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AC Milan in 1986

Era: The Sacchi Revolution

15 stories and 70 matches from the Milan Club Adelaide history museum, in the order they happened.

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The stories of 1986

1986-2017

The longest presidency: Berlusconi's 31 years and 29 trophies

Silvio Berlusconi's reign from 1986 to 2017 stands as by far the longest and most decorated presidency in Milan's history, a 31-year span yielding some 29 official trophies including eight Serie A titles and five Champions League / European Cup crowns. He treated the club as both a footballing project and a political and commercial vehicle, launching Forza Italia in 1994 with a name lifted straight from the terraces. His conviction that football should be beautiful — 'spettacolo' above pragmatism — shaped the Sacchi and Capello sides that redefined European football.

Sources

  • Alan Friedman, 'Berlusconi: The Epic Story of the Billionaire Who Took Over Italy'
  • Fininvest annual histories
  • acmilan.com honours records

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1986

Adriano Galliani, Engine of the Berlusconi Machine

Arriving with Berlusconi in 1986 was Adriano Galliani, the Monza-born executive who would run the club's football and commercial operations as vice-president and administratore delegato for three decades. A master of the transfer market and a pioneer in monetising television rights, sponsorship and matchday, he turned Fininvest's ambition into silverware and planted Milan atop European football's balance sheets. His partnership with Berlusconi endured until the 2017 sale - one of the longest and most successful president-CEO axes the sport has known.

Sources

  • La Gazzetta dello Sport
  • Adriano Galliani biographical profiles

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1980s–1990s

Bruno Pizzul, the voice of the Nazionale and Milan's European nights

Bruno Pizzul, the Friulian ex-footballer whose measured baritone succeeded Nando Martellini as RAI television's principal football commentator, narrated many of Milan's mid-1980s and European nights as the Sacchi revolution took hold. Restrained where others were operatic, Pizzul lent gravity to the great occasions, his phrasing becoming the trusted televisual companion to a generation watching the Rossoneri conquer Europe. His commentary is inseparable from the memory of Milan carried to the screen in the years the club reclaimed the continent.

Sources

  • RAI Sport (telecronaca)
  • RAI Teche
  • La Gazzetta dello Sport

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1986

Built to Mirror San Siro

After Silvio Berlusconi purchased the club in 1986, Milanello was transformed into one of European football's most advanced centres of preparation. The presidente poured investment into new pitches, gymnasiums and medical suites, and the principal training field was laid to the exact dimensions of San Siro so that players rehearsed on ground identical to their Sunday stage. It was this bedrock of modern facilities that would, sixteen years later, make Milan Lab possible.

Sources

  • Forza Milan!
  • La Gazzetta dello Sport
  • Preferisco la Coppa (Carlo Ancelotti)

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1986

Fininvest rescues a club on the brink

When Silvio Berlusconi's Fininvest holding assumed control of Associazione Calcio Milan early in 1986, the club that had twice tumbled into Serie B that decade was drowning in debt, its previous patron Giuseppe Farina having fled abroad amid financial ruin. The media magnate poured in the capital of his television empire, cleared the deficit and began rebuilding the Rossoneri from a near-bankrupt embarrassment into the richest club on earth. It was less a purchase than a resurrection, inaugurating a thirty-one-year reign that would become the most decorated ownership in Italian football history.

Sources

  • John Foot, 'Calcio: A History of Italian Football'
  • Paul Ginsborg, 'Silvio Berlusconi: Television, Power and Patrimony'
  • La Gazzetta dello Sport archive

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1986

Galliani and the club as azienda

Alongside the capital came the management: in 1986 Berlusconi installed Adriano Galliani as the club's administrative delegate, a Monza-born television-antenna entrepreneur who would spend three decades as the operational brain of the Rossoneri. Galliani professionalised Milan into an azienda — a modern corporation — mastering the transfer market, sponsorship and the emerging business of television rights. His partnership with Berlusconi turned a football club into the template every Italian rival would scramble to imitate.

Sources

  • John Foot, 'Calcio: A History of Italian Football'
  • La Gazzetta dello Sport archive
  • Forza Milan! (official club magazine)

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Summer 1986

Helicopters over the Arena Civica

Helicopters over the Arena Civica

In the summer of 1986 Berlusconi unveiled his new Milan not with a press conference but with a spectacle worthy of his Canale 5 variety shows: the squad descended by helicopter onto the pitch of the Arena Civica as Wagner's 'Cavalcata delle Valchirie' thundered from the loudspeakers. Thousands of supporters watched a television impresario stage football as prime-time entertainment, a coup de théâtre announcing the marriage of calcio and spettacolo. The Hollywood grandeur set the tone for everything the 'grande Milan' would become.

