1972–73 AC Milan season

Milan Associazione Calcio 1972–73 Cesare Maldini (with Nereo Rocco as technical director) Albino Buticchi President Serie A 2nd Coppa Italia Winners Cup Winners' Cup Winners Gianni Rivera (17) Luciano Chiarugi (22) San Siro http://www.stadiapostcards.com/a1.htm.htm Attendance Statistics of Serie A stadiapostcards.com 26 May 2023 _milan100o ff0000 _milan7273h 000000 _milan100o ff0000 ffffff _redtop 000000 _milan2642a ffffff _milan6768a ffffff _milan2642a ffffff ffffff ffffff 1971–72 1973–74 During the 1972–1973 season Milan Associazione Calcio competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and Cup Winners' Cup. Summary In July 1972, Albino Buticchi became the new Milan president, while Nereo Rocco assumed the role of technical director, with Cesare Maldini as coach. The new signings during the summer transfer market were Luciano Chiarugi, Dario Dolci and Maurizio Turone. In autumn 1972, after five years and 183 games with the Rossoneri, goalkeeper Fabio Cudicini, already out for some kidney problems, ended his career, and was replaced by Villiam Vecchi.http://www.magliarossonera.it/197273_calciomercato.html Calciomercato Milan 1972–73 Italian magliarossonera.it 26 May 2023 In the league, Milan suffered only tw defeats in the first half of the season, and concluded in first position, with 22 points, as many as those scored by Juventus, also thanks to the contribution of a prolific attacking play. In the end 65 were the goals scored, with an average of more than two per game. Memorable was the 9–3 inflicted to Atalanta on 15 October 1972. The match against Atalanta still holds the record for most goals scored in a Serie A game.https://tribuna.com/it/blogs/fb3ae849-938f-4137-9645-aa821a787dc4/ Una partita incredibile: 15/10/72 Milan-Atalanta 9–3, ricordi indelebili di un record mai battuto Italian tribuna.com 26 May 2023 Rossoneri and Bianconeri continued side by side at the top of the standings until the 20th round, when Juventus lost the derby with Torino while Milan beat Lanerossi Vicenza, thus gaining 2 points over the Bianconeri. In March, Milan even had a three-point lead over their competitors, then reduced to one due to the defeat on 22 April at the Stadio Olimpico against Lazio, with a goal disallowed to Chiarugi by referee Concetto Lo Bello and the subsequent sending-off of Rocco for protesting.https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-A/Lazio/23-01-2023/amarcord-bello-rocco-rivera-quell-indimenticabile-lazio-milan-1973-4502039831337_preview.shtml?reason=unauthenticated&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gazzetta.it%2FCalcio%2FSerie-A%2FLazio%2F23-01-2023%2Famarcord-bello-rocco-rivera-quell-indimenticabile-lazio-milan-1973-4502039831337.shtml Lo Bello, Rocco, Rivera e quell’indimenticabile Lazio-Milan del 1973 Italian gazzetta.it 26 May 2023 On the eve of the last matchday Milan lead the standings with 44 points ahead of Juventus and Lazio, paired at 43 points. Milan, who had played the Cup Winners' Cup final a few days earlier, had to face Verona away, who beat the Rossoneri 