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AC Milan in 1968

Era: The Rocco Era

17 stories and 62 matches from the Milan Club Adelaide history museum, in the order they happened.

The stories of 1968

1968

The Bond with Rivera and Trapattoni

Italian accounts single out Rocco's near-filial relationship with Gianni Rivera, whom he protected and indulged as his 'golden boy,' and his influence over Giovanni Trapattoni, who played under him at Milan and is often said to have absorbed the paternal, pragmatic method he later carried into his own management. Rocco's man-management was itself his tactics: he read men before he read matches. The Golden Boy and el Paron (the Boss) formed the spine of Milan's greatest 1960s triumphs, a pairing Italian writers cast as artist and craftsman.

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1968

A Rare Continental Double: European Cup and Cup Winners' Cup Across Eras

Milan became one of very few clubs to have won all three of the historic UEFA club competitions, adding the Cup Winners' Cup to their European Cup pedigree with triumphs in 1968 and 1973. This breadth of continental silverware, spanning the European Cup, the Cup Winners' Cup and later the Super Cup, marks Milan out as a club decorated across every strand of European football. The completeness of the collection is a superlative catalogued in UEFA's own honours rolls and celebrated in the club's museum displays.

Sources

  • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup honours records
  • UEFA club competition archives
  • AC Milan official honours list
  • Casa Milan museum records

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1960s–70s

Gianni Brera, 'l'Abatino,' and the language of calcio

No writer shaped how Italy spoke of football like Gianni Brera, the towering prose stylist of Italian sportswriting, who shaped how a generation read Milan and the national game. He minted or popularised words still used daily — libero, centrocampista, goleador, melina (time-wasting keep-ball), contropiede (counterattack) — a lexicon Italian papers still echo, and his championing of shrewd defensive intelligence gave the Rocco-era rossoneri a literary vocabulary all their own. His most famous coinage was aimed at Milan's own jewel: he dubbed Gianni Rivera 'l'Abatino' (the little abbot) for his priestly, unhurried grace, needling that art without athletic grit could not win alone — and the affectionate feud between Brera's prose and Rivera's genius became one of the defining conversations of Italian sport. Writing chiefly in Milanese and national papers, Brera turned match reports into essays, and his admiring, combative prose remains a primary Italian-language lens through which the club's 1960s triumphs are understood.

Sources

  • Gianni Brera
  • La Gazzetta dello Sport
  • Guerin Sportivo
  • it.wikipedia.org — Storia dell'A.C. Milan

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1968

La Fossa dei Leoni: Among the First of the Ultras

In 1968 young rossoneri founded the Fossa dei Leoni — the 'Lions' Den' — the second ultras group born in Italy, months behind the Commandos Tigre of 1967 (themselves Milan supporters), and by far the most influential of the pioneers. Where earlier support had meant scattered clubs and the odd drum, the Fossa brought banded discipline: a striscione bearing the group's name, coordinated chants and a permanent territorial claim on the curva. Their template — colours, capo tifoso and choreography — was copied from Turin to Palermo, making Milan the cradle of a movement. The group began on ramp 18 of the popolari terraces and only later, in 1972, settled in the position that became synonymous with the Curva Sud.

Sources

  • Alessandro Dal Lago, 'Descrizione di una battaglia. I rituali del calcio' (Il Mulino, 1990) — ethnography of the Milan Curva Sud
  • Guerin Sportivo
  • Storia degli ultras italiani (archival)
  • Alessandro Dal Lago, 'Descrizione di una battaglia: I rituali del calcio' (Il Mulino, 1990)

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1968

The stylistic feud: Brera against the aesthetes

The *Abatino* jibe hardened into a genuine ideological war over how football should be played and written. Brera championed *equilibrio* (balance) and defensive realism suited to what he called the leaner Mediterranean physique, while a rival school exalted Rivera's fantasy and attacking beauty. The debate spilled across newspaper columns for years — Brera versus Rivera's admirers — and became one of the defining cultural quarrels of Italian sport, waged in prose as fierce and ornate as any match.

