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AC Milan 0 - 1 Sevilla Russian Railways Cup

2008-08-02T15:42:00.004+07:00

Sevilla obtain an unexpected win against AC Milan in the first match of the Russian Railways Cup. This is the biggest pre-season friendly tournament organized in Eastern Europe.

The only goal of the match was in fact an own goal. Gennaro Gattuso managed to score a superb own goal with a diving header in the 47th minute.

AC Milan couldn’t come back on the scoreboard. Brocchi was rejected in the 80th minute. Gattuso’s own goal is highlighted in the above video.

AC Milan 0 - 1 Sevilla
47′ [0 - 1] G. Gattuso (own goal)
80′ C. Brocchi (red card)

Kaka Wallpapers

2008-08-01T22:21:00.002+07:00

Managerial history

2008-08-01T20:30:00.009+07:00

Carlo Ancelotti

Below is a list of Milan coaches from 1900 until the present day

Name	Nationality	Years
Herbert Kilpin	England	1900–1908
Daniele Angeloni	Italy	1906–1907
Technical Commission	Italy	1907–1910
Giovanni Camperio	Italy	1910–1911
Technical Commission	Italy	1911–1914
Guido Moda	Italy	1915–1922
Ferdi Oppenheim	Austria	1922–1924
Vittorio Pozzo	Italy	1924–1926
Guido Moda	Italy	1926
Herbert Burgess	England	1926–1928
Engelbert König	Austria	1928–1931
József Bánás	Hungary	1931–1933
József Viola	Hungary	1933–1934
Adolfo Baloncieri	Italy	1934–1937
William Garbutt	England	1937
Hermann Felsner	Austria	1937
József Bánás	Hungary	1937–1938
József Viola	Hungary	1938–1940
Guido Ara & Antonio Busini	Italy	1940–1941
Mario Magnozzi	Italy	1941–1943
Giuseppe Santagostino	Italy	1943–1945
Adolfo Baloncieri	Italy	1945–1946
Giuseppe Bigogno	Italy	1946–1949
Lajos Czeizler	Hungary	1949–1952
Gunnar Gren	Sweden	1952
Mario Sperone	Italy	1952–1953
Béla Guttmann	Italy	1953–1954
Antonio Busini	Italy	1954
Hector Puricelli	Uruguay	1954–1956
Giuseppe Viani	Italy	1957–1960
Paolo Todeschini	Italy	1960–1961
Nereo Rocco	Italy	1961–1963
Luis Carniglia	Argentina	1963–1964
Nils Liedholm	Sweden	1963–1966
Giovanni Cattozzo	Italy	1966
Arturo Silvestri	Italy	1966–1967
Nereo Rocco	Italy	1966–1972
Cesare Maldini	Italy	1973–1974
Giovanni Trapattoni	Italy	1974
Gustavo Giagnoni	Italy	1974–1975
Nereo Rocco	Italy	1975
Paolo Barison	Italy	1975-1976
Giovanni Trapattoni	Italy	1976
Giuseppe Marchioro	Italy	1976–1977
Nereo Rocco	Italy	1977
Nils Liedholm	Sweden	1977–1979
Massimo Giacomini	Italy	1979–1981
Italo Galbiati	Italy	1981
Luigi Radice	Italy	1981–1982
Italo Galbiati	Italy	1982
Francesco Zagatti	Italy	1982
Ilario Castagner	Italy	1982–1984
Italo Galbiati	Italy	1984
Nils Liedholm	Sweden	1984–1987
Fabio Capello	Italy	1987
Arrigo Sacchi	Italy	1987–1991
Fabio Capello	Italy	1991–1996
Oscar Tabárez	Uruguay	1996
Giorgio Morini	Italy	1996–1997
Arrigo Sacchi	Italy	1997
Fabio Capello	Italy	1997–1998
Alberto Zaccheroni	Italy	1998–2001
Cesare Maldini & Mauro Tassotti	Italy	2001
Fatih Terim	Turkey	2001
Carlo Ancelotti	Italy	2001–present

Curva Sud of the San Siro Stadium

2008-08-01T20:21:00.008+07:00

The Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, more commonly called San Siro, is a football stadium in Milan, Italy. It is the home stadium for two of the three most successful Italian Football League clubs: A.C. Milan and F.C. Internazionale, and one of the most famous football stadiums in the world. Although it has been officially renamed in honour of Giuseppe Meazza, the Inter and Milan player of the 1930s and 1940s, it is still commonly called San Siro. With the spectators being so close to the pitch, the stands being so steep and with a large roof, it is considered to have one of the best atmospheres of any stadium in the world.

The stadium construction started in 1925 in the Milanese district of San Siro, which gave its original name. The idea to build a stadium in the same district of the horse racing track, belongs to the man who then was the president of A.C. Milan, Piero Pirelli. The architects designed a stadium only for football (there is no athletics track in it). The inauguration was on 19 September 1926, when 35,000 spectators saw Inter defeat Milan 6-3. Originally the ground was home and property of AC Milan, later Internazionale became tenants and the two have shared the ground ever since. Although Giuseppe Meazza played for both Internazionale and AC Milan, he enjoyed more success at Inter and is more favoured by the Inter faithful; as a result, Milan fans favour the term San Siro for the ground.

As well as being used by Milan and Inter, the Italian national side also plays occasional games there and it has also been used for the 2000/01, 1969/1970 and 1964/65 Champions League/European Cup finals. The stadium was also used for UEFA Cup finals when played over home and away legs but has never featured since the competition changed to a single final structure in 1997/98.

