1968–69 AC Milan season

Milan Associazione Calcio
1968–69 season
President	Franco Carraro
Manager	Nereo Rocco
Stadium	San Siro
Serie A	2º
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
European Cup	Winners (in European Cup)
Top goalscorer	League: Pierino Prati (14); All: Prati (21)
Highest home attendance	80,119 (vs Manchester United 23 April 1969)
Average home league attendance	48,403
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1967–68 1969–70 →

During the 1968–1969 season Milan Associazione Calcio competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and European Cup.

Quick Facts President, Manager ...

Close

For the season the club office confirmed Nereo Rocco as manager. In June 1968, Anquilletti, Lodetti, Prati, Rivera e Rosato became European champions with National Team winners of UEFA Euro 1968. Loan in Romano Fogli and return Luigi Maldera after 2 years of loan out.^[3]

In league the squad competed against Cagliari and Fiorentina in the race of the trophy.^[4]^[5] In quarterfinals of Coppa Italia Torino, defeated Milan 1–0 both games.

In European Cup the squad reached the Final after defeated in Round of 32 Malmö FF (lost 1–2 at Malmö and won 4–1 in Milan), The team did not play the Eightfinals due to Eastern European teams abandoned the tournament, qualifying to the Quarterfinals^[6] now to match against Celtic Glasgow (draw 0–0 in Home and 1–0 won away), in semifinals the club defeated English squad Manchester United champions last year (won 2–0 at San Siro and lost 1–0 at Old Trafford), including stars such as George Best and World Cup champion Bobby Charlton.

Final of the Euro tournament was disputed on 28 May 1969 in Madrid against Netherlands' club Ajax won by Milan with a 4–1 thanks to a hat-trick of Pierino Prati and 1 goal of Sormani after rivals scored by penalty on Vasović. The club clinched its second title ever.

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

More information No., Pos. ...


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ITA	Pierangelo Belli
—	GK	ITA	Fabio Cudicini
—	GK	ITA	Claudio Mantovani^[7]
—	GK	ITA	Villiam Vecchi
—	DF	ITA	Angelo Anquilletti
—	DF	ITA	Bruno Baveni
—	DF	ITA	Saul Malatrasi
—	DF	ITA	Luigi Maldera
—	DF	ITA	Paolo Montanari
—	DF	ITA	Roberto Rosato
—	DF	ITA	Nello Santin
—	DF	GER	Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
—	MF	ITA	Roberto Casone^[8]


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Romano Fogli
—	MF	ITA	Giovanni Lodetti
—	MF	ITA	Gianni Rivera (Captain)
—	MF	ITA	Giorgio Rognoni
—	MF	ITA	Nevio Scala
—	MF	ITA	Giovanni Trapattoni (vice-captain)
—	FW	ITA	Lino Golin
—	FW	SWE	Kurt Hamrin
—	FW	ITA	Angelo Marchi
—	FW	ITA	Bruno Mora
—	FW	ITA	Carlo Petrini
—	FW	ITA	Pierino Prati
—	FW	BRA	Angelo Benedicto Sormani

Close

Summer

More information In, Pos. ...

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
GK	Claudio Mantovani	Bari	loan ended
DF	Luigi Maldera	A.C. Monza	loan ended
DF	Paolo Montanari	Calcio Catania	loan
MF	Romano Fogli	Bologna F.C.
FW	Angelo Paina	Padova Calcio	loan ended
FW	Carlo Petrini	Genoa

Close

More information Out, Pos. ...

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Alberto Grossetti	Calcio Catania	loaned out
MF	Massimo Giacomini	Triestina
FW	Antonio Angelillo	Genoa
FW	Angelo Paina	Triestina	loan

Close

Autumn

More information Out, Pos. ...

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
GK	Claudio Mantovani	Atalanta B.C.
FW	Lino Golin	Varese	loan

Close

Serie A

League table

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fiorentina (C)	30	16	13	1	38	18	+20	45	Qualification to European Cup
2	Cagliari	30	14	13	3	41	18	+23	41	Qualified to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3	Milan	30	14	13	3	31	12	+19	41	Qualification to European Cup^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Internazionale	30	14	8	8	55	26	+29	36	Qualified to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
5	Juventus	30	12	11	7	32	24	+8	35	Qualified to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Close

Source: Panini
(C) Champions
Notes:

Qualified as defending champions.

