2012–13 AC Milan season

The 2012–13 season was Associazione Calcio Milan's 79th in the Serie A and 30th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. Milan strived to regain the Serie A title, which they lost to Juventus in the previous season. The Rossoneri also competed in UEFA Champions League, as well as the Coppa Italia.

Milan

2012–13 season
Chairman Honorary chairman	Vacant Silvio Berlusconi
Head coach	Massimiliano Allegri
Stadium	San Siro
Serie A	3rd
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Stephan El Shaarawy (16) All: Stephan El Shaarawy (19)
Highest home attendance	79,532 (UEFA C.L.) vs Barcelona (20 February 2013)
Lowest home attendance	27,593 (UEFA C.L.) vs Anderlecht (18 September 2012)
Average home league attendance	43.651[1]
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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This season was the first not to feature a number of recent club legends, namely Gennaro Gattuso (1999–2012), Filippo Inzaghi (2001–2012), Clarence Seedorf (2002–2012), and Alessandro Nesta (2002–2012), whose contracts were not extended at the end of the previous season. High-profile players arriving at the club as veterans, namely Gianluca Zambrotta and Mark van Bommel, were also released from their contracts following their expiration on 1 July 2012. Finally, star players Thiago Silva and Zlatan Ibrahimović unexpectedly left Milan during pre-season when the club accepted transfer offers for both from PSG.

Due to financial problems, the club failed to sign any high-profile players as suitable replacements for the departed team leaders, which had a long-term negative effect on the team's morale and ability to compete for trophies.^[2] However, as Alexandre Pato decided to move back to Brazil in January 2013, the UEFA Euro 2012 star striker Mario Balotelli was signed from Manchester City to front the team's attack.^[3]

On the contrary, senior players Massimo Ambrosini and Christian Abbiati, both 35 years of age at the time, had their contracts extended and named captain and vice-captain for the season. The duo had been at the club together since the 1998–99 season, in which they won the Scudetto as part of the starting XI under manager Alberto Zaccheroni.^[4]

Over the first 6 months of the season, Milan struggled a lot, losing a total of 9 games (7 in Serie A and 2 in the Champions League), as well as 4 pre-season friendlies. In 2013, however, the team lost only three games across all competitions. With 13 more wins and 6 draws in the Serie A, the club eventually finished in the 3rd place, securing a spot in the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League qualification play-off, which became the club's main objective for the season following the team's elimination in the round of 16 of the previous edition of the competition.

Players

Abbiati Abate Zapata Mexès De Sciglio Nocerino Montolivo Ambrosini Prince Balotelli El Shaarawy

Starting line-up. Until the signing of Mario Balotelli in the winter transfer session, Giampaolo Pazzini was the first choice as central striker in the forward line.

As of 25 January 2013.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ITA Marco Amelia 2 DF  ITA Mattia De Sciglio 4 MF  GHA Sulley Muntari 5 DF  FRA Philippe Mexès 7 FW  BRA Robinho 8 MF  ITA Antonio Nocerino 9 FW  BRA Alexandre Pato 10 MF  GHA Kevin-Prince Boateng 11 FW  ITA Giampaolo Pazzini 12 MF  MLI Bakaye Traore 14 DF  POL Bartosz Salamon 16 MF  FRA Mathieu Flamini 17 DF  COL Cristián Zapata (on loan from Villarreal) 18 MF  ITA Riccardo Montolivo 19 FW  FRA M'Baye Niang

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  ITA Ignazio Abate 21 MF  GUI Kévin Constant 22 FW  ESP Bojan (on loan from Barcelona) 23 MF  ITA Massimo Ambrosini (captain) 25 DF  ITA Daniele Bonera 32 GK  ITA Christian Abbiati (vice-captain) 34 MF  NED Nigel de Jong 35 DF  ESP Dídac Vilà 45 FW  ITA Mario Balotelli 59 GK  BRA Gabriel 76 DF  COL Mario Yepes 77 DF  ITA Luca Antonini 81 DF  ITA Cristian Zaccardo 92 FW  ITA Stephan El Shaarawy

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Milan began their pre-season training at Milanello on Monday, 9 July 2012. The Rossoneri played their first set of friendlies in Bari on 21, July, 2012 to contest the TIM Trophy consisting of three games, of 45 minutes each, against rivals Internazionale and Juventus. Milan's first game was against Juventus, they started well but The Old Lady were awarded a penalty after Bakaye Traoré tackled Mirko Vučinić inside the box in the 31st minute, he then converted the spot-kick which subsequently resulted in Milan's first loss. Their second game was against Inter, Il Diavolo would go ahead in the 16th minute through a Stephan El Shaarawy strike, but Nerazzuri would come back to win through a Fredy Guarín header in the 25th minute, and with Rodrigo Palacio scoring the tie-breaker in the 34th minute, forcing Milan to finish last in the competition with two losses.

