A.C. Milan in European football

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Associazione Calcio Milan is an Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy. The club was founded in 1899 as Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club, and has competed in the Italian football league system since 1900. They were the first Italian club to qualify for the European Cup in 1955. Since then, the club has competed in every UEFA-organised competition, with the exception of the Intertoto Cup.

The competition in which the club has had the most success is the European Cup/UEFA Champions League, which they won seven times, the first in 1963; this win made them the first Italian side to win the European Cup. The other six victories came in 1969, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003 and 2007. The club has also won the Cup Winners' Cup twice, in 1968 and 1973; the Super Cup five times, in 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003 and 2007; and the Intercontinental Cup three times, in 1969, 1989 and 1990.

After their Champions League win in 2007, Milan also competed as UEFA's representatives at the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup, eventually winning the competition and thus becoming the first Italian and European side to win the trophy. They have also won the 1951 and 1956 Latin Cup and the 1982 Mitropa Cup.

Milan received a one-year ban from UEFA competitions on two occasions: in the 1991–92 season for refusing to resume a game against Olympique Marseille during the previous year's European Cup, and in the 2019–20 season for breaching the UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations.

History[]

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European debut[]

Following their league title win the previous season, Milan first competed in European football competition in the 1955–56 season. They had also competed in the Latin Cup in the previous years. They had previously played in the 1951, 1953 and 1955 editions of the Latin Cup and the 1938 edition of the Mitropa Cup.

The club's first match in European competition was a round-of-16 tie in the first edition of the European Cup against Saarbrücken; Milan lost the home match 3–4. The return leg was played at the Ludwigspark Stadion in Saarbrücken, and the match finished as a 4–1 win for Milan, which made them able to qualify for the next round. After eliminating Rapid Wien in the quarter-finals, Milan faced Real Madrid in the semi-finals. The first leg took Milan to the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, where they were defeated 4–2. Despite winning 2–1 in the second leg back at San Siro, they were eliminated from the competition and the club's first European season came to an end as Real Madrid went on to record the first of their five consecutive European Cup titles.

Matches[]

UEFA and FIFA competitions[]

