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    A.C. Milan

    A.C. Milan

    Full name Associazione Calcio Milan S.p.A.[1]

    Nickname(s) i Rossoneri (The Red and Blacks)il Diavolo (The Devil)Casciavit (Lombard for: Screwdrivers)

    Founded December 16, 1899[2]

    Ground San Siro, Milan(Capacity: 80,018)

    Owner Silvio Berlusconi

    President Silvio Berlusconi

    Head coach Massimiliano Allegri

    League Serie A

    201112 Serie A, 2nd

    Website Club home page [3]

    Home colours Away colours Third colours

    Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan (Italian pronunciation:[milan]), is aprofessional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 byEnglish lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others.[2][4] The club has spent its entirehistory, with the exception of the 198081 and 1982-83 seasons, in the top flight of Italian football, known as SerieA since 1929-30.[2]

    They are the most successful club in world football in terms of international trophies along with Boca Juniors, with18 officially recognized UEFA and FIFA titles.[5] Milan has won four world titles,[5] more than any other club in theworld, having won the Intercontinental Cup three times and the FIFA Club World Cup once.[5] Milan also won theEuropean Cup/Champions League on seven occasions,[5] second only to Real Madrid.[6] They also won the UEFASuper Cup a record five times and the Cup Winners' Cup twice.[5] Milan won every major competition in which ithas competed, with the exception of the Europa League (in this competition they have lost two semifinals in 1972and in 2002). Domestically, with 18 league titles Milan is the joint-second most successful club in Serie A behindJuventus (28 titles), along with local rivals Inter.[7] They have also won the Coppa Italia five times, as well as arecord six Supercoppa Italiana triumphs.[5]

    Milan's home games are played at San Siro, also known as the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. The stadium, which isshared with Inter, is the largest in Italian football, with a total capacity of 80,018.[8] Inter are considered their biggestrivals, and matches between the two teams are called Derby della Madonnina, which is one of the most followedderbies in football.[9] As of 2010, Milan is the third most supported team in Italy,[10] and the seventh most supportedteam in Europe, ahead of any other Italian team.[11]

    The owner of the club is former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, and the vice-president is Adriano Galliani.The club is one of the wealthiest and most valuable in Italian and world football.[12] It was a founding member of thenow-defunct G-14 group of Europe's leading football clubs as well as its replacement, the European ClubAssociation.[13]

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    HistoryFurther information: History of A.C. Milan

    Herbert Kilpin, the firstcaptain of A.C. Milan

    The club was founded as a football and cricket club on December 16, 1899 by Britishexpatriates Alfred Edwards and Herbert Kilpin,[4] who came from the British city ofNottingham. In honor of its British origins, the club has retained the English spelling ofthe city's name, as opposed to the Italian spelling Milano which it was forced to bearunder the fascist regime. Milan won its first Italian championship in 1901 and a furthertwo in succession in 1906 and 1907.[2]

    In 1908, Milan experienced a split caused by internal disagreements over the signing offoreign players, which led to the forming of another Milan-based team,Internazionale.[14] Following these events, Milan did not manage to win a singledomestic title until 195051.[5] The 1950s saw the club return to the top of Italianfootball, headed by the famous Gre-No-Li Swedish trio Gunnar Gren, Gunnar Nordahland Nils Liedholm. In 1963, Milan won its first continental title by beating Benfica inthe final of the European Cup.[15] This success was repeated in 1969, and followed by anIntercontinental Cup title the same year.[5] After the retirement of Gianni Rivera in 1979,Milan went into a period of decline, during which it was involved in the 1980 Totoneroscandal and relegated to Serie B as punishment,[16] for the first time in its history. Thescandal was centered around a betting syndicate paying players and officials to fix theoutcome of matches.[16] Milan quickly returned to Serie A, but was again relegated toSerie B one year later as the team ended its 198182 campaign in third last place.