On Tuesday, 24 July 2012, Milan played German side Schalke 04 at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, in a balanced match of offense and defense, Urby Emanuelson scored in the 62nd minute to break the stalemate, his sole strike would go on and win the friendly match for the Rossoneri. On Saturday, 28 July 2012, Milan contended in the World Football Challenge, playing a friendly against 2011–12 UEFA Champions League winners, Chelsea, in Miami, Milan looked to be physically dominated by the Blues in the early stages, but became the livelier of the two sides later on, and in the second half, in the 68th minute, after a clinical counter by the Rossoneri, Kevin-Prince Boateng played a perfect through ball to Urby Emanuelson drawing two defenders before passing the ball off to Stephan El Shaarawy. El Shaarawy's subsequent shot was parried by Petr Čech into Emanuelson's path who struck it into the net for the only goal in the game, and a second win for Milan.

Milan played Honduran side Olimpia on Saturday, 4 August in Massachusetts. Milan took the lead in the 24th minute when Robinho shot a low effort from outside the box into the bottom left corner of the goal. Antonio Nocerino would then score the second goal from a Robinho assist and his second, Milan's third, from an Ignazio Abate low cross after drawing the keeper out of his goal in the 37 and 44th minutes, respectively, although Olimpia would pull one back through José Escalante in the 72nd minute. Milan next played Spanish champions Real Madrid in the World Football Challenge at Yankee Stadium in New York on Wednesday, 8 August. Both teams started with strong lineups but it was Madrid who took the through Ángel Di María in the 24th minute. Robinho managed to equalise for Milan nine minutes later as both teams went into half time level. Milan made nine changes to the side after halftime. Milan were unable to keep the same rhythm, however, as Cristiano Ronaldo scored two goals in the 49th and 66th minutes and goals from Sergio Ramos and José Callejón in the 81st and 89th minute of the match damaged Milan to a heavy 5–1 defeat in the match.

A week later, Milan played their final pre-season game against Juventus in the annual Trofeo Berlusconi at the San Siro on Sunday, 19 August. Robinho opened the scoring for Milan after netting home in the ninth minute. Claudio Marchisio, however, managed to equalize four minutes later and Juventus went into the break with the lead with Arturo Vidal slipping the ball home three minutes before halftime. In the second half, Milan made changes to try to get back into the game but Alessandro Matri netted Juventus' third goal of the night in the 64th minute. Robinho managed to reduce the deficit with a penalty goal 13 minutes before time. Milan had chances to tie the game but it was not enough as Juventus clinched the Trofeo Luigi Berlusconi.^[5][6][7]

Juventus v Milan

21 July 2012 TIM Trophy	Juventus	1–0	Milan	Bari, Italy
21:45 CEST	Vučinić 31' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Nicola
Note: 45-minute match

Internazionale v Milan

21 July 2012 TIM Trophy	Internazionale	2–1	Milan	Bari, Italy
22:45 CEST	Guarín 25' Palacio 34'	Report	El Shaarawy 16'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola
Note: 45-minute match

Schalke 04 v Milan

24 July 2012 Friendly	Schalke 04	0–1	Milan	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
15:00 BST		Report	Emanuelson 62'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena

Chelsea v Milan

28 July 2012 World Football Challenge	Chelsea	0–1	Milan	Miami, Florida
18:00 EDT		Report	Emanuelson 68'	Stadium: Sun Life Stadium Attendance: 57,748 Referee: Ricardo Salazar (United States)

Milan v Olimpia

4 August 2012 Friendly	Milan	3–1	Olimpia	Foxborough, Massachusetts
16:30 EDT	Robinho 24' Nocerino 37', 44'	Report	Escalante 72'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium

Real Madrid v Milan

8 August 2012 World Football Challenge	Real Madrid	5–1	Milan	New York, New York
20:00 EDT	Di María 24' Ronaldo 49', 66' Ramos 81' Callejón 89'	Report	Robinho 33'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 49,474 Referee: Jair Marrufo

Milan v Juventus

19 August 2012 Trofeo Luigi Berlusconi	Milan	2–3	Juventus	Milan, Italy
23:00 CEST	Robinho 9', 77'	Report	Marchisio 12' Vidal 43' Matri 64'	Stadium: San Siro

