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AC Milan in 1963

Era: The Rocco Era

22 stories and 65 matches from the Milan Club Adelaide history museum, in the order they happened.

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The stories of 1963

1963

'Tocarlo, No Coparlo' — The Dialect of a Gentle Tyrant

Rocco's mock-menacing catchphrase to misbehaving players was the Triestino Italian chroniclers relished how his dialect turned everything comic: instructions barked in Giuliano cadences that visiting journalists needed translated. Behind the buffoonish surface, though, Brera insisted, sat one of the shrewdest tactical minds Italy ever produced, a man who hid his intelligence inside his accent. The line that survives in the record is 'Te go dito de tocarlo, no de coparlo' — 'I told you to touch him, not to kill him' — barked about an opponent, though Gianni Mura noted even that gem may originally belong to Rocco's Triestine circle (Memo Trevisan) rather than the Paron himself. Dialect legend works that way: the voice is authentic even when the transcript is borrowed.

Sources

  • Gianni Brera
  • Guerin Sportivo
  • it.wikipedia.org — Storia dell'A.C. Milan
  • it.wikiquote.org — Nereo Rocco

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1963

Andrea Rizzoli and the first European Cup at Wembley

Andrea Rizzoli and the first European Cup at Wembley

Andrea Rizzoli, son of the publishing magnate Angelo and steward of the family's publishing and cinema empire, presided over Milan through its glorious early-1960s peak, and it was under his stewardship that Milan lifted the 1963 European Cup at Wembley — the first Italian club to conquer Europe. The victory crowned the partnership he sanctioned between coach Nereo Rocco and a young Gianni Rivera, purchased from Alessandria. Financial strains in the Rizzoli empire would eventually loosen the family's grip on the club, opening the door to the federation-appointed and elected presidents of the later 1960s.

Sources

  • Rizzoli family / publishing archives
  • 'Nereo Rocco' biographies
  • acmilan.com European Cup history

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1963

El Paron: Rocco's Paternal Cunning

Nereo Rocco, the burly Triestino who spoke a thick dialect and dined with his players over bottles of wine, was Milan's first great tactical father-figure — the man Gianni Brera credited as the popularizer of catenaccio in Italy, his defensive rigour built on the libero. Beneath the paternal warmth ('paron' meant 'boss' in the Trieste tongue) lay a ferocious competitive cunning; he famously wished opponents ill health with gruff affection. Italian memoirs paint him governing his squad less like a tactician than the patriarch of a large family — a 'padre-padrone' (father-master) who bound players to him with food, wine and long nights of cards, believing a team fed and loved together would die for one another on the pitch. He would defend a player ferociously to the press while scolding him privately — the discipline of a father rather than a manager. His bond with players like Gianni Rivera made him less a coach than a patriarch, a man who ran the dressing room on loyalty and fear in equal measure.

Sources

  • Gianni Brera writings on catenaccio, La Gazzetta dello Sport
  • Nereo Rocco: la leggenda del paron, biography
  • Guerin Sportivo archival profiles
  • it.wikipedia.org — Storia dell'A.C. Milan
  • magliarossonera.it

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1963

'L'Abatino' — Brera brands Gianni Rivera

No writer shaped — and needled — Rivera's myth like Gianni Brera, who baptised him 'l'Abatino' (the little abbot), a barb implying a player too refined and priestly-elegant to sweat and tackle like a true athlete. Brera, apostle of physical completeness and catenaccio virtue, argued in print for years that the golden playmaker lacked the stamina and grit to be a complete footballer and vanished when Milan lost the ball. The duel between Brera's muscular prose and Rivera's silken football split the tifosi into rival camps and became one of the great cultural quarrels of calcio.

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1962–63 European Cup

Altafini's 14 goals: a European Cup record

In the 1962–63 European Cup, the Brazilian-born José Altafini — 'Mazzola' to the crowds who saw in him a likeness to Valentino Mazzola — scored 14 goals in a single campaign, a tally no player has ever beaten in the competition's history (later only equalled by Gerd Müller). Two of them came at Wembley to sink Benfica and bring Italy its first European Cup. Across seven seasons in rossonero he was one of the club's most prolific forwards, his poacher's instinct making him the ideal spearhead of Nereo Rocco's side.

Sources

  • UEFA European Cup records
  • Guerin Sportivo profiles of Altafini

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1963

First in Italy to Conquer Europe: The 1963 Continental Breakthrough

Milan hold the distinction of being the first Italian club to win the European Cup, lifting the trophy at Wembley in 1963 under Nereo Rocco, a foundational record in the nation's football history. That breakthrough opened a continental lineage that would swell to seven titles, making Milan the standard-bearer of Italian football on the European stage. The primacy is enshrined in every history of Italian calcio, the moment Gianni Rivera's generation ended the Iberian and Portuguese monopoly on the continent's grandest prize.