Sources

  • John Foot, 'Calcio: A History of Italian Football'
  • Guerin Sportivo
  • Forza Milan! (official club magazine)

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mid-1980s–1998

Kappa dresses the immortals

The Turin sportswear house Kappa clothed Milan through the club's rebirth into a European superpower, its Omini logo riding the shoulders of Baresi, Gullit, Van Basten and Rijkaard. Where earlier kits had come from a shifting cast of suppliers, Kappa gave the Sacchi and Capello dynasties a consistent, iconic look for more than a decade. Those tight, deep-striped jerseys remain among the most coveted shirts in the collector's world.

Sources

  • Historical Football Kits (historicalkits.co.uk)
  • Forza Milan! (club magazine)

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From 1986

The President Descends: Helicopter Days at Milanello

From the first months of his ownership, Berlusconi made Milanello his stage. Players training in the woods above Carnago learned to recognise the thud of rotor blades: the president's helicopter settling onto the grounds, followed by lunch with the squad and a team talk that was equal parts pep rally and football sermon. The doctrine never changed across thirty-one years — attack, entertain, win, and always, he insisted, with two strikers, a plea he pressed on his coaches to the very end. Generations of players, from Baresi to Kaká, came to treat the descents as part of Milanello's rhythm.

Sources

  • La Gazzetta dello Sport archives
  • Corriere della Sera archives
  • Player interviews and memoirs (Costacurta, Ambrosini and others)

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February 1986

On the Brink: The Farina Debts and the 1986 Rescue

By the mid-1980s Milan stood perilously close to financial ruin, its books buried under debt during the presidency of Giuseppe Farina, who would in time leave Italy for South Africa to escape his creditors. In February 1986 the club passed into the hands of the entrepreneur Silvio Berlusconi, a takeover that pulled a proud but insolvent institution back from the edge of the abyss. It endures as one of the starkest reminders of how near the rossoneri once came to collapse, only years before conquering Europe.

Sources

  • Corriere della Sera
  • La Gazzetta dello Sport
  • Guerin Sportivo

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20 February 1986

Berlusconi Buys Milan and Saves the Club

On 20 February 1986 the property-and-television magnate Silvio Berlusconi, whose Fininvest holding controlled the Canale 5 television empire, acquired an AC Milan drowning in debt and sliding toward bankruptcy after the flight of fugitive former president Giuseppe Farina. He cleared the club's debts for a figure reported in the region of forty billion lire and formally assumed the presidency the following month - the twentieth presidency in club history - promising not merely survival but supremacy, vowing to build 'the greatest team in the world' with money the Italian game had never seen. That July he staged one of football's most theatrical unveilings, presenting his new squad at the Arena Civica as players descended by helicopter to Wagner's 'Cavalcata delle Valchirie' (Ride of the Valkyries) - a deliberate signal that a new imperial age had begun. From ashes and unpaid bills, a dynasty was about to be conjured. Forza Milan.

Sources

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Serie A 1985-86

1985-86: Berlusconi buys a broken club

On the pitch Milan drifted to a seventh-place finish under Liedholm, with an embarrassing UEFA Cup elimination by Belgian side Waregem, but the season's true story was in the boardroom: with president Giussy Farina's regime collapsing and the club facing bankruptcy, Silvio Berlusconi's Fininvest acquired Milan on 20 February 1986. The takeover, sealed at a moment of maximum humiliation, would prove the hinge of the club's entire modern history. Everything that followed — Sacchi, the Dutchmen, the conquest of Europe — began here.

Sources

  • RSSSF Italian championship archives
  • Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio (Panini)
  • magliarossonera.it

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July 1986

Helicopters and Wagner: Berlusconi Presents His Milan

Months after rescuing the club from the brink of financial ruin, Silvio Berlusconi staged a squad presentation unlike anything Italian football had seen: his players were flown into Milan's Arena Civica by helicopter while loudspeakers thundered Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries, a knowing wink at Apocalypse Now. A football team was unveiled with the theatre of a media-empire product launch, and the message was unmistakable — this Milan would be spectacle as much as sport. The helicopter became the president's personal signature for the next three decades, its rotors the herald of an owner descending to talk football.