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Serie A

Main article: 2012–13 Serie A

The fixtures for the 2012–13 Serie A were announced on 26 July 2012. The season started on Sunday 26 August 2012 with Milan taking on Sampdoria at the San Siro, it ends Sunday 19 May 2013 with a match away against Siena. Three midweek fixtures were planned, 26 September, 31 October and on 8 May, while the winter break is planned for 23 December to 5 January. The first international break took place the weekend of 8–9 September, which was after the second round of matches, rather than after the first as has happened in recent seasons.^[8][9]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus (C)	38	27	6	5	71	24	+47	87	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Napoli	38	23	9	6	73	36	+37	78
3	Milan	38	21	9	8	67	39	+28	72	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
4	Fiorentina	38	21	7	10	72	44	+28	70	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
5	Udinese	38	18	12	8	59	45	+14	66	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round

Source: Serie A, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th goal difference; 5th number of goals scored; 6th public draw.
(Head-to-head record is applied for clubs with the same number of points only once all matches between said clubs have been played)^[10]
(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	21	9	8	67	39	+28	72	13	2	4	33	15	+18	8	7	4	34	24	+10

Last updated: 19 May 2013.
Source: Competitive matches

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	W
Position	13	10	13	15	10	11	11	15	12	12	10	13	12	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	5	4	5	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2013. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Milan v Sampdoria

26 August 2012 1	Milan	0–1	Sampdoria	Milan
18:00	Boateng  67' Bonera  90+2'	Report	Krstičić  16' Gastaldello  42' Costa 59',  69' Tissone  79' Romero  82'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 36,288 Referee: Luca Banti

Bologna v Milan

1 September 2012 2	Bologna	1–3	Milan	Bologna
20:45	Cherubin  15' Diamanti 42' (pen.)	Report	Pazzini 16' (pen.), 77', 85',  59' Montolivo  18' Bonera  24' Ambrosini  28' De Jong  68'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 22,202 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Milan v Atalanta

15 September 2012 3	Milan	0–1	Atalanta	Milan
20:45	El Shaarawy  43' Bonera  57'	Report	Biondini  59' Cigarini 64',  80' Moralez  85' Raimondi  85'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 34,763 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Udinese v Milan

23 September 2012 4	Udinese	2–1	Milan	Udine
15:00	Ranégie 40' Di Natale 68' (pen.) Pinzi  77' Coda  80'	Report	Ambrosini  40' El Shaarawy 54' Zapata  64'  67' Boateng  75'  82'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 22,976 Referee: Domenico Celi

Milan v Cagliari

26 September 2012 5	Milan	2–0	Cagliari	Milan
20:45	De Jong  12' El Shaarawy 15', 82' Pazzini  63' De Sciglio  71'	Report	Pisano  3' Pinilla  37' Conti  64'  66'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 28,005 Referee: Andrea De Marco

Parma v Milan

29 September 2012 6	Parma	1–1	Milan	Parma
18:00	Rosi  4' Galloppa 66' Biabiany  88'	Report	Ambrosini  20' El Shaarawy 50' Boateng  59' Abbiati  64'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 14,239 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Milan v Internazionale

7 October 2012 7	Milan	0–1	Internazionale	Milan
20:45	Mexès  34' De Jong  38' Pazzini  82' Montolivo  85' Yepes  88'	Report	Samuel 3' Juan  11' Nagatomo  24'  48' Ranocchia  83'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 73,736 Referee: Paolo Valeri

Lazio v Milan

20 October 2012 8	Lazio	3–2	Milan	Rome
19:45	Dias  13' Hernanes 25' Candreva 41' Klose 49' González  56'	Report	Nocerino  12' Yepes  37' Antonini  56' De Jong 61' El Shaarawy 79'	Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 41,815 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Milan v Genoa

27 October 2012 9	Milan	1–0	Genoa	Milan
15:00	Yepes  75' El Shaarawy 77'	Report	Bertolacci  36' Bovo  59'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 33,046 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

Palermo v Milan

30 October 2012 10	Palermo	2–2	Milan	Palermo
15:00	Miccoli 45+1' (pen.) Brienza 47' García  58' Cetto  74'	Report	Bonera  2' Constant  23' Flamini  32' Montolivo 69' El Shaarawy 80' Mexès  86'	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 12,346 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Milan v Chievo

3 November 2012 11	Milan	5–1	Chievo	Milan
15:00	Emanuelson 16' Montolivo 36' Bojan 41' El Shaarawy 75' Pazzini 90+2'	Report	Dramé  5' Pellissier 18' Guana  55'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 33,360 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

Milan v Fiorentina

11 November 2012 12	Milan	1–3	Fiorentina	Milan
15:00	Bonera  30' Pazzini 59' Ambrosini  61' Mexès  68'	Report	Aquilani 10',  63' Pizarro  24' Roncaglia  33' Valero  34', 37' El Hamdaoui 87'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 36,180 Referee: Andrea Romeo

Napoli v Milan

18 November 2012 13	Napoli	2–2	Milan	Naples
15:00	Inler 5' Insigne 30' Cavani  52' Campagnaro  63' Cannavaro  64'	Report	El Shaarawy 44', 82',  90' Bojan  78'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 52,546 Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

