and Arturo Silvestri (Sandokan), in a team that made history, dominating much of the Italian championship for years, and reaching a final challenge, then, Champions Cup. In the squadra directed by Lajos Czeizler (future coach of the Italian World Cup in Switzerland '54), Gren and Liedholm was the creative midfield while Nordahl was a dangerous forward who with 210 entries in 257 games and a average of 0.81 goals per game, became the top scorer in the history of society. Throughout this campaign, the team scored 118 goals (being recalled to Juventus 7:1) in 38 games, with an average of more than three goals per game (comparable figures Il Grande Torino Valentino Mazzola). That year, Nordhal was 35 entries, which placed it as a team capocannoniere (achievement that won also in 1951, 1953, 1954 and 1955). Table Rossoneri won the second place in this campaign.
In the 1950/51 season, the fourth time Milan won Serie A with just one point ahead of Inter Milan, for a total of 108 goals in the process. It was the first of four titles won during the decade of the '50s. In that same season, he won the Copa America (winning by 5:0 to Lille in the French final), which, before the introduction of the Champions Cup was the second most important competition at club level in Europe. [6]
For the 1951/52 campaign with reinforcements and Pietro Grosso Frignani Amleto, Milan play the scudetto again, finishing in second place and Nordhal as second top scorer with 26 goals.
In season 1952/53, Francesco Zagatti and Celestino Celio are included in a template that played with Juventus and Inter, the title of that campaign, which once again left a positive balance in the offensive aspect (with Nordhal as capocannoniere with 26 goals), but also emphasizing the defensive solidity. Mario Sperone as new coach, Milan finished in third place. That season marked the last of GreNoLi, Gunnar Gren being transferred to Fiorentina.
With the same players from last season, plus reinforcements from Mario Bergamaschi, Eros Beraldo, Alberto Piccinini and Leschly Dane Sorensen, the Milan back to finish in third place, having as capocannoniere Nordhal second consecutive year, scoring 23 goals. At the end of the campaign, Umberto Trabattoni left the presidency of Milan, after fourteen seasons at the helm della società.
[Edit] Andrea Rizzoli clubPara and consolidation of the 1954/55 campaign, Andrea Rizzoli took over as president of the club in place of Umberto Trabattoni, resulting in a cycle of success that culminated in the achievement of the 1963 Champions Cup. After untying the Gren last season, the club joined the ranks of Cesare Maldini (from the Triestina), Amos Mariani and (after having played the World Cup in Switzerland '54) Uruguayan striker Juan Alberto Schiaffino (from Peñarol), a member of your choice mythical world champion in the 1950 World Cup in the historic Maracanazo. Schiaffino, is a key transmormó team and one of his emblems in the future. In the hands of Uruguayan coach Ettore Puricelli (Milan player between 1954 and 1949), Table Lombard won his fifth league title with four points ahead of Udinese, his closest bodyguard. At the end of that season Arturo Silvestri retired after 158 games played and seven goals for the Rossoneri jersey.
In the following season (1955/56) and the local area, the team finished in second place behind Fiorentina. During this campaign, participated in the first edition of the then, Champions Cup (where, consequently, the first Italian club to compete for a competition). After removing the Saarbrucken and Rapid Vienna (standard markers respectively 7:5 and 8:3), played in the semi-final against Real Madrid Spanish, against whom was eliminated on aggregate 4:5 (2:4 in Madrid and 2:1 in Milan). That team was not left with empty hands and after further participation in the Copa America and after the 4:2 defeat by Benfica, managed to win the final against Athletic Bilbao 3:1. That was the penultimate edition of the Copa America, precisely, to take effect the Champions League.
After strengthening the team with striker Carlo Galli (author of over a hundred goals for Milan) in the 1956/57 season, the team managed to win their sixth Scudetto in society, having passed for six and seven units at Fiorentina and Lazio respectively. During that campaign, highlighted the Italian front Gastone Bean and Galli own, which made up for the gap left by Nordhal (who had joined the Roma).
Despite having an uneven performance in the league for the 1957-1958 season (where he had been placed in the top three since the 1946-1947 season), managed to reach his first final of the Champions Cup (to control Gipo Viani), which fell to Real Madrid for a final score of 2:3. In a tight match, the team came to be twice as high in the scoring, thanks to goals from Schiaffino and Argentina's Ernesto Grillo. But despite the effort and take the match into overtime, a goal in the '107 closed that final. After the campaign, Amos Mariano was hired by Napoli.
At the dawn of a new season (1958/59), came to the team's offensive contribution Jose Altafini (Brazilian striker, world champion for his country in World Cup Sweden '58) and Sandro Salvadore security libero. Added to the finalist team from the previous edition of the Champions League, AC Milan ended the 50 winning his seventh championship (after an exciting face to face with Fiorentina) and the fourth of the decade.
In the 1959/60 season, was hired Giorgio Ghezzi goal instead of Lorenzo Buffon, who had joined the ranks of Genoa. In another international participation, the team was eliminated in the first round of the Champions League against Barcelona. In the fight for the scudetto, finished in third place. At the end of the season, Bean was transferred to Genoa, while Schiaffino (after play 171 games with 60 officers and help so many) was Conrat by Rome.
For the following season (1960/61), Milan Paolo joined Barison, Mario David and the promise of Italian football, Gianni Rivera (Il Bambino d'Oro), who became one of the club's historic standards, a operation in which the club paid 60 million lire to Alessandria. The team played every inch of the title with Juventus, who won both matches (3:1 and 4:3 for local access), but finally remained in the second location. At the end of that season, the club fired Carlo gialli, while Nils Liedholm his playing career ended after twelve seasons and 89 goals in Milan.
[Edit] The first period Rocco (1961-1963) for the 1961/62 season, Milan's legendary Nereo Rocco hired as new head coach of the team, one of the main distributors of the famous catenaccio and the first to apply it Italy. Rocco enjoyed also much appreciated by the Rossoneri tifosi (considered by the same fans as the best club coach of the twentieth century [7]) and their own players. With a squad composed of players from the likes of Rivera, Cesare Maldini, Giovanni Trapattoni and added to debut in Serie A Lodetti Giovanni (Milan youth who became a key player in the starting team Rocco [8]) and the hiring of Gino and Brazilian Pivatelli Dino Sani, the Milan was consecrated in that season as champions of Italy for the eighth time in its history.
In the 1962/63 campaign and after the first leg of Sandro Salvadore to Juventus and the hiring of Bruno Mora, the team won the Champions Cup after winning the final (played at the legendary Wembley Stadium) to the Portuguese Benfica after being trailed after a goal by Eusebio, came the comeback and getting the tournament, thanks to two goals from Altafini (ranking in the final game Giorgio Ghezzi, Mario David, Cesare Maldini, Mario Trebbi; Victor Benitez, Giovanni Trapattoni, Gino Pivatelli, Dino Sani, Jose Altafini, Gianni Rivera and Bruno Mora). [9] At the end of the season, Andrea Rizzoli left the club president, after 9 seasons in which the center was opened Milanello sports in 1963, in addition to the collection, always under his leadership, four scudetti, America Cup and Champions Cup. In the Italian championship, the team finished in third place. At the end of the season, Nereo Rocco resigned as team manager, taking charge of Torino, while Pivatelli retired from football.
[Edit] Liedholm Silvestri (1963-1967) Milan started the season 1963/64, the allocation of Felice Riva as new president of Milan and the hiring of Nils Liedholm in the office of the Brazilian technical director Amarildo (from Botafogo and champion of his country's World Cup in Chile '62). Table Rossoneri played the final of the Intercontinental Cup (instituted in 1960), in which he lost to Santos of Pele. In the end, Milan took the lead by 4:2, but lost the return match by the same score at the Maracana Stadium and a playoff team O Rei won the title by the minimal difference. Also played in the Champions League (on condition of defending champion), which reached the quarter-finals, losing to Real Madrid. The team lost 1:4 in Spain, but being a goal of achieving the feat in the first leg (where the Rossoneri were imposed by 2:0). During the local championship, Milan returned to finish in third place, three units of Inter and Bologna (the latter being the champion). After the season, Dino Sani returned to Brazil to play for Corinthians.
During the 1964/65 season, Milan played every inch of the title with Inter Helenio Herrera, finishing in second place. At the end of that campaign, Mario Jose Altafini and David went into the ranks of Napoli and Sampdoria respectively, while Giorgio Ghezzi retired from football after six seasons in Table Lombard.
The following season (1965/66) and despite the large body with which it had, including reinforcements highlighted Angelo Benedicto Sormani (Pele il bianco) and Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (Volkswagen), the team finished in seventh location. At the end of the season, Cesare Maldini moved into the ranks of Torino.
In the 1966/67 season and following the resignation of Liedholm as coach of Milan, the post went to former Rossoneri player, Arturo Silvestri. To this is added the hiring of Angelo Anquilletti and Roberto Rosato, kicking off the second wake of titles of the decade. Despite finishing in eighth place in the Italian league, the team won the first Coppa Italia della società. In a section where Juventus eliminated in overtime by a final score of 2:1, the picture Lombard played the final against Padova (which had eliminated Inter), on June 14, 1967 in Rome's Olympic making imposed by the minimum score, thanks to a Amarildo (which was his last season in Milan) in the fourth minute of extra time.