The stadium underwent further renovations for the 1990 World Cup with $60m being spent, bringing the stadium up to UEFA 5-star standard. As part of the renovations, the stadium became all seated, with an extra tier being added to 3 sides of the stadium. This entailed the building of 11 concrete towers around the outside of the stadium. Four of these concrete towers located at the corner to support a new roof which has distinctive protruding red girders.

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. There is the frequent use of flares by the fans which often cause trouble.

On 19 December 2005, AC Milan vice-president and executive director Adriano Galliani announced that the team is seriously working to move out from 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 Squad Season 08-09

2008-08-01T19:45:00.004+07:00

AC Milan Squad

Season 08-09

Goalkeepers

Number	Name	Birth date	Nation
1	Dida	10/7/1973	Brazil
16	Zeljko Kalac	12/16/1972	Australia
12	Christian Abbiati	7/8/1977	Italy

Defenders

Number	Name	Birth date	Nation
18	Marek Jankulovski	5/9/1977	Czech Republik
19	Giuseppe Favalli	1/8/1972	Italy
44	Massimo Oddo	6/14/1976	Italy
25	Daniele Bonera	5/31/1981	Italy
4	Kakha Kaladze	2/27/1978	Georgia
3	Paolo Maldini	6/26/1968	Italy
13	Alessandro Nesta	3/19/1976	Italy
17	Dario Simic	11/12/1975	Croatia
31	Digao	10/14/1985	Brazil
36	Matteo Darmian	12/2/1989	Italy
14	Luca Antonini	8/4/1982	Italy
	Ignazio Abate	11/12/1986	Italy

Midfielders

Number	Name	Birth date	Nation
23	Massimo Ambrosini	5/29/1977	Italy
32	Cristian Brocchi	1/30/1976	Italy
8	Gennaro Gattuso	1/9/1978	Italy
21	Andrea Pirlo	5/19/1979	Italy
5	Emerson	4/4/1976	Brazil
10	Clarence Seedorf	4/1/1976	Netherlands
24	Mathieu Flamini	3/7/1984	France
15	Gianluca Zambrotta	2/19/1977	Italy

Forwards

Number	Name	Birth date	Nation
22	Kaká	4/22/1982	Brazil
9	Filippo Inzaghi	8/9/1973	Italy
7	Alexandre Pato	9/2/1989	Brazil
43	Alberto Paloschi	1/4/1990	Italy
	Marco Borriello	6/18/1982	Italy
80	Ronaldinho	3/21/1980	Brazil

AC Milan Jersey’s

2008-08-01T19:36:00.006+07:00

A.C. Milan Jersey for 2008/2009 season

Throughout the entire history of the club, they have been represented by the colours red and black. The colours were chosen to represent the players' fiery ardour (red) and the opponents' fear to challenge the team (black). Due to Milan's striped red and black shirts, they have gained the nickname rossoneri.White shorts and black socks are worn as part of the home kit.

Milan's away strip has always been completely white. The latter is considered by both the fans and the club as their "lucky" strip in Champions League finals, due to the fact that Milan won six finals out of eight in an all white strip (losing only to Ajax in 1995 and Liverpool in 2005), while they only won one out of three in their home strip. The third kit changes yearly and is black with red trim for the current season, but it is rarely used.

For many years, Milan's badge was just that of the flag of Milan; which was originally the flag of Saint Ambrose.Another nickname derived from the club's colours is "the Devil". An image of a red devil was used as AC Milan's logo at one point with a Golden Star for Sport Excellence located next to it;the star was awarded to the club when they won 10 league titles. Currently, the badge represents the club colours and the flag of the Comune di Milano, with the acronym ACM at the top and the foundation year (1899) at the bottom.

AC Milan Complete Achievement

2008-08-01T19:33:00.003+07:00

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: (record)

•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 (record)

•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

•Winners (1): 2007

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

AC Milan Club Profile

2008-08-01T19:03:00.009+07:00

Full name	Associazione Calcio Milan SpA
Nickname(s)	Rossoneri (Red-Blacks) il Diavolo (the Devil)
Founded	December 16, 1899
Home Ground	San Siro, Milan (Capacity: 82,955)
Chairman	Silvio Berlusconi
Head Coach	Carlo Ancelotti
League	Serie A

Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to by the abbreviation AC Milan or simply Milan, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. The club was founded in 1899 and has since spent most of its history in the top flight of Italian football.

In European and World competitions AC Milan have won 18 officially recognised international titles, more than any other club in the world.The club have won what is today known as the UEFA Champions League on seven occasions; only Real Madrid have won it more times (9). As far as Italian competitions are concerned, AC Milan is the second most successful club with 17 league titles; only Juventus have won more (27).AC Milan have won Intercontinental Cup/Club World Cup four times, more than any other team in the world.

Other important titles which Milan have won includes the European Super Cup five times, the Cup Winners' Cup twice, however they have never reached the UEFA Cup final (only two semi-finals). In Italy, the Coppa Italia five times as well as five Italian Super Cups. AC Milan is also one of the G-14’s founding members, a group that represented eighteen of the largest and most prestigious European football clubs before its disbandment.

Their home games are played at San Siro, also known as the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. The ground, which is shared with rivals Internazionale, is the largest in Italian football, with total capacity of 82,955.

Honours

Serie A : 17

Serie B : 2

Coppa Italia: 5

Supercoppa Italiana: 5

UEFA Champions League: 7

UEFA Super Cup: 5

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 2

FIFA Club World Cup: 1

Intercontinental Cup: 3