    On February 20, 1986 entrepreneur Silvio Berlusconi acquired the club and saved it from bankruptcy investing vastamounts of money,[2] appointing rising manager Arrigo Sacchi at the helm of the Rossoneri and signing the Dutchtrio of Ruud Gullit, Marco van Basten and Frank Rijkaard.[2] This was the beginning of arguably the most successfulera in Milan's history, as they won eight domestic titles, one Coppa Italia, five Supercoppa Italiana, five ChampionsLeague trophies, five UEFA Super Cups, two Intercontinental Cups and one FIFA Club World Cup.[5] Thatsuccessful team has been voted the best club side of all time, in a global poll of experts conducted by World Soccermagazine.[17] It had reached its peak in one Milan's most memorable matches of all time, the famous 4-0 win overF.C. Barcelona in the 1994 UEFA Champions League Final. In the 1998-99 season, after a two-year period ofdecline, Milan lifted its 16th championship in the club's centenary celebrations.

    More recently, the club was involved in the 2006 Serie A scandal, nicknamed Calciopoli, where five teams wereaccused of fixing matches by selecting favorable referees.[18] A police inquiry excluded any involvement of Milanmanagers,[19] but FIGC unilaterally decided that it had sufficient evidence to charge Milan vice-president, AdrianoGalliani. As a result, Milan was initially punished with a 15 point deduction and consequently did not qualify for theChampions League. An appeal saw that penalty reduced to eight points,[20] which allowed the club to retain its200607 Champions League participation. Milan subsequently won the competition, lifting the European Cup forthe seventh time.[21]

    Following the aftermath of Calciopoli, local rivals Internazionale dominated Serie A, winning four Scudetti.However, with the help a strong squad boasting players such as Zlatan Ibrahimovi, Robinho and Alexandre Patojoining many of the old-guard, Milan recaptured the Scudetto in the 2010-11 Serie A season, their first since the2003-04 season, and 18th overall.[22][23]

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    Colors and badge

    Shirt worn by Milan in 2006-07 Champions League Final

    Red and black are the colors which represented the club throughout its entire history. They were chosen to representthe players' fiery ardor (red) and the opponents' fear to challenge the team (black). Rossoneri, the team's widely-usednickname, literally means "the red & blacks" in Italian, in reference to the colors of the stripes on its jersey.[24]

    Another nickname derived from the club's colors is the Devil. An image of a red devil was used as Milan's logo atone point with a Golden Star for Sport Excellence located next to it.[25] As is customary in Italian football, the starabove the logo was awarded to the club after winning 10 league titles, in 1979. For many years, Milan's badge wassimply the Flag of Milan, which was originally the flag of Saint Ambrose.[25] The modern badge used todayrepresents the club colors and the flag of the Comune di Milano, with the acronym ACM at the top and thefoundation year (1899) at the bottom.[25]

    White shorts and black socks are usually worn as part of the home strip. Milan's away strip has always beencompletely white. It is considered by both the fans and the club to be a lucky strip in Champions League finals, dueto the fact that Milan has won six finals out of eight in an all white strip (losing only to Ajax in 1995 and Liverpoolin 2005), and only won one out of three in the home strip. The third strip, which is rarely used, changes yearly, beingmostly black with red trimmings in recent seasons.

    Stadium

    Stadio Giuseppe MeazzaSan Siro

    Location Via Piccolomini 5,20151 Milan, Italy

    Broke ground 1925

    Opened 19 September 1926

    Renovated 1939, 1955, 1989

    Owner Municipality of Milan

    Operator AC Milan and Internazionale

    Construction cost 5,000,000 (1926), 5,100,000 (1939), $60,000,000 (1989)

    Architect Ulisse Stacchini (1925), Giancarlo Ragazzi (1989), Enrico Hoffer (1989)

    Capacity 80,018 seated

    Tenants

    AC Milan (1926present), Internazionale (1947-present)

