1985–86 A.C. Milan season - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

A.C. Milan
A.C. Milan
Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...

had a troubled season, with the president Farina going in exile to South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

, suspected for stealing money from the club. At the end of the season Silvio Berlusconi

Silvio Berlusconi

Silvio Berlusconi , also known as Il Cavaliere – from knighthood to the Order of Merit for Labour which he received in 1977 – is an Italian politician and businessman who served three terms as Prime Minister of Italy, from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006, and 2008 to 2011. Berlusconi is also the...

bought the club, bringing it into a new era that was to be the most successful one in Italian footballing history.

On the pitch, Milan finished 7th in the national championship, having severe problems with the goalscoring.

Defenders

Franco Baresi

Franco Baresi is an Italian football youth team coach and former player. He played as a sweeper and spent his entire career with Serie A club AC Milan, acknowledged as one of the greatest defenders ever to play the game. Baresi was nicknamed "Piscinin", Milanese for "Little one"...

Alessandro Costacurta

Alessandro "Billy" Costacurta is an Italian former professional football defender turned manager.Costacurta spent some twenty years at Milan, with a brief period spent in AC Monza on loan. He is best known for his role alongside Franco Baresi, Paolo Maldini and Mauro Tassotti, forming one of the...

Filippo Galli

Filippo Galli is a former Italian football player with A.C. Milan who played as a Right back but was often called on to fill in at any defensive position...

Roberto Lorenzini

Roberto Lorenzini is an Italian professional football coach and a former player.He played for 7 seasons in the Serie A for A.C. Milan, Calcio Como, A.C. Ancona, Genoa C.F.C., Torino Calcio and Piacenza Calcio....

Paolo Maldini

Paolo Cesare Maldini is an Italian former footballer who played as a left or central defender. He spent all 25 seasons of his career at Serie A club Milan, before retiring at the age of 41 in 2009, becoming a symbol and a legend of the club...

Carmelo Mancuso

Carmelo Mancuso is a retired Italian professional football player.He played for 2 seasons in the Serie A for A.C. Milan and U.S. Lecce.-External links:*...

Luigi Russo Mauro Tassotti

Mauro Tassotti

Mauro Tassotti is a retired Italian footballer. He played for seventeen years with A.C. Milan, mostly at right back but could also fill in at centre back if required, thanks to his versatility and commitment...

Midfielders

Mario Bortolazzi

Mario Bortolazzi is an Italian professional football coach and a former player.He played 12 seasons in the Serie A for ACF Fiorentina, A.C. Milan, Hellas Verona F.C., Atalanta B.C...

Gabriello Carotti

Gabriello Carotti is a retired Italian professional football player.He played for 6 seasons in the Serie A for A.C. Milan and Ascoli Calcio 1898.-External links:*...

Agostino Di Bartolomei

Agostino Di Bartolomei was an Italian football player, who played as a midfielder. Famed for his elegant playmaking skills, he is regarded as one of A.S. Roma's greatest players ever, and one of the greatest players never to have been capped by the Italian national team.-Biography:Di Bartolomei...

Alfonso Di Marco Alberigo Evani

Alberigo Evani

Alberigo Evani is an Italian former football player in midfielder role. Born in Massa, Tuscany, he played in Serie A 353 times with 16 goals...

Andrea Icardi

Andrea Icardi is an Italian professional football coach and a former player.He played for 8 seasons in the Serie A for A.C. Milan, Atalanta B.C., S.S. Lazio and Hellas Verona F.C.-External links:*...

Marco Macina

Marco Macina is a former Sanmarinese footballer.The first Sanmarinese player to appear in the Italian Serie A, playing alongside Roberto Mancini with Bologna, Macina was not able to fully show his potential, despite having been signed by AC Milan in 1985. He left professional football in 1988,...

Andrea Manzo

Andrea Manzo is an Italian football manager and former midfielder.-Playing:Manzo started his professional career in 1978 with Padova. He then played for a number of Serie A and Serie B teams, most notably Fiorentina, AC Milan and Udinese...

Ray Wilkins

Raymond Colin Wilkins MBE , often known as "Butch" Wilkins, is an English former footballer and at present a television pundit...

Matches

Topscorers

Mark Hateley

Mark Wayne Hateley is a retired English football player who played as a centre-forward. He was capped 32 times for the English national team , and played in top-level football leagues in England, Italy, France and Scotland...

8 Pietro Paolo Virdis

Pietro Paolo Virdis

Antonio Pietro Paolo Virdis is a former Italian footballer who played for Cagliari Calcio, Juventus F.C., Udinese Calcio, AC Milan and was part of their European Cup victory in 1989.-Club:...

6 Agostino Di Bartolomei

Agostino Di Bartolomei

2 Filippo Galli

Filippo Galli

Filippo Galli is a former Italian football player with A.C. Milan who played as a Right back but was often called on to fill in at any defensive position...

2 Paolo Rossi

Paolo Rossi

Paolo Rossi is an Italian former football striker. In 1982, he led Italy to the 1982 FIFA World Cup title, scoring six goals to win the Golden Boot/top scorer honors, and the Golden Ball. After his performance at the 1982 FIFA World Cup he became a hero in the hearts of all Italians...

Sources

| RSSSF - Italy 1985/86

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