List of AC Milan managers

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

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.

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

Statistics correct as of match played 2 March 2025. Only competitive matches are counted.

Manager	Season	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win% [nb 1]	Honours	Notes
Herbert Kilpin [nb 2]	1899–1900	1	0	0	1	0	3	000.00
	1900–01	3	3	0	0	8	2	100.00	League title
	1901–02	1	0	0	1	0	2	000.00
	1902–03	1	0	0	1	0	2	000.00
	1903–04	3	1	1	1	2	4	033.33
	1904–05	2	0	1	1	9	10	000.00
	1905–06	8	5	2	1	14	8	062.50	League title
	Total	19	9	4	6	33	31	047.37
Daniele Angeloni	1906–07	6	4	2	0	17	3	066.67	League title
Giannino Camperio	1907–08 [nb 3]	0	0	0	0	0	0	!—
	1908–09	2	1	0	1	4	5	050.00
	1909–10	16	6	1	9	23	36	037.50
	1910–11	16	10	2	4	44	19	062.50
	Total	34	17	3	14	71	60	050.00
Technical committee	1911–12	18	14	3	1	60	10	077.78
	1912–13	18	13	2	3	46	14	072.22
	1913–14	18	11	4	3	58	19	061.11
	1914–15	21	13	5	3	65	18	061.90
	Total	75	51	14	10	229	61	068.00
Guido Moda [nb 4]	1915–16	12	9	1	2	22	9	075.00		All wartime games
Aldo Cevenini [nb 2] [nb 4]	1916–17	12	10	1	1	45	12	083.33		All wartime games
	1917–18	13	11	0	2	35	11	084.62		All wartime games
	Total	25	21	1	3	80	23	084.00
Technical committee	1918–19	10	6	2	2	28	17	060.00		All wartime games
Guido Moda	1919–20	20	14	1	5	56	24	070.00
	1920–21	22	8	4	10	43	34	036.36
	Total	42	22	5	15	99	58	052.38
Cesare Lovati [nb 2] [nb 4]	1921–22	22	7	4	11	29	36	031.82
Francesco Soldera [nb 2] [nb 4]	1922	5	1	2	2	5	14	020.00		Until November 1922
Ferdi Oppenheim	1922–23	17	7	8	2	27	14	041.18		Appointed in November 1922
	1923–24	22	7	5	10	38	44	031.82
	Total	39	14	13	12	65	58	035.90
Vittorio Pozzo	1924–25	24	10	1	13	45	51	041.67
	1925–26	9	3	0	6	15	24	033.33		Sacked on 29 January 1926
	Total	33	13	1	19	60	75	039.39
Guido Moda [nb 4]	1926	13	7	2	4	28	15	053.85		Appointed on 30 January 1926
Herbert Burgess	1926–27	30	15	4	11	63	53	050.00
	1927–28	34	15	10	9	56	47	044.12
	Total	64	30	14	20	119	100	046.88
Engelbert König	1928–29	32	18	8	6	80	37	056.25
	1929–30	34	11	10	13	52	48	032.35
	1930–31	34	12	7	15	48	53	035.29
	Total	100	41	25	34	180	138	041.00
József Bánás	1931–32	34	15	9	10	57	40	044.12
	1932–33	34	11	10	13	57	62	032.35
	Total	68	26	19	23	114	102	038.24
József Violak	1933–34	34	12	9	13	50	49	035.29
Adolfo Baloncieri	1934–35	30	8	11	11	36	38	026.67
	1935–36	34	13	8	13	49	45	038.24
	1936	10	3	4	3	9	9	030.00		Sacked on 5 December 1936
	Total	74	24	23	27	94	92	032.43
William Garbutt	1936–37	26	13	8	5	43	26	050.00		Appointed on 6 December 1936
Hermann Felsner [nb 5] József Bánás	1937–38	38	17	14	7	57	36	044.74
	1938	4	0	1	3	1	4	000.00		Felsner sacked in October 1938
	Total	42	17	15	10	58	40	040.48
József Bánás	1938–39	17	6	4	7	26	21	035.29
József Violak [nb 5] József Bánás	1939	13	7	3	3	19	14	053.85		Violak appointed in March 1939
	1939–40	24	8	6	10	37	31	033.33		Violak sacked on 18 March 1940
	Total	37	15	9	13	56	45	040.54
József Bánás	1939–40	9	3	3	3	12	13	033.33
Antonio Busini [nb 5] Guido Ara	1940–41	32	13	10	9	60	37	040.63
Mario Magnozzi	1941–42	36	14	8	14	71	62	038.89
	1942–43	33	12	9	12	47	54	036.36
	Total	69	26	17	26	118	116	037.68
Giuseppe Santagostino	1943–44	14	5	3	6	18	16	035.71		All wartime games
	1944–45	20	6	6	8	29	36	030.00		All wartime games
	Total	34	11	9	14	47	52	032.35
Antonio Busini [nb 5] Adolfo Baloncieri	1945–46	42	20	9	13	66	54	047.62
Antonio Busini [nb 5] Giuseppe Bigogno	1946–47	38	19	12	7	75	52	050.00
Giuseppe Bigogno	1947–48	40	21	7	12	76	48	052.50
Antonio Busini [nb 5] Giuseppe Bigogno	1948–49	38	21	8	9	83	52	055.26
Antonio Busini [nb 5] Lajos Czeizler	1949–50	38	27	3	8	118	45	071.05