Sources

  • European Cup history records
  • Nereo Rocco biographies
  • La Gazzetta dello Sport 1963 archives
  • AC Milan official European history

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1963 onward

La maglia bianca: the white kit of the great European finals

Though the club is defined by its stripes, Milan came to treasure its second kit — an elegant all-white with red-and-black trim — as a talisman on the continent's greatest nights. Lifting Italy's first European Cup at Wembley in 1963 in the all-white change strip planted a superstition that outlived generations: for the biggest European finals, Milan would reach for bianco. The ritual kept delivering — they dismantled Steaua Bucharest 4-0 in white at the Camp Nou in 1989, and beat Juventus and then Liverpool in white in the 2003 and 2007 finals. The choice hardened into a quiet piece of dressing-room lore passed down the decades, and for generations of tifosi the bianca is loved almost as much as the stripes, a garment woven into the memory of Milan's continental glory.

Sources

  • Forza Milan! magazine
  • RAI broadcast/radiocronache archives
  • La Gazzetta dello Sport
  • Historical Football Kits (historicalkits.co.uk)

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1963

Milanello: A Sanctuary in the Woods of Carnago

In 1963, under president Andrea Rizzoli, Milan inaugurated Milanello, a training retreat set among the woods of Carnago in the province of Varese, roughly fifty kilometres northwest of the city. Its true architect was Giuseppe 'Gipo' Viani — the roguish former player who had guided Milan to the 1957 Scudetto and popularised his own early Italian brand of catenaccio, the so-called 'vianema' with a sweeper behind the line. A man of restless ideas and fragile health, and a devotee of methodical preparation, Viani championed the project as direttore tecnico (technical director): in an era when most Italian sides still trained on borrowed public pitches, he pushed for a self-contained quartier generale (headquarters) — lodgings, pitches and calm far from the city's temptations — where footballers could be forged in green silence, eating, sleeping and training as a near-monastic collective. His insistence on countryside seclusion, communal meals and disciplined rest shaped a ritiro culture that endured through Rocco, Sacchi, Capello and beyond, a piece of pure vision rivals would eventually copy. One of the first purpose-built training complexes in Italian football, Milanello remains, more than six decades on, the beating heart of the rossoneri.

Sources

  • Preferisco la Coppa (Carlo Ancelotti)
  • Forza Milan!
  • La Gazzetta dello Sport
  • Gianni Brera (writings)
  • it.wikipedia.org — Storia dell'A.C. Milan
  • magliarossonera.it
  • Milan 100

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February–March 1963

Galatasaray overwhelmed 8-1 in the quarter-final

Milan's quarter-final took them to Istanbul, where Galatasaray were beaten 3-1, before a 5-0 demolition at San Siro completed an 8-1 aggregate rout. Altafini was again among the goals, his tally climbing towards the fourteen that would stand as the single-season European Cup record until the 2010s. The rossoneri swept into a semi-final against Dundee, the Scottish champions who had knocked out Cologne, Sporting Lisbon and Anderlecht.

Sources

  • RSSSF: European Champions' Cup 1962-63
  • UEFA official archives
  • La Gazzetta dello Sport archives

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24 April 1963

The San Siro rout of Dundee opens the road to Wembley

In the semifinal of the 1962-63 European Cup, Nereo Rocco's Milan overwhelmed Scottish champions Dundee 5-1 at San Siro, a first-leg avalanche that all but booked the club's first continental final. The Dark Blues salvaged a sliver of pride by winning the return 1-0 at Dens Park, but Milan crossed to England 5-2 on aggregate, bound for Wembley and Benfica. It was the campaign that carried José Altafini to a record 14-goal European Cup haul and delivered Italy its first Coppa dei Campioni.

Sources

  • La Gazzetta dello Sport match reports
  • Gianni Brera writings
  • dundeefc.co.uk — 1962-63 European Cup run

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22 May 1963

The Pink Page for Wembley 1963 — Italy's press hails the first European crown

On the morning after 22 May 1963, La Gazzetta dello Sport's pink front page hailed Milan as the first Italian club to lift the European Cup, won against Benfica at Wembley with two goals from José Altafini. The rosea's vast celebratory headline saluted Nereo Rocco's men and framed the triumph as a national frontier crossed, not merely a club success: for a country that had watched Real Madrid and Benfica monopolise the trophy, Italy — through Milan — had finally scaled the summit that had eluded its great sides. In the prose of Gianni Brera and his contemporaries, Wembley became a founding myth of Italian European football, the moment the rossoneri planted the tricolore on the continent's highest stage — and the pink edition itself became one of the most sought-after relics of the Rocco years.

