2012–13 AC Milan season

The 2012–13 season was Associazione Calcio Milan's 79th in the Serie A and 30th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. Milan strived to regain the Serie A title, which they lost to Juventus in the previous season. The Rossoneri also competed in UEFA Champions League, as well as the Coppa Italia.

Milan
2012–13 season
Chairman
Honorary chairman
Vacant
Silvio Berlusconi
Head coachMassimiliano Allegri
StadiumSan Siro
Serie A3rd
Coppa ItaliaQuarter-finals
UEFA Champions LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Stephan El Shaarawy (16)

All:
Stephan El Shaarawy (19)
Highest home attendance79,532 (UEFA C.L.)
vs Barcelona
(20 February 2013)
Lowest home attendance27,593 (UEFA C.L.)
vs Anderlecht
(18 September 2012)
Average home league attendance43.651[1]

This season was the first not to feature a number of recent club legends, namely Gennaro Gattuso (1999–2012), Filippo Inzaghi (2001–2012), Clarence Seedorf (2002–2012), and Alessandro Nesta (2002–2012), whose contracts were not extended at the end of the previous season. High-profile players arriving at the club as veterans, namely Gianluca Zambrotta and Mark van Bommel, were also released from their contracts following their expiration on 1 July 2012. Finally, star players Thiago Silva and Zlatan Ibrahimović unexpectedly left Milan during pre-season when the club accepted transfer offers for both from PSG.

Due to financial problems, the club failed to sign any high-profile players as suitable replacements for the departed team leaders, which had a long-term negative effect on the team's morale and ability to compete for trophies.[2] However, as Alexandre Pato decided to move back to Brazil in January 2013, the UEFA Euro 2012 star striker Mario Balotelli was signed from Manchester City to front the team's attack.[3]

On the contrary, senior players Massimo Ambrosini and Christian Abbiati, both 35 years of age at the time, had their contracts extended and named captain and vice-captain for the season. The duo had been at the club together since the 1998–99 season, in which they won the Scudetto as part of the starting XI under manager Alberto Zaccheroni.[4]

Over the first 6 months of the season, Milan struggled a lot, losing a total of 9 games (7 in Serie A and 2 in the Champions League), as well as 4 pre-season friendlies. In 2013, however, the team lost only three games across all competitions. With 13 more wins and 6 draws in the Serie A, the club eventually finished in the 3rd place, securing a spot in the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League qualification play-off, which became the club's main objective for the season following the team's elimination in the round of 16 of the previous edition of the competition.

Players

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Starting line-up. Until the signing of Mario Balotelli in the winter transfer session, Giampaolo Pazzini was the first choice as central striker in the forward line.
As of 25 January 2013.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ITA Marco Amelia
2 DF   ITA Mattia De Sciglio
4 MF   GHA Sulley Muntari
5 DF   FRA Philippe Mexès
7 FW   BRA Robinho
8 MF   ITA Antonio Nocerino
9 FW   BRA Alexandre Pato
10 MF   GHA Kevin-Prince Boateng
11 FW   ITA Giampaolo Pazzini
12 MF   MLI Bakaye Traore
14 DF   POL Bartosz Salamon
16 MF   FRA Mathieu Flamini
17 DF   COL Cristián Zapata (on loan from Villarreal)
18 MF   ITA Riccardo Montolivo
19 FW   FRA M'Baye Niang
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF   ITA Ignazio Abate
21 MF   GUI Kévin Constant
22 FW   ESP Bojan (on loan from Barcelona)
23 MF   ITA Massimo Ambrosini (captain)
25 DF   ITA Daniele Bonera
32 GK   ITA Christian Abbiati (vice-captain)
34 MF   NED Nigel de Jong
35 DF   ESP Dídac Vilà
45 FW   ITA Mario Balotelli
59 GK   BRA Gabriel
76 DF   COL Mario Yepes
77 DF   ITA Luca Antonini
81 DF   ITA Cristian Zaccardo
92 FW   ITA Stephan El Shaarawy

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss

Milan began their pre-season training at Milanello on Monday, 9 July 2012. The Rossoneri played their first set of friendlies in Bari on 21, July, 2012 to contest the TIM Trophy consisting of three games, of 45 minutes each, against rivals Internazionale and Juventus. Milan's first game was against Juventus, they started well but The Old Lady were awarded a penalty after Bakaye Traoré tackled Mirko Vučinić inside the box in the 31st minute, he then converted the spot-kick which subsequently resulted in Milan's first loss. Their second game was against Inter, Il Diavolo would go ahead in the 16th minute through a Stephan El Shaarawy strike, but Nerazzuri would come back to win through a Fredy Guarín header in the 25th minute, and with Rodrigo Palacio scoring the tie-breaker in the 34th minute, forcing Milan to finish last in the competition with two losses.

