1987–88 AC Milan season

AC Milan 1987–88 Arrigo Sacchi Silvio Berlusconi President San Siro Silvio Berlusconi Serie A 1st(In 1988–89 European Cup) Coppa Italia Round of 16 UEFA Cup Round of 32 Paolo Virdis (11) Virdis (15) _black stripes ff0000 _milan8688h 000000 _black stripes ff0000 ffffff ffffff _milan8692a ffffff _milan8788a ffffff _milan8692a ffffff ffffff ffffff 15 May 1988 1986–87 1988–89 During the 1987–88 season, Milan Associazione Calcio competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and UEFA Cup. Summary Silvio Berlusconi appointed Arrigo Sacchi as the new head coach, who in the previous season with Parma had faced Milan in the Coppa Italia three times and subsequently eliminated the Rossoneri, in the process impressing Berlusconi with the team's style of play.http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1987/07/03/un-giorno-sacchi-gioco-in-difesa.html E un giorno Sacchi giocò in difesa Gianni Mura la Repubblica July 3, 1987 45 italianhttp://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1987/07/28/straordinari-per-il-milan.html Straordinari per il Milan Gianni Mura la Repubblica July 28, 1987 20 italian The transfer market brought two Dutch players to Milan: Marco van Basten and Ruud Gullit, taken respectively from Ajax and PSV, in place of the English Ray Wilkins and Mark Hateley.http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1987/07/01/milan-juve-roma-sconvolte-hanno-gia-prenotato.html Milan, Juve e Roma sconvolte Hanno già prenotato i migliori Fabrizio Bocca la Repubblica July 1, 1987 23 italian Angelo Colombo and Carlo Ancelotti joined in midfield. The coach from Fusignano could thus count on a young squad, which could allow him to fight in the league against reigning champions Napoli. The squad was already made up of a strong defense led by captain Franco Baresi and which included Paolo Maldini, Filippo Galli, Mauro Tassotti as well as the substitutes Alessandro Costacurta (who will make his debut in the first team during the season) and the new signing Roberto Mussi. Thanks to the play-off won at the end of the 1986–87 season against Sampdoria, the Rossoneri regained access to Europe by participating in the UEFA Cup. Due to the disqualification of the Meazza (because of incidents during the match against Waregem on 11 December 1985), the club decided to play its home games at the Via del mare stadium in Lecce.http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1987/09/17/il-milan-un-gigante-smarrito.html Il Milan è un gigante smarrito Licia Granello la Repubblica September 17, 1987 18 italianhttp://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1987/10/01/un-milan-preciso.html È un Milan preciso Licia Granello la Repubblica October 1, 1987 20 italian In the Coppa Italia, Milan got through the first round, finishing their group in second place: they won four matches and lost only one, on penalties, against Parma. The league began with the victory at Pisa, in which Van Basten (on his debut in Italy) scored the final 3–1 from a penalty kick. Milan then eliminated Sporting de Gijón in the UEFA Cup after losing the first leg 1–0 and winning the second leg 3–0 at the Via del Mare. On the league's fifth day, in the match against Sampdoria, Van Basten suffered an injury that would put him out of action until April. The journey in Europe ended in the next round, against another Spanish team: Espanyol, victorious away, in Lecce (2–0), and capable of imposing a goalless draw at home.http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1987/10/22/il-milan-gia-disperato.html Il Milan è già disperato repubblica.it it 24 