Sources

  • La Gazzetta dello Sport (archivio storico), May 1963
  • Gianni Brera
  • it.wikipedia.org — Storia dell'A.C. Milan

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22 May 1963

Wembley 1963 narrated to Italy: Carosio, Eurovision and the dropped line

When Milan beat Benfica 2-1 at Wembley on 22 May 1963 to carry the European Cup into Italy for the first time, the nation shared Rocco's night from afar through twin channels: RAI radio's live radiocronaca, voiced by Nicolò Carosio from London, and a nascent Eurovision television relay. For most Italians the drama of José Altafini's two goals arrived first as sound — the surge and swell of a distant commentator's voice — before newsreels and the following morning's Gazzetta confirmed the images. According to a celebrated broadcasting anecdote the line from Wembley faltered, and a young Beppe Viola — later a beloved Milanese journalist — had to improvise from the RAI studios in Milan, working only from the fragments any listener could gather. True or embroidered, the tale captures how fragile and heroic those pioneering long-distance transmissions really were, on the landmark night Milan's glory became a mediated, collectively experienced event beyond the stadium walls.

Sources

  • Nicolo Carosio, radiocronaca RAI della finale di Coppa dei Campioni (22 May 1963)
  • Tutto il calcio minuto per minuto
  • RAI Teche
  • La Gazzetta dello Sport
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicol%C3%B2_Carosio
  • ComunqueMilan, 'Milan-Benfica 2-1, 22 maggio 1963'

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22 May 1963

1963 European Cup Final: Milan 2-1 Benfica — Italy's first

Milan's rivalry with English football began in earnest at Wembley in 1963, when Rocco's side became the first Italian club to lift the European Cup by beating Benfica, then repeatedly measured themselves against England's finest in the years that followed. Playing an English final on English soil, Milan proved that Italian craft could conquer the game's traditional powers on their own continent. The victory established a template of Anglo-Italian tension, respectful but charged, that would recur across generations from Liverpool to Manchester United. For English observers, Milan became the sophisticated European other against whom their own clubs were forever measured.

— MATCH SHEET — Milan XI: Ghezzi; David, Trebbi; Benítez, Maldini (c), Trapattoni; Pivatelli, Sani, Altafini, Rivera, Mora Coach: Nereo Rocco Scorers: Eusébio 18' (Benfica); Altafini 58', 66' (Milan) Substitutions: None — substitutes were not permitted in the era. José Altafini's brace capped a campaign of 14 European Cup goals; Gino Pivatelli was deployed by Rocco to shadow Mário Coluna, and Cesare Maldini lifted the trophy.

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22 May 1963

The Gagliardetto: A Pennant as a Trophy at Wembley

Before José Altafini's two goals beat Benfica 2-1 at Wembley on 22 May 1963, the captains performed Italian football's most understated ritual: the exchange of gagliardetti, the embroidered triangular pennants carried out for the coin toss. In Italy the gagliardetto was never mere protocol — clubs commissioned finely stitched pennants bearing the crest and season, and the ones received from opponents were kept as diplomatic trophies, a fabric record of who the club had faced and where. A pennant handed over before a European Cup final carried real weight: it marked the night Cesare Maldini became the first Italian captain to lift the European Cup. Surviving gagliardetti from Milan's great European nights are today among the most sought-after items in club and private collections, small pieces of silk standing in for entire evenings of history.

Sources

  • European Cup final records
  • Italian football pennant (gagliardetto) tradition

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22 May 1963

Fleet Street Meets the First Italian Champions of Europe

When Milan beat holders Benfica 2-1 at Wembley on 22 May 1963, the story landed directly on the doorstep of the English press, which was covering a European Cup final on home soil. British reporters had billed the evening around Eusebio and the two-time champions from Lisbon, and when Eusebio duly opened the scoring the expected narrative seemed set; Jose Altafini's two second-half goals overturned it. The next day's coverage registered a genuine shift in the European order: the first Italian club to be crowned champion of Europe, achieved in front of a crowd of roughly 45,000 — modest by Wembley standards, a detail the papers did not fail to note. For many English readers it was their first sustained exposure to Milan, a name that would return to British back pages for decades.

Sources

  • British national newspaper archives, May 1963

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Serie A / European Cup 1962-63

1962-63: Kings of Europe at Wembley

On 22 May 1963 at Wembley, Milan became the first Italian club to win the European Cup, coming from behind to beat Eusébio's Benfica 2-1 with both goals from José Altafini, whose 14 goals that campaign set a competition record; captain Cesare Maldini lifted the trophy. In the league the champions slipped to third as Herrera's Inter took the Scudetto, but Rocco's side had redrawn the map of European football.

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9 September 1963

Roberto Donadoni is Born in Cisano Bergamasco

On 9 September 1963, Roberto Donadoni was born in Cisano Bergamasco, near Bergamo, the winger whose darting runs would electrify the Sacchi era. Signed from Atalanta in 1986 as one of Silvio Berlusconi's earliest statements of intent, he supplied the width and craft that balanced the Dutch trio's power. Skilful, brave and relentless, he won six Scudetti and three European Cups across a decade and more in rossonero, becoming a beloved figure at San Siro. He later managed the Italian national team from 2006 to 2008.

