2008–09 A.C. Milan season

Milan
2008–09 season
President vacant
Manager 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)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

During the 2008–09 season, A.C. Milan will play its 75th Serie A season in the club's existence.

Club

Management

Position Staff
Head coach Italy Carlo Ancelotti
Assistant coach Italy Mauro Tassotti
Italy Filippo Galli
Goalkeeping coaches Italy Villiam Vecchi
Italy Beniamino Abate
Fitness coaches Italy Daniele Tognaccini
Italy Giovanni Mauri
Club doctor Italy Massimo Manara
President Italy Adriano Galliani

Last updated: July 19, 2008
Source:

Source: San Siro

Squad

First team

Starting line-up.

As of December 21, 2008.[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Brazil GK Dida
2 Brazil DF Felipe Mattioni (on loan from Grêmio)
3 Italy DF Paolo Maldini (captain)
4 Georgia (country) DF Kakha Kaladze
5 Brazil MF Émerson (till to April)
7 Brazil FW Alexandre Pato
8 Italy MF Gennaro Gattuso
9 Italy FW Filippo Inzaghi
10 Netherlands MF Clarence Seedorf
11 Italy FW Marco Borriello
12 Italy GK Christian Abbiati
13 Italy DF Alessandro Nesta
14 Uruguay MF Mathias Cardacio
15 Italy DF Gianluca Zambrotta
16 Australia GK Zeljko Kalac
No. Position Player
18 Czech Republic DF Marek Jankulovski
19 Italy DF Giuseppe Favalli
20 Uruguay MF Tabaré Viúdez
21 Italy MF Andrea Pirlo
22 Brazil MF Kaká
23 Italy MF Massimo Ambrosini (vice-captain)
24 Switzerland DF Philippe Senderos (on loan from Arsenal)
25 Italy DF Daniele Bonera
32 England MF David Beckham (on loan from Los Angeles Galaxy)
36 Italy DF Matteo Darmian
51 Sierra Leone MF Rodney Strasser (from Primavera team)
76 Ukraine FW Andriy Shevchenko (on loan from Chelsea)
77 Italy DF Luca Antonini
80 Brazil MF Ronaldinho
84 France MF Mathieu Flamini

Captain hierarchy

  1. Italy Paolo Maldini
  2. Italy Massimo Ambrosini
  3. Italy Gennaro Gattuso
  4. Georgia (country) Kakha Kaladze
  5. Italy Andrea Pirlo

List of 2008-09 transfers

(*) denotes a winter transfer.

In

Date Pos. Name From Fee
5 May 2008 MF France Mathieu Flamini England Arsenal Free Transfer [2]
FW Italy Marco Borriello Italy Genoa €10M + Italy Davide Di Gennaro
16 June 2008 DF Italy Ignazio Abate Italy Empoli €2M [3]
16 June 2008 DF Italy Luca Antonini Italy Empoli €2.9M
20 June 2008 DF Italy Gianluca Zambrotta Spain Barcelona €8.5M
26 June 2008 MF Italy Gianmarco Conti Italy Venezia €0.2M (co-ownership deal with Venezia)
1 July 2008 GK Italy Christian Abbiati Spain Atlético Madrid End of loan [4]
18 July 2008 MF Brazil Ronaldinho Spain Barcelona €21M [5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
14 Uruguay MF Mathías Cardacio (from Nacional, undisclosed)
20 Uruguay FW Tabaré Viúdez (from Defensor Sporting, undisclosed)
76 Ukraine FW Andriy Shevchenko (from Chelsea [6])
24 Switzerland DF Philippe Senderos (on loan from Arsenal [7])
51 Sierra Leone MF Rodney Strasser (from youth team)
32 England MF David Beckham (on loan from Los Angeles Galaxy [8]) *
2 Brazil DF Felipe Mattioni (on loan from Grêmio [9]) *

Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
2 Brazil DF Cafu (Garforth Town [10])
27 Brazil MF Serginho (retired [10])
34 France MF Ibrahim Ba (retired)
29 Italy GK Valerio Fiori (retired)
— Brazil FW Ricardo Oliveira (to Real Zaragoza, €10M [11])
11 Italy FW Alberto Gilardino (to Fiorentina, €14M [12])
— Italy FW Davide Di Gennaro (co-ownership with Genoa, undisclosed [13])
— Italy DF Luca Antonelli (co-ownership with Parma, undisclosed)
— Italy FW Ignazio Abate (co-ownership with Torino, undisclosed [14])
No. Position Player
— Italy FW Nicola Pozzi (to Empoli, undisclosed [15])
— Italy GK Ferdinando Coppola (co-ownership with Atalanta, undisclosed [16])
— Italy DF Romano Perticone (co-ownership with Livorno, undisclosed [17])
— Argentina DF Leandro Grimi (to Sporting CP, €2.5M [18])
— Italy FW Matteo Ardemagni (co-ownership with Triestina, undisclosed [19])
17 Croatia DF Dario Šimić (to AS Monaco, undisclosed [20])
43 Italy FW Alberto Paloschi (co-ownership with Parma, undisclosed [15])
32 Italy MF Cristian Brocchi (to Lazio, €2.7M [21])