Milan v Juventus

24 November 2012 14	Milan	1–0	Juventus	Milan
15:00	Nocerino  17' Robinho 31' (pen.) Yepes  90+4'	Report	Isla  30' Bonucci  43' Marchisio  86' Giovinco  90+3'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 77,023 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Catania v Milan

2 December 2012 15	Catania	1–3	Milan	Catania
15:00	Legrottaglie 11' Barrientos  41'  49' Bellusci  86' Rolín  90+5'	Report	El Shaarawy 53', 90+2',  54' Boateng 56',  90' Amelia  60'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Torino v Milan

7 December 2012 16	Torino	2–4	Milan	Turin
15:00	Santana 28' Darmian  33' Gazzi  62' Masiello  63' Bianchi 80' Di Cesare  86'	Report	Robinho 40' Nocerino 53' Abate  55' Pazzini 61' El Shaarawy 76' Emanuelson  86'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 20,126 Referee: Andrea Romeo

Milan v Pescara

16 December 2012 17	Milan	4–1	Pescara	Milan
15:00	Nocerino 1' Abbruscato 51' (o.g.) Yepes  56' Ambrosini  74' Jonathas 79' (o.g.) El Shaarawy 81'	Report	Modesto  40' Togni  50' Terlizzi 56'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 42,520 Referee: Antonio Danilo Giannoccaro

Roma v Milan

22 December 2012 18	Roma	4–2	Milan	Rome
15:00	Burdisso 13',  54' Osvaldo 24' Lamela 30', 61' Marquinhos  78' Goicoechea  87'	Report	Yepes  15' Ambrosini  58' Mexès  81' Pazzini 87' (pen.) Bojan 89'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 50,206 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Milan v Siena

6 January 2013 19	Milan	2–1	Siena	Milan
15:00	Ambrosini  49' Bojan 67' Pazzini  73', 80' (pen.)	Report	Ângelo  33' Del Grosso  70' Vergassola  83' Felipe  85' Neto  90' Paolucci 87'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 30,404 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

Sampdoria v Milan

13 January 2013 20	Sampdoria	0–0	Milan	Genoa
15:00	Gastaldello  87'	Report	Mexès  38' Niang  73'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 24,544 Referee: Marco Guida

Milan v Bologna

20 January 2013 21	Milan	2–1	Bologna	Milan
15:00	Pazzini 65', 82' Abate  80'	Report	Diamanti  21' Pazienza  32' Cherubin  77' Mexès 84' (o.g.)	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 30,031 Referee: Daniele Doveri

Atalanta v Milan

27 January 2013 (2013-01-27) 22	Atalanta	0–1	Milan	Bergamo
15:00	Brivio  49'  59' Raimondi  55' Consigli  78' Biondini  84' Carmona  88'	Report	El Shaarawy 29' Pazzini  55' Montolivo  71' Mexès  78' Abbiati  90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 18,805 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

Milan v Udinese

3 February 2013 23	Milan	2–1	Udinese	Milan
20:45	Montolivo  16' Balotelli 25', 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Pinzi  13', 55' Domizzi  38' Lazzari  64' Silva  84'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Davide Massa

Cagliari v Milan

10 February 2013 24	Cagliari	1–1	Milan	Quartu Sant'Elena
15:00	Ibarbo 45' Murru  47' Conti  51' Astori  67'  81' Dessena  68'	Report	Niang  38' Mexès  45' Ambrosini  63' Balotelli 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Is Arenas Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Antonio Danilo Giannoccaro

Milan v Parma

15 February 2013 25	Milan	2–1	Parma	Milan
15:00	Paletta 39' (o.g.) Zapata  74' Balotelli 78'	Report	Marchionni  66' Sansone 90+3'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 33,077 Referee: Davide Massa

Internazionale v Milan

24 February 2013 26	Internazionale	1–1	Milan	Milan
15:00	Ranocchia  34' Juan  43' Schelotto 71'	Report	Mexès  12' El Shaarawy 21' Muntari  31' Zapata  89'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

Milan v Lazio

2 March 2013 27	Milan	3–0	Lazio	Milan
15:00	Pazzini  32', 40', 60' Boateng 44'  58' Yepes  90'	Report	Candreva  16' Biava  47' Radu  59'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Genoa v Milan

8 March 2013 28	Genoa	0–2	Milan	Genoa
15:00	Portanova  18' Granqvist  35' Bovo  65' Antonelli  88'	Report	Pazzini 22' Balotelli  25', 60' Constant  32'  65' Flamini  56'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Antonio Damato

Milan v Palermo

17 March 2013 29	Milan	2–0	Palermo	Milan
15:00	Balotelli 8' (pen.), 66' Zapata  31'	Report	Muñoz  71'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 41,584 Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo

