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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Founded in 1899, the club competes in Serie A, the top tier of Italian football.
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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
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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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