Sources

  • it.wikipedia.org — Gianni Brera
  • La Gazzetta dello Sport
  • Guerin Sportivo

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Spring 1968

Holders Dethroned: Bayern Blanked in the Semi-final

The semi-final paired Milan with Bayern Munich, defending Cup Winners' Cup holders and already built around Sepp Maier, Franz Beckenbauer and Gerd Müller. Milan beat them 2-0 at San Siro and then shut them out 0-0 in Munich, a two-legged clean sheet against Europe's most feared young attack that carried Rocco's side to the Rotterdam final. It was a collision of dynasties in the making: Bayern would rule the mid-1970s, but in the spring of 1968 the wall of Cudicini, Anquilletti, Rosato, Schnellinger and Trapattoni was impassable.

Sources

  • RSSSF: European Cup Winners' Cup 1967-68
  • UEFA official archive, Cup Winners' Cup 1967-68

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Spring 1968

Past Standard Liège in the Quarter-final

In the last eight, in the early spring of 1968, Milan met Standard Liège, Belgian Cup holders and the coming power of their national game. Rocco's rearguard — Fabio Cudicini behind Anquilletti, Rosato and the German international Karl-Heinz Schnellinger — conceded almost nothing across the tie, and Milan ground their way through. The reward was daunting: a semi-final against Bayern Munich, holders of the trophy.

Sources

  • RSSSF: European Cup Winners' Cup 1967-68

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1968

Torino, Playing for Meroni, Take the Coppa

In the season Milan won the Scudetto and the Cup Winners' Cup, the Coppa Italia was the prize that escaped. Milan reached the climax of the 1967-68 competition but Torino — playing in the memory of Gigi Meroni, killed the previous October — took the trophy and left the rossoneri as runners-up. It was the first of two occasions in four seasons that the granata would stand between Milan and the cup.

Sources

  • RSSSF — Coppa Italia 1967-68
  • Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio (Panini)

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1967-68 season

The Ninth Scudetto — Rocco Returns in Triumph

Restored to the bench in 1967, Nereo Rocco guided Milan to their ninth Italian title in 1967-68, clinching it with weeks to spare and a record cushion over Napoli. The season announced a new hero: young Pierino Prati, launched by Rocco, who top-scored the entire league with 15 goals. Only twelve months after a dismal eighth-placed finish, the Diavolo were champions of Italy once more, and ready to storm Europe again.

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Serie A / Cup Winners' Cup 1967-68

1967-68: Rocco returns — Scudetto and European double

Nereo Rocco's return to the bench transformed Milan: the club won its ninth Scudetto with young Pierino Prati crowned Serie A capocannoniere with 15 goals, while Rivera pulled the strings. In May came a second European trophy, the Cup Winners' Cup, won 2-0 against Hamburg in Rotterdam with both goals from Swedish winger Kurt Hamrin.

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23 May 1968

1968 Cup Winners' Cup Final: Milan 2-0 Hamburg

1968 Cup Winners' Cup Final: Milan 2-0 Hamburg

At the Feijenoord Stadion in Rotterdam on 23 May 1968, Milan beat Hamburger SV 2-0 to lift the European Cup Winners' Cup for the first time, both goals struck in the first half by Kurt Hamrin — the 33-year-old Swedish winger who had already won this trophy with Fiorentina in 1961. Rocco sent out Cudicini; Anquilletti, Schnellinger; Rosato, Scala, Trapattoni; Hamrin, Lodetti, Sormani, Rivera, Prati against Uwe Seeler's Hamburg, and ten of the same eleven would conquer the European Cup a year later. Milan's second European trophy after 1963 crowned a season that also brought the ninth scudetto, and made them only the second Italian club, after Fiorentina, to win the competition. Hamrin struck twice in the first half (3' and 19') at the Feijenoord Stadion on 23 May 1968.

