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Milan

2008–09 season
President	Vacant
Head coach	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)
Average home league attendance	59,731
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During the 2008–09 season, Milan played its 75th Serie A season in the club's existence.

Club

Management

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

Last updated: July 19, 2008
Source:

Source: San Siro

Squad

First team

Abbiati Zambrotta Nesta Maldini Jankulovski Flamini Seedorf Pirlo Inzaghi Kaká Pato

Starting line-up.

As of December 21, 2008. 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  BRA Dida 2 DF  BRA Felipe Mattioni (on loan from Grêmio) 3 DF  ITA Paolo Maldini (captain) 4 DF  GEO Kakha Kaladze 5 MF  BRA Emerson (released in April) 7 FW  BRA Alexandre Pato 8 MF  ITA Gennaro Gattuso 9 FW  ITA Filippo Inzaghi 10 MF  NED Clarence Seedorf 11 FW  ITA Marco Borriello 12 GK  ITA Christian Abbiati 13 DF  ITA Alessandro Nesta 14 MF  URU Mathias Cardacio 15 DF  ITA Gianluca Zambrotta 16 GK  AUS Zeljko Kalac

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  CZE Marek Jankulovski 19 DF  ITA Giuseppe Favalli 20 MF  URU Tabaré Viúdez 21 MF  ITA Andrea Pirlo 22 MF  BRA Kaká 23 MF  ITA Massimo Ambrosini (vice-captain) 24 DF  SUI Philippe Senderos (on loan from Arsenal) 25 DF  ITA Daniele Bonera 32 MF  ENG David Beckham (on loan from Los Angeles Galaxy) 36 DF  ITA Matteo Darmian 51 MF  SLE Rodney Strasser (from Primavera team) 76 FW  UKR Andriy Shevchenko (on loan from Chelsea) 77 DF  ITA Luca Antonini 80 MF  BRA Ronaldinho 84 MF  FRA Mathieu Flamini

Transfers

Winter

Competitions summary

Overall

Serie A

1. ^ Juventus finished ahead of Milan on head-to-head points: Juventus 4–2 Milan, Milan 1–1 Juventus.
2. ^ Fiorentina finished ahead of Genoa on head-to-head points: Fiorentina 1–0 Genoa, Genoa 3–3 Fiorentina.
3. Lazio qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 Coppa Italia.

Results summary

Source:

Results by round

UEFA Cup - Group E standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	VfL Wolfsburg	4	3	1	0	13	7	+6	10	Advance to knockout stage
2	Milan	4	2	2	0	8	5	+3	8
3	Braga	4	2	0	2	7	5	+2	6
4	Portsmouth	4	1	1	2	7	8	−1	4
5	Heerenveen	4	0	0	4	3	13	−10	0

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

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	Sevilla	0–1
3 August 2008	2008 Russian Railways Cup	Moscow, Russia	Chelsea	0–5
9 August 2008	Friendly	Manchester, 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	Gijón, Spain	Sporting de Gijón	0–2
10 September 2008	Friendly	Lugano, Switzerland	Lugano	0–2
14 October 2008	Taçi Oil Cup	Tirana, Albania	Tirana	1–2	Ronaldinho 90+1'
7 January 2009	Dubai Challenge Cup	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hamburg	1–1(4–3p)	Ronaldinho 61'
21 January 2009	Friendly	Hanover, Germany	Hannover 96	3–2	Shevchenko 52', Inzaghi 55', 75'
4 February 2009	Friendly	Glasgow, Scotland	Rangers	2–2	Pato 70', Kaká 78'
4 March 2009	Friendly	Doha, Qatar	Al-Sadd	2–1	Pato 27', Antonini 37'
22 April 2009	Friendly	Budapest, Hungary	Hungary's league selection	5–2	Kaká 37', Shevchenko 47', 63', Seedorf 73', Viúdez 85'

Serie A

Matches

31 August 2008 1	Milan	1–2	Bologna F.C.	Milano
15:00 CEST	Ambrosini 41'	Report	18' Di Vaio 78' Valiani	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 63.306 Referee: Orsato

14 September 2008 2	Genoa C.F.C.	2–0	Milan	Genova
15:00 CEST	Sculli 30' Milito 90' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 28.795 Referee: Rocchi

21 September 2008 3	Milan	4–1	S.S. Lazio	Milano
20:30 CEST	Seedorf 8' Zambrotta 35' Pato 49' Kaká 60'	Report	26' Zárate	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 57.362 Referee: Rizzoli