Season	Competition	Round	Opposition	Results
1955–56	European Cup	First Round	1. FC Saarbrücken	3–4 (H), 4–1 (A)
		Quarter-final	Rapid Wien	1–1 (A), 7–2 (H)
		Semi-final	Real Madrid	2–4 (A), 2–1 (H)
1957–58	European Cup	Preliminary Round	Rapid Wien	4–1 (H), 2–5 (A), 4–2 (N)
		First Round	Rangers	4–1 (A), 2–0 (H)
		Quarter-final	Borussia Dortmund	1–1 (A), 4–1 (H)
		Semi-final	Manchester United	1–2 (A), 4–0 (H)
		Final	Real Madrid	2–3 (N)
1959–60	European Cup	Preliminary Round	Olympiacos	2–2 (A), 3–1 (H)
		First Round	Barcelona	0–2 (H), 1–5 (A)
1962–63	European Cup	Preliminary Round	Union Luxembourg	8–0 (H), 6–0 (A)
		First Round	Ipswich Town	3–0 (H), 1–2 (A)
		Quarter-final	Galatasaray	3–1 (A), 5–0 (H)
		Semi-final	Dundee	5–1 (H), 0–1 (A)
		Final	Benfica	2–1 (N)[1]
1963	Intercontinental Cup	Final	Santos	4–2 (H), 2–4 (A), 0–1 (N)
1963–64	European Cup	First Round	IFK Norrköping	1–1 (A), 5–2 (H)
		Quarter-final	Real Madrid	1–4 (A), 2–0 (H)
1967–68	Cup Winners' Cup	First Round	Levski Sofia	5–1 (H), 1–1 (A)
		Second Round	Győri ETO	2–2 (A), 1–1 (H) [fn 1]
		Quarter-final	Standard Liège	1–1 (A), 1–1 (H), 2–0 (H)
		Semi-final	Bayern Munich	2–0 (H), 0–0 (A)
		Final	Hamburger SV	2–0 (N)
1968–69	European Cup	First Round	Malmö FF	1–2 (A), 4–1 (H)
		Quarter-final	Celtic	0–0 (H), 1–0 (A)
		Semi-final	Manchester United	2–0 (H), 0–1 (A)
		Final	Ajax	4–1 (N)
1969	Intercontinental Cup	Final	Estudiantes La Plata	3–0 (H) 1–2 (A)
1969–70	European Cup	First Round	Avenir Beggen	5–0 (H), 3–0 (A)
		Second Round	Feyenoord	1–0 (H), 0–2 (A)
1971–72	UEFA Cup	First Round	Digenis Morphou	4–0 (H), 3–0 (A)
		Second Round	Hertha BSC	4–2 (H), 1–2 (A)
		Third Round	Dundee	3–0 (H), 0–2 (A)
		Quarter-final	Lierse	2–0 (H), 1–1 (A)
		Semi-final	Tottenham Hotspur	1–2 (A), 1–1 (H)
1972–73	Cup Winners' Cup	First Round	Red Boys Differdange	1–0 (A), 6–1 (H)
		Second Round	Legia Warsaw	1–1 (A), 2–1 (H)
		Quarter-final	Spartak Moscow	1–0 (A), 1–1 (H)
		Semi-final	Sparta Prague	1–0 (H), 1–0 (A)
		Final	Leeds United	1–0 (N)
1973	European Super Cup	Final	Ajax	1–0 (H), 0–6 (A)
1973–74	Cup Winners' Cup	First Round	Dinamo Zagreb	3–1 (H), 1–0 (A)
		Second Round	Rapid Wien	0–0 (H), 2–0 (A)
		Quarter-final	PAOK	3–0 (H), 2–2 (A)
		Semi-final	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–0 (H), 0–1 (A)
		Final	1. FC Magdeburg	0–2 (N)
1975–76	UEFA Cup	First Round	Everton	0–0 (A), 1–0 (H)
		Second Round	Athlone Town	0–0 (A), 3–0 (H)
		Third Round	Spartak Moscow	4–0 (H), 0–2 (A)
		Quarter-final	Club Brugge	0–2 (A), 2–1 (H)
1976–77	UEFA Cup	First Round	Dinamo București	0–0 (A), 2–1 (H)
		Second Round	Akademik Sofia	3–4 (A), 2–0 (H)
		Third Round	Athletic Bilbao	1–4 (A), 3–1 (H)
1977–78	Cup Winners' Cup	First Round	Real Betis	0–2 (A), 2–1 (H)
1978–79	UEFA Cup	First Round	Lokomotíva Košice	1–0 (H), 0–1 (A) [fn 2]
		Second Round	Levski Sofia	1–1 (A), 3–1 (H)
		Third Round	Manchester City	2–2 (H), 0–3 (A)
1979–80	European Cup	First Round	Porto	0–0 (A), 0–1 (H)
1985–86	UEFA Cup	First Round	Auxerre	1–3 (A), 3–0 (H)
		Second Round	Lokomotive Leipzig	2–0 (H), 1–3 (A) [fn 1]
		Third Round	Waregem	1–1 (A), 1–2 (H)
1987–88	UEFA Cup	First Round	Sporting Gijón	0–1 (A), 3–0 (H)
		Second Round	Espanyol	0–2 (H), 0–0 (A)
1988–89	European Cup	First Round	Levski Sofia	2–0 (A), 5–2 (H)
		Second Round	Red Star Belgrade	1–1 (H), 1–1 (A) [fn 3]
		Quarter-final	Werder Bremen	0–0 (H), 1–0 (A)
		Semi-final	Real Madrid	1–1 (A), 5–0 (H)
		Final	Steaua București	4–0 (N)