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1968

Fossa dei Leoni: Banners as Folk Art of the Curva

In 1968 a group of young Milan supporters founded the Fossa dei Leoni — the Lions' Den — among the very first organised ultras groups in Italian football, and with it came a new material culture of fandom. The striscione, the long hand-painted banner announcing the group's name across the front of the Curva Sud, and the bandieroni, giant flags needing two hands and strong wind to wave, were made by the fans themselves with bedsheets, brushes and house paint: folk art produced anonymously and judged by the whole stadium. These objects were guarded like regimental colours, since losing a banner to rivals was the deepest humiliation curva culture could imagine. When the Fossa dei Leoni dissolved in 2005, its banners passed out of the stadium and into memory, and surviving examples of this ephemeral art — designed for one Sunday, repainted for the next — are now among the rarest artifacts of Italian fan culture.

Sources

  • Histories of Italian ultras culture
  • Fossa dei Leoni (1968–2005) accounts

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26 June 1968

Paolo Maldini is Born in Milan

Paolo Maldini is Born in Milan

On 26 June 1968, Paolo Cesare Maldini was born in Milan, into rossonero royalty as the son of Cesare Maldini, the captain who had lifted the club's first European Cup in 1963. He would grow into the definitive one-club man, spending 25 seasons in the red-and-black, amassing over 900 official appearances and captaining Milan through its most glorious decades. Equally imperious at left-back and centre-half, he won five European Cups/Champions Leagues and seven Scudetti before retiring in 2009, after which the No. 3 shirt was retired in his honour. Nobody has ever worn the Milan jersey with more grace. Forza Paolo.

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7 September 1968

Marcel Desailly is Born in Accra

Born on 7 September 1968 in Accra, Ghana, and raised in Nantes, Marcel Desailly arrived at Milan from Marseille in 1993 after winning the Champions League with the French club, then astonishingly lifted the trophy again the very next spring in the 4-0 demolition of Barcelona in Athens. Nicknamed 'The Rock' (Il Roccia), he converted from a commanding defensive midfielder into a peerless central defender under Fabio Capello, anchoring the rearguard alongside Franco Baresi and Paolo Maldini. His power and serenity in possession made him a cornerstone of the mid-1990s scudetti before he departed for Chelsea in 1998.

Sources

  • Marcel Desailly, 'Capitaine' (autobiography, Stock)
  • Gazzetta dello Sport archive
  • UEFA Champions League records

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18 September 1968

Malmö FF 1-2 Milan: the campaign begins in Sweden

Nereo Rocco's newly crowned Italian champions opened their European Cup campaign at the Malmö Stadion against the Swedish title-holders, in a tournament already scarred by Eastern-bloc withdrawals following the invasion of Czechoslovakia. Milan controlled the tie with veteran assurance and returned home with a 2-1 first-leg victory, two goals in Sweden handing Rocco's side a commanding lead to defend at San Siro.

Sources

  • RSSSF — European Champions' Cup 1968-69
  • UEFA official archives
  • AC Milan club records

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2 October 1968

Milan 4-1 Malmö FF: safe passage at San Siro

A fortnight after the win in Sweden, Milan dispatched Malmö FF 4-1 at San Siro to complete a 6-2 aggregate and move serenely into the competition proper. With the second-round draw then handing the rossoneri a bye — a quirk of a season disrupted by the post-Prague Spring withdrawals — Rocco's side would not play European football again until the quarter-finals in the new year.

Sources

  • RSSSF — European Champions' Cup 1968-69
  • UEFA official archives
  • AC Milan club records

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8 October 1968

Zvonimir Boban is born in Imotski

Zvonimir Boban is born in Imotski

Zvonimir Boban was born on 8 October 1968 in Imotski, in what was then Yugoslavia and is now Croatia. The elegant, cerebral midfielder signed for Milan in 1991 and, after an initial loan spell, became a pillar of Fabio Capello's Invincibles who dominated Italy and Europe in the mid-1990s. Captain of the Croatia side that stunned the world with third place at France 98, Boban paired vision and passion in equal measure.

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Every match of 1968

  1. Serie A: Milan 3-0 Roma

    7 January 1968 · Season 1967-68, matchday 14: Milan beat Roma 3-0 at San Siro on 7 January 1968. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 29' Prati II, 78' aut. Losi, 90' Prati II MILAN. Milan XI: Belli, Anquilletti, Schnellinger, Trapattoni, Malatrasi, Rosato I, Hamrin, Lodetti, Sormani, Rivera, Prati II — All.: Rocco.