Sources

  • John Foot, Calcio: A History of Italian Football (2006)
  • La Gazzetta dello Sport archives, July 1986
  • Contemporary Italian broadcast footage
  • Calcio: A History of Italian Football (John Foot)

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18 July 1986

Elicotteri e Valchirie: Berlusconi's operatic overture

On 18 July 1986, before some 10,000 fans at Milan's Arena Civica, Silvio Berlusconi launched his rossonero era with pure spectacle: two helicopters descended onto the pitch bearing the new squad, and the players were presented one by one — by television host Cesare Cadeo — to the thunder of Wagner's 'Cavalcata delle Valchirie' (Ride of the Valkyries), the very theme from Apocalypse Now. It was less a football raduno than a coronation, announcing that Milan would henceforth be run like show business and aim, in Berlusconi's own words, to become the strongest side in the world. The image of those descending helicopters remains a founding myth of the modern club.

Sources

  • Pianeta Milan, '18 luglio 1986: parte la prima stagione del Milan targato Berlusconi'
  • Franco Baresi recollections of the Milanello address
  • Contemporary Italian press

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30 September 1986

Olivier Giroud Is Born

Olivier Giroud Is Born

Olivier Jonathan Giroud was born on 30 September 1986 in Chambéry, France, a late-blooming striker who climbed the French divisions before starring for Arsenal, Chelsea and the French national team, with whom he became the country's all-time record goalscorer. Arriving at Milan in 2021 at the age of 34, the towering centre-forward proved decisive in the Scudetto run-in, most famously scoring twice in the derby against Inter on 5 February 2022 to turn a losing position into a defining victory. A model professional and a beloved dressing-room presence, Giroud gave Milan three seasons of experience, aerial menace and clutch goals before departing in 2024.

Sources

  • La Gazzetta dello Sport
  • L'Équipe
  • UEFA.com

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Every match of 1986

  1. Serie A: Milan 0-0 Bari

    5 January 1986 · Season 1985-86, matchday 16: Milan drew with Bari 0-0 at San Siro on 5 January 1986. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Milan XI: Terraneo, Russo, P. Maldini, Tassotti, Di Bartolomei, F. Galli, Evani, Wilkins, Hateley, P. Rossi, Virdis — All.: Liedholm.

  2. Serie A: Lecce 0-2 Milan

    12 January 1986 · Season 1985-86, matchday 17: Milan beat Lecce 2-0 away on 12 January 1986. Venue: Via del Mare, Lecce. Reti: 53' rig. Virdis, 76' Hateley LECCE. Milan XI: Terraneo, Tassotti, P. Maldini, F. Galli, Di Bartolomei, Evani, Macina, Wilkins, Hateley, P. Rossi, Virdis — All.: Liedholm.

  3. Serie A: Milan 1-0 Fiorentina

    19 January 1986 · Season 1985-86, matchday 18: Milan beat Fiorentina 1-0 at San Siro on 19 January 1986. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 61' rig. Virdis MILAN. Milan XI: Terraneo, Tassotti, P. Maldini, Baresi II, Di Bartolomei, F. Galli, Evani, Wilkins, Hateley, P. Rossi, Virdis — All.: Liedholm.

  4. Friendly: Novara 1-1 Milan

    22 January 1986 · Season 1985-86 (friendly match): Milan drew with Novara 1-1 at Comunale, Novara on 22 January 1986. Reti: 8' De Riggi, 58' Bortolazzi.

  5. Serie A: Avellino 1-1 Milan

    26 January 1986 · Season 1985-86, matchday 19: Milan drew with Avellino 1-1 away on 26 January 1986. Venue: Partenio, Avellino. Reti: 5' rig. Colomba, 84' Wilkins AVELLINO. Milan XI: Terraneo, Tassotti, P. Maldini, Baresi II, Di Bartolomei, F. Galli, Evani, Wilkins, Hateley, P. Rossi, Virdis — All.: Liedholm.

  6. Serie A: Milan 2-2 Sampdoria

    9 February 1986 · Season 1985-86, matchday 20: Milan drew with Sampdoria 2-2 at San Siro on 9 February 1986. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 7' aut. Salsano, 13' Vierchowod, 27' Wilkins, 39' Mancini MILAN. Milan XI: Terraneo, Tassotti, P. Maldini, Baresi II, Di Bartolomei (77' Manzo), F. Galli, Evani, Wilkins, Hateley, P. Rossi, Virdis (28' Icardi) — All.: Liedholm.

