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Conosci il Diavolo

Get to know AC Milan

New to the rossoneri? You’re in the right place. Associazione Calcio Milan — il Diavolo, the Devil — were founded in Milan in 1899 and are one of the most decorated clubs in the history of world football: nineteen-time champions of Italy and seven-time kings of Europe. This is their story in a nutshell — then dive into the full 125-year museum.

Palmarès

The honours

Few clubs on earth have won more on the continental stage. The headline silverware:

19

Serie A titles

Italian champions

7

European Cups

Champions League

5

UEFA Super Cups

European

3

Intercontinental Cups

World champions

1

FIFA Club World Cup

2007

2

Cup Winners’ Cups

1968 · 1973

Plus 5 Coppa Italia and 7 Supercoppa Italiana at home — and the red star above the crest, worn since the tenth Scudetto in 1979.

La Storia

The great eras

1899

The founding

Englishman Herbert Kilpin and Alfred Edwards found the Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club. Kilpin picks red and black: red for the devils they’ll play like, black for the fear they’ll strike.

1950s

The Gre-No-Li golden age

The Swedish trio Gren, Nordahl and Liedholm light up San Siro. Gunnar Nordahl becomes the greatest goalscorer in club history.

1963

Kings of Europe

Milan become the first Italian club to win the European Cup, beating Benfica at Wembley — the dawn of a European dynasty in the age of Gianni Rivera, the “Golden Boy”.

1987–91

Sacchi’s Immortals

Arrigo Sacchi and the Dutch trio — Gullit, Van Basten, Rijkaard — revolutionise football and win back-to-back European Cups. Widely called the greatest club side ever.

1991–96

Capello’s Invincibles

Fabio Capello’s Milan go 58 league games unbeaten and dismantle Barcelona 4–0 in the 1994 final — defensive artistry led by Baresi and Maldini.

2003–07

Ancelotti’s champions

Kaká, Shevchenko, Pirlo, Maldini and Nesta win two more European Cups. After the heartbreak of Istanbul 2005 comes redemption in Athens 2007.

2022

The revival

Under Stefano Pioli, a young rossonero side wins the Scudetto — Milan’s 19th — with Rafael Leão named Serie A MVP. The Diavolo is back.

Le Leggende

The legends

Paolo MaldiniOne-club icon · 25 seasons
Franco Baresi“Il Capitano” · sweeper supreme
Gianni Rivera“Golden Boy” · 1969 Ballon d’Or
Marco van BastenThe Swan of Utrecht · 3× Ballon d’Or
Ruud GullitTotal footballer · 1987 Ballon d’Or
Gunnar NordahlAll-time top scorer
Andriy ShevchenkoSheva · 2004 Ballon d’Or
KakáLast of the No.10s · 2007 Ballon d’Or

La Scala del Calcio

The San Siro

Milan play at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza — the San Siro — a 75,000-seat cathedral of Italian football shared with city rivals Internazionale. On derby and European nights, the Curva Sud, home of Milan’s ultras, turns it into a wall of red-and-black colour and song. There is no sound in football quite like San Siro roaring for il Diavolo.

Sempre Milan · Forza Milan 🔴⚫