A.C. Milan
Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply
Milan (Italian pronunciation: ['mi?lan]), 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.The club has spent its entire history, with
the exception of the 1980–81 and 1982-83 seasons, in the top-flight of
Italian football, known as Serie A since 1929-30.
They are the current Italian football champions, and are the most
successful club in world football in terms of international trophies
along with Boca Juniors, with 18 officially recognized UEFA and FIFA
titles.Milan has won four world titles, more than any other club in the
world, having won the Intercontinental Cup three times and the FIFA Club
World Cup once.Milan also won the European Cup/Champions League on seven
occasions, second only to Real Madrid.They also won the UEFA Super Cup a
record five times and the Cup Winners' Cup twice.Milan won every major
competition in which it has competed, with the exception of the Europa
League (in this competition they have lost two semifinals in 1972 and in
2002). Domestically, with 18 league titles Milan is the joint-second most
successful club in Serie A behind Juventus (27 titles), along with local
rivals Inter.They have also won the Coppa Italia five times, as well as a
record six Supercoppa Italiana triumphs. Furthermore, Milan is the only
team to have won the Serie A without losing a game, doing so in 1991-92
during a 58-match unbeaten run.
Milan's home games are played at San Siro, also known as the Stadio
Giuseppe Meazza. The stadium, which is shared with Inter, is the largest
in Italian football, with a total capacity of 80,018.Inter are considered
their biggest rivals, and matches between the two teams are called Derby
della Madonnina, which is one of the most followed derbies in football.As
of 2010, Milan is the third most supported team in Italy, and the seventh
most supported team in Europe, ahead of any other Italian team.
The owner of the club is former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi,
and the vice-president is Adriano Galliani. The club is one of the
wealthiest and most valuable in Italian and world football.It was a
founding member of the now-defunct G-14 group of Europe's leading
football clubs as well as its replacement, the European Club Association.
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