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16 October 1963

Intercontinental Cup, First Leg: Milan 4-2 Santos

Fresh from conquering Europe at Wembley, Milan welcomed Pelé's Santos to a heaving San Siro for the first leg of the Intercontinental Cup. Giovanni Trapattoni struck early, Amarildo — the man who had deputised for Pelé at the 1962 World Cup — scored twice, and Bruno Mora added a fourth. Pelé answered with a brace of his own, but Milan carried a 4-2 lead across the Atlantic to Brazil.

Sources

  • RSSSF Intercontinental Club Cup archive
  • La Gazzetta dello Sport archives
  • AC Milan club records

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November 1963

Across the Atlantic to the Maracana: Milan's first world crossing

As the newly crowned European champions of 1963, Milan boarded the long transatlantic flights to Brazil to contest the Intercontinental Cup against Pele's Santos, the club's first true intercontinental journey. After taking the San Siro first leg, the rossoneri were plunged into the cauldron of Rio de Janeiro's Maracana, where a six-figure crowd and a deciding play-off staged on that same vast bowl turned against them amid bitter refereeing controversy. It was a baptism into the punishing travel and hostile staging that chasing world honours would forever demand, and a defeat the club long felt it had been robbed of.

Sources

  • RSSSF Intercontinental Cup records
  • Corriere della Sera / La Gazzetta dello Sport archives
  • Santos-Milan 1963 match histories

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November 1963

Forza Milan!: A Club Speaks in Print

In November 1963 the Milanese publisher Gino Sansoni launched Forza Milan!, a monthly magazine devoted entirely to the rossoneri and widely regarded as the first Italian periodical dedicated to a single club. For fans in the decades before the internet it was the essential channel between club and tifosi: match reports, long interviews, dressing-room photographs and centrefold posters destined for bedroom walls across Italy and the Milanese diaspora abroad. Reading it was a monthly rite, and its arrival at the newsstand marked time for supporters as reliably as the fixture list itself. Its bound run would eventually become one of the most complete month-by-month chronicles any football club possesses.

Sources

  • Forza Milan! magazine archives
  • Forza Milan!, mensile ufficiale A.C. Milan
  • acmilan.com, 'Forza Milan, the history of the rossoneri magazine'
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forza_Milan!

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14 November 1963

Maracanã Fury: Santos 4-2 Milan

In the cauldron of the Maracanã, Milan raced into a two-goal lead through José Altafini and Bruno Mora and seemed to have the world title in their grasp. But Santos — even without the injured Pelé — stormed back to win 4-2 on a night of ferocious tackling and bitterly contested refereeing decisions. With no away-goals rule, the tie went to a playoff on the same ground two days later.

Sources

  • RSSSF Intercontinental Club Cup archive
  • La Gazzetta dello Sport archives
  • AC Milan club records

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16 October – 16 November 1963

1963 Intercontinental Cup: Santos edge Milan in the Maracanã play-off

1963 Intercontinental Cup: Santos edge Milan in the Maracanã play-off

Fresh from Wembley, Milan met Pelé's Santos for the 1963 Intercontinental Cup and came agonisingly close to the world title. The Rossoneri thrashed the Brazilians 4-2 at San Siro, but Santos levelled the tie 4-2 back in Brazil, forcing a playoff two days after the second leg, on 16 November 1963. A bruised Milan returned to the Maracanã to decide the crown, and there Argentine referee Juan Brozzi pointed to the spot: full-back Dalmo converted the disputed penalty for the only goal, while Cesare Maldini was controversially sent off in protest. Santos, even without the injured Pelé, retained their title 1-0. Milan left Rio convinced they had been cheated of the crown — a grievance the club nursed until revenge arrived in 1969. So near, yet the globe eluded the Diavolo.

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Every match of 1963

  1. Friendly: Casale 1-3 Milan

    2 January 1963 · Season 1962-63 (friendly match): Milan beat Casale 3-1 at Natal Palli, Casale Monferrato on 2 January 1963. Reti: 15' rig. Russi, 18' Altafini, 26' Rossano, 58' Altafini.

  2. Friendly: Parabiago 1-9 Milan

    3 January 1963 · Season 1962-63 (friendly match): Milan beat Parabiago 9-1 at Civico "Libero Ferrario", Parabiago on 3 January 1963. Reti: 1' Altafini, 8' Martignoni, 22' Rivera, 33' Mora, 37' Altafini, 39' Fortunato, 40' Rivera, 50' Rossano, 52' e 65' Del Vecchio.

  3. Serie A: Milan 0-0 Catania

    6 January 1963 · Season 1962-63, matchday 16: Milan drew with Catania 0-0 at San Siro on 6 January 1963. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Milan XI: Ghezzi, David, Trebbi, Trapattoni, C. Maldini, L. Radice II, Mora, Sani, Altafini, Rivera, Fortunato - All.: Rocco - DT: Viani.

  4. Friendly: Mista Pro Patria 0-8 Milan

    10 January 1963 · Season 1962-63 (friendly match): Milan beat Mista Pro Patria 8-0 at Stadio "C. Speroni", Busto Arsizio on 10 January 1963. Reti: Rivera (3), Altafini (3), Barison (2).