  7. Serie A: Como 1-1 Milan

    16 February 1986 · Season 1985-86, matchday 21: Milan drew with Como 1-1 away on 16 February 1986. Venue: Sinigaglia, Como. Reti: 62' Borgonovo, 88' Icardi COMO. Milan XI: Terraneo, Tassotti, P. Maldini, Baresi II, Di Bartolomei (22' Manzo), F. Galli, Icardi, Wilkins, Virdis, P. Rossi, Evani — All.: Liedholm.

  8. Serie A: Torino 2-0 Milan

    23 February 1986 · Season 1985-86, matchday 22: Milan lost to Torino 0-2 away on 23 February 1986. Venue: Comunale, Torino. Reti: 16' e 65' Comi TORINO. Milan XI: Terraneo, F. Galli, P. Maldini, Baresi II, Manzo, Mancuso, Icardi, Wilkins, Virdis, Bortolazzi (76' Macina), Evani — All.: Liedholm.

  9. Serie A: Milan 1-1 Hellas Verona

    2 March 1986 · Season 1985-86, matchday 23: Milan drew with Hellas Verona 1-1 at San Siro on 2 March 1986. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 70' aut. Fontolan I, 83' rig. Galderisi MILAN. Milan XI: Terraneo, Tassotti, P. Maldini, Baresi II, Di Bartolomei, F. Galli (20' Mancuso), Icardi, Manzo, Virdis, P. Rossi, Evani — All.: Liedholm.

  10. Serie A: AC Pisa 0-1 Milan

    9 March 1986 · Season 1985-86, matchday 24: Milan beat AC Pisa 1-0 away on 9 March 1986. Venue: Arena Garibaldi, Pisa. Reti: 42' Hateley PISA. Milan XI: Terraneo, Icardi, P. Maldini, Baresi II, Di Bartolomei, Tassotti, Evani, Wilkins, Hateley, P. Rossi, Virdis — All.: Liedholm.

  11. Serie A: Milan 2-0 Udinese

    16 March 1986 · Season 1985-86, matchday 25: Milan beat Udinese 2-0 at San Siro on 16 March 1986. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 44' e 49' Hateley MILAN. Milan XI: Terraneo, Icardi, Manzo, Baresi II, Di Bartolomei, Tassotti, Evani, Wilkins, Hateley, P. Rossi, Virdis — All.: Liedholm.

  12. Serie A: Milan 0-1 Roma

    23 March 1986 · Season 1985-86, matchday 26: Milan lost to Roma 0-1 at San Siro on 23 March 1986. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 69' Pruzzo MILAN. Milan XI: Terraneo, Manzo, P. Maldini, Baresi II, Di Bartolomei, Tassotti, Evani, Wilkins, Hateley, P. Rossi (80' Icardi), Virdis — All.: Liedholm.

  13. Friendly: Milan 2-2 Oergryte

    27 March 1986 · Season 1985-86 (friendly match): Milan drew with Oergryte 2-2 at Busto Arsizio (VA) on 27 March 1986. Reti: 19' Virdis, 53' Sanvelsson, 61' Virdis, 69' Engqvist.

  14. Serie A: Inter 1-0 Milan

    6 April 1986 · Season 1985-86, matchday 27: Milan lost to Inter 0-1 away on 6 April 1986. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 77' Minaudo INTERNAZIONALE. Milan XI: Terraneo, Manzo, P. Maldini, Baresi II, Di Bartolomei, Tassotti, Icardi, Wilkins, Hateley, Evani, Virdis — All.: Liedholm.

  15. Friendly: Milan 4-0 Juve Domo

    10 April 1986 · Season 1985-86 (friendly match): Milan beat Juve Domo 4-0 at Milanello, Carnago (VA) on 10 April 1986. Reti: 20' Macina, 27' Hateley, 49' e 62' Spelta.

  16. Serie A: Milan 1-2 Napoli

    13 April 1986 · Season 1985-86, matchday 28: Milan lost to Napoli 1-2 at San Siro on 13 April 1986.

  17. Serie A: Juventus 1-0 Milan

    20 April 1986 · Season 1985-86, matchday 29: Milan lost to Juventus 0-1 away on 20 April 1986. Venue: Comunale, Torino. Reti: 62' Laudrup I JUVENTUS. Milan XI: Terraneo, Manzo, P. Maldini, Baresi II, Di Bartolomei, Tassotti, Icardi (69' P. Rossi), Wilkins, Hateley, Evani, Virdis — All.: Liedholm.