Chievo v Milan

30 March 2013 30	Chievo	0–1	Milan	Verona
15:00	Dramé  27' Dainelli  33'  78' Cofie  50' Cesar  62' Andreolli  70'	Report	Balotelli  17' Montolivo 25'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Referee: Domenico Celi

Fiorentina v Milan

7 April 2013 31	Fiorentina	2–2	Milan	Florence
15:00	Tomović  40' Cuadrado  44' Ljajić 66' (pen.) Aquilani  67' Pizarro 73' (pen.) Roncaglia  81'	Report	Montolivo 14',  35' Muntari  45' Flamini 62' Balotelli  71'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Milan v Napoli

14 April 2013 32	Milan	1–1	Napoli	Milan
15:00	Flamini 30',  72' Pazzini  84' Mexès  89'	Report	Pandev 33' De Sanctis  64' Maggio  72' Cavani  75' Britos  87' Campagnaro  89'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 72,024 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Juventus v Milan

21 April 2013 33	Juventus	1–0	Milan	Turin
15:00	Vidal 57' (pen.)	Report	Amelia  56' Zapata  66' Mexès  71'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 40,474 Referee: Luca Banti

Milan v Catania

28 April 2013 34	Milan	4–2	Catania	Milan
15:00	De Sciglio  9' Flamini 45'  78' Balotelli  72', 90+2' (pen.) Pazzini 74', 77'	Report	Bergessio  26', 65' Legrottaglie 30',  41' Frison  37' Barrientos  78' Marchese  86'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 36,335 Referee: Davide Massa

Milan v Torino

5 May 2013 35	Milan	1–0	Torino	Milan
15:00	Mexès  49' Muntari  73' Boateng  74' Balotelli 84',  85'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Antonio Damato

Pescara v Milan

8 May 2013 36	Pescara	0–4	Milan	Pescara
18:00	Rizzo  11'	Report	Balotelli 10' (pen.), 57' Muntari 33' Flamini 51'	Stadium: Stadio Adriatico Attendance: 20,476 Referee: Carmine Russo

Milan v Roma

12 May 2013 37	Milan	0–0	Roma	Milan
20:45	Balotelli  40' Muntari  41'  41' Ambrosini  78' Constant  93'	Report	Dodô  73' Burdisso  88' Totti  90'  90+2'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Siena v Milan

19 May 2013 38	Siena	1–2	Milan	Siena
20:45	Terzi 25' Terlizzi  45'  70' Agra  81' Vitiello  86' Rubin  89' Felipe  90'	Report	Ambrosini  62'  69' De Sciglio  81' Balotelli 84' (pen.) Mexès 87'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi – Montepaschi Arena Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2012–13 Coppa Italia

For the 14th season in a row, Milan will start the Coppa Italia directly in the round of 16, as one of the eight best seeded teams.

Milan v Reggina

10 January 2013 Round of 16	Milan	3–0	Reggina	Milan
21:00	Yepes 51' Strasser  76' Niang 79' Pazzini 81'	Report	Bombagi  45' Freddi  71'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

Juventus v Milan

15 January 2013 Quarter-finals	Juventus	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Milan	Turin
20:45	Giovinco 12' Vidal  65' Vučinić 95',  113'	Report	El Shaarawy 6' Mexès  17' Boateng  30' Montolivo  101'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group C

Milan began their UEFA Champions League campaign in the group stage after finishing runner-up in the 2011–12 Serie A season. Due to their UEFA coefficient, they were seeded in Pot 1, among the best eight teams. The draw for the preliminary round took place in Montecarlo on Thursday, 30 August 2012. Milan were drawn against Spanish side Málaga, as well as Belgian and Russian champions, Anderlecht and Zenit Saint Petersburg respectively.^[5][11][12]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MLG	MIL	ZEN	AND
1	Málaga	6	3	3	0	12	5	+7	12	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–0	3–0	2–2
2	Milan	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	8			1–1	—	0–1	0–0
3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	2	1	3	6	9	−3	7	Transfer to Europa League		2–2	2–3	—	1–0
4	Anderlecht	6	1	2	3	4	9	−5	5			0–3	1–3	1–0	—

Source: Soccerway

Milan v Anderlecht

18 September 2012 1	Milan	0–0	Anderlecht	Milan, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Flamini  84' Mexès  90+2'	Report	Wasilewski  57' Kljestan  79'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 27,593 Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Milan

3 October 2012 2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–3	Milan	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fayzulin  12' Anyukov  35' Hulk 45+2' Shirokov 49',  87' Hubočan  71'	Report	Emanuelson 13' El Shaarawy 16',  40' Bonera  36' Hubočan 75' (o.g.) Yepes  85'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,703 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Málaga v Milan