  5. Serie A: Milan 2-0 Palermo

    13 January 1963 · Season 1962-63, matchday 17: Milan beat Palermo 2-0 at San Siro on 13 January 1963. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 12' Pivatelli, 19' Mora MILAN. Milan XI: Ghezzi, David, Trebbi, Benites, C. Maldini, L. Radice II, Mora, Pivatelli, Altafini, Rivera, Barison - All.: Rocco - DT: Viani.

  6. Friendly: Milan 6-1 Atalanta B

    16 January 1963 · Season 1962-63 (friendly match): Milan beat Atalanta B 6-1 at Arena Civica, Milano on 16 January 1963. Reti: Del Vecchio (3), Barison (2), Lodetti, Christensen.

  7. Serie A: AC Venezia 0-2 Milan

    20 January 1963 · Season 1962-63, matchday 18: Milan beat AC Venezia 2-0 away on 20 January 1963. Venue: Penzo - Sant'Elena, Venezia. Milan XI: Ghezzi, David, Trebbi, Trapattoni, C. Maldini, L. Radice II, Mora, Pivatelli, Del Vecchio, Rivera, Fortunato - All.: Rocco - DT: Viani.

  8. Serie A: Milan 0-1 Napoli

    27 January 1963 · Season 1962-63, matchday 19: Milan lost to Napoli 0-1 at San Siro on 27 January 1963. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 24' Corelli MILAN. Milan XI: Ghezzi, David, Trebbi, Trapattoni, C. Maldini, L. Radice II, Mora, Del Vecchio, Altafini, Rivera, Barison - All.: Rocco - DT: Viani.

  9. Friendly: Brescia 1-2 Milan

    30 January 1963 · Season 1962-63 (friendly match): Milan beat Brescia 2-1 at Brescia on 30 January 1963. Reti: 17' Rossano, 67' Rizzolini, 81' Barison.

  10. Serie A: Atalanta 2-2 Milan

    3 February 1963 · Season 1962-63, matchday 20: Milan drew with Atalanta 2-2 away on 3 February 1963. Venue: Comunale, Bergamo. Reti: 6' aut. Colombo, 33' Domenghini, 66' Rivera, 67' Calvanese ATALANTA. Milan XI: Ghezzi, Pelagalli, Trebbi, Benites, C. Maldini, L. Radice II, Lodetti, Sani, Altafini, Rivera, Mora - All.: Rocco - DT: Viani.

  11. Serie A: Fiorentina 0-1 Milan

    10 February 1963 · Season 1962-63, matchday 21: Milan beat Fiorentina 1-0 away on 10 February 1963. Venue: Comunale, Firenze. Reti: 12' Altafini FIORENTINA. Milan XI: Ghezzi, Trebbi, L. Radice II, Benites, C. Maldini, Trapattoni, Pivatelli, Sani, Altafini, Rivera, Mora - All.: Rocco - DT: Viani.

  12. Serie A: Milan 6-1 Vicenza

    17 February 1963 · Season 1962-63, matchday 22: Milan beat Vicenza 6-1 at San Siro on 17 February 1963.

  13. Serie A: Inter 1-1 Milan

    24 February 1963 · Season 1962-63, matchday 23: Milan drew with Inter 1-1 away on 24 February 1963. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 1' Mazzola I, 78' Sani INTERNAZIONALE. Milan XI: Ghezzi, Trebbi, C. Maldini, L. Radice II, David, Trapattoni, Benites, Sani, Altafini, Rivera, Mora - All.: Rocco - DT: Viani.

  14. Serie A: Milan 1-1 Sampdoria

    3 March 1963 · Season 1962-63, matchday 24: Milan drew with Sampdoria 1-1 at San Siro on 3 March 1963. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 38' Cucchiaroni, 77' Altafini MILAN. Milan XI: Ghezzi, Pelagalli, L. Radice II, Benites, C. Maldini, Trapattoni, Pivatelli, Sani, Altafini, Rivera, Mora - All.: Rocco - DT: Viani.

  15. Serie A: Bologna 1-2 Milan

    10 March 1963 · Season 1962-63, matchday 25: Milan beat Bologna 2-1 away on 10 March 1963. Venue: Comunale, Bologna. Reti: 8' Altafini, 18' Nielsen, 29' Rivera BOLOGNA. Milan XI: Ghezzi, David, Trebbi, Benites, C. Maldini, Trapattoni, Mora, Sani, Altafini, Rivera, Fortunato - All.: Rocco - DT: Viani.

  16. Serie A: Milan 4-0 Modena

    17 March 1963 · Season 1962-63, matchday 26: Milan beat Modena 4-0 at San Siro on 17 March 1963. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 12' rig. Mora, 52' Altafini, 65' Sani, 79' Barison MILAN. Milan XI: Ghezzi, David, Trebbi, Benites, C. Maldini, Trapattoni, Mora, Sani, Altafini, Pivatelli, Barison - All.: Rocco - DT: Viani.