5–3.http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1973_05%2F19730521_0007.pdf Il Milan è stato tradito dalla fatica di Salonicco Italian archiviostorico.unita.it 26 May 2023 4 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140204041514/http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1973_05%2F19730521_0007.pdf dead Lazio lost in the final in Naples and Juventus was drawing against Roma, but a few minutes to the end Antonello Cuccureddu scored the winning goal that gave the Bianconeri the scudetto.http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1973_05%2F19730521_0007.pdf Prima Altafini (200 gol) poi Cuccureddu (all'86') Italian archiviostorico.unita.it 26 May 2023 4 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140204041514/http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1973_05%2F19730521_0007.pdf dead Milan thus closed the championship in second place, and this episode was nicknamed the Fatal Verona. Milan captain Gianni Rivera was the top scorer of the competition, with 17 goals, tied with Paolo Pulici and Giuseppe Savoldi. In the Cup Winners' Cup, Milan qualified to the final after eliminating Red Boys Differdange from Luxembourg in the round of 32 (4–1 victory in the first leg in Differdange and 3–0 in the second leg in Milan), in the round of 16 knocking out the Poles of Legia Warsaw (1–1 in Warsaw and 2–1 victory after extra time at San Siro), in the quarter-finals the Soviets from Spartak Moscow (1–0 victory in Sochi and 1–1 draw in Milan) and in the semi-final the Czechoslovak side Sparta Prague (two 1–0 victories). In the final in Thessaloniki on 16 May 1973, Milan faced the English side of Leeds United and won the match thanks to a free-kick scored at the third minute by Chiarugi, who became the top scorer of the tournament with 7 goals. It was the second Cup Winners' Cup won by the Rossoneri. The season ended with the Coppa Italia, where Milan, as holder of the trophy, started directly from the second round. They ended group B, which also includes Atalanta, Cagliari and Napoli, in first place with 10 points from five wins and one defeat, and qualified for the final on 1 July 1973 at the Olimpico of Rome against Juventus. About a month after the Fatal Verona, Milan took revenge by beating Juventus at the penalty shoot-outs, thus winning their third national cup. The match ended 1–1 after extra time (in the first half, Romeo Benetti responded to Juventus' goal by Roberto Bettega from a penalty kick). At the penalty shoot-outs, Schnellinger, again Benetti, Chiarugi, Biasiolo and Magherini scored, while the Bianconeri missed three out of five shots, setting the score at 5–2 for Milan. Squad y y ITA Pierangelo Belli GK y ITA Fabio Cudicini GK y ITA Villiam Vecchi GK y ITA Renato Marson GK y ITA Angelo Anquilletti DF y ITA Giulio Zignoli DF y ITA Dario Dolci DF y ITA Roberto Rosato DF y ITA Maurizio Turone DF y ITA Giuseppe Sabadini DF y GER Karl-Heinz Schnellinger DF (vice-captain) y ITA Roberto Casone MF y y ITA Romeo Benetti MF y ITA Giorgio Biasiolo MF y ITA Guido Magherini MF y ITA Gianni Rivera MF (Captain) y ITA Riccardo Sogliano MF y ITA Luciano Chiarugi FW y