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    The team's stadium is the 80,018 seat San Siro, officially known as Stadio Giuseppe Meazza after the former playerwho represented both Milan and Internazionale. The more commonly used name, San Siro, is the name of the districtwhere it's located. San Siro has been the home of Milan since 1926, when it was privately built by funding fromMilan's president at the time, Piero Pirelli. Construction was performed by 120 workers, and took 13 and a halfmonths to complete. The stadium was owned by the club until it was sold to the city council in 1935, and since 1947has 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 againstInternazionale. Milan played its first league game in San Siro on September 19 1926, losing 1-2 to Sampierdarenese.From an initial capacity of 35,000 spectators, the stadium has undergone several major renovations, most recently inpreparation 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 has been reduced to 80,018, in order 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 manymulti-purpose stadiums used in Serie A. It is therefore renowned in Italy for its fantastic atmosphere during matches,thanks to the closeness of the stands to the pitch. The frequent use of flares by supporters contributes to theatmosphere but the practice has occasionally caused problems.On 19 December 2005, Milan vice-president and executive director Adriano Galliani announced that the club isseriously working towards a relocation. He said that Milan's new stadium will be largely based on the Veltins-Arenaand will follow the standards of football stadiums in the United States, Germany and Spain. As opposed to manyother stadiums in Italy, Milan's new stadium will likely be used for football only, having no athletics track. The newstadium's naming rights will be probably sold to a sponsor, similarly to Arsenal's Emirates Stadium.[26] It remains tobe seen if this plan will proceed or if this is just a ploy to force the owners (Comune di Milano) to sell the stadium toMilan for a nominal fee so as to proceed with extensive renovations. The possibility of Internazionale vacating SanSiro may affect proceedings.

    Supporters and rivalries

    Milan banner saying "Inter, the true comedy since1908," with a caricature of Dante

    Milan is one of the best supported football clubs in Italy,according to research conducted by Italian newspaper LaRepubblica.[27] Historically, Milan was supported by the city'sworking-class and trade unionists.[28] On the other hand,crosstown rivals Internazionale were mainly supported by themore prosperous and typically Milanese middle-class.[28] One ofthe oldest ultras groups in all of Italian football, Fossa dei Leoni,originated in Milan.[29] Currently, the main ultras group within thesupport base is Brigate Rossonere.[29] Politically, Milan ultrashave never had any particular preference,[29] but the mediatraditionally associated them with the left-wing,[30] until recently,when Berlusconi's presidency somewhat altered that view.[31]

    According to a study from 2010, Milan is the most supported Italian team in Europe and seventh overall, with over18.4 million fans.[11] AC Milan has the ninth highest average attendance of European football clubs behind BorussiaDortmund, FC Barcelona, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Schalke, Arsenal, andHamburg.[32][33][34][35][36]

    Genoa fans consider Milan a hated rival after Genoa fan, Vincenzo Spagnolo was stabbed to death by a Milan supporter in January 1995.[37] However, Milan's main rivalry is with neighbor club, Internazionale; 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 match usually

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    creates a lively atmosphere, with numerous (often humorous or offensive) banners unfolded before the start of thegame. 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 200405 Champions League quarterfinal match between Milanand Inter on 12 April 2005, after a flare thrown from the crowd by an Inter supporter struck Milan keeper Dida onthe shoulder.[38]

    Players

    First team squadAs of 14 May.[39]

    Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

    No. Position Player

    1 GK Marco Amelia

    5 DF Philippe Mexs

    7 FW Alexandre Pato

    11 FW Zlatan Ibrahimovi

    14 MF Sulley Muntari

    15 DF Djamel Mesbah

    16 MF Mathieu Flamini

    20 DF Ignazio Abate

    22 MF Antonio Nocerino

    23 MF Massimo Ambrosini (captain)

    24 MF Rodney Strasser

    25 DF Daniele Bonera

    27 MF Kevin-Prince Boateng

    28 MF Urby Emanuelson

    No. Position Player

    32 GK Christian Abbiati

    33 DF Thiago Silva

    52 DF Mattia De Sciglio

    57 MF Mattia Valoti

    70 FW Robinho

    76 DF Mario Yepes

    77 DF Luca Antonini

    92 FW Stephan El Shaarawy

    99 FW Antonio Cassano

    FW Kingsley Umunegbu

    MF Riccardo Montolivo

    MF Bakaye Traor

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    GK Gabriel

    Out on loanNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

    No. Position Player

    GK Ferdinando Coppola (at Torino until 30 June 2012)[40]

