| 1985–86 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Giuseppe "Giussi" Farina (until 19 February 1986) Silvio Berlusconi | ||
| President | Giuseppe "Giussi" Farina (until 12 January 1986) Rosario Lo Verde (until 23 March 1986) Silvio Berlusconi | ||
| Manager | Nils Liedholm | ||
| Stadium | San Siro | ||
| Serie A | 7th | ||
| Coppa Italia | Round of 16 | ||
| UEFA Cup | Round of 16 | ||
| Top goalscorer | League:Mark Hateley (8) All:Pietro Paolo Virdis (16) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 56,782[1] | ||
During the1985–86 season, Milan Associazione Calcio competed inSerie A,Coppa Italia andUEFA Cup.
The summer of 1985 saw the purchase from Juventus of the world champion and1982 Ballon d'OrPaolo Rossi, who formed an attacking trident withVirdis andHateley.
On a corporate level, the 1985–86 season was troubled for Milan: in December, presidentGiuseppe "Giussi" Farina, following the elimination in the round of 16 of the UEFA Cup at the hands of the Belgians of Waregem, suffered a harsh dispute from the fans. With the arrival of the new year, the company is overloaded with debts and risks bankruptcy if they are not repaid. In this situation, Farina resigned[2] and various consortia alternated: Rosario Lo Verde was elected to the presidency of Milan, waiting for a new buyer, and remained at the helm of the company as regent for just 51 days (this made him the shortest lasting chairman in the club's history).[3]
On 20 February 1986, the Milanese entrepreneurSilvio Berlusconi, owner of Fininvest, bought the team, settling the debt of several billion lire and saving the club from bankruptcy; on 24 March he became chairman.[4] Berlusconi confers the function of CEO of Milan toAdriano Galliani and hired Ariedo Braida as sporting director.[5]
In the meanwhile, the team had started the championship well, cruising for the entire first half of the season between second and third position behind leaders Juventus. Milan then suffered a performance drop (obtaining one point in five games) and missed out on a place in the UEFA Cup by finishing in seventh place, one point behindInter.
In the Coppa Italia, Milan got through the first round finishing their group in second place with 7 points thanks to victories against Cagliari, Reggiana and Arezzo, a draw with Genoa and a defeat against Udinese, group winners with a 3-point lead on theRossoneri. In the round of 16, Milan faced Empoli who eliminated Milan thanks to a 1–0 victory in Tuscany and a 1–1 draw in Milan.
In the UEFA Cup, theRossoneri beat the French side of Auxerre in the round of 64 (1–3 defeat in Auxerre and 3–0 win in Milan) and the East Germans of Lokomotive Leipzig in the round of 32 (with a 2–0 win in Milan and a 1–3 defeat in Leipzig, Milan qualified on the away goals rule). In the round of 16 Milan faced the Belgians of Waregem who eliminated the Rossoneri, drawing 1–1 at home and winning in with a comeback at San Siro (2–1 the final score). In this match, the first goal of the Belgians, that of the 1–1, originated from a disputed penalty that will trigger the violent reactions of the AC Milan fans, following which the club will be punished with two matches of disqualification from playing in the San Siro in the European cups.[6]
Between May and June 1986 the Lega Nazionale Professionisti organized the Torneo Estivo, in which Milan were beaten by Udinese and Torino and drew with Lecce, closing their group in third place with only one point and thus being eliminated from the competition.
