Colours and badge

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Coat of arms of the city of Milan – has been the club badge worn on match
kits from the origins to the mid-1940s

Red and black are the colours which have represented the club throughout its entire history. They were
chosen by its founder Herbert Kilpin to represent the players' fiery ardor (red) and the opponents' fear
to challenge the team (black). Rossoneri, the team's widely used nickname, literally means "the red &
blacks" in Italian, in reference to the colours of the stripes on its jersey. [72]

Another nickname derived from the club's colours is the Devil. An image of a red devil was used as
Milan's logo at one point with a Golden Star for Sport Excellence located next to it.[73] As is customary in
Italian football, the star above the logo was awarded to the club after winning 10 league titles, in 1979.
The official Milan logos have always displayed the Flag of Milan, which was originally the flag of Saint
Ambrose,[73] next to red and black stripes. The modern badge used today 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.[73] For what concerns the badge worn on match kits, from the origins to the mid-1940s it
was simply the flag of Milan. For many decades no club logo was displayed, with the exception of the
devil's logo in the early 1980s. The club badge made its definitive appearance on the match strips in the
1995–96, in a form that remained basically unchanged until present days.

Since its foundation, the AC Milan home kit consisted of a red and black striped shirt, combined with
white shorts and black socks; over the course of the decades, only cyclical changes dictated by the
fashions of the time affected this pattern, which remained almost unchanged up to present days. In the
first decade of the 20th century, the Rossoneri's first kit was a simple silk shirt characterized by thin
stripes, with the badge of the city of Milan sewn at heart level. From the 1910s, the stripes were
enlarged following a pattern that would remain unchanged until the late 1950s. The 1960s marked a
return to the origins, with the use of thin stripes. This style would last until the 1985–86 season, with a
small intermezzo from 1980 to 1982, when the stripes changed to a middle size again. A notable
innovation occurred in this period. Between the 1979–80 and 1980–81 seasons, the AC Milan shirt
achieved an important record by adding the surnames of the players above the number for the first time
in Italian football.[74]

From the 1986–87 season, under the impulse of the new club owner Silvio Berlusconi, the stripes were
brought back to a middle size, and the colour of the socks was changed to white, taking the same colour
of the shorts. In such a way, Berlusconi aimed at giving the players a more elegant look, as well as
making the kit more distinguishably red and black when watched on the television compared to the thin
striped kit, which, at a distance and on the television, could mistaken for a full red or brown shirt. [75] This
style continued until 1998. Starting from the 1998–99 season, the kits started to be modified on a yearly
basis in their design.

Milan's away kit has always been completely white, sometimes adorned with various types of
decorations, the most common of which are one vertical or horizontal red and black stripe. [76] The white
away kit is considered by both the fans and the club to be a lucky strip in Champions League finals, due
to the fact that Milan has won six finals out of eight in an all white strip (losing only to Ajax in 1995
and Liverpool in 2005), and only won one out of three in the home strip. The third strip, which is rarely
used, changes yearly, being mostly black with red trimmings.

"I can't think of many shirts out there that are as recognisable as Milan's. – Our kits go beyond just the
sphere of football."

— In an interview with SoccerBible, Milan player Gianluca Lapadula complimented the iconic design
of Rossoneri.[77]

First logo of the "Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club", used from 1899 to 1916


Milan logo used between 1936 and 1945

Milan logo used between 1946 and 1979, with few variations over the years

Milan logo used between 1986 and 1998

Milan logo used since 1998

Anthem and mascot

"AC Milan Anthem – Milan Milan" debuted in 1988 and was composed by Tony Renis and Massimo
Guantini.[78][79]

The official mascot, designed by Warner Bros., is "Milanello", a red devil with the AC Milan kit and a ball.
[citation needed]