[Edit] Rocco and his second term (1967-1973) for the subsequent season (1967/68), Nereo Rocco returned as coach of the team, which had the services of Kurt Hamrin Sweden, the experienced goal Fabio Cudicini (Ragno Nero ), Saul Malatrasi and the return of Pierino Prati, who had debuted the previous season with Milan, Savona being loaned to the Serie B. Thanks to goals from Prati (capocannoniere with 15 goals), Hamrin and Sormani, Milan are champions of Italy for the ninth time, won with relative ease and fully dominated the second half of the season, totaling nine points over his cernano escort, upon completion of the thirty days. In the Italian Cup, the team failed to qualify to the final group (mode that has remained from that edition until 1971) or all'italiana, sharing the group next to Bologna, Inter and Torino. Having won the neroazurri 4:2, the team lost by 1:2 against Bologna, losing the tournament after winning the Bull by the Inter 2:1. In Europe and in his first appearance in the Cup Winners Cup, the team eliminated in the semi-finals Bayern Munich (2:0 in Italy and a goalless draw in Germany), so he agreed to play the final against Hamburg on which was won by 2:0 (with a doppietta Hamrin), get well, his second title at the international level. That campaign marked the departure of Kurt Hamrin (37 years) of equipment.
With the strengthening of Nestor Combin (Argentine-born French), the decade of glory was finishing touch to get to devote himself once again in the international arena for the second time after winning the Champions League in the campaign of 1968 / 69. The decisive match was played at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, a May 28, 1969, against Ajax of the Netherlands, which had at that time with a young Johan Cruyff. Before 31 000 spectators, the picture of Nereo Rocco won by 4:1, thanks to a goal by Angelo Sormani and Triplets of Pierino Prati (in a team of Fabio Cudicini, Saul Malatrasi, Angelo Anquilletti, Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, Roberto Rosato, Giovanni Trapattoni, Giovanni Lodetti, Gianni Rivera, Kurt Hamrin, Sormani Angelo and Pierino Prati). In the Italian championship, the team played the title against Fiorentina and Cagliari Gigi Riva. Milan remained in second place, two units of the squadra viola, but on the penultimate day, a goalless draw with Napoli and the subsequent victory of 2:0 Fiorentina to Juventus, ended the title Florence. The team finished in third place. Once the campaign and after seven days in Milan, Bruno Mora retired from football.
Since starting the 1969/70 season, Milan has won its first Intercontinental Cup, after beating Estudiantes de La Plata in Argentina 3:0 in Italy and resisting the 1:2 against, visit condition. In their seventh in the Champions Cup, was eliminated in second round against the Netherlands Feyenoord (in the end, the champion of that issue). In the Italian championship, the Lombard box culminated in the fourth location. At the end of that season and after playing over 200 games in Milan, Giovanni Lodetti was pierced by Sampdoria.
In season 1970/71, for the Calciomercato Estivo, Lodetti (who spent the ranks of the Sampdoria), and disassociated themselves Sormani team, arriving in replacement players like Giorgio Biasiolo, Giulio Zignoli and Romeo Benetti. Milan, led by Rocco Rivera, was contesting a high level tournaments, reaching the final group of the Italian Cup. After beating Fiorentina (leading time) on the last day, the team finished level on points with Torino, so that the title should be settled in a single game, played in Genoa. After a scoreless tie in regulation and in the Supplement, Table 5:3 Rossoneri finally fell in the penalty shootout. In the local championship, the team played every inch of the scudetto against Inter, finishing in second place. This position, classified (along with three other teams) to the newly established UEFA Cup.
For the start of next season (1971/72), Giovanni Trapattoni was removed, while the team was renewed with the arrival of Giuseppe Sabadini, Albertino Bigon and Riccardo Sogliano. The team managed to reach the semifinals of the UEFA Cup, losing to Tottenham English (eventual champions) 2:3 on aggregate. That campaign resulted in the conquest of the second Italian Cup, after leaving the road at Juventus and Inter Milan in the league semi-finals and play the final against Napoli, which defeated 2:0 (with a Rosato goal and one own goal). In the local championship, the Rossoneri finished box again in the second location coming to define everything in the last day.
The following season (1972/73) Rocco's squad was strengthened with the arrival Luciano Chiarugi, from Fiorentina. Following the withdrawal of Cudicini, ownership was contested on the porch and William Belli Pierangelo Vecchi, with consequent consecration of the latter. That campaign was marked as one of the most exciting, to realize large parties, like Atalanta 9:3) and contest every inch of the League against Juventus, which had to be decided at the last round where he lost unexpectedly to the Verona 3:5, the so-called fatal Verona. After finishing in second place and Gianni Rivera capocannoniere of that tournament, played a new Milan of the Italian Cup final, conquering the third time in club history. Dirimendo the title to Juventus, the Rossoneri box managed to win by 5:2 on penalties after tying goal with a great performance from goal Vecchi. William alienating Vecchi, Giuseppe Sabadini, Giulio Zignoli, Anquilletti Angelo, Maurizio Turone, Roberto Rosato, Riccardo Sogliano, Romeo Benetti, Albertino Bigon, Gianni Rivera and Luciano Chiarugi, the team managed to win the fifth international title of the club, get the second Cup Winners Cup (aligning only with Italians as a result of the ban on foreign players in Serie A during the decade of 1970), after winning the final against Leeds United English by 1:0, with goal of Chiarugi and other outstanding participation of Vecchi. At the end of the season and after 209 matches and 102 goals, Homer spent the ranks of Rome, while Rosato was transferred to Southampton. At the end of the season after a successful return to club Lombre, Nereo Rocco left Milan and joined the ranks of Fiorentina.
[Edit] The conquest of the La Stella d'orotracheal Nereo Rocco untying the team, then two periods of a total of eight seasons as coach of Milan, President Gustavo Albino Buticchi Giagnoni assigned as the new coach for season of 1973/74. The team played the first edition of the European Super Cup where he was defeated by Ajax Johann Cruyff (who, by then dominated Europe), after Milan won 1:0 and 0:6 fall in Amsterdam. During that campaign was reached another final of the Cup Winners Cup, leaving Borussia Mönchengladbach German (Teutonic flag football in the '70s along with Bayern Munich) in the semifinals, 2:1 on aggregate (2-0 at home Business and 0:1). However, the team lost the final to the surprising 1.FC Magdeburg (former GDR) by 0:2. By the end of the season and after 284 games for Milan over nine seasons, the club said goodbye Schnellinger to return to Germany, while Sogliano retired from football.
For the 1974/75 season and the consolidation of Aldo Maldera (known as Maldera III) in the ownership of the team, the arrival of goalkeeper Enrico Albertosi (on loan from Cagliari) and the arrival of Aldo Bet, the Rossoneri finished fifth in box League, which agreed to contest the UEFA Cup. In the Italian Cup by beating continued emphasis Inter Milan and Juventus in the semifinal playoffs, so it made it to the final, which was held June 28 in Rome's Olympic stadium where the team not could overwhelm the Fiorentina, which fell to 2:3 (without the benefit of the work of Gianni Rivera).
Kicking off the season of 1975/76, ended the presidency of Buticchi, with Bruno Pardi (who was replaced by Vittorio Duma at the end of season) the new helmsman of the society. The team achieved a creditable third in the league and reached the quarterfinals of the UEFA Cup, which fell against Club Bruges of Belgium 2:3 on aggregate (0:2 and 2:1 Business as local).
Despite the hiring of Fabio Capello and the debut in Serie A Collovati Fulvio (formed in Milan's youth team), the team suffered the loss of Romeo Benetti and Luciano Chiarugi, two key elements in the schema. Milan had an uneven performance in the championship season of 1976/77, which it was on the verge of relegation. Due to a series of 17 draws, 3 wins and just leave the team (after the penultimate day, and after falling to the Torino 0:2) in the relegation zone, coach Giuseppe Marchioro, was replaced by Nereo Rocco. For the penultimate day, the Milan was to Catanzaro, a direct rival in the struggle for permanence. The team managed to win by a final score of 3:2, not without suffering, after going ahead by 3:0. After beating the Cesena 2:0 (with a doppietta of Gianni Rivera), the club could stay in the top flight. Despite the details, Il Diavolo agreed to a new Cup final in Italy where he hoped to Inter Milan, which defeated 2:0, winning the trophy for the fourth time in its history. The team also had an outstanding participation in the UEFA Cup, reaching the third round, losing to Athletic Bilbao (4:5 on aggregate, following a 1:4 and 3:1 in Spain in Italy), but still a goal to force overtime in the second leg played at San Siro.
Para la campaña de 1977/78, Nils Liedholm asumió como nuevo director técnico del equipo y con refuerzos de jugadores como Roberto Antonelli y Ruben Buriani, el Milan finalizó en una meritoria cuarta ubicación y otorgándole al equipo un nuevo aire de renovación, que se veía reflejado en el juego ofensivo que planteaba el sueco. El equipo también disputó, por cuarta ocasión, la Recopa de Europa, donde quedó eliminado en primera ronda ante el Betis español, por un global de 2:3 (0:2 en España y 2:1 en Milán). El 23 de abril de 1978, en la victoria por 2:1 sobre el Hellas Verona, debutó en Serie A Franco Baresi, futuro abanderado y capitán del Milan. Al final de la temporada, Sabadini se unió a las filas del Catanzaro.
La temporada de 1978/79, cerraba la década de los setenta, la cual significó el retiro de Gianni Rivera (quien disputó 650 partidos y concretó 160 goles con el Milan) y la conquista del décimo título de liga (Lo Scudetto della Stella). Con los refuerzos de Walter Novellino (proveniente del Perugia) y de Stefano Chiodi (procedente del Bologna), Liedholm armó un cuadro competitivo que ejercía su filosofía de fútbol ofensivo, plasmado en su esquema con una única punta (Chiodi) que era abastecida por el constante peligro que ejercían a sus espaldas jugadores como Maldera, Novellino, Antonelli y Bigon. La escuadra de Liedholm comenzó de gran manera el campeonato, ganando nueve de los diez puntos posibles tras las primeras cinco jornadas disputadas. Para el girone di ritorno, el equipo no soltó la punta y gracias a un empate del Perugia (su único escolta y quien terminó sin conocer derrotas) en la penúltima jornada, se consagraba como campeón de Italia por décima ocasión en su historia. Fue a partir de ese trofeo que el Milan incorporó a su camisa la Stella d’Oro (estrella de oro al mérito deportivo). En el ámbito europeo, el equipo logró situarse nuevamente en la tercera fase de la Copa de la UEFA, donde quedó eliminado ante el Manchester City inglés, después de empatar a dos tantos en Italia y perder por 0:3 en Inglaterra.