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
20 France MF Yoann Gourcuff (to Bordeaux [22])
41 France FW Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (to Dijon [15])
— Italy DF Elia Legati (to Monaco [15])
— Brazil DF Marcus (to Livorno [23])
42 Nigeria FW Kingsley Umunegbu (to Salernitana [24])
No. Position Player
— Italy GK Marco Storari (to Fiorentina [25])
31 Brazil DF Digão (to Standard Liège [26])
94 France FW Willy Aubameyang (to Avellino [27])
2 Italy DF Massimo Oddo (to Bayern Munich [28])

Squad statistics

Updated to games played February 1, 2009.

No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Brazil Dida 16 -6 9+1 0 1 -2 5 -4
3 DF Italy Paolo Maldini 32 0 30 0 0 0 1+1 0
4 DF Georgia (country) Kakha Kaladze 16 0 10+1 0 1 0 3+1 0
5 MF Brazil Émerson 18 0 3+9 0 1 0 4+1 0
7 FW Brazil Alexandre Pato 42 18 27+9 15 0 0 3+3 3
8 MF Italy Gennaro Gattuso 16 1 11+1 0 0 0 3+1 1
9 FW Italy Filippo Inzaghi 32 16 15+11 13 0 0 6 3
10 MF Netherlands Clarence Seedorf 41 3 30+3 3 1 0 5+2 0
11 FW Italy Marco Borriello 8 2 6+1 1 0 0 1 1
12 GK Italy Christian Abbiati 28 -22 28 -22 0 0 0 0
13 DF Italy Alessandro Nesta 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Uruguay Mathias Cardaccio 2 0 0+1 0 1 0 0 0
15 DF Italy Gianluca Zambrotta 41 1 33+1 1 1 0 6 0
16 GK Australia Zeljko Kalac 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
18 DF Czech Republic Marek Jankulovski 38 1 31 0 1 0 3+3 1
19 DF Italy Giuseppe Favalli 29 0 21+2 0 1 0 5 0
20 MF Uruguay Tabaré Viúdez 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
21 MF Italy Andrea Pirlo 29 2 26 1 0 0 3 1
22 MF Brazil Kaká 36 16 28+3 16 1 0 3+1 0
23 MF Italy Massimo Ambrosini 33 4 24+4 3 0 0 5 1
24 DF Switzerland Philippe Senderos 20 0 7+7 0 1 0 5 0
25 DF Italy Daniele Bonera 22 0 16+2 0 0 0 4 0
32 MF England David Beckham 20 2 18 2 0 0 1+1 0
36 DF Italy Matteo Darmian 3 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0
51 MF Sierra Leone Rodney Strasser 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
76 FW Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko 26 2 2+16 0 1 1 6+1 1
77 DF Italy Luca Antonini 18 0 4+7 0 1 0 6 0
80 FW Brazil Ronaldinho 35 10 16+13 8 1 0 2+3 2
84 MF France 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
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

Classification

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Internazionale (C) 38 25 9 4 70 32+38 84 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Juventus 38 21 11 6 69 37+32 74 JUV 4–2 MIL
MIL 1–1 JUV
3 Milan 38 22 8 8 70 35+35 74
4 Fiorentina 38 21 5 12 53 38+15 68 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Play-off round FIO 1–0 GEN
GEN 3–3 FIO
5 Genoa 38 19 11 8 56 39+17 68 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
6 Roma 38 18 9 11 64 61+3 63 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round

Updated to games played on May 3, 2009.
Source: http://www.lega-calcio.it
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; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
36 21 8 7 67 31 +36 71 14 3 1 37 9 +28 7 5 6 30 22 +8

Source:

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHA
Result L L W W W D W W W W D W D L W L W D W W D W D L W L W W D W W W W W D L L W
Position 14 19 15 9 6 8 6 4 3 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3

Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

UEFA Cup - Group E standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Germany Wolfsburg 4310137+610
Italy Milan 422085+38
Portugal Braga 420275+26
England Portsmouth 411278−14
Netherlands Heerenveen 4004313−100

Matches

Updated to games played May 31, 2009.