  2. Serie A: Varese 2-1 Milan

    14 January 1968 · Season 1967-68, matchday 15: Milan lost to Varese 1-2 away on 14 January 1968. Venue: Ossola, Varese. Reti: 27' Sogliano, 53' Anastasi, 79' Sormani VARESE. Milan XI: Belli, Anquilletti, Schnellinger, Rosato I, Malatrasi, Trapattoni, Hamrin, Lodetti, Sormani, Rivera, Prati II — All.: Rocco.

  3. Serie A: Milan 3-2 SPAL

    21 January 1968 · Season 1967-68, matchday 16: Milan beat SPAL 3-2 at San Siro on 21 January 1968. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 11' Bigon I, 15' Sormani, 19' Bozzao, 66' Rivera, 89' Prati II MILAN. Milan XI: Cudicini, Anquilletti, Schnellinger, Trapattoni, Malatrasi, Rosato I, Mora, Lodetti, Sormani, Rivera, Prati II — All.: Rocco.

  4. Serie A: Fiorentina 0-2 Milan

    28 January 1968 · Season 1967-68, matchday 17: Milan beat Fiorentina 2-0 away on 28 January 1968. Venue: Comunale, Firenze. Reti: 59' Prati II, 65' Rivera FIORENTINA. Milan XI: Cudicini, Anquilletti, Scala, Trapattoni, Malatrasi, Rosato I, Hamrin, Lodetti, Sormani, Rivera, Prati II — All.: Rocco.

  5. Serie A: Milan 2-1 Napoli

    4 February 1968 · Season 1967-68, matchday 18: Milan beat Napoli 2-1 at San Siro on 4 February 1968. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 9' Rivera, 72' Barison, 90' Prati II MILAN. Milan XI: Cudicini, Anquilletti, Scala, Trapattoni, Malatrasi, Baveni, Hamrin, Lodetti, Sormani, Rivera, Prati II — All.: Rocco.

  6. Serie A: Mantova 0-1 Milan

    11 February 1968 · Season 1967-68, matchday 19: Milan beat Mantova 1-0 away on 11 February 1968. Venue: Martelli, Mantova. Reti: 60' aut. Giagnoni I MANTOVA. Milan XI: Cudicini, Anquilletti, Schnellinger, Trapattoni, Malatrasi, Rosato I, Rognoni, Lodetti, Sormani, Rivera, Prati II — All.: Rocco.

  7. Serie A: Milan 1-1 Inter

    18 February 1968 · Season 1967-68, matchday 20: Milan drew with Inter 1-1 at San Siro on 18 February 1968. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 2' Cappellini, 27' Hamrin MILAN. Milan XI: Cudicini (75' Vecchi), Anquilletti, Schnellinger, Trapattoni, Malatrasi, Rosato I, Hamrin, Lodetti, Sormani, Rivera, Prati II — All.: Rocco.

  8. Serie A: Juventus 1-2 Milan

    25 February 1968 · Season 1967-68, matchday 21: Milan beat Juventus 2-1 away on 25 February 1968. Venue: Comunale, Torino. Reti: 14' Prati II, 22' Zigoni, 48' Hamrin JUVENTUS (date recorded as 1968-02-24 by magliarossonera). Milan XI: Cudicini, Anquilletti, Schnellinger, Trapattoni, Malatrasi, Rosato I, Hamrin, Lodetti, Sormani, Rivera, Prati II — All.: Rocco. (date recorded as 1968-02-24 by magliarossonera)

  9. Serie A: Milan 0-1 US Cagliari

    3 March 1968 · Season 1967-68, matchday 22: Milan lost to US Cagliari 0-1 at San Siro on 3 March 1968. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 15' Hitchens MILAN. Milan XI: Cudicini, Anquilletti, Schnellinger, Trapattoni, Malatrasi, Rosato I, Hamrin, Lodetti, Sormani, Rivera, Prati II — All.: Rocco.

