2009–10 AC Milan season

The 2009–10 Associazione Calcio Milan season was the 76th Serie A season in the history of the club.

Milan

2009–10 season
Chairman	Vacant
Head coach	Leonardo
Stadium	San Siro
Serie A	3rd
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Marco Borriello (14) All: Ronaldinho (15)
Average home league attendance	42,809[1]
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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It was the club's first season since 1983–84 not to feature captain Paolo Maldini, who retired at the end of the previous campaign.

Club

Management

Position	Staff
Head coach	Leonardo
Assistant coach	Mauro Tassotti
Goalkeeping coaches	Villiam Vecchi Valerio Fiori
Fitness coaches	Daniele Tognaccini Giovanni Mauri
Club doctor	Massimo Manara

Last updated: 7 June 2009
Source:

Other information

President	Adriano Galliani
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	San Siro (80, 074 / 105m x 68m)

Source: San Siro

Players

Squad information

Dida Abate Nesta Thiago Silva Antonini Gattuso Pirlo Seedorf Pato Borriello Ronaldinho

Starting line-up.

Updated 18 August 2009.^[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BRA Dida 4 DF  GEO Kakha Kaladze 5 DF  USA Oguchi Onyewu 7 FW  BRA Alexandre Pato 8 MF  ITA Gennaro Gattuso 9 FW  ITA Filippo Inzaghi 10 MF  NED Clarence Seedorf 11 FW  NED Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 12 GK  ITA Christian Abbiati 13 DF  ITA Alessandro Nesta 15 DF  ITA Gianluca Zambrotta 16 MF  FRA Mathieu Flamini 17 FW  ITA Gianmarco Zigoni 18 DF  CZE Marek Jankulovski 19 DF  ITA Giuseppe Favalli

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  ITA Ignazio Abate 21 MF  ITA Andrea Pirlo 22 FW  ITA Marco Borriello 23 MF  ITA Massimo Ambrosini (captain) 25 DF  ITA Daniele Bonera 30 MF  BRA Mancini 31 GK  ITA Flavio Roma 32 MF  ENG David Beckham 33 DF  BRA Thiago Silva 40 FW  GHA Dominic Adiyiah 44 DF  ITA Massimo Oddo 51 MF  SLE Rodney Strasser 56 DF  ITA Andrea De Vito 77 DF  ITA Luca Antonini 80 MF  BRA Ronaldinho

List of 2009–10 transfers

(*) denotes a winter transfer

In

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 33 DF  BRA Thiago Silva (from Fluminense, €10M[3]) 20 DF  ITA Ignazio Abate (from Torino, undisclosed[4]) 30 GK  ITA Marco Storari (loan return from Fiorentina[5]) 17 FW  ITA Gianmarco Zigoni (from Treviso, undisclosed[6]) 5 DF  USA Oguchi Onyewu (from Standard Liège, free transfer[7]) 11 FW  NED Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (from Real Madrid, €15M[8])

No. Pos. Nation Player 31 GK  ITA Flavio Roma (from Monaco, undisclosed) 44 DF  ITA Massimo Oddo (loan return from Bayern Munich) 32 MF  ENG David Beckham (on loan from Los Angeles Galaxy[9]) * 40 FW  GHA Dominic Adiyiah (from Fredrikstad[10]) * 30 MF  BRA Mancini (on loan from Internazionale)

Out

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  ITA Paolo Maldini (retired) 5 MF  BRA Emerson (Santos[11]) 22 MF  BRA Kaká (to Real Madrid, €65M[12]) — MF  FRA Yoann Gourcuff (to Bordeaux, €15M[13]) — FW  ITA Alberto Paloschi (co-ownership with Parma, undisclosed[14])

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 GK  AUS Zeljko Kalac (Kavala[15]) 20 MF  URU Tabaré Viudez (Defensor Sporting.[16]) 14 MF  URU Mathias Cardacio (Defensor Sporting.[16]) — DF  ITA Davide Astori (co-ownership with Cagliari, undisclosed[17]) — DF  ITA Elia Legati (co-ownership with Crotone, undisclosed[18])

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  GAB Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (to Lille[19]) — FW  GAB Willy Aubameyang (to KAS Eupen[20]) — DF  ITA Matteo Bruscagin (to Gubbio[21]) 36 DF  ITA Matteo Darmian (to Padova[22]) — DF  BRA Digão (to Lecce[23]) — GK  ITA Davide Facchin (to Pavia[24])

