2008–09 A.C. Milan season
2008–09 season | ||||
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President | Vacant | |||
Head coach | Carlo Ancelotti | |||
Stadium | San Siro | |||
Serie A | 3rd | |||
Coppa Italia | Round of 16 | |||
UEFA Cup | Round of 32 | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Kaká (16) All: Alexandre Pato (18) | |||
Average home league attendance | 59,731[1] | |||
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During the 2008–09 season, Milan played its 75th Serie A season in the club's existence.
Club[]
Management[]
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Head coach | ![]() |
Assistant coach | ![]() ![]() |
Goalkeeping coaches | ![]() ![]() |
Fitness coaches | ![]() ![]() |
Club doctor | ![]() |
President | ![]() |
Last updated: July 19, 2008
Source: [1]
Source: San Siro
Squad[]
First team[]
Starting line-up. |
As of December 21, 2008.[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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List of 2008–09 transfers[]
(*) denotes a winter transfer.
In[]
Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
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5 May 2008 | MF | ![]() |
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Free Transfer[3] |
FW | ![]() |
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€10M + ![]() | |
16 June 2008 | DF | ![]() |
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€2M[4] |
16 June 2008 | DF | ![]() |
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€2.9M |
20 June 2008 | DF | ![]() |
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€8.5M |
26 June 2008 | MF | ![]() |
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€0.2M (co-ownership deal with Venezia) |
1 July 2008 | GK | ![]() |
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End of loan[5] |
18 July 2008 | MF | ![]() |
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€21M[6] |
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out[]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan[]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Squad statistics[]
As of end of the season
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA Cup | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | ![]() |
Dida | 16 | -6 | 9+1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 5 | -4 |
3 | DF | ![]() |
Paolo Maldini | 32 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
4 | DF | ![]() |
Kakha Kaladze | 16 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
5 | MF | ![]() |
Emerson | 18 | 0 | 3+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
7 | FW | ![]() |
Alexandre Pato | 42 | 18 | 27+9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3+3 | 3 |
8 | MF | ![]() |
Gennaro Gattuso | 16 | 1 | 11+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
9 | FW | ![]() |
Filippo Inzaghi | 32 | 16 | 15+11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
10 | MF | ![]() |
Clarence Seedorf | 41 | 3 | 30+3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 |
11 | FW | ![]() |
Marco Borriello | 8 | 2 | 6+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
12 | GK | ![]() |
Christian Abbiati | 28 | -22 | 28 | -22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | DF | ![]() |
Alessandro Nesta | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | MF | ![]() |
Mathias Cardaccio | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | DF | ![]() |
Gianluca Zambrotta | 41 | 1 | 33+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
16 | GK | ![]() |
Zeljko Kalac | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | DF | ![]() |
Marek Jankulovski | 38 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+3 | 1 |
19 | DF | ![]() |
Giuseppe Favalli | 29 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
20 | MF | ![]() |
Tabaré Viúdez | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | MF | ![]() |
Andrea Pirlo | 29 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
22 | MF | ![]() |
Kaká | 36 | 16 | 28+3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
23 | MF | ![]() |
Massimo Ambrosini | 33 | 8 | 24+4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
24 | DF | ![]() |
Philippe Senderos | 20 | 0 | 7+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
25 | DF | ![]() |
Daniele Bonera | 22 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
32 | MF | ![]() |
David Beckham | 20 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
36 | DF | ![]() |
Matteo Darmian | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
51 | MF | ![]() |
Rodney Strasser | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
76 | FW | ![]() |
Andriy Shevchenko | 26 | 2 | 2+16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6+1 | 1 |
77 | DF | ![]() |
Luca Antonini | 18 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
80 | FW | ![]() |
Ronaldinho | 35 | 10 | 16+13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2+3 | 2 |
84 | MF | ![]() |
Mathieu Flamini | 37 | 0 | 22+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
Competitions summary[]
Overall[]
Competition | Started Round | Final Position | Final Round | First Match | Last Match |
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Serie A | Round 1 | — | Round 38 | August 31, 2008 | May 31, 2009 |
Coppa Italia | Round of 16 | Eliminated | Round of 16 | December 3, 2008 | December 3, 2008 |
UEFA Cup | First Round | Eliminated | Round of 32 | September 18, 2008 | February 26, 2009 |
Serie A[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Internazionale (C) | 38 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 70 | 32 | +38 | 84 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
2 | Juventus | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 69 | 37 | +32 | 74[a] | |
3 | Milan | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 70 | 35 | +35 | 74[a] | |
4 | Fiorentina | 38 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 68[b] | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
5 | Genoa | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 56 | 39 | +17 | 68[b] | Qualification to Europa League play-off round[c] |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion
Notes:
- ^ Jump up to: a b Juventus finished ahead of Milan on head-to-head points: Juventus 4–2 Milan, Milan 1–1 Juventus.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Fiorentina finished ahead of Genoa on head-to-head points: Fiorentina 1–0 Genoa, Genoa 3–3 Fiorentina.
