1960-1979

1960-1979

In 1961-62 , Milan won a Football league under magager Nereo Rocco. The team included a young Gianni Rivera and José Altafini. The next season , Milan won their first European Cup ( known as UEFA Champion League today ) by winning against Benfica 2-1 . This was the first time that an Italian team won the European Cup. The next Scudetto of Milan was in 1967-68 through the offense output of Pierino Prati , the seria A’s top-scorer that season . The next season Milan won its second European Cup . They won 4-1 against AFC Ajax in the final match .In 1969 A.C. Milan won its first Intercontinental Cup.

In the 1970s, they won three Italian Cups and its second Cup Winners Cup durind the 1972-73 season. The real goal of the Rossoeri was the tenth Scudetto , where they took the first star to the team . Milan took the first star in 1978-79 ,when they won the tenth Scudetto  ,primarily being leg by Gianni Rivera , who retired from football after this triumph.

The worst moment for Milan came after the 1979-80 season, Milan was relegated to Seria B by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) , together with Lazio , due to a betting scandal . 

The history of AC milan

1899-1959

AC Milan is build up in 1899 by Alfred Edwards and Herbert Klipin . Edwards was the club’s first president . The official colours are red and black . The first trophy was the Medaglia del RE in January 1900 , than they won three national leagues , in 1901,1906 and 1907 . Ac Milan won the Federal Cup , a national trophy . In 1919 ,the team changed the name to Milan Football Club. But in 1939 , the fascist regime imposed a new Italianized name , Associazione Calcio Milano , for the team .

 

AC Milan won the Scudetto in 1951 . In the team was the famous Gre-No-Li (Gunnar Gren, Gunnar Nordahl, Nils Liedholm) . The team olso fielded quality players such as Lorenzo Buffon , Cesare Maldini and Carlo Annovazzi .

The biggest win of that period was the 7-1 defeat of Juventus in Turin on 5 February 1950 , with the hat-trick of Gunnar Nordahl.

After the Scudetto , Milan won Three serie A seasons , in 1955,1957 and 1959 ,and two Latin Cups ,in 1951 and 1956 .