1989	European Super Cup	Final	Barcelona	1–1 (A), 1–0 (H)
1989	Intercontinental Cup	Final	Atlético Nacional	1–0 (N)
1989–90	European Cup	First Round	HJK	4–0 (H), 1–0 (A)
		Second Round	Real Madrid	2–0 (H), 0–1 (A)
		Quarter-final	Mechelen	0–0 (A), 2–0 (H)
		Semi-final	Bayern Munich	1–0 (H), 1–2 (A) [fn 1]
		Final	Benfica	1–0 (N)
1990	European Super Cup	Final	Sampdoria	1–1 (A), 2–0 (H)
1990	Intercontinental Cup	Final	Olimpia Asunción	3–0 (N)
1990–91	European Cup	Second Round	Club Brugge	0–0 (H), 1–0 (A)
		Quarter-final	Marseille	1–1 (H), 0–3 (A)
1992–93	Champions League	First Round	Olimpija Ljubljana	4–0 (H), 3–0 (A)
		Second Round	Slovan Bratislava	1–0 (A), 4–0 (H)
		Group stage (Group B)	IFK Göteborg	4–0 (H), 1–0 (A)
			PSV Eindhoven	2–1 (A), 2–0 (H)
			Porto	1–0 (A), 1–0 (H)
		Final	Marseille	0–1 (N)
1993	European Super Cup	Final	Parma	1–0 (A), 0–2 (H)
1993	Intercontinental Cup	Final	São Paulo	2–3 (N)
1993–94	Champions League	First Round	Aarau	1–0 (A), 0–0 (H)
		Second Round	Copenhagen	6–0 (A), 1–0 (H)
		Group stage (Group B)	Anderlecht	0–0 (H), 0–0 (A)
			Porto	3–0 (H), 0–0 (A)
			Werder Bremen	2–1 (H), 1–1 (A)
		Semi-final	Monaco	3–0 (H)
		Final	Barcelona	4–0 N)
1994	European Super Cup	Final	Arsenal	0–0 (A), 2–0 (H)
1994	Intercontinental Cup	Final	Vélez Sársfield	0–2 (N)
1994–95	Champions League	Group stage (Group D)	Ajax	0–2 (A), 0–2 (H)
			Casino Salzburg	3–0 (H), 1–0 (A)
			AEK Athens	0–0 (A), 2–1 (H)
		Quarter-final	Benfica	2–0 (H), 0–0 (A)
		Semi-final	Paris Saint-Germain	1–0 (A), 2–0 (H)
		Final	Ajax	0–1 (N)
1995–96	UEFA Cup	First Round	Zagłębie Lubin	4–0 (H), 4–1 (A)
		Second Round	Strasbourg	1–0 (A), 2–1 (H)
		Third Round	Sparta Prague	2–0 (H), 0–0 (A)
		Quarter-final	Bordeaux	2–0 (H), 0–3 (A)
1996–97	Champions League	Group stage (Group D)	Porto	2–3 (H), 1–1 (A)
			Rosenborg	4–1 (A), 1–2 (H)
			IFK Göteborg	1–2 (A), 4–2 (H)
1999–2000	Champions League	First group stage (Group H)	Chelsea	0–0 (A), 1–1 (H)
			Galatasaray	2–1 (H), 2–3 (A)
			Hertha BSC	1–1 (H), 0–1 (A)
2000–01	Champions League	Third Qualifying Round	Dinamo Zagreb	3–1 (H), 3–0 (A)
		First group stage (Group H)	Beşiktaş	4–1 (H), 2–0 (A)
			Leeds United	0–1 (A), 1–1 (H)
			Barcelona	2–0 (A), 3–3 (H)
		Second group stage (Group B)	Galatasaray	2–2 (H), 0–2 (A)
			Deportivo La Coruña	1–0 (A), 1–1 (H)
			Paris Saint-Germain	1–1 (H), 1–1 (A)
2001–02	UEFA Cup	First Round	BATE Borisov	2–0 (A), 4–0 (H)
		Second Round	CSKA Sofia	2–0 (H), 1–0 (A)
		Third Round	Sporting CP	2–0 (H), 1–1 (A)
		fourth Round	Roda JC	1–0 (A), 0–1 (H) [fn 4]
		Quarter-final	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0–1 (A), 2–0 (H)
		Semi-final	Borussia Dortmund	0–4 (A), 3–1 (H)
2002–03	Champions League	Third Qualifying Round	Slovan Liberec	1–0 (H), 1–2 (A) [fn 1]
		First group stage (Group G)	Lens	2–1 (H), 1–2 (A)
			Deportivo La Coruña	4–0 (A), 1–2 (H)
			Bayern Munich	2–1 (A), 2–1 (H)
		Second group stage (Group C)	Real Madrid	1–0 (H), 1–3 (A)
			Borussia Dortmund	1–0 (A), 0–1 (H)
			Lokomotiv Moscow	1–0 (H), 1–0 (A)
		Quarter-final	Ajax	0–0 (A), 3–2 (H)
		Semi-final	Internazionale	0–0 (H), 1–1 (A) [fn 1]
		Final	Juventus	0–0 (N) [fn 4]
2003	UEFA Super Cup	Final	Porto	1–0 (N)
2003	Intercontinental Cup	Final	Boca Juniors	1–1 (N) [fn 5]
2003–04	Champions League	Group stage (Group H)	Ajax	1–0 (H), 1–0 (A)
			Celta Vigo	0–0 (A), 1–2 (H)
			Club Brugge	0–1 (H), 1–0 (A)
		Round of 16	Sparta Prague	0–0 (A), 4–1 (H)
		Quarter-final	Deportivo La Coruña	4–1 (H), 0–4 (A)