Franco BaresiAlessandro CostacurtaFilippo GalliRoberto LorenziniPaolo MaldiniCarmelo MancusoLuigi RussoMauro TassottiMario BortolazziGabriello CarottiAgostino Di BartolomeiAlfonso Di MarcoAlberigo EvaniAndrea Icardi
Marco MacinaAndrea Manzo
Ray Wilkins| In | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| GK | Antonio Vettore | Prato | |
| DF | Carmelo Mancuso | Messina | |
| MF | Mario Bortolazzi | Fiorentina | |
| MF | Massimo Gadda | Reggiana | loan end |
| FW | Alberto Cambiaghi | Reggiana | loan end |
| FW | Marco Macina | Parma | |
| FW | Paolo Rossi | Juventus | |
| FW | Valentino Spelta | Sant'Angelo | |
| Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | Catello Cimmino | Ascoli | |
| MF | Sergio Battistini | Fiorentina | |
| MF | Massimo Gadda | Livorno | |
| MF | Roberto Scarnecchia | Pisa | |
| MF | Vinicio Verza | Verona | |
| FW | Salvatore Giunta | Sambenedettese | |
| FW | Giuseppe Incocciati | Ascoli | |
| FW | Alberto Cambiaghi | Varese | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Fiorentina | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 33 | Qualification toUEFA Cup |
| 6 | Internazionale | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 32 | |
| 7 | Milan | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 31 | |
| 8 | Atalanta | 30 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 29 | |
| 9 | Como | 30 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 29 |
| 22 September 19853 | Fiorentina | 2–0 | Milan | Florence |
Passarella 21'Monelli 43' | Report | Stadium:Comunale |
| 29 September 19854 | Milan | 3–0 | Avellino | Milan |
| Galli 30' Hateley 56',64' | Report | Stadium:San Siro |
| 6 October 19855 | Sampdoria | 1–1 | Milan | Genoa |
| Vialli 58' | Report | Hateley 14' | Stadium:Luigi Ferraris |
| 24 November 198511 | Roma | 2–1 | Milan | Rome |
| Conti 5' Cerezo 36' | Report | Virdis 27' (pen.) | Stadium:Olimpico |
| 1 December 198512 | Milan | 2–2 | Inter | Milan |
| Rossi 5',89' | Report | Altobelli 29' Brady 65' (pen.) | Stadium:San Siro |
| 22 December 198515 | Atalanta | 1–1 | Milan | Bergamo |
| Simonini 90' | Report | Virdis 76' | Stadium:Atleti Azzurri d'Italia |
| 12 January 198617 | Lecce | 0–2 | Milan | Lecce |
| Report | Virdis 53' (pen.) Hateley 76' | Stadium:Via del Mare |
| 19 January 198618 | Milan | 1–0 | Fiorentina | Milan |
| Virdis 61' (pen.) | Report | Stadium:San Siro |
| 26 January 198619 | Avellino | 1–1 | Milan | Avellino |
| F. Colomba 5' (pen.) | Report | Wilkins 84' | Stadium:Partenio |
| 9 February 198620 | Milan | 2–2 | Sampdoria | Milan |
| Salsano 7' (o.g.) Wilkins 27' | Report | Vierchowod 13' Mancini 29' | Stadium:San Siro |
| 2 March 198623 | Milan | 1–1 | Verona | Milan |
| S. Fontolan 70' (o.g.) | Report | Galderisi 83' (pen.) | Stadium:San Siro |
| 6 April 198627 | Internazionale | 1–0 | Milan | Milan |
| Minaudo 77' | Report | Stadium:Giuseppe Meazza |
| 13 April 198628 | Milan | 1–2 | Napoli | Milan |
| Di Bartolomei 59' | Report | Giordano 12' Maradona 23' | Stadium:San Siro |
First round
Group 6
| 21 August 19851 | Genoa | 2–2 | Milan | Genoa |
| Faccenda 8' Marulla 90' | 68' (aut.)Mileti 74'Virdis | Stadium:Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 30 000 Referee:Pairetto |
| 25 August 19852 | Cagliari | 0–1 | Milan | Cagliari |
| 4'Hateley | Stadium:Sant'Elia Attendance: 45 000 Referee:D'Elia |
| 28 August 19853 | Milan | 1–0 | Reggiana | Milan |
| Virdis 68' | Stadium:Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 23 728 Referee:D'Innocenzo |
| 1 September 19854 | Milan | 3–1 | Arezzo | Milan |
| Di Bartolomei 61' Wilkins 68'Virdis 89' | 41'Ugolotti | Stadium:Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 21 269 Referee:Lo Bello |
| 4 September 19855 | Udinese | 1–0 | Milan | Udine |
| Carnevale 59' | Stadium:Friuli Attendance: 33 970 Referee:Pieri |
Round of 16
| 29 January 1986 | Empoli | 1–0 | Milan | Empoli |
| Cecconi 85' | Stadium:Carlo Castellani Attendance: 6 000 Referee:Baldi |
