List of AC Milan managers

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List of AC Milan managers

Associazione Calcio Milan are an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy, who currently play in Serie A. This chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of manager or technical director (i.e. a manager who has exceeded the age limit, currently set at 65, and is only allowed to manage a professional club if joined by a qualified manager)[1] of the first team of Milan since their foundation in 1899. Each manager's entry includes the seasons he spent at the club, the team's overall competitive record (in terms of matches won, drawn and lost) and honours won during his tenure. Caretaker managers are included, as well as those who have been in permanent charge.

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Carlo Ancelotti managed Milan for eight straight seasons from 2001 to 2009.

The most successful person to manage Milan is Nereo Rocco, who won two Serie A titles, three Coppa Italia, two European Cups, two Cup Winners' Cups and one Intercontinental Cup during his tenures as head coach and technical director. Rocco has also been Milan's longest-serving manager, managing the club for 459 matches (323 as head coach and 136 as technical director) in five different spells between 1961 and 1977. Milan's longest-serving manager over a single time-span is, instead, Carlo Ancelotti, whose tenure lasted seven years and 236 days, from 6 November 2001 to 30 June 2009.

List of managers

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Statistics correct as of match played 23 April 2025. Only competitive matches are counted.

More information Manager, Season ...
Manager Season M W D L GF GA Win%[nb 1] Honours Notes
England Herbert Kilpin[nb 2] 1899–1900 100103000.00
1900–01 330082100.00 League title
1901–02 100102000.00
1902–03 100102000.00
1903–04 311124033.33
1904–05 2011910000.00
1905–06 8521148062.50 League title
Total 199463331047.37
Italy Daniele Angeloni 1906–07 6420173066.67 League title
Italy Giannino Camperio 1907–08[nb 3] 000000!
1908–09 210145050.00
1909–10 166192336037.50
1910–11 1610244419062.50
Total 34173147160050.00
Technical committee 1911–12 1814316010077.78
1912–13 1813234614072.22
1913–14 1811435819061.11
1914–15 2113536518061.90
Total 7551141022961068.00
Italy Guido Moda[nb 4] 1915–16 12912229075.00 All wartime games
Italy Aldo Cevenini[nb 2][nb 4] 1916–17 1210114512083.33 All wartime games
1917–18 1311023511084.62 All wartime games
Total 2521138023084.00
Technical committee 1918–19 106222817060.00 All wartime games
Italy Guido Moda 1919–20 2014155624070.00
1920–21 2284104334036.36
Total 42225159958052.38
Italy Cesare Lovati[nb 2][nb 4] 1921–22 2274112936031.82
Italy Francesco Soldera[nb 2][nb 4] 1922 5122514020.00 Until November 1922
Austria Ferdi Oppenheim 1922–23 177822714041.18 Appointed in November 1922
1923–24 2275103844031.82
Total 391413126558035.90
Italy Vittorio Pozzo 1924–25 24101134551041.67
1925–26 93061524033.33 Sacked on 29 January 1926
Total 33131196075039.39
Italy Guido Moda[nb 4] 1926 137242815053.85 Appointed on 30 January 1926
England Herbert Burgess 1926–27 30154116353050.00
1927–28 34151095647044.12
Total 64301420119100046.88
Austria Engelbert König 1928–29 3218868037056.25
1929–30 341110135248032.35
1930–31 34127154853035.29
Total 100412534180138041.00
Hungary József Bánás 1931–32 34159105740044.12
1932–33 341110135762032.35
Total 68261923114102038.24
Hungary József Violak 1933–34 34129135049035.29
Italy Adolfo Baloncieri 1934–35 30811113638026.67
1935–36 34138134945038.24
1936 1034399030.00 Sacked on 5 December 1936
Total 742423279492032.43
England William Garbutt 1936–37 2613854326050.00 Appointed on 6 December 1936
Germany Hermann Felsner[nb 5]
Hungary József Bánás
1937–38 38171475736044.74
1938 401314000.00 Felsner sacked in October 1938
Total 421715105840040.48
Hungary József Bánás 1938–39 176472621035.29