Stadiums

Main article: San Siro

 View of the San Siro in 1934
Curva Sud of the San Siro

Milan played their first matches at the Trotter pitch, located where the Milan Central railway
station would later be built. It could not be defined as a stadium, as there were no dressing rooms, no
stands and no other facilities. In 1903, Milan moved to the Acquabella pitch, where the stands consisted
of a section of ground raised for the purpose. Milan played there until 1905. The following year the club
moved to the Porta Monforte pitch, where they played until 1914. The stadium was furnished with a
ticket office and wooden stands. In the following years Milan played at the Velodromo Sempione from
1914 to 1920, and at the Viale Lombardia stadium from 1920 to 1926. The latter was a modern
structure, with a big main stand and which hosted several games of the Italy national football team.[80]

In 1926 Milan moved to the stadium where they still play nowadays: The San Siro. The stadium,
[9]
officially known as Stadio Giuseppe Meazza after the former player who represented both Milan
and Internazionale, has 75,923 seats. The more commonly used name, "San Siro", is the name of the
district where it is located. San Siro was privately built by funding from Milan's president at the
time, Piero Pirelli. Construction was performed by 120 workers, and took 13+1⁄2 months to complete.
The stadium was owned by the club until it was sold to the city in 1935, and since 1947 it has been
shared with Internazionale when the other major Milanese club was accepted as joint tenant.

The first game played at the stadium was on 19 September 1926, when Milan lost 6–3 in a friendly
match against Internazionale. Milan played its first league game in San Siro on 19 September 1926,
losing 1–2 to Sampierdarenese. From an initial capacity of 35,000 spectators, the stadium has
undergone several major renovations, most recently in preparation for the 1990 FIFA World Cup when
its capacity was set to 85,700, all covered with a polycarbonate roof. In the summer of 2008 its capacity
was reduced to 80,018, to meet the new standards set by UEFA.

Based on the English model for stadiums, San Siro is specifically designed for football matches, as
opposed to many multi-purpose stadiums used in Serie A. It is therefore renowned in Italy for its
fantastic atmosphere during matches, largely thanks to the closeness of the stands to the pitch. The
frequent use of flares by supporters contributes to the atmosphere but the practice has occasionally
caused problems.

On 19 December 2005, Milan vice-president and executive director Adriano Galliani announced that the
club was seriously working towards a relocation. He stated Milan's new stadium will be largely based on
the Veltins-Arena – the home of Schalke 04 in Gelsenkirchen – and will follow the standards of football
stadiums in the United States, Germany and Spain. As opposed to many other stadiums in Italy, Milan's
new stadium would likely be used for football only, having no athletics track. On 11 December 2014,
Barbara Berlusconi announced a proposal to build a property stadium of 42,000 seats in Portello, behind
the new HQ of the Rossoneri, and the large square "Piazza Gino Valle". The new village with shopping
malls and hotel is located near CityLife district and is served by the metro.[81] On 20 September 2015,
however, Silvio Berlusconi called an end to his club's plans to build a new stadium in the city. [82] In 2017,
new CEO Marco Fassone stated that the club may look at either staying in the San Siro or moving to a
new stadium with the club hierarchy emphasising the need to increase average attendance for home
games.[83]

On 27 September 2023, chairman Paolo Scaroni announced the club had filed a proposal to build a new
70,000-seater stadium, alongside the club headquarters and museum in the comune of San Donato
Milanese, a suburb south of Milan.[84]

Supporters

Main article: Fossa dei Leoni

Brigate Rossonere

Milan is one of the most supported football clubs in Italy, according to research conducted by Italian
newspaper La Repubblica.[85] Historically, Milan was supported by the city's working class, which granted
them the nickname of casciavid [kaʃaˈʋiːt] (which in Milanese dialect means "screwdrivers"), used until
the 1960s.[86] On the other hand, crosstown rivals Inter Milan were mainly supported by the more
prosperous middle class.[86] The oldest ultras groups in all of Italian football, Fossa dei Leoni, originated in
Milan.[87] Currently, the main ultras group within the support base is Brigate Rossonere.[87] Milan ultras
have never had any particular political preference,[87] but the media traditionally associated them with
the left wing[88] until recently, when Berlusconi's presidency somewhat altered that view. [89]

According to a study from 2010, Milan is the most supported Italian team in Europe and seventh overall,
with over 18.4 million fans.[90] It had the thirteenth highest average attendance of European football
clubs during the 2019–20 season, behind Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, Manchester
United, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Inter, Schalke 04, Tottenham Hotspur, Celtic, Atlético Madrid, West
Ham United and Arsenal.[91]