	1950–51	40	28	8	4	116	40	070.00	Serie A title Latin Cup
	1951–52	38	20	13	5	87	41	052.63
	Total	116	75	24	17	321	126	064.66
Antonio Busini [nb 5] Mario Sperone	1952–53	34	17	9	8	64	34	050.00		Until May 1953
Antonio Busini [nb 5] Gunnar Gren [nb 2] [nb 4]	1953	2	1	0	1	4	6	050.00		Gren appointed in June 1953
Antonio Busini [nb 5] Arrigo Morselli	1953	9	4	3	2	18	11	044.44		Sacked on 10 November 1953
Béla Guttmann	1953–54	25	13	7	5	48	28	052.00		Appointed on 11 November 1953
	1954–55	19	12	4	3	45	21	063.16		Sacked on 14 February 1955
	Total	44	25	11	8	93	49	056.82
Ettore Puricelli	1955	17	8	6	3	41	18	047.06	Serie A title	Appointed on 15 February 1955
	1955–56	42	21	10	11	96	64	050.00	Latin Cup
	Total	59	29	16	14	137	82	049.15
Giuseppe Viani	1956–57	36	22	6	8	70	48	061.11	Serie A title
	1957–58	44	15	15	14	89	63	034.09
	Total	80	37	21	22	159	111	046.25
Giuseppe Viani [nb 5] Luigi Bonizzoni	1958	6	5	1	0	18	5	083.33		Bonizzoni appointed in June 1958
	1958–59	39	21	13	5	99	44	053.85	Serie A title
	1959–60	42	21	11	10	74	51	050.00
	Total	87	47	25	15	191	100	054.02
Giuseppe Viani [nb 5] Paolo Todeschini	1960–61	36	19	9	8	71	44	052.78		Until June 1961
Giuseppe Viani [nb 5] Nereo Rocco	1961	2	0	1	1	0	2	000.00		Rocco appointed in June 1961
	1961–62	43	28	7	8	103	49	065.12	Serie A title
	1962–63	49	26	13	10	97	39	053.06	European Cup
	Total	94	54	21	19	200	90	057.45
Giuseppe Viani [nb 5] Luis Carniglia	1963–64	30	16	8	6	55	33	053.33		Carniglia sacked on 2 March 1964
Giuseppe Viani [nb 5] Nils Liedholm	1964	12	8	2	2	18	10	066.67		Liedholm appointed on 3 March 1964
	1964–65	37	22	9	6	54	27	059.46
	Total	49	30	11	8	72	37	061.22
Nils Liedholm	1965–66	33	15	10	8	44	33	045.45		Resigned in March 1966 due to illness
Giovanni Cattozzo [nb 4]	1966	11	2	4	5	10	12	018.18		Appointed in March 1966
Arturo Silvestri	1966–67	42	17	16	9	53	39	040.48	Coppa Italia	Until June 1967
Nereo Rocco	1967	5	1	2	2	3	3	020.00		Appointed in June 1967
	1967–68	50	26	21	3	86	40	052.00	Serie A title Cup Winners' Cup
	1968–69	42	20	15	7	49	19	047.62	European Cup
	1969–70	39	18	12	9	57	31	046.15	Intercontinental Cup
	1970–71	42	23	14	5	77	36	054.76
	1971–72	51	29	15	7	71	31	056.86	Coppa Italia
	Total	229	117	79	33	343	160	051.09
Nereo Rocco [nb 5] Cesare Maldini	1972–73	46	30	11	5	89	39	065.22	Coppa Italia Cup Winners' Cup
Nereo Rocco [nb 5]	1973–74	12	5	5	2	18	13	041.67
Nereo Rocco [nb 5] Cesare Maldini	1973–74	14	8	0	6	15	17	057.14		Maldini appointed in December 1973 Rocco resigned in February 1974
Cesare Maldini	1974	11	4	2	5	18	20	036.36		Sacked in April 1974
Giovanni Trapattoni	1974	10	2	4	4	5	7	020.00		Appointed in April 1974
Gustavo Giagnoni	1974–75	41	18	15	8	54	30	043.90
	1975	6	4	2	0	8	2	066.67		Sacked in October 1975
	Total	47	22	17	8	62	32	046.81
Nereo Rocco [nb 5] Giovanni Trapattoni	1975–76	37	19	9	9	53	33	051.35		Appointed in October 1975 Trapattoni resigned in May 1976
Nereo Rocco [nb 5] Paolo Barison	1976	5	1	2	2	7	8	020.00		Barison appointed in June 1976
Giuseppe Marchioro	1976–77	25	7	12	6	30	29	028.00		Sacked in February 1977
Nereo Rocco [nb 5]	1977	22	10	8	4	36	19	045.45	Coppa Italia	Appointed in February 1977
Nils Liedholm	1977–78	38	16	15	7	51	33	042.11
	1978–79	40	21	13	6	62	33	052.50	Serie A title
	Total	78	37	28	13	113	66	047.44
Massimo Giacomini	1979–80	38	17	11	10	43	29	044.74
	1980–81	41	19	15	7	51	31	046.34		Resigned in June 1981
	Total	79	36	26	17	94	60	045.57
Italo Galbiati [nb 4]	1981	1	0	0	1	0	1	000.00	Serie B title [nb 6]	Appointed in June 1981
Luigi Radice	1981–82	23	6	8	9	18	20	026.09		Sacked in January 1982
Italo Galbiati [nb 4] [nb 7]	1982	17	7	4	6	21	19	041.18	Mitropa Cup	Appointed in January 1982
Ilario Castagner	1982–83	47	24	19	4	96	50	051.06	Serie B title