24 September 2008 4	Reggina Calcio	1–2	Milan	Reggio Calabria
20:30 CEST	Corradi 59'	Report	24' Borriello 73' Pato	Attendance: 19.828 Referee: Saccani

28 September 2008 5	Milan	1–0	Inter	Milano
20:30 CEST	Ronaldinho 37'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 79.057 Referee: Morganti

19 October 2008 7	Milan	3–0	Sampdoria	Milano
15:00 CEST	Ronaldinho 55' (rig.), 60' Inzaghi 90'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 65.960 Referee: Damato

26 October 2008 8	Atalanta B.C.	0–1	Milan	Bergamo
15:00 CET		Report	80' Kaká	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 20.899 Referee: Farina

29 October 2008 9	Milan	2–1	A.C. Siena	Milano
20:30 CET	Inzaghi 31' Kaká 65' (rig.)	Report	54' Vergassola	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 49.650 Referee: Celi

2 November 2008 10	Milan	1–0	S.S.C. Napoli	Milano
20:30 CET	Ronaldinho 86'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 54.079 Referee: Rocchi

9 November 2008 11	Lecce	1–1	Milan	Lecce
20:30 CET	Esposito 90+3'	Report	79' Ronaldinho	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 29.658 Referee: Bergonzi

16 November 2008 12	Milan	1–0	Chievo Verona	Milano
15:00 CET	Kaká 15' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 58.403 Referee: De Marco

23 November 2008 13	Torino F.C.	2–2	Milan	Torino
20:30 CET	Stellone 25' Rosina 78' (rig.)	Report	29' Pato 34' Ronaldinho	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 22.627 Referee: Farina

30 November 2008 14	Palermo F.C.	3–1	Milan	Palermo
20:30 CET	Miccoli 50' Cavani 60' Simplício 80'	Report	83' (rig.) Ronaldinho	Attendance: 33.998 Referee: Rocchi

7 December 2008 15	Milan	1–0	Catania Calcio	Milano
15:00 CET	Kaká 65'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 54.314 Referee: Gervasoni

14 December 2008 16	Juventus	4–2	Milan	Torino
20:30 CET	Del Piero 16' (rig.) Chiellini 34' Amauri 41', 69'	Report	31' Pato 56' Ambrosini	Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 24.862 Referee: Rizzoli

21 December 2008 17	Milan	5–1	Udinese Calcio	Milano
20:30 CET	Pato 4', 18' Kaká 13', 52' Seedorf 43'	Report	17' Di Natale	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 52.842 Referee: Saccani

11 January 2009 18	A.S. Roma	2–2	Milan	Roma
20:30 CET	Vučinić 22', 72'	Report	48', 53' Pato	Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 53.444 Referee: Morganti

17 January 2009 19	Milan	1–0	Fiorentina	Milano
20:30 CET	Pato 7'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 65.692 Referee: Rosetti

25 January 2009 20	Bologna F.C.	1–4	Milan	Bologna
15:00 CET	Di Vaio 9' (rig.)	Report	13' Seedorf 17' (rig.), 43' Kaká 59' Beckham	Stadium: Dall'Ara Attendance: 33.691 Referee: Tagliavento

28 January 2009 21	Milan	1–1	Genoa C.F.C.	Milano
20:30 CET	Beckham 33'	Report	87' Milito	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 49.907 Referee: Gervasoni

1 February 2009 22	S.S. Lazio	0–3	Milan	Roma
20:45 CET		Report	42' Pato 47' Ambrosini 83' Kaká	Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 40.530 Referee: Rizzoli

7 February 2009 23	Milan	1–1	Reggina Calcio	Milano
20:30 CET	Kaká 67' (rig.)	Report	33' Di Gennaro	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 53.182 Referee: Pierpaoli

15 February 2009 24	Inter	2–1	Milan	Milano
20:30 CET	Adriano 29' Stanković 43'	Report	71' Pato	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 76.178 Referee: Rosetti

22 February 2009 25	Milan	1–0	Cagliari Calcio	Milano
15:00 CET	Seedorf 65'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 56.188 Referee: Saccani

1 March 2009 26	Sampdoria	2–1	Milan	Genova
15:00 CET	Cassano 33' Pazzini 51'	Report	80' Pato	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 25.402 Referee: Rocchi

8 March 2009 27	Milan	3–0	Atalanta B.C.	Milano
15:00 CET	Inzaghi 7', 71', 74'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 54.645 Referee: Orsato

15 March 2009 28	A.C. Siena	1–5	Milan	Siena
15:00 CET	Maccarone 62'	Report	6' (rig.) Pirlo 45+3', 71' Inzaghi 55', 78' Pato	Stadium: Montepaschi Arena Attendance: 15.373 Referee: Ayroldi