  10. Serie A: Sampdoria 0-3 Milan

    10 March 1968 · Season 1967-68, matchday 23: Milan beat Sampdoria 3-0 away on 10 March 1968. Venue: Marassi - Ferraris, Genova. Reti: 56' e 72' rig. Rivera, 82' Hamrin SAMPDORIA. Milan XI: Cudicini, Anquilletti, Scala, Rosato I, Malatrasi, Trapattoni, Hamrin, Lodetti, Sormani, Rivera, Prati II — All.: Rocco.

  11. Serie A: Milan 2-0 Vicenza

    17 March 1968 · Season 1967-68, matchday 24: Milan beat Vicenza 2-0 at San Siro on 17 March 1968. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 16' Hamrin, 62' Rivera MILAN. Milan XI: Cudicini, Anquilletti, Schnellinger, Trapattoni, Malatrasi, Rosato I, Hamrin, Lodetti, Sormani, Rivera, Prati II — All.: Rocco.

  12. Serie A: Atalanta 0-3 Milan

    24 March 1968 · Season 1967-68, matchday 25: Milan beat Atalanta 3-0 away on 24 March 1968. Venue: Comunale, Bergamo. Reti: 18' Sormani, 71' e 77' rig. Prati II ATALANTA. Milan XI: Cudicini, Anquilletti, Schnellinger, Rosato I, Malatrasi, Scala, Hamrin, Lodetti, Sormani, Rivera, Prati II — All.: Rocco.

  13. Serie A: Milan 1-0 Brescia

    31 March 1968 · Season 1967-68, matchday 26: Milan beat Brescia 1-0 at San Siro on 31 March 1968. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 88' Rivera MILAN. Milan XI: Cudicini, Anquilletti, Schnellinger, Rosato I, Malatrasi, Trapattoni, Hamrin, Lodetti, Sormani, Rivera, Prati II — All.: Rocco.

  14. Friendly: Melegnano 0-3 Milan

    10 April 1968 · Season 1967-68 (friendly match): Milan beat Melegnano 3-0 at Melegnano (MI) on 10 April 1968. Reti: Angelillo, Rognoni, aut. (Melegnano).

  15. Serie A: Milan 2-1 AC Torino

    14 April 1968 · Season 1967-68, matchday 27: Milan beat AC Torino 2-1 at San Siro on 14 April 1968. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 6' Poletti, 10' Lodetti, 41' Angelillo MILAN. Milan XI: Cudicini, Anquilletti, Schnellinger, Trapattoni, Rosato I, Lodetti, Hamrin, Angelillo, Sormani, Rivera, Prati II — All.: Rocco.

  16. Friendly: Parabiago 0-3 Milan

    17 April 1968 · Season 1967-68 (friendly match): Milan beat Parabiago 3-0 at Parabiago on 17 April 1968. Reti: Mora (2), Rosato I.

  17. Friendly: Savona 3-2 Milan

    21 April 1968 · Season 1967-68 (friendly match): Milan lost to Savona 2-3 at Bacigalupo, Savona on 21 April 1968. Reti: 22' Osterman, 31' rig. Mora, 42' e 45' Steven, 80' Longo.

  18. Friendly: Triestina 1-4 Milan

    25 April 1968 · Season 1967-68 (friendly match): Milan beat Triestina 4-1 at Pino Grezar, Trieste on 25 April 1968. Reti: 21' Hamrin, 37' Prati II, 48' Cantian, 66' Prati II, 86' Golin.

  19. Serie A: Bologna 1-1 Milan

    28 April 1968 · Season 1967-68, matchday 28: Milan drew with Bologna 1-1 away on 28 April 1968. Venue: Comunale, Bologna. Reti: 54' Sormani, 70' Guarneri BOLOGNA. Milan XI: Cudicini, Anquilletti, Schnellinger, Rosato I, Malatrasi, Scala, Hamrin, Lodetti, Sormani, Angelillo, Prati II — All.: Rocco.

  20. Serie A: Roma 1-1 Milan

    5 May 1968 · Season 1967-68, matchday 29: Milan drew with Roma 1-1 away on 5 May 1968. Venue: Olimpico, Roma. Reti: 3' Golin, 9' Taccola ROMA. Milan XI: Cudicini, Anquilletti, Schnellinger, Rosato I, Malatrasi, Giacomini, Rognoni, Angelillo, Prati II, Rivera, Golin — All.: Rocco.

