Langbahn Team – Weltmeisterschaft

1988–89 AC Milan season

Milan
1988–89 season
OwnerSilvio Berlusconi
PresidentSilvio Berlusconi
ManagerArrigo Sacchi
StadiumSan Siro
Serie A3rd
Coppa ItaliaGroup stage
European CupWinners
(in European Cup,
European Super Cup,
Intercontinental Cup)
Supercoppa ItalianaWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Marco van Basten (19)
All: Marco van Basten (33)

AC Milan won the European Cup thanks to a 4–0 victory against Steaua București, with Dutch duo Ruud Gullit and Marco van Basten scoring twice each.[1] It did not defend its Serie A title however, finishing 3rd in the standings. Milan also won the first Supercoppa Italiana, beating Sampdoria in the inaugural contest.

Squad

[2] 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 Italy ITA Giovanni Galli
GK Italy ITA Francesco Antonioli
GK Italy ITA Davide Pinato
DF Italy ITA Franco Baresi
DF Switzerland SUI Walter Bianchi
DF Italy ITA Alessandro Costacurta
DF Italy ITA Filippo Galli
DF Italy ITA Paolo Maldini
DF Italy ITA Roberto Mussi
DF Italy ITA Gianluca Pessotto
DF Italy ITA Sergio Porrini
DF Italy ITA Mauro Tassotti
DF Italy ITA Matteo Villa
MF Italy ITA Demetrio Albertini
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Italy ITA Carlo Ancelotti
MF Italy ITA Angelo Colombo
MF Italy ITA Roberto Donadoni
MF Italy ITA Alberigo Evani
MF Italy ITA Corrado Giannini
MF Netherlands NED Ruud Gullit
MF Italy ITA Fabio Lago
MF Italy ITA Christian Lantignotti
MF Netherlands NED Frank Rijkaard
MF Italy ITA Fabio Viviani
FW Italy ITA Massimiliano Cappellini
FW Italy ITA Graziano Mannari
FW Italy ITA Daniele Massaro
FW Netherlands NED Marco van Basten
FW Italy ITA Pietro Paolo Virdis

Transfers

Out
Pos. Name To Type
GK Daniele Limonta Venezia
GK Giulio Nuciari AC Monza
DF Rufo Emiliano Verga Parma F.C. loan
MF Claudio Borghi Neuchatel Xamax -
MF Mario Bortolazzi Hellas Verona -
FW Stefano Borgonovo Fiorentina loan
FW Giuseppe Galderisi Hellas Verona loan

Winter

In
Pos. Name from Type
MF Fabio Viviani Como 1907 -
Out
Pos. Name To Type
FW Daniele Massaro A.S. Roma loan

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Internazionale (C) 34 26 6 2 67 19 +48 58 Qualification to European Cup
2 Napoli 34 18 11 5 57 28 +29 47 Qualification to UEFA Cup
3 Milan[a] 34 16 14 4 61 25 +36 46 Qualification to European Cup
4 Juventus 34 15 13 6 51 36 +15 43 Qualification to UEFA Cup
5 Sampdoria 34 14 11 9 43 25 +18 39 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
Source: 1988–89 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.[3]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Milan qualified for the 1989–90 European Cup as the 1988–89 European Cup defending champions.

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAH
ResultWWDDWLLWLDDLWWDWDWWDWDWDDDWDDDWWWW
Position1113245577777665544444433333333333
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   = 1989–90 European Cup;   = 1989–90 UEFA Cup