2004–05	Champions League	Group stage (Group F)	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–0 (A), 4–0 (H)
			Celtic	3–1 (H), 0–0 (A)
			Barcelona	1–0 (H), 1–2 (A)
		Round of 16	Manchester United	1–0 (A), 1–0 (H)
		Quarter-final	Internazionale	2–0 (H), 3–0 (A)
		Semi-final	PSV Eindhoven	2–0 (H), 1–3 (A) [fn 1]
		Final	Liverpool	3–3 (N) [fn 6]
2005–06	Champions League	Group stage (Group E)	Fenerbahçe	3–1 (H), 4–0 (A)
			Schalke 04	2–2 (A), 3–2 (H)
			PSV Eindhoven	0–0 (H), 0–1 (A)
		Round of 16	Bayern Munich	1–1 (A), 4–1 (H)
		Quarter-final	Lyon	0–0 (A), 3–1 (H)
		Semi-final	Barcelona	0–1 (H), 0–0 (A)
2006–07	Champions League	Third Qualifying Round	Red Star Belgrade	1–0 (H), 2–1 (A)
		Group stage (Group H)	AEK Athens	3–0 (H), 0–1 (A)
			Lille	0–0 (A), 0–2 (H)
			Anderlecht	1–0 (A), 4–1 (H)
		Round of 16	Celtic	0–0 (A), 1–0 (H)
		Quarter-final	Bayern Munich	2–2 (H), 2–0 (A)
		Semi-final	Manchester United	2–3 (A), 3–0 (H)
		Final	Liverpool	2–1 (N)
2007	UEFA Super Cup	Final	Sevilla	3–1 (N)
2007	Club World Cup	Semi-final	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–0 (N)
		Final	Boca Juniors	4–2 (N)
2007–08	Champions League	Group stage (Group D)	Benfica	2–1 (H), 1–1 (A)
			Celtic	1–2 (A), 1–0 (H)
			Shakhtar Donetsk	4–1 (A), 3–0 (H)
		Round of 16	Arsenal	0–0 (A), 0–2 (H)
2008–09	UEFA Cup	First Round	Zürich	3–1 (H), 1–0 (A)
		Group stage (Group E)	Heerenveen	3–1 (A)
			Braga	1–0 (H)
			Portsmouth	2–2 (A)
			VfL Wolfsburg	2–2 (H)
		Round of 32	Werder Bremen	1–1 (A), 2–2 (H) [fn 7]
2009–10	Champions League	Group stage (Group C)	Marseille	2–1 (A), 1–1 (H)
			Zürich	0–1 (H), 1–1 (A)
			Real Madrid	3–2 (A), 1–1 (H)
		Round of 16	Manchester United	2–3 (H), 0–4 (A)
2010–11	Champions League	Group stage (Group G)	Auxerre	2–0 (H), 2–0 (A)
			Ajax	1–1 (A), 0–2 (H)
			Real Madrid	0–2 (A), 2–2 (H)
		Round of 16	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1 (H), 0–0 (A)
2011–12	Champions League	Group stage (Group H)	Barcelona	2–2 (A), 2–3 (H)
			Viktoria Plzeň	2–0 (H), 2–2 (A)
			BATE Borisov	2–0 (H), 1–1 (A)
		Round of 16	Arsenal	4–0 (H), 0–3 (A)
		Quarter-final	Barcelona	0–0 (H), 1–3 (A)
2012–13	Champions League	Group stage (Group C)	Anderlecht	0–0 (H), 3–1 (A)
			Zenit Saint Petersburg	3–2 (A), 0–1 (H)
			Málaga	0–1 (A), 1–1 (H)
		Round of 16	Barcelona	2–0 (H), 0–4 (A)
2013–14	Champions League	Play-off round	PSV Eindhoven	1–1 (A), 3–0 (H)
		Group stage (Group H)	Celtic	2–0 (H), 3–0 (A)
			Ajax	1–1 (A), 0–0 (H)
			Barcelona	1–1 (H), 1–3 (A)
		Round of 16	Atlético Madrid	0–1 (H), 1–4 (A)
2017–18	Europa League	Third qualifying round	Universitatea Craiova	1–0 (A), 2–0 (H)
		Play-off round	Shkëndija	6–0 (H), 1–0 (A)
		Group stage (Group D)	Austria Wien	5–1 (A), 5–1 (H)
			Rijeka	3–2 (H), 0–2 (A)
			AEK Athens	0–0 (H), 0–0 (A)
		Round of 32	Ludogorets Razgrad	3–0 (A), 1–0 (H)
		Round of 16	Arsenal	0–2 (H), 1–3 (A)
2018–19	Europa League	Group stage (Group F)	F91 Dudelange	1–0 (A), 5–2 (H)
			Olympiacos	3–1 (H), 1–3 (A)
			Real Betis	1–2 (H), 1–1 (A)
2020–21	Europa League	Second qualifying round	Shamrock Rovers	2−0 (A)
		Third qualifying round	Bodø/Glimt	3−2 (H)
		Play-off round	Rio Ave	2–2 (A) [fn 8]
		Group stage (Group H)	Celtic	3–1 (A), 4–2 (H)
			Sparta Prague	3–0 (H), 1–0 (A)
			Lille	0–3 (H), 1–1 (A)
		Round of 32	Red Star Belgrade	2–2 (A), 1–1 (H) [fn 1]
		Round of 16	Manchester United	1–1 (A), 0–1 (H)
2021–22	Champions League	Group stage (Group B)	Liverpool	2–3 (A), 1–2 (H)
			Atlético Madrid	1–2 (H), 1–0 (A)
			Porto	0–1 (A), 1–1 (H)