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  BRA Marcus (to Livorno[25]) — MF  NGA Wilfred Osuji (to Varese[26]) — MF  NED Chedric Seedorf (to Monza) — FW  NGA Kingsley Umunegbu (to Varese) 30 GK  ITA Marco Storari (to Sampdoria)

Squad statistics

Updated to games played 16 May 2010.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia		UEFA Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	BRA	Dida	28	0	23	0	0	0	5	0
20	DF	ITA	Abate	36	0	22+8	0	0+1	0	3+2	0
13	DF	ITA	Nesta	30	3	22+1	3	0	0	7	0
33	DF	BRA	Thiago Silva	40	2	33	2	0	0	7	0
77	DF	ITA	Antonini	25	1	20+2	1	1	0	2	0
10	MF	NED	Seedorf	37	6	25+4	5	0	0	6+2	1
8	MF	ITA	Gattuso	28	0	23+2	0	2	0	0+1	0
21	MF	ITA	Pirlo	43	1	33+1	0	0+1	0	8	1
23	MF	ITA	Ambrosini	39	1	26+4	1	1	0	8	0
80	MF	BRA	Ronaldinho	42	15	32+2	12	0	0	7+1	3
22	FW	ITA	Borriello	35	15	27+2	14	0+1	0	4+1	1
12	GK	ITA	Abbiati	11	0	8+1	0	1	0	1	0
7	FW	BRA	Pato	30	14	20+3	12	0	0	7	2
15	DF	ITA	Zambrotta	30	0	19+5	0	1	0	4+1	0
19	DF	ITA	Favalli	18	0	15+1	0	1	0	0+1	0
16	MF	FRA	Flamini	32	1	14+11	0	2	1	3+2	0
11	FW	NED	Huntelaar	30	7	11+14	7	2	0	2+1	0
44	DF	ITA	Oddo	18	0	9+5	0	0	0	4	0
32	MF	ENG	Beckham	13	0	7+4	0	0	0	1+1	0
25	DF	ITA	Bonera	11	0	6+1	0	2	0	2	0
18	DF	CZE	Jankulovski	15	0	5+7	0	1	0	2	0
4	DF	GEO	Kaladze	10	0	5+1	0	2	0	1+1	0
9	FW	ITA	Inzaghi	33	5	4+20	2	2	1	3+4	2
30	FW	BRA	Mancini	7	0	3+4	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	USA	Onyewu	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
17	FW	ITA	Zigoni	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	ITA	Roma	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	FW	GHA	Adiyiah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
56	DF	ITA	De Vito	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0
58	FW	ITA	Verdi	2	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0

Note: Starting appearance + Substitute appearance

Competitions summary

Overall

Competition	Started Round	Final Position	Final Round	First Match	Last Match
Serie A	Round 1	3rd Place	Round 38	22 August 2009	16 May 2010
Coppa Italia	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	Quarter-finals	13 January 2010	27 January 2010
UEFA Champions League	Group Stage	Round of 16	Round of 16	15 September 2009	10 March 2010

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Internazionale (C)	38	24	10	4	75	34	+41	82	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Roma	38	24	8	6	68	41	+27	80
3	Milan	38	20	10	8	60	39	+21	70
4	Sampdoria	38	19	10	9	49	41	+8	67	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5	Palermo	38	18	11	9	59	47	+12	65	Qualification to Europa League play-off round

Source: Lega Calcio and Yahoo! Sport
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) Champions

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	20	10	8	60	39	+21	70	12	5	2	37	20	+17	8	5	6	23	19	+4

Results by round

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	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	D	W	L	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	W
Position	2	11	10	8	11	11	12	8	6	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Updated to games played on 7 February 2010.^[27]

