During the 1968–69 season Milan Associazione Calcio competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and European Cup.
Summary For the season the club office confirmed Nereo Rocco as manager. In June 1968, Anquilletti, Lodetti, Prati, Rivera e Rosato became European champions with National Team winners of UEFA Euro 1968. Loan in Romano Fogli and return Luigi Maldera after 2 years of loan out.
In league the squad competed against Cagliari and Fiorentina in the race of the trophy. In quarterfinals of Coppa Italia Torino, defeated Milan 1–0 both games.
In European Cup the squad reached the Final after defeated in Round of 32 Malmö FF (lost 1–2 at Malmö and won 4–1 in Milan), The team did not play the Eightfinals due to Eastern European teams abandoned the tournament, qualifying to the Quarterfinals now to match against Celtic Glasgow (draw 0–0 in Home and 1–0 won away), in semifinals the club defeated English squad Manchester United champions last year (won 2–0 at San Siro and lost 1–0 at Old Trafford), including stars such as George Best and World Cup champion Bobby Charlton.
Final of the Euro tournament was disputed on 28 May 1969 in Madrid against Netherlands' club Ajax won by Milan with a 4–1 thanks to a hat-trick of Pierino Prati and 1 goal of Sormani after rivals scored by penalty on Vasović. The club clinched its second title ever.
Squad
(Captain)
(vice-captain)
Transfers Summer In Pos. Name from Type GK Claudio Mantovani Bari loan ended DF Luigi Maldera A.C. Monza loan ended DF Paolo Montanari Calcio Catania loan MF Romano Fogli Bologna F.C. FW Angelo Paina Padova Calcio loan ended FW Carlo Petrini Genoa Out Pos. Name To Type DF Alberto Grossetti Calcio Catania loaned out MF Massimo Giacomini Triestina FW Antonio Angelillo Genoa FW Angelo Paina Triestina loan
Autumn Out Pos. Name To Type GK Claudio Mantovani Atalanta B.C. FW Lino Golin Varese loan
Competitions Serie A
League table
Results by round
Matches
Coppa Italia
First round Group 1
Quarterfinals
European Cup
Round of 32
Round of 16 On starting of competition due to political issues related to Spring of Prague, the next teams abandoned the tournament:
Dinamo Kiev Ferencváros Levski Sofia Ruch Chorzów Carl Zeiss Jena
As a result, Milan, Benfica and Crvena Zvezda, qualified on table to the next round.
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Statistics Squad statistics Competition Points Home Away Total GD 1968-69 Serie A 41 15 11 4 0 21 2 15 3 9 3 10 10 30 14 13 3 31 12 +19 1968-69 Coppa Italia Quarterfinals 2 1 0 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 3 1 5 2 1 2 5 2 +3 1968-69 European Cup Winners 3 2 1 0 6 1 3 1 0 2 2 3 7Final match at Madrid included. 4 1 2 12 5 +7 Total – 20 14 5 1 29 4 21 5 10 6 15 14 42 20 15 7 48 19 +29
Players statistics
See also A.C. Milan
References
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