1989–90 AC Milan season

Milan

1989–90 season
Chairman	Silvio Berlusconi
Manager	Arrigo Sacchi
Serie A	2nd
Coppa Italia	Runners-up
European Cup	Winners (in 1990–91 European Cup)
European Super Cup	Winners
Intercontinental Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Marco van Basten (19) All: Marco van Basten (25)
Average home league attendance	59,054 [1]
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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AC Milan won their second consecutive European Cup, thanks to a final victory over Benfica. The Dutch trio of Marco van Basten, Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard was now a firmly established unit, but their efforts were not quite enough to defeat Napoli in the title chase. This team is regarded as one of the best teams of all time. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Squad

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 — GK   ITA Francesco Antonioli — GK   ITA Giovanni Galli — GK   ITA Andrea Pazzagli — GK   ITA Francesco Toldo — DF   ITA Franco Baresi — DF   ITA Stefano Carobbi — DF   ITA Alessandro Costacurta — DF   ITA Filippo Galli — DF   ITA Paolo Maldini — DF   ITA Marco Pullo — DF   ITA Mauro Tassotti — DF   ITA Rufo Emiliano Verga — DF   POR Júlio Grilo — MF   ITA Demetrio Albertini — MF   ITA Carlo Ancelotti

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   ITA Angelo Colombo — MF   ITA Roberto Donadoni — MF   ITA Alberigo Evani — MF   ITA Diego Fuser — MF   ITA Christian Lantignotti — MF   NED Frank Rijkaard — MF   ITA Stefano Salvatori — MF   ITA Giovanni Stroppa — FW   NED Ruud Gullit — FW   ITA Stefano Borgonovo — FW   ITA Daniele Massaro — FW   ITA Marco Simone — FW   NED Marco van Basten — FW   ITA Giuseppe Galderisi

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
GK	Andrea Pazzagli	Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC	-
DF	Stefano Carobbi	Fiorentina	-
DF	Marco Pullo	Parma FC	loan ended
DF	Rufo Emiliano Verga	Parma FC	loan ended
MF	Stefano Salvatori	Fiorentina
MF	Diego Fuser	Torino F.C.
MF	Giovanni Stroppa	AC Monza	loan ended
FW	Stefano Borgonovo	Fiorentina	loan ended
FW	Giuseppe Galderisi	Hellas Verona	loan ended
FW	Daniele Massaro	A.S. Roma	loan ended
FW	Marco Simone	Como 1907

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
GK	Davide Pinato	AC Monza
DF	Walter Bianchi	Torino F.C.
DF	Roberto Mussi	Torino F.C.
DF	Matteo Villa	Trento	-
MF	Fabio Lago	Citadella	-
MF	Fabio Viviani	AC Monza
FW	Massimiliano Cappellini	AC Monza	loan
FW	Graziano Mannari	Como 1907
FW	Pietro Paolo Virdis	U.S. Lecce

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 1989–90 Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Napoli (C)	34	21	9	4	57	31	+26	51	Qualification to European Cup
2	Milan [a]	34	22	5	7	56	27	+29	49
3	Internazionale	34	17	10	7	55	32	+23	44	Qualification to UEFA Cup
4	Juventus	34	15	14	5	56	36	+20	44	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
5	Sampdoria [b]	34	16	11	7	46	26	+20	43

Source: 1989–90 Serie A, RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. ^[5]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Milan qualified for the 1990–91 European Cup as defending champions.
2. Sampdoria qualified for the 1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup as defending 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
34	22	5	7	56	27	+29	71	13	2	2	31	11	+20	9	3	5	25	16	+9

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	-	W	-	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	W
Position	1	6	4	3	3	5	7	8	6	8	8	6	3	2	3	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   = 1990–91 European Cup ;   = 1990–91 UEFA Cup

Matches

Cesena v Milan

27 August 19891	Cesena	0–3	Milan	Cesena
		Report	Stroppa 7' Borgonovo 10' Massaro 44'	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 29, 059 Referee: Arcangelo Pezzella

Milan v Lazio

3 September 19892	Milan	0–1	Lazio	Milan
		Report	Maldini 41' (o.g.)	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 52, 737 Referee: Carlo Sguizzato

Atalanta v Milan

6 September 19893	Atalanta	0–1	Milan	Bergamo
		Report	Ancelotti 29'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 29, 188 Referee: Tullio Lanese

Milan v Udinese

10 September 19894	Milan	3–1	Udinese	Milan
	Ancelotti 45' Massaro 66' Rijkaard 83'	Report	Balbo 48'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 53, 229 Referee: Bruno Di Cola