Club rivalries

Main articles: Derby della Madonnina and Juventus F.C.–AC Milan rivalry
 Scene of a Derby della Madonnina in 1915

Milan's main rivalry is with its neighbour club, Inter Milan. Both clubs meet in the widely
anticipated Derby della Madonnina twice every Serie A season. The name of the derby refers to
the Blessed Virgin Mary, whose statue atop the Milan Cathedral is one of the city's main attractions. The
first match was held in the final of the Chiasso Cup of 1908, a football tournament played in Canton
Ticino, Switzerland, on 18 October of that year; the Rossoneri won 2–1. [92] The rivalry reached its highest
point in the 1960s, when the two clubs dominated the scene both domestically and internationally. In
Italy they cumulatively won five Serie A titles, while internationally they collected four European cups.
On the bench it showcased the clash of two different approaches to Catenaccio by the two
managers: Nereo Rocco for Milan and Helenio Herrera for Inter. On the pitch the stage was taken by
some of the biggest stars the Italian Serie A could offer: players such as Gianni Rivera, Giovanni
Trapattoni and José Altafini for Milan and Sandro Mazzola, Giacinto Facchetti and Luis Suárez for Inter.
The match usually creates a lively atmosphere, with numerous (often humorous or offensive) banners
unfolded before the start of the game. Flares are commonly present and contribute to the spectacle but
they have occasionally led to problems, including the abandonment of the second leg of the 2004–05
Champions League quarter-final match between Milan and Inter on 12 April 2005, after a flare thrown
from the crowd by an Inter supporter struck Milan goalkeeper Dida on the shoulder.[93]

The rivalry with Juventus F.C. is a rivalry between the two most titled teams in Italy. The challenge
confronts also two of the clubs with the greater basin of supporters as well as those with the greatest
turnover and stock market value in the country.[94] Milan and Juventus were often fighting for the top
positions of the Serie A standings. Some important periods marked by this rivalry were the early 1950s,
which saw the two teams alternating each other as Serie A champions (the two clubs won seven titles in
the decade), and big duels between forwards, with the Swedish Gre-No-Li on the rossoneri side and the
trio formed by Giampiero Boniperti, John Hansen and Karl Aage Præst on the bianconeri side; the early
1970s, when for two consecutive seasons, 1971-72 and 1972-73, Milan lost the scudetto to Juventus by
just one point; the 1990s, when the two clubs dominated the league by winning eight (consecutive)
titles out of ten, lining up players that marked the history of football in their era and in the whole
history; and finally in the 2000s, when, between the 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons, the two clubs
contested each other the Serie A titles, both won by Juventus but then revoked due to
the Calciopoli scandal. The only match played by the two teams in European competitions was the 2003
UEFA Champions League final, the first such final between two Italian clubs, won by Milan at the
penalties, which granted Milan the sixth Champions League title of their history. [95]

The rivalry with Genoa started at the dawn of the 20th century, when the two clubs repeatedly faced
each other for the Italian championship and other important trophies of the time. It then continued in
the 1981-82 Serie A season, when Genoa avoided relegation in Naples just a few minutes from the final
whistle of the last game of the season condemning the Rossoneri to the second Serie B season of their
history. The rivalry worsened in 1995 after Genoa fan Vincenzo Spagnolo was stabbed to death by a
Milan supporter.[96] Milan also have rivalries with Fiorentina, Atalanta and Napoli.