On Tuesday, 24 July 2012, Milan played German side Schalke 04 at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, in a balanced match of offense and defense, Urby Emanuelson scored in the 62nd minute to break the stalemate, his sole strike would go on and win the friendly match for the Rossoneri. On Saturday, 28 July 2012, Milan contended in the World Football Challenge, playing a friendly against 2011–12 UEFA Champions League winners, Chelsea, in Miami, Milan looked to be physically dominated by the Blues in the early stages, but became the livelier of the two sides later on, and in the second half, in the 68th minute, after a clinical counter by the Rossoneri, Kevin-Prince Boateng played a perfect through ball to Urby Emanuelson drawing two defenders before passing the ball off to Stephan El Shaarawy. El Shaarawy's subsequent shot was parried by Petr Čech into Emanuelson's path who struck it into the net for the only goal in the game, and a second win for Milan.

Milan played Honduran side Olimpia on Saturday, 4 August in Massachusetts. Milan took the lead in the 24th minute when Robinho shot a low effort from outside the box into the bottom left corner of the goal. Antonio Nocerino would then score the second goal from a Robinho assist and his second, Milan's third, from an Ignazio Abate low cross after drawing the keeper out of his goal in the 37 and 44th minutes, respectively, although Olimpia would pull one back through José Escalante in the 72nd minute. Milan next played Spanish champions Real Madrid in the World Football Challenge at Yankee Stadium in New York on Wednesday, 8 August. Both teams started with strong lineups but it was Madrid who took the through Ángel Di María in the 24th minute. Robinho managed to equalise for Milan nine minutes later as both teams went into half time level. Milan made nine changes to the side after halftime. Milan were unable to keep the same rhythm, however, as Cristiano Ronaldo scored two goals in the 49th and 66th minutes and goals from Sergio Ramos and José Callejón in the 81st and 89th minute of the match damaged Milan to a heavy 5–1 defeat in the match.

A week later, Milan played their final pre-season game against Juventus in the annual Trofeo Berlusconi at the San Siro on Sunday, 19 August. Robinho opened the scoring for Milan after netting home in the ninth minute. Claudio Marchisio, however, managed to equalize four minutes later and Juventus went into the break with the lead with Arturo Vidal slipping the ball home three minutes before halftime. In the second half, Milan made changes to try to get back into the game but Alessandro Matri netted Juventus' third goal of the night in the 64th minute. Robinho managed to reduce the deficit with a penalty goal 13 minutes before time. Milan had chances to tie the game but it was not enough as Juventus clinched the Trofeo Luigi Berlusconi.[5][6][7]

21 July 2012 TIM Trophy Juventus   1–0   Milan Bari, Italy
21:45 CEST Vučinić   31' (pen.) Report Stadium: Stadio San Nicola
Note: 45-minute match
21 July 2012 TIM Trophy Internazionale   2–1   Milan Bari, Italy
22:45 CEST Guarín   25'
Palacio   34'
Report El Shaarawy   16' Stadium: Stadio San Nicola
Note: 45-minute match
4 August 2012 Friendly Milan   3–1   Olimpia Foxborough, Massachusetts
16:30 EDT Robinho   24'
Nocerino   37', 44'
Report Escalante   72' Stadium: Gillette Stadium
8 August 2012 World Football Challenge Real Madrid   5–1   Milan New York, New York
20:00 EDT Di María   24'
Ronaldo   49', 66'
Ramos   81'
Callejón   89'
Report Robinho   33' Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 49,474
Referee: Jair Marrufo
19 August 2012 Trofeo Luigi Berlusconi Milan   2–3   Juventus Milan, Italy
23:00 CEST Robinho   9', 77' Report Marchisio   12'
Vidal   43'
Matri   64'
Stadium: San Siro

Competitions

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Serie A

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The fixtures for the 2012–13 Serie A were announced on 26 July 2012. The season started on Sunday 26 August 2012 with Milan taking on Sampdoria at the San Siro, it ends Sunday 19 May 2013 with a match away against Siena. Three midweek fixtures were planned, 26 September, 31 October and on 8 May, while the winter break is planned for 23 December to 5 January. The first international break took place the weekend of 8–9 September, which was after the second round of matches, rather than after the first as has happened in recent seasons.[8][9]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Juventus (C) 38 27 6 5 71 24 +47 87 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Napoli 38 23 9 6 73 36 +37 78
3 Milan 38 21 9 8 67 39 +28 72 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
4 Fiorentina 38 21 7 10 72 44 +28 70 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
5 Udinese 38 18 12 8 59 45 +14 66 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
Source: Serie A, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th goal difference; 5th number of goals scored; 6th public draw.
(Head-to-head record is applied for clubs with the same number of points only once all matches between said clubs have been played)[10]
(C) Champions