  17. Serie A: Milan 0-0 Juventus

    31 March 1963 · Season 1962-63, matchday 27: Milan drew with Juventus 0-0 at San Siro on 31 March 1963. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Milan XI: Ghezzi, David, Trebbi, Benites, C. Maldini, Trapattoni, Mora, Sani, Altafini, Rivera, Fortunato - All.: Rocco - DT: Viani.

  18. Serie A: Mantova 1-3 Milan

    7 April 1963 · Season 1962-63, matchday 28: Milan beat Mantova 3-1 away on 7 April 1963. Venue: Martelli, Mantova. Reti: 14' Benites, 36' Mazzero, 63' Rivera, 79' Sani MANTOVA. Milan XI: Ghezzi, Pelagalli, Trebbi, Benites, Pivatelli, Trapattoni, Mora, Sani, Altafini, Rivera, Barison - All.: Rocco - DT: Viani.

  19. Serie A: Milan 0-1 Roma

    14 April 1963 · Season 1962-63, matchday 29: Milan lost to Roma 0-1 at San Siro on 14 April 1963. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 22' Angelillo MILAN. Milan XI: Ghezzi, David, Trebbi, Pelagalli, C. Maldini, Trapattoni, Lodetti, Benites, Altafini, Rivera, Mora - All.: Rocco - DT: Viani.

  20. Serie A: AC Torino 0-0 Milan

    21 April 1963 · Season 1962-63, matchday 30: Milan drew with AC Torino 0-0 away on 21 April 1963. Venue: Comunale, Torino. Milan XI: Barluzzi, David, Trebbi, Benites, C. Maldini, Pelagalli, Fortunato, Sani, Altafini, Lodetti, Barison - All.: Rocco - DT: Viani.

  21. Serie A: Milan 1-0 Genoa

    28 April 1963 · Season 1962-63, matchday 31: Milan beat Genoa 1-0 at San Siro on 28 April 1963. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 70' Altafini MILAN. Milan XI: Ghezzi, Bravi, Trebbi, Pelagalli, Pivatelli, Trapattoni, Mora, Lodetti, Altafini, Rossano, Fortunato - All.: Rocco - DT: Viani.

  22. Serie A: Milan 4-0 SPAL

    5 May 1963 · Season 1962-63, matchday 32: Milan beat SPAL 4-0 at San Siro on 5 May 1963. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 2' Rivera, 41' Fortunato, 42' Altafini, 46' David MILAN. Milan XI: Liberalato, David, Bravi, Benites, C. Maldini, Trapattoni, Fortunato, Pivatelli, Altafini, Rivera, Mora - All.: Rocco - DT: Viani.

  23. Friendly: Mista Varese 0-2 Milan

    9 May 1963 · Season 1962-63 (friendly match): Milan beat Mista Varese 2-0 at Masnago, Varese on 9 May 1963. Reti: Pellegrini, Altafini.

  24. Serie A: Catania 1-0 Milan

    19 May 1963 · Season 1962-63, matchday 33: Milan lost to Catania 0-1 away on 19 May 1963.

  25. Serie A: Palermo 1-3 Milan

    26 May 1963 · Season 1962-63, matchday 34: Milan beat Palermo 3-1 away on 26 May 1963. Venue: Comunale La Favorita, Palermo. Reti: 2' Maggioni, 28' Altafini, 60' Barison, 90' Rossano PALERMO. Milan XI: Liberalato, David, Trebbi, Lodetti, Pivatelli, Trapattoni, Mora, Sani, Altafini, Rossano, Barison - All.: Rocco - DT: Viani.

  26. Friendly: Lazio 0-2 Milan

    19 June 1963 · Season 1962-63 (friendly match): Milan beat Lazio 2-0 at Roma on 19 June 1963. Reti: 18' Altafini, 83' P. Ferrario.

  27. Trofeo 'Citta' Di Milano': Milan 4-0 Santos

    22 June 1963 · Season 1962-63 (trofeo 'citta' di milano' match): Milan beat Santos 4-0 at San Siro, Milano on 22 June 1963. Reti: 11', 28', 66' e 74' Altafini.

  28. Trofeo 'Citta' Di Milano': Milan 4-0 Internazionale

    27 June 1963 · Season 1962-63 (trofeo 'citta' di milano' match): Milan beat Internazionale 4-0 at San Siro, Milano on 27 June 1963. Reti: 13' Mora, 30' Sani, 43' Rivera, 88' Altafini.

