1990–91 AC Milan season
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AC Milan did not defend their European Cup title for a second consecutive time. The second place in Serie A was the fourth consecutive season when Milan finished inside the top three of the league. The loss in the European Cup quarter-finals rendered a first trophyless season since 1987, which resulted in Arrigo Sacchi leaving his job to take over the national team, being replaced by ex-Juventus and AC Milan midfielder Fabio Capello.
| 1990–91 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Silvio Berlusconi | ||
| Manager | Arrigo Sacchi | ||
| Serie A | 2nd (in 1991–92 UEFA Cup)[1] | ||
| Coppa Italia | Semi-finals | ||
| European Cup | Quarter-finals | ||
| European Super Cup | Winners | ||
| Intercontinental Cup | Winners | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Marco van Basten (11) All: Marco van Basten (11) | ||
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sampdoria (C) | 34 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 57 | 24 | +33 | 51 | Qualification to European Cup |
| 2 | Milan[a] | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 46 | 19 | +27 | 46 | Banned from European competition |
| 3 | Internazionale | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 56 | 31 | +25 | 46 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Genoa | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 51 | 36 | +15 | 40 | |
| 5 | Torino | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 38 |
Source: 1990–91 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.[2]
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ In March 1991, UEFA banned Milan from participating in European competition for one season due to refusing to resume their 1990-91 European Cup quarterfinal match away versus Olympique Marseille. The ban went into effect for the 1991–92 UEFA Cup.
| 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 |
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| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | L | D | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | D |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Round of 16
Eightfinals
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Milan were the defending champions and were given a bye to the second round due to both Liverpool F.C. (1985 Heysel disaster) and Ajax Amsterdam (1989 Iron rod incident) being banned in the tournament.
Game abandoned in injury time when two of the four floodlights in the stadium failed. When power was restored after 15 minutes, Milan refused to go back on the pitch. UEFA awarded a 3–0 win to Marseille and banned Milan from the competition for the 1991–92 season.[3][4]
Intercontinental Cup
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Serie A | Coppa Italia | European Cup | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| GK | ITA | Pazzagli | 28 | -17 | 25 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -1 | |
| DF | ITA | Tassotti | 34 | 0 | 26+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| DF | ITA | Costacurta | 32 | 0 | 23+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| DF | ITA | Baresi | 35 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| DF | ITA | Maldini | 33 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| MF | ITA | Donadoni | 30 | 2 | 23+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| MF | NED | Rijkaard | 36 | 3 | 29+1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| MF | ITA | Ancelotti | 25 | 1 | 18+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| MF | ITA | Evani | 30 | 3 | 23+1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| FW | NED | Gullit | 31 | 8 | 25+1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| FW | NED | Van Basten | 34 | 11 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| GK | ITA | Rossi | 18 | -8 | 9 | -3 | 8 | -4 | 1 | -1[5] | |
| DF | ITA | Galli | 27 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| MF | ITA | Carbone | 25 | 1 | 17+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| FW | ITA | Massaro | 31 | 7 | 12+9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| DF | ITA | Carobbi | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| MF | ITA | Stroppa | 18 | 0 | 7+11 | 0 | |||||
| FW | ITA | Agostini | 24 | 4 | 7+8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| FW | ITA | Simone | 22 | 6 | 7+7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| MF | ITA | Gaudenzi | 20 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| DF | ITA | Nava | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| DF | ITA | Costi | 9 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| GK | ITA | Taibi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| MF | ITA | Salvatori | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||
| MF | ITA | Albertini | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| DF | ITA | R. Bandirali | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| FW | ITA | C. Borneo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| MF | ITA | D. Corti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
- ^ Milan did not participate in the UEFA Cup as they served a one-year ban after refusing to resume a game against Olympique Marseille during the second match of 1990–91 European Cup quarter-finals.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gianni Mura (March 22, 1991). "Bisogna saper perdere". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 35.
- ^ Fulvio Bianchi (March 28, 1991). "Il Milan resta senza Europa". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 35.
- ^ Official score against Olympique Marseille was 0–3 on table.