    GK Antonio Donnarumma (at Gubbio until 30 June 2012)[41]

    GK Filippo Perucchini (at Chieti until 30 June 2012)

    GK Michal Miskiewicz (at Sdtirol until 30 June 2012)

    DF Luca Ghiringhelli (at SPAL until 30 June 2012)

    DF Marcus Diniz (at Como until 30 June 2012)

    DF Massimo Oddo (at Lecce until 30 June 2012)

    DF Ddac Vil (at Espanyol until 30 June 2012)[42]

    DF Taye Taiwo (at Queens Park Rangers until 30 June 2012)

    DF Michelangelo Albertazzi (at Varese until 30 June 2012)

    DF Marco Fossati (at Latina until 30 June 2012)

    DF Andrea De Vito (at Cittadella until 30 June 2012)[43]

    DF Cristian Daminu (at FCMU Baia Mare until 30 June 2012)[44]

    MF Giovanni Scampini (at Poggibonsi until 30 June 2012)[45]

    No. Position Player

    MF Attila Filkor (at Livorno until 30 June 2012)[46]

    MF Gianmarco Conti (at Lecco until 30 June 2012)[47]

    MF Luca Santonocito (at Sdtirol until 30 June 2012)[48]

    MF Mitja Novini (at Virtus Lanciano until 30 June 2012)[49]

    MF Carlo Alberto Calvetti (at Verona until 30 June 2012)

    MF Simone Amelotti (at Varese until 30 June 2012)

    FW Davide Di Gennaro (at Modena until 30 June 2012)[50]

    FW Nnamdi Oduamadi (at Torino until 30 June 2012)[51]

    FW Andrea Schenetti (at Sdtirol until 30 June 2012)[52]

    FW Dominic Adiyiah (at Arsenal Kyiv until 30 June 2012)

    FW Marco Gaeta (at Renate until 30 June 2012)[53]

    FW Alberto Paloschi (at Chievo until 30 June 2012)

    FW Gianmarco Zigoni (at Avellino until 30 June 2012)

    FW Uro Palibrk (at Rijeka until 30 June 2012)

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    FW Matteo Chinellato (at Sdtirol until 30 June 2012)

    Co-ownershipNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

    No. Position Player

    GK Davide Facchin (at Pavia until 30 June 2012)

    DF Matteo Darmian (at Torino, co-owned with Palermo until June 2012)[54]

    DF Simone Romagnoli (at Pescara until June 2012)[55]

    DF Luca Meregalli (at Pavia until June 2012)[56]

    No. Position Player

    MF Wilfred Osuji (at Padova until June 2012)[57]

    FW Simone Verdi (at Torino until June 2012)[58]

    FW Giacomo Beretta (at Juve Stabia, co-owned with Genoa until June 2012)[59]

    Retired numbers

    No. Player Nationality Position Milan debut Last match Ref

    3* Paolo Maldini Italy Centre back / Left back 25 January 1985 31 May 2009 [60]

    6 Franco Baresi Italy Sweeper 23 April 1978 1 June 1997 [60]

    * Might be restored for one of his two sons, should either of them play professionally for the club.