May 2023 Two months after the Dutchman's injury, Milan beat Roma at the San Siro, but the match was later abandoned by the referee due to a firecracker from the Milan stand that had hit the Giallorossi goalkeeper Tancredi. The calendar year ended with a victory in the derby, achieved by beating Inter 1–0: Milan thus had 16 points in the standings, 5 less than leaders Napoli. The first match of 1988 had the challenge against the Neapolitans on the calendar, which the Rossoneri won with an imposing 4–1; the 3–1 goal was scored by Gullit, who had just been awarded the 1987 Ballon d'Or. Three days later, the team defeated Ascoli in the first leg of the round of 16 of the Coppa Italia: in the second leg, the score of 1–0 was overturned by Ascoli who would then win on penalties. In the second half of the season, in the league, Sacchi's team didn't suffer any setbacks and recovered ground against Napoli.http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1987/11/24/caro-napoli-vai-troppo-forte.html Caro Napoli, vai troppo forte Gianni Brera la Repubblica November 24, 1987 33 italianhttp://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1988/01/20/il-mio-calcio-come-un-look.html Il mio calcio è come un look Licia Granello la Repubblica January 20, 1988 30 italianhttp://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1988/01/26/ma-anche-le-grandi-sentono-la-fatica.html Ma anche le grandi sentono la fatica Gianni Brera la Repubblica January 26, 1988 24 italian In the 25th round, Van Basten returned to the pitch after six months of absence, and scored the winning goal against Empoli. This success was followed by victories against Roma and Inter, which made it possible to reduce the gap from Napoli to just one point, on the eve of the crucial match. At the San Paolo, Milan defeated the hosts again, this time 3–2 with a double by Virdis and Van Basten, who responded to Maradona and Careca. The result promoted the Rossoneri to first place in the standings, with an advantage of one point.http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1988/05/03/ma-non-ancora-scudetto.html Ma non è ancora scudetto Licia Granello la Repubblica May 3, 1988 34 italian The position was defended in the two remaining games, thanks to draws with Juventus and Como, giving Milan the Scudetto, their eleventh overall, as well as the first after nine years.http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1988/05/17/cari-campioni-vi-vedo-cosi.html Cari campioni, vi vedo così... repubblica.it it 24 May 2023 Squad y y GK ITA Giovanni Galli y GK ITA Giulio Nuciari y DF ITA Franco Baresi y DF Switzerland Walter Bianchi y DF ITA Alessandro Costacurta y DF ITA Filippo Galli y DF ITA Paolo Maldini y DF ITA Roberto Mussi y DF ITA Mauro Tassotti y DF ITA Rufo Emiliano Verga y MF ITA Carlo Ancelotti y y MF ITA Mario Bortolazzi y MF ITA Angelo Colombo y MF ITA Roberto Donadoni y MF ITA Alberigo Evani y FW NED Ruud Gullit y FW NED Marco van Basten y FW ITA Daniele Massaro y FW ITA Pietro Paolo Virdis y FW ITA Massimiliano Cappellini y FW ITA Graziano Mannari Transfers In Pos. Name from Type FW Marco van Basten Ajax Amsterdam – FW Ruud Gullit PSV Eindhoven – MF Carlo Ancelotti A.S. Roma DF Alessandro Costacurta Monza loan ended MF Angelo Colombo Udinese Calcio MF Claudio Borghi Argentinos Juniors DF Walter Bianchi Parma F.C. MF Mario Bortolazzi Parma F.C. DF Roberto Mussi Parma F.C. Out Pos. Name To TypeFW Mark Hateley AS Monaco –MF Ray Wilkins Paris Saint-Germain – MF Agostino Di Bartolomei Cesena – DF Catello Cimmino Como 1907 – DF Marco Pullo Parma F.C. –MF Andrea Manzo Udinese Calcio – MF Francesco