2008–09 AC Milan season
# 2008–09 AC Milan season

During the 2008–09 season, Milan played its 75th Serie A season in the club's existence.

## Club

### Management

| Position | Staff |
| - | - |
| Head coach | Carlo Ancelotti |
| Assistant coach | Mauro Tassotti Filippo Galli |
| Goalkeeping coaches | Villiam Vecchi Beniamino Abate |
| Fitness coaches | Daniele Tognaccini Giovanni Mauri |
| Club doctor | Massimo Manara |
| President | Adriano Galliani |

Last updated: July 19, 2008 Source:

Source: San Siro

## Squad

### First team

As of December 21, 2008.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Dida |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Felipe Mattioni (on loan from Grêmio) |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Paolo Maldini (captain) |
| 4 | DF | GEO | Kakha Kaladze |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Emerson (released in April) |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Alexandre Pato |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Gennaro Gattuso |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Filippo Inzaghi |
| 10 | MF | NED | Clarence Seedorf |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Marco Borriello |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Christian Abbiati |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Nesta |
| 14 | MF | URU | Mathias Cardacio |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Gianluca Zambrotta |
| 16 | GK | AUS | Zeljko Kalac |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | CZE | Marek Jankulovski |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Favalli |
| 20 | MF | URU | Tabaré Viúdez |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Andrea Pirlo |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Kaká |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Massimo Ambrosini (vice-captain) |
| 24 | DF | SUI | Philippe Senderos (on loan from Arsenal) |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Daniele Bonera |
| 32 | MF | ENG | David Beckham (on loan from Los Angeles Galaxy) |
| 36 | DF | ITA | Matteo Darmian |
| 51 | MF | SLE | Rodney Strasser (from Primavera team) |
| 76 | FW | UKR | Andriy Shevchenko (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 77 | DF | ITA | Luca Antonini |
| 80 | MF | BRA | Ronaldinho |
| 84 | MF | FRA | Mathieu Flamini |

### Transfers

In :

| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| - | - | - | - |
| 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 |

## Competitions summary

### 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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Internazionale (C) | 38 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 70 | 32 | +38 | 84 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Juventus | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 69 | 37 | +32 | 74 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Milan | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 70 | 35 | +35 | 74 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Fiorentina | 38 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 68 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Genoa | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 56 | 39 | +17 | 68 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |

* 1 2 Juventus finished ahead of Milan on head-to-head points: Juventus 4–2 Milan, Milan 1–1 Juventus.
* 1 2 Fiorentina finished ahead of Genoa on head-to-head points: Fiorentina 1–0 Genoa, Genoa 3–3 Fiorentina.
* ↑ Lazio qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 Coppa Italia.

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Source:

**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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | W |
| Position | 14 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |

### UEFA Cup - Group E standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Wolfsburg | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Milan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Braga | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Portsmouth | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 | |
| 5 | Heerenveen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0 | |

## Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

Updated to games played May 31, 2009.

### Pre-season tournaments and friendlies

| Date | Tournament | Location | Opponent team | Score | Scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 23 July 2008 | Friendly | Cremona, Italy | Cremonese | 0–0 | |
| 29 July 2008 | 2008 TIM Trophy | Turin, Italy | Juventus | 2–2(6–4p) | Seedorf 6', 42' |
| 29 July 2008 | 2008 TIM Trophy | Turin, Italy | Internazionale | 0–0(4–3p) | |
| 1 August 2008 | 2008 Russian Railways Cup | Moscow, Russia | Sevilla | 0–1 | |
| 3 August 2008 | 2008 Russian Railways Cup | Moscow, Russia | Chelsea | 0–5 | |
| 9 August 2008 | Friendly | Manchester, England | Manchester City | 0–1 | |
| 17 August 2008 | 2008 Trofeo Luigi Berlusconi | Milan, Italy | Juventus | 4–1 | Jankulovski 21', Ambrosini 25', 79', Inzaghi 52' |
| 21 August 2008 | 2008 Trofeo Birra Moretti | Naples, Italy | Napoli | 1–0 | Paloschi 44' |
| 21 August 2008 | 2008 Trofeo Birra Moretti | Naples, Italy | Juventus | 0–0(4–5p) | |
| 24 August 2008 | 2008 Trofeo Villa de Gijón | Gijón, Spain | Sporting de Gijón | 0–2 | |
| 10 September 2008 | Friendly | Lugano, Switzerland | Lugano | 0–2 | |
| 14 October 2008 | Taçi Oil Cup | Tirana, Albania | Tirana | 1–2 | Ronaldinho 90+1' |
| 7 January 2009 | Dubai Challenge Cup | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Hamburg | 1–1(4–3p) | Ronaldinho 61' |
| 21 January 2009 | Friendly | Hanover, Germany | Hannover 96 | 3–2 | Shevchenko 52', Inzaghi 55', 75' |
| 4 February 2009 | Friendly | Glasgow, Scotland | Rangers | 2–2 | Pato 70', Kaká 78' |
| 22 April 2009 | Friendly | Budapest, Hungary | Hungary's league selection | 5–2 | Kaká 37', Shevchenko 47', 63', Seedorf 73', Viúdez 85' |