Popular culture

In the movie industry, among the films dedicated to the Rossoneri team is Sunday Heroes (1953), by
director Mario Camerini, in which the main plot pivots around a fictional football match between the
Rossoneri and a club on the brink of relegation. In the film appear, in addition to the coach Lajos
Czeizler, many of the Milan players of the time, including Lorenzo Buffon, Carlo Annovazzi and the
entire Gre-No-Li trio.[citation needed]

Milan as a fan base and some of their most popular players appeared in several Italian comedy movies.
Among them the following are worth mentioning: Eccezzziunale... veramente, Really SSSupercool:
Chapter Two (whose cast includes Paolo Maldini, Gennaro Gattuso, Massimo Ambrosini, Dida, Andriy
Shevchenko and Alessandro Costacurta) and Tifosi (whose cast includes Franco Baresi).[citation needed]

Milan TV

On 16 December 1999, on the day of the centenary of the club's foundation, Milan Channel was
launched. The subscription-based television channel broadcasts news, events and vintage matches of
the club. It is the first Italian thematic channel entirely dedicated to a football team. On 1 July 2016, the
channel took on the new name of Milan TV, renewing its graphics and logo.[citation needed]

Forza Milan!

In the editorial field, Forza Milan! was the official magazine of the club for over half a century. It was
founded in 1963 by journalist Gino Sansoni and published by Panini. Issued with a monthly cadence, it
covered all events surrounding Milan, with interviews to its protagonists, special posters, reports of
official and friendly matches. Under the direction of Gigi Vesigna it reached a monthly circulation of
130,000 copies. The last issue of the magazine was published in June 2018.[97]

Honours

Main articles: List of AC Milan honours, List of AC Milan seasons, and AC Milan in international football
 A partial view of the club's trophy room at the
Mondo Milan Museum

With a total of 32 domestic honours, Milan is one of the most successful clubs in Italy. The club won its
first Serie A title in 1901 with its most recent coming in 2022. Milan's tenth scudetto win meant that it
earned the right to place a star on its jersey in recognition of this.

Milan is the most successful Italian club in international football with 20 major international trophies
won (18 of them organised by UEFA and FIFA), and the third most successful in Europe overall after Real
Madrid and Barcelona. They have won the European Cup/Champions League seven times, an Italian
record and only surpassed by Real Madrid, with their most recent coming in 2007. Milan's fifth European
Cup win, in 1994, meant that the club was awarded the trophy permanently and is allowed to display
a multiple-winner badge on its shirt.[98] The club also holds a joint record of two wins in the Latin Cup
and a joint record of three wins in the Intercontinental Cup. In 2007, Milan won the FIFA Club World Cup
for the first time, completing an international treble of Champions League, Super Cup and Club World
Cup.

AC Milan honours

Type Competition Titles Seasons

1901, 1906, 1907, 1950–51, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1958–

59, 1961–62, 1967–68, 1978–79,
Serie A 19
1987–88, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1998–
99, 2003–04, 2010–11, 2021–22
Domestic
Serie B 2 1980–81, 1982–83

Coppa Italia 5 1966–67, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1976–77, 2002–03

Supercoppa Italiana 8 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2004, 2011, 2016, 2024–25

Continental European 7 1962–63, 1968–69, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94, 2002–

Cup / UEFA
 Champions League 03, 2006–07

European Cup
2 1967–68, 1972–73
Winners' Cup

European Super
Cup / UEFA Super 5 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007
Cup

Latin Cup 2s 1951, 1956

Intercontinental
3s 1969, 1989, 1990
Cup
Worldwide

FIFA Club World Cup 1 2007

 record
s
 shared record

Club statistics and records

Further information: List of AC Milan records and statistics

Paolo Maldini made a record 902 appearances for Milan, including 647
in Serie A.

Paolo Maldini holds the records for both total appearances and Serie A appearances for Milan, with 902
official games played in total and 647 in Serie A (as of 31 May 2009, not including playoff matches),
[99]
the latter being an all-time Serie A record.[100]

Swedish forward Gunnar Nordahl scored 38 goals in the 1950–51 season, 35 of which were in Serie A,
setting an Italian football and club record. He went on to become Milan's all-time top goalscorer, scoring
221 goals for the club in 268 games.[101] He is followed in second place by Andriy Shevchenko with 175
goals in 322 games, and Gianni Rivera in third place, who has scored 164 goals in 658 games. Rivera is
also Milan's youngest ever goalscorer, scoring in a league match against Juventus at just 17 years.