Zanoncelli Empoli F.C. – MF Claudio Borghi Como 1907 loanMF Giovanni Stroppa Monza loan FW Giuseppe Galderisi S.S. Lazio loan DF Dario Bonetti Hellas Verona loan DF Roberto Lorenzini Como 1907 loan Competitions Serie A 1987–88 Serie A League table MIL Results summary 10 3 2 25 6 7 8 0 18 8 Competitive matches September 2017 Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A Result W/L/D/W/D/W/D/W/W/D/L/W/W/W/W/W/D/W/D/W/D/D/W/D/W/W/W/W/D/D Position 1/6/8/5/5/2/4/3/2/2/4/4/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/1/1/1 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st blue1 red1 1988–89 European Cup 1988–89 UEFA Cup complete Competitive matches November 2020 Matches 1 13 September 1987 Pisa 1–3 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1987-88/UNICO/UNI/1/PISMIL Milan Cecconi 53 Donadoni 16 Gullit 73 van Basten 80 pen. Pisa Arena Garibaldi 26,728 Luigi Agnolin W 2 20 September 1987 Milan 0–2 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1987-88/UNICO/UNI/2/MILFIO Fiorentina Díaz 76 R. Baggio 78 Milan San Siro 74,880 Pietro D'elia L 3 27 September 1987 Cesena 0–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1987-88/UNICO/UNI/3/CESMIL Milan Cesena Stadio Dino Manuzzi 29,681 Paolo Bergamo D 4 4 October 1987 Milan 2–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1987-88/UNICO/UNI/4/MILASC Ascoli Virdis 35 Evani 82 Milan San Siro 74,928 Pierluigi Pairetto W 5 11 October 1987 Sampdoria 1–1 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1987-88/UNICO/UNI/5/SAMMIL Milan Vialli 53 Gullit 51 Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris 16,905 Tullio Lanese D 6 25 October 1987 Verona 0–1 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1987-88/UNICO/UNI/6/VERMIL Milan Virdis 41 Verona Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi 44,419 Rosario Lo Bello W 7 1 November 1987 Milan 0–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1987-88/UNICO/UNI/7/MILTOR Torino Milan San Siro 72,815 Luigi Agnolin D 8 8 November 1987 Pescara 0–2 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1987-88/UNICO/UNI/8/PESMIL Milan Virdis 28 Bortolazzi 86 Pescara Stadio Adriatico 29,486 Pierluigi Pairetto W 9 22 November 1987 Milan 3–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1987-88/UNICO/UNI/9/MILAVE Avellino Colombo 6 Donadoni 67 Maldini 74 Milan San Siro 68,536 Werther Cornieti W 10 29 November 1987 Empoli 0–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1987-88/UNICO/UNI/10/EMPMIL Milan Empoli Stadio Carlo Castellani 13,955 Salvatore Lombardo D 11 13 December 1987 Milan 0–2 (abd) http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1987-88/UNICO/UNI/11/MILROM Roma Virdis 83 pen. Milan San Siro 70,887 Pietro D'Elia L The win was awarded to Roma due to a firecracker that hit the Giallorossi's goalkeeper Franco Tancredi at the start of the second half. He was hit on the head by a firework thrown by a A.C. Milan supporter. Tancredi stopped breathing for a short time but was eventually resuscitated by paramedics. 12 20 December 1987 Inter 0–1 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1987-88/UNICO/UNI/12/INTMIL Milan Ferri 4 o.g. Milan San Siro 67,545 Tullio Lanese W 13 3 January 1988 Milan 4–1 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1987-88/UNICO/UNI/13/MILNAP Napoli Colombo 19 Virdis 24 Gullit 73 Donadoni 78 Careca 10 Milan San Siro 75,519 Luigi Agnolin W 14 10 January 1988 Juventus 0–1 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1987-88/UNICO/UNI/14/JUVMIL Milan Gullit 62 Turin Stadio Comunale di Torino 59,376 Carlo Longhi W 15 17 January 1988 Milan 