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, ; 1990 European Super Cup and ; 1990 Intercontinental Cup)
European Super Cup	Winners
Intercontinental Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	Marco van Basten (19)

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. ^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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

League table

Pos	Team	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^{[lower-alpha 1]}	34	22	5	7	56	27	+29	49	Qualification to European Cup
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^{[lower-alpha 2]}	34	16	11	7	46	26	+20	43	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup

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.^[4]
(C) Champions
Notes:

↑ Milan qualified for the 1990–91 European Cup as defending champions.
↑ Sampdoria qualified for the 1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions.

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	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

27 August 1989 1	Cesena	0–3	Milan	Cesena
		Report	Stroppa 7' Borgonovo 10' Massaro 44'	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 29, 059 Referee: Arcangelo Pezzella

3 September 1989 2	Milan	0–1	Lazio	Milan
		Report	Maldini 41' (o.g.)	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 52, 737 Referee: Carlo Sguizzato

6 September 1989 3	Atalanta	0–1	Milan	Bergamo
		Report	Ancelotti 29'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 29, 188 Referee: Tullio Lanese

10 September 1989 4	Milan	3–1	Udinese	Milan
	Ancelotti 45' Massaro 66' Rijkaard 83'	Report	Balbo 48'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 53, 229 Referee: Bruno Di Cola

17 September 1989 5	Genoa	1–1	Milan	Genoa
	Aguilera 73'	Report	Rijkaard 77'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 25, 015 Referee: Arcangelo Pezzella

24 September 1989 6	Milan	1–1	Fiorentina	Milan
	Tassotti 2'	Report	Dell'Oglio 66'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 63, 694 Referee: Luigi Agnolin

1 October 1989 7	Napoli	3–0	Milan	Naples
	Carnevale 19', 45' Maradona 84'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 62, 282 Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

8 October 1989 8	Cremonese	1–0	Milan	Cremona
	Dezotti 9'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 19, 304 Referee: Carlo Longhi

22 October 1989 9	Milan	1–0	Roma	Milan
	van Basten 81'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 56, 780 Referee: Pietro D'Elia

29 October 1989 10	Ascoli	1–0	Milan	Ascoli Piceno
	Casagrande 41'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Attendance: 18, 808 Referee: Tullio Lanese

5 November 1989 11	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

19 November 1989 12	Internazionale	0–3	Milan	Milan
		Report	van Basten 52' Fuser 75' Massaro 86'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 66, 309 Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

26 November 1989 13	Milan	2–0	Lecce	Milan
	van Basten 59' (pen.) Massaro 78'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 58, 109 Referee: Luciano Luci

3 December 1989 14	Milan	1–0	Bologna	Milan
	Donadoni 65'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 61, 607 Referee: Angelo Amendolia

10 December 1989 15	Sampdoria	1–1	Milan	Genoa
	Vierchowod 65'	Report	Ancelotti 70'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 37, 096 Referee: Pietro D'Elia

30 December 1989 17	Bari	0–1	Milan	Bari
		Report	van Basten 89'	Stadium: Stadio della Vittoria Attendance: 31, 031 Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

7 January 1990 18	Milan	3–0	Cesena	Milan
	Donadoni 9' Tassotti 49' van Basten 75' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 53, 174 Referee: Gianni Beschin

14 January 1990 19	Lazio	1–3	Milan	Rome
	Amarildo 66'	Report	Massaro 5' Fuser 10' Colombo 71'	Stadium: Stadio Flaminio Attendance: 22, 249 Referee: Pietro D'Elia

17 January 1990 20	Milan	3–1	Atalanta	Milan
	van Basten 14', 60', 62'	Report	Caniggia 12'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 60, 417 Referee: Tullio Lanese

21 January 1990 21	Udinese	0–2	Milan	Udine
		Report	van Basten 12', 80'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 37, 837 Referee: Luigi Agnolin

28 January 1990 22	Milan	1–0	Genoa	Milan
	Massaro 1'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 58, 835 Referee: Sergio Coppetelli

4 February 1990 23	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

7 February 1990 16	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.

11 February 1990 24	Milan	3–0	Napoli	Milan
	Massaro 47' Maldini 71' van Basten 86'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 70, 019 Referee: Luigi Agnolin

18 February 1990 25	Milan	2–1	Cremonese	Milan
	Massaro 17' van Basten 72'	Report	Dezotti 85' (pen.)	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 65, 452 Referee: Carlo Sguizzato

25 February 1990 26	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

4 March 1990 27	Milan	2–1	Ascoli	Milan
	Stroppa 52' Tassotti 64'	Report	Cvetković 47'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 61, 014 Referee: Piero Ceccarini

11 March 1990 28	Juventus	3–0	Milan	Torino
	Schillaci 7' Rui Barros 18', 58'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 48, 113 Referee: Carlo Longhi

18 March 1990 29	Milan	1–3	Internazionale	Milan
	Costacurta 84'	Report	Serena 4', 90' Matthäus 24' (pen.)	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 62, 447 Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

25 March 1990 30	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

8 April 1990 31	Bologna	0–0	Milan	Bologna
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 37, 744 Referee: Tullio Lanese

13 April 1990 32	Milan	1–0	Sampdoria	Milan
	Massaro 61'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 58, 136 Referee: Carlo Longhi

22 April 1990 33	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

29 April 1990 34	Milan	4–0	Bari	Bergamo
	Borgonovo 68' Evani 71', 78' Donadoni 76'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 41, 570 Referee: Luciano Luci

Top scorers

Coppa Italia

First round

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

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	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:

10 January 1990 Round 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

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

Semi-finals

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

14 February 1990 Second 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

28 February 1990 First 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

25 April 1990 Second 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

First round

13 September 1989 First 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)

27 September 1989 Second 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

18 October 1989 First 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)

1 November 1989 Second 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

7 March 1990 First 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)

21 March 1990 Second 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

4 April 1990 First 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)

18 April 1990 Second 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

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

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

23 November 1989 First 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)

7 December 1989 Second 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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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
	DF	ITA	Carobbi	6	0	0+2	0	3	0	1	0
	DF	ITA	Galli	28	0	13+1	0	8	0	6	0
	MF	ITA	Albertini	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Colombo	35	1	16+5	1	5	0	9	0
	MF	ITA	Fuser	29	2	14+6	2	7	0	2	0
	MF	ITA	Lantignotti	4	0	0+2	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	ITA	Salvatori	18	0	7+3	0	7	0	1	0
	MF	ITA	Stroppa	29	3	8+9	2	7	0	5	1
	FW	NED	Gullit	3	0	1+1	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	ITA	Borgonovo	23	6	7+6	2	5	2	5	2
	FW	ITA	Simone	29	3	10+11	1	3	1	5	1

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

References

↑ https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0253-0d7ff547ca01-af062fb1225f-1000--the-greatest-teams-of-all-time-ac-milan-1988-90/
↑ https://goallegacy.forumotion.com/t37966-champions-league-article-the-greatest-teams-of-all-time-ac-milan-1988-90
↑ https://footballsgreatest.weebly.com/ac-milan-1988-1994.html
↑ Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005"Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

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[table_note_MIL0.33451711681416-4] Milan qualified for the 1990–91 European Cup as defending champions.

[table_note_SAM0.33451711681416-5] Sampdoria qualified for the 1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions.

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[3] ttps://footballsgreatest.weebly.com/ac-milan-1988-1994.html

[6] Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005"Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

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