### Coppa Italia

| Match | Date | Round | Home/Away | Opponent team | Score | Scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | December 3, 2008 | Round of 16 | Home | Lazio | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Shevchenko 77' |

### UEFA Cup

| Match | Date | Round | Home/Away | Opponent team | Score | Scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | September 18, 2008 | First Round | Home | Zürich | 3–1 | Jankulovski 45+1', Pato 56', Borriello 74' |
| 2 | October 2, 2008 | First Round | Away | Zürich | 0–1 | Shevchenko 74' |
| 3 | October 23, 2008 | Group Stage | Away | Heerenveen | 1–3 | Jong-a-Pin 19' (o.g.), Gattuso 23', Inzaghi 69' |
| 4 | November 6, 2008 | Group Stage | Home | Braga | 1–0 | Ronaldinho 90+3' |
| 5 | November 27, 2008 | Group Stage | Away | Portsmouth | 2–2 | Ronaldinho 84', Inzaghi 90+3' |
| 6 | December 17, 2008 | Group Stage | Home | Wolfsburg | 2–2 | Ambrosini 17', Pato 56' |
| 7 | February 18, 2009 | Round of 32 | Away | Werder Bremen | 1–1 | Inzaghi 36' |
| 8 | February 26, 2009 | Round of 32 | Home | Werder Bremen | 2–2 | Pirlo 27' (pen.), Pato 33' |

## 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

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Abbiati | 28 | -22 | 28 | -22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Zambrotta | 41 | 1 | 33+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Maldini | 32 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | CZE | Jankulovski | 38 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+3 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Favalli | 29 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Pirlo | 29 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Ambrosini | 33 | 8 | 24+4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 84 | MF | FRA | Flamini | 37 | 0 | 22+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 10 | AM | NED | Seedorf | 41 | 3 | 30+3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 |
| 22 | AM | BRA | Kaká | 36 | 16 | 28+3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Pato | 42 | 18 | 27+9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3+3 | 3 |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Dida | 16 | -6 | 9+1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 5 | -4 |
| 32 | MF | ENG | Beckham | 20 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 80 | FW | BRA | Ronaldinho | 35 | 10 | 16+13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2+3 | 2 |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Bonera | 22 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Inzaghi | 32 | 16 | 15+11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Gattuso | 16 | 1 | 11+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | GEO | Kaladze | 16 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | SUI | Senderos | 20 | 0 | 7+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Borriello | 8 | 2 | 6+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 77 | DF | ITA | Antonini | 18 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Emerson | 18 | 0 | 3+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 76 | FW | UKR | Shevchenko | 26 | 2 | 2+16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6+1 | 1 |
| 16 | GK | AUS | Kalac | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Nesta | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | URU | Cardaccio | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | URU | Viudez | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ITA | Darmian | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | MF | SLE | Strasser | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | BRA | Mattioni | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/2008/1340/

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Alexandre Pato | 15 | - | 3 | 18 |
| 2 | Kaká | 16 | - | - | 16 |
| 2 | Filippo Inzaghi | 13 | - | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | Ronaldinho | 8 | - | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Massimo Ambrosini | 7 | - | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Clarence Seedorf | 6 | - | - | 6 |
| 7 | David Beckham | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 7 | Marco Borriello | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Andrea Pirlo | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Andriy Shevchenko | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Gennaro Gattuso | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Marek Jankulovski | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Gianluca Zambrotta | 1 | - | - | 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)0 | 18 (19)0 | 0.94 |
| 3 | Zeljko Kalac | 1 (1) | - | - | 1 (1)0 | 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 |
