During the 1986–87 season, Milan Associazione Calcio competed in Serie A and Coppa Italia.
Summary
The official season began in August, with the Rossoneri concluding the group stage of the Coppa Italia in second place, behind Parma. In Serie A, despite two initial defeats, the team emerged at a distance: with the victory in Como in the last game of the first half of the season (thanks to Maldini's first goal in Serie A), Milan found themselves only three points behind leaders Napoli. Later there was a crisis of results, dropped Milan from the top positions of the standings. In the Coppa Italia, they were eliminated by Parma (after a 0–1 defeat in San Siro and a 0–0 draw in Parma): the Emilian coach was Arrigo Sacchi, alteady appointed as new coach by the management for the following season.
Meanwhile, in the league, Fabio Capello (previously assistant coach) replaced sacked coach Nils Liedholm. Guided by the goals from top-scorer Virdis, the team finished level on points with Sampdoria. Thus, a play-off was necessary to determine who would access next season's UEFA Cup. Milan won the game 1–0. At the end of the season, the team won the third edition of the Mundialito tournament.
Squad
Transfers In Pos. Name from Type MF Roberto Donadoni Atalanta B.C. – GK Giovanni Galli Fiorentina – FW Daniele Massaro Fiorentina FW Stefano Borgonovo Como 1907 DF Dario Bonetti A.S. Roma DF Catello Cimmino Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC – FW Giuseppe Galderisi Hellas Verona – Out Pos. Name To Type FW Paolo Rossi Hellas Verona – FW Stefano Borgonovo Como 1907 loan DF Alessandro Costacurta AC Monza loan GK Giuliano Terraneo S.S. Lazio – GK Antonio Vettore Prato – DF Carmelo Mancuso Messina –DF Luigi Russo Como 1907 –MF Mario Bortolazzi Parma F.C. –MF Gabriello Carotti Lanerossi Vicenza –MF Andrea Icardi Atalanta B.C. –
Competitions Serie A
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
UEFA Cup qualification
Top scorers Pietro Paolo Virdis 17 Giuseppe Galderisi 3 Franco Baresi 2 Mark Hateley 2 Roberto Donadoni 2 Daniele Massaro 2
Coppa Italia
First Round-Group 4
Eightfinals
Statistics Squad statistics Competition PointsHome Away Total GD 1986-87 Serie A 35 15 8 5 2 17 6 15 5 4 6 14 15 31Including the 1–0 win against Sampdoria in the UEFA Cup playoff. 14 9 8 32 21 +11 1986-87 Coppa Italia – 3 1 0 2 1 2 4 2 2 0 5 1 7 3 2 2 6 3 +3 Total – 18 9 5 4 18 8 19 7 6 6 19 16 38 17 11 10 38 24 +14
Players statistics
References
Sources RSSSF – Italy 1986/87