24 October 2012 3	Málaga	1–0	Milan	Málaga, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Joaquín 64' Iturra  67'	Report	Montolivo  12' Constant  43' Mexès  43' Bonera  69'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Stadium Attendance: 27,683 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Milan v Málaga

6 November 2012 4	Milan	1–1	Málaga	Milan, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	De Jong  34' Emanuelson  43' Montolivo  53' Pato 73'		Eliseu 40' Iturra  59' Weligton  64' Sánchez  64'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 30,891 Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Anderlecht v Milan

21 November 2012 5	Anderlecht	1–3	Milan	Anderlecht, Belgium
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Biglia  49' Gillet  66' Nuytinck  70' De Sutter 78'	Report	Nocerino  41' El Shaarawy 47' Mexès 71',  79' Abbiati  84' Pato 90+1'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 19,803 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Milan v Zenit Saint Petersburg

4 December 2012 6	Milan	0–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Milan, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Flamini  58' Robinho  87'	Report	Danny 35' Lombaerts  43' Hulk  46' Alves  87'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 29,508 Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

Round of 16

Milan v Barcelona

20 February 2013 First leg	Milan	2–0	Barcelona	Milan, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mexès  24' Boateng 57' Muntari 81' Traoré  90+1'	Report	Busquets  55' Piqué  57'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 79,532 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

Barcelona v Milan

12 March 2013 Second leg	Barcelona	4–0 (4–2 agg.)	Milan	Barcelona, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Messi 5', 40' Villa 55' Alba 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 94,944 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Squad statistics

Appearances, goals and disciplinary record

Updated 30 June 2013.^[13][14]

No.	Pos.	Name	LS	LA	LG	CS	CA	CG	ES	EA	EG	TS	TA	TG
1	GK	Marco Amelia	10	11	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	12	13	0	1	0	0
2	DF	Mattia De Sciglio	25	27	0	1	1	0	4	4	0	30	32	0	1	0	0
4	MF	Sulley Muntari	11	15	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	12	17	2	2	0	0
5	DF	Philippe Mexès	25	25	1	1	1	0	6	6	1	32	32	2	14	0	0
7	FW	Robinho	11	23	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	12	26	2	1	0	0
8	MF	Antonio Nocerino	20	26	2	0	0	0	2	3	0	22	29	2	4	0	0
9	FW	Alexandre Pato1	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	4	7	2	0	0	0
10	MF	Kevin-Prince Boateng	25	29	2	1	1	0	6	6	1	32	36	3	6	1	1
11	FW	Giampaolo Pazzini	15	30	15	2	2	0	4	4	0	21	36	15	6	0	0
12	MF	Bakaye Traoré	1	7	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	9	0	1	0	0
13	DF	Francesco Acerbi1	5	6	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	8	10	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Rodney Strasser1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
14	DF	Bartosz Salamon2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	Djamel Mesbah1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
16	MF	Mathieu Flamini	15	18	4	1	1	0	3	3	0	19	22	4	5	0	0
17	DF	Cristián Zapata	22	23	0	1	1	0	4	4	0	27	28	0	5	2	0
18	MF	Riccardo Montolivo	31	32	4	1	1	0	6	6	0	38	39	4	9	0	0
19	FW	M'Baye Niang	9	20	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	10	24	1	2	0	0
20	DF	Ignazio Abate	25	0	2	2	0	4	4	0	0	33	0	1	0	0
21	MF	Kévin Constant	20	25	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	24	30	0	2	0	0
22	FW	Bojan	5	19	3	1	2	0	4	5	0	10	27	3	1	0	0
23	MF	Massimo Ambrosini	16	20	0	1	1	0	4	4	0	21	25	0	8	0	0
25	DF	Daniele Bonera	13	13	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	17	17	0	7	0	0
28	MF	Urby Emanuelson1	8	12	1	2	2	0	5	5	1	15	19	2	2	0	0
32	GK	Christian Abbiati	28	28	0	1	1	0	7	7	0	36	36	0	3	0	0
34	MF	Nigel de Jong	10	12	1	0	0	0	4	4	0	14	16	1	4	0	0
35	DF	Dídac Vilà	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	FW	Mario Balotelli2	12	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	13	12	3	0	0
55	MF	Adrià Carmona1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
57	MF	Mattia Valoti1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
59	GK	Gabriel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
76	DF	Mario Yepes	13	14	0	1	1	1	1	3	0	15	18	1	8	0	0
77	DF	Luca Antonini	5	6	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	8	9	0	1	0	0
81	DF	Cristian Zaccardo2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
92	FW	Stephan El Shaarawy	34	37	16	1	1	1	6	7	2	41	45	19	4	0	0
–	–	Own goals	–	-	2	-	–	0	-	–	1	-	–	3	-	-	-