	1983–84	31	12	13	6	42	36	038.71		Sacked in March 1984
	Total	78	36	32	10	138	86	046.15
Italo Galbiati [nb 4]	1984	8	3	2	3	8	10	037.50		Appointed in March 1984
Nils Liedholm	1984–85	43	17	18	8	45	35	039.53
	1985–86	46	15	15	16	45	44	032.61
	1986–87	31	14	8	9	31	21	045.16		Sacked on 5 April 1987
	Total	120	46	41	33	121	100	038.33
Fabio Capello [nb 4]	1987	7	3	3	1	7	3	042.86		Appointed on 6 April 1987
Arrigo Sacchi	1987–88	41	22	14	5	59	22	053.66	Serie A title
	1988–89	52	27	20	5	98	37	051.92	European Cup Supercoppa Italiana
	1989–90	54	33	11	10	82	34	061.11	European Cup European Super Cup Intercontinental Cup
	1990–91	49	24	17	8	62	28	048.98	European Super Cup Intercontinental Cup
	Total	196	106	62	28	301	121	054.08
Fabio Capello	1991–92	42	25	16	1	84	27	059.52	Serie A title
	1992–93	54	34	16	4	107	39	062.96	Serie A title Supercoppa Italiana
	1993–94	54	29	19	6	66	25	053.70	Serie A title Champions League Supercoppa Italiana
	1994–95	53	25	13	15	70	46	047.17	European Super Cup Supercoppa Italiana
	1995–96	46	29	13	4	83	32	063.04	Serie A title
	Total	249	142	77	30	410	169	057.03
Óscar Tabárez [nb 5] Giorgio Morini	1996–97	22	8	7	7	36	27	036.36		Sacked on 2 December 1996
Arrigo Sacchi	1996–97	24	7	7	10	27	33	029.17		Appointed on 3 December 1996
Fabio Capello	1997–98	44	16	14	14	53	52	036.36
Alberto Zaccheroni	1998–99	38	21	11	6	64	40	055.26	Serie A title
	1999–2000	45	18	17	10	80	56	040.00
	2000–01	42	15	16	11	68	59	035.71		Sacked on 14 March 2001
	Total	125	54	44	27	212	155	043.20
Cesare Maldini [nb 5] Mauro Tassotti	2001	12	5	4	3	22	11	041.67		Appointed on 15 March 2001
Fatih Terim [nb 5] Antonio Di Gennaro	2001	13	8	3	2	27	12	061.54		Sacked on 5 November 2001
Carlo Ancelotti	2001–02	39	17	13	9	49	35	043.59		Appointed on 6 November 2001
	2002–03	61	32	15	14	97	54	052.46	Coppa Italia Champions League
	2003–04	53	35	11	7	87	43	066.04	Serie A title UEFA Super Cup
	2004–05	56	36	12	8	97	44	064.29	Supercoppa Italiana
	2005–06	54	36	9	9	113	48	066.67
	2006–07	59	31	16	12	91	56	052.54	Champions League
	2007–08	51	25	13	13	88	51	049.02	UEFA Super Cup Club World Cup
	2008–09	47	26	12	9	86	46	055.32
	Total	420	238	101	81	708	377	056.67
Leonardo	2009–10	48	23	13	12	72	55	047.92
Massimiliano Allegri	2010–11	50	28	14	8	80	37	056.00	Serie A title
	2011–12	53	30	13	10	100	53	056.60	Supercoppa Italiana
	2012–13	48	25	11	12	80	51	052.08
	2013–14	27	8	11	8	43	36	029.63		Sacked on 13 January 2014 [2]
	Total	178	91	49	38	303	177	051.12
Mauro Tassotti [nb 4]	2014	1	1	0	0	3	1	100.00		Appointed on 13 January 2014 [2] Until 16 January 2014
Clarence Seedorf	2014	22	11	2	9	28	26	050.00		Appointed on 16 January 2014 [3]
Filippo Inzaghi	2014–15	40	14	13	13	58	52	035.00
Siniša Mihajlović	2015–16	38	19	10	9	57	37	050.00		Sacked on 12 April 2016 [4]
Cristian Brocchi	2016	7	2	2	3	7	9	028.57		Appointed on 12 April 2016 [4]
Vincenzo Montella	2016–17	41	19	10	12	61	48	046.34	Supercoppa Italiana
	2017	23	13	4	6	42	22	056.52		Sacked on 27 November 2017 [5]
	Total	64	32	14	18	103	70	050.00
Gennaro Gattuso	2017–18	34	16	10	8	46	35	047.06		Appointed on 27 November 2017 [5]
	2018–19	49	24	13	12	71	47	048.98
	Total	83	40	23	20	117	82	048.19
Marco Giampaolo	2019	7	3	0	4	6	9	042.86		Sacked on 8 October 2019 [6]
Stefano Pioli	2019–20	35	18	11	6	65	40	051.43		Appointed on 9 October 2019 [7]
	2020–21	53	30	13	10	98	59	056.60
	2021–22	48	29	10	9	82	44	060.42	Serie A title
	2022–23	52	25	13	14	79	58	048.08
	2023–24	52	28	11	13	99	69	053.85
	Total	240	130	58	52	423	270	054.17
Paulo Fonseca	2024	24	12	6	6	44	27	050.00		Sacked on 30 December 2024 [8]
Sérgio Conceição	2024–25	17	8	3	6	24	21	047.06	Supercoppa Italiana	Appointed on 30 December 2024 [9]