[editar] Los años difíciles (1980-1986)Después de terminar terceros en la temporada de 1979/80 y de quedar eliminados en primera ronda de la Copa de Campeones (frente al Porto, tras empatar sin goles en la ida y caer por 0:1 en Milán), el presidente del club rossonero, Felice Colombo, entre otros dirigentes del club, estuvo involucrado en el denominado Totonero. Después de su respectivo juicio (en el que Colombo y el portero del club, Enrico Albertosi, fueron sancionados de por vida) el Milan (entre otros clubes como la Lazio, el Avellino y el Bologna) descendió a la Serie B del fútbol italiano.
Para la temporada subsiguiente (1980/81), la escuadra lograba el ascenso a la Serie A tras terminar en la primera posición del campeonato, con Roberto Antonelli como capocannoniere del torneo y bajo la presidencia de Gaetano Morazzoni. En la Copa de Italia, el equipo no pasó la primera fase, donde pudo enfrentar al Inter de Milán, ante el cual perdió por la mínima.
En la temporada de 1981/82, con Giuseppe Farina como presidente del club y tras una desafortunada campaña, el club regresó nuevamente a la Serie B.
Bajo la guía de entrenador Ilario Castagner (en la temporada de 1982/83), el Milan logró ser promovido a la Serie A (tras terminar en la primera posición), gracias, en gran medida, a las grandes actuaciones de Mauro Tassotti (siendo capitán) y Alberigo Evani, dos futuras estrellas de la sociedad.
En una temporada de transición (1983/84), al Milan llegaron Filippo Galli (quien jugó hasta 1997, disputando 217 partidos con la maglia rossonera) y Luciano Spinosi, entre otros refuerzos, con los cuales, el equipo se ubicó en la octava posición.
Farina se empeñó en construir una escuadra competitiva, contratando a Nils Liedholm (después de sus sobresalientes resultados al mando de la Roma ) como entrenador y fichando a jugadores como Pietro Paolo Virdis (quien fue una pieza clave en el resurgimiento del club), Mark Hateley (Attila), Ray Wilkins (Butch) y Agostino Di Bartolomei. Así se daba inicio a la temporada de 1984/85, donde el equipo logró un meritorio quinto puesto que le daba acceso a disputar la Copa de la UEFA. En la Copa de Italia y después de eliminar a la Juventus y al Inter (en cuartos de final y semifinal, respectivamente), disputó la final ante la Sampdoria, ante la cual cayó por un global de 1:3. El 20 de enero de aquella temporada, debutó ante el Udinese, Paolo Maldini (uno de los máximos emblemas en la historia del Milan).
Para la siguiente campaña (1985/86), el Milan contrató a Paolo Rossi (Balón de Oro en 1982) quien formó un tridente junto a Virdis y Hateley. A pesar de ello, el quipo no lograba destacarse en el campeonato local. La sorpresiva eliminación en la tercera ronda de la Copa de la UEFA, ante el Waregem belga, desencadenó en la dimisión de Farina como presidente del club.
[editar] La reconstrucción del club y la reconquista de Europa
Pietro Paolo Virdis, máximo goleador de la Serie A, con el Milan, en la temporada 1986/87.Tras la salida de Farina, el Milan fue adquirido el 20 de febrero de 1986, por Silvio Berlusconi, convirtiéndose, ya para el 24 de marzo de aquel año, en el vigésimo primer presidente de la sociedad. Además de dotarlo de recursos económicos, Berlusconi implantó una nueva mentalidad en el equipo, con el fin de formar una equipo competitivo. El equipo finalizó la temporada de 1985/86 en la séptima posición.
En la temporada de 1986/87, la squadra rossonera iniciaba el recambio, con la llegada de jugadores como Roberto Donadoni, Daniele Massaro, Giuseppe Galderisi, Dario Bonetti y el portero Giovanni Galli; todos ellos bajo la tutela del histórico Nils Liedholm. Tras un difícil inicio, el sueco fue reemplazado por Fabio Capello (campeón como jugador en el Milan de la Copa Italia en el '77 y del décimo scudetto en el '79[10] ). El joven entrenador logró levantar al equipo hasta la quinta casilla (teniendo a Pietro Paolo Virdis como capocannoniere con 17 tantos), por lo que igualaba en puntos con la Sampdoria. El cupo a la Copa UEFA tuvo que decidirse en un único partido disputado en Torino, que el equipo rossonero se adjudicó por la mínima diferencia en el tiempo suplementario. Al final de la temporada, el equipo logró adjudicarse la tercera edición del Mundialito de Clubes.
[editar] Los inmortales de Sacchi (1987-1991)Para la temporada de 1987/88, el Milan estrenó al prometedor Arrigo Sacchi (ex Parma) como nuevo entrenador del equipo, quien profesaba un fútbol total basado en un pressing continuo, la conquista de los espacios dentro del campo, una defensa en zona, un notable manejo de la táctica del fuera de juego y un gran número de jugadores polivalentes que suplían a los delanteros. El método de Sacchi era ante todo impresionante por la sensación de bloque colectivo que desprendía. Todos los jugadores se desplazaban en cojunto y al mismo tiempo en la dirección del balón, bajaban y subían, no solamente todos juntos, sino permaneciendo a la misma distancia unos de otros, sin perder más de un metro. Era una máquina de una eficacia temible, que emularían luego muchos otros equipos. Sacchi también contó con un grupo de primer orden al disponer, en una sólida defensa, de la guía del capitán Franco Baresi, sumado a Paolo Maldini, Alessandro Costacurta y Mauro Tassotti. El resto de los estratos del campo, incluían la solvencia del meta Giovanni Galli, un férreo mediocampo compuesto por Roberto Donadoni, Angelo Colombo y Carlo Ancelotti; a lo que se sumaba el ataque de talentos como Marco van Basten y Ruud Gullit, quienes desplegaban su juego en la compañía del instinto goleador de Pietro Paolo Virdis. Con Van Basten lesionado y perdiéndose prácticamente toda la temporada, el Milan concentraba sus fuerzas en el torneo local (después de quedar eliminado en la segunda ronda de la Copa de la UEFA frente al Espanyol por un global de 0:2), disputándolo ante el Napoli de Maradona. La victoria en el San Siro ante el campeón italiano por 4:1, marcaría el inicio de una apasionante remontada en la tabla de posiciones de la squadra rossonera. A sólo tres jornadas del término del campeonato y con el Napoli aventajando al Milan por una unidad, el cuadro de Sacchi visitaba el Stadio San Paolo donde el equipo logró imponerse por 2:3, situándose como exclusivo líder. Luego del empate 1:1 contra el Como en la última jornada, el Milan conquistó su undécimo scudetto. Fue en esa liga donde nació el grupo y la denominación de Gli Immortali di Sacchi (los inmortales de Sacchi),[11] además de dar inicio a uno de los períodos más gloriosos en la historia del club
Marco van Basten, jugador del Milan entre 1987 y 1995, donde fue una de las piezas en la consecución del Scudetto, la Copa de Europa y la Copa Intercontinental, además de ser escogido como el mejor jugador de Europa y del Mundo.En la sucesiva temporada (1988/89), se configuró el legendario trío neerlandés (a casi cuarenta años del célebre GreNoLi) con el arribo de Frank Rijkaard, en reemplazo del argentino Claudio Borghi. El Milan daba inicio a la campaña disputando la recién instaurada Supercopa de Italia (la cual enfrenta a los ganadores del Scudetto y la Copa de Italia) ante la Sampdoria en el Giuseppe Meazza. Después de ir abajo en el marcador, logró imponerse por 3:1 gracias a los tantos de Graziano Mannari, Rijkaard y Van Basten. El equipo volvió a disputar la Copa de Campeones, donde en la segunda ronda se enfrentó al Estrella Roja de Belgrado. Después de igualar 1:1 en Milán, la squadra de Sacchi se vio en desventaja de 0:1, además de tener que disputar el resto del partido con un hombre menos (tras la expulsión de Virdis). A estas alturas, el partido tuvo que suspenderse momentáneamente a causa de una densa neblina, pero tras la reanudación, el cuadro rossonero logró igualar el marcador y forzar los penales, donde finalmente se impuso por 4:2. En cuartos de final se enfrentó al Werder Bremen alemán, al cual eliminó en una muy cerrada eliminatoria, después de igualar sin goles en Alemania y sentenciar todo tras un 1:0 en San Siro. La semifinal la disputó ante el Real Madrid, donde igualó en España (en un partido que lo tuvo como claro dominador y donde le anularon un legítimo gol) por 1:1 gracias a la contundecia goleadora de Van Basten. La definición se cerró gracias al memorable 5:0 en Milán. Esa victoria situó al Milan en la final que se disputó en el Camp Nou y frente al temible equipo rumano del Steaua Bucarest (campeones de Europa en 1986). La victoria contundente (magistral a nivel tanto táctico como técnico) de 4:0 dejó en evidencia el vistoso juego del equipo y las grandes individualidades que poseía, al ser Gullit y Van Basten (con una doppietta de cada uno) quienes concretasen los goles que le otorgaban al Milan, su tercera Copa de Campeones y su sexto título a nivel internacional. En el campeonato local, el equipo acabó en la tercera ubicación.