Genoa v Milan

17 September 19895	Genoa	1–1	Milan	Genoa
	Aguilera 73'	Report	Rijkaard 77'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 25, 015 Referee: Arcangelo Pezzella

Milan v Fiorentina

24 September 19896	Milan	1–1	Fiorentina	Milan
	Tassotti 2'	Report	Dell'Oglio 66'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 63, 694 Referee: Luigi Agnolin

Napoli v Milan

1 October 19897	Napoli	3–0	Milan	Naples
	Carnevale 19', 45' Maradona 84'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 62, 282 Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

Cremonese v Milan

8 October 19898	Cremonese	1–0	Milan	Cremona
	Dezotti 9'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 19, 304 Referee: Carlo Longhi

Milan v Roma

22 October 19899	Milan	1–0	Roma	Milan
	van Basten 81'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 56, 780 Referee: Pietro D'Elia

Ascoli v Milan

29 October 198910	Ascoli	1–0	Milan	Ascoli Piceno
	Casagrande 41'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Attendance: 18, 808 Referee: Tullio Lanese

Milan v Juventus

5 November 198911	Milan	3–2	Juventus	Milan
	van Basten 52' (pen.), 85' Donadoni 78'	Report	De Agostini 62' (pen.) Schillaci 65'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 68, 333 Referee: Luigi Agnolin

Internazionale v Milan

19 November 198912	Internazionale	0–3	Milan	Milan
		Report	van Basten 52' Fuser 75' Massaro 86'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 66, 309 Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

Milan v Lecce

26 November 198913	Milan	2–0	Lecce	Milan
	van Basten 59' (pen.) Massaro 78'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 58, 109 Referee: Luciano Luci

Milan v Bologna

3 December 198914	Milan	1–0	Bologna	Milan
	Donadoni 65'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 61, 607 Referee: Angelo Amendolia

Sampdoria v Milan

10 December 198915	Sampdoria	1–1	Milan	Genoa
	Vierchowod 65'	Report	Ancelotti 70'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 37, 096 Referee: Pietro D'Elia

Bari v Milan

30 December 198917	Bari	0–1	Milan	Bari
		Report	van Basten 89'	Stadium: Stadio della Vittoria Attendance: 31, 031 Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

Milan v Cesena

7 January 199018	Milan	3–0	Cesena	Milan
	Donadoni 9' Tassotti 49' van Basten 75' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 53, 174 Referee: Gianni Beschin

Lazio v Milan

14 January 199019	Lazio	1–3	Milan	Rome
	Amarildo 66'	Report	Massaro 5' Fuser 10' Colombo 71'	Stadium: Stadio Flaminio Attendance: 22, 249 Referee: Pietro D'Elia

Milan v Atalanta

17 January 199020	Milan	3–1	Atalanta	Milan
	van Basten 14', 60', 62'	Report	Caniggia 12'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 60, 417 Referee: Tullio Lanese

Udinese v Milan

21 January 199021	Udinese	0–2	Milan	Udine
		Report	van Basten 12', 80'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 37, 837 Referee: Luigi Agnolin

Milan v Genoa

28 January 199022	Milan	1–0	Genoa	Milan
	Massaro 1'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 58, 835 Referee: Sergio Coppetelli

Fiorentina v Milan

4 February 199023	Fiorentina	2–3	Milan	Perugia
	R. Baggio 23' (pen.) Kubík 47'	Report	Evani 55' van Basten 60' (pen.), 66' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Attendance: 20, 690 Referee: Carlo Longhi

Milan v Verona

7 February 199016	Milan	0–0	Verona	Milan
		Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 62, 158 Referee: Luciano Luci
Note: The match was scheduled for 17 December 1989, but moved because of Milan's involvement in the 1989 Intercontinental Cup. The first date originally chosen for the recovery was 3 January 1990 but the game was abandoned after 28 minutes due to heavy fog, while the score was still 0–0 and subsequently replayed.