Results by round

More information Round, Ground ...

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	D
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	3

Close

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, 1969-70 European Cup; = 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup; = Relegation to 1969–70 Serie B

Matches

29 September 1968 1	Milan	1–0	Sampdoria	Milan
	Lodetti 43'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 39,452 Referee: Francesco De Robbio

6 October 1968 2	Hellas Verona	1–3	Milan	Brescia
	Maddè 61'	Report	28' Rivera 50' Prati 85' Sormani	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti^[9] Attendance: 27,634 Referee: Lo Bello

13 October 1968 3	Milan	2–1	Pisa	Milan
	Sormani 27' Prati 82'	Report	77' Joan	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 39,028 Referee: Barbaresco

27 October 1968 4	Fiorentina	0–0	Milan	Firenze
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 42,665 Referee: Sbardella

3 November 1968 5	Milan	1–0	Inter	Milan
	Fogli 68'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 76,439 Referee: Angonese

10 November 1968 6	Atalanta	0–0	Milan	Bergamo
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 21,219 Referee: Francescon

17 November 1968 7	Milan	4–1	Lanerossi Vicenza	Milan
	Sormani 28' Carlo Petrini 48' Prati 78', 89'	Report	75' Gallina	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 23,713 Referee: Pieroni

24 November 1968 8	Bologna	1–0	Milan	Bologna
	Mujesan 38'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 40,790 Referee: Picasso

1 December 1968 9	Milan	0–0	Cagliari	Milan
		Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 75,062 Referee: Lo Bello

8 December 1968 10	Juventus	0–1	Milan	Torino
		Report	41' Hamrin	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 42,016 Referee: Monti

15 December 1968 11	Roma	1–1	Milan	Roma
	Taccola 62'	Report	38' Sormani	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 63,320 Referee: Lo Bello

22 December 1968 12	Milan	1–0	Torino	Milan
	Rosato 88'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 32,878 Referee: Sbardella

12 January 1969 13	Varese	0–0	Milan	Varese
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Franco Ossola Attendance: 12,951 Referee: Angonese

19 January 1969 14	Napoli	0–0	Milan	Napoli
		Report		Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 75,054 Referee: Lo Bello

26 January 1969 15	Milan	1–0	Palermo	Milan
	Prati 44'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 40,628 Referee: Pieroni

2 February 1969 16	Sampdoria	1–1	Milan	Genova
	Sabatini 80'	Report	37' (o.g.) Vincenzi	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 24,697 Referee: De Marchi

9 February 1969 17	Milan	3–0	Hellas Verona	Milan
	Prati 32', 66', 78'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 39,008 Referee: Bernardis

15 February 1969 18	Pisa	0–1	Milan	Pisa
		Report	70' (o.g.) Gonfiantini	Stadium: Stadio Arena Garibaldi Attendance: 25,640 Referee: Monti

23 February 1969 19	Milan	0–0	Fiorentina	Milan
		Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 57,283 Referee: Gonella

2 March 1969 20	Inter	1–1	Milan	Milan
	Corso 53'	Report	86' Prati	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 72,688 Referee: Lo Bello

8 March 1969 21	Milan	0–0	Atalanta	Milan
		Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 45,538 Referee: Lattanzi

16 March 1969 22	Lanerossi Vicenza	1–1	Milan	Vicenza
	Reif 70'	Report	45' Rivera	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 27,500 Referee: Bernardis

23 March 1969 23	Milan	4–0	Bologna	Milan
	Fogli 41' Prati 68', 81', 88'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 36,130 Referee: De Marchi

6 April 1969 24	Cagliari	3–1	Milan	Cagliari
	Greatti 16' Nené 45' Riva 54'	Report	33' Rivera	Stadium: Stadio Amsicora Attendance: 23,352 Referee: Sbardella

13 April 1969 25	Milan	1–0	Juventus	Milan
	Prati 20'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 76,624 Referee: Lo Bello

19 April 1969 26	Milan	1–0	Roma	Milan
	Petrini 56'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 52,064 Referee: Monti

27 April 1969 27	Torino	1–0	Milan	Torino
	Cereser 17'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 42,337 Referee: Sbardella

