Associazione Calcio Milan is a professional football club based in Milan, Italy, founded in 1899 by English expatriates as the Milan Cricket and Football Club, and one of the most successful clubs in European football history, having won multiple European Cup/UEFA Champions League titles alongside numerous Italian Serie A championships. Playing in red-and-black striped shirts and sharing the San Siro stadium with cross-city rivals Inter Milan, the club enjoyed particular dominance in the late 1980s and 1990s under coach Arrigo Sacchi and owner Silvio Berlusconi, fielding a defense built around Franco Baresi, Paolo Maldini and Alessandro Costacurta widely regarded as among the finest in the sport's history.
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AC Milan was founded in 1899 by English expatriates as the Milan Cricket and Football Club.
Associazione Calcio Milan was founded in 1899 in Milan, Italy, by English expatriates as the Milan Cricket and Football Club. The club, one of the most successful in European football history, has won multiple European Cup and UEFA Champions League titles alongside numerous Italian Serie A championships, and shares the San Siro stadium with cross city rivals Inter Milan.
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Founded in 1899, the club competes in Serie A, the top tier of Italian football.
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AC Milan was founded as Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club in 1899 by English expatriate Herbert Kilpin. The club claims 16 December of that year as their foundation date, but historical evidence seems to suggest that the club was actually founded a few days after, most likely on 18 December.
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Milan Lab European Club Association Dynasties in Italian football List of world champion football clubs Official website (in Italian, English, and Chinese) AC Milan at Serie A AC Milan at UEFA Media related to AC Milan at Wikimedia Commons Associazione Calcio Milan (Italian pronunciation: [assotʃatˈtsjoːne ˈkaltʃo ˈmiːlan]), commonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmiːlan]) mainly outside of Italy, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Founded in 1899, the club competes in Serie A, the top tier of Italian football.
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Two years later, the two teams met again in the 2007 Champions League final, with Milan winning 2-1 to lift the title for a seventh time.
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