  18. Serie A: Milan 1-1 Atalanta

    27 April 1986 · Season 1985-86, matchday 30: Milan drew with Atalanta 1-1 at San Siro on 27 April 1986.

  19. Friendly: Vogherese 0-2 Milan

    22 May 1986 · Season 1985-86 (friendly match): Milan beat Vogherese 2-0 at Voghera (PV) on 22 May 1986. Reti: 37' Bortolazzi, 40' Virdis.

  20. Friendly: Venezia 3-1 Milan

    29 May 1986 · Season 1985-86 (friendly match): Milan lost to Venezia 1-3 at Venezia on 29 May 1986. Reti: Di Bartolomei, .....

  21. Departed: Alfonso Di Marco

    1986-87 season window · Alfonso Di Marco left Milan in the 1986-87 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  22. Departed: Andrea Icardi

    1986-87 season window · Andrea Icardi left Milan in the 1986-87 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  23. Departed: Antonio Vettore

    1986-87 season window · Antonio Vettore left Milan in the 1986-87 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  24. Departed: Carmelo Mancuso

    1986-87 season window · Carmelo Mancuso left Milan in the 1986-87 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  25. Departed: Catello Cimmino

    1986-87 season window · Catello Cimmino left Milan in the 1986-87 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  26. Departed: Gabriello Carotti

    1986-87 season window · Gabriello Carotti left Milan in the 1986-87 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  27. Departed: Giuliano Terraneo

    1986-87 season window · Giuliano Terraneo left Milan in the 1986-87 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  28. Departed: Giuseppe Incocciati

    1986-87 season window · Giuseppe Incocciati left Milan in the 1986-87 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  29. Departed: Luigi Russo

    1986-87 season window · Luigi Russo left Milan in the 1986-87 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  30. Departed: Marco Macina

    1986-87 season window · Marco Macina left Milan in the 1986-87 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  31. Departed: Mario Bortolazzi

    1986-87 season window · Mario Bortolazzi left Milan in the 1986-87 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  32. Departed: Paolo Rossi

    1 July 1986 · Paolo Rossi left Milan in the 1986-87 season (exact date 1 July 1986, per Transfermarkt player records).

  33. Departed: Stefano Borgonovo

    1986-87 season window · Stefano Borgonovo left Milan in the 1986-87 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  34. Departed: Valentino Spelta

    1986-87 season window · Valentino Spelta left Milan in the 1986-87 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  35. Signed: Catello Cimmino

    1986-87 season window · Catello Cimmino joined Milan in the 1986-87 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  36. Signed: Daniele Massaro

    1 July 1986 · Daniele Massaro joined Milan in the 1986-87 season (exact date 1 July 1986, per Transfermarkt player records).

  37. Signed: Dario Bonetti

    1986-87 season window · Dario Bonetti joined Milan in the 1986-87 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  38. Signed: Francesco Zanoncelli

    1986-87 season window · Francesco Zanoncelli joined Milan in the 1986-87 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  39. Signed: Giovanni Galli

    1986-87 season window · Giovanni Galli joined Milan in the 1986-87 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  40. Signed: Giuseppe Galderisi

    1986-87 season window · Giuseppe Galderisi joined Milan in the 1986-87 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  41. Signed: Giuseppe Incocciati

    1986-87 season window · Giuseppe Incocciati joined Milan in the 1986-87 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  42. Signed: Graziano Mannari

    1986-87 season window · Graziano Mannari joined Milan in the 1986-87 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  43. Signed: Marco Pullo

    1986-87 season window · Marco Pullo joined Milan in the 1986-87 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  44. Signed: Mauro Bacchin

    1986-87 season window · Mauro Bacchin joined Milan in the 1986-87 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  45. Signed: Roberto Donadoni

    1 July 1986 · Roberto Donadoni joined Milan in the 1986-87 season (exact date 1 July 1986, per Transfermarkt player records).