Milan v Napoli

11 February 199024	Milan	3–0	Napoli	Milan
	Massaro 47' Maldini 71' van Basten 86'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 70, 019 Referee: Luigi Agnolin

Milan v Cremonese

18 February 199025	Milan	2–1	Cremonese	Milan
	Massaro 17' van Basten 72'	Report	Dezotti 85' (pen.)	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 65, 452 Referee: Carlo Sguizzato

Roma v Milan

25 February 199026	Roma	0–4	Milan	Rome
		Report	Tempestilli 34' (o.g.) van Basten 39', 57' Massaro 89'	Stadium: Stadio Flaminio Attendance: 27, 124 Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

Milan v Ascoli

4 March 199027	Milan	2–1	Ascoli	Milan
	Stroppa 52' Tassotti 64'	Report	Cvetković 47'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 61, 014 Referee: Piero Ceccarini

Juventus v Milan

11 March 199028	Juventus	3–0	Milan	Torino
	Schillaci 7' Rui Barros 18', 58'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 48, 113 Referee: Carlo Longhi

Milan v Internazionale

18 March 199029	Milan	1–3	Internazionale	Milan
	Costacurta 84'	Report	Serena 4', 90' Matthäus 24' (pen.)	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 62, 447 Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

Lecce v Milan

25 March 199030	Lecce	1–2	Milan	Lecce
	Benedetti 6'	Report	Baresi 34' van Basten 58'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 41, 280 Referee: Rosario Lo Bello

Bologna v Milan

8 April 199031	Bologna	0–0	Milan	Bologna
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 37, 744 Referee: Tullio Lanese

Milan v Sampdoria

13 April 199032	Milan	1–0	Sampdoria	Milan
	Massaro 61'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 58, 136 Referee: Carlo Longhi

Verona v Milan

22 April 199033	Verona	2–1	Milan	Verona
	Sotomayor 63' D. Pellegrini 89'	Report	Simone 33'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 33, 871 Referee: Rosario Lo Bello

Milan v Bari

29 April 199034	Milan	4–0	Bari	Bergamo
	Borgonovo 68' Evani 71', 78' Donadoni 76'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 41, 570 Referee: Luciano Luci

Coppa Italia

Main article: 1989–90 Coppa Italia

First round

Parma v Milan

23 August 1989	Parma	0–0 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p)	Milan	Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma
				Attendance: 18, 000 Referee: Tullio Lanese
	Penalties
	Pizzi Apolloni Minotti Ganz Zoratto Monza Catanese Susic Gambaro		Baresi Van Basten Costacurta A. Colombo Salvatori Stroppa F. Galli Maldini Borgonovo

Second round

Cremonese v Milan

30 August 1989	Cremonese	0–1	Milan	Stadio Giovanni Zini, Cremona
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)			Massaro 84'	Attendance: 16, 182 Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Milan	2	1	1	0	7	1	+6	3
2	Atalanta	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
3	Messina	2	0	1	1	0	6	−6	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Milan v Messina

10 January 1990Round 1	Milan	6–0	Messina	San Siro, Milan
	Baresi 27' (pen.), 82' (pen.), 86' (pen.) Borgonovo 58', 70' Simone 89'			Attendance: 5, 232 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

Atalanta v Milan

24 January 1990Round 2	Atalanta	1–1	Milan	Stadio Comunale, Bergamo
	Bresciani 41'		Baresi 89' (pen.)	Attendance: 13, 310 Referee: Arcangelo Pezzella

Semi-finals

Milan v Napoli

31 January 1990First Leg	Milan	0–0	Napoli	San Siro, Milan
14:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)				Attendance: 19, 340 Referee: Fabio Baldas

Napoli v Milan

14 February 1990Second Leg	Napoli	1–3	Milan	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
14:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Maradona 79' (pen.)		Massaro 44' (pen.), 88' Van Basten 77' (pen.)	Attendance: 49, 376 Referee: Tullio Lanese

Final

Main article: 1990 Coppa Italia Final

Juventus v Milan

28 February 1990First Leg	Juventus	0–0	Milan	Stadio Comunale, Turin
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)			Ancelotti  15' Galli  55' Rijkaard  68'	Attendance: 30, 105 Referee: Pietro D'Elia

Milan v Juventus

25 April 1990Second Leg	Milan	0–1	Juventus	San Siro, Milan
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Baresi  50'		Galia 17' Marocchi  62'	Attendance: 83, 928 Referee: Pietro D'Elia

European Cup

Main article: 1989–90 European Cup

First round

Milan v HJK Helsinki

13 September 1989First Leg	Milan	4–0	HJK Helsinki	Milan, Italy
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Stroppa 5' Massaro 39', 70' Evani 80'	Report	Martonen  68'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 41, 205 Referee: Stephanos Hadjistefanou (Cyprus)

HJK Helsinki v Milan

27 September 1989Second Leg	HJK Helsinki	0–1	Milan	Helsinki, Finland
19:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Väyrynen  86'	Report	Borgonovo 30' Carobbi  40'	Stadium: Helsinki Olympic Stadium Attendance: 17, 864 Referee: Valeri Butenko (Soviet Union)