- ^ Lazio qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 Coppa Italia.
Results summary[]
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 67 | 31 | +36 | 71 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 9 | +28 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 22 | +8 |
Source: [2]
Results by round[]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
UEFA Cup - Group E standings[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 8 | |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | |
4 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 | |
5 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0 |
Matches[]
Win Draw Loss
Updated to games played May 31, 2009.
Pre-season tournaments and friendlies[]
Date | Tournament | Location | Opponent team | Score | Scorers |
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23 July 2008 | Friendly | Cremona, Italy | Cremonese | 0–0 | |
29 July 2008 | 2008 TIM Trophy | Turin, Italy | Juventus | 2–2(6–4p) | Seedorf ![]() |
29 July 2008 | 2008 TIM Trophy | Turin, Italy | Internazionale | 0–0(4–3p) | |
1 August 2008 | 2008 Russian Railways Cup | Moscow, Russia | ![]() |
0–1 | |
3 August 2008 | 2008 Russian Railways Cup | Moscow, Russia | ![]() |
0–5 | |
9 August 2008 | Friendly | Manchester, England | ![]() |
0–1 | |
17 August 2008 | 2008 Trofeo Luigi Berlusconi | Milan, Italy | Juventus | 4–1 | Jankulovski ![]() ![]() ![]() |
21 August 2008 | 2008 Trofeo Birra Moretti | Naples, Italy | Napoli | 1–0 | Paloschi ![]() |
21 August 2008 | 2008 Trofeo Birra Moretti | Naples, Italy | Juventus | 0–0(4–5p) | |
24 August 2008 | 2008 Trofeo Villa de Gijón | Gijón, Spain | ![]() |
0–2 | |
10 September 2008 | Friendly | Lugano, Switzerland | ![]() |
0–2 | |
14 October 2008 | Taçi Oil Cup | Tirana, Albania | ![]() |
1–2 | Ronaldinho ![]() |
7 January 2009 | Dubai Challenge Cup | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | ![]() |
1–1(4–3p) | Ronaldinho ![]() |
21 January 2009 | Friendly | Hanover, Germany | ![]() |
3–2 | Shevchenko ![]() ![]() |
4 February 2009 | Friendly | Glasgow, Scotland | ![]() |
2–2 | Pato ![]() ![]() |
22 April 2009 | Friendly | Budapest, Hungary | ![]() |
5–2 | Kaká ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Serie A[]
2 | Genoa | 2–0 | Milan | show |
3 | Milan | 4–1 | Lazio | show |
4 | Reggina | 1–2 | Milan | show |
5 | Milan | 1–0 | Internazionale | show |
6 | Cagliari | 0–0 | Milan |
8 | Atalanta | 0–1 | Milan | show |
9 | Milan | 2–1 | Siena | show |
10 | Milan | 1–0 | Napoli | show |
13 | Torino | 2–2 | Milan | show |
16 | Juventus | 4–2 | Milan | show |
17 | Milan | 5–1 | Udinese | show |
18 | Roma | 2–2 | Milan | show |
19 | Milan | 1–0 | Fiorentina | show |
21 | Milan | 1–1 | Genoa | show |
22 | Lazio | 0–3 | Milan | show |
23 | Milan | 1–1 | Reggina | show |
24 | Inter | 2–1 | Milan | show |
25 | Milan | 1–0 | Cagliari | show |
27 | Milan | 3–0 | Atalanta | show |
28 | Siena | 1–5 | Milan | show |
29 | Napoli | 0–0 | Milan |
32 | Milan | 5–1 | Torino | show |
35 | Milan | 1–1 | Juventus | show |
36 | Udinese | 2–1 | Milan | show |
37 | Milan | 2–3 | Roma | show |
38 | Fiorentina | 0–2 | Milan | show |
Coppa Italia[]
Match | Date | Round | Home/Away | Opponent team | Score | Scorers |
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1 | December 3, 2008 | Round of 16 | Home | Lazio | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Shevchenko ![]() |
UEFA Cup[]
Match | Date | Round | Home/Away | Opponent team | Score | Scorers |
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1 | September 18, 2008 | First Round | Home | ![]() |
3–1 | Jankulovski ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2 | October 2, 2008 | First Round | Away | ![]() |
