Global InformationAC Milan information
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| Full name | Associazione Calcio Milan S.p.A.[1] | |||
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| Nickname(s) | I Rossoneri (The Red and Blacks) Il Diavolo (The Devil) | |||
| Founded | 13 December 1899,[2] as Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club | |||
| Ground | San Siro | |||
| Capacity | 75,817 (limited capacity) 80,018 (maximum) | |||
| Owner | RedBird Capital Partners (99.93%)[3][4] Private shareholders (0.07%)[5] | |||
| Chairman | Paolo Scaroni | |||
| Head coach | Stefano Pioli | |||
| League | Serie A | |||
| 2022–23 | Serie A, 4th of 20 | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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Associazione Calcio Milan (Italian pronunciation: [assotʃatˈtsjoːne ˈkaltʃo ˈmiːlan]), commonly referred to as AC Milan (Italian pronunciation: [a tˌtʃi mˈmiːlan]) or simply Milan,[6] is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Founded in 1899, the club competes in the Serie A, the top tier of Italian football, and has spent its entire history there with the exception of the 1980–81 and 1982–83 seasons.[7][8]
Domestically, AC Milan has won 19 league titles, making it the third-most successful club in the Serie A behind Juventus and city rivals Inter Milan.[9] The club has also won 5 Coppa Italia titles and 7 Supercoppa Italiana titles.[10] In international competitions, Milan's 18 FIFA and UEFA trophies are the third highest out of any club in the world (joint with Boca Juniors and Independiente),[nb 1] and the most out of any Italian club.[10][11][12][13] Milan has won seven European Cup/Champions League titles, a joint record[nb 2] five UEFA Super Cups, two UEFA Cup Winners' Cups, a joint record[nb 3] three Intercontinental Cups and one FIFA Club World Cup. Milan's major European honours also include a joint record[nb 4] two Latin Cups.[10]
In its early history, Milan played its home games in different grounds around the city before moving to its current stadium, the San Siro, in 1926. The stadium, which was built by Milan's second chairman, Piero Pirelli and has been shared with Inter Milan since 1947,[14] is the largest in Italian football, with a total capacity of 75,817.[15] AC Milan has a long-standing rivalry with Inter, with whom they contest the Derby della Madonnina, one of the most followed derbies in football.[16]
The club is one of the wealthiest in Italian and world football.[17] It was a founding member of the now-defunct G-14 group of Europe's leading football clubs as well as its replacement, the European Club Association.[18]
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- ^ "Chi Siamo" [About]. APA Milan (in Italian). 15 May 2017. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ From Sporting Lisbon to Athletic Bilbao — why do we get foreign clubs' names wrong? Archived 7 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine, Michael Cox, The Athletic, 16 March 2023
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- ^ Neil Heath (17 November 2009). "AC Milan's Nottingham-born hero". BBC. Archived from the original on 4 November 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ "Albo d'oro". legaseriea.it (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A. Archived from the original on 18 October 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ a b c "Honours". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. Archived from the original on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ "International Cups Trivia". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ Conn, Tom (21 December 2014). "Real Madrid match AC Milan and Boca Juniors with 18 international titles". Inside Spanish Football. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ^ "Milan loses the throne. Al Ahly is the most successful club in the world". Football Magazine. 22 February 2014. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ^ "History of San Siro stadium". Archived from the original on 13 August 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "Struttura". sansirostadium.com (in Italian). San Siro. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ "Is this the greatest derby in world sports?". Theroar.com.au. 26 January 2010. Archived from the original on 20 October 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
- ^ "Soccer Team Valuations". forbes.com. 30 April 2008. Archived from the original on 29 September 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ "ECA Members". ecaeurope.com. European Club Association. Archived from the original on 4 June 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
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