Al igual que la temporada anterior, el club siguió encantando a Europa y al mundo con grandes actuaciones. La temporada de 1989/90, lo vio coronarse con la obtención de la primera Supercopa de Europa tras batir, con un único gol de Alberigo Evani en la ida (después de igualar 1:1 en España), al Barcelona. A ello se le sumó la conquista de la segunda Copa Intercontinental, tras vencer al Atlético Nacional de Colombia, en Tokio (Japón). En un disputado partido con ambos conjuntos jugando con una gran cautela y finalizando empate sin goles en el tiempo regular, el encuentro se definió en el minuto 118', tras un gol de tiro libre de Evani. El resto de la campaña tuvo a un Milan a un paso de conseguir el considerado trébol (La obtención del Campeonato, la Copa Nacional y la Copa de Campeones). El título de liga (con Van Basten como máximo goleador del torneo con 19 tantos) lo disputó palmo a palmo con el Napoli, cediendo la punta (compartida) a una jornada del termino. En la Copa Italia, el Milan eliminó en semifinales al Napoli, tras empatar sin goles en Milán y vencer gracias a los tantos de Massaro y Van Basten, por 3:1 en la ida. De esta manera accedió a nueva final, la cual perdió por un global de 0:1 ante la Juventus. En el frente internacional, la squadra revalidó el título de campeón de Europa, después de un complejo tramo. Para la segunda ronda, el equipo volvió a enfrentar al Real Madrid, al cual eliminó después de imponerse por 2:0 en Italia y resistir un 0:1 en la ida. La llave de semifinales la disputó ante el Bayern Múnich, al que derrotó por 1:0 en el San Siro y gracias a un gol vital de visitante, el equipo pudo sortear el 1:2 en contra en Alemania. De esta manera, el Milan accedió a su quinta final de la Copa de Campeones, la cual tuvo lugar en Viena, el 23 de mayo de 1990 y frente al Benfica. Gracias a una líneas organizadas y un solitario gol de Frank Rijkard al minuto 23' del tiempo complementario, el Milan añadió a sus vitrinas su cuarta orejona.
En la temporada de 1990/91 y tras la ida de Giovanni Galli al Napoli, el equipo se estrenó con la obtención de la segunda Supercopa de Europa, al derrotar a la Sampdoria por 2:0 en el San Siro (con goles de Gullit y Van Basten), después de haber logrado igualar 1:1 en la ida (gracias a un gol de Evani). Los dirigidos por Sacchi, también revalidaron la Copa Intercontinental, después de vencer claramente al Olimpia de Paraguay por 3:0, gracias a dos goles de Rijkaard (minutos 43' y 65') y uno de Giovanni Stroppa (minuto 61'). En la Liga de Campeones, la squadra rossonera disputó los cuartos de final ante el Olympique de Marsella. En el partido de vuelta y tras igualar 1:1 en Italia, el equipo se econtraba en desventaja de 0:1, cuando a pocos minutos del final, uno de los reflectores del estadio se apago. El Milan no volvió al campo en forma de protesta, una vez solucionado el problema técnico, por lo que se le imposibilitó la participación en Europa al año siguiente. En el campeonato local, el equipo acabó en la segunda ubicación tras la Sampdoria. Al final de la campaña, Arrigo Sacchi dimitió como entrenador para hacerse cargo de La Nazionale con lo que el Milan iniciaba una nueva etapa al mando, una vez más, de Fabio Capello.
[editar] Los invencibles de Capello (1991-1996)A lo largo de toda la temporada de 1991/92 y durante toda su carrera en el Milan, el entrenador friulano fue reconocido por sus dotes de gran motivador y por el de desarrollar un estricto trabajo con sus pupilos. Enfocándose en la obtención del campeonato de liga (el duodécimo de la Sociedad), Capello y el equipo lograrían su cometido en un campeonato récord, que les valió el apodo de Gli Invincibili (los invencibles).[12] Con el registro de 56 puntos y sin conocer la derrota en aquel campeonato, el Milan se transformó en el segundo equipo italiano en terminar de manera invicta el campeonato (junto al Perugia de 1979) y el primero en ganarlo, manteniendo la imbatibilidad durante todo el proceso. Aquel conjunto obtuvo un total de 74 tantos (una media de 2 por partido), concretando algunos memorables partidos para el club, como el 5:0 al Napoli, el 5:1 a la Sampdoria (defensora del título) o el 8:2 al Foggia (el equipo revelación de aquella temporada). En el contexto individual, el Milan destacó al adjudicarse Van Basten (por segunda ocasión en su carrera) el título de capocannoniere con 25 goles.
Después de la obtención del scudetto récord, el Milan posaba sus ojos en Europa, pero sin dejar de lado otro suceso a nivel local. Durante la campaña de 1992/93, la sociedad adquirió, para el mercado estival, jugadores de calibre como el internacional francés Jean-Pierre Papin (Balón de Oro en 1991), el croata Žvonimir Boban, el serbio Dejan Savićević, y los italianos Stefano Eranio y Gianluigi Lentini. La temporada prosiguió la marcha triunfal del Milan de Capello al conquistar la segunda Supercopa de Italia, después de vencer al Parma por 2:1, en un partido que comenzó con Van Basten concretando el primer desequilibrio y con Daniele Massaro finiquitando el duelo (a 20 minutos del término), luego del transitorio 1:1. En el campeonato de liga, el Milan logró extender a 58 los partidos sin conocer derrotas en la Serie A, toda una marca a nivel local y uno de los invictos más prolongadas en el plano internacional. Repitiendo el sólido camino (con emocionantes partidos como el 7:3 a la Fiorentina o el 5:4 al Pescara) del torneo precedente, el Milan mantuvo el liderazgo y el control del campeonato desde la primera jornada, culminando con el bicampeonato y la obtención del decimotercer scudetto. Lamentablemente para el club y después de trece jornadas, la plantilla perdió a Van Basten a causa de sus persistentes problemas físicos. Operado en Bélgica, el cigno di Utrecht se reencontraría con el grupo después de cinco meses de recuperación. En el campo continental de la Copa de Campeones (renombrada esa temporada como Liga de Campeones de la UEFA), Il Diavolo se confirmaba como una muy sólida escuadra al vencer sus diez partidos disputados, marcar 23 tantos y ver vencida su valla en tan sólo una ocasión. El equipo finalizó primero de su grupo (teniendo de rivales al Goteborg, al PSV y al Porto) y accedió a disputar su sexta final, en un partido jugado en el Olympiastadion de Múnich ante el Olympique de Marsella. Contra todos los pronósticos, el equipo cayó por la cuenta mínima ante el cuadro francés. Aquel partido significó la última aparición en un campo de juego del gran Marco van Basten.
Fabio Capello, autor intelectual de uno de los ciclos más exitosos en la historia de la Sociedad.En la temporada de 1993/94, el Milan cambió nombres, como el del trío neerlandés (al ser Gullit y Rijkaard traspasados y Van Basten estar cerca del retiro por una serie de infortunios), Alberigo Evani (después de trece años con el club, fue cedido a la Sampdoria) y Gianluigi Lentini (víctima de un grave accidente automovilístico, quedó fuera del equipo por el resto de la campaña). Durante el mercado de fichajes, la plantilla acopló a jugadores como Brian Laudrup, Florin Răducioiu, Christian Panucci y (a mitad de la temporada) Marcel Desailly. Marco Simone se convirtió en un titular indiscutible y determinante en los resultados junto a Jean-Pierre Papin. En el inicio de la temporada, el Milan se adjudicó un nuevo trofeo al revalidar la Supercopa de Italia, después de vencer (en una final jugada en Washington, Estados Unidos) al Torino, con un único gol de Marco Simone a los cuatro minutos del primer tiempo. Liderando el campeonato local, el equipo disputó la Copa Intercontinetal, el 12 de diciembre de 1993, en reemplazo del Olympique de Marseille, a raíz de los casos de corrupción ocurridos en el seno del club francés. Aquella final, jugada contra el Sao Paulo de Brasil, lo vio dos veces en desventaja, pero logrando igualar las acciones (Massaro al minuto 48' y Papin al 81'), aunque finalmente y a cuatro minutos del término, el equipo acabó cayendo por 2:3, en una disputada final. Para enero y febrero del año siguiente, el equipo participó (también por el caso de corrupción del Olympique de Marseille) en la Supercopa de Europa, la cual perdió ante el Parma, después de ganar por 1:0 en la ida (gol de Papin) y de caer por 0:2 en San Siro (con un gol en el quinto minuto del tiempo suplementario). En el campo local, el Milan lograría establecer un dominio en la Serie A, al conseguir el decimocuarto scudetto de la sociedad y el tercero de manera consecutiva (a dos jornadas del termino del campeonato). Aquel torneo trajo números récord como la imbatibilidad del portero Sebastiano Rossi (929 minutos sin recibir un gol en la Serie A) y la cifra de goles en contra (15 en 34 jornadas). El prolífico año se cerraría en el plano europeo, al arribar invicto, a la tercera final de manera consecutiva de la Liga de Campeones (la séptima en la historia de Il Diavolo). El partido disputado en Atenas, el 18 de mayo de 1994, lo midió ante el Barcelona (el denominado Dream Team de Johann Cruyff). Sin ser considerado como favorito, el Milan jugó la que puede considerarse como la mejor final disputada por la sociedad en la Liga de Campeones. Con una doppietta de Massaro, un extraordinario gol de Savićević y la lápida de Desailly, los rossoneri lograron imponerse por un categórico 4:0. Así consiguieron llevar a Italia, la quinta orejona del club y el duodécimo trofeo a nivel internacional
La era Capello continuaba en la senda del éxito al iniciar la temporada de 1994/95 con la obtención, en agosto, de la Supercopa de Italia (la cuarta del club y la tercera de manera consecutiva), en un partido disputado en el San Siro, donde el Milan se impuso a la Sampdoria por 4:3 en penales, después de empatar 1:1 en el tiempo regular y suplementario (con un gol de Gullit que igualaba el marcador a siete minutos del término de los noventa minutos). En un campeonato algo irregular, el equipo finalizó en la cuarta ubicación, pero no sin antes disputar la Copa Intercontinental 1994, la cual perdió por 2:0 ante el Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield de Argentina y conquistar, en febrero del año siguiente, la tercera Supercopa de Europa de la sociedad y el décimo tercer torneo a nivel internacional. Aquel trofeo lo obtuvo ante el Arsenal, al que, después de empatar sin goles en Inglaterra, se venció por 2:0 en Milán, tras sendos goles de de Boban y Massaro (al minuto 41' y 67', respectivamente). En la Liga de Campeones, el equipo tuvo un duro escollo (en la fase de grupos) ante el Ajax, perdiendo ambos partidos ante el cuadro neerlandés. Los dirigidos por Capello, lograron imponerse a los demás rivales, pero teniendo que disputar sus dos últimos partidos de local en el grupo, en un campo neutro de la ciudad de Trieste, tras un incidente en la victoria del equipo por 3:0 ante el Austria Salzburgo, en San Siro. Al Milan se le panalizó con dos puntos, por lo que se clasificó gracias a la diferencia de goles (después de totalizar cinco unidades). En cuartos de final se midió al Benfica, al cual eliminó por un global de 2:0 (2:0 en Milán e igualdad sin goles en Lisboa), accediendo a semifinales donde logró dejar en el camino al Paris Saint-Germain, tras lograr ganar por 1:0 en la ida y finiquitar en el San Siro tras imponerse por 2:0. De esta manera, el Milan accedió a disputar su quinta final en siete años y la tercera de manera consecutiva. El partido decisivo tuvo lugar en Viena, el 24 de mayo de 1995 y ante el Ajax, donde, en una muy disputada final, el equipo cayó tras un único gol de Patrick Kluivert, a cinco minutos del término del tiempo regular.