5–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1987-88/UNICO/UNI/15/MILCOM Como Donadoni 30 Virdis 49 Gullit 61 88 Ancelotti 73 Milan San Siro 68,947 Werther Cornieti W 16 24 January 1988 Milan 1–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1987-88/UNICO/UNI/16/MILPIS Pisa Colombo 27 Milan San Siro 70,523 Pierluigi Pairetto W 17 31 January 1988 Fiorentina 1–1 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1987-88/UNICO/UNI/17/FIOMIL Milan Di Chiara 49 Baresi 74 pen. Florence Stadio Comunale (Florence) 52,068 Gianluca Paparesta D 18 7 February 1988 Milan 3–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1987-88/UNICO/UNI/18/MILCES Cesena Gullit 13 Evani 72 Massaro 83 Milan San Siro 68,512 Luciano Luci W 19 14 February 1988 Ascoli 1–1 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1987-88/UNICO/UNI/19/ASCMIL Milan Destro 47 Massaro 66 Ascoli Piceno Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca 22,678 Werther Cornieti D 20 28 February 1988 Milan 2–1 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1987-88/UNICO/UNI/20/MILSAM Sampdoria Virdis 7 Maldini 70 Bonomi 16 pen. Milan San Siro 72,568 Luigi Agnolin W 21 6 March 1988 Milan 0–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1987-88/UNICO/UNI/21/MILVER Verona Milan San Siro 71,208 Salvatore Lombardo D 22 13 March 1988 Torino 1–1 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1987-88/UNICO/UNI/22/TORMIL Milan Bresciani 77 Ancelotti 78 Turin Stadio Comunale di Torino 38,857 Rosario Lo Bello D 23 20 March 1988 Milan 2–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1987-88/UNICO/UNI/23/MILPES Pescara Massaro 2 Gullit 47 Milan San Siro 71,336 Fabio Baldas W 24 27 March 1988 Avellino 0–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1987-88/UNICO/UNI/24/AVEMIL Milan Avellino Stadio Partenio 39,898 Carlo Longhi D 25 10 April 1988 Milan 1–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1987-88/UNICO/UNI/25/MILEMP Empoli van Basten 61 Milan San Siro 72,763 Rosario Lo Bello W 26 17 April 1988 Roma 0–2 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1987-88/UNICO/UNI/26/ROMMIL Milan Virdis 25 Massaro 85 Rome Stadio Olimpico 59,455 Pierluigi Pairetto W 27 24 April 1988 Milan 2–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1987-88/UNICO/UNI/27/MILINT Internazionale Gullit 43 Virdis 53 Milan San Siro 75,503 Carlo Longhi W 28 1 May 1988 Napoli 2–3 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1987-88/UNICO/UNI/28/NAPMIL Milan Maradona 45 Careca 78 Virdis 36 68 van Basten 76 Naples Stadio San Paolo 82,824 Rosario Lo Bello W 29 8 May 1988 Milan 0–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1987-88/UNICO/UNI/29/MILJUV Juventus Milan San Siro 75,505 Tullio Lanese D 30 15 May 1988 Como 1–1 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1987-88/UNICO/UNI/30/COMMIL Milan Giunta 46 Virdis 2 Como Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia 25,036 Sergio Coppetelli D Coppa Italia 1987–88 Coppa Italia First round 23 August 1987 1 Milan Bari 5–0 Milan San Siro 27 962 Pairetto Donadoni 3Virdis 21van Basten 55Gullit 57Massaro 70 W 26 August 1987 2 Como Milan 1–2 Como Giuseppe Sinigaglia 17 000 Bergamo Borgonovo 67 8 Gullit36 van Basten W 30 August 1987 3 Monza Milan 0–2 Milan San SiroStadium chosen due to is more attendance-capacity than Stadio Brianteo: Nino Sormani Primi fischi per il Milan olandese http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,0020/articleid,0980_02_1987_0233_0020_18927418/ La Stampa 31 August 1987 20 44 568 Luci 12 83 van Basten W 2 September 1987 4 Milan Parma 2–2 Milan San Siro 44 179 Coppetelli van Basten 15Gullit 80 42 Zannoni58 o.g. F. Galli 3–4 van Basten Bortolazzi fuoriDonadoni paratoBaresi Ancelotti Zannoni Carboni Pasafuori Di Fabio Fiorin D 6 September 1987 5 Barletta Milan 1–1 Bari Stadio della VittoriaDue to no authorized Barletta: Panini 1989 482. 