Second round

Milan v Real Madrid

18 October 1989First Leg	Milan	2–0	Real Madrid	Milan, Italy
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Rijkaard 9' van Basten 14' (pen.),  75' Evani  26' Ancelotti  38' Colombo  81'	Report	Hierro  11' Míchel  36' Llorente  85'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 68,359 Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (West Germany)

Real Madrid v Milan

1 November 1989Second Leg	Real Madrid	1–0	Milan	Madrid, Spain
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Llorente  13' Butragueño 45' Hierro  69' Sanchís  74' Sánchez  82'	Report	Maldini  25' Tassotti  44' Fuser  84' Massaro  88'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 82,783 Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

Quarter-finals

KV Mechelen v Milan

7 March 1990First Leg	KV Mechelen	0–0	Milan	Brussels, Belgium
20:15 CEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Costacurta  3'	Stadium: Heysel Stadium Attendance: 33, 000 Referee: George Courtney (England)

Milan v KV Mechelen

21 March 1990Second Leg	Milan	2–0 (a.e.t.)	KV Mechelen	Milan, Italy
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Donadoni  102' van Basten 105' Simone 116' Baresi  118'	Report	Clijsters  89' Deferm  100' Versavel  101'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 62, 801 Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)

Semi-finals

Milan v Bayern Munich

4 April 1990First Leg	Milan	1–0	Bayern Munich	Milan, Italy
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	van Basten 77' (pen.)	Report	Pflügler  25' Dorfner  65'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 62,717 Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)

Bayern Munich v Milan

18 April 1990Second Leg	Bayern Munich	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Milan	Munich, Germany
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Strunz 59' Grahammer  87' McInally 106'	Report	Borgonovo 100'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 72,000 Referee: Emilio Soriano (Spain)

Final

Main article: 1990 European Cup Final

Milan v Benfica

23 May 1990	Milan	1–0	Benfica	Vienna, Austria
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rijkaard 67'	Report	Aldair  40' Ricardo  65'	Stadium: Praterstadion Attendance: 58,000 Referee: Helmut Kohl (Austria)

Intercontinental Cup

Main article: 1989 Intercontinental Cup

Milan v Atlético Nacional

17 December 1989	Milan	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Atlético Nacional	Tokyo, Japan
12:00 CEST (UTC+09:00)	Evani 119'			Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 60,228 Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)

European Super Cup

Main article: 1989 European Super Cup

Barcelona v Milan

23 November 1989First Leg	Barcelona	1–1	Milan	Barcelona, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Amor 67',  71' Koeman  68'		Van Basten 44' (pen.) Salvatori  48' Costacurta  77'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 55, 000 Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)

Milan v Barcelona

7 December 1989Second Leg	Milan	1–0	Barcelona	Milan, Italy
20:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Evani 55' Tassotti  83'		Sacristàn  54' Alexanko  85'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 52, 093 Referee: Helmut Kohl (Austria)

Statistics

Player statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia		European Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ITA	Pazzagli	25	-15	23	-15	1	0	1	0
	DF	ITA	Tassotti	38	3	29	3	2	0	7	0
	DF	ITA	Costacurta	36	1	25+1	1	3	0	7	0
	DF	ITA	Baresi	45	5	30	1	7	4	8	0
	DF	ITA	Maldini	44	1	30	1	6	0	8	0
	MF	ITA	Donadoni	30	4	23+1	4	3	0	3	0
	MF	ITA	Ancelotti	34	3	22+2	3	4	0	6	0
	MF	NED	Rijkaard	44	4	27+2	2	6	0	9	2
	MF	ITA	Evani	46	4	25+7	3	5	0	9	1
	FW	ITA	Massaro	45	15	27+3	10	8	3	7	2
	FW	NED	Van Basten	37	23	26	19	4	1	7	3
	GK	ITA	G. Galli	26	-18	11	-12	7	-3	8	-3
	MF	ITA	Colombo	35	1	16+5	1	5	0	9	0
	MF	ITA	Fuser	29	2	14+6	2	7	0	2	0
	DF	ITA	Galli	28	0	13+1	0	8	0	6	0
	FW	ITA	Simone	29	3	10+11	1	3	1	5	1
	MF	ITA	Stroppa	29	3	8+9	2	7	0	5	1
	FW	ITA	Borgonovo	23	6	7+6	2	5	2	5	2
	MF	ITA	Salvatori	18	0	7+3	0	7	0	1	0
	FW	NED	Gullit	3	0	1+1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ITA	Carobbi	6	0	0+2	0	3	0	1	0
	MF	ITA	Albertini	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Lantignotti	4	0	0+2	0	1	0	1	0

• Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1989/987/

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