1986–87 AC Milan season
Milan 1986–87 football season
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During the 1986–87 season, Milan Associazione Calcio competed in Serie A and Coppa Italia.
(until 6 April 1987)
Fabio Capello
| 1986–87 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Silvio Berlusconi | ||
| President | Silvio Berlusconi | ||
| Manager | Nils Liedholm (until 6 April 1987) Fabio Capello | ||
| Stadium | San Siro | ||
| Serie A | 5th (in UEFA Cup) | ||
| Coppa Italia | Round of 16 | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Pietro Paolo Virdis (17) All: Pietro Paolo Virdis (18) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 66,210[1] | ||
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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.[2]
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.[3] At the end of the season, the team won the third edition of the Mundialito tournament.
Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers
| 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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Inter Milan | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 17 | +15 | 38 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Hellas Verona | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 36 | |
| 5 | Milan[a] | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 35 | |
| 6 | Sampdoria | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 21 | +16 | 35 | |
| 7 | Roma | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 33 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[4]
Notes:
- Milan won the UEFA Cup qualification match against Sampdoria 1–0, thus qualifying for the 1987–88 UEFA Cup.
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 48 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 15 | −1 |
Source: Competitive matches
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed; = 1987–88 European Cup; = 1987–88 UEFA Cup
Matches
| 21 September 1986 2 | Hellas Verona | 1–0 | Milan | |
Galia  45' |
Report |
| 28 September 1986 3 | Milan | 2–1 | Atalanta | Milan |
| Di Bartolomei 18' Massaro 28' |
Report | Cantarutti 85' |
Stadium: San Siro |
| 12 October 1986 5 | Milan | 0–0 | Internazionale | Milan |
| Report | Stadium: San Siro |
| 2 November 1986 8 | Milan | 3–0 | Fiorentina | Milan |
| Baresi 41' (pen.) Virdis 74', 77' |
Report | Stadium: San Siro |
| 9 November 1986 9 | Sampdoria | abd. | Milan | Genoa |
Vialli  7'Briegel 33' |
Report | 31' Virdis |
Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Referee: Pietro D'Elia | |
| Note: Giovanni Galli blocked a penalty shoot-out by Vialli at 7'.Match suspended at 39’ due to referee issues. | ||||
| 20 November 1986 9 | Sampdoria | 3–0 | Milan | Genoa |
| Paganin 10' Briegel 60'Briegel 77' |
Report | Stadium: Luigi Ferraris | ||
| Note: Match rescheduled from 9 November 1986. | ||||
| 18 January 1987 16 | Ascoli | 1–0 | Milan | Ascoli Piceno |
| Pusceddu 72' |
Report | Stadium: Cino e Lillo Del Duca |
| 1 February 1987 17 | Milan | 1–0 | Hellas Verona | Milan |
| Virdis 75' |
Report | Stadium: San Siro |
| 15 March 1987 22 | Brescia | 1–0 | Milan | Brescia |
| Gritti 34' |
Report | Stadium: Mario Rigamonti |
| 22 March 1987 23 | Fiorentina | 2–2 | Milan | |
| C. Pin 49' Di Chiara 70' |
Report | Galderisi 3' Virdis 28' (pen.) |
| 5 April 1987 25 | Avellino | 2–1 | Milan | Avellino |
| Alessio 44' Tovalieri 51' |
Report | Tassotti 61' |
Stadium: Partenio |
| 26 April 1987 27 | Napoli | 2–1 | Milan | Naples |
| Carnevale 33' Maradona 43' |
Report | Virdis 79' |
Stadium: San Paolo |
UEFA Cup qualification
Top scorers
Coppa Italia
First Round-Group 4
| 24 August 1986 1 | Milan | 1–0 | Sambenedettese | Milan |
| Di Bartolomei 32' |
Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 25 000 Referee: Sguizzato |
| 27 August 1986 2 | Triestina | 0–1 | Milan | Trieste |
| 85' Virdis |
Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Grezar Attendance: 12 000 Referee: Bergamo (Livorno) |
| 31 August 1986 3 | Barletta | 0–3 | Milan | Barletta |
| 15', 40' Baresi 62' Galderisi |
Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 12,550 Referee: Lanese (Messina) |
| 3 September 1986 4 | Milan | 0–1 | Parma | Milan |
| 9' Fontolan |
Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 37580 Referee: Luci (Florence) |
| 7 September 1986 5 | Ascoli | 1–1 | Milan | Ascoli Piceno |
| Trifunović 8' |
85' (pen.) Baresi |
Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Attendance: 20000 Referee: Redini |
Eightfinals
| 25 February 1987 | Milan | 0–1 | Parma | Milan |
| 82' Bortolazzi |
Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 15 643 Referee: Baldas |
| 8 April 1987 | Parma | 0–0 | Milan | Parma |
| Stadium: Ennio Tardini Attendance: 15 000 Referee: Lo Bello |
Statistics
Squad statistics
| Competition[5] | Points | Home | Away | Total | GD | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Gs | Ga | G | W | D | L | Gs | Ga | G | W | D | L | Gs | Ga | |||
| 1986-87 Serie A | 35 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 31[6] | 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
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | 1986-87 Serie A | 1986-87 Coppa Italia | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| GK |  ITA |
G. Galli | 31 | -18 | 25 | -16 | 6 | -2 | |
| DF | ITA |
Tassotti | 28 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| DF | ITA |
Baresi | 34 | 5 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 3 | |
| DF | ITA |
Galli | 27 | 0 | 19+2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| DF | ITA |
Bonetti | 27 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| DF | ITA |
Maldini | 36 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 0 | |
| MF | ITA |
Donadoni | 35 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |
| MF | ITA |
Di Bartolomei | 36 | 2 | 29+1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |
| FW |  ENG |
Hateley | 28 | 2 | 18+5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| FW | ITA |
Virdis | 34 | 18 | 26+2 | 17 | 6 | 1 | |
| FW | ITA |
Massaro | 23 | 2 | 20+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| GK | ITA |
Nuciari | 6 | -6 | 5 | -5 | 1 | -1 | |
| MF | ITA |
Manzo | 23 | 0 | 15+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| MF | ENG |
Wilkins | 23 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| FW | ITA |
Galderisi | 28 | 4 | 13+8 | 3 | 7 | 1 | |
| MF | ITA |
Evani | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| DF | ITA |
Lorenzini | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| DF | ITA |
Zanoncelli | 10 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| MF | ITA |
Stroppa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
- Source: [7]