10 000 Baldas Bonaldi 87 59 Donadoni 3–5 Di Sarno paratoCossato Mazzaferro Rovani van Basten Baresi Ancelotti Colombo Donadoni D Eightfinals 6 January 1988 Milan Ascoli 0–1 Milan San Siro 13 808 Paparesta 59 Destro L 20 January 1988 Ascoli Milan 0–1 Ascoli Piceno Cino e Lillo Del Duca 14 910 D'Elia 9 Virdis 4–2 Giovannelli Casagrande paratoGreco Benetti Destro fuori Virdis Bortolazziparato Donadoni Baresi W UEFA Cup 1987–88 UEFA Cup First round Gijón 16 September 1987 Sporting Gijon ESP ITA Milan 1–0 http://www.linguasport.com/futbol/internacional/clubes/c3/C3_88gds.htm El Molinon 26 000 WALBridges Jaime 69 L 30 September 1987 Milan ITA ESP Sporting Gijon 3–0 http://www.linguasport.com/futbol/internacional/clubes/c3/C3_88gds.htm Lecce Stadio Via del MareDue to San Siro was suspended, Milan has played the match in Lecce; cfr. http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1987/07/10/real-napoli-gia-finale.html Real – Napoli è già finale Luca Argentieri la Repubblica 10 July 1987 31 35,488 YUGPetrović Virdis 21 pen. 45 pen.Gullit 43 W Second round 21 October 1987 Milan ITA ESP RCD Español 0–2 http://www.linguasport.com/futbol/internacional/clubes/c3/C3_88gds.htm Lecce Stadio Via del MareDue to San Siro was suspended, Milan has played the match in Lecce; cfr. http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1987/07/10/real-napoli-gia-finale.html Real – Napoli è già finale Luca Argentieri la Repubblica 10 July 1987 31 29 102 SCOSyme 40 Zubillaga49 Pichi Alonso L 4 November 1987 RCD Español ESP ITA Milan 0–0 http://www.linguasport.com/futbol/internacional/clubes/c3/C3_88gds.htm Barcelona Sarria 30 000 BELPonnet D Statistics Squad statistics Competitionhttp://www.magliarossonera.it/statistiche/riepStagResultComp.php?seasons=1987-1988 Milan Associazione Calcio 1987–88 magliarossonera.it 24 May 2023 PointsHome 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 1987-88 Serie A 45 15 10 3 2 25 6 15 7 8 0 18 8 30 17 11 2 43 14 +29 15px|link= 1987-88 Coppa Italia – 3 1 1 1 7 3 4 3 1 0 6 2 7 4 2 1 13 5 +8 1987-88 UEFA Cup – 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 4 1 1 2 3 3 0 Total – 20 12 4 4 35 11 21 10 10 1 24 11 41 22 14 5 59 22 +37 Players statistics Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA Cup GK ITA G. Galli 30 -12 7 0 3 0 DF ITA Tassotti 28 0 7 0 4 0 DF ITA Galli 30 0 7 0 3 0 DF ITA Baresi 27 1 6 0 3 0 DF ITA Maldini 26 2 1 0 2 0 MF ITA Donadoni 28+1 4 7 2 3 0 MF ITA Ancelotti 27 2 7 0 4 0 MF ITA Colombo 26 3 5 0 4 0 MF ITA Evani 22+5 2 2 0 1 0 FW NED Gullit 29 9 6 3 4 1 FW ITA Virdis 23+2 11 4 2 4 2 GK ITA Nuciari 0 0 2 -1 0 -0 FW ITA Massaro 15+11 4 7 1 2 0 MF ITA Bortolazzi 6+7 1 7 0 2 0 DF ITA Mussi 6+5 0 4 0 3 0 FW NED van Basten 4+7 3 5 5 3 0 DF ITA Costacurta 2+5 0 1 0 0 0 DF Switzerland Bianchi 1+2 0 4 0 3 0 DF ITA Verga 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 FW ITA Cappellini 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 FW ITA Mannari 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 May 2023 http://www.magliarossonera.it/statistiche/generalStatsMatches.php?seasons=1987-1988 Milan Associazione Calcio 1987–88 it magliarossonera.it 24 May 2023 References Works cited Panini 1989 Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio 1989 Panini Group 1988 Modena it Sources RSSSF – Italy 1987/88 Category:AC Milan seasons Milan Category:Italian football championship–winning seasons