2008–09 A.C. Milan season

During the 2008–09 season, Milan played its 75th Serie A season in the club's existence.

Milan

2008–09 season
President	Vacant
Head coach	Carlo Ancelotti
Stadium	San Siro
Serie A	3rd
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
UEFA Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Kaká (16) All: Alexandre Pato (18)
Average home league attendance	59,731[1]
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club

Management

Position	Staff
Head coach	Carlo Ancelotti
Assistant coach	Mauro Tassotti Filippo Galli
Goalkeeping coaches	Villiam Vecchi Beniamino Abate
Fitness coaches	Daniele Tognaccini Giovanni Mauri
Club doctor	Massimo Manara
President	Adriano Galliani

Last updated: July 19, 2008
Source:

Source: San Siro

Squad

First team

Abbiati Zambrotta Nesta Maldini Jankulovski Flamini Seedorf Pirlo Inzaghi Kaká Pato

Starting line-up.

As of December 21, 2008.[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BRA Dida 2 DF  BRA Felipe Mattioni (on loan from Grêmio) 3 DF  ITA Paolo Maldini (captain) 4 DF  GEO Kakha Kaladze 5 MF  BRA Emerson (released in April) 7 FW  BRA Alexandre Pato 8 MF  ITA Gennaro Gattuso 9 FW  ITA Filippo Inzaghi 10 MF  NED Clarence Seedorf 11 FW  ITA Marco Borriello 12 GK  ITA Christian Abbiati 13 DF  ITA Alessandro Nesta 14 MF  URU Mathias Cardacio 15 DF  ITA Gianluca Zambrotta 16 GK  AUS Zeljko Kalac

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  CZE Marek Jankulovski 19 DF  ITA Giuseppe Favalli 20 MF  URU Tabaré Viúdez 21 MF  ITA Andrea Pirlo 22 MF  BRA Kaká 23 MF  ITA Massimo Ambrosini (vice-captain) 24 DF   SUI Philippe Senderos (on loan from Arsenal) 25 DF  ITA Daniele Bonera 32 MF  ENG David Beckham (on loan from Los Angeles Galaxy) 36 DF  ITA Matteo Darmian 51 MF  SLE Rodney Strasser (from Primavera team) 76 FW  UKR Andriy Shevchenko (on loan from Chelsea) 77 DF  ITA Luca Antonini 80 MF  BRA Ronaldinho 84 MF  FRA Mathieu Flamini

List of 2008–09 transfers

(*) denotes a winter transfer.

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
5 May 2008	MF	Mathieu Flamini	Arsenal	Free Transfer[3]
	FW	Marco Borriello	Genoa	€10M + Davide Di Gennaro
16 June 2008	DF	Ignazio Abate	Empoli	€2M[4]
16 June 2008	DF	Luca Antonini	Empoli	€2.9M
20 June 2008	DF	Gianluca Zambrotta	Barcelona	€8.5M
26 June 2008	MF	Gianmarco Conti	Venezia	€0.2M (co-ownership deal with Venezia)
1 July 2008	GK	Christian Abbiati	Atlético Madrid	End of loan[5]
18 July 2008	MF	Ronaldinho	Barcelona	€21M[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  URU Mathías Cardacio (from Nacional, undisclosed) 20 FW  URU Tabaré Viúdez (from Defensor Sporting, undisclosed) 76 FW  UKR Andriy Shevchenko (from Chelsea[7]) 24 DF   SUI Philippe Senderos (on loan from Arsenal[8]) 51 MF  SLE Rodney Strasser (from youth team) 32 MF  ENG David Beckham (on loan from Los Angeles Galaxy[9]) * 2 DF  BRA Felipe Mattioni (on loan from Grêmio[10]) *

Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  BRA Cafu (retired[11]) 27 MF  BRA Serginho (retired[11]) 34 MF  FRA Ibrahim Ba (retired) 99 FW  BRA Ronaldo (retired) 29 GK  ITA Valerio Fiori (retired) — FW  BRA Ricardo Oliveira (to Real Zaragoza, €10M[12]) 11 FW  ITA Alberto Gilardino (to Fiorentina, €14M[13]) — FW  ITA Davide Di Gennaro (co-ownership with Genoa, undisclosed[14]) — DF  ITA Luca Antonelli (co-ownership with Parma, undisclosed) — FW  ITA Ignazio Abate (co-ownership with Torino, undisclosed[15])