Pre-season tournaments and friendlies

Date	Tournament	Location	Opponent team	Score	Scorers
12 July 2009	Friendly	Varese, Italy	Varese	2 – 0	Inzaghi 10', 48'
22 July 2009	World Football Challenge	Atlanta, USA	Club América	1 – 2	Inzaghi 66'
24 July 2009	World Football Challenge	Baltimore, USA	Chelsea	1 – 2	Seedorf 38'
26 July 2009	World Football Challenge	Boston, USA	Internazionale	0 – 2
29 July 2009	Audi Cup	Munich, Germany	Bayern Munich	1 – 4	Pirlo 81'
30 July 2009	Audi Cup	Munich, Germany	Boca Juniors	1 – 1 (4 – 5p)	Silva 27'
8 August 2009	Eusébio Cup	Lisbon, Portugal	Benfica	1 – 1 (5 – 6p)	Sidnei 87' (o.g.)
14 August 2009	TIM Trophy	Pescara, Italy	Internazionale	0 – 1
14 August 2009	TIM Trophy	Pescara, Italy	Juventus	0 – 2
17 August 2009	2009 Trofeo Luigi Berlusconi	Milan, Italy	Juventus	1 – 1 (5 – 4p)	Pato 68'

Serie A

Round	Date	Home/Away	Opponent team	Score F - A	Scorers	Record	Pts	Att.
1	22 August 2009	Away	Siena	2 – 1	Pato 29', 48'	1 - 0 - 0	3	15,028
2	29 August 2009	Home	Internazionale	0 – 4		1 - 0 - 1	3	78,467
3	12 September 2009	Away	Livorno	0 – 0		1 - 1 - 1	4	15,982
4	20 September 2009	Home	Bologna	1 – 0	Seedorf 75'	2 - 1 - 1	7	35,713
5	23 September 2009	Away	Udinese	0 – 1		2 - 1 - 2	7	25,000
6	27 September 2009	Home	Bari	0 – 0		2 - 2 - 2	8	37,354
7	4 October 2009	Away	Atalanta	1 – 1	Ronaldinho 84'	2 - 3 - 2	9	15,024
8	18 October 2009	Home	Roma	2 – 1	Ronaldinho 56' (pen.), Pato 67'	3 - 3 - 2	12	40,000
9	25 October 2009	Away	Chievo	2 – 1	Nesta 81', 90+2'	4 - 3 - 2	15	15,737
10	28 October 2009	Away	Napoli	2 – 2	Inzaghi 2', Pato 6'	4 - 4 - 2	16	55,709
11	31 October 2009	Home	Parma	2 – 0	Borriello 12', 90+3'	5 - 4 - 2	19	45,000
12	8 November 2009	Away	Lazio	2 – 1	Silva 21', Pato 35'	6 - 4 - 2	22	34,000
13	22 November 2009	Home	Cagliari	4 – 3	Seedorf 5', Borriello 38', Pato 40', Ronaldinho 62' (pen.)	7 - 4 - 2	25	39,841
14	29 November 2009	Away	Catania	2 – 0	Huntelaar 90+3', 90+5'	8 - 4 - 2	28	16,000
15	5 December 2009	Home	Sampdoria	3 – 0	Borriello 1', Seedorf 21', Pato 23'	9 - 4 - 2	31	42,824
16	13 December 2009	Home	Palermo	0 – 2		9 - 4 - 3	31	39,293
17	24 February 2010	Away	Fiorentina	2 – 1	Huntelaar 81', Pato 90+2'	15 - 6 - 4	51	38,389
18	6 January 2010	Home	Genoa	5 – 2	Ronaldinho 12', 32' (pen.), Silva 38', Borriello 48', 60', Huntelaar 74' (pen.)	10 - 4 - 3	34	33,043
19	10 January 2010	Away	Juventus	3 – 0	Nesta 29', Ronaldinho 72', 88'	11 - 4 - 3	37	24,165
20	17 January 2010	Home	Siena	4 – 0	Ronaldinho 12' (pen.), 72', 89', Borriello 28'	12 - 4 - 3	40	40,000
21	24 January 2010	Away	Internazionale	0 – 2	Ronaldinho 90+2'	12 - 4 - 4	40	80,000
22	31 January 2010	Home	Livorno	1 – 1	Ambrosini 44'	12 - 5 - 4	41	34,998
23	7 February 2010	Away	Bologna	0 – 0		12 - 6 - 4	42	30,000
24	12 February 2010	Home	Udinese	3 – 2	Huntelaar 7', 57', Pato 39'	13 - 6 - 4	45	33,837
25	21 February 2010	Away	Bari	2 – 0	Borriello 43', Pato 69'	14 - 6 - 4	48	53,000
26	28 February 2010	Home	Atalanta	3 – 1	Pato 30', 41', Ronaldinho 61', Borriello 61'	16 - 6 - 4	54	30,000
27	6 March 2010	Away	Roma	0 – 0		16 - 7 - 4	55	72,000
28	14 March 2010	Home	Chievo	1 – 0	Seedorf 90+1'	17 - 7 - 4	58	37,866
29	21 March 2010	Home	Napoli	1 – 1	Inzaghi 26'	17 - 8 - 4	59	51,044
30	24 March 2010	Away	Parma	0 – 1		17 - 8 - 5	59	20,493
31	28 March 2010	Home	Lazio	1 – 1	Borriello 18' (pen.)	17 - 9 - 5	60	40,393
32	3 April 2010	Away	Cagliari	3 – 2	Borriello 7', Huntelaar 19', Astori 38' (o.g.)	18 - 9 - 5	63	20,000
33	11 April 2010	Home	Catania	2 – 2	Borriello 48', 81'	18 - 10 - 5	64	47,124
34	18 April 2010	Away	Sampdoria	1 – 2	Borriello 20'	18 - 10 - 6	64	23,000
35	24 April 2010	Away	Palermo	1 – 3	Seedorf 55'	18 - 10 - 7	64	25,695
36	1 May 2010	Home	Fiorentina	1 – 0	Ronaldinho 78' (pen.)	19 - 10 - 7	67	47,579
37	9 May 2010	Away	Genoa	0 – 1		19 - 10 - 8	67	---
38	15 May 2010	Home	Juventus	3 – 0	Antonini 14', Ronaldinho 28', 67'	20 - 10 - 8	70	66,108