Results summary

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Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHA
ResultLWLLWDLLWDWLDWWWWLWDWWWDWDWWWWDDLWWWDW
Position1310131510111115121210131210777777654534333333333333
Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2013. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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26 August 2012 1 Milan 0–1 Sampdoria Milan
18:00 Boateng   67'
Bonera   90+2'
Report Krstičić   16'
Gastaldello   42'
Costa   59',   69'
Tissone   79'
Romero   82'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 36,288
Referee: Luca Banti
1 September 2012 2 Bologna 1–3 Milan Bologna
20:45 Cherubin   15'
Diamanti   42' (pen.)
Report Pazzini   16' (pen.), 77', 85',   59'
Montolivo   18'
Bonera   24'
Ambrosini   28'
De Jong   68'
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 22,202
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento
15 September 2012 3 Milan 0–1 Atalanta Milan
20:45 El Shaarawy   43'
Bonera   57'
Report Biondini   59'
Cigarini   64',   80'
Moralez   85'
Raimondi   85'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 34,763
Referee: Daniele Orsato
23 September 2012 4 Udinese 2–1 Milan Udine
15:00 Ranégie   40'
Di Natale   68' (pen.)
Pinzi   77'
Coda   80'
Report Ambrosini   40'
El Shaarawy   54'
Zapata   64'   67'
Boateng   75'   82'
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 22,976
Referee: Domenico Celi
26 September 2012 5 Milan 2–0 Cagliari Milan
20:45 De Jong   12'
El Shaarawy   15', 82'
Pazzini   63'
De Sciglio   71'
Report Pisano   3'
Pinilla   37'
Conti   64'   66'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 28,005
Referee: Andrea De Marco
29 September 2012 6 Parma 1–1 Milan Parma
18:00 Rosi   4'
Galloppa   66'
Biabiany   88'
Report Ambrosini   20'
El Shaarawy   50'
Boateng   59'
Abbiati   64'
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 14,239
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi
7 October 2012 7 Milan 0–1 Internazionale Milan
20:45 Mexès   34'
De Jong   38'
Pazzini   82'
Montolivo   85'
Yepes   88'
Report Samuel   3'
Juan   11'
Nagatomo   24'   48'
Ranocchia   83'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 73,736
Referee: Paolo Valeri
20 October 2012 8 Lazio 3–2 Milan Rome
19:45 Dias   13'
Hernanes   25'
Candreva   41'
Klose   49'
González   56'
Report Nocerino   12'
Yepes   37'
Antonini   56'
De Jong   61'
El Shaarawy   79'
Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: 41,815
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento
27 October 2012 9 Milan 1–0 Genoa Milan
15:00 Yepes   75'
El Shaarawy   77'
Report Bertolacci   36'
Bovo   59'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 33,046
Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni
30 October 2012 10 Palermo 2–2 Milan Palermo
15:00 Miccoli   45+1' (pen.)
Brienza   47'
García   58'
Cetto   74'
Report Bonera   2'
Constant   23'
Flamini   32'
Montolivo   69'
El Shaarawy   80'
Mexès   86'
Stadium: Renzo Barbera
Attendance: 12,346
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
3 November 2012 11 Milan 5–1 Chievo Milan
15:00 Emanuelson   16'
Montolivo   36'
Bojan   41'
El Shaarawy   75'
Pazzini   90+2'
Report Dramé   5'
Pellissier   18'
Guana   55'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 33,360
Referee: Piero Giacomelli
11 November 2012 12 Milan 1–3 Fiorentina Milan
15:00 Bonera   30'
Pazzini   59'
Ambrosini   61'
Mexès   68'
Report Aquilani   10',   63'
Pizarro   24'
Roncaglia   33'
Valero   34',   37'
El Hamdaoui   87'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 36,180
Referee: Andrea Romeo
18 November 2012 13 Napoli 2–2 Milan Naples
15:00 Inler   5'
Insigne   30'
Cavani   52'
Campagnaro   63'
Cannavaro   64'
Report El Shaarawy   44', 82',   90'
Bojan   78'
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 52,546
Referee: Mauro Bergonzi
24 November 2012 14 Milan 1–0 Juventus Milan
15:00 Nocerino   17'
Robinho   31' (pen.)
Yepes   90+4'
Report Isla   30'
Bonucci   43'
Marchisio   86'
Giovinco   90+3'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 77,023
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
2 December 2012 15 Catania 1–3 Milan Catania
15:00 Legrottaglie   11'
Barrientos   41'   49'
Bellusci   86'
Rolín   90+5'
Report El Shaarawy   53', 90+2',   54'
Boateng   56',   90'
Amelia   60'
Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Daniele Orsato
7 December 2012 16 Torino 2–4 Milan Turin
15:00 Santana   28'
Darmian   33'
Gazzi   62'
Masiello   63'
Bianchi   80'
Di Cesare   86'
Report Robinho   40'
Nocerino   53'
Abate   55'
Pazzini   61'
El Shaarawy   76'
Emanuelson   86'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino
Attendance: 20,126
Referee: Andrea Romeo
16 December 2012 17 Milan 4–1 Pescara Milan
15:00 Nocerino   1'
Abbruscato   51' (o.g.)
Yepes   56'
Ambrosini   74'
Jonathas   79' (o.g.)
El Shaarawy   81'
Report Modesto   40'
Togni   50'
Terlizzi   56'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 42,520
Referee: Antonio Danilo Giannoccaro
22 December 2012 18 Roma 4–2 Milan Rome
15:00 Burdisso   13',   54'
Osvaldo   24'
Lamela   30', 61'
