A.C. Milan

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A.C. Milan

Full name

Associazione Calcio Milan
1899 SpA

Nickname(s)

Rossoneri

Founded

December 16, 1899

Ground

Stadio Giuseppe Meazza,
San Siro, Milan, Italy

Capacity

85,700

Chairman

Silvio Berlusconi

Manager

Carlo Ancelotti

League

Serie A

2004-05

Serie A, 2nd





Home colours





Away colours

AC Milan is an Italian football club. Based in Milan, they play in red-and-black stripes and black shorts, giving them the nickname rossoneri ("red-blacks"). One of the most successful clubs in the World, they have won the prestigious European Cup 6 times (second only to Real Madrid), Serie A 17 times (only rivals Juventus have more Scudettos) and Coppa Italia five times. It is also one of the most supported football clubs in the world.

The club was founded in 1899 as the Milan Cricket and Football Club by Alfred Edwards and Herbert Kilpin, British expatriates. In honour of its origins, the club has retained the English spelling of its city's name, instead of changing it to the Italian Milano; it should be noted that the current Italian pronunciation is actually MEE-lahn.

The team's current stadium is the 85,700 seater Giuseppe Meazza, also known as the San Siro. The stadium is shared with Internazionale (also known as "Inter"), the other major football club in Milan. AC Milan supporters use "San Siro" to refer to the stadium because Meazza was a star player for Inter.

Historically, AC Milan (usually referred to as "Mìlan" in Italy) was supported by the city's working classes and trade unionists, while Inter was mainly supported by the more prosperous. However, in recent years, the clubs have seen a significant reversal in supporter bases, since Milan is now owned by media magnate and current conservative Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, while Inter is now owned by a centre-left oil businessman, Massimo Moratti.

1 Current first team squad
2 Achievements
3 Famous players
4 External links

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Current first team squad

As of October 2005

1	GK	Dida
2	DF	Cafu
3	DF	Paolo Maldini (captain)
4	DF	Kakha Kaladze
5	DF	Alessandro Costacurta
7	FW	Andriy Shevchenko
8	MF	Gennaro Ivan Gattuso
9	FW	Filippo Inzaghi
10	MF	Rui Costa
11	FW	Alberto Gilardino
12	GK	Valerio Fiori
13	DF	Alessandro Nesta

14	MF	Johann Vogel
16	GK	Zeljko Kalac
17	DF	Dario Šimić
18	MF	Marek Jankulovski
20	MF	Clarence Seedorf
21	MF	Andrea Pirlo
22	MF	Kaká
23	MF	Massimo Ambrosini
27	MF	Serginho
31	DF	Jaap Stam
32	FW	Christian Vieri
46	DF	Lino Marzoratti

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Achievements

Scudetto: 17
- 1901, 1906, 1907, 1950-51, 1954-55, 1956-57, 1958-59, 1961-62, 1967-68, 1978-79, 1987-88, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1995-96, 1998-99, 2003-04