1975–76 AC Milan season

Milan Associazione Calcio
1975–76 season
President	Albino Buticchi, then Bruno Pardi, then Vittorio Duina
Manager	Gustavo Giagnoni, then Giovanni Trapattoni, then Paolo Barison (Nereo Rocco as technical director)
Stadium	San Siro
Serie A	3º
Coppa Italia	Second round
UEFA Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Egidio Calloni (13); All: Egidio Calloni (19)
Average home league attendance	38,370
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1974–75 1976–77 →

During the 1975–1976 season Milan Associazione Calcio competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and UEFA Cup.

Summary

At management level, the 1975-76 season was troubled for Milan: at the end of the previous season Albino Buticchi, president of the club, had come into conflict with Gianni Rivera for having planned an exchange transfer between the Golden Boy himself and Torino's Claudio Sala.^[2]^[3] In September 1975 Rivera acquired from Buticchi the majority of the shares of AC Milan, and shortly before the end of the year Bruno Pardi assumed the presidency. In February of the following year Rivera sold his shares to the entrepreneur Vittorio Duina who became the new president of Milan the following May.^[4]

The football season began with Gustavo Giagnoni as manager for the first four group matches of the first round of the Coppa Italia, where Milan got three wins (with Perugia, Brindisi and SPAL) and a draw (in the last match against Catanzaro), ending the group in first place with seven points and thus qualifying for the second round, which would be held at the end of the season. Giagnoni also directed the Rossoneri in the round of 64 of the UEFA Cup, which saw Milan going through against English side Everton thanks to a 0-0 draw in Liverpool and a 1-0 victory in Milan, before leaving the position of coach. Nereo Rocco is called back as technical director of the team, with Giovanni Trapattoni as manager.

In the league, Milan collected eight wins, three draws and three defeats in the first half of