4 May 1969 28	Milan	2–0	Varese	Milan
	Fogli 22' Prati 36'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 28,426 Referee: D'Agostini

10 May 1969 29	Milan	0–0	Napoli	Milan
		Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 63,701 Referee: Angonese

18 May 1969 30	Palermo	0–0	Milan	Palermo
		Report		Stadium: Stadio La Favorita Attendance: 17,160 Referee: Bernardis

Coppa Italia

First round

Group 1

8 September 1968 1	Milan	2–0	Ternana	Milan
	Rivera 17' (rig.) Sormani 31'			Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 12,603 Referee: Bigi

14 September 1968 2	Monza	0–3	Milan	Monza
			55' Prati 56' Hamrin 63' Schnellinger	Stadium: Stadio Gino Alfonso Sada Attendance: 8,579 Referee: Angonese

22 September 1968 3	Lanerossi Vicenza	0–0	Milan	Vicenza
				Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 13,088 Referee: D'Agostini

Quarterfinals

19 March 1969	Torino	1–0	Milan	Torino
	Bolchi 88'			Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 12,172 Referee: Angonese

2 April 1969	Milan	0–1	Torino	Milan
			61' Fossati	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 6,014 Referee: Di Tonno

European Cup

Round of 32

18 September 1968 1	Malmö	2–1	Milan	Malmö
	Olsberg 45' Elmstedt 50'	Report	58' Rivera	Stadium: Malmö Stadion Attendance: 23,318 Referee: Siebert

2 October 1968 2	Milan	4–1	Malmö	Milan
	Prati 32', 69' Sormani 62' Rivera 89' (rig.)	Report	16' Ljungberg	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 61,932 Referee: Machin

Round of 16

On starting of competition due to political issues related to Spring of Prague, the next teams abandoned the tournament:

Dinamo Kiev
Ferencváros
Levski Sofia
Ruch Chorzów
Carl Zeiss Jena

As a result, Milan, Benfica and Crvena Zvezda, qualified on table to the next round.

Quarterfinals

19 February 1969 1	Milan	0–0	Celtic	Milan
		Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 62,402 Referee: Tschenscher

12 March 1969 2	Celtic	0–1	Milan	Glasgow
		Report	12' Prati	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Ortiz de Mendibil

Semifinals

23 April 1969 1	Milan	2–0	Manchester United	Milan
	Sormani 33' Hamrin 49'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 80,050 Referee: Krnávek

15 May 1969 2	Manchester United	1–0	Milan	Manchester
	Charlton 70'	Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 63,000 Referee: Machin

Final

28 May 1969	Milan	4–1	Ajax	Madrid
	Prati 8', 40', 75' Sormani 67'	Report	60' (pen) Vasović	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 59,000 Referee: José Maria Ortiz de Mendibil

Squad statistics

More information Competition, Points ...

Competition^[10]	Points	Home						Away						Total						GD
Competition^[10]	Points	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	GD
1968-69 Serie A	41	15	11	4	0	21	2	15	3	9	3	10	10	30	14	13	3	31	12	+19
1968-69 Coppa Italia	Quarterfinals	2	1	0	1	2	1	3	1	1	1	3	1	5	2	1	2	5	2	+3
1968-69 European Cup	Winners	3	2	1	0	6	1	3	1	0	2	2	3	7^[11]	4	1	2	12	5	+7
Total	–	20	14	5	1	29	4	21	5	10	6	15	14	42	20	15	7	48	19	+29

Close

Players statistics

More information No., Pos ...

