A.C. Milan

Milan

Full name	Associazione Calcio Milan SpA
Nickname(s)	Rossoneri (the Red-Blacks) il Diavolo (the Devil)
Founded	16 December 1899
Ground	San Siro, Milan, Italy (Capacity: 80,018)
Owner	Silvio Berlusconi
President	vacant [1]
Head coach	Leonardo
League	Serie A
2008–09	Serie A, 3rd
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan and as just Milan in Italy, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. The club was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin, Alfred Edwards, and four other Englishmen^[2] and has since spent most of its history in the top flight of Italian football (only two years in Serie B in the eighties).

The club have won 18 officially recognized international titles, tied with Boca Juniors as having the most in the world. Milan have won four world titles, more than any other club in the world; they have won the Intercontinental Cup 3 times and the FIFA Club World Cup once. AC Milan have also won what is today known as the UEFA Champions League on seven occasions; only Real Madrid have won it more times . As for Italian Serie A titles, Milan are tied with Internazionale for being the second most successful club with 17 league titles; only Juventus have won more .

Other important titles won by Milan include the European Super Cup a record five times, and the Cup Winners' Cup twice; however, they have never reached the UEFA Cup final (only two semi-finals in 1972 and 2002). This is the only official trophy in existence that Milan has never won. In Italy, they have won the Coppa Italia five times, as well as five Italian Super Cups. Milan is also one of the G-14’s founding members, a group that represented eighteen of the largest and most prestigious European football clubs before its disbandment.

Their home games are played at San Siro, also known as the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. The ground, which is shared with rivals Internazionale, is the largest in Italian football, with total capacity of 80,018.