Last updated: 28 October 2012.
Source: Competitions

¹ Player left the club during the season

² Player joined the club during the season

Transfers

During the summer transfer window, Milan parted ways with four club legends: Gennaro Gattuso, Alessandro Nesta, Clarence Seedorf and Filippo Inzaghi. Mark van Bommel also decided to leave Milan to return to the Netherlands with PSV. The first inward transfers of the season saw Riccardo Montolivo join on a Bosman transfer from Fiorentina after having failed to complete the transfer in the previous year, while Bakaye Traoré joined from Ligue 1 side Nancy. Milan also acquired promising young goalkeeper Gabriel, who joined from Brazilian club Cruzeiro. He was followed by the arrivals of Francesco Acerbi, on co-ownership, and Kévin Constant on loan, the latter as a replacement for the injured Sulley Muntari, both from Genoa on the same day. On 14 July, Milan accepted a €42 million bid for defender Thiago Silva from Paris Saint-Germain. Three days later, PSG submitted a €23 million bid for Swedish forward Zlatan Ibrahimović, which Milan accepted. The next major transfer saw Giampaolo Pazzini transfer to Milan from crosstown rivals Internazionale and Antonio Cassano heading the opposite way, with an additional fee of around €7 million. The final days of the transfer window saw Milan reinforce the squad with 17-year-old striker M'Baye Niang from Caen, 21-year-old forward Bojan from Roma on loan and combative defensive midfielder Nigel de Jong from English champions Manchester City.

In the winter transfer window, Milan parted ways with long-time striker Alexandre Pato. They also traded co-ownership with Genoa for 50 percent of Francesco Acerbi's rights in exchange for 50 percent of Kévin Constant's rights. On the last day of the transfer window, Mario Balotelli signed for Milan after he was bought from Manchester City. Milan also sold veteran goalkeeper Ferdinando Coppola to Torino and bought youngster Bartosz Salamon from Serie B side Brescia.

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes
17 May 2012	MF	Bakaye Traoré	27	Nancy	Free[15]	Effective from 1 July
17 May 2012	MF	Riccardo Montolivo	27	Fiorentina	Free[16]	Effective from 1 July
24 May 2012	GK	Gabriel	19	Cruzeiro	€500,000[17]
21 June 2012	DF	Francesco Acerbi	23	Genoa	€4M[18][19]	Co-ownership Deal
21 June 2012	MF	Kévin Constant	25	Genoa	Loan[19]
22 June 2012	FW	Stephan El Shaarawy	19	Genoa	Undisclosed[20]	Co-ownership Resolved
22 June 2012	FW	Matteo Chinellato	20	Genoa	Undisclosed[20]	Co-ownership Resolved
22 June 2012	MF	Pelé	20	Genoa	Undisclosed[20]	Co-ownership Resolved
1 July 2012	MF	Davide Di Gennaro	24	Modena	Return from Loan
1 July 2012	FW	Gianmarco Zigoni	21	Avellino	Return from Loan
1 July 2012	FW	Nnamdi Oduamadi	21	Torino	Return from Loan
1 July 2012	GK	Ferdinando Coppola	34	Torino	Return from Loan
1 July 2012	DF	Michelangelo Albertazzi	21	Varese	Return from Loan
1 July 2012	DF	Marcus Diniz	24	Como	Return from Loan
1 July 2012	DF	Taye Taiwo	27	Queens Park Rangers	Return from Loan
1 July 2012	DF	Dídac Vilà	23	Espanyol	Return from Loan
1 July 2012	DF	Cristian Daminuţă	22	Baia Mare	Return from Loan
3 July 2012	GK	Edoardo Pazzagli	23	Fiorentina	Free[21]
8 August 2012	DF	Cristián Zapata	25	Villarreal	Loan[22]	Option to Fully Purchase
22 August 2012	FW	Giampaolo Pazzini	28	Internazionale	€7M + Antonio Cassano[23]
28 August 2012	FW	M'Baye Niang	17	Caen	Undisclosed[24]
29 August 2012	FW	Bojan	21	Barcelona	Loan[25]
30 August 2012	MF	Nigel de Jong	27	Manchester City	€5M[26]
17 January 2013	MF	Riccardo Saponara	21	Empoli	€4M[27]	Co-ownership Deal
24 January 2013	DF	Cristian Zaccardo	31	Parma	Undisclosed[28]
31 January 2013	FW	Mario Balotelli	22	Manchester City	€21.5M[29]
31 January 2013	DF	Bartosz Salamon	21	Brescia	Undisclosed[30]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes
10 May 2012	DF	Alessandro Nesta	36	Montreal Impact	Free[31]
12 May 2012	FW	Filippo Inzaghi	38	Unattached	Free[32]	Retired
23 May 2012	GK	Flavio Roma	37	AS Monaco	Free[33][34]
23 May 2012	DF	Gianluca Zambrotta	35	Unattached	Free
23 May 2012	MF	Gennaro Gattuso	34	Sion	Free
23 May 2012	MF	Mark van Bommel	35	PSV	Free[35]
7 June 2012	DF	Massimo Oddo	36	Unattached	Free[36]	Retired
21 June 2012	MF	Clarence Seedorf	36	Botafogo	Free[37][38]
22 June 2012	MF	Alexander Merkel	20	Genoa	Undisclosed[20]	Co-ownership Resolved
22 June 2012	DF	Mario Sampirisi	19	Genoa	Undisclosed[20]	Co-ownership Resolved
22 June 2012	DF	Nicola Pasini	21	Genoa	Undisclosed[20]	Co-ownership Resolved
22 June 2012	DF	Matteo Darmian	22	Torino	Undisclosed[20]	Co-ownership Resolved
25 June 2012	GK	Michał Miśkiewicz	23	Wisła Kraków	Free[39]
26 June 2012	FW	Dominic Adiyiah	22	Arsenal Kyiv	Undisclosed[40]
30 June 2012	MF	Alberto Aquilani	27	Liverpool	End of Loan
30 June 2012	FW	Maxi López	28	Catania	End of Loan
14 July 2012	MF	Davide Di Gennaro	24	Spezia	Undisclosed[41]
14 July 2012	DF	Thiago Silva	27	Paris Saint-Germain	€42M[42]
17 July 2012	FW	Zlatan Ibrahimović	30	Paris Saint-Germain	€21M[43]
22 August 2012	FW	Antonio Cassano	30	Internazionale	Exchange for Giampaolo Pazzini[23]
3 January 2013	FW	Alexandre Pato	23	Corinthians	€15M[23]
25 January 2013	DF	Djamel Mesbah	28	Parma	Undisclosed[44]
26 January 2013	DF	Francesco Acerbi	24	Genoa	50% of Kevin Constant's rights[45]	Co-ownership Resolved
26 January 2013	GK	Ferdinando Coppola	34	Torino	Undisclosed[46]