La temporada de 1995/96, la última del ciclo de Capello y del decennio d'oro del Milan, dio inicio con la llegada de Il Codino Roberto Baggio (Balón de Oro en 1993) y del atacante liberiano, George Weah (proveniente del Paris Saint-Germain). Bajo la guía de Big George (autor de once goles), Baggio y Marco Simone, el Milan logró establecerse en la punta con una cómoda ventaja de ocho puntos sobre la Juventus, en un campeonato plenamente dominado por la squadra rossonera, conquistando así, el decimoquinto título de liga de la sociedad. En la Copa UEFA y después de un sólido camino, el equipo cayó en cuartos de final por 0:3 ante el Girondins de Bordeaux (en Francia), después de haber ganado por 2:0 en el partido de ida disputado en el San Siro.
[editar] El inicio de una nueva EraEl Milan inició la temporada 1996/97 al mando del uruguayo Oscar Tabárez, quien fichó a jugadores como Christophe Dugarry, Edgar Davids, Michael Reiziger, Pietro Vierchowod, entre otros. El primer torneo en el que compitió fue la Supercopa de Italia (siendo la quinta vez que la disputaba) la cual perdió 1:2 ante la Fiorentina. En la Liga de Campeones, el equipo acabó eliminado, en la fase de grupos tras perder 2:1 ante el Rosenborg. Tabarez fue reemplazado por Arrigo Sacchi, quien no pudo revertir la suerte del equipo que terminó en la undécima posición. Al final de la temporada, se despidieron los históricos Franco Baresi (retirando el dorsal número 6 en su honor) y Mauro Tassotti.
En la temporada 1997/98 Fabio Capello tomó las riendas del equipo. Entre las contrataciones que solicitó y los dirigentes consiguieron estaban jugadores como Christian Ziege, Ibrahim Ba, Patrick Kluivert, Giampiero Maini, Massimo Taibi, Winston Bogarde, Maurizio Ganz, Jesper Blomqvist, Steinar Nilsen, Andreas Andersson y Leonardo. A pesar de ello el equipo acabó en la décima casilla de la Serie A. En la Copa de Italia (torneo donde se destacó el 5:0 al Inter de Milán en cuartos de final), logró acceder a la final, la cual perdió ante la Lazio por un marcador global de 2:3.
[editar] De Zaccheroni a Cesare Maldini (1998-2001)
Oliver Bierhoff, una de las piezas claves del scudetto de 1999.En la temporada 1998/99, el Milan puso en las manos de Alberto Zaccheroni su esperanza de un repunte en un año de gran carga simbólica al tratarse del centenario de la asociación. Con un juego ofensivo, un inusitado módulo 3-4-3 y los fichajes de jugadores como Oliver Bierhoff, Roberto Ayala, Luigi Sala, Bruno N'Gotty, Federico Giunti, Andrés Guglielminpietro y Thomas Helveg; Zaccheroni, Zac para los tifosis, daba inició a una temporada que tenía contemplada una plaza a la Liga de Campeones. Hacia el final de la campaña, el equipo logró una racha de seis victorias consecutivas lo que lo dejó en la primera ubicación, por delante de la Lazio, dirigida entonces por Sven-Göran Eriksson. La definición se resolvió en la última jornada, donde Milan logró su séptima victoria en línea al imponerse 2:1 sobre Perugia en condición de visitante por lo que el cuadro rossonero obtuvo su decimosexto scudetto.
La temporada de 1999/00 se iniciaba con la adquisición del ucraniano Andriy Shevchenko (procedente del Dinamo de Kiev) y el duelo por la Supercopa de Italia, el cual se perdió por un marcador de 1:2, ante el Parma. El retorno al ámbito internacional, finalizó con la eliminación en fase de grupos de la Liga de Campeones, al perder por 2:3 ante el Galatasaray de Turquía. El equipo concluyó cuarto en la liga, por lo que accedió a disputar la fase previa de la Liga de Campeones.
En agosto, el Milan comenzó la temporada del 2000/01 ganando la llave eliminatoria ante el Dinamo Zagreb gracias a un 6:1 global, pero al caer eliminado en la (por entonces) segunda fase grupos y en vista de una hipotética final en su estadio, Zaccheroni era sustituido por Cesare Maldini. El equipo finalizó en la sexta ubicación, por lo que accedió a disputar la Copa de la UEFA. La histórica goleada 6:0 al Inter de Milán, es el suceso más recordado de aquella temporada.
[editar] El ciclo de Ancelotti (2001-2009)
Andriy Shevchenko, segundo goleador histórico del Milan.Para el inicio de la temporada 2001/02 y con el turco Fatih Terim como nuevo director técnico, el Milan fichó a jugadores como Manuel Rui Costa, Filippo Inzaghi, Andrea Pirlo, Cristian Brocchi y Martin Laursen. Tras un inicio de campaña decepcionante, Terim fue reemplazado por Carlo Ancelotti, quien se mantendría hasta el 2009 como entrenador rosoonero, abriendo un nuevo ciclo de éxitos. En la Serie A equipo logró el cuarto puesto (que daba acceso a la fase previa de la Liga de Campeones) en la liga y posteriormente llegó hasta semifinales de la Copa de la UEFA, donde fue eliminado por el Borussia Dortmund, después de caer por 0:4 en Alemania y de ganar por 3:1 en el San Siro.
En la temporada 2002/03 el Milan alcanzó la final de la Liga de Campeones, en una trayectoria que lo vio dejar en el camino a equipos como el Ajax (en un infartante partido de vuelta resuelto en el último minuto) en cuartos de final y al Inter de Milán en semifinal. El partido decisivo tuvo como marco al estadio Old Trafford y a la Juventus como rival, siendo la primera final disputada entre equipos italianos en esta competición. El cuadro rossonero se impuso por penales 3:2 después de un empate sin goles. El ucraniano Andriy Shevchenko fue el encargado de ejecutar el penal decisivo que le otorgaba al Milan su sexta Liga de Campeones. Tres días después de la gloria europea, el Milan disputó (en el estadio San Siro) el partido de vuelta en la final de la Copa de Italia, ante la Roma (a la cual había vencido por 4:1 en la ida). A pesar de verse abajo por dos goles en el marcador, el descuento de Rivaldo otorgaba una mayor tranquilidad al cuadro milanés. El marcador no se movía y para el tercer minuto de descuento, cuando los dados ya estaban echados, Filippo Inzaghi igualó el encuentro para el 2:2 definitivo. De esta manera, el Milan se consagraba por quinta vez como campeón de la Copa de Italia.
Festejos tras la obtención del decimoséptimo Scudetto en mayo del 2004.Ya en el inicio de la temporada 2003/04 y tras el arribo de la joven promesa brasileña Kaká, junto al también brasileño Cafú y el italiano Giuseppe Pancaro, el Milan disputó la Supercopa de Europa frente al Porto sobre el cual se impuso gracias a un solitario gol de Andriy Shevchenko, añadiendo así a sus vitrinas, su cuarta Supercopa Europea y el decimoquinto trofeo internacional. Para el epílogo del 2003, se disputó la Copa Intercontinental, ante Boca Juniors de Argentina, perdiendo la final en definición por penales. Después de un repunte en la liga, logró establecerse en la punta con relativa comodidad la cual no soltó, conquistando su decimoséptima liga a dos jornadas del término.
En la temporada 2004/05 logró su quinta Supercopa de Italia al vencer a la Lazio por 3:0 (con una tripleta de Andriy Shevchenko). En el marco internacional, alcanzaba su décima final de la Liga de Campeones venciendo en el camino a escuadras como el Manchester United (en octavos de final y ganando ambos cotejos), el Inter (en cuartos) y el PSV (en semifinales y gracias a un gol clave en los últimos minutos de Massimo Ambrosini en el partido de ida). Disputando su segunda final en tres años, cayó en definición por penales ante el Liverpool después de empatar 3:3.
En la temporada del 2005/06, sigue siendo protagonista del campeonato local y la Liga de Campeones, llegando en esta última a semifinales, tras vencer (en dramáticos partidos de vuelta en el San Siro) al Bayern Múnich (en octavos de final y gracias a un categórico 4:1 en milán) y al Olympique de Lyon (en cuartos de final y resolviendo la eliminatoria en los últimos minutos por 3:1). Cayó, en la que fue una disputada semifinal, ante el Barcelona por un marcador global de 0:1.