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  ITA Nicola Pozzi (to Empoli, undisclosed[16]) — GK  ITA Ferdinando Coppola (co-ownership with Atalanta, undisclosed[17]) — DF  ITA Romano Perticone (co-ownership with Livorno, undisclosed[18]) — DF  ARG Leandro Grimi (to Sporting CP, €2.5M[19]) — FW  ITA Matteo Ardemagni (co-ownership with Triestina, undisclosed[20]) 17 DF  CRO Dario Šimić (to Monaco, undisclosed[21]) 43 FW  ITA Alberto Paloschi (co-ownership with Parma, undisclosed[16]) 32 MF  ITA Cristian Brocchi (to Lazio, €2.7M[22])

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  FRA Yoann Gourcuff (to Bordeaux[23]) 41 FW  FRA Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (to Dijon[16]) — DF  ITA Elia Legati (to Monaco[16]) — DF  BRA Marcus Diniz (to Livorno[24]) 42 FW  NGA Kingsley Umunegbu (to Salernitana[25])

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ITA Marco Storari (to Fiorentina[26]) 31 DF  BRA Digão (to Standard Liège[27]) 94 FW  FRA Willy Aubameyang (to Avellino[28]) 2 DF  ITA Massimo Oddo (to Bayern Munich[29])

Squad statistics

As of end of the season

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia		UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Dida	16	-6	9+1	0	1	-2	5	-4
3	DF		Paolo Maldini	32	0	30	0	0	0	1+1	0
4	DF		Kakha Kaladze	16	0	10+1	0	1	0	3+1	0
5	MF		Emerson	18	0	3+9	0	1	0	4+1	0
7	FW		Alexandre Pato	42	18	27+9	15	0	0	3+3	3
8	MF		Gennaro Gattuso	16	1	11+1	0	0	0	3+1	1
9	FW		Filippo Inzaghi	32	16	15+11	13	0	0	6	3
10	MF		Clarence Seedorf	41	3	30+3	3	1	0	5+2	0
11	FW		Marco Borriello	8	2	6+1	1	0	0	1	1
12	GK		Christian Abbiati	28	-22	28	-22	0	0	0	0
13	DF		Alessandro Nesta	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Mathias Cardaccio	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0
15	DF		Gianluca Zambrotta	41	1	33+1	1	1	0	6	0
16	GK		Zeljko Kalac	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF		Marek Jankulovski	38	1	31	0	1	0	3+3	1
19	DF		Giuseppe Favalli	29	0	21+2	0	1	0	5	0
20	MF		Tabaré Viúdez	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF		Andrea Pirlo	29	2	26	1	0	0	3	1
22	MF		Kaká	36	16	28+3	16	1	0	3+1	0
23	MF		Massimo Ambrosini	33	4	24+4	3	0	0	5	1
24	DF		Philippe Senderos	20	0	7+7	0	1	0	5	0
25	DF		Daniele Bonera	22	0	16+2	0	0	0	4	0
32	MF		David Beckham	20	2	18	2	0	0	1+1	0
36	DF		Matteo Darmian	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
51	MF		Rodney Strasser	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
76	FW		Andriy Shevchenko	26	2	2+16	0	1	1	6+1	1
77	DF		Luca Antonini	18	0	4+7	0	1	0	6	0
80	FW		Ronaldinho	35	10	16+13	8	1	0	2+3	2
84	MF		Mathieu Flamini	37	0	22+7	0	1	0	6+1	0

Competitions summary

Overall

Competition	Started Round	Final Position	Final Round	First Match	Last Match
Serie A	Round 1	—	Round 38	August 31, 2008	May 31, 2009
Coppa Italia	Round of 16	Eliminated	Round of 16	December 3, 2008	December 3, 2008
UEFA Cup	First Round	Eliminated	Round of 32	September 18, 2008	February 26, 2009

Serie A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Internazionale (C)	38	25	9	4	70	32	+38	84	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Juventus	38	21	11	6	69	37	+32	74[lower-alpha 1]
3	Milan	38	22	8	8	70	35	+35	74[lower-alpha 1]
4	Fiorentina	38	21	5	12	53	38	+15	68[lower-alpha 2]	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5	Genoa	38	19	11	8	56	39	+17	68[lower-alpha 2]	Qualification to Europa League play-off round[lower-alpha 3]

Source: lega-calcio.it (in Italian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Juventus finished ahead of Milan on head-to-head points: Juventus 4–2 Milan, Milan 1–1 Juventus.
2. Fiorentina finished ahead of Genoa on head-to-head points: Fiorentina 1–0 Genoa, Genoa 3–3 Fiorentina.
3. Lazio qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 Coppa Italia.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	21	8	7	67	31	+36	71	14	3	1	37	9	+28	7	5	6	30	22	+8

Source:

Results by round

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	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	W
Position	14	19	15	9	6	8	6	4	3	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3

Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

UEFA Cup - Group E standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Wolfsburg	4	3	1	0	13	7	+6	10
Milan	4	2	2	0	8	5	+3	8
Braga	4	2	0	2	7	5	+2	6
Portsmouth	4	1	1	2	7	8	−1	4
Heerenveen	4	0	0	4	3	13	−10	0

Source: RSSSF

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Updated to games played May 31, 2009.