| 12 February 1986 | Milan | 1–1 | Empoli | Milan |
| Rossi 35' | 53'Della Monica | Stadium:Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 6 624 Referee:Lo Bello |
First Round
Auxerre v Milan| 18 September 1985 | Auxerre | 3–1 | Milan | Auxerre |
| Garande 32',63' Danio 68' | 4'Virdis | Stadium:Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 15 000 Referee:  McGinlay |
Auxerre| 2 October 1985 | Milan | 3–0 | Auxerre | Milan |
| Virdis 30',84' Hateley 36' | Stadium:San Siro Attendance: 58 364 Referee:  Ponnet |
Second Round
Lokomotiv Leipzig| 23 October 1985 | Milan | 2–0 | Lokomotiv Leipzig | Milan |
| Virdis 74' (rig.) Hateley 76' | Stadium:San Siro Attendance: 58 803 Referee:  Wöhrer |
Lokomotiv Leipzig v Milan| 6 November 1985 | Lokomotiv Leipzig | 3–1 | Milan | Leipzig |
| Moldt 6' Leitzke 20'Richter 75' | 47'Virdis | Stadium:Zentralstadion Attendance: 30 000 Referee:  Sostarić |
Round of 16
S.V. Zulte-Waregem v Milan| 27 November 1985 | S.V. Zulte-Waregem | 1–1 | Milan | Waregem |
| Veyt 65' | 88'Virdis | Stadium:Regenboogstadion Attendance: 19 000 Referee:  Schmidhuber |
S.V. Zulte-Waregem| 11 December 1985 | Milan | 1–2 | S.V. Zulte-Waregem | Milan |
| Bortolazzi 38' | 42' (rig.)Desmet 67'Veyt | Stadium:San Siro Attendance: 45 000 Referee:  Christov |
| 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 | |||
| 1985-86 Serie A | 31 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 24 | +2 |
 1985-86 Coppa Italia | – | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 |
| Torneo Estivo del 1986 | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 |
| 1985-86 UEFA Cup | – | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Total | – | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 45 | 44 | +1 |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | 1985-86 Serie A | 1985-86 Coppa Italia | Torneo Estivo | 1985-86 UEFA Cup | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| MF | ITA | Bortolazzi | 18 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| DF | ITA | Tassotti | 42 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| DF | ITA | Baresi | 30 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| FW | ENG | Hateley | 30 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| MF | ITA | Carotti | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| FW | ITA | Cambiaghi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | ITA | Galli | 32 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| MF | ITA | Di Marco | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | ITA | Di Bartolomei | 44 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| MF | ENG | Wilkins | 41 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| DF | ITA | Lorenzini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | ITA | Manzo | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| GK | ITA | Terraneo | 45 | -40 | 30 | -24 | 6 | -5 | 3 | -2 | 6 | -9 | |
| GK | ITA | Nuciari | 2 | -4 | 0 | -0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | -3 | 0 | -0 | |
| MF | ITA | Icardi | 32 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| DF | ITA | Russo | 18 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| DF | ITA | Maldini | 40 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| MF | ITA | Evani | 45 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| FY | ITA | Macina | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| FW | ITA | Virdis | 43 | 16 | 28 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | |
| DF | ITA | Mancuso | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | ITA | Rossi | 26 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| FW | ITA | Spelta | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| GK | ITA | Vettore | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0 | 0 | -0 | 0 | -0 | 0 | -0 | |
| MF | ITA | Zanoncelli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