    Current coaching staffAs of 16 July 2011.[61]

    Position Name

    Head coach Massimiliano Allegri

    Assistant coach Mauro Tassotti

    Goalkeeping coaches Marco Landucci

    Valerio Fiori

    Technical assistant Andrea Maldera

    Medical director Rodolfo Tavana

    Club doctors Armando Gozzini

    Stefano Mazzoni

    Athletic Trainer Manager Daniele Tognaccini

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    Fitness coaches Simone Folletti

    Fabio Allevi

    Bruno Dominici

    Sergio Mascheroni

    Andrea Primitivi

    Agostino Tibaudi

    Chiropractor Kristian Baekkel

    Physiotherapists Dario Lorenzo Fort

    Stefano Grani

    Roberto Morosi

    Marco Paesanti

    Masseurs Roberto Boerci

    Endo Tomoroni

    Presidents and managers

    Presidential historyMilan has had numerous presidents over the course of its history, some of whom have been owners of the club whileothers have been honorary presidents. Here is a complete list of them.[62]

    Name Years

    Alfred Edwards 18991909Giannino Camperio 1909Piero Pirelli 19091928Luigi Ravasco 19281930Mario Bernazzoli 19301933Luigi Ravasco 19331935Pietro Annoni 1935Pietro AnnoniG. LorenziniRino Valdameri

    19351936

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    Name Years

    Emilio Colombo 19361939Achille Invernizzi 19391940Umberto Trabattoni 19401944Antonio Busini 19441945Umberto Trabattoni 19451954Andrea Rizzoli 19541963Felice Riva 19631965Federico Sordillo 19651966Franco Carraro 19671971Federico Sordillo 19711972

    Name Years

    Albino Buticchi 19721975Bruno Pardi 19751976Vittorio Duina 19761977Felice Colombo 19771980Gaetano Morazzoni 19801982Giuseppe Farina 19821986Rosario Lo Verde 1986Silvio Berlusconi 19862004Presidential Commission 20042006Silvio Berlusconi 20062008Presidential Commission 20082012Silvio Berlusconi 2012

    Managerial historyBelow is a list of Milan coaches from 1900 until the present day.[63]

    Name Nationality Years

    Herbert Kilpin 19001908Daniele Angeloni 19061907Technical Commission 19071910Giovanni Camperio 19101911Technical Commission 19111914Guido Moda 19151922Ferdi Oppenheim 19221924Vittorio Pozzo 19241926Guido Moda 1926Herbert Burgess 19261928

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    Engelbert Knig 19281931Jzsef Bns 19311933Jzsef Viola 19331934Adolfo Baloncieri 19341937William Garbutt 1937Hermann FelsnerJzsef Bns

    19371938

    Jzsef Viola 19381940Guido AraAntonio Busini

    19401941

    Mario Magnozzi 19411943Giuseppe Santagostino 19431945Adolfo Baloncieri 19451946Giuseppe Bigogno 19461949Lajos Czeizler 19491952Gunnar Gren 1952Mario Sperone 19521953Bla Guttmann 19531954Antonio Busini 1954Hector Puricelli 19541956Giuseppe Viani 19571960Paolo Todeschini 19601961Nereo Rocco 19611963Luis Carniglia 19631964Nils Liedholm 19631966

    Name Nationality Years

    Giovanni Cattozzo 1966Arturo Silvestri 19661967Nereo Rocco 19661972Cesare Maldini 19731974Giovanni Trapattoni 1974Gustavo Giagnoni 19741975Nereo Rocco 1975Paolo Barison 19751976Giovanni Trapattoni 1976Giuseppe Marchioro 19761977Nereo Rocco 1977Nils Liedholm 19771979Massimo Giacomini 19791981

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    Italo Galbiati 1981Luigi Radice 19811982Italo Galbiati 1982Francesco Zagatti 1982Ilario Castagner 19821984Italo Galbiati 1984Nils Liedholm 19841987Fabio Capello 1987Arrigo Sacchi 19871991Fabio Capello 19911996Oscar Tabrez 1996Giorgio Morini 19961997Arrigo Sacchi 1997Fabio Capello 19971998Alberto Zaccheroni 19982001Cesare MaldiniMauro Tassotti

    2001

    Fatih Terim 2001Carlo Ancelotti 20012009Leonardo 20092010Massimiliano Allegri 2010