Pre-season tournaments and friendlies

Date	Tournament	Location	Opponent team	Score	Scorers
23 July 2008	Friendly	Cremona, Italy	Cremonese	0–0
29 July 2008	2008 TIM Trophy	Turin, Italy	Juventus	2–2(6–4p)	Seedorf  6', 42'
29 July 2008	2008 TIM Trophy	Turin, Italy	Internazionale	0–0(4–3p)
1 August 2008	2008 Russian Railways Cup	Moscow, Russia	Sevilla	0–1
3 August 2008	2008 Russian Railways Cup	Moscow, Russia	Chelsea	0–5
9 August 2008	Friendly	Manchester, England	Manchester City	0–1
17 August 2008	2008 Trofeo Luigi Berlusconi	Milan, Italy	Juventus	4–1	Jankulovski  21', Ambrosini  25', 79', Inzaghi  52'
21 August 2008	2008 Trofeo Birra Moretti	Naples, Italy	Napoli	1–0	Paloschi  44'
21 August 2008	2008 Trofeo Birra Moretti	Naples, Italy	Juventus	0–0(4–5p)
24 August 2008	2008 Trofeo Villa de Gijón	Gijón, Spain	Sporting de Gijón	0–2
10 September 2008	Friendly	Lugano, Switzerland	Lugano	0–2
14 October 2008	Taçi Oil Cup	Tirana, Albania	Tirana	1–2	Ronaldinho  90+1'
7 January 2009	Dubai Challenge Cup	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hamburg	1–1(4–3p)	Ronaldinho  61'
21 January 2009	Friendly	Hanover, Germany	Hannover 96	3–2	Shevchenko  52', Inzaghi  55', 75'
4 February 2009	Friendly	Glasgow, Scotland	Rangers	2–2	Pato  70', Kaká  78'
22 April 2009	Friendly	Budapest, Hungary	Hungary's league selection	5–2	Kaká  37', Shevchenko  47', 63', Seedorf  73', Viúdez  85'

Serie A

31 August 2008 1	Milan	1–2	Bologna	Milan
15:00 CEST	Ambrosini  41'		Di Vaio  18' Valiani  79'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 63,306 Referee: Daniele Orsato

