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Ac Milan Football Club


Associazione Calcio Milan is an Italian football club based in Milan. They play in red and black stripes, giving them the nickname Rossoneri ("red-blacks"). The team is known colloquially as Milan, and are sometimes referred to as Il Diavoli (the devils).A.C. Milan has won the prestigious UEFA Champions League (or equivalent) seven times, In total they have won 13 European trophies (a record) and 16 international titles overall, tied for most titles with Boca Juniors. Milan also boasts domestic successes winning the Serie A title 17 times (only rivals Juventus F.C. have more Scudetti), the Coppa Italia (Italian Cup) five times and the Italian Super Cup a record five times.The club was founded as a cricket club in 1899 by Alfred Edwards, a British expatriate. In honour of its origins, the club has retained the English spelling of its city's name, instead of changing it to the Italian MilanoHistorically, AC Milan was supported by the city's working class and trade unionists many of whom were migrants from the South of Italy. Inter, the other big club from the city was mainly supported by the more prosperous and typically Milanese middle-class.In 1980 Milan were involved in the Totonero scandal and were relegated to Serie B as punishment. The scandal was centred on a betting syndicate paying players and officials to fix the outcome of matches. Milan were involved in the 2006 Serie A scandal where five teams were accused of fixing matches by selecting favourable referees. Milan were punished with a 15 point deductionThe team's current stadium is the 85,700 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.

AC Milan Achievements

Serie A
  • 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

Italian Cup
  • 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
Italian SuperCup
  • Winners (5): 1988; 1992; 1993; 1994; 2004
  • Runners-up (3): 1996; 1999; 2003
UEFA
  • Winners (7): 1962–63; 1968–69; 1988–89; 1989–90; 1993–94; 2002–03; 2006–07
  • Runners-up (4): 1957–58; 1992–93; 1994–95; 2004–05
UEFA Super Cup
  • Winners (5): 1989; 1990; 1994; 2003; 2007
  • Runners-up (2): 1973; 1993
UEFA Cup Winners
  • Winners (2): 1967–68; 1972–73
  • Runners-up (1): 1973–74


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