Most games managed

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

Most games won

Rank	Manager	Games won
1	Nereo Rocco	243
2	Carlo Ancelotti	238
3	Giuseppe Viani	203
4	Fabio Capello	161
5	Stefano Pioli	130
6	Nils Liedholm	128
7	Arrigo Sacchi	113
8	Antonio Busini	110
9	Massimiliano Allegri	91
10	Lajos Czeizler	75

Trophies

Rank	Manager	SA	CI	SCI	UCL	CWC	EL	USC	FCWC IC	Total
1	Nereo Rocco	2	3	-	2	2	-	-	1	10
2	Fabio Capello	4	-	3	1	-	-	1	-	9
3	Arrigo Sacchi	1	-	1	2	-	-	2	2	8
	Carlo Ancelotti	1	1	1	2	-	-	2	1	8
5	Herbert Kilpin	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Giuseppe Viani	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Massimiliano Allegri	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2
9	Stefano Pioli	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Alberto Zaccheroni	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Nils Liedholm	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Ettore Puricelli	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Antonio Busini	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Daniele Angeloni	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Arturo Silvestri	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Vincenzo Montella	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Sérgio Conceição	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1

Notes

1. Win% is rounded to two decimal places.
2. Serving as player-manager.
3. 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.
4. Serving as caretaker manager.
5. Serving as technical director.
6. The title had already been secured under previous manager Massimo Giacomini.
7. Galbiati shared the position with Francesco Zagatti for two games in March.

References

General

• "I protagonisti" [The protagonists]. A.C. Milan – La storia 1899–2005 (in Italian). Vol. CD 2. Graphic Sector Srl. 2005. Retrieved 22 June 2020.

Specific

1. "Art. 20 Direttori Tecnici". Regolamento del settore tecnico (PDF) (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. p. 6. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
2. "Tassotti temporarily in charge". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
3. "A.C. Milan official communication". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
4. "A.C. Milan official statement". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
5. "Official statement: Vincenzo Montella". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
6. "Official statement: Marco Giampaolo". Associazione Calcio Milan. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
7. "Stefano Pioli appointed as AC Milan new coach". Associazione Calcio Milan. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
8. "Official statement: Paulo Fonseca". Associazione Calcio Milan. 30 December 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
9. "Sergio Conceição is the New Head Coach of AC Milan". Associazione Calcio Milan. 30 December 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2025.

External links

• Managers at MagliaRossonera.it (in Italian)