Kaká, una de las piezas fundamentales en el ciclo de Ancelotti.Tras el denominado Moggigate, donde recibió sanciones después de haber pedido jueces de línea internacionales tras las polémicas sufridas en el partido ante el Siena (derrota de 1:2 con fallos arbitrales que le costaron al club rossonero el título), el Milan dio inicio a la liga 2006/07 con una penalización de 15 puntos (la cual se redujo a ocho) y de 30 en la temporada anterior (2005/06), lo que se tradujo en fichajes de bajo perfil. La situación se agravó aún más, tras la salida de Andriy Shevchenko del club. A pesar de los contratiempos, logró disputar la Liga de Campeones, donde se dio inicio a una campaña épica la cual emprendió desde cero, partiendo por eliminar (en la tercera fase previa) al Estrella Roja de Belgrado (después de ganar 1:0 en el San Siro y 2:1 en la ida), con lo que accedió a la fase grupos. Durante el resto del torneo, logró dejar en el camino a equipos como el Celtic (en octavos de final por 1:0 en San Siro y en el tiempo de alargue, después de haber empatado sin goles en Escocia), el Bayern Múnich (en cuartos de final empate 2:2 en Italia y 0:2 en Alemania) y el Manchester United en semifinales (cayo en un partido de infarto en Old Trattford por 3:2 y luego ganó por un claro y mas que justo 3:0 en San Siro con una gran actuación de Clarence Seedorf y Kaká). Tras aquel largo tramo, el equipo accedió a su undécima final en esta competición. El duelo decisivo (jugado en Atenas) lo tuvo, una vez más, cara a cara frente al Liverpool, sobre el cual se impuso por 2:1 gracias a los goles de Filippo Inzaghi. De esta manera alcanzó su séptima corona europea y la decimosexta a nivel internacional.
En la temporada 2007/08, el Milan disputó, por octava ocasión en su historia, la Supercopa de Europa ante el Sevilla español, sobre el cual se impuso por 3:1, adjudicándose por quinta ocasión dicho trofeo. Posteriormente, tras vencer a Boca Juniors por un marcador de 4:2, se transformó en el primer club europeo en obtener la Copa Mundial de Clubes y en el club más laureado a nivel internacional hasta entonces. El cuadro rossonero arribó hasta octavos de final en la Liga de Campeones, donde quedó eliminado ante el Arsenal. En el campeonato local finalizó en la quinta ubicación, clasificándose para la Copa de la UEFA.
Para la temporada 2008/09, el Milán igualó en puntos con la Juventus en la segunda posición del campeonato local. En la Copa de la Uefa quedó eliminado por diferencia de gol ante el Werder Bremen en los dieciseisavos de final, tras igualar a un gol en Alemania y a dos en Italia en el partido de vuelta. En la Copa de Italia quedó eliminado ante la Lazio después de perder 1:2 en partido único. Al final de la temporada y tras lograr la clasificación directa a la Liga de Campeones, Carlo Ancelotti fue destituido (cerrando un ciclo donde ganó, entre otras cosas, 2 Ligas de Campeones y un scudetto) y reemplazado por Leonardo, mientras que Paolo Maldini se retiró del fútbol tras jugar toda su carrera (25 temporadas) en el Milan.
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For the year 1977/78, Nils Liedholm took over as new head coach of the team and players like Roberto reinforcements and Ruben Buriani Antonelli, Milan finished a creditable fourth place and giving the team a new fresh air, it looked reflected in the offensive game posed Swedish. The team also played for the fourth time, the Cup Winners Cup, where he was eliminated in the first round against Betis Spanish, 2:3 on aggregate (0:2 and 2:1 in Spain in Milan). On April 23, 1978, in the 2-1 victory over the Hellas Verona, Serie A debut in Franco Baresi, future champion and captain of Milan. At the end of the season, Sabadini joined the ranks of Catanzaro.
1978/79 season, closed the seventies, which meant the withdrawal of Gianni Rivera (who played 650 games and 160 goals materialized with Milan) and the conquest of the tenth league title (Lo Scudetto della Stella). With the reinforcements of Walter Novellino (from the Perugia) and Stefano Chiodi (coming from Bologna), Liedholm fielded a competitive picture pursued his philosophy of attacking football, embodied in his scheme with a single point (Chiodi) that was supplied by the exercising constant danger behind players like Maldera, Novellino, Antonelli and Bigon. Liedholm's squad began the tournament a big way, winning nine of ten possible points after the first five rounds played. For girone di ritorno, the team did not let the tip and thanks to a tie of Perugia (his only escort and without knowing who finished losses) in the penultimate round, was consecrated as the Italian champions for the tenth time in its history. It was after that trophy that Milan joined his shirt Stella d'Oro (gold star to sporting merit.) In Europe, the team placed again in the third stage of the UEFA Cup, where he was eliminated against Manchester City, after drawing two goals in Italy and England losing 0:3.
[Edit] The difficult years (1980-1986) After finishing third in the 1979/80 season and being eliminated in the first round of the Champions Cup (against Porto after goalless draw in the first leg and fell to 0 : 1 in Milan), the Rossoneri club president, Felice Colombo, among other leaders of the club, was involved in the so-called Totonero. After their respective trial (in which Colombo and club doorman, Enrico Albertosi, were banned for life) Milan (among other clubs such as Lazio, Avellino and Bologna) relegated to Serie B Italian soccer.
For the subsequent season (1980-1981), the squad won promotion to Serie A after finishing in first place in the championship with Robert Antonelli as capocannoniere tournament under the chairmanship of Gaetano Morazzoni. In the Italian Cup, the team spent the first phase, which could face Inter Milan, which lost to a minimum.
In the 1981/82 season, with Giuseppe Farina as club president and following an unfortunate campaign, the club returned back to Serie B.
Under the guidance of coach Ilario Castagna (in season 1982/83), Milan managed to be promoted to Serie A (after finishing in first place), thanks in large part to the great performances of Mauro Tassotti (being captain) and Alberigo Evani, future stars of the society.
In a transition season (1983/84), Milan came Filippo Galli (who played until 1997, playing 217 games for the Rossoneri jersey) and Luciano Spinosi, including reinforcements, which the team was ranked eighth in .
Farina insisted on building a competitive squad, hiring Nils Liedholm (after their outstanding performance in command of the Roma) as a coach and signing players like Pietro Paolo Virdis (who was instrumental in the resurgence of the club), Mark Hateley (Attila), Ray Wilkins (Butch) and Agostino Di Bartolomei. This will start the season was 1984/85, where the team managed a creditable fifth place gave him access to contest the UEFA Cup. In the Italian Cup and after eliminating Juventus and Inter (in the quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively), played the final against Sampdoria, before it fell on aggregate 1:3. On 20 January of that season, made his debut against Udinese, Paolo Maldini (one of the greatest logos in the history of Milan).
For the following season (1985/86), Milan hired Paolo Rossi (Golden Ball in 1982) who was a trident with Virdis and Hateley. However, the team could not stand in the local championship. The surprise elimination in the third round of the UEFA Cup, before the Belgian Waregem, triggered the resignation of Farina as club president.
[Edit] The reconstruction of the club and the reconquest of Europe
Pietro Paolo Virdis, top scorer in Serie A with Milan, this season output 1986/87.Tras Farina, Milan was taken on February 20, 1986, by Silvio Berlusconi, becoming, and for 24 March of that year, the twenty-first president of the society. In addition to providing it with financial resources, Berlusconi introduced a new mentality in the team, in order to form a competitive team. The team finished the 1985/86 season in seventh position.
In the 1986/87 season, the Rossoneri began the replacement squadra, with the arrival of players like Roberto Donadoni, Daniele Massaro, Giuseppe Galderisi, Dario Bonetti and goalkeeper Giovanni Galli, all under the protection of historic Nils Liedholm. After a difficult start, the Swede was replaced by Fabio Capello (champion as a player in the Milan of the Italian Cup in '77 and the tenth scudetto in '79 [10]). The young trainer managed to lift the team to fifth place (having Pietro Paolo Virdis as capocannoniere with 17 goals), so equal in points with Sampdoria. The quota for the UEFA Cup had to be decided in a single match in Torino, which the Rossoneri won by the minimum difference in overtime. At the end of the season, the team managed to win the third edition of the Club World Club Cup.
[Edit] Immortal Sacchi (1987-1991) for the 1987/88 season, the Milan premiere the promising Arrigo Sacchi (ex Parma) as the new head coach, who professed a total football based on a continuous pressing, conquest of the spaces within the field, a zone defense, a notable tactical management of offside and a large number of versatile players that supplied the forwards. Sacchi method was primarily impressive collective feeling given off block. All players in cosets moved while in the direction of the ball, got on and off, not only together, but remaining the same distance from each other, without losing more than a meter. It was a fearsome machine efficiency, which emulate then many other teams. Sacchi also had a group of first-order to provide, on a solid defense, the guidance of captain Franco Baresi, plus Paolo Maldini, Alessandro Costacurta and Mauro Tassotti. The rest of the strata of the field, including the solvency of the goal Giovanni Galli, a tight midfield consisting of Roberto Donadoni, Angelo Colombo, and Carlo Ancelotti, to which was added the attack of talents such as Marco van Basten and Ruud Gullit, who displayed their stake in the company of killer instinct by Pietro Paolo Virdis. With Van Basten injured and lost virtually all season, the Milan concentrated their forces in the local tournament (after being eliminated in the second round of the UEFA Cup against Espanyol on aggregate 0:2), competing against Napoli Maradona. The victory at the San Siro against Italian champions 4:1, mark the beginning of a thrilling comeback in the standings of the squadra rossonera. With only three days of the end of the championship and the Milan Napoli outstrip a unit, Sacchi box visiting the Stadio San Paolo where the team managed to win by 2:3, thereby becoming sole leader. After the 1:1 draw against the As on the last day, the Milan won their eleventh Scudetto. It was in this league where the group was born and the name of Gli Immortali di Sacchi (the immortal Sacchi), [11] in addition to launching one of the most glorious periods in the history of the club.