  46. Signed: Stefano Borgonovo

    1986-87 season window · Stefano Borgonovo joined Milan in the 1986-87 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  47. Friendly: Vipiteno 0-6 Milan

    27 July 1986 · Season 1986-87 (friendly match): Milan beat Vipiteno 6-0 at Vipiteno (BZ) on 27 July 1986. Reti: 8' e 39' Donadoni, 42' Galderisi, 81' Capasso, 82' rig. Baresi II, 87' Zanoncelli.

  48. Friendly: Rovereto 0-3 Milan

    31 July 1986 · Season 1986-87 (friendly match): Milan beat Rovereto 3-0 at Rovereto (TN) on 31 July 1986. Reti: 10' Virdis, 30' rig. Baresi II, 71' rig. Hateley.

  49. Friendly: Parma 0-2 Milan

    3 August 1986 · Season 1986-87 (friendly match): Milan beat Parma 2-0 at Parma on 3 August 1986. Reti: 55' Virdis, 86' rig. Baresi II.

  50. Friendly: Reggiana 0-4 Milan

    5 August 1986 · Season 1986-87 (friendly match): Milan beat Reggiana 4-0 at Reggio Emilia on 5 August 1986. Reti: 39' Wilkins, 59' Virdis, 76' aut. (Reggiana), 79' Virdis.

  51. Friendly: Cesena 0-3 Milan

    7 August 1986 · Season 1986-87 (friendly match): Milan beat Cesena 3-0 at Cesena on 7 August 1986. Reti: 34' Galderisi, 36' e 83' Baresi II.

  52. Friendly: Sambenedettese 0-1 Milan

    9 August 1986 · Season 1986-87 (friendly match): Milan beat Sambenedettese 1-0 at San Benedetto del Tronto (AP) on 9 August 1986. Reti: 81' Donadoni.

  53. Torneo Columbus Cup: Milan 1-1 Argentinos Juniors

    12 August 1986 · Season 1986-87 (torneo columbus cup match): Milan drew with Argentinos Juniors 1-1 at Genova on 12 August 1986. Reti: 25' Videla, 39' Wilkins.

  54. Torneo Columbus Cup: Genoa 1-1 Milan

    13 August 1986 · Season 1986-87 (torneo columbus cup match): Milan drew with Genoa 1-1 at Genova on 13 August 1986. Reti: 1' Virdis, 50' Marulla.

  55. Trofeo 'Joan Gamper': Barcellona 3-1 Milan

    19 August 1986 · Season 1986-87 (trofeo 'joan gamper' match): Milan lost to Barcellona 1-3 at Camp Nou, Barcellona on 19 August 1986. Reti: 32' Pedraza, 70' Hughes, 79' Victor, 83' Hateley.

  56. Trofeo 'Joan Gamper': Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Milan

    20 August 1986 · Season 1986-87 (trofeo 'joan gamper' match): Milan lost to Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 at Camp Nou, Barcellona on 20 August 1986. Reti: 28' Bonetti I, 63' Falco, 88' Mabbutt.

  57. Serie A: Milan 0-1 Ascoli

    14 September 1986 · Season 1986-87, matchday 1: Milan lost to Ascoli 0-1 at San Siro on 14 September 1986. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 19' Barbuti MILAN. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, Bonetti I, Baresi II, Massaro (77' Galderisi), P. Maldini, Evani (46' Di Bartolomei), Wilkins, Hateley, Donadoni, Virdis — All.: Liedholm.

  58. Serie A: Hellas Verona 1-0 Milan

    21 September 1986 · Season 1986-87, matchday 2: Milan lost to Hellas Verona 0-1 away on 21 September 1986. Venue: Bentegodi, Verona. Reti: 45' Galia HELLAS VERONA. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, Bonetti I, Baresi II, Di Bartolomei, P. Maldini, Massaro, Wilkins, Hateley, Donadoni, Galderisi — All.: Liedholm.

  59. Departed: Alessandro Costacurta

    27 September 1986 · Alessandro Costacurta left Milan in the 1986-87 season (exact date 27 September 1986, per Transfermarkt player records).

  60. Serie A: Milan 2-1 Atalanta

    28 September 1986 · Season 1986-87, matchday 3: Milan beat Atalanta 2-1 at San Siro on 28 September 1986. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 18' Di Bartolomei, 28' Massaro, 85' Cantarutti MILAN. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, Bonetti I, Baresi II (46' F. Galli), Di Bartolomei, P. Maldini, Donadoni, Manzo, Virdis, Galderisi (81' Hateley), Massaro — All.: Liedholm.