ITA Lino Golin FW y ITA Alberto Bigon FW y ITA Pierino Prati FW y ITA Silvano Villa FW y ITA Carlo Tresoldi FW y ITA Graziano Gori FW Transfers In Pos. Name from Type DF Dario Dolci Varese DF Maurizio Turone Genoa MF Roberto Casone Sampdoria loan end FW Luciano Chiarugi Fiorentina Out Pos. Name To Type DF Aldo Maldera Bologna loan DF Luciano Monticolo Catanzaro MF Pier Paolo Scarrone Genoa MF Vincenzo Zazzaro Lecco loan FW Silvano Villa Sampdoria loan GK Fabio Cudicini – career end Competitions Serie A 1972-73 Serie A League table MIL Matches 24 September 1972 1 Milan Palermo 4–0 http://www.wikicalcioitalia.info/vinc.php?idinc=12152 Milan Stadio San Siro Barbaresco Rivera 19 pen. 31Chiarugi 44Prati 85 W 1 October 1972 2 Ternana Milan 0–0 http://www.wikicalcioitalia.info/vinc.php?idinc=12164 Terni Stadio Libero Liberati Monti D 15 October 1972 3 Milan Atalanta 9–3 http://www.wikicalcioitalia.info/vinc.php?idinc=12168 Milan Stadio San Siro Giunti Prati 16 55 90Bigon 30 64Rivera 35 52Benetti 40Chiarugi 50 33 Divina54 Ghio88 Carelli W 29 October 1972 4 Juventus Milan 2–2 http://www.wikicalcioitalia.info/vinc.php?idinc=12176 Turin Stadio Comunale Pieroni Salvadore 70Causio 75 32 Bigon76 Rivera D 5 November 1972 5 Milan Lanerossi Vicenza 2–0 http://www.wikicalcioitalia.info/vinc.php?idinc=12184 Milan Stadio San Siro Trinchieri Biasiolo 28Rivera 87 pen. W 12 November 1972 6 Fiorentina Milan 3–1 http://www.wikicalcioitalia.info/vinc.php?idinc=12190 Florence Stadio Comunale Lo Bello Longoni 20Clerici 39Caso 49 4 Prati L 19 November 1972 7 Milan Inter Milan 3–2 http://www.wikicalcioitalia.info/vinc.php?idinc=12200 Milan Stadio San Siro Angonese Prati 23Rosato 31Benetti 52 74 Oriali77 Boninsegna W 26 November 1972 8 Roma Milan 0–0 http://www.wikicalcioitalia.info/vinc.php?idinc=12211 Rome Stadio Olimpico Toselli D 3 December 1972 9 Milan Sampdoria 3–1 http://www.wikicalcioitalia.info/vinc.php?idinc=12218 Milan Stadio San Siro Trono Benetti 30Chiarugi 40Sogliano 69 23 Salvi W 10 December 1972 10 Cagliari Milan 0–1 http://www.wikicalcioitalia.info/vinc.php?idinc=12221 Cagliari Stadio Sant'Elia Pieroni 57 Bigon W 17 December 1973 11Game suspended due to fog at the 81st minute on a 1–0 score. http://www.wikicalcioitalia.info/vinc.php?idinc=12232 Milan Lazio 3–1 Milan Stadio San Siro Lo Bello Chiarugi 45Bigon 48Benetti 72 9 og Rosato W 24 December 1972 12 Napoli Milan 0–0 http://www.wikicalcioitalia.info/vinc.php?idinc=12242 Naples Stadio San Paolo Lo Bello D 30 December 1972 13 Milan Torino 1–0 http://www.wikicalcioitalia.info/vinc.php?idinc=12250 Milan Stadio San Siro Francescon Rivera 87 W 7 January 1973 14 Bologna Milan 3–2 http://www.wikicalcioitalia.info/vinc.php?idinc=12254 Bologna Stadio Comunale Serafino Ghetti 4Savoldi 27 pen.Novellini 42 60 pen. Rivera87 Chiarugi L 21 January 1973 15 Milan Hellas Verona 2–1 http://www.wikicalcioitalia.info/vinc.php?idinc=12266 Milan Stadio San Siro Ciacci Chiarugi 15 53 90 pen. Mascetti W 28 January 1973 16 Palermo Milan 0–1 http://www.wikicalcioitalia.info/vinc.php?idinc=12272 Palermo Stadio La Favorita Menegali 80 pen. Rivera W 4 February 1973 17 Milan