Marquinhos   78'
Goicoechea   87'
Report Yepes   15'
Ambrosini   58'
Mexès   81'
Pazzini   87' (pen.)
Bojan   89'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 50,206
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi
6 January 2013 19 Milan 2–1 Siena Milan
15:00 Ambrosini   49'
Bojan   67'
Pazzini   73',   80' (pen.)
Report Ângelo   33'
Del Grosso   70'
Vergassola   83'
Felipe   85'
Neto   90'
Paolucci   87'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 30,404
Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese
13 January 2013 20 Sampdoria 0–0 Milan Genoa
15:00 Gastaldello   87' Report Mexès   38'
Niang   73'
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 24,544
Referee: Marco Guida
20 January 2013 21 Milan 2–1 Bologna Milan
15:00 Pazzini   65', 82'
Abate   80'
Report Diamanti   21'
Pazienza   32'
Cherubin   77'
Mexès   84' (o.g.)
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 30,031
Referee: Daniele Doveri
27 January 2013 (2013-01-27) 22 Atalanta 0–1 Milan Bergamo
15:00 Brivio   49'   59'
Raimondi   55'
Consigli   78'
Biondini   84'
Carmona   88'
Report El Shaarawy   29'
Pazzini   55'
Montolivo   71'
Mexès   78'
Abbiati   90+1'
Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Attendance: 18,805
Referee: Andrea Gervasoni
3 February 2013 23 Milan 2–1 Udinese Milan
20:45 Montolivo   16'
Balotelli   25', 90+4' (pen.)
Report Pinzi   13',   55'
Domizzi   38'
Lazzari   64'
Silva   84'
Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Davide Massa
10 February 2013 24 Cagliari 1–1 Milan Quartu Sant'Elena
15:00 Ibarbo   45'
Murru   47'
Conti   51'
Astori   67'   81'
Dessena   68'
Report Niang   38'
Mexès   45'
Ambrosini   63'
Balotelli   82' (pen.)
Stadium: Stadio Is Arenas
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Antonio Danilo Giannoccaro
15 February 2013 25 Milan 2–1 Parma Milan
15:00 Paletta   39' (o.g.)
Zapata   74'
Balotelli   78'
Report Marchionni   66'
Sansone   90+3'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 33,077
Referee: Davide Massa
24 February 2013 26 Internazionale 1–1 Milan Milan
15:00 Ranocchia   34'
Juan   43'
Schelotto   71'
Report Mexès   12'
El Shaarawy   21'
Muntari   31'
Zapata   89'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni
2 March 2013 27 Milan 3–0 Lazio Milan
15:00 Pazzini   32',   40', 60'
Boateng   44'   58'
Yepes   90'
Report Candreva   16'
Biava   47'
Radu   59'
Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
8 March 2013 28 Genoa 0–2 Milan Genoa
15:00 Portanova   18'
Granqvist   35'
Bovo   65'
Antonelli   88'
Report Pazzini   22'
Balotelli   25',   60'
Constant   32'   65'
Flamini   56'
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Antonio Damato
17 March 2013 29 Milan 2–0 Palermo Milan
15:00 Balotelli   8' (pen.), 66'
Zapata   31'
Report Muñoz   71' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 41,584
Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo
30 March 2013 30 Chievo 0–1 Milan Verona
15:00 Dramé   27'
Dainelli   33'   78'
Cofie   50'
Cesar   62'
Andreolli   70'
Report Balotelli   17'
Montolivo   25'
Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Referee: Domenico Celi
7 April 2013 31 Fiorentina 2–2 Milan Florence
15:00 Tomović   40'
Cuadrado   44'
Ljajić   66' (pen.)
Aquilani   67'
Pizarro   73' (pen.)
Roncaglia   81'
Report Montolivo   14',   35'
Muntari   45'
Flamini   62'
Balotelli   71'
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento
14 April 2013 32 Milan 1–1 Napoli Milan
15:00 Flamini   30',   72'
Pazzini   84'
Mexès   89'
Report Pandev   33'
De Sanctis   64'
Maggio   72'
Cavani   75'
Britos   87'
Campagnaro   89'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 72,024
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi
21 April 2013 33 Juventus 1–0 Milan Turin
15:00 Vidal   57' (pen.) Report Amelia   56'
Zapata   66'
Mexès   71'
Stadium: Juventus Stadium
Attendance: 40,474
Referee: Luca Banti
28 April 2013 34 Milan 4–2 Catania Milan
15:00 De Sciglio   9'
Flamini   45'   78'
Balotelli   72',   90+2' (pen.)
Pazzini   74', 77'
Report Bergessio   26',   65'
Legrottaglie   30',   41'
Frison   37'
Barrientos   78'
Marchese   86'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 36,335
Referee: Davide Massa
5 May 2013 35 Milan 1–0 Torino Milan
15:00 Mexès   49'
Muntari   73'
Boateng   74'
Balotelli   84',   85'
Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Antonio Damato
8 May 2013 36 Pescara 0–4 Milan Pescara
18:00 Rizzo   11' Report Balotelli   10' (pen.), 57'
Muntari   33'
Flamini   51'
Stadium: Stadio Adriatico
Attendance: 20,476
Referee: Carmine Russo
12 May 2013 37 Milan 0–0 Roma Milan
20:45 Balotelli   40'
Muntari   41'   41'
Ambrosini   78'
Constant   93'
Report Dodô   73'
Burdisso   88'
Totti   90'   90+2'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi
19 May 2013 38 Siena 1–2 Milan Siena
20:45 Terzi   25'
Terlizzi   45'   70'
Agra   81'
Vitiello   86'
Rubin   89'
Felipe   90'
Report Ambrosini   62'   69'
De Sciglio   81'
Balotelli   84' (pen.)
Mexès   87'
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi – Montepaschi Arena
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