Marco van Basten, who plays for Milan between 1987 and 1995, where he was one of the pieces in achieving the Scudetto, the Champions League and Intercontinental Cup, as well as being chosen as the best player in Europe and the subsequent Mundo season (1988/89), the Dutch set up the legendary trio (almost forty years of famous GreNoLi) with the arrival of Frank Rijkaard, replacing Claudio Borghi Argentina. Milan started the campaign was disputing the newly established Italian Super Cup (which pits the winners of the Scudetto and the Coppa Italia) against Sampdoria at Giuseppe Meazza. After going down on the scoreboard, managed to win by 3:1 thanks to goals from Graziano Mannari, Rijkaard and Van Basten. The team returned to play the Champions League, where in the second round he faced the Red Star Belgrade. After 1:1 match in Milan, squadra Sacchi was the disadvantage of 0:1, in addition to having to play the rest of the match a man down (after the expulsion of Virdis). At this point, the game was suspended temporarily because of heavy fog, but after the break, the table Rossoneri managed to even the score and force the prisons, where he eventually won by 4:2. In the quarterfinals, he faced the German Werder Bremen, which eliminated a very close tie after a scoreless match in Germany and sentence especially after a 1:0 at San Siro. The semi-final played against Real Madrid, which tied in Spain (in a game that had it as clearly dominant and where he knocked out a legitimate goal) by 1:1 thanks to Van Basten scoring contundecia. The definition is closed thanks to the memorable 5:0 in Milan. The victory amounted to Milan in the final that was played at the Nou Camp against the formidable Romanian team Steaua Bucharest (Champions of Europe 1986). The landslide victory (masterful at both tactical and technical) of 4:0 made evident the team play attractive and great individuals that had, when Gullit and Van Basten (with a doppietta each) who established the goals that Milan gave him his third Champions Cup title and sixth worldwide. In the local championship, the team finished in third place.
Like last season, the club continued to charm Europe and the world with great performances. The 1989/90 season, saw him crowned with obtaining the first Super Cup after beating with a single goal in the first leg Alberigo Evani (after the match 1:1 in Spain), Barcelona. To this was added the conquest of the second Intercontinental Cup after beating Atletico Nacional of Colombia, Tokyo (Japan). In a tight game with both teams playing with great caution and ending goalless draw in regulation, the match was decided in minute 118 ', after a free kick goal Evani. The rest of the campaign took to Milan to get a step considered clover (Winning the championship, the National Cup and Champions Cup). The league title (with Van Basten as top scorer with 19 goals) played it every inch with Napoli, giving the point (shared) for a day of the term. In the Coppa Italia, Milan Napoli eliminated in the semi-finals after goalless draw in Milan and win thanks to goals from Van Basten Massaro and by 3:1 in the first leg. In this way agreed to another final, which they lost 0:1 on aggregate to Juventus. On the international front, the squadra retained the title of champion of Europe, after a complex stage. For the second round, the team returned to face Real Madrid, which eliminated after winning by 2:0 in Italy and resist a 0:1 in the first leg. The key semifinals played against Bayern Munich, who defeated 1:0 at the San Siro thanks to a visitor's vital goal, the team could overcome the 1:2 against Germany. Thus, the Milan granted his fifth final of the Champions Cup, which took place in Vienna on May 23, 1990 and against Benfica. Thanks to an organized lines and a lone goal from Frank Rijkard minute 23 'of the extra time, Milan added to their showcases its fourth romaine.
In the 1990/91 season and after the departure of Giovanni Galli to Napoli, the team opened with obtaining the second Super Cup, by defeating Sampdoria 2-0 at San Siro (with goals from Gullit and Van Basten), after winning the first leg match 1:1 (thanks to a goal from Evani). The run by Sacchi, also revalidated the Intercontinental Cup after beating Olimpia of Paraguay clearly by 3:0, thanks to two goals from Rijkaard (minutes 43 'and 65') and one of Giovanni Stroppa (min 61 '). In the Champions League, the Rossoneri squadra played the quarter-final against Olympique Marseille. In the return match and after match 1:1 in Italy, the team handicap Found in 0:1, when a few minutes left, one of the floodlights of the stadium was extinguished. Milan did not return to the field in protest, once solved the technical problem, so it is impossible for participation in Europe next year. In the local championship, the team finished in second place after Sampdoria. At the end of the campaign, Arrigo Sacchi resigned as coach to take charge of La Nazionale with the Milan began a new era at the helm, once again, by Fabio Capello.
[Edit] invincible Capello (1991-1996) Throughout the entire 1991/92 season and throughout his career in Milan, Friuli coach was recognized for his skills as a great motivator and to develop strict work with their pupils. Focusing on obtaining the league championship (the twelfth of the Company), Capello and the team achieved its mission in a championship record, which earned them the nickname of Gli Invincibili (the invincible). [12] With the record of 56 points and undefeated in that tournament, Milan became the second Italian team finished undefeated in the championship (next to Perugia, 1979) and the first win, keeping the unbeaten throughout the process. That group won a total of 74 goals (an average of 2 per game), specifying some memorable games for the club, as the 5:0 Napoli, Sampdoria 5:1 to the (defending champion) or 8:2 to Foggia (the surprise team of that season). In the individual context, highlighted by winning the Milan Van Basten (the second time in his career) capocannoniere title with 25 goals.
After obtaining the record scudetto, AC Milan rested his eyes on Europe, but without neglecting other local event. During the 1992/93 marketing year, the company took for the summer market, caliber players such as French international Jean-Pierre Papin (Golden Ball in 1991), Croatian Zvonimir Boban, Dejan Savićević Serbian, and Italian Stefano Eranio and Gianluigi Lentini. The season continued its triumphal march of Capello's Milan to win Italian Super Cup second after beating Parma 2:1 in a match that began with Van Basten specifying the first imbalance and Daniele Massaro, sealed the match (20 minutes from the end), then the transient 1:1. In the league championship, Milan managed to extend to 58 the games without defeat in Serie A, all local brand and one of the longest unbeaten at the international level. Repeating the sound track (with exciting games like the Fiorentina 7:3 or 5:4 to Pescara) of the previous tournament, Milan held the lead and control of the championship since the first day, culminating with the bicampeonato and obtaining the thirteenth Scudetto. Unfortunately for the club and after thirteen days, the Van Basten lost staff because of his lingering physical problems. Operated in Belgium, di Utrecht cigno be reunited with the group after five months of recovery. In the field Continental Champions Cup (renamed the season as Champions League UEFA), Il Diavolo was confirmed as a very strong squad to beat his ten games played, marking 23 points and losing his fence to see only a occasion. The team finished first in his group (taking from rivals to Goteborg, PSV and Porto) and agreed to play their sixth final in a match played at the Olympiastadion in Munich against Olympique Marseille. Against all odds, the team fell by the minimum score at the French box. That game marked the last appearance in a playground of the great Marco van Basten.
Fabio Capello, the mastermind of one of the most successful cycles in the history of the 1993/94 season company.A company, Milan changed names, such as the Dutch trio (when transferred Gullit and Rijkaard and Van Basten to be near retirement by a series of misfortunes), Alberigo Evani (after thirteen years with the club, was sold to Sampdoria) and Gianluigi Lentini (victim of a serious car accident, was sidelined for the rest of the campaign). During the transfer market, the workforce coupled with players like Brian Laudrup, Florin Răducioiu, Christian Panucci and (midseason) Marcel Desailly. Marco Simone became a permanent fixture and a determinant of outcome with Jean-Pierre Papin. At the start of the season, Milan was awarded a new trophy to validate the Italian Super Cup after beating (in a final played in Washington, United States) to Torino, with a single goal from Marco Simone in the fourth minute of first time. Leading the local championship, the team played in the Intercontinental Cup, the 12 December 1993, replacing the Olympique de Marseille, following corruption cases occurred within the French club. That final play against Sao Paulo in Brazil, saw him twice at a disadvantage, but achieving equal shares (Massaro at minute 48 'and Papin 81'), and four minutes but eventually the term, the team ended up falling by 2 : 3, in a hotly contested final. For January and February next year, the team participated (also by the corruption of the Olympique de Marseille) in the European Super Cup, which they lost to Parma after winning the first leg 1-0 (goal Papin ) and 0:2 fall in San Siro (with a goal in the fifth minute of extra time). In the local field, the Milan achieved a domain set in the Serie A scudetto to get the fourteenth of society and the third in a row (two days of the end of the championship). That event brought record numbers as the unbeaten goalkeeper Sebastiano Rossi (929 minutes without conceding a goal in Serie A) and the number of goals against (15 in 34 days). The prolific year close at the European level, to arrive unbeaten for the third consecutive final of the Champions League (the seventh in the history of Il Diavolo). The match in Athens on May 18, 1994, as measured against Barcelona (so-called Dream Team of Johann Cruyff). Without being the favorite, Milan played what could be considered as the best final played by society in the Champions League. With doppietta of Massaro, a remarkable goal and headstone Savićević Desailly, the Rossoneri managed to impose a categorical 4:0. So bring Italy won the fifth club romaine and twelfth international trophy.
