Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan(Italian pronunciation: [ˈmiːlan]), is a professional Italian football club based inMilan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others. The club has spent its entire history, with the exception of the 1980–81 and 1982-83 seasons, in the top-flight ofItalian football, known as Serie A since 1929-30.
They are the current Italian football champions, and are the most successful club in world football in terms of international trophies along with Boca Juniors, with 18 officially recognized UEFAand FIFA titles Milan has won four world titles, more than any other club in the world, having won the Intercontinental Cupthree times and the FIFA Club World Cuponce. Milan also won the European Cup/Champions League on sevenoccasions, second only to Real Madrid. They also won the UEFA Super Cup a record five times and the Cup Winners' Cup twice. Milan won every major competition in which it has competed, with the exception of theEuropa League (in this competition they have lost two semifinals in 1972 and in 2002). Domestically, with 18 league titlesMilan is the joint-second most successful club in Serie A behind Juventus (27 titles), along with local rivals Inter. They have also won the Coppa Italia five times, as well as a record six Supercoppa Italianatriumphs. Furthermore, Milan is the only team to have won the Serie A without losing a game, doing so in 1991-92 during a 58-match unbeaten run.
Milan's home games are played at San Siro, also known as the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. The stadium, which is shared with Inter, is the largest in Italian football, with a total capacity of 80,018.Inter are considered their biggest rivals, and matches between the two teams are called Derby della Madonnina, which is one of the most followed derbies in football. As of 2010, Milan is the third most supported team in Italy, and the seventh most supported team in Europe, ahead of any other Italian team.
The owner of the club is former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, and the vice-president isAdriano Galliani. The club is one of the wealthiest and most valuable in Italian and world football. 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
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Full name | Associazione Calcio Milan S.p.A. | |||
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Nickname(s) | i Rossoneri (The Red and Blacks) il Diavolo (The Devil) Casciavit (Lombard for: Screwdrivers) | |||
Founded | December 16, 1899 | |||
Ground | San Siro, Milan (Capacity: 80,018) | |||
Owner | Silvio Berlusconi | |||
President | Vacant | |||
Head coach | Massimiliano Allegri | |||
League | Serie A | |||
2010–11 | Serie A, 1st | |||
Website | Club home page | |||
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