Coppa Italia

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For the 14th season in a row, Milan will start the Coppa Italia directly in the round of 16, as one of the eight best seeded teams.

10 January 2013 Round of 16 Milan 3–0 Reggina Milan
21:00 Yepes   51'
Strasser   76'
Niang   79'
Pazzini   81'
Report Bombagi   45'
Freddi   71'
Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese
15 January 2013 Quarter-finals Juventus 2–1 (a.e.t.) Milan Turin
20:45 Giovinco   12'
Vidal   65'
Vučinić   95',   113'
Report El Shaarawy   6'
Mexès   17'
Boateng   30'
Montolivo   101'
Stadium: Juventus Stadium
Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

UEFA Champions League

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Group stage

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Milan began their UEFA Champions League campaign in the group stage after finishing runner-up in the 2011–12 Serie A season. Due to their UEFA coefficient, they were seeded in Pot 1, among the best eight teams. The draw for the preliminary round took place in Montecarlo on Thursday, 30 August 2012. Milan were drawn against Spanish side Málaga, as well as Belgian and Russian champions, Anderlecht and Zenit Saint Petersburg respectively.[5][11][12]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MLG MIL ZEN AND
1   Málaga 6 3 3 0 12 5 +7 12 Advance to knockout phase 1–0 3–0 2–2
2   Milan 6 2 2 2 7 6 +1 8 1–1 0–1 0–0
3   Zenit Saint Petersburg 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7 Transfer to Europa League 2–2 2–3 1–0
4   Anderlecht 6 1 2 3 4 9 −5 5 0–3 1–3 1–0
Source: Soccerway
18 September 2012 1 Milan   0–0   Anderlecht Milan, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Flamini   84'
Mexès   90+2'
Report Wasilewski   57'
Kljestan   79'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 27,593
Referee: William Collum (Scotland)
3 October 2012 2 Zenit Saint Petersburg   2–3   Milan Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Fayzulin   12'
Anyukov   35'
Hulk   45+2'
Shirokov   49',   87'
Hubočan   71'
Report Emanuelson   13'
El Shaarawy   16',   40'
Bonera   36'
Hubočan   75' (o.g.)
Yepes   85'
Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 21,703
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
24 October 2012 3 Málaga   1–0   Milan Málaga, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Joaquín   64'
Iturra   67'
Report Montolivo   12'
Constant   43'
Mexès   43'
Bonera   69'
Stadium: La Rosaleda Stadium
Attendance: 27,683
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)
6 November 2012 4 Milan   1–1   Málaga Milan, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) De Jong   34'
Emanuelson   43'
Montolivo   53'
Pato   73'
[1] Eliseu   40'
Iturra   59'
Weligton   64'
Sánchez   64'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 30,891
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
28 November 2012 5 Anderlecht   1–3   Milan Anderlecht, Belgium
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Biglia   49'
Gillet   66'
Nuytinck   70'
De Sutter   78'
Report Nocerino   41'
El Shaarawy   47'
Mexès   71',   79'
Abbiati   84'
Pato   90+1'
Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
Attendance: 19,803
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
11 December 2012 6 Milan   0–1   Zenit Saint Petersburg Milan, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Flamini   58'
Robinho   87'
Report Danny   35'
Lombaerts   43'
Hulk   46'
Alves   87'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 29,508
Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

