During the 2008–09 season, Milan played its 75th Serie A season in the club's existence. Milan would also compete in the 2008-09 Coppa Italia and UEFA Cup after a 5th-place finish the Previous Season.
Milan would finish third in Serie A, 10 points behind champions and rivals Inter Milan. Milan also failed to win the Coppa Italia or UEFA Cup meaning they finished without a trophy for the first time since 2006. This season marked Carlo Ancelotti's final season in charge of Milan as he resigned after Milan's final game of the season as well as legendary defender Paolo Maldini’s 24th and final time appearing with the club, spending his whole entire career since 1985.
Club
Management
Source: San Siro
Squad
First team
Starting line-up. As of December 21, 2008.
Transfers In Pos. Name fromType FW Ronaldinho FC Barcelona (€21 million ) FW Andrei Shevchenko Chelsea F.C. loan DF Gianluca Zambrotta FC Barcelona (€9 million ) MF Mathías Cardacio Nacional Montevideo (€2,5 million) MF Mathieu Flamini free FW Marco Borriello Genoa C.F.C. co-ownership (€7,5 million ) FW Tabaré Viudez Defensor Sporting (€1,5 million ) DF Philippe Senderos Arsenal F.C. ´loan DF Luca Antonini Empoli F.C. co-ownership MF Ignazio Abate Empoli F.C. co-ownership(€2,0 million) GK Christian Abbiati Atletico Madrid loan ended GK Ferdinando Coppola Atalanta B.C. loan ended GK Marco Storari Cagliari Calcio loan ended DF Luca Antonelli Parma F.C. loan ended DF Davide Astori Cremonese loan ended DF Marcus Diniz A.C. Monza loan ended DF Leandro Grimi Sporting Lisboa loan ended DF Romano Perticone Cremonese loan ended FW Matteo Ardemagni Pro Patria loan ended FW Davide Di Gennaro Bologna F.C. loan ended Out Pos. Name To Type FW Alberto Gilardino Fiorentina (€14 million ) FW Ricardo Oliveira Real Zaragoza (€10,0 million) DF Cafu retired GK Valerio Fiori retired MF Serginho retired DF Leandro Grimi Sporting Lisboa (€2,5 million ) MF Cristian Brocchi S.S. Lazio GK Ferdinando Coppola Atalanta B.C. co-ownership (€0,9 million ) GK Marco Storari Fiorentina loan DF Luca Antonelli Parma F.C. co-ownership DF Davide Astori Cagliari Calcio co-ownership DF Matteo Bruscagin A.C. Monza loan DF Digão Standard Liege loan DF Marcus Diniz Livorno co-ownership DF Lino Marzorati Empoli F.C. co-ownership DF Romano Perticone Livorno co-ownership DF Massimo Oddo Bayern München loan DF Dario Šimić A.S. Monaco end of contract MF Ignazio Abate Torino F.C. co-ownership MF Ibrahim Ba retired MF Yoann Gourcuff Girondins Bordeaux loan MF Paolo Sammarco Sampdoria co-ownership FW Matteo Ardemagni Triestina co-ownership FW Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Digione loan FW Willy Aubameyang Avellino loan FW Davide Di Gennaro Genoa C.F.C. co-ownership FW Alessandro Matri Cagliari Calcio co-ownership FW Alberto Paloschi Parma F.C. co-ownership
Winter In Pos. Name from Type DF Thiago Silva Fluminense (€10 million ) MF David Beckham Los Angeles Galaxy loan DF Matteo Bruscagin A.C. Monza loan ended DF Felipe Mattioni Gremio loan Out Pos. Name To Type FW Ronaldo SC Corinthians released MF Emerson Santos released DF Matteo Bruscagin Pizzighettone loan DF Thiago Silva Fluminense loan
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
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
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Coppa Italia
UEFA Cup
First round
Group stage
Knockout phase
Round of 32
Statistics Competitive matches only. Numbers in brackets indicate appearances made. Updated to games played May 31, 2009.
Players statistics As of end of the season
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) 18 (19) 0.94 3 Zeljko Kalac 1 (1) - - 1 (1) 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
References