Hungary József Violak[nb 5]
Hungary József Bánás
1939 137331914053.85 Violak appointed in March 1939
1939–40 2486103731033.33 Violak sacked on 18 March 1940
Total 37159135645040.54
Hungary József Bánás 1939–40 93331213033.33
Italy Antonio Busini[nb 5]
Italy Guido Ara
1940–41 32131096037040.63
Italy Mario Magnozzi 1941–42 36148147162038.89
1942–43 33129124754036.36
Total 69261726118116037.68
Italy Giuseppe Santagostino 1943–44 145361816035.71 All wartime games
1944–45 206682936030.00 All wartime games
Total 34119144752032.35
Italy Antonio Busini[nb 5]
Italy Adolfo Baloncieri
1945–46 42209136654047.62
Italy Antonio Busini[nb 5]
Italy Giuseppe Bigogno
1946–47 38191277552050.00
Italy Giuseppe Bigogno 1947–48 40217127648052.50
Italy Antonio Busini[nb 5]
Italy Giuseppe Bigogno
1948–49 3821898352055.26
Italy Antonio Busini[nb 5]
Hungary Lajos Czeizler
1949–50 38273811845071.05
1950–51 40288411640070.00 Serie A title
Latin Cup
1951–52 38201358741052.63
Total 116752417321126064.66
Italy Antonio Busini[nb 5]
Italy Mario Sperone
1952–53 3417986434050.00 Until May 1953
Italy Antonio Busini[nb 5]
Sweden Gunnar Gren[nb 2][nb 4]
1953 210146050.00 Gren appointed in June 1953
Italy Antonio Busini[nb 5]
Italy Arrigo Morselli
1953 94321811044.44 Sacked on 10 November 1953
Hungary Béla Guttmann 1953–54 2513754828052.00 Appointed on 11 November 1953
1954–55 1912434521063.16 Sacked on 14 February 1955
Total 44251189349056.82
Italy Ettore Puricelli 1955 178634118047.06 Serie A title Appointed on 15 February 1955
1955–56 422110119664050.00 Latin Cup
Total 5929161413782049.15
Italy Giuseppe Viani 1956–57 3622687048061.11 Serie A title
1957–58 441515148963034.09
Total 80372122159111046.25
Italy Giuseppe Viani[nb 5]
Italy Luigi Bonizzoni
1958 6510185083.33 Bonizzoni appointed in June 1958
1958–59 39211359944053.85 Serie A title
1959–60 422111107451050.00
Total 87472515191100054.02
Italy Giuseppe Viani[nb 5]
Italy Paolo Todeschini
1960–61 3619987144052.78 Until June 1961
Italy Giuseppe Viani[nb 5]
Italy Nereo Rocco
1961 201102000.00 Rocco appointed in June 1961
1961–62 43287810349065.12 Serie A title
1962–63 492613109739053.06 European Cup
Total 9454211920090057.45
Italy Giuseppe Viani[nb 5]
Argentina Luis Carniglia
1963–64 3016865533053.33 Carniglia sacked on 2 March 1964
Italy Giuseppe Viani[nb 5]
Sweden Nils Liedholm
1964 128221810066.67 Liedholm appointed on 3 March 1964
1964–65 3722965427059.46
Total 49301187237061.22
Sweden Nils Liedholm 1965–66 33151084433045.45 Resigned in March 1966 due to illness
Italy Giovanni Cattozzo[nb 4] 1966 112451012018.18 Appointed in March 1966
Italy Arturo Silvestri 1966–67 42171695339040.48 Coppa Italia Until June 1967
Italy Nereo Rocco 1967 512233020.00 Appointed in June 1967
1967–68 50262138640052.00 Serie A title
Cup Winners' Cup
1968–69 42201574919047.62 European Cup
1969–70 39181295731046.15 Intercontinental Cup
1970–71 42231457736054.76
1971–72 51291577131056.86 Coppa Italia
Total 2291177933343160051.09
Italy Nereo Rocco[nb 5]
Italy Cesare Maldini
1972–73 46301158939065.22 Coppa Italia
Cup Winners' Cup
Italy Nereo Rocco[nb 5] 1973–74 125521813041.67
Italy Nereo Rocco[nb 5]
Italy Cesare Maldini
1973–74 148061517057.14 Maldini appointed in December 1973
Rocco resigned in February 1974
Italy Cesare Maldini 1974 114251820036.36 Sacked in April 1974
Italy Giovanni Trapattoni 1974 1024457020.00 Appointed in April 1974
Italy Gustavo Giagnoni 1974–75 41181585430043.90
1975 642082066.67 Sacked in October 1975
Total 47221786232046.81
Italy Nereo Rocco[nb 5]
Italy Giovanni Trapattoni
1975–76 3719995333051.35 Appointed in October 1975
Trapattoni resigned in May 1976
Italy Nereo Rocco[nb 5]
Italy Paolo Barison
1976 512278020.00 Barison appointed in June 1976
Italy Giuseppe Marchioro 1976–77 2571263029028.00 Sacked in February 1977
Italy Nereo Rocco[nb 5] 1977 2210843619045.45 Coppa Italia Appointed in February 1977
Sweden Nils Liedholm 1977–78 38161575133042.11