Legendary tactician Nereo Rocco, the first proponent of catenaccio in the country, was Milan's longest-
serving manager, sitting on the bench for over nine years (in two spells) in the 1960s and early 1970s,
winning the club's first European Cup triumphs. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who purchased
the club in 1986, is Milan's longest-serving president (23 years, due to a two-year vacancy between 2004
and 2006).

The first official match in which Milan participated was in the Third Federal Football Championship, the
predecessor of Serie A, losing 3–0 to Torinese. Milan's largest ever victory was 13–0 against Audax
Modena, in a league match at the 1914–15 season. Its heaviest defeat was recorded in the league at the
1922–23 season, beaten 0–8 by Bologna.

During the 1991–92 season, the club achieved the feature of being the first team to win the Serie A title
without losing a single game. Previously, only Perugia had managed to go unbeaten over an entire Serie
A season (1978–79), but finished second in the table. In total, Milan's unbeaten streak lasted 58 games,
starting with a 0–0 draw against Parma on 26 May 1991 and coincidentally ending with a 1–0 home loss
to Parma on 21 March 1993. This is a Serie A record as well as the third-longest unbeaten run in top
flight European football, coming in behind Steaua București's record of 104 unbeaten games and Celtic's
68 game unbeaten run.[13][102]

Since 2007, along with Boca Juniors, Milan has won more FIFA recognised international club titles than
any other club in the world with 18 titles.[103] They were overtaken by Al Ahly SC from Egypt after
their 2014 CAF Confederation Cup win.[104]

The sale of Kaká to Real Madrid in 2009 broke the eight-year-old world football transfer record held
by Zinedine Zidane, costing the Spanish club €67 million[105] (about £56 million[106]). That record,
however, lasted for less than a month, broken by Cristiano Ronaldo's £80 million transfer.[107] This
record, however, is in terms of nominal British pound rates, not adjusted to inflation or the real value of
the euro. Madrid bought Zidane for €77.5 million in 2001,[108][109] about £46 million at that time.

Players

First-team squad

As of 4 February 2025[110]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.
Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No Pos Pos
Nation Player No. Nation Player
. . .

7 FW MEX Santiago Giménez 28 DF GER Malick Thiaw

 8 MF ENG Ruben Loftus-Cheek 29 MF FRA Youssouf Fofana

9 FW SRB Luka Jović 31 DF SRB Strahinja Pavlović

10 FW POR Rafael Leão Kyle Walker (on

loan
32 DF ENG
11 MF USA Christian Pulisic from Manchester
City)
14 MF NED Tijjani Reijnders
38 MF FRA Warren Bondo
Mike
16 GK FRA
Maignan (captain)[111] 42 DF ITA Filippo Terracciano

Théo Hernandez (vice- 46 DF ITA Matteo Gabbia

19 DF FRA
captain)[112]
57 GK ITA Marco Sportiello
20 DF ESP Álex Jiménez
João Félix (on loan
79 FW POR
21 FW NGA Samuel Chukwueze from Chelsea)

22 DF BRA Emerson Royal 80 MF USA Yunus Musah

23 DF ENG Fikayo Tomori Tammy

90 FW ENG Abraham (on loan
24 DF ITA Alessandro Florenzi from Roma)

96 GK ITA Lorenzo Torriani

Riccardo Sottil (on

99 FW ITA loan
from Fiorentina)

Milan Futuro and Youth Sector

As of 3 February 2025

Main articles: Milan Futuro and AC Milan Youth Sector

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.
Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No Pos
Pos. Nation Player No. Nation Player
. .

25 GK FRA Noah Raveyre Andrea

81 DF ITA
Bozzolan
30 FW ITA Mattia Liberali
82 DF ROU Andrei Coubiș
33 DF ITA Davide Bartesaghi
83 MF NGA Victor Eletu
55 MF NED Silvano Vos
84 DF ITA Vittorio Magni
69 GK ITA Lapo Nava
Mattia
85 MF ITA
70 FW CIV Chaka Traorè Malaspina

73 FW ITA Francesco Camarda 86 DF ITA Dorian Paloschi

Bob Murphy 87 FW ITA Diego Sia

77 FW ITA
Omoregbe
93 DF ITA Adam Bakoune