1989–90 A.C. Milan season - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

A.C. Milan
A.C. Milan
Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...

won their second consecutive European Cup

UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

, thanks to a final

1990 European Cup Final

The 1990 European Cup Final was a football match between Milan of Italy and Benfica of Portugal, played on 23 May 1990 at the Praterstadion in Vienna, Austria...

victory over Benfica. The Dutch trio of Marco van Basten, Ruud Gullit

Ruud Gullit

OON is a Dutch football manager and former football player, who played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s. He was the captain of the Netherlands national team that was victorious at Euro 88 and was also a member of the squad for the 1990 World Cup. He was named the European Footballer of the...

and Frank Rijkaard

Frank Rijkaard

Franklin Edmundo Rijkaard is a Dutch football manager of Dutch and Surinamese descent and former player. Rijkaard has played for Ajax, Real Zaragoza and Milan, and represented his national side 73 times, scoring 10 goals. In his coaching career, he has been at the helm of the Dutch national side,...

was now a firmly established unit, but their efforts were not quite enough to defeat Napoli

S.S.C. Napoli

Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, commonly referred to as Napoli, is a professional Italian football club based in Naples and founded in 1926. The club has spent most of its history in Serie A, where it currently plays its 2011–12 season....

in the title chase.

Defenders

Franco Baresi

Franco Baresi is an Italian football youth team coach and former player. He played as a sweeper and spent his entire career with Serie A club AC Milan, acknowledged as one of the greatest defenders ever to play the game. Baresi was nicknamed "Piscinin", Milanese for "Little one"...

Stefano Carobbi

Stefano Carobbi is an Italian former footballer. He had three separate spells with Fiorentina, and also played for AC Milan and Lecce. He won seven caps for Italy U-21, and was part of Italy's team at the 1988 Olympics.-References:...

Alessandro Costacurta

Alessandro "Billy" Costacurta is an Italian former professional football defender turned manager.Costacurta spent some twenty years at Milan, with a brief period spent in AC Monza on loan. He is best known for his role alongside Franco Baresi, Paolo Maldini and Mauro Tassotti, forming one of the...

Filippo Galli

Filippo Galli is a former Italian football player with A.C. Milan who played as a Right back but was often called on to fill in at any defensive position...

Giuseppe Grassadonia Paolo Maldini

Paolo Maldini

Paolo Cesare Maldini is an Italian former footballer who played as a left or central defender. He spent all 25 seasons of his career at Serie A club Milan, before retiring at the age of 41 in 2009, becoming a symbol and a legend of the club...

Marco Pullo Mauro Tassotti

Mauro Tassotti

Mauro Tassotti is a retired Italian footballer. He played for seventeen years with A.C. Milan, mostly at right back but could also fill in at centre back if required, thanks to his versatility and commitment...

Rufo Emiliano Verga

Rufo Emiliano Verga is a retired Italian professional football player.He represented Italy at the 1992 Summer Olympics.He had to retire young due to knee problems.-Honours:* Serie A champion: 1987/88....

Midfielders

Demetrio Albertini

Demetrio Albertini is a former professional Italian football midfielder who spent most of his career with AC Milan of the Italian Serie A, winning five Serie A titles and three UEFA Champions League titles with that club...

Carlo Ancelotti

Carlo Ancelotti is an Italian football manager, Nicknamed Carletto, Ancelotti played as a midfielder and had a successful career with Roma – captaining the team – with whom he won one Scudetto and 4 Coppa Italia and was part of the legendary late 80's Milan team, with whom he won two Scudetti and...

Angelo Colombo

Angelo Colombo is a former Italian footballer who played for Milan and was part of their European Cup victories in 1989 and 1990. He is now a scout for the club.Colombo played for Italy at the 1988 Summer Olympics....

Roberto Donadoni

Roberto Donadoni is an Italian football manager and former player, last in charge of Serie A club Cagliari.An attacking midfielder or winger known for pace and technique, he was a pillar of the powerhouse AC Milan teams of the late 1980s and early 1990s and one of the pioneers of Major League...

Alberigo Evani

Alberigo Evani is an Italian former football player in midfielder role. Born in Massa, Tuscany, he played in Serie A 353 times with 16 goals...

Diego Fuser

Diego Fuser is a retired Italian football player who played right wing.- Career :Fuser started his professional career with Torino in 1986. He played 49 games for them before moving to AC Milan...

Ruud Gullit

Christian Lantignotti

Christian Lantignotti is an Italian professional football player. Currently, he plays for A.S.D. Sanvitese.He played 5 seasons in the Serie A for A.C. Milan, A.C...

Frank Rijkaard

Stefano Salvatori

Stefano Salvatori is a retired Italian professional football player.-Honours:* Serie A runner-up: 1989-90.* UEFA Super Cup winner: 1989.* Scottish Cup winner: 1998.-External links:*...

Giovanni Stroppa

Giovanni Stroppa is an Italian former football midfielder turned manager. He is currently in charge as head coach of Südtirol-Alto Adige.-Playing career :...

Attackers

Stefano Borgonovo

Stefano Borgonovo is a retired Italian footballer who played as a striker.-Football career:Born in Giussano, Province of Monza and Brianza, Lombardy, Borgonovo began his professional career with Como Calcio, making his debuts at 17 in a Serie A match against Ascoli Calcio. After a loan spell at S.S...

Daniele Massaro

Daniele Massaro is a former Italian football forward. He was a member of the Italian squad that won the FIFA World Cup held in Spain in 1982....

Marco Simone

Marco Simone is an Italian former professional football player in the striker or winger position. He most prominently played for AC Milan, with whom he won four Italian Serie A championships, as well as French clubs Paris Saint-Germain and AS Monaco. He played four games for the Italian national...

Marco van Basten Giuseppe Galderisi

Giuseppe Galderisi

Giuseppe Galderisi is an Italian former football forward and currently is the manager of Triestina.-Playing career:...

Matches

Top Scorers

Marco van Basten 19 Daniele Massaro

Daniele Massaro

Daniele Massaro is a former Italian football forward. He was a member of the Italian squad that won the FIFA World Cup held in Spain in 1982....

10 Roberto Donadoni

Roberto Donadoni

4 Alberigo Evani

Alberigo Evani

Alberigo Evani is an Italian former football player in midfielder role. Born in Massa, Tuscany, he played in Serie A 353 times with 16 goals...

3 Carlo Ancelotti

Carlo Ancelotti

3 Mauro Tassotti

Mauro Tassotti

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