1978–79 40211366233052.50 Serie A title
Total 7837281311366047.44
Italy Massimo Giacomini 1979–80 381711104329044.74
1980–81 41191575131046.34 Resigned in June 1981
Total 793626179460045.57
Italy Italo Galbiati[nb 4] 1981 100101000.00 Serie B title[nb 6] Appointed in June 1981
Italy Luigi Radice 1981–82 236891820026.09 Sacked in January 1982
Italy Italo Galbiati[nb 4][nb 7] 1982 177462119041.18 Mitropa Cup Appointed in January 1982
Italy Ilario Castagner 1982–83 47241949650051.06 Serie B title
1983–84 31121364236038.71 Sacked in March 1984
Total 7836321013886046.15
Italy Italo Galbiati[nb 4] 1984 8323810037.50 Appointed in March 1984
Sweden Nils Liedholm 1984–85 43171884535039.53
1985–86 461515164544032.61
1986–87 3114893121045.16 Sacked on 5 April 1987
Total 120464133121100038.33
Italy Fabio Capello[nb 4] 1987 733173042.86 Appointed on 6 April 1987
Italy Arrigo Sacchi 1987–88 41221455922053.66 Serie A title
1988–89 52272059837051.92 European Cup
Supercoppa Italiana
1989–90 543311108234061.11 European Cup
European Super Cup
Intercontinental Cup
1990–91 49241786228048.98 European Super Cup
Intercontinental Cup
Total 1961066228301121054.08
Italy Fabio Capello 1991–92 42251618427059.52 Serie A title
1992–93 543416410739062.96 Serie A title
Supercoppa Italiana
1993–94 54291966625053.70 Serie A title
Champions League
Supercoppa Italiana
1994–95 532513157046047.17 European Super Cup
Supercoppa Italiana
1995–96 46291348332063.04 Serie A title
Total 2491427730410169057.03
Uruguay Óscar Tabárez[nb 5]
Italy Giorgio Morini
1996–97 228773627036.36 Sacked on 2 December 1996
Italy Arrigo Sacchi 1996–97 2477102733029.17 Appointed on 3 December 1996
Italy Fabio Capello 1997–98 441614145352036.36
Italy Alberto Zaccheroni 1998–99 38211166440055.26 Serie A title
1999–2000 451817108056040.00
2000–01 421516116859035.71 Sacked on 14 March 2001
Total 125544427212155043.20
Italy Cesare Maldini[nb 5]
Italy Mauro Tassotti
2001 125432211041.67 Appointed on 15 March 2001
Turkey Fatih Terim[nb 5]
Italy Antonio Di Gennaro
2001 138322712061.54 Sacked on 5 November 2001
Italy Carlo Ancelotti 2001–02 39171394935043.59 Appointed on 6 November 2001
2002–03 613215149754052.46 Coppa Italia
Champions League
2003–04 53351178743066.04 Serie A title
UEFA Super Cup
2004–05 56361289744064.29 Supercoppa Italiana
2005–06 54369911348066.67
2006–07 593116129156052.54 Champions League
2007–08 512513138851049.02 UEFA Super Cup
Club World Cup
2008–09 47261298646055.32
Total 42023810181708377056.67
Brazil Leonardo 2009–10 482313127255047.92
Italy Massimiliano Allegri 2010–11 50281488037056.00 Serie A title
2011–12 5330131010053056.60 Supercoppa Italiana
2012–13 482511128051052.08
2013–14 2781184336029.63 Sacked on 13 January 2014[2]
Total 178914938303177051.12
Italy Mauro Tassotti[nb 4] 2014 110031100.00 Appointed on 13 January 2014[2]
Until 16 January 2014
Netherlands Clarence Seedorf 2014 2211292826050.00 Appointed on 16 January 2014[3]
Italy Filippo Inzaghi 2014–15 401413135852035.00
Serbia Siniša Mihajlović 2015–16 38191095737050.00 Sacked on 12 April 2016[4]
Italy Cristian Brocchi 2016 722379028.57 Appointed on 12 April 2016[4]
Italy Vincenzo Montella 2016–17 411910126148046.34 Supercoppa Italiana
2017 2313464222056.52 Sacked on 27 November 2017[5]
Total 6432141810370050.00
Italy Gennaro Gattuso 2017–18 34161084635047.06 Appointed on 27 November 2017[5]
2018–19 492413127147048.98
Total 8340232011782048.19
Italy Marco Giampaolo 2019 730469042.86 Sacked on 8 October 2019[6]
Italy Stefano Pioli 2019–20 35181166540051.43 Appointed on 9 October 2019[7]
2020–21 533013109859056.60
2021–22 48291098244060.42 Serie A title
2022–23 522513147958048.08
2023–24 522811139969053.85
Total 2401305852423270054.17
Portugal Paulo Fonseca 2024 2412664427050.00 Sacked on 30 December 2024[8]
Portugal Sérgio Conceição 2024–25 2512584030048.00 Supercoppa Italiana Appointed on 30 December 2024[9]
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Most games managed