0–1 | Shevchenko ![]() |
3 | October 23, 2008 | Group Stage | Away | ![]() |
1–3 | Jong-a-Pin ![]() ![]() ![]() |
4 | November 6, 2008 | Group Stage | Home | ![]() |
1–0 | Ronaldinho ![]() |
5 | November 26, 2008 | Group Stage | Away | ![]() |
2–2 | Ronaldinho ![]() ![]() |
6 | December 17, 2008 | Group Stage | Home | ![]() |
2–2 | Ambrosini ![]() ![]() |
7 | February 18, 2009 | Round of 32 | Away | ![]() |
1–1 | Inzaghi ![]() |
8 | February 26, 2009 | Round of 32 | Home | ![]() |
2–2 | Pirlo ![]() ![]() |
Player seasonal records[]
Competitive matches only. Numbers in brackets indicate appearances made. Updated to games played May 31, 2009.[30]
Goalscorers[]
Rank | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA Cup | Total |
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1 | ![]() |
15 | - | 3 | 18 |
2 | ![]() |
16 | - | - | 16 |
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13 | - | 3 | ||
4 | ![]() |
8 | - | 2 | 10 |
5 | ![]() |
7 | - | 1 | 8 |
6 | ![]() |
6 | - | - | 6 |
7 | ![]() |
2 | - | - | 2 |
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1 | - | 1 | ||
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1 | - | 1 | ||
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- | 1 | 1 | ||
10 | ![]() |
- | - | 1 | 1 |
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1 | - | - |
Goals conceded[]
Rank | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA Cup | Total | Average per game |
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1 | ![]() |
28 (28) | - | - | 28 (28) | 1 |
2 | ![]() |
7 (10) | 2 (1) | 9 (8) | 18 (19) | 0.94 |
3 | ![]() |
1 (1) | - | - | 1 (1) | 1 |
Games started[]
Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA Cup | Total |
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33 | - | 6 | 39 |
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30 | 1 | 5 | 36 |
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31 | - | 3 | 34 |
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28 | 1 | 3 | 32 |
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30 | - | 1 | 31 |
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28 | - | 3 | 31 |
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26 | - | 3 | 29 |
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22 | 1 | 6 | 29 |
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28 | - | - | 28 |
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24 | - | 4 | 28 |
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21 | 1 | 5 | 27 |
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15 | - | 6 | 21 |
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16 | - | 4 | 20 |
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18 | - | 1 | 19 |
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16 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
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9 | 1 | 8 | 18 |
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11 | - | 3 | 14 |
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10 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
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7 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
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4 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
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2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
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3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
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6 | - | - | 6 |
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1 | - | - | 1 |
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