Pre-season tournaments and friendlies

Date Tournament Location Opponent team Score Scorers
23 July 2008 Friendly Cremona, Italy Cremonese 0–0
29 July 2008 2008 TIM Trophy Turin, Italy Juventus 2–2(6–4p) Seedorf  6', 42'
29 July 2008 2008 TIM Trophy Turin, Italy Internazionale 0–0(4–3p)
1 August 2008 2008 Russian Railways Cup Moscow, Russia Spain Sevilla 0–1
3 August 2008 2008 Russian Railways Cup Moscow, Russia England Chelsea 0–5
9 August 2008 Friendly Manchester, England England Manchester City 0–1
17 August 2008 2008 Trofeo Luigi Berlusconi Milan, Italy Juventus 4–1 Jankulovski  21', Ambrosini  25', 79', Inzaghi  52'
21 August 2008 2008 Trofeo Birra Moretti Naples, Italy Napoli 1–0 Paloschi  44'
21 August 2008 2008 Trofeo Birra Moretti Naples, Italy Juventus 0–0(4–5p)
24 August 2008 2008 Trofeo Villa de Gijón Gijon, Spain Spain Sporting de Gijón 0–2
10 September 2008 Friendly Lugano, Switzerland Switzerland Lugano 0–2
14 October 2008 Friendly Tirana, Albania Albania Tirana 1–2 Ronaldinho  91'
7 January 2009 Dubai Challenge Cup Dubai, United Arab Emirates Germany Hamburg 1–1(4–3p) Ronaldinho  61'
21 January 2009 Friendly Hannover, Germany Germany Hannover 96 3–2 Shevchenko  52', Inzaghi  55', 75'
4 February 2009 Friendly Glasgow, Scotland Scotland Rangers 2–2 Pato  70', Kaká  78'
22 April 2009 Friendly Budapest, Hungary Hungary Hungary's league selection 5–2 Kaká  37', Shevchenko  47', 63', Seedorf  73', Viúdez  85'

Serie A

Coppa Italia

Match Date Round Home/Away Opponent team Score Scorers
1 December 3, 2008 Round of 16 Home Lazio 1–2 (a.e.t.) Shevchenko  77'

UEFA Cup

Match Date Round Home/Away Opponent team Score Scorers
1 September 18, 2008 First Round Home Switzerland Zürich 3–1 Jankulovski  45+1', Pato  56', Borriello  74'
2 October 2, 2008 First Round Away Switzerland Zürich 0–1 Shevchenko  74'
3 October 23, 2008 Group Stage Away Netherlands Heerenveen 1–3 Jong-a-Pin  19' (o.g.), Gattuso  23', Inzaghi  69'
4 November 6, 2008 Group Stage Home Portugal Braga 1–0 Ronaldinho  90+3'
5 November 26, 2008 Group Stage Away England Portsmouth 2–2 Ronaldinho  84', Inzaghi  90+3'
6 December 17, 2008 Group Stage Home Germany Wolfsburg 2–2 Ambrosini  17', Pato  56'
7 February 18, 2009 Round of 32 Away Germany Werder Bremen 1–1 Inzaghi  36'
8 February 26, 2009 Round of 32 Home Germany Werder Bremen 2–2 Pirlo  27' (pen.), Pato  33'

Player seasonal records

Competitive matches only. Numbers in brackets indicate appearances made. Updated to games played May 31, 2009.[29]

Goalscorers

Rank Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA Cup Total
1 Brazil Alexandre Pato 15 - 3 18
2 Brazil Kaká 16 - - 16
Italy Filippo Inzaghi 13 - 3
4 Brazil Ronaldinho 8 - 2 10
5 Italy Massimo Ambrosini 7 - 1 8
6 Netherlands Clarence Seedorf 7 - - 7
7 England David Beckham 2 - - 2
Italy Marco Borriello 1 - 1
Italy Andrea Pirlo 1 - 1
Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko - 1 1
10 Italy Gennaro Gattuso - - 1 1
Czech Republic Marek Jankulovski - - 1
Italy Gianluca Zambrotta 1 - -

Goals conceded

Rank Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA Cup Total Average per game
1 Italy Christian Abbiati 28 (28) - - 28 (28) 1
2 Brazil Dida 7 (10) 2 (1) 9 (8) 18 (19) 0.94
3 Australia Zeljko Kalac 1 (1) - - 1 (1) 1

Games started

Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA Cup Total
Italy Gianluca Zambrotta 33 - 6 39
Netherlands Clarence Seedorf 30 1 5 36
Czech Republic Marek Jankulovski 31 - 3 34
Brazil Kaká 28 1 3 32
Italy Paolo Maldini 30 - 1 31
Brazil Alexandre Pato 28 - 3 31
Italy Andrea Pirlo 26 - 3 29
France Mathieu Flamini 22 1 6 29
Italy Christian Abbiati 28 - - 28
Italy Massimo Ambrosini 24 - 4 28
Italy Giuseppe Favalli 21 1 5 27
Italy Filippo Inzaghi 15 - 6 21
Italy Daniele Bonera 16 - 4 20
England David Beckham 18 - 1 19
Brazil Ronaldinho 16 1 2 19
Brazil Dida 9 1 8 18
Italy Gennaro Gattuso 11 - 3 14
Georgia (country) Kakha Kaladze 10 1 3 14
Switzerland Philippe Senderos 7 1 5 13
Italy Luca Antonini 4 1 6 11
Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko 2 1 6 9
Brazil Emerson 3 1 3 7
Italy Marco Borriello 6 - - 6
Australia Zeljko Kalac 1 - - 1

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