The Capello was still on the road to success when you start the 1994/95 season with the procurement, in August, the Italian Super Cup (the fourth in the club and the third in a row) in a match at San Siro , where Milan beat Sampdoria by 4:3 on penalties after drawing 1:1 in regular and extra time (with a goal from Gullit that matched the scoring seven minutes from the end of the ninety minutes). In a somewhat irregular championship, the team finished in fourth place, but not before the Copa Intercontinental 1994, which lost 2:0 against Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield of Argentina and conquer, in February next year, the third European Super society and the thirteenth international tournament. That trophy it won at Arsenal, which, after a scoreless draw in England, won by 2:0 in Milan, after two separate goals of Boban and Massaro (at minute 41 'and 67', respectively). In the Champions League, the team had a tough obstacle (in the group stage) against Ajax, losing both games against the Dutch box. The run by Capello, managed to impose on others rivals, but having to play their last two home games in the group, in a neutral city of Trieste, after an incident at the team's victory by 3:0 before the Austria Salzburg in San Siro. Milan is honeycombed with two points, it was classified by goal difference (after totaling five units). In the quarterfinals, was measured at Benfica, which eliminated 2-0 on aggregate (2-0 in Milan and equality scoreless in Lisbon), acceding to the semifinals where he managed to stop on the way to Paris Saint-Germain, after achieving 1:0 win in the first leg and tie at the San Siro after winning by 2:0. Thus, the Milan agreed to play his fifth final in seven years and the third in a row. The decisive match was held in Vienna on May 24, 1995 and before the Ajax, where, in a hotly contested final, the team fell behind a single goal from Patrick Kluivert, five minutes from the end of regulation.
The 1995/96 season, the last cycle and decennio Capello d'oro of Milan, began with the arrival of Roberto Baggio Il Codino (Golden Ball in 1993) and the Liberian striker George Weah (from the Paris Saint-Germain). Under the guidance of Big George (author of eleven goals), Baggio, Marco Simone, Milan managed to establish itself at the top with a comfortable eight-point advantage over Juventus in a championship dominated by the squadra fully rossonera, conquers the fifteenth League title in society. In the UEFA Cup after a solid way, the team fell in the quarter-final 0:3 against Girondins de Bordeaux (France), having won by 2:0 in the first leg at San Siro .
[Edit] The beginning of a new EraEl Milan began the 1996/97 season at the helm of the Uruguayan Oscar Tabarez, who signed players like Christophe Dugarry, Edgar Davids, Michael Reiziger, Pietro Vierchowod, among others. The first tournament he competed was the Italian Super Cup (being the fifth time that the dispute) which lost 1:2 against Fiorentina. In the Champions League, the team was eliminated in the group stage after losing 2:1 against Rosenborg. Tabarez was replaced by Arrigo Sacchi, who was unable to reverse the fortunes of the team that finished in eleventh position. At the end of the season, fired the historic Franco Baresi (removing the dorsal number 6 in his honor) and Mauro Tassotti.
In the 1997/98 season Fabio Capello took over the team. Among the contracts they sought and obtained leaders were players like Christian Ziege, Ibrahim Ba, Patrick Kluivert, Giampiero Maini, Massimo Taibi, Winston Bogarde, Maurizio Ganz, Jesper Blomqvist, Steinar Nilsen, Andreas Andersson and Leonardo. However the team finished in the tenth box in the Serie A. In the Italian Cup (tournament which highlighted the Inter Milan 5:0 in the quarter-final), managed to reach the final, which lost to Lazio by an aggregate score of 2:3.
[Edit] Zaccheroni Cesare Maldini (1998-2001)
Oliver Bierhoff, one of the key pieces of 1999.En scudetto 1998/99, Milan put in the hands of Alberto Zaccheroni the hope of an upturn in a year of great symbolic importance to be the centenary of the association. With an offensive play, an unusual 3-4-3 module and the signings of players like Oliver Bierhoff, Roberto Ayala, Luigi Sala, Bruno N'Gotty, Federico Giunti, Andres Guglielminpietro and Thomas Helveg; Zaccheroni, Zac for typhoid, gave started a season that had provided a place for the Champions League. Towards the end of the season, the team managed a run of six straight wins that put him in the first position, ahead of Lazio, then led by Sven-Goran Eriksson. The definition is decided on the final day, where Milan won its seventh win online by winning 2:1 over Perugia on visitor status as the Rossoneri won his sixteenth table scudetto.
The 1999-1900 season began with the acquisition of Ukrainian Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo from Kiev) and the mourning for the Italian Super Cup, which was lost by a score of 1:2, against Parma. The return to the international level, ended with the group stage elimination from the Champions League, losing 2:3 against Galatasaray of Turkey. The team finished fourth in the league, so he agreed to play the preliminary stage of the Champions League.
In August, Milan began the 2000/01 season winning the key tie against Dinamo Zagreb 6:1 thanks to a global, but knocked out in the (then) second phase groups and given final in a hypothetical stadium Zaccheroni was replaced by Cesare Maldini. The team finished in sixth place, so he agreed to contest the UEFA Cup. The historic rout 6:0 Inter Milan, is the most memorable event of that season.
[Edit] Ancelotti cycle (2001-2009)
Andriy Shevchenko, scorer of Milan.Para second start of the 2001/02 season and the Turkish Fatih Terim as the new head coach, joined the Milan players like Manuel Rui Costa, Filippo Inzaghi, Andrea Pirlo, Cristian Brocchi and Martin Laursen . After a disappointing start to the season, Terim was replaced by Carlo Ancelotti, who would remain as coach until 2009 rosoonero, opening a new cycle of success. Serie A team won the fourth place (that led to the preliminary stage of the Champions League) in the league and then reached the semifinals of the UEFA Cup, where they were beaten by Borussia Dortmund after fall Germany 0:4 and 3:1 win at San Siro.
In the 2002/03 season AC Milan reached the final of the Champions League in a career that saw him leave the way teams like Ajax (on a leg infartante resolved at the last minute) in the quarter-finals Inter Milan semifinal. The decider was framed by the Old Trafford stadium and Juventus rival, the first final played between Italian teams in this competition. Table Rossoneri won 3:2 on penalties after a goalless draw. Ukrainian Andriy Shevchenko was responsible for executing the decisive penalty to Milan which gave its sixth Champions League. Three days after European glory, Milan played (in the San Siro stadium) the return match in the final of the Coppa Italia, in the Rome (which had beaten 4:1 by the way). Despite being down by two goals on the scoreboard, the discount of greater peace Rivaldo gave the Milan box. The scoreboard did not move and the third minute of injury time when the dice are already cast, Filippo Inzaghi tied the game for the final 2:2. Thus, the Milan was consecrated for the fifth time Cup champion Italy.
Celebrations after obtaining the seventeenth 2004.Ya Scudetto in May at the start of the 2003/04 season and after the arrival of the promising young Brazilian Kaka, along with fellow Brazilian Cafu and Italian Giuseppe Pancaro, Milan played Super Europe against Porto on which was imposed by a solitary goal from Andriy Shevchenko, thus adding to their windows, their fourth European Supercup and the fifteenth international trophy. To the epilogue of 2003, played in the Intercontinental Cup against Boca Juniors of Argentina, losing the final on penalties. After a rebound in the league, managed to establish itself at the top with relative ease which does not let go, winning their seventeenth league to two rounds of the term.
In the 2004/05 season won its fifth Italian Super Cup after beating Lazio 3-0 (with a hat-trick from Andriy Shevchenko). At the international level, reached its tenth final Champions League en route to winning teams like Manchester United (in the second round and winning both matches), Inter (quarter) and PSV (in the semifinals and thanks to a key goal in the final minutes of Massimo Ambrosini in the first leg). Contesting his second final in three years, fell on penalties to Liverpool after drawing 3:3.
In the 2005/06 season, is still leading the local championship and the Champions League, the latter coming in the semi-finals after beating (in dramatic second leg at San Siro) Bayern Munich (in the second round, thanks a categorical milan 4:1) and Lyon (in the quarterfinals and resolving the tie in the last minute 3:1). Fell, which was a disputed semifinal against Barcelona by an aggregate score of 0:1.
Kaká, one of the cornerstones of the so-called cycle Ancelotti.Tras Moggigate, where he received after requesting sanctions linesmen after the controversial international suffered in the match against Siena (1:2 defeat to arbitral awards that rossonero cost the club the title), Milan began the 2006/07 league with a penalty of 15 points (which was reduced to eight) and 30 last season (2005/06), which resulted in Low-profile signings. The situation deteriorated further, following the departure of Andriy Shevchenko at the club. Despite the setbacks, he managed to play the Champions League, where he began an epic campaign which started from scratch, starting by eliminating (in the third qualifying) Red Star Belgrade (after winning 1:0 in the San Siro and 2:1 in the first leg), which granted the group stage. During the remainder of the tournament, managed to leave the way teams like Celtic (in the second round by 1:0 at San Siro and time of extra time after a scoreless tie in Scotland), Bayern Munich ( 2:2 quarterfinal tie in Italy and 0:2 in Germany) and Manchester United in the semifinals (game fell into a stroke in Old Trattford by 3:2 and then won by a clear and more than just 3:0 in San Siro with a great performance from Clarence Seedorf and Kaka). After that long flight, the team agreed to eleventh in the tournament final. The decisive match (played in Athens) had it, once again, face to face Liverpool, on which was imposed by 2:1 thanks to goals from Filippo Inzaghi. Thus reached its seventh European crown and the sixteenth worldwide.
In the 2007/08 season, Milan played, for the eighth time in its history, the European Super Cup against Sevilla Spanish, on which was imposed by 3:1, winning the trophy for the fifth time. Later, after beating Boca Juniors by a score of 4:2, became the first European club to get the World Club Cup and the most successful club to international level until then. The Rossoneri box arrived until the second round in the Champions League, where he was knocked against Arsenal. In the local championship finished in fifth position, qualifying for the UEFA Cup.
For the 2008/09 season, Milan tied on points with Juventus in the second position of the local championship. In the Uefa Cup were eliminated on goal difference against Werder Bremen in the knockout phase, after matching a goal in Germany and two in Italy in the second leg. In the Italian Cup against Lazio was eliminated after losing 1:2 in single party. At the end of the season and after achieving direct qualification to the Champions League, Carlo Ancelotti was removed (by closing a cycle where he won, among other things, 2 Champions Leagues and one scudetto) and replaced by Leonardo, while Paolo Maldini retired from football after playing his entire career (25 seasons) in Milan.