  29. Departed: Attilio Bravi

    1963-64 season window · Attilio Bravi left Milan in the 1963-64 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  30. Departed: Claudio Mantovani

    1963-64 season window · Claudio Mantovani left Milan in the 1963-64 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  31. Departed: Enrico Alberti

    1963-64 season window · Enrico Alberti left Milan in the 1963-64 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  32. Departed: Francesco Zagatti

    1963-64 season window · Francesco Zagatti left Milan in the 1963-64 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  33. Departed: Gino Pivatelli

    1963-64 season window · Gino Pivatelli left Milan in the 1963-64 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  34. Departed: Giorgio Rossano

    1963-64 season window · Giorgio Rossano left Milan in the 1963-64 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  35. Departed: Mario Liberalato

    1963-64 season window · Mario Liberalato left Milan in the 1963-64 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  36. Departed: Paolo Barison

    1963-64 season window · Paolo Barison left Milan in the 1963-64 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  37. Departed: Víctor Benítes

    1963-64 season window · Víctor Benítes left Milan in the 1963-64 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  38. Signed: Alberto Gallardo

    1963-64 season window · Alberto Gallardo joined Milan in the 1963-64 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  39. Signed: Amarildo

    1963-64 season window · Amarildo joined Milan in the 1963-64 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  40. Signed: Bruno Bacchetta

    1963-64 season window · Bruno Bacchetta joined Milan in the 1963-64 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  41. Signed: Claudio Mantovani

    1963-64 season window · Claudio Mantovani joined Milan in the 1963-64 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  42. Signed: José Germano

    1963-64 season window · José Germano joined Milan in the 1963-64 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  43. Signed: Luigi Balzarini

    1963-64 season window · Luigi Balzarini joined Milan in the 1963-64 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  44. Signed: Nello Santin

    1963-64 season window · Nello Santin joined Milan in the 1963-64 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  45. Signed: Pierangelo Belli

    1963-64 season window · Pierangelo Belli joined Milan in the 1963-64 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  46. Signed: Remo Pullica

    1963-64 season window · Remo Pullica joined Milan in the 1963-64 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  47. Friendly: L.R. Vicenza 1-3 Milan

    24 August 1963 · Season 1963-64 (friendly match): Milan beat L.R. Vicenza 3-1 at Appiani, Padova on 24 August 1963. Reti: 10' Sani, 13' Vastola, 65' Mora, 86' P. Ferrario.

  48. Friendly: Livorno 3-4 Milan

    28 August 1963 · Season 1963-64 (friendly match): Milan beat Livorno 4-3 at Ardenza, Livorno on 28 August 1963. Reti: 5' Amarildo I, 23' e 40' Fortunato, 65' Colombo, 82' rig. Mascalaito, 87' Virgili, 89' rig. Mora.

  49. Coppa Lanza Di Trabia: Milan 4-2 Juventus

    8 September 1963 · Season 1963-64 (coppa lanza di trabia match): Milan beat Juventus 4-2 at Milano on 8 September 1963. Reti: 5' Rivera, 10' Menichelli, 12' aut. C. Maldini, 14' Amarildo I, 48' Rivera, 76' Amarildo I.

  50. Serie A: Mantova 1-4 Milan

    15 September 1963 · Season 1963-64, matchday 1: Milan beat Mantova 4-1 away on 15 September 1963. Venue: Martelli, Mantova. Reti: 8' Altafini, 52' Simoni, 77' Altafini, 82' Amarildo I, 88' Altafini MANTOVA. Milan XI: Balzarini, David, Trebbi, Trapattoni, C. Maldini, Pelagalli, Mora, Rivera, Altafini, Sani, Amarildo I - All.: Carniglia - DT: Viani.

  51. Friendly: Milan 5-3 Simmenthal Monza

    19 September 1963 · Season 1963-64 (friendly match): Milan beat Simmenthal Monza 5-3 at Milanello, Carnago (VA) on 19 September 1963. Reti: Amarildo I (2), Altafini, Mora, Rivera, Tasso, Bersellini, Germano.

  52. Serie A: Milan 3-0 Messina

    22 September 1963 · Season 1963-64, matchday 2: Milan beat Messina 3-0 at San Siro on 22 September 1963. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 13' e 31' Rivera, 81' Amarildo I MILAN. Milan XI: Balzarini, David, Trebbi, Sani, C. Maldini, Trapattoni, Mora, Rivera, Altafini, Amarildo I, Fortunato - All.: Carniglia - DT: Viani.

  53. Serie A: Lazio 1-1 Milan

    25 September 1963 · Season 1963-64, matchday 3: Milan drew with Lazio 1-1 away on 25 September 1963. Venue: Olimpico, Roma. Reti: 19' Fortunato, 26' C. Galli LAZIO. Milan XI: Balzarini, David, Trebbi, Pelagalli, C. Maldini, Trapattoni, Mora, Rivera, Altafini, Amarildo I, Fortunato - All.: Carniglia - DT: Viani.

  54. Serie A: AC Torino 0-0 Milan

    29 September 1963 · Season 1963-64, matchday 4: Milan drew with AC Torino 0-0 away on 29 September 1963. Venue: Comunale, Torino. Milan XI: Balzarini, David, Trebbi, Pelagalli, Santin, Trapattoni, Mora, Rivera, Altafini, Amarildo I, Fortunato - All.: Carniglia - DT: Viani.

