1970–71 AC Milan season

Milan Associazione Calcio

1970–71 season
President	Franco Carraro (until 31 May 1971) Federico Sordillo
Manager	Nereo Rocco
Stadium	San Siro
Serie A	2º
Coppa Italia	2º
Top goalscorer	League: Pierino Prati (19) All: Prati (22)
Average home league attendance	53,319[1]
Home colours Away colours
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During the 1970–1971 season Milan Associazione Calcio competed in Serie A and Coppa Italia.

Nereo Rocco was confirmed as coach of the team for the 1970–71 season. During the transfer market, Giorgio Biasiolo, Romeo Benetti, Silvano Villa and Giulio Zignoli join the club, while, among others, Giovanni Lodetti, Saul Malatrasi and Angelo Benedicto Sormani leave. Gianni Rivera is confirmed as captain.^{[citation needed]}

The season began with the three matches of the first round of the Coppa Italia, where Milan, in group 4 with Brescia, Mantova and Varese, obtained as many victories, thus qualifying for the quarter-finals.^{[citation needed]}

In the league, Milan, after two draws in the first 2 games, obtained five consecutive victories, and moved to second place in the standings behind Napoli, also thanks to the victory in Turin against Juventus for 2–0 and in the derby with Inter for 3–0. On the 10th round, the Rossoneri beat the Neapolitans at the San Paolo (0–1, then 0–2 on a resolution by the sports judge for the throwing of firecrackers on the pitch by Napoli fans)^[2] and overtook them in the standings. At the end of the first half of the season, Milan were unbeaten with 24 points, two more than Napoli and three more than Inter. On matchday 20, the Nerazzurri defeated the Rossoneri for the first time in the championship and moved within just one point of their city rivals. Two rounds later, Inter hooked Milan at the top of the rankings and the following day they surpassed them thanks to the home defeat of the Rossoneri against Varese.^[3] Inter maintained the lead of the standings until the end, and Milan finished in second place, four points behind, which granted them the qualification to the first edition of the UEFA Cup.

The season ended, between May and June 1971, with the matches of the final round of the Coppa Italia, which Milan entered after eliminating Livorno in the quarter-finals (2–0 home win at the end of September and 4–0 away in early November). The Rossoneri, in the group with Fiorentina, Napoli and Torino, obtained three wins, one draw and two defeats and finished in first place in the standings with 7 points, tied with Torino. For the trophy to be awarded, a play-off between Milan and Turin was necessary, which took place on 27 June 1971 at the Ferraris Stadium in Genoa; Torino, after the 0–0 draw in the overtime, won on penalties by 5–3 and thus won their fourth Coppa Italia.^[4] Gianni Rivera, who in the play-off missed two out of five penalties (the regulation of the time, in fact, allowed more than one consecutive penalty to be kicked by a single player), was the top scorer of the competition, with seven goals, for the second time in his career.

Shortly before the end of the season, Franco Carraro left the position of president of the company, which was taken on by Federico Sordillo, previously vice-president of the club.^{[citation needed]}

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ITA Pierangelo Belli — GK  ITA Fabio Cudicini — GK  ITA Villiam Vecchi — DF  ITA Angelo Anquilletti — DF  ITA Cesare Cattaneo — DF  ITA Giulio Zignoli — DF  ITA Luigi Maldera — DF  ITA Roberto Rosato — DF  GER Karl-Heinz Schnellinger — MF  ITA Vincenzo Zazzaro — MF  ITA Pier Paolo Scarrone — MF  ITA Roberto Casone

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ITA Romeo Benetti — MF  ITA Giorgio Biasiolo — MF  ITA Guido Magherini — MF  ITA Gianni Rivera (Captain) — MF  ITA Giorgio Rognoni — MF  ITA Giovanni Trapattoni (vice-captain) — FW  ITA Lino Golin — FW  FRA Nestor Combin — FW  ITA Angelo Paina — FW  ITA Pierino Prati — FW  ITA Silvano Villa

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Internazionale (C)	30	19	8	3	50	26	+24	46	Qualification to European Cup
2	Milan	30	15	12	3	54	26	+28	42	Qualification to UEFA Cup
3	Napoli	30	15	9	6	33	19	+14	39
4	Juventus	30	11	13	6	41	30	+11	35
5	Bologna	30	10	14	6	30	24	+6	34

Competition[8]	Points	Home						Away						Total						GD
		G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga
1970-71 Serie A	42	15	9	5	1	29	12	15	6	7	2	25	14	30	15	12	3	54	26	+28
1970-71 Coppa Italia	–	5	4	1	0	12	4	6	4	0	2	11	6	12	8	2	2	23	10	+13
Total	–	20	13	6	1	41	16	21	10	7	4	36	20	42	23	14	5	77	36	+41

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	DF	ITA	Angelo Anquilletti	40	0	28	0	12	0
	DF	ITA	Cesare Cattaneo	1	0	1	0	0	0
	GK	ITA	Pierangelo Belli	15	-16	8	-7	7	-9
	MF	ITA	Roberto Casone	7	0	6	0	1	0
	GK	ITA	Fabio Cudicini	28	-20	23	-19	5	-1
	MF	ITA	Giorgio Biasiolo	41	2	29	2	12	0
	MF	ITA	Guido Magherini	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ITA	Lino Golin	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Pier Paolo Scarrone	1	1	1	1	0	0
	FW	FRA	Nestor Combin	37	10	25	6	12	4
	MF	ITA	Vincenzo Zazzaro	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ITA	Romeo Benetti	37	9	28	6	9	3
	DF	ITA	Luigi Maldera	28	2	20	2	8	0
	DF	ITA	Giulio Zignoli	18	0	7	0	11	0
	FW	ITA	Pierino Prati	39	22	29	19	10	3
	MF	ITA	Gianni Rivera	36	13	26	6	10	7
	MF	ITA	Giorgio Rognoni	30	2	20	1	10	1
	DF	ITA	Roberto Rosato	36	1	29	0	7	1
	FW	ITA	Silvano Villa	26	9	20	8	6	1
	DF	GER	Karl-Heinz Schnellinger	41	0	29	0	12	0
	FW	ITA	Angelo Paina	11	2	4	0	7	2
	MF	ITA	Giovanni Trapattoni	22	0	15	0	7	0
	GK	ITA	Villiam Vecchi	0	0	0	-0	0	-0

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