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia		European Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ITA	Fabio Cudicini	37	-12	29	-8	2	-1	6	-3
	DF	ITA	Angelo Anquilletti	40	0	30	0	3	0	7	0
	DF	ITA	Saul Malatrasi	36	0	27	0	3	0	6	0
	DF	ITA	Roberto Rosato	38	1	27	1	4	0	7	0
	DF	FRG	Karl-Heinz Schnellinger	31	1	20	0	4	1	7	0
	MF	ITA	Romano Fogli	29	3	13+10	3	4	0	2	0
	MF	ITA	Giovanni Lodetti	41	1	30	1	4	0	7	0
	MF	ITA	Giovanni Trapattoni	32	0	17+5	0	5	0	5	0
	MF	ITA	Gianni Rivera	39	6	28	3	4	1	7	2
	FW	ITA	Pierino Prati	40	21	30	14	3	1	7	6
	FW	BRA	Angelo Benedicto Sormani	32	8	26	4	1	1	5	3
	GK	ITA	Pierangelo Belli	2	-4	1	-3	1	-1	0	-0
	FW	SWE	Kurt Hamrin	22	3	12+1	1	3	1	6	1
	DF	ITA	Luigi Maldera	17	0	12	0	1	0	4	0
	FW	ITA	Carlo Petrini	13	2	8+1	2	3	0	1	0
	MF	ITA	Giorgio Rognoni	15	0	8+1	0	3	0	3	0
	DF	ITA	Nello Santin	13	0	6+1	0	3	0	3	0
	MF	ITA	Nevio Scala	7	0	4	0	2	0	1	0
	FW	ITA	Bruno Mora	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
	GK	ITA	Villiam Vecchi	4	-3	0+1	-1	2	-0	1	-2
	DF	ITA	Bruno Baveni	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Roberto Casone	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ITA	Lino Golin	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
	GK	ITA	Claudio Mantovani	0	0	0	-0	0	-0	0	-0
	FW	ITA	Angelo Marchi	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ITA	Paolo Montanari	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Close

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

^[12]

A.C. Milan

[1]
Tied with Cagliari Calcio, according to article 23 of Organic Rules of Italian Federation.
[2]
"Attendance Statistics of Serie A". stadiapostcards.com. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
[3]
"Coppa Italia 1968–1969 – Gruppo 1" (in Italian). wikicalcioitalia.info. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
[4]
"Der 7. Spieltag der italienischen Serie A 1968/1969" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
[5]
"Der 8. Spieltag der italienischen Serie A 1968/1969" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
[6]
Giorgio Bellani (4 October 1968). "Milan e Torino in 24 ore passano due turni delle Coppe". La Stampa. p. 12. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
[7]
Loaned out during Autumn window.
[8]
Added from Youth squad “Primavera”
[9]
Due to Verona field disqualified for the match by Italian Federation: . Panini. p. 341. {{cite book}}: Missing or empty |title= (help).
[10]
"Milan Associazione Calcio 1968–69" (PDF). magliarossonera.it. p. 2. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
[11]
Final match at Madrid included.
[12]
"Milan Associazione Calcio 1968–69" (PDF). magliarossonera.it. p. 2–3. Retrieved 1 June 2012.

Almanacco illustrato del Milan, ed: 2, March 2005. Panini.
Enrico Tosi. La storia del Milan, May 2005. Italia/Italy cid Tosi.
Milan. Sempre con te, December 2009. Mondadori. 2009. ISBN 978-88-04-59118-4.

"Stagione 1968-1969". Magliarossonera.it.

[table_note_res_EC1Q0.24466564052024-9] Qualified as defending champions.

[1] [1]
Tied with Cagliari Calcio, according to article 23 of Organic Rules of Italian Federation.

[2] [2]
"Attendance Statistics of Serie A". stadiapostcards.com. Retrieved 1 May 2012.

[3] [3]
"Coppa Italia 1968–1969 – Gruppo 1" (in Italian). wikicalcioitalia.info. Retrieved 1 June 2012.

[4] [4]
"Der 7. Spieltag der italienischen Serie A 1968/1969" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 1 June 2012.

[5] [5]
"Der 8. Spieltag der italienischen Serie A 1968/1969" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 1 June 2012.

[6] [6]
Giorgio Bellani (4 October 1968). "Milan e Torino in 24 ore passano due turni delle Coppe". La Stampa. p. 12. Retrieved 1 June 2012.

[7] [7]
Loaned out during Autumn window.

[8] [8]
Added from Youth squad “Primavera”

[10] [9]
Due to Verona field disqualified for the match by Italian Federation: . Panini. p. 341. {{cite book}}: Missing or empty |title= (help).

[11] [10]
"Milan Associazione Calcio 1968–69" (PDF). magliarossonera.it. p. 2. Retrieved 1 June 2012.

[12] [11]
Final match at Madrid included.

[13] [12]
"Milan Associazione Calcio 1968–69" (PDF). magliarossonera.it. p. 2–3. Retrieved 1 June 2012.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[lower-alpha 1]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]