Knockout phase

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Round of 16
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20 February 2013 First leg Milan   2–0   Barcelona Milan, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Mexès   24'
Boateng   57'
Muntari   81'
Traoré   90+1'
Report Busquets   55'
Piqué   57'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 79,532
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
12 March 2013 Second leg Barcelona   4–0
(4–2 agg.)
  Milan Barcelona, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Messi   5', 40'
Villa   55'
Alba   90+2'
Report Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 94,944
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Squad statistics

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Appearances, goals and disciplinary record

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Updated 30 June 2013.[13][14]

No. Pos. Name LS LA LG CS CA CG ES EA EG TS TA TG      
1 GK   Marco Amelia 10 11 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 12 13 0 1 0 0
2 DF   Mattia De Sciglio 25 27 0 1 1 0 4 4 0 30 32 0 1 0 0
4 MF   Sulley Muntari 11 15 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 12 17 2 2 0 0
5 DF   Philippe Mexès 25 25 1 1 1 0 6 6 1 32 32 2 14 0 0
7 FW   Robinho 11 23 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 12 26 2 1 0 0
8 MF   Antonio Nocerino 20 26 2 0 0 0 2 3 0 22 29 2 4 0 0
9 FW   Alexandre Pato1 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 4 7 2 0 0 0
10 MF   Kevin-Prince Boateng 25 29 2 1 1 0 6 6 1 32 36 3 6 1 1
11 FW   Giampaolo Pazzini 15 30 15 2 2 0 4 4 0 21 36 15 6 0 0
12 MF   Bakaye Traoré 1 7 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 9 0 1 0 0
13 DF   Francesco Acerbi1 5 6 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 8 10 0 0 0 0
14 MF   Rodney Strasser1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
14 DF   Bartosz Salamon2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF   Djamel Mesbah1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
16 MF   Mathieu Flamini 15 18 4 1 1 0 3 3 0 19 22 4 5 0 0
17 DF   Cristián Zapata 22 23 0 1 1 0 4 4 0 27 28 0 5 2 0
18 MF   Riccardo Montolivo 31 32 4 1 1 0 6 6 0 38 39 4 9 0 0
19 FW   M'Baye Niang 9 20 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 10 24 1 2 0 0
20 DF   Ignazio Abate 25 0 2 2 0 4 4 0 31 33 0 1 0 0
21 MF   Kévin Constant 20 25 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 24 30 0 2 0 0
22 FW   Bojan 5 19 3 1 2 0 4 5 0 10 27 3 1 0 0
23 MF   Massimo Ambrosini 16 20 0 1 1 0 4 4 0 21 25 0 8 0 0
25 DF   Daniele Bonera 13 13 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 17 17 0 7 0 0
28 MF   Urby Emanuelson1 8 12 1 2 2 0 5 5 1 15 19 2 2 0 0
32 GK   Christian Abbiati 28 28 0 1 1 0 7 7 0 36 36 0 3 0 0
34 MF   Nigel de Jong 10 12 1 0 0 0 4 4 0 14 16 1 4 0 0
35 DF   Dídac Vilà 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 FW   Mario Balotelli2 12 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 13 12 3 0 0
55 MF   Adrià Carmona1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
57 MF   Mattia Valoti1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
59 GK   Gabriel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
76 DF   Mario Yepes 13 14 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 15 18 1 8 0 0
77 DF   Luca Antonini 5 6 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 8 9 0 1 0 0
81 DF   Cristian Zaccardo2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
92 FW   Stephan El Shaarawy 34 37 16 1 1 1 6 7 2 41 45 19 4 0 0
Own goals - 2 - 0 - 1 - 3 - - -