Ternana 3–1 http://www.wikicalcioitalia.info/vinc.php?idinc=12284 Milan Stadio San Siro Trinchieri Benatti 11 ogRivera 16Chiarugi 66 90 pen. Cardillo W 11 February 1973 18 Atalanta Milan 1–1 http://www.wikicalcioitalia.info/vinc.php?idinc=12288 Bergamo Stadio Comunale Barbaresco Pellizzaro 43 pen. 35 Chiarugi D 18 February 1973 19 Milan Juventus 2–2 http://www.wikicalcioitalia.info/vinc.php?idinc=12296 Milan Stadio San Siro Pieroni Rivera 44 pen.Biasiolo 85 12 Bettega50 Marchetti D 4 March 1973 20 Lanerossi Vicenza Milan 0–3 http://www.wikicalcioitalia.info/vinc.php?idinc=12304 Vicenza Stadio Romeo Menti Monti 29 Rivera43 Chiarugi70 Biasiolo W 11 March 1973 21 Milan Fiorentina 2–0 http://www.wikicalcioitalia.info/vinc.php?idinc=12310 Milan Stadio San Siro Francescon Benetti 72 85 W 18 March 1973 22 Inter Milan Milan 0–2 http://www.wikicalcioitalia.info/vinc.php?idinc=12320 Milan Stadio San Siro Lattanzi 39 Sabadini90 Benetti W 25 March 1973 23 Milan Roma 3–1 http://www.wikicalcioitalia.info/vinc.php?idinc=12331 Milan Stadio San Siro Barbaresco Bigon 35Rivera 52 85 pen. 83 Morini W 8 April 1973 24 Sampdoria Milan 1–4 http://www.wikicalcioitalia.info/vinc.php?idinc=12338 Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris Gonella Salvi 21 6 Rivera26 68 Bigon48 Biasiolo W 15 April 1973 25 Milan Cagliari 1–1 http://www.wikicalcioitalia.info/vinc.php?idinc=12341 Milan Stadio San Siro Francescon Rivera 81 pen. 50 Brugnera D 21 April 1973 26 Lazio Milan 2–1 http://www.wikicalcioitalia.info/vinc.php?idinc=12352 Rome Stadio Olimpico Lo Bello Schnellinger 5 ogChinaglia 35 56 Rivera L 29 April 1973 27 Milan Napoli 1–0 http://www.wikicalcioitalia.info/vinc.php?idinc=12362 Milan Stadio San Siro Monti Chiarugi 90 W 6 May 1973 28 Torino Milan 2–2 http://www.wikicalcioitalia.info/vinc.php?idinc=12370 Turin Stadio Comunale Angonese Pulici 21 pen.Bui 24 49 Chiarugi81 Sabadini D 13 May 1973 29 Milan Bologna 3–1 http://www.wikicalcioitalia.info/vinc.php?idinc=12374 Milan Stadio San Siro Barbaresco Sogliano 12Sabadini 56Bigon 69 86 og Zignoli W 20 May 1973 30 Hellas Verona Milan 5–3 http://www.wikicalcioitalia.info/vinc.php?idinc=12386 Verona Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Monti Sirena 17Sabadini 25 ogLuppi 29 70Turone 72 og 32 Rosato81 Sabadini90 Bigon L Coppa Italia 1972-73 Coppa Italia Second round – Group B 26 May 1973 1 Atalanta Milan 0–2 Bergamo Stadio Comunale Panzino 1 Chiarugi15 Bigon W 3 June 1973 2 Milan Cagliari 0–1 Milan Stadio San Siro Angonese 65 Riva L 17 June 1973 3 Napoli Milan 0–2 Naples Stadio San Paolo Gialluisi 8 81 Chiarugi W 20 June 1973 4 Milan Atalanta 1–0 Milan Stadio San Siro Mascali Pirola 34 og W 24 June 1973 5 Cagliari Milan 0–1 Cagliari Stadio Sant'Elia Lattanzi 71 Rivera W 27 June 1973 6 Milan Napoli 2–0 Milan Stadio San Siro Trinchieri Rivera 18 33 pen. W Final 1 July 1973 Milan Juventus 1–1 yes Rome Stadio Olimpico Angonese Benetti 40 pen. 15 Bettega Schnellinger Benetti Chiarugi Biasiolo Magherini 5–2 Causioparato Anastasiparato Bettegafuori Spinosi Cuccureddu D Cup Winners' Cup 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup Round of 32 6 