    HonorsMilan is one of the most successful clubs in Italy, having won a total of 29 major trophies. Together with BocaJuniors,[64] Milan is the most successful club in the world in terms of international competitions won, with a recordof 14 European trophies and four World titles. Milan has earned the right to place a star on its jersey in recognitionof the fact that it has won at least ten scudetti. In addition, the club is permanently allowed to display amultiple-winner badge on its shirt as it has won more than five European Championship Cups.[65]

    Domestic

    League

    Italian Football Championship / Serie A (level 1) Winners (18): 1901, 1906, 1907, 195051, 195455, 195657, 195859, 196162, 196768, 197879,

    198788, 199192, 199293, 199394, 199596, 199899, 200304, 201011 Runners-up (17): 1902, 191011, 191112, 194748, 194950, 195152, 195556, 196061, 196465,

    196869, 197071, 197172, 197273, 198990, 199091, 200405, 201112 Serie B (level 2)

    Winners (2): 198081, 198283

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    Cups

    Coppa Italia Winners (5): 196667, 197172, 197273, 197677, 200203 Runners-up (7): 194142, 196768, 197071, 197475, 198485, 198990, 199798

    Supercoppa Italiana Winners (6): 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2004, 2011 Runners-up (3): 1996, 1999, 2003

    European UEFA Champions League

    Winners (7): 196263, 196869, 198889, 198990, 199394, 200203, 200607 Runners-up (4): 195758, 199293, 199495, 200405

    UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Winners (2): 196768, 197273 Runners-up (1): 197374

    UEFA Super Cup Winners (5): 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007 Runners-up (2): 1973, 1993

    Worldwide Intercontinental Cup

    Winners (3): 1969, 1989, 1990 Runners-up (4): 1963, 1993, 1994, 2003

    FIFA Club World Cup Winners (1): 2007

    Club statistics and recordsPaolo Maldini holds the records for both total appearances and Serie A appearances for Milan, with 902 officialgames played in total and 647 in Serie A (as of 31 May 2009, not including playoff matches),[66] the latter being anall time Serie A record.[67]

    Swede forward Gunnar Nordahl scored 38 goals in the 195051 season, 35 of which were in Serie A, setting anItalian football and club record. He went on to become Milan's all time top goalscorer, scoring 221 goals for the clubin 268 games.[68] He is followed in second place by Andriy Shevchenko with 175 goals in 322 games, and GianniRivera 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 headcoach, sitting on the bench for over 9 years (in two spells) in the 1960s and early 1970s, winning the club's firstEuropean Cup triumphs. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who purchased the club in 1986, is Milan's longestserving president (23 years, due to a two-year vacancy between 2004-2006), as well as the most successful presidentof any football team in the world.The first official match in which Milan participated was in the Third Federal Football Championship, the predecessorof Serie A, losing 30 to Torinese. Milan's biggest ever victory was 130 versus Audax Modena, in a league matchat the 191415 season. Its heaviest defeat was recorded in the league at the 192223 season, beaten 08 by Bologna.

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    During the 199192 season, the club achieved the feature of being the first team to win the Serie A title withoutlosing a single game. Previously, only Perugia had managed to go unbeaten over an entire Serie A season (197879),but finished second in the table. In total, Milan's unbeaten streak lasted 58 games, starting with a 00 draw againstParma on 26 May 1991 and coincidentally ending with a 10 home loss to Parma on 21 March 1993. This is a SerieA record as well as the third longest unbeaten run in top flight European football, coming in behind SteauaBucureti's record of 104 unbeaten games and Celtic's 68 game unbeaten run.[69][70]

    Along with Boca Juniors, Milan won more FIFA recognized international club titles than any other club in theworld.[71]

    The sale of Kak to Real Madrid in 2009, broke the 8-year-old world football transfer record held by ZinedineZidane, costing the Spanish club 56 million.[72] However, that record lasted for less than a month, broken byCristiano Ronaldo's 80 million transfer. This record, however, is in terms of nominal British pound rates, notadjusted to inflation or the real value in Euro, the currency used in Italy and Spain.

