The Journey of The Establishment of AC Milan

                                  "Early Formation of AC MILAN"

  * saremo una squadra di diavoli. I nostri colori saranno il rosso come il fuoco e il nero come la paura che incuteremo agli avversari! *
                                                                                               ------ Herbert Kilpin

The club was founded by two English expatriates, Herbert Kilpin and Alfred Edwards under the name Cricket Club and Milan football on December 16, 1899. At that time, Edward became the president of Milan's first club and Kilpin became the captain of Milan's first team.

In the 1901 season, Milan won its first championship as Italian soccer champions, after beating Genoa CFC 3-0 in the final of the Italian soccer championship. In 1908, as players from Italy and players from Swiss England in Milan's core squad at that time, separated themselves from Milan and formed the International.

The start of AC Milan's journey

1929/1949

The 1920s were a period of consolidation for the Rossoneri where this team was not make a big break in the field. This club changed its name from Milan F.C. became Milan Associazione Sportiva, and followed a number of changes at the top level of management, Umberto Trabattoni became president in 1940. That was the position it occupied until 1954. The team went through an up and down period

down, but usually finish the season in the middle of the board and rarely finish in position top four.

World War II stopped football until the 1946-1947 season the championship was held again where each team only faced each other once.

AC Milan managed to finish in fourth position under the Torino giant, Juventus and Modena. In the next two seasons there is something like a moment a rebirth in which the team finished second and third, with Torino won both events.

1949/1955

Gunnar Nordhal's presence marked the beginning of a new era for the Rossoneri team for too long it was considered a complement in matters of league titles. Besides Nordhal, who became the league's top scorer with 35 goals in the 1949/1950 season, two Other Swedish players joined the Nils Liedholm and Gunnar Gren teams. All three, along with goalkeeper Lorenzo Buffon, are additions

the strength that this team needs.

AC Milan won the fourth title in the 1950/1951 season and completes it that historic year by winning the Latin Cup. Success continues to arrive and Nordahl is the league's top scorer for three consecutive seasons, 1952/1953, 1953/1954 and 1954/1955. In his last season, the captain drove The Rossoneri won another league title. In 1954, Juan Alberto Schiaffino, who nicknamed "Pepe", was bought from Penarol and became one of the top players in this team for the next few years.

1955/1960

The 1955/1956 season witnessed Milan's participation in the first edition of the Cup Champions where they lost to the team that later became champions, Real Madrid, in the semifinals, but they won the Latin Cup for the second time when they won 3-1 over Athletic Bilbao in the final.

With the presence of new coach Gipo Viani who is in charge of this team, Milan won the league title in the 1956/57 season, but it was the real surprise of the season it is the striker Gastone Bean, who scored 17 goals. A year later, the team became more competitive when Jose Altafini joining the Brazilian team won the hearts of fans with skill and His speed together with "old" captain Liedholm, Cesare Maldini and "Pepe" Schiaffino, an unforgettable playmaker in midfield, Milan won the title at the end of an exciting competition with Fiorentina. Schiaffino, one of the few players who deserves the title true, playing his final season in a Milan team that failed to shine in championship, but at least the Rossoneri managed to overcome city rivals, Inter, 5-3 in the spring derby, where Altafini scored 4 goals.

1970/1985

One of the darkest periods in Milan's history where this club could not party a lot. The only bright spot came when this team was awarded the honor to wear 'Star' in their costume after winning 10th league title, in 1979. The team also won the Italian Cup three times and one European Cup Winners Cup. The Italian champion was trained by Nils Liedholm, who gave his debut to a young player who would later become the captain and one the best defender in the world Franco Baresi. This great Franco played in the game His first competitive match for Milan on April 23, 1978 in a 2-1 win over Verona

These years have also been marked by the coming and going of many coaches and the resignation of the legendary midfielder Gianni Rivera who was named club vice president.

The first eight years of the 1980s witnessed the drop in standards previously it was very high where this team played for two seasons in Serie B. Even so, not all of them is bad news because of Paolo Maldini took to the football stage when he made his debut on January 20, 1985

in a 1-1 draw against Udinese. Paolo, of course, then followed in the footsteps of Baresi and became the captain of this team to succeed in and overseas.

Rossoneri

Red and black were chosen as the colors of the club's costumes by David Allison. From that color comes the nickname rossoneri (rosso = red, nero = black). This color was chosen because it was considered to represent a fiery and fearless spirit challenge any team. Meanwhile, the club symbol is taken from the city symbol Milano with the acronym ACM and in 1899 as the year of the club's founding. The first team was handled by coach Herbert Kilpin. They use the San Siro stadium. The name San Siro is used by AC fans Milan, while the term Guiseppe Meazza is used by supporters

Intermilan, even though both stadiums are the same. Usage of name Guiseppe Meazza by Intermilan supporters because that is the name of the player the star of the club.

In 1900, they won the first trophy entitled Medaglia del Re (King's Medal). Then, 1901, 1906, and 1907 they won the league national. Beginning in 1908, Milan officials (short name of the club) consider using foreign players. That triggers split. Some players left the club and founded FC Internazionale Milano, also known as Intermilan.

In 1916, AC Milan won the national cup which had been renamed become the Italian League. However, their victory was canceled because of the outbreak World War I. In 1919, the team changed its name to Milan Football Club After the first win of the year, they could not continue his glory, although still playing in Serie A.

Fascist Regime

In 1939, the fascist regime adopted an Italian policy. That is, all the name of the place, symbol or whatever must be in Italian. That's why this club changed its name to Associazione Calcio Milano.

After World War II ended, the fascist regime collapsed, the name said left out. The prefix 'Associazione Calcio' remains in use, while the name 'Milan' as the name of the club was restored. Since then, the name of the AC Milan club persisted until now.

Until now, Milan is one of the most successful clubs in Italy, in fact world. This club has won 17 times the Serie A championship (scudetto), 5 times champion Coppa Italia, 5 times the Italian Super Cup, 7 times the Champions League trophy, 4 times the Cup European Super, and 3 times the Intercontinental Cup.

Full Name Associazione Calcio Milan 1889 Sp
Rossoneri nickname (Red - Black) Il Diavolo Rosso (Red Devil) Il Casciavit
Founded December 16, 1899
San Siro Stadium, Milan, Italy (capacity 82,955)
League A Series

Share this post