Out on loan

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Until	Notes
4 July 2012	FW	Gianmario Comi	20	Reggina	30 June 2013[47]
5 July 2012	MF	Luca Santonocito	21	Renate	30 June 2013[48]
6 July 2012	GK	Riccardo Piscitelli	18	Carrarese	30 June 2013[49]
6 July 2012	MF	Simone Calvano	18	Verona	30 June 2013[50]
11 July 2012	FW	Nnamdi Oduamadi	21	Varese	30 June 2013[51]
11 July 2012	MF	Luca Bertoni	20	Südtirol	30 June 2013[52]
12 July 2012	FW	Marco Ezio Fossati	19	Ascoli	30 June 2013[53]
12 July 2012	DF	Ricardo Ferreira	19	Empoli	30 June 2013[54]
16 July 2012	FW	Gianmarco Zigoni	21	Pro Vercelli	30 June 2013[55]
16 July 2012	MF	Alessio Innocenti	19	Pro Vercelli	30 June 2013[56]
19 July 2012	MF	Edmund Hottor	19	Virtus Lanciano	30 June 2013[57]
20 July 2012	FW	Matteo Chinellato	20	Tritium	30 June 2013[58]
22 July 2012	DF	Marcus Diniz	24	Lecce	30 June 2013[59]	Option to Fully Purchase
24 July 2012	DF	Rodrigo Ely	18	Reggina	30 June 2013[60]
27 July 2012	FW	Uroš Palibrk	20	Lierse	30 June 2013[61]
27 July 2012	GK	Filippo Perucchini	20	Como	30 June 2013[62]
31 July 2012	DF	Taye Taiwo	27	Dynamo Kyiv	30 June 2013[63]	Option to Fully Purchase
31 July 2012	DF	Michelangelo Albertazzi	21	Verona	30 June 2013[64]	Option to Purchase in Co-ownership
31 July 2012	MF	Pelé	20	Arsenal Kyiv	30 June 2013[65]
2 August 2012	MF	Mitja Novinič	21	Teramo	30 June 2013[66]
2 August 2012	DF	Mattia Desole	20	Monza	30 June 2013[67]
17 January 2013	MF	Riccardo Saponara	20	Empoli	30 June 2013[68]
24 January 2013	MF	Mattia Valoti	19	Albinoleffe	30 June 2013[69]
25 January 2013	MF	Rodney Strasser	22	Parma	30 June 2013[44]
31 January 2013	MF	Urby Emanuelson	26	Fulham	30 June 2013[70]
31 January 2013	MF	Adrià Carmona	20	Real Zaragoza	30 June 2013[71]