    A.C. Milan as a company

    A.C. Milan (Group)

    Revenue 253.196 million (2010)

    Operating income (77.176 million) (2010)

    Net income (69.751 million) (2010)

    Total assets 380.868 million (2010)

    Total equity (96.693 million) (2010)

    Parent Fininvest

    Subsidiaries Milan Real EstateMilan EntertainmentFondazione Milan - OnlusConsorzio San Siro 2000(jointventure)Asansiro S.r.l. (joint venture)

    A.C. Milan S.p.A.

    Revenue 219,255,968 (2010)

    Operating income (104,154,340) (2010)

    Net income (64,803,893) (2010)

    Total assets 522,486,758 (2010)

    Total equity 7,262,323 (2010)

    Milan is a subsidiary of Fininvest Group since 1986. The office of club president has been vacant since May 8, 2008,following a new Italian law that forbids the country's prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, to have other managing rolesin private companies or clubs.[73] The vice president and CEO of the company is Adriano Galliani.According to The Football Money League published by consultants Deloitte, in the 200506 season, Milan was thefifth highest earning football club in the world with an estimated revenue of 233.7 million.[74] The club is alsoranked as the sixth wealthiest football club in the world by Forbes magazine as of 2011, making it the wealthiest inItalian football.[12]

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    Fly Emirates is the current main sponsor for Milan's shirt starting for the 201011 season and lasting 5 years,[75]

    after 4 years with Austrian online betting company bwin.com as the sponsor.Previously, the German car manufacturer Opel had sponsored Milan for 12 seasons. For most of them, Opel wasdisplayed on the front of the shirt, but in the 200304 and the 200506 seasons respectively, Meriva and Zafira (twocars from their range) were displayed.The current shirts are supplied by German sportswear manufacturer Adidas, whose deal runs to the end of the201718 season.[76] The deal makes Adidas the official manufacturer of all kits, training equipment and replicaoutfits. Prior to Adidas, the Italian sports company Lotto produced Milan's sportswear.On 14 January 2008, Milan and Adidas renewed the sponsorship contract until 30 June 2018. According to the newcontract, Adidas will be responsible for 3 separate areas of sponsorship; the sponsorship on the shirt, themerchandising and the distribution of all non-football related Milan products.[77]

    AC Milan Spa. made an aggregate net loss in recent year, was one of the largest among the Italian clubs, which:2005, net loss of 4,582,000;[78] 2006, a net income of 2,477,791 (contributed by the sales of Shevchenko);[78]

    2007, a net loss of 31,978,699;[79] 2008, a net loss of 76,990,913;[80] 2009, a net loss of 18,948,018 (contributedby the sales of Kak)[81] and most recently a net loss of 64,803,893.[82]

    AC Milan had re-capitalization of 75,138,037 million in 2007 financial year;[83] 93,159,337 million in 2008;18,508,425 in 2009[84] and 44,628,424.8 in 2010[85] (20.894 million of the capital increase was converted fromshareholder loan). However, the group has had negative equity at the end of each fiscal year since 2006. The balancewas 40.768 million in 2006, 47.483 million in 2007, 64.482 million in 2008, 71.978 million in 2009 and96.693 million in 2010.

    Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

    Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor

    198182 Linea Milan Pooh Jeans

    198283 NR Hitachi

    198384 Cuore

    198485 Rolly Go Oscar Mondadori

    198586 Gianni Rivera Fotorex U-Bix

    198687 Kappa

    198790 Mediolanum

    199092 Adidas

    199293 Motta

    199394 Lotto

    199498 Opel

    199806 Adidas

    200610 Bwin

    201015 Fly Emirates

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    Superleague FormulaMilan has a team in the new Superleague Formula race car series where teams are sponsored by football clubs.Robert Doornbos, formerly driving for Minardi and Red Bull Racing in the Formula One World Championship,drove for Milan in 2008.[86] Doornbos won his first race for the team at Nrburgring, Germany. Giorgio Pantano isdriving for Milan in the 2009 season and he has also won races for the team.[87]

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