5 April 2009 30	Milan	2–0	Lecce	Milano
20:30 CEST	Ronaldinho 90+1' Inzaghi 90+3'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 53.021 Referee: Farina

11 April 2009 31	Chievo Verona	0–1	Milan	Verona
15:00 CEST		Report	53' Seedorf	Stadium: Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 25.169 Referee: Saccani

19 April 2009 32	Milan	5–1	Torino F.C.	Milano
20:30 CEST	Inzaghi 13', 37', 60' Kaká 68' (rig.) Ambrosini 90'	Report	80' Franceschini	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 54.061 Referee: Banti

26 April 2009 33	Milan	3–0	Palermo F.C.	Milano
15:00 CEST	Kaká 10' (pen.), 56' (pen.) Inzaghi 19'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 61.569 Referee: Rizzoli

3 May 2009 34	Catania Calcio	0–2	Milan	Catania
15:00 CEST		Report	27' Inzaghi 52' Kaká	Stadium: Massimino Attendance: 20.285 Referee: De Marco

10 May 2009 35	Milan	1–1	Juventus	Milano
20:30 CEST	Seedorf 57'	Report	60' Iaquinta	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 78.979 Referee: Orsato

16 May 2009 36	Udinese	2–1	Milan	Udine
20:30 CEST	D'Agostino 31' (pen.) Zapata 49'	Report	93' Ambrosini	Stadium: Friuli Attendance: 27.497 Referee: Rizzoli

24 May 2009	Milan	2–3	A.S. Roma	Milano
15:00 CEST	Ambrosini 75', 82'	Report	36' Riise 80' Ménez 85' Totti	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 72.681 Referee: De Marco

31 May 2009 38	Fiorentina	0–2	Milan	Firenze
15:00 CEST		Report	55' Kaká 76' Pato	Stadium: Artemio Franchi Attendance: 41.839 Referee: Rizzoli

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

Statistics

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

Players statistics

As of end of the season

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia		UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
12	GK	ITA	Abbiati	28	-22	28	-22	0	0	0	0
15	DF	ITA	Zambrotta	41	1	33+1	1	1	0	6	0
3	DF	ITA	Maldini	32	0	30	0	0	0	1+1	0
18	DF	CZE	Jankulovski	38	1	31	0	1	0	3+3	1
19	DF	ITA	Favalli	29	0	21+2	0	1	0	5	0
21	MF	ITA	Pirlo	29	2	26	1	0	0	3	1
23	MF	ITA	Ambrosini	33	8	24+4	7	0	0	5	1
84	MF	FRA	Flamini	37	0	22+7	0	1	0	6+1	0
10	AM	NED	Seedorf	41	3	30+3	3	1	0	5+2	0
22	AM	BRA	Kaká	36	16	28+3	16	1	0	3+1	0
7	FW	BRA	Pato	42	18	27+9	15	0	0	3+3	3
1	GK	BRA	Dida	16	-6	9+1	0	1	-2	5	-4
32	MF	ENG	Beckham	20	2	18	2	0	0	1+1	0
80	FW	BRA	Ronaldinho	35	10	16+13	8	1	0	2+3	2
25	DF	ITA	Bonera	22	0	16+2	0	0	0	4	0
9	FW	ITA	Inzaghi	32	16	15+11	13	0	0	6	3
8	MF	ITA	Gattuso	16	1	11+1	0	0	0	3+1	1
4	DF	GEO	Kaladze	16	0	10+1	0	1	0	3+1	0
24	DF	SUI	Senderos	20	0	7+7	0	1	0	5	0
11	FW	ITA	Borriello	8	2	6+1	1	0	0	1	1
77	DF	ITA	Antonini	18	0	4+7	0	1	0	6	0
5	MF	BRA	Emerson	18	0	3+9	0	1	0	4+1	0
76	FW	UKR	Shevchenko	26	2	2+16	0	1	1	6+1	1
16	GK	AUS	Kalac	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF	ITA	Nesta	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	URU	Cardaccio	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0
20	MF	URU	Viudez	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
36	DF	ITA	Darmian	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
51	MF	SLE	Strasser	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	BRA	Mattioni	1	0	0+1	0

• Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/2008/1340/

Goalscorers

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

Goals conceded

Rank	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	UEFA Cup	Total	Average per game
1	Christian Abbiati	28 (28)	-	-	28 (28)	1
2	Dida	7 (10)	2 (1)	9 (8)0	18 (19)0	0.94
3	Zeljko Kalac	1 (1)	-	-	1 (1)0	1

Games started

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

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