  21. Serie A: Milan 1-0 Varese

    12 May 1968 · Season 1967-68, matchday 30: Milan beat Varese 1-0 at San Siro on 12 May 1968. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 29' Sormani MILAN. Milan XI: Cudicini, Anquilletti, Schnellinger, Rosato I, Malatrasi, Trapattoni, Mora, Lodetti, Sormani, Rivera, Prati II — All.: Rocco.

  22. Friendly: Milan 1-1 Celtic Glasgow

    26 May 1968 · Season 1967-68 (friendly match): Milan drew with Celtic Glasgow 1-1 at Roosvelt Stadium, Jersey City (Stati Uniti) on 26 May 1968. Reti: 14' Wallace, 39' Angelillo.

  23. Friendly: Celtic Glasgow 2-0 Milan

    2 June 1968 · Season 1967-68 (friendly match): Milan lost to Celtic Glasgow 0-2 at C.N.E. Stadium, Toronto (Canada) on 2 June 1968. Reti: 47' Lennox, 63' Gallagher.

  24. Departed: Alberto Giacomin

    1968-69 season window · Alberto Giacomin left Milan in the 1968-69 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  25. Departed: Angelo Paina

    1968-69 season window · Angelo Paina left Milan in the 1968-69 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  26. Departed: Antonio Angelillo

    1968-69 season window · Antonio Angelillo left Milan in the 1968-69 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  27. Departed: Claudio Mantovani

    1968-69 season window · Claudio Mantovani left Milan in the 1968-69 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  28. Departed: Lino Golin

    1968-69 season window · Lino Golin left Milan in the 1968-69 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  29. Departed: Massimo Giacomini

    1968-69 season window · Massimo Giacomini left Milan in the 1968-69 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  30. Departed: Romano Nimis

    1968-69 season window · Romano Nimis left Milan in the 1968-69 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  31. Departed: Sergio Beorchia

    1968-69 season window · Sergio Beorchia left Milan in the 1968-69 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  32. Signed: Carlo Petrini

    1968-69 season window · Carlo Petrini joined Milan in the 1968-69 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  33. Signed: Claudio Mantovani

    1968-69 season window · Claudio Mantovani joined Milan in the 1968-69 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  34. Signed: Luigi Maldera

    1968-69 season window · Luigi Maldera joined Milan in the 1968-69 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  35. Signed: Paolo Montanari

    1968-69 season window · Paolo Montanari joined Milan in the 1968-69 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  36. Signed: Roberto Casone

    1968-69 season window · Roberto Casone joined Milan in the 1968-69 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  37. Signed: Romano Fogli

    1968-69 season window · Romano Fogli joined Milan in the 1968-69 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  38. Signed: Romano Nimis

    1968-69 season window · Romano Nimis joined Milan in the 1968-69 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  39. Signed: Silvano Villa

    1968-69 season window · Silvano Villa joined Milan in the 1968-69 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  40. Friendly: Milan 13-0 M.T.K. Juniores

    21 August 1968 · Season 1968-69 (friendly match): Milan beat M.T.K. Juniores 13-0 at Comunale, Busto Arsizio on 21 August 1968. Reti: 2', 8', 9', 11' e 32' Sormani, 33' Prati II, 48' Lodetti, 53' Rivera, 58' Rognoni 76', 77' e 86' C. Petrini, 90' Golin.

  41. Friendly: Alessandria 1-3 Milan

    24 August 1968 · Season 1968-69 (friendly match): Milan beat Alessandria 3-1 at Moccagatta, Alessandria on 24 August 1968. Reti: 45' Prati II, 49' Cabellini, 53' Rognoni, 78' aut. Rossi.

  42. Friendly: Derthona 0-9 Milan

    28 August 1968 · Season 1968-69 (friendly match): Milan beat Derthona 9-0 at Comunale "Fausto Coppi", Tortona on 28 August 1968. Reti: 14' Hamrin, 22' e 30' Prati II, 47' Sormani, 49' rig. Rivera, 61' e 67' Rivera, 77' e 85' Golin.