Matches

9 October 1988 1 Milan 4–0 Fiorentina Milan
Donadoni 14'
Virdis 78', 85', 89' (pen.)
Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 72, 414
Referee: Arcangelo Pezzella
16 October 1988 2 Pescara 1–3 Milan Pescara
Edmar 82' Report Virdis 30'
van Basten 63'
Ancelotti 70'
Stadium: Stadio Adriatico
Attendance: 27, 039
Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto
23 October 1988 3 Milan 0–0 Lazio Milan
Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 72, 507
Referee: Carlo Sguizzato
30 October 1988 4 Juventus 0–0 Milan Turin
Report Stadium: Stadio Comunale di Torino
Attendance: 47, 284
Referee: Luigi Agnolin
6 November 1988 5 Verona 1–2 Milan Verona
Caniggia 67' Report Gullit 23'
Soldà 80' (o.g.)
Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 47, 868
Referee: Tullio Lanese
20 November 1988 6 Milan 1–2 Atalanta Milan
Rijkaard 78' Report Baresi 75' (o.g.)
Bonacina 90'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 73, 475
Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto
27 November 1988 7 Napoli 4–1 Milan Naples
Maradona 42'
Careca 45', 78'
Francini 48'
Report Virdis 65' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 82, 760
Referee: Luigi Agnolin
4 December 1988 8 Milan 2–0 Lecce Milan
Righetti 11' (o.g.)
van Basten 68' (pen.)
Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 71, 234
Referee: Bruno Di Cola
11 December 1988 9 Milan 0–1 Internazionale Milan
Report Serena 26' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 73, 503
Referee: Pietro D'Elia
18 December 1988 10 Torino 2–2 Milan Turin
Müller 38', 83' Report van Basten 6', 89' Stadium: Stadio Comunale di Torino
Attendance: 31, 895
Referee: Carlo Longhi
31 December 1988 11 Milan 0–0 Sampdoria Milan
Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 72, 371
Referee: Rosario Lo Bello
8 January 1989 12 Cesena 1–0 Milan Cesena
Holmqvist 69' Report Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 24, 713
Referee: Arcangelo Pezzella
15 January 1989 13 Milan 4–0 Como Milan
van Basten 3'
Gullit 60'
Virdis 75' (pen.)
Maccoppi 79' (o.g.)
Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 70, 725
Referee: Bruno Di Cola
22 January 1989 14 Roma 1–3 Milan Rome
Völler 11' Report Tassotti 7'
van Basten 30'
Virdis 79'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 41, 191
Referee: Tullio Lanese
29 January 1989 15 Milan 0–0 Pisa Milan
Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 72, 311
Referee: Gianluca Paparesta
5 February 1989 16 Ascoli 0–2 Milan Ascoli Piceno
Report van Basten 37', 67' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca
Attendance: 19, 984
Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto
12 February 1989 17 Milan 1–1 Bologna Milan
van Basten 72' (pen.) Report Baresi 90' (o.g.) Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 73, 367
Referee: Angelo Amendolia
19 February 1989 18 Fiorentina 0–2 Milan Florence
Report Colombo 45'
Ancelotti 78'
Stadium: Stadio Comunale (Florence)
Attendance: 30, 968
Referee: Arcangelo Pezzella
26 February 1989 19 Milan 6–1 Pescara Milan
Virdis 19', 82'
Rijkaard 50'
Gullit 65', 67'
Gasperini 85' (o.g.)
Report Tita 49' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 72, 706
Referee: Virginio Quartuccio
5 March 1989 20 Lazio 1–1 Milan Rome
Sosa 35' (pen.) Report van Basten 24' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 41, 927
Referee: Luigi Agnolin
12 March 1989 21 Milan 4–0 Juventus Milan
Tricella 12' (o.g.)
Evani 14'
Mannari 69', 86'
Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 73, 411
Referee: Pietro D'Elia
19 March 1989 22 Milan 1–1 Verona Milan
Gullit 17' Report Pacione 15' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 72, 810
Referee: Luciano Luci
1 April 1989 23 Atalanta 1–2 Milan Bergamo
E. Nicolini 4' Report Evani 14'
Rijkaard 60'
Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Attendance: 34, 640
Referee: Bruno Di Cola
9 April 1989 24 Milan 0–0 Napoli Milan
Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 72, 949
Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto
15 April 1989 25 Lecce 1–1 Milan Lecce
Benedetti 5' Report Virdis 26' Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 41, 754
Referee: Arcangelo Pezzella
30 April 1989 26 Internazionale 0–0 Milan Milan
Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 69, 853
Referee: Pierluigi Magni
7 May 1989 27 Milan 2–1 Torino Milan
Colombo 47'
van Basten 74'
Report Bresciani 89' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 72, 167
Referee: Rosario Lo Bello
14 May 1989 28 Sampdoria 1–1 Milan Genoa
Pari 36' Report Rijkaard 45' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 18, 520
Referee: Carlo Longhi
20 May 1989 29 Milan 0–0 Cesena Milan
Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 70, 258
Referee: Angelo Amendolia
28 May 1989 30 Como 1–1 Milan Como
Annoni 6' Report Baresi 13' Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia
Attendance: 12, 442
Referee: Arcangelo Pezzella
4 June 1989 31 Milan 4–1 Roma Milan
Tassotti 3'
Tempestilli 53' (o.g.)
van Basten 56'
Baresi 83'
Report Massaro 41' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 72, 176
Referee: Marcello Nicchi
11 June 1989 32 Pisa 0–2 Milan Pisa
Report van Basten 33', 50' Stadium: Arena Garibaldi
Attendance: 10, 626
Referee: Gianni Beschin
18 June 1989 33 Milan 5–1 Ascoli Milan
Evani 11'
van Basten 15', 23', 55'
Benetti 88' (o.g.)
Report Casagrande 76' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 69, 147
Referee: Fabio Baldas
25 June 1989 34 Bologna 1–4 Milan Bologna
Marronaro 59' Report Mannari 3'
van Basten 36', 86' (pen.)
Colombo 76'
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 28, 504
Referee: Piero Ceccarini