Last updated: 28 October 2012.
Source: Competitions

1 Player left the club during the season
2 Player joined the club during the season

Transfers

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During the summer transfer window, Milan parted ways with four club legends: Gennaro Gattuso, Alessandro Nesta, Clarence Seedorf and Filippo Inzaghi. Mark van Bommel also decided to leave Milan to return to the Netherlands with PSV. The first inward transfers of the season saw Riccardo Montolivo join on a Bosman transfer from Fiorentina after having failed to complete the transfer in the previous year, while Bakaye Traoré joined from Ligue 1 side Nancy. Milan also acquired promising young goalkeeper Gabriel, who joined from Brazilian club Cruzeiro. He was followed by the arrivals of Francesco Acerbi, on co-ownership, and Kévin Constant on loan, the latter as a replacement for the injured Sulley Muntari, both from Genoa on the same day. On 14 July, Milan accepted a €42 million bid for defender Thiago Silva from Paris Saint-Germain. Three days later, PSG submitted a €23 million bid for Swedish forward Zlatan Ibrahimović, which Milan accepted. The next major transfer saw Giampaolo Pazzini transfer to Milan from crosstown rivals Internazionale and Antonio Cassano heading the opposite way, with an additional fee of around €7 million. The final days of the transfer window saw Milan reinforce the squad with 17-year-old striker M'Baye Niang from Caen, 21-year-old forward Bojan from Roma on loan and combative defensive midfielder Nigel de Jong from English champions Manchester City.

In the winter transfer window, Milan parted ways with long-time striker Alexandre Pato. They also traded co-ownership with Genoa for 50 percent of Francesco Acerbi's rights in exchange for 50 percent of Kévin Constant's rights. On the last day of the transfer window, Mario Balotelli signed for Milan after he was bought from Manchester City. Milan also sold veteran goalkeeper Ferdinando Coppola to Torino and bought youngster Bartosz Salamon from Serie B side Brescia.

Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Notes
17 May 2012 MF   Bakaye Traoré 27   Nancy Free[15] Effective from 1 July
17 May 2012 MF   Riccardo Montolivo 27   Fiorentina Free[16] Effective from 1 July
24 May 2012 GK   Gabriel 19   Cruzeiro €500,000[17]
21 June 2012 DF   Francesco Acerbi 23   Genoa €4M[18][19] Co-ownership Deal
21 June 2012 MF   Kévin Constant 25   Genoa Loan[19]
22 June 2012 FW   Stephan El Shaarawy 19   Genoa Undisclosed[20] Co-ownership Resolved
22 June 2012 FW   Matteo Chinellato 20   Genoa Undisclosed[20] Co-ownership Resolved
22 June 2012 MF   Pelé 20   Genoa Undisclosed[20] Co-ownership Resolved
1 July 2012 MF   Davide Di Gennaro 24   Modena Return from Loan
1 July 2012 FW   Gianmarco Zigoni 21   Avellino Return from Loan
1 July 2012 FW   Nnamdi Oduamadi 21   Torino Return from Loan
1 July 2012 GK   Ferdinando Coppola 34   Torino Return from Loan
1 July 2012 DF   Michelangelo Albertazzi 21   Varese Return from Loan
1 July 2012 DF   Marcus Diniz 24   Como Return from Loan
1 July 2012 DF   Taye Taiwo 27   Queens Park Rangers Return from Loan
1 July 2012 DF   Dídac Vilà 23   Espanyol Return from Loan
1 July 2012 DF   Cristian Daminuţă 22   Baia Mare Return from Loan
3 July 2012 GK   Edoardo Pazzagli 23   Fiorentina Free[21]
8 August 2012 DF   Cristián Zapata 25   Villarreal Loan[22] Option to Fully Purchase
22 August 2012 FW   Giampaolo Pazzini 28   Internazionale €7M + Antonio Cassano[23]
28 August 2012 FW   M'Baye Niang 17   Caen Undisclosed[24]
29 August 2012 FW   Bojan 21   Barcelona Loan[25]
30 August 2012 MF   Nigel de Jong 27   Manchester City €5M[26]
17 January 2013 MF   Riccardo Saponara 21   Empoli €4M[27] Co-ownership Deal
24 January 2013 DF   Cristian Zaccardo 31   Parma Undisclosed[28]
31 January 2013 FW   Mario Balotelli 22   Manchester City €21.5M[29]
31 January 2013 DF   Bartosz Salamon 21   Brescia Undisclosed[30]
Date Pos. Player Age Moving to Fee Notes
10 May 2012 DF   Alessandro Nesta 36   Montreal Impact Free[31]
12 May 2012 FW   Filippo Inzaghi 38 Unattached Free[32] Retired
23 May 2012 GK   Flavio Roma 37   AS Monaco Free[33][34]
23 May 2012 DF   Gianluca Zambrotta 35 Unattached Free
23 May 2012 MF   Gennaro Gattuso 34   Sion Free
23 May 2012 MF   Mark van Bommel 35   PSV Free[35]
7 June 2012 DF   Massimo Oddo 36 Unattached Free[36] Retired
21 June 2012 MF   Clarence Seedorf 36   Botafogo Free[37][38]
22 June 2012 MF   Alexander Merkel 20   Genoa Undisclosed[20] Co-ownership Resolved
22 June 2012 DF   Mario Sampirisi 19   Genoa Undisclosed[20] Co-ownership Resolved
22 June 2012 DF   Nicola Pasini 21   Genoa Undisclosed[20] Co-ownership Resolved
22 June 2012 DF   Matteo Darmian 22   Torino Undisclosed[20] Co-ownership Resolved
25 June 2012 GK   Michał Miśkiewicz 23   Wisła Kraków Free[39]
26 June 2012 FW   Dominic Adiyiah 22   Arsenal Kyiv Undisclosed[40]
30 June 2012 MF   Alberto Aquilani 27   Liverpool End of Loan
30 June 2012 FW   Maxi López 28   Catania End of Loan
14 July 2012 MF   Davide Di Gennaro 24   Spezia Undisclosed[41]
14 July 2012 DF   Thiago Silva 27   Paris Saint-Germain €42M[42]
17 July 2012 FW   Zlatan Ibrahimović 30   Paris Saint-Germain €21M[43]
22 August 2012 FW   Antonio Cassano 30   Internazionale Exchange for Giampaolo Pazzini[23]
3 January 2013 FW   Alexandre Pato 23   Corinthians €15M[23]
25 January 2013 DF   Djamel Mesbah 28   Parma Undisclosed[44]
26 January 2013 DF   Francesco Acerbi 24   Genoa 50% of Kevin Constant's rights[45] Co-ownership Resolved
26 January 2013 GK   Ferdinando Coppola 34   Torino Undisclosed[46]