  61. Serie A: Juventus 0-0 Milan

    5 October 1986 · Season 1986-87, matchday 4: Milan drew with Juventus 0-0 away on 5 October 1986. Venue: Comunale, Torino. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, Bonetti I, Baresi II, Di Bartolomei, P. Maldini, Donadoni (73' Virdis), F. Galli, Hateley, Massaro, Manzo — All.: Liedholm.

  62. Serie A: Milan 0-0 Inter

    12 October 1986 · Season 1986-87, matchday 5: Milan drew with Inter 0-0 at San Siro on 12 October 1986. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, Bonetti I, Baresi II, Di Bartolomei, P. Maldini, Donadoni, Wilkins, Hateley (72' Virdis), Massaro, Manzo — All.: Liedholm.

  63. Serie A: FC Empoli 0-3 Milan

    19 October 1986 · Season 1986-87, matchday 6: Milan beat FC Empoli 3-0 away on 19 October 1986. Venue: Comunale, Pistoia (per indisponibilita campo dell'Empoli). Reti: 26' Massaro, 61' rig. Baresi II, 90' Virdis EMPOLI. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, Bonetti I, Baresi II, Di Bartolomei, P. Maldini, Donadoni, Manzo, Galderisi, Massaro (46' Wilkins), Virdis — All.: Liedholm.

  64. Serie A: Milan 2-0 Brescia

    26 October 1986 · Season 1986-87, matchday 7: Milan beat Brescia 2-0 at San Siro on 26 October 1986. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 14' Donadoni, 40' Virdis MILAN. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, F. Galli, Baresi II, Di Bartolomei, P. Maldini, Donadoni (61' Hateley), Wilkins, Galderisi, Manzo, Virdis — All.: Liedholm.

  65. Serie A: Milan 3-0 Fiorentina

    2 November 1986 · Season 1986-87, matchday 8: Milan beat Fiorentina 3-0 at San Siro on 2 November 1986. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 41' rig. Baresi II, 74' e 77' Virdis MILAN. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, Bonetti I, Baresi II, Di Bartolomei, P. Maldini, Donadoni, Wilkins, Galderisi, Massaro (58' Manzo), Virdis — All.: Liedholm.

  66. Serie A: Sampdoria 3-0 Milan

    20 November 1986 · Season 1986-87, matchday 9: Milan lost to Sampdoria 0-3 away on 20 November 1986. Venue: Marassi - Ferraris, Genova. Reti: 10' Paganin I, 60' e 77' Briegel SAMPDORIA. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, Bonetti I, Baresi II, Di Bartolomei, F. Galli, Manzo, Wilkins, Hateley, Massaro (67' Galderisi), Virdis — All.: Liedholm.

  67. Serie A: Milan 2-0 Avellino

    23 November 1986 · Season 1986-87, matchday 10: Milan beat Avellino 2-0 at San Siro on 23 November 1986. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 53' Virdis, 70' Hateley MILAN. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, Bonetti I, Baresi II, Di Bartolomei, P. Maldini, Manzo, Wilkins (46' Hateley), Galderisi, Massaro, Virdis (65' Zanoncelli) — All.: Liedholm.

  68. Serie A: Torino 0-0 Milan

    30 November 1986 · Season 1986-87, matchday 11: Milan drew with Torino 0-0 away on 30 November 1986. Venue: Comunale, Torino. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, Bonetti I, Baresi II, Di Bartolomei, P. Maldini, Donadoni, Wilkins, Virdis, Massaro, Hateley — All.: Liedholm.

  69. Serie A: Milan 0-0 Napoli

    14 December 1986 · Season 1986-87, matchday 12: Milan drew with Napoli 0-0 at San Siro on 14 December 1986. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, Bonetti I, Baresi II, Di Bartolomei, P. Maldini, Donadoni, F. Galli, Virdis, Massaro, Hateley (78' Galderisi) — All.: Liedholm.

  70. Serie A: Roma 1-2 Milan

    21 December 1986 · Season 1986-87, matchday 13: Milan beat Roma 2-1 away on 21 December 1986. Venue: Olimpico, Roma. Reti: 29' rig. Virdis, 45' rig. Desideri, 54' Virdis ROMA. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, F. Galli, Baresi II, Di Bartolomei, P. Maldini, Donadoni, Manzo, Virdis, Massaro, Evani — All.: Liedholm.