Other international competitions[]

Season	Competition	Round	Opposition	Score
1938	Mitropa Cup	First Round	Ripensia Timișoara	0–3 (A), 3–1 (H)
1951	Latin Cup	Semi-final	Atlético Madrid	4–1 (H)
		Final	Lille	5–0 (H)
1953	Latin Cup	Semi-final	Sporting CP	4–3 (A)
		Final	Stade Reims	0–3 (A)
1955	Latin Cup	Semi-final	Reims	2–3 (N)
		Third Place Match	Belenenses	3–1 (N)
1956	Latin Cup	Semi-final	Benfica	4–2 (N)
		Final	Athletic Bilbao	3–1 (N)
1957	Latin Cup	Semi-final	Real Madrid	1–5 (A)
		Third Place Match	Saint-Étienne	4–3 (N)
1959	Coppa dell'Amicizia	(round-robin tournament)[fn 9]	Nice	3–3 (A), 4–0 (H)
1960	Coppa dell'Amicizia	(round-robin tournament)[fn 9]	Toulouse	6–3 (H), 2–0 (A)
1961	Coppa dell'Amicizia	(round-robin tournament)[fn 9]	Nîmes	0–0 (H), 0–2 (A)
1961–62	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First Round	Novi Sad XI	0–0 (H), 0–2 (A)
1962	Coppa dell'Amicizia	Round of 16	Nice	6–3 (A), 3–1 (H)
		Quarter-final	Toulouse	5–2 (H), 4–1 (A)
		Semi-final	Torino	1–2 (A), 1–1 (H)
1963	Coppa dell'Amicizia	Quarter-final	Lens	3–1 (A), 2–0 (H)
		Semi-final	Lyon	4–2 (A)
		Final	Genoa	1–2 (H)
1964–65	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First Round	Strasbourg	0–2 (A), 1–0 (H)
1965–66	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First Round	Strasbourg	1–0 (H), 1–2 (A), 1–1 (H) [fn 10]
		Second Round	Fabril	0–2 (A), 2–0 (H), 1–0 (H)
		Third Round	Chelsea	1–2 (A), 2–1 (H), 1–1 (H) [fn 11]
1966–67	Mitropa Cup	First Round	Dinamo Zagreb	0–1 (A), 0–0 (H)
1967	Coppa delle Alpi	(swiss-system tournament)[fn 12]	Servette	0–0 (A)
			1860 Munich	0–0 (A)
			Eintracht Frankfurt	0–1 (A)
			Basel	3–0 (A)
			Zürich	0–2 (A)
1981–82	Mitropa Cup	(round-robin tournament)	Vítkovice	1–2 (A), 3–0 (H)
			Haladás	2–0 (H), 1–0 (A)
			Osijek	1–1 (A), 2–1 (H)