Out on loan

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Date Pos. Player Age Moving to Until Notes
4 July 2012 FW   Gianmario Comi 20   Reggina 30 June 2013[47]
5 July 2012 MF   Luca Santonocito 21   Renate 30 June 2013[48]
6 July 2012 GK   Riccardo Piscitelli 18   Carrarese 30 June 2013[49]
6 July 2012 MF   Simone Calvano 18   Verona 30 June 2013[50]
11 July 2012 FW   Nnamdi Oduamadi 21   Varese 30 June 2013[51]
11 July 2012 MF   Luca Bertoni 20   Südtirol 30 June 2013[52]
12 July 2012 FW   Marco Ezio Fossati 19   Ascoli 30 June 2013[53]
12 July 2012 DF   Ricardo Ferreira 19   Empoli 30 June 2013[54]
16 July 2012 FW   Gianmarco Zigoni 21   Pro Vercelli 30 June 2013[55]
16 July 2012 MF   Alessio Innocenti 19   Pro Vercelli 30 June 2013[56]
19 July 2012 MF   Edmund Hottor 19   Virtus Lanciano 30 June 2013[57]
20 July 2012 FW   Matteo Chinellato 20   Tritium 30 June 2013[58]
22 July 2012 DF   Marcus Diniz 24   Lecce 30 June 2013[59] Option to Fully Purchase
24 July 2012 DF   Rodrigo Ely 18   Reggina 30 June 2013[60]
27 July 2012 FW   Uroš Palibrk 20   Lierse 30 June 2013[61]
27 July 2012 GK   Filippo Perucchini 20   Como 30 June 2013[62]
31 July 2012 DF   Taye Taiwo 27   Dynamo Kyiv 30 June 2013[63] Option to Fully Purchase
31 July 2012 DF   Michelangelo Albertazzi 21   Verona 30 June 2013[64] Option to Purchase in Co-ownership
31 July 2012 MF   Pelé 20   Arsenal Kyiv 30 June 2013[65]
2 August 2012 MF   Mitja Novinič 21   Teramo 30 June 2013[66]
2 August 2012 DF   Mattia Desole 20   Monza 30 June 2013[67]
17 January 2013 MF   Riccardo Saponara 20   Empoli 30 June 2013[68]
24 January 2013 MF   Mattia Valoti 19   Albinoleffe 30 June 2013[69]
25 January 2013 MF   Rodney Strasser 22   Parma 30 June 2013[44]
31 January 2013 MF   Urby Emanuelson 26   Fulham 30 June 2013[70]
31 January 2013 MF   Adrià Carmona 20   Real Zaragoza 30 June 2013[71]

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