Top scorers

Coppa Italia

First round- Group 3

21 August 1988 1 Milan 2–0 Licata Brescia
Virdis 29'
Donadoni 57'
Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti
Attendance: 10 000
Referee: Felicani
24 August 1988 2 Messina 1–1 Milan Messina
Pierleoni 48' 45' van Basten Stadium: Giovanni Celeste
Attendance: 30 000
Referee: Paparesta
28 August 1988 3 Pescara 1–2 Milan Pescara
Zanone 1' 54', 64' van Basten Stadium: Adriatico
Attendance: 23 615
Referee: Lo Bello
30 August 1988 4 Campobasso 1–3 Milan Campobasso
Moro 71' 26' Mannari
48', 56' Gullit
Stadium: Stadio Nuovo Romagnoli
Attendance: 19 000
Referee: Baldas
3 September 1988 5 Milan 2–1 Lazio Monza
Mannari 11'
Cappellini 28'
42' Rizzolo Stadium: Brianteo
Attendance: 15 000
Referee: D'Elia

Second round- Group 1

14 September 1988 1 Sambenedettese 0–3 Milan San Benedetto del Tronto
8', 75' Mannari
25' Baresi
Stadium: Stadio Riviera delle Palme
Attendance: 5 408
Referee: Paparesta
21 September 1988 2 Milan 1–1 Hellas Verona Bergamo
Baresi 41' (pen.) 36' Caniggia Stadium: Comunale
Attendance: 10 000
Referee: Longhi
28 September 1988 3 Torino 1–0 Milan Torino
Bresciani 28' (pen.) Stadium: Comunale
Attendance: 14 759
Referee: Lo Bello

Supercoppa Italiana

14 June 1989 Milan 3–1 Sampdoria San Siro, Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Rijkaard 18'
Mannari 72'
Van Basten 90' (pen)
Report Vialli 14' Attendance: 19, 412
Referee: Pietro D'Elia

European Cup

First round

7 September 1988 First Leg Vitosha Bulgaria 0–2 Italy Milan Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
19:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Virdis 18'
Maldini Yellow card 44'
Gullit 75'
Attendance: 32, 500
Referee: Gerassimos Germanakos (Greece)
6 October 1988 Second Leg Milan Italy 5–2 Bulgaria Vitosha San Siro, Milan
19:30 CEST (UTC+01:00) Van Basten 3', 13', 42', 83'
Virdis 63'
Report Nachev 29'
Iliev Yellow card 64', 73'
Attendance: 53, 086
Referee: Joe Worrall (England)