  43. Friendly: Sestese 1-14 Milan

    4 September 1968 · Season 1968-69 (friendly match): Milan beat Sestese 14-1 at Sesto Calende on 4 September 1968. Reti: 5' aut. Cenzi, 11' Rivera, 12' Prati II, 27' Sormani, 29' Fogli, 31' e 33' Prati II, 42' e 56' Sormani, 67' e 70' Prati II, 72' Golin,.

  44. Friendly: Savona 1-3 Milan

    21 September 1968 · Season 1968-69 (friendly match): Milan beat Savona 3-1 at Savona on 21 September 1968. Reti: Santin, Maldera I, Golin, .....

  45. Friendly: Canzese 0-8 Milan

    25 September 1968 · Season 1968-69 (friendly match): Milan beat Canzese 8-0 at San Miro, Canzo on 25 September 1968. Reti: 9' Prati II, 18' Lodetti, 29, 34' e 36' Prati II, 43' C. Petrini, 54' Trapattoni, 68' P. Ferrario.

  46. Serie A: Milan 1-0 Sampdoria

    29 September 1968 · Season 1968-69, matchday 1: Milan beat Sampdoria 1-0 at San Siro on 29 September 1968. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 43' Lodetti MILAN. Milan XI: Cudicini, Anquilletti, Schnellinger, Rosato I, Malatrasi, Trapattoni, Rognoni, Lodetti, Prati II (81' Fogli), Rivera, C. Petrini — All.: Rocco.

  47. Serie A: Hellas Verona 1-3 Milan

    6 October 1968 · Season 1968-69, matchday 2: Milan beat Hellas Verona 3-1 away on 6 October 1968. Venue: Rigamonti, Brescia. Reti: 28' Rivera, 50' Prati II, 61' Madd�, 85' Sormani HELLAS VERONA. Milan XI: Cudicini, Anquilletti, Schnellinger, Rosato I, Santin, Trapattoni, Rognoni (73' Fogli), Lodetti, Sormani, Rivera, Prati II — All.: Rocco.

  48. Friendly: Arsenal Spezia 1-7 Milan

    9 October 1968 · Season 1968-69 (friendly match): Milan beat Arsenal Spezia 7-1 at Alberto Picco, La Spezia on 9 October 1968. Reti: 26' Prati II, 45' Barzaghi, 52' Sormani, 63' Prati II, 68' Rivera, 79', 80' e 87' Prati II.

  49. Friendly: Modigliana 1-13 Milan

    10 October 1968 · Season 1968-69 (friendly match): Milan beat Modigliana 13-1 on 10 October 1968. Reti: 4' Lodetti, 9' Sormani, 13' Rivera, 15' e 17' Rognoni, 18' Di Battista, 25' Sormani, 27' Rognoni, 37' Rivera, 57' Golin, 58' e 75' Mor.

  50. Serie A: Milan 2-1 AC Pisa

    13 October 1968 · Season 1968-69, matchday 3: Milan beat AC Pisa 2-1 at San Siro on 13 October 1968. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 27' Sormani, 77' Joan, 82' Prati II MILAN. Milan XI: Cudicini, Anquilletti, Schnellinger, Rosato I, Santin (46' Fogli), Trapattoni, C. Petrini, Lodetti, Sormani, Rivera, Prati II — All.: Rocco.

  51. Friendly: Modigliana 1-13 Milan

    16 October 1968 · Season 1968-69 (friendly match): Milan beat Modigliana 13-1 at Modigliana on 16 October 1968. Reti: 4' Lodetti, 9' Sormani, 13' Rivera, 15' e 17' Rognoni, 18' Di Battista, 25' Sormani, 27' Rognoni, 37' Rivera, 57' Golin, 58' e 75' Mor.

  52. Friendly: Reggiana 0-1 Milan

    26 October 1968 · Season 1968-69 (friendly match): Milan beat Reggiana 1-0 at Reggio Emilia on 26 October 1968. Reti: 42' Mora.