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Rank Manager Games
1 Italy Nereo Rocco 459
2 Italy Carlo Ancelotti 420
3 Italy Giuseppe Viani 376
4 Italy Fabio Capello 300
5 Sweden Nils Liedholm 280
6 Italy Stefano Pioli 240
7 Italy Arrigo Sacchi 220
8 Italy Antonio Busini 193
9 Italy Massimiliano Allegri 178
10 Hungary József Bánás 173
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Most games won

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Trophies

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Rank Manager SA CI SCI UCL CWC EL USC FCWC
IC
Total
1 Italy Nereo Rocco23-22--110
2 Italy Fabio Capello4-31--1-9
3 Italy Arrigo Sacchi1-12--228
Italy Carlo Ancelotti1112--218
5 England Herbert Kilpin2-------2
Italy Giuseppe Viani2-------2
Italy Massimiliano Allegri1-1-----2
9 Italy Stefano Pioli1-------1
Italy Alberto Zaccheroni1-------1
Sweden Nils Liedholm1-------1
Italy Ettore Puricelli1-------1
Italy Antonio Busini1-------1
Italy Daniele Angeloni1-------1
Italy Arturo Silvestri-1------1
Italy Vincenzo Montella--1-----1
Portugal Sérgio Conceição--1-----1
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Notes

  1. In the 1907–08 season, Milan and other major clubs did not enter the league due to a dispute with the Italian Football Federation over the use of foreign players.
  2. The title had already been secured under previous manager Massimo Giacomini.
  3. Galbiati shared the position with Francesco Zagatti for two games in March.

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