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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...

did not repeat its successful season in 1998–99

1998–99 A.C. Milan season

A.C. Milan returned to its previous glorious ways under the guidance of new coach Alberto Zaccheroni. The highly rated coach, hired from Udinese, brought lethal striker Oliver Bierhoff and the defensive right-winger Thomas Helveg with him...

, and fell back to third in Serie A

Serie A

Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

, as well as crashing out of the Champions League

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...

, following a lackluster performance in the First Group Phase. In fact, Milan ended up last in the group, and was not even qualifying for the remainder of the UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

.

Andriy Shevchenko

Andriy Shevchenko

Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko is a Ukrainian footballer who plays for Dynamo Kyiv and the Ukraine national team as a striker. He is the third-highest scorer in the history of European club competition with 67 goals as of 2011-03-10, behind Filippo Inzaghi and Raúl. With 175 goals scored with A.C...

played his first season with the Milanese club, and managed to become top scorer already in his debut season. The Ukrainian further enhanced his reputation as a fearsome striker, which was good riddance for Milan, considering Oliver Bierhoff

Oliver Bierhoff

Oliver Bierhoff is a retired German former football striker, who scored the first golden goal in the history of major international football, for Germany in the Euro 96 final...

's scoring tally's decline. The team showed signs of being over the hill, having had several aging players while it won the league in 1998–99.

Goalkeepers

Sebastiano Rossi

Sebastiano Rossi is a retired Italian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.During a 21-year professional career, he appeared in 346 Serie A games, most notably representing A.C. Milan , with which he won 12 major titles, namely five national championships and the 1994 UEFA Champions...

Christian Abbiati

Christian Abbiati is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Milan.-Milan:His debut in Serie A came on January 17, 1999 as a 92nd-minute substitute for Sebastiano Rossi...

Valerio Fiori

Valerio Fiori is an Italian former professional footballer, who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently a goalkeeping coach at Serie A club Milan.-Career:...

Roberto Colombo

Roberto Colombo (footballer)

Roberto Colombo is an Italian football player. He currently plays for Napoli.-Early career:Colombo was the product of A.C. Milan youth rank...

Defenders

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...

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...

Taribo West

Taribo West is a retired Nigerian professional footballer who played as a defender. West represented the Nigerian national team in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups. He is known for the various unusual and colourful hairstyles that he has sported over the years.-Club career:Taribo moved to France in...

Roberto Ayala

Roberto Fabián Ayala , nicknamed el Ratón , is a former Argentine football centre back.Regarded as one of the best central defenders of his generation, Ayala captained the Argentine national team for more matches than anyone else...

José Chamot Luigi Sala

Luigi Sala

Luigi Sala is an Italian football defender. He is a central defender.In June 2001, Sala was sold to Atalanta for 7 billion lire, along with Gianni Comandini and Luca Saudati , as part of Cristian Zenoni and Massimo Donati's deal to Milan, for 60 billion Italian lire.In 2002-03 season, he was the...

Fabricio Coloccini

Fabricio Coloccini is an Argentine football defender who currently captains Premier League club Newcastle United, and plays for the Argentine national team. At the age of 29, Coloccini has already represented numerous football clubs, however it was his successful spell at Deportivo La Coruña where...

Max Tonetto

Max Tonetto is an Italian football defender. Naturally left footed, his preferred position is the left midfielder position...

Bruno N'Gotty

Bruno N'Gotty is a French football player of Cameroonian ancestry who last played for English club Leicester City. Initially a player at his home team Olympique Lyonnais, he later played for Paris Saint-Germain, A.C...

Mirco Sadotti

Mirco Sadotti is a retired Italian professional football player.He played 2 games in the Serie A in the 1999/00 season for U.S. Lecce.-External links:*...

Carlo Teodorani

Carlo Teodorani is a retired Italian football defender.-External links:*...

Midfielders

Thomas Helveg

Thomas Lund Helveg is a former Danish professional Association football player who played as a defensive midfielder and defender for Odense Boldklub in the Danish Superliga, with whom he won the 1989 Danish championship...

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...

Gennaro Gattuso

Gennaro Ivan Gattuso, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian footballer, who plays for Serie A club Milan. He mainly plays as a defensive midfielder. Gattuso is an aggressive, hard tackling player and in his prime, was widely regarded as one of the best defensive midfielders in the world...

Zvonimir Boban

Zvonimir Boban is a Croatian former football midfielder who played most of his professional career for Serie A club Milan, with whom he won four Serie A titles and the Champions League. He was a member of the Croatia national team which attained third place at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, with Boban...

Diego De Ascentis

Diego De Ascentis is an Italian football midfielder, who is currently a free agent.-Career:He started his career at Como and moved to A.S. Bari and A.C. Milan ....

Leonardo Federico Giunti

Federico Giunti

Federico Giunti is an Italian former footballer turned manager. He is the current head coach of Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Foligno.-Club career:...

Massimo Ambrosini

Massimo Ambrosini is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder and is the captain of Serie A club Milan. He is well known for his aerial ability and tackling.- Club career :...

Serginho

Sergio Claudio dos Santos

Sérgio Cláudio dos Santos is a former association footballer, who last played as a left winger and left back for A.C. Milan. His nickname is Il Concorde, due to his quick and tireless pace on the pitch.-Career:He played for Cruzeiro EC and Bahia, and moved to AC Milan from São Paulo FC in 1999...

Ibrahim Ba

Ibrahim "Ibou" Ba is a Senegalese-born professional French football player of the 1990s and 2000s whose career as a right midfielder lasted from 1991 to 2008...

Pierluigi Orlandini

Pierluigi Orlandini is a former football midfielder. He started his career with Atalanta in 1989, but was a fringe player and in 1992 was sold to Lecce, where he spent a season, before moving back to Atalanta...

Attackers

Andriy Shevchenko

Oliver Bierhoff

Oliver Bierhoff is a retired German former football striker, who scored the first golden goal in the history of major international football, for Germany in the Euro 96 final...

José Mari

José María Romero Poyón , aka José Mari, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Xerez CD as a forward or winger.-Club career:...

George Weah

George Tawlon Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah is a Liberian humanitarian and politician, and an ex-footballer. He ran unsuccessfully for president in the 2005 election, losing to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in the second round of voting...

Maurizio Ganz

Maurizio Ganz is a former Italian football striker.-Club career:Ganz started his career at Sampdoria in 1985. He later helped Parma to promotion from Serie B in 1989-90 season. When he played for Inter Milan, Ganz scored 36 goals from 68 appearances and was a feared goalscorer.Ganz moved to AC...

Mattia Graffiedi

Mattia Graffiedi is an Italian striker, currently playing for Gubbio. He first played for Cesena, later moving on to more prestigious clubs such as A.C. Milan. However, most of his career has been spent at teams in Serie B....

Mohammed Aliyu Datti

Mohammed Aliyu Datti is a Nigerian football player, he currently plays for Dessel Sport.- Career :He joined in summer 2008 from Belgium club R.A.E.C. Mons back to Nigeria and signed with Niger Tornadoes F.C.....

Matches

Top Scorers

Andriy Shevchenko

24 Oliver Bierhoff

Oliver Bierhoff

Oliver Bierhoff is a retired German former football striker, who scored the first golden goal in the history of major international football, for Germany in the Euro 96 final...

11 Zvonimir Boban

Zvonimir Boban

5 Leonardo 4 George Weah

George Weah

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