August 02, 2008

AC Milan 0 - 1 Sevilla Russian Railways Cup

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)


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August 01, 2008

Kaka Wallpapers


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Managerial history

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




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Curva Sud of the San Siro Stadium

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.




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AC Milan Squad Season 08-09

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




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