2	Genoa	2–0	Milan
	Sculli  30' Milito  90' (pen.)

3	Milan	4–1	Lazio
	Seedorf  7' Zambrotta  34' Pato  49' Kaká  60'		Zárate  25'

4	Reggina	1–2	Milan
	Corradi  59'		Borriello  24' Pato  73'

5	Milan	1–0	Internazionale
	Ronaldinho  36'

6

Cagliari

0–0

Milan

7	Milan	3–0	Sampdoria
	Ronaldinho  55' (pen.), 66' Inzaghi  90'

8	Atalanta	0–1	Milan
			Kaká  80'

9	Milan	2–1	Siena
	Inzaghi  31' Kaká  64' (pen.)		Vergassola  53'

10	Milan	1–0	Napoli
	Ronaldinho  86'

11	Lecce	1–1	Milan
	A. Esposito  90'		Ronaldinho  80'

12	Milan	1–0	Chievo
	Kaká  15' (pen.)

13	Torino	2–2	Milan
	Stellone  25' Rosina  77' (pen.)		Pato  29' Ronaldinho  34'

14	Palermo	3–1	Milan
	Miccoli  50' Cavani  59' Simplício  80'		Ronaldinho  83' (pen.)

15	Milan	1–0	Catania
	Kaká  65'

16	Juventus	4–2	Milan
	Del Piero  16' (pen.) Chiellini  30' Amauri  41', 69'		Pato  30' Ambrosini  56'

17	Milan	5–1	Udinese
	Pato  4', 18' Kaká  13', 52' Seedorf  43'		Di Natale  17'

18	Roma	2–2	Milan
	Vučinić  22', 71'		Pato  48', 53'

19	Milan	1–0	Fiorentina
	Pato  7'

20	Bologna	1–4	Milan
	Di Vaio  9' (pen.)		Seedorf  13' Kaká  17' (pen.), 43' Beckham  59'

21	Milan	1–1	Genoa
	Beckham  33'		Milito  87'

22	Lazio	0–3	Milan
			Pato  42' Ambrosini  47' Kaká  83'

23	Milan	1–1	Reggina
	Kaká  67' (pen.)		Di Gennaro  34'

24	Inter	2–1	Milan
	Adriano  29' Stanković  43'		Pato  71'

25	Milan	1–0	Cagliari
	Seedorf  65'

26	Sampdoria	2–1	Milan
	Cassano  33' Pazzini  51'		Pato  80'

27	Milan	3–0	Atalanta
	Inzaghi  7', 71', 74'

28	Siena	1–5	Milan
	Maccarone  62'		Pirlo  7' (pen.) Inzaghi  44', 71' Pato  55', 78'

29

Napoli

0–0

Milan

30	Milan	2–0	Lecce
	Ronaldinho  90+1' Inzaghi  90+3'

31	Chievo	0–1	Milan
			Seedorf  53'

32	Milan	5–1	Torino
	Inzaghi  13', 37', 60' Kaká  68' (pen.) Ambrosini  90'		Franceschini  80'

33	Milan	3–0	Palermo
	Kaká  10' (pen.), 57' (pen.) Inzaghi  19'

34	Catania	0–2	Milan
			Inzaghi  27' Kaká  52'

35	Milan	1–1	Juventus
	Seedorf  57'		Iaquinta  60'

36	Udinese	2–1	Milan
	D'Agostino  31' (pen.) Zapata  49'		Ambrosini  90'

37	Milan	2–3	Roma
	Ambrosini  75', 81'		Riise  36' Ménez  80' Totti  85'

38	Fiorentina	0–2	Milan
			Kaká  56' Pato  77'

Coppa Italia

Match	Date	Round	Home/Away	Opponent team	Score	Scorers
1	December 3, 2008	Round of 16	Home	Lazio	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Shevchenko  77'

UEFA Cup

Match	Date	Round	Home/Away	Opponent team	Score	Scorers
1	September 18, 2008	First Round	Home	Zürich	3–1	Jankulovski  45+1', Pato  56', Borriello  74'
2	October 2, 2008	First Round	Away	Zürich	0–1	Shevchenko  74'
3	October 23, 2008	Group Stage	Away	Heerenveen	1–3	Jong-a-Pin  19' (o.g.), Gattuso  23', Inzaghi  69'
4	November 6, 2008	Group Stage	Home	Braga	1–0	Ronaldinho  90+3'
5	November 26, 2008	Group Stage	Away	Portsmouth	2–2	Ronaldinho  84', Inzaghi  90+3'
6	December 17, 2008	Group Stage	Home	Wolfsburg	2–2	Ambrosini  17', Pato  56'
7	February 18, 2009	Round of 32	Away	Werder Bremen	1–1	Inzaghi  36'
8	February 26, 2009	Round of 32	Home	Werder Bremen	2–2	Pirlo  27' (pen.), Pato  33'

Player seasonal records

Competitive matches only. Numbers in brackets indicate appearances made. Updated to games played May 31, 2009.[30]

Goalscorers

Rank	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	UEFA Cup	Total
1	Alexandre Pato	15	-	3	18
2	Kaká	16	-	-	16
	Filippo Inzaghi	13	-	3
4	Ronaldinho	8	-	2	10
5	Massimo Ambrosini	7	-	1	8
6	Clarence Seedorf	6	-	-	6
7	David Beckham	2	-	-	2
	Marco Borriello	1	-	1
	Andrea Pirlo	1	-	1
	Andriy Shevchenko	-	1	1
10	Gennaro Gattuso	-	-	1	1
	Marek Jankulovski	-	-	1
	Gianluca Zambrotta	1	-	-

Goals conceded

Rank	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	UEFA Cup	Total	Average per game
1	Christian Abbiati	28 (28)	-	-	28 (28)	1
2	Dida	7 (10)	2 (1)	9 (8)0	18 (19)0	0.94
3	Zeljko Kalac	1 (1)	-	-	1 (1)0	1

Games started

Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	UEFA Cup	Total
Gianluca Zambrotta	33	-	6	39
Clarence Seedorf	30	1	5	36
Marek Jankulovski	31	-	3	34
Kaká	28	1	3	32
Paolo Maldini	30	-	1	31
Alexandre Pato	28	-	3	31
Andrea Pirlo	26	-	3	29
Mathieu Flamini	22	1	6	29
Christian Abbiati	28	-	-	28
Massimo Ambrosini	24	-	4	28
Giuseppe Favalli	21	1	5	27
Filippo Inzaghi	15	-	6	21
Daniele Bonera	16	-	4	20
David Beckham	18	-	1	19
Ronaldinho	16	1	2	19
Dida	9	1	8	18
Gennaro Gattuso	11	-	3	14
Kakha Kaladze	10	1	3	14
Philippe Senderos	7	1	5	13
Luca Antonini	4	1	6	11
Andriy Shevchenko	2	1	6	9
Emerson	3	1	3	7
Marco Borriello	6	-	-	6
Zeljko Kalac	1	-	-	1

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