  55. Serie A: Milan 3-1 Genoa

    6 October 1963 · Season 1963-64, matchday 5: Milan beat Genoa 3-1 at San Siro on 6 October 1963. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 52' Amarildo I, 69' Trebbi, 87' Mora, 90' Bean MILAN. Milan XI: Balzarini, Noletti, Trebbi, Lodetti, David, Trapattoni, Mora, Rivera, Altafini, Amarildo I, Fortunato - All.: Carniglia - DT: Viani.

  56. Serie A: Bologna 2-2 Milan

    20 October 1963 · Season 1963-64, matchday 6: Milan drew with Bologna 2-2 away on 20 October 1963. Venue: Comunale, Bologna. Reti: 48' Haller, 54' Bulgarelli, 74' Mora, 90' aut. Capra BOLOGNA. Milan XI: Ghezzi, Noletti, Trebbi, Trapattoni, David, Pelagalli, Mora, Lodetti, Altafini, Rivera, Amarildo I - All.: Carniglia - DT: Viani.

  57. Serie A: Milan 3-1 Catania

    23 October 1963 · Season 1963-64, matchday 7: Milan beat Catania 3-1 at San Siro on 23 October 1963. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 13' Altafini, 48' Prenna, 70' P. Ferrario, 81' Altafini MILAN. Milan XI: Balzarini, Noletti, Trebbi, Pelagalli, David, Trapattoni, Fortunato, Lodetti, Altafini, P. Ferrario, Amarildo I - All.: Carniglia - DT: Viani.

  58. Serie A: Milan 3-0 Modena

    27 October 1963 · Season 1963-64, matchday 8: Milan beat Modena 3-0 at San Siro on 27 October 1963. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 36' e 59' Altafini, 84' Rivera MILAN. Milan XI: Ghezzi, Noletti, Pelagalli, Trapattoni, David, Lodetti, Fortunato, Sani, Altafini, Rivera, P. Ferrario - All.: Carniglia - DT: Viani.

  59. Friendly: Milan 6-4 Lazio

    3 November 1963 · Season 1963-64 (friendly match): Milan beat Lazio 6-4 at Milano on 3 November 1963. Reti: 9' P. Ferrario, 12' Rozzoni, 18' Morrone, 26' Germano, 31' Sani, 55' Morrone, 65' aut. e 74' aut. Pagni, 88' Rozzoni, 90' Cattai.

  60. Serie A: Milan 2-2 Juventus

    24 November 1963 · Season 1963-64, matchday 11: Milan drew with Juventus 2-2 at San Siro on 24 November 1963. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 35' Mora, 55' Nené, 70' Sivori, 80' Fortunato MILAN. Milan XI: Barluzzi, David, Trebbi, Trapattoni, C. Maldini, Pelagalli, Mora, Lodetti, Altafini, Rivera, Fortunato - All.: Carniglia - DT: Viani.

  61. Serie A: Milan 2-0 Atalanta

    1 December 1963 · Season 1963-64, matchday 12: Milan beat Atalanta 2-0 at San Siro on 1 December 1963.

  62. Serie A: Sampdoria 1-2 Milan

    8 December 1963 · Season 1963-64, matchday 13: Milan beat Sampdoria 2-1 away on 8 December 1963. Venue: Marassi - Ferraris, Genova. Reti: 39' Altafini, 70' Da Silva, 79' Altafini SAMPDORIA. Milan XI: Barluzzi, David, Trebbi, Trapattoni, C. Maldini, Pelagalli, Mora, Sani, Altafini, Lodetti, Amarildo I - All.: Carniglia - DT: Viani.

  63. Serie A: Vicenza 0-1 Milan

    18 December 1963 · Season 1963-64, matchday 10: Milan beat Vicenza 1-0 away on 18 December 1963. Venue: Menti, Vicenza. Reti: 71' Rivera L.R. VICENZA. Milan XI: Barluzzi, David, Trebbi, Trapattoni, C. Maldini, Pelagalli, Fortunato, Sani, Altafini, Rivera, Amarildo I - All.: Carniglia - DT: Viani.

  64. Serie A: Milan 2-1 Roma

    22 December 1963 · Season 1963-64, matchday 14: Milan beat Roma 2-1 at San Siro on 22 December 1963. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 68' Sani, 73' Amarildo I, 90' De Sisti MILAN. Milan XI: Barluzzi, David, Trebbi, Trapattoni, C. Maldini, Pelagalli, Mora, Sani, Altafini, Rivera, Amarildo I - All.: Carniglia - DT: Viani.

  65. Serie A: Fiorentina 2-1 Milan

    29 December 1963 · Season 1963-64, matchday 15: Milan lost to Fiorentina 1-2 away on 29 December 1963. Venue: Comunale, Firenze. Reti: 21' Amarildo I, 41' Petris, 59' Hamrin FIORENTINA. Milan XI: Barluzzi, David, Trebbi, Trapattoni, C. Maldini, Pelagalli, Mora, Sani, Altafini, Rivera, Amarildo I - All.: Carniglia - DT: Viani.