Footnotes

Overall record[]

By competition[]

Updated 7 December 2021.

By country[]

Updated 7 December 2021.^[2]

Key

Country	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	%Win
Argentina	5	2	1	2	9	7	+2	040.00
Austria	11	8	2	1	34	13	+21	072.73
Belarus	4	3	1	0	9	1	+8	075.00
Belgium	21	9	9	3	23	12	+11	042.86
Brazil	4	1	0	3	8	10	−2	025.00
Bulgaria	12	9	2	1	29	9	+20	075.00
Colombia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Croatia	6	5	0	1	13	6	+7	083.33
Cyprus	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	100.00
Czech Republic / Czechoslovakia	12	8	3	1	18	5	+13	066.67
Denmark	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	100.00
East Germany	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
England	43	12	13	18	50	54	−4	027.91
Finland	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
France	33	15	8	10	43	34	+9	045.45
Germany / West Germany	39	18	11	10	65	47	+18	046.15
Greece	12	5	5	2	19	11	+8	041.67
Hungary	2	0	2	0	3	3	+0	000.00
Ireland	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	066.67
Israel	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	050.00
Italy	9	4	4	1	9	4	+5	044.44
Japan	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Luxembourg	8	8	0	0	35	3	+32	100.00
Macedonia	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	100.00
Netherlands	27	12	6	9	28	28	+0	044.44
Norway	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	066.67
Paraguay	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Poland	4	3	1	0	11	3	+8	075.00
Portugal	26	14	8	4	34	19	+15	053.85
Romania	5	4	1	0	9	2	+7	080.00
Russia	8	5	1	2	11	6	+5	062.50
Scotland	18	12	3	3	33	11	+22	066.67
Serbia	8	2	5	1	8	8	+0	025.00
Slovakia	4	3	0	1	6	1	+5	075.00
Slovenia	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	100.00
Spain	61	20	14	27	83	91	−8	032.79
Sweden	8	5	1	2	21	10	+11	062.50
Switzerland	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3	050.00
Turkey	10	7	1	2	27	11	+16	070.00
Ukraine	4	4	0	0	12	1	+11	100.00

Honours[]

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