A.C. Milan
Associazione Calcio Milan (Italian pronunciation: [assotʃatˈtsjoːne ˈkaltʃo ˈmiːlan]), commonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan, is a professional football club in Milan, Italy, founded in 1899.[4][5] The club has spent its entire history, with the exception of the 1980–81 and 1982–83 seasons, in the top flight of Italian football, known as Serie A since 1929–30.[4]
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| Full name | Associazione Calcio Milan S.p.A.[1] | |||
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| Nickname(s) | I Rossoneri (The Red and Blacks) Il Diavolo (The Devil) | |||
| Founded | 1899, as Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club | |||
| Ground | San Siro | |||
| Capacity | 75,923 (limited capacity), 80,018 (maximum) | |||
| Owner | Elliott Management Corporation (99.93%)[2] Private shareholders (0.07%)[3] | |||
| Chairman | Paolo Scaroni | |||
| Head coach | Stefano Pioli | |||
| League | Serie A | |||
| 2020–21 | Serie A, 2nd of 20 | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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AC Milan's 18 FIFA and UEFA trophies is the fourth highest out of any club (joint with Boca Juniors), and the most out of any Italian club.[6][7][8][9] Milan has won a joint record three Intercontinental Cups and one FIFA Club World Cup,[9] seven European Cup/Champions League titles (Italian record),[9] the UEFA Super Cup a joint record five times and the Cup Winners' Cup twice.[9] With 18 league titles, Milan is the third most successful club in Serie A, behind local rivals Inter Milan (19 league titles) and Juventus (36 league titles).[10] They have also won the Coppa Italia five times, and the Supercoppa Italiana seven.[9]
Milan's home games are played at San Siro, also known as the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. The stadium, which is shared with city rivals Internazionale, is the largest in Italian football, with a total capacity of 75,923.[11] They have a long-standing rivalry with Inter, with whom they contest the Derby della Madonnina; it is one of the most followed derbies in football.[12]
The club is one of the wealthiest in Italian and world football.[13] It was a founding member of the now-defunct G-14 group of Europe's leading football clubs as well as its replacement, the European Club Association.[14]
On April 15 2022, Bahrain-based Investcorp entered into exclusivity talks to purchase Italian club AC Milan.[15]