2008–09 AC Milan season

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During the 2008–09 season, Milan played its 75th Serie A season in the club's existence.

Milan

2008–09 season

President

Vacant

Head coach

Stadium

Top goalscorer

League:
Kaká (16)
All:
Alexandre Pato (18)

Average home league attendance

59,731^[1]

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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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: [1]

Source: San Siro

As of December 21, 2008.^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Competitions summary

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Competition	Started Round	Final Position	Final Round	First Match	Last Match
Serie A	Round 1	—	Round 38	August 31, 2008	May 31, 2009
Coppa Italia	Round of 16	Eliminated	Round of 16	December 3, 2008	December 3, 2008
UEFA Cup	First Round	Eliminated	Round of 32	September 18, 2008	February 26, 2009

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Internazionale (C)	38	25	9	4	70	32	+38	84	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Juventus	38	21	11	6	69	37	+32	74^[a]
3	Milan	38	22	8	8	70	35	+35	74^[a]
4	Fiorentina	38	21	5	12	53	38	+15	68^[b]	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5	Genoa	38	19	11	8	56	39	+17	68^[b]	Qualification to Europa League play-off round^[c]

Source: lega-calcio.it (in Italian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

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


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	21	8	7	67	31	+36	71	14	3	1	37	9	+28	7	5	6	30	22	+8

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	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	W
Position	14	19	15	9	6	8	6	4	3	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3

UEFA Cup - Group E standings

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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

Win Draw Loss

Updated to games played May 31, 2009.

Pre-season tournaments and friendlies

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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'

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'

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'

Competitive matches only. Numbers in brackets indicate appearances made. Updated to games played May 31, 2009.^[14]

As of end of the season

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia		UEFA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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/

Rank	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	UEFA Cup	Total
1	Alexandre Pato	15	-	3	18
2	Kaká	16	-	-	16
2	Filippo Inzaghi	13	-	3	16
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	-	-

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

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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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	21	8	7	67	31	+36	71	14	3	1	37	9	+28	7	5	6	30	22	+8

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	21	8	7	67	31	+36	71	14	3	1	37	9	+28	7	5	6	30	22	+8

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	21	8	7	67	31	+36	71	14	3	1	37	9	+28	7	5	6	30	22	+8