Coppa Italia

Match	Date	Round	Home/Away	Opponent team	Score	Scorers
1	13 January 2010	Round of 16	Home	Novara	2 – 1	Inzaghi 11', Flamini 81'
2	27 January 2010	Quarterfinals	Home	Udinese	0 – 1

UEFA Champions League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Real Madrid	6	4	1	1	15	7	+8	13	Advance to knockout phase
2	Milan	6	2	3	1	8	7	+1	9
3	Marseille	6	2	1	3	10	10	0	7	Transfer to Europa League
4	Zürich	6	1	1	4	5	14	−9	4

Source: RSSSF

Match	Date	Round	Home/Away	Opponent team	Score	Scorers
1	15 September 2009	Group Stage	Away	Marseille	2 – 1	Inzaghi 28', 74'
2	30 September 2009	Group Stage	Home	Zürich	0 – 1
3	21 October 2009	Group Stage	Away	Real Madrid	3 – 2	Pirlo 62', Pato 67', 88'
4	3 November 2009	Group Stage	Home	Real Madrid	1 – 1	Ronaldinho 35' (pen.)
5	25 November 2009	Group Stage	Home	Marseille	1 – 1	Borriello 10'
6	8 December 2009	Group Stage	Away	Zürich	1 – 1	Ronaldinho 65' (pen.)
7	16 February 2010	Knockout Stage	Home	Manchester United	2 – 3	Ronaldinho 3', Seedorf 85'
8	10 March 2010	Knockout Stage	Away	Manchester United	0 – 4

Player seasonal records

Competitive matches only. Numbers in brackets indicate appearances made. Updated to games played 28 March 2010.

Goalscorers

Rank	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	UEFA Champions League	Total
1	Ronaldinho	12	-	3	15
2	Marco Borriello	14	-	1	15
3	Alexandre Pato	12	-	2	14
4	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	7	-	-	7
5	Clarence Seedorf	5	-	1	6
6	Filippo Inzaghi	2	1	2	5
7	Alessandro Nesta	3	-	-	3
8	Thiago Silva	2	-	-	2
9	Andrea Pirlo	-	-	1	1
	Mathieu Flamini	-	1	-
	Massimo Ambrosini	1	-	-

Goals conceded

Rank	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	UEFA Champions League	Total	Average per game
1	Dida	16 (15)	-	7 (5)	23 (20)	1.150
2	Marco Storari	7 (7)	1 (1)	2 (2)	10 (10)	1
3	Christian Abbiati	3 (6)	1 (1)	4 (1)	8 (8)	1

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