  53. Serie A: Fiorentina 0-0 Milan

    27 October 1968 · Season 1968-69, matchday 4: Milan drew with Fiorentina 0-0 away on 27 October 1968. Venue: Comunale, Firenze. Milan XI: Cudicini, Anquilletti, Schnellinger, Rosato I, Malatrasi, Trapattoni, Rognoni (66' Fogli), Lodetti, Sormani, Rivera, Prati II — All.: Rocco.

  54. Serie A: Milan 1-0 Inter

    3 November 1968 · Season 1968-69, matchday 5: Milan beat Inter 1-0 at San Siro on 3 November 1968. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 68' Fogli MILAN. Milan XI: Cudicini, Anquilletti, Schnellinger, Rosato I, Malatrasi, Trapattoni, C. Petrini (66' Fogli), Lodetti, Sormani, Rivera, Prati II — All.: Rocco.

  55. Serie A: Atalanta 0-0 Milan

    10 November 1968 · Season 1968-69, matchday 6: Milan drew with Atalanta 0-0 away on 10 November 1968. Venue: Comunale, Bergamo. Milan XI: Cudicini, Anquilletti, Schnellinger, Rosato I, Malatrasi, Trapattoni (56' Fogli), Rognoni, Lodetti, Sormani, Rivera, Prati II — All.: Rocco.

  56. Serie A: Milan 4-1 Vicenza

    17 November 1968 · Season 1968-69, matchday 7: Milan beat Vicenza 4-1 at San Siro on 17 November 1968. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 28' Sormani, 48' C. Petrini, 75' Gallina, 78' e 89' Prati II MILAN. Milan XI: Cudicini (39' Vecchi), Anquilletti, Trapattoni, Rosato I, Malatrasi, Fogli, C. Petrini, Lodetti, Sormani, Rivera, Prati II — All.: Rocco.

  57. Serie A: Bologna 1-0 Milan

    24 November 1968 · Season 1968-69, matchday 8: Milan lost to Bologna 0-1 away on 24 November 1968. Venue: Comunale, Bologna. Reti: 38' Mujesan BOLOGNA. Milan XI: Cudicini, Anquilletti, Trapattoni (72' Santin), Rosato I, Malatrasi, Fogli, C. Petrini, Lodetti, Sormani, Rivera, Prati II — All.: Rocco.

  58. Serie A: Milan 0-0 US Cagliari

    1 December 1968 · Season 1968-69, matchday 9: Milan drew with US Cagliari 0-0 at San Siro on 1 December 1968.

  59. Serie A: Juventus 0-1 Milan

    8 December 1968 · Season 1968-69, matchday 10: Milan beat Juventus 1-0 away on 8 December 1968. Venue: Comunale, Torino. Reti: 41' Hamrin JUVENTUS. Milan XI: Cudicini, Anquilletti, Trapattoni, Rosato I, Malatrasi, Maldera I, Hamrin, Lodetti, Sormani, Rivera, Prati II — All.: Rocco.

  60. Serie A: Roma 1-1 Milan

    15 December 1968 · Season 1968-69, matchday 11: Milan drew with Roma 1-1 away on 15 December 1968. Venue: Olimpico, Roma. Reti: 38' Sormani, 62' Taccola ROMA. Milan XI: Cudicini, Anquilletti, Trapattoni, Rosato I, Malatrasi, Maldera I, Hamrin, Lodetti, Sormani, Rivera, Prati II — All.: Rocco.

  61. Serie A: Milan 1-0 AC Torino

    22 December 1968 · Season 1968-69, matchday 12: Milan beat AC Torino 1-0 at San Siro on 22 December 1968. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 88' Rosato I MILAN. Milan XI: Cudicini, Anquilletti, Maldera I, Rosato I, Malatrasi, Fogli (63' Trapattoni), Hamrin, Lodetti, Sormani, Rivera, Prati II — All.: Rocco.

  62. Friendly: Hibernians Malta 0-2 Milan

    29 December 1968 · Season 1968-69 (friendly match): Milan beat Hibernians Malta 2-0 at La Valletta (Malta) on 29 December 1968. Reti: 34' Sormani, 51' rig. Fogli.