Second round

26 October 1988 First Leg Milan Italy 1–1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade San Siro, Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00) Baresi Yellow card 22'
Virdis 48'
Ancelotti Yellow card 52'
Report Najdoski Yellow card 4'
Stojković 47'
Radovanovic Yellow card 51'
Ivanovic Yellow card 62'
Attendance: 71, 316
Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)
9 November 1988 Second Leg[nb 1] Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1–0 Italy Milan Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
17:00 CEST (UTC+01:00) Sabanadzovic Yellow card 29'
Stojković 50'
Report Ancelotti Yellow card 28' Attendance: 97, 400
Referee: Dieter Pauly (West Germany)

Quarter-finals

1 March 1989 First Leg Werder Bremen West Germany 0–0 Italy Milan Weserstadion, Bremen
20:00 CEST (UTC+01:00) Riedle Yellow card 39'
Ordenewitz Yellow card 56'
Report Rijkaard Yellow card 41' Attendance: 39, 500
Referee: José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal)
15 March 1989 Second Leg Milan Italy 1–0 West Germany Werder Bremen San Siro, Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00) Van Basten 32' (pen.) Report Meier Yellow card 32'
Sauer Yellow card 35'
Votava Yellow card 83'
Reck Yellow card 90'
Attendance: 71, 207
Referee: George Smith (Scotland)

Semi-finals

5 April 1989 First Leg Real Madrid Spain 1–1 Italy Milan Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Sánchez 41' Report Tassotti Yellow card 53'
Van Basten 77'
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)
19 April 1989 Second Leg Milan Italy 5–0 Spain Real Madrid San Siro, Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Ancelotti 17'
Rijkaard 24'
Gullit 45'
Van Basten 49'
Donadoni 60'
Report Sánchez Yellow card 3' Attendance: 73,112
Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)

Final

Statistics

Players statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A[4] European Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Italy ITA Galli 41 -28 32 -23 9 -5
DF Italy ITA Tassotti 39 2 30 2 9 0
DF Italy ITA Costacurta 33 0 20+6 0 5+2 0
DF Italy ITA Baresi 41 2 33 2 8 0
DF Italy ITA Maldini 33 0 26 0 7 0
MF Italy ITA Colombo 39 3 28+2 3 9 0
MF Italy ITA Ancelotti 35 3 27+1 2 7 1
MF Netherlands NED Rijkaard 40 5 31 4 9 1
MF Italy ITA Evani 35 3 29+1 3 5 0
FW Netherlands NED Gullit 27 9 17+2 5 5+3 4
FW Netherlands NED van Basten 42 29 33 19 9 10
GK Italy ITA Pinato 2 -2 2 -2 0 0
MF Italy ITA Donadoni 30 2 20+1 1 9 1
FW Italy ITA Virdis 32 13 17+9 10 3+3 3
DF Italy ITA Mussi 22 0 10+9 0 2+1 0
FW Italy ITA Mannari 18 3 8+9 3 1 0
DF Italy ITA F. Galli 14 0 7+3 0 2+2 0
MF Italy ITA Lantignotti 9 0 2+6 0 0+1 0
MF Italy ITA Viviani 6 0 1+5 0 0 0
FW Italy ITA Cappellini 5 0 1+2 0 0+2 0
GK Italy ITA Antonioli 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Switzerland SUI Bianchi 2 0 0+2 0 0 0
MF Italy ITA Albertini 1 0 0+1 0 0 0

Footnotes

  1. ^ The game was abandoned in the 65th minute because of dense fog and low visibility with the score at 1–0. The game was replayed from the beginning the next day at 3 p.m. with the same starting line-ups, with the exception of Milan players Pietro Paolo Virdis and Carlo Ancelotti; Virdis had been sent off in the abandoned match, while Ancelotti picked up his second yellow card of the competition, meaning that he had to sit out a match.

References

  1. ^ "Stylish Milan return to the top".
  2. ^ "The Great European Cup teams". the guardian.com. 24 May 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Presenze Milan 88-89" (in Italian). calcio-seriea.net. Retrieved 2 November 2020.