1988–89 AC Milan season

Milan
1988–89 season
Owner	Silvio Berlusconi
President	Silvio Berlusconi
Manager	Arrigo Sacchi
Stadium	San Siro
Serie A	3rd
Coppa Italia	Group stage
European Cup	Winners; (in European Cup, ; European Super Cup, ; Intercontinental Cup)
Supercoppa Italiana	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Marco van Basten (19); All: Marco van Basten (33)
	← 1987–88 1989–90 →

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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ITA	Giovanni Galli
—	GK	ITA	Francesco Antonioli
—	GK	ITA	Davide Pinato
—	DF	ITA	Franco Baresi
—	DF	SUI	Walter Bianchi
—	DF	ITA	Alessandro Costacurta
—	DF	ITA	Filippo Galli
—	DF	ITA	Paolo Maldini
—	DF	ITA	Roberto Mussi
—	DF	ITA	Gianluca Pessotto
—	DF	ITA	Sergio Porrini
—	DF	ITA	Mauro Tassotti
—	DF	ITA	Matteo Villa
—	MF	ITA	Demetrio Albertini


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Carlo Ancelotti
—	MF	ITA	Angelo Colombo
—	MF	ITA	Roberto Donadoni
—	MF	ITA	Alberigo Evani
—	MF	ITA	Corrado Giannini
—	MF	NED	Ruud Gullit
—	MF	ITA	Fabio Lago
—	MF	ITA	Christian Lantignotti
—	MF	NED	Frank Rijkaard
—	MF	ITA	Fabio Viviani
—	FW	ITA	Massimiliano Cappellini
—	FW	ITA	Graziano Mannari
—	FW	ITA	Daniele Massaro
—	FW	NED	Marco van Basten
—	FW	ITA	Pietro Paolo Virdis

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
MF	Frank Rijkaard	Sporting Lisboa	-
FW	Giuseppe Galderisi	S.S. Lazio	loan ended
GK	Francesco Antonioli	AC Monza
GK	Davide Pinato	AC Monza
MF	Claudio Borghi	Como 1907

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 v t e	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:

^ Milan qualified for the 1989–90 European Cup as the 1988–89 European Cup defending champions.

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W
Position	1	1	1	3	2	4	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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	0–2	Milan	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
19:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Virdis 18' Maldini 44' Gullit 75'	Attendance: 32, 500 Referee: Gerassimos Germanakos (Greece)

6 October 1988 Second Leg	Milan	5–2	Vitosha	San Siro, Milan
19:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Van Basten 3', 13', 42', 83' Virdis 63'	Report	Nachev 29' Iliev 64', 73'	Attendance: 53, 086 Referee: Joe Worrall (England)

Second round

26 October 1988 First Leg	Milan	1–1	Red Star Belgrade	San Siro, Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Baresi 22' Virdis 48' Ancelotti 52'	Report	Najdoski 4' Stojković 47' Radovanovic 51' Ivanovic 62'	Attendance: 71, 316 Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)

9 November 1988 Second Leg^{[nb 1]}	Red Star Belgrade	1–0	Milan	Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
17:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Sabanadzovic 29' Stojković 50'	Report	Ancelotti 28'	Attendance: 97, 400 Referee: Dieter Pauly (West Germany)

10 November 1988 Second Leg Replay	Red Star Belgrade	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Milan	Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
15:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Najdoski 27' Vasilijevic 36' Stojković 39'	Report	Van Basten 35' Maldini 107'	Attendance: 65, 000 Referee: Dieter Pauly (West Germany)
	Penalties
	Stojković Prosinečki Savićević Mrkela		Baresi Van Basten Evani Rijkaard

Quarter-finals

1 March 1989 First Leg	Werder Bremen	0–0	Milan	Weserstadion, Bremen
20:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Riedle 39' Ordenewitz 56'	Report	Rijkaard 41'	Attendance: 39, 500 Referee: José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal)

15 March 1989 Second Leg	Milan	1–0	Werder Bremen	San Siro, Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Van Basten 32' (pen.)	Report	Meier 32' Sauer 35' Votava 83' Reck 90'	Attendance: 71, 207 Referee: George Smith (Scotland)

Semi-finals

5 April 1989 First Leg	Real Madrid	1–1	Milan	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sánchez 41'	Report	Tassotti 53' Van Basten 77'	Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)

19 April 1989 Second Leg	Milan	5–0	Real Madrid	San Siro, Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ancelotti 17' Rijkaard 24' Gullit 45' Van Basten 49' Donadoni 60'	Report	Sánchez 3'	Attendance: 73,112 Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)

Final

24 May 1989	Steaua București	0–4	Milan	Camp Nou, Barcelona
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Gullit 18', 38' Van Basten 28', 46' Baresi 48'	Attendance: 97,000 Referee: Karl-Heinz Tritschler (West Germany)

Statistics

Players statistics

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

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1988/968/

Footnotes

^ 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

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

RSSSF - Italy 1988/89

[table_note_MIL0.60241100825482-3] Milan qualified for the 1989–90 European Cup as the 1988–89 European Cup defending champions.

[5] 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.

[1] "Stylish Milan return to the top".

[2] "The Great European Cup teams". the guardian.com. 24 May 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

[4] 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.

[6] "Presenze Milan 88-89" (in Italian). calcio-seriea.net. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

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