September 1972 1 Red Boys Differdange Milan 1–4 Differdange Stade du Thillenberg Wurtz Klein 90 4 17 Prati19 Golin83 Chiarugi W 27 September 1972 2 Milan Red Boys Differdange 3–0 Milan Stadio San Siro Casha Chiarugi 4 66Benetti 33 W Round of 16 25 October 1972 1 Legia Warsaw Milan 1–1 Warsaw Polish Army Stadium Michas Deyna 79 75 Golin D 8 November 1972 2 Milan Legia Warsaw 2–1 yes Milan Stadio San Siro Tschenscher Zignoli 10Chiarugi 118 44 Pieszko W Quarterfinals 7 March 1973 1 Spartak Moscow Milan 0–1 Sochi Sochi Central Stadium Taylor 62 Benetti W 21 March 1973 2 Milan Spartak Moscow 1–1 Milan Stadio San Siro Gugulović Bigon 2 7 Piskarëv D Semifinals 11 April 1973 1 Milan Sparta Prague 1–0 Milan Stadio San Siro Paterson Chiarugi 68 W 25 April 1973 2 Sparta Prague Milan 0–1 Prague Stadion Letná Sánchez 73 Chiarugi W Final 16 May 1973 Leeds United Milan 0–1 Thessaloniki Kaftanzoglio Stadium Michas Chiarugi 3 W Statistics Squad statistics Competitionhttp://www.magliarossonera.it/statistiche/riepStagResultComp.php?seasons=1972-1973 Milan Associazione Calcio 1972–73 magliarossonera.it 26 May 2023 Points Home Away Total GD G Games W Won D Draw L Lost Gs Goals scored Ga Goals against G Games W Won D Draw L Lost Gs Goals scored Ga Goals against G Games W Won D Draw L Lost Gs Goals scored Ga Goals against 1972-73 Serie A 44 15 13 2 0 42 14 15 5 6 4 26 19 30 18 8 4 65 33 +32 1972-73 Coppa Italia – 3 2 0 1 3 1 3 3 0 0 5 0 7Included the final, played in Rome. 5 1 1 9 2 +7 1972–73 Cup Winners' Cup – 4 3 1 0 7 2 4 3 1 0 7 2 9Included the final, played in Thessaloniki. 7 2 0 15 4 +11 Total – 22 18 3 1 52 17 22 11 7 4 35 21 46 30 11 5 89 39 +50 Players statistics Serie A Coppa Italia Cup Winners' Cup ITA Angelo Anquilletti DF 28 0 5 0 8 0 ITA Dario Dolci DF 11 0 4 0 7 0 ITA Pierangelo Belli GK 13 -16 0 -0 5 -3 ITA Giuseppe Sabadini MF 23 4 5 0 6 0 ITA Fabio Cudicini GK 0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 ITA Giorgio Biasiolo MF 22 4 5 0 7 0 ITA Guido Magherini MF 2 0 5 0 3 0 ITA Lino Golin FW 5 0 3 0 6 2 ITA Renato Marson GK 0 0 0 0 0 0 ITA Alberto Bigon FW 28 10 7 1 8 1 ITA Graziano Gori FW 0 0 1 0 0 0 ITA Romeo Benetti DF 29 7 7 1 7 2 ITA Roberto Rosato MF 25 2 7 0 6 0 ITA Giulio Zignoli DF 15 0 7 0 7 1 ITA Pierino Prati FW 17 6 0 0 4 2 ITA Gianni Rivera MF 28 17 6 3 9 0 ITA Maurizio Turone DF 15 0 4 0 5 0 ITA Luciano Chiarugi FW 27 12 5 3 8 7 GER Karl-Heinz Schnellinger DF 28 0 6 0 7 0 ITA Riccardo Sogliano MF 17 2 1 0 4 0 ITA Roberto Casone MF 1 0 4 0 1 0 ITA Carlo Tresoldi FW 1 0 0 0 1 0 ITA Villiam Vecchi GK 19 -17 7 -2 4 -1 May 2023 http://www.magliarossonera.it/statistiche/generalStatsMatches.php?seasons=1972-1973 Milan Associazione Calcio 1972–73 magliarossonera.it 26 May 2023 See also A.C. Milan References Bibliography Almanacco illustrato del Milan, ed: 2, March 2005 Panini Enrico Tosi La storia del Milan, May 2005 Italia/Italy cid Tosi Milan. Sempre con te, December 2009 2009 Mondadori 978-88-04-59118-4 External links http://www.magliarossonera.it/197273.html Stagione 1972-1973 Magliarossonera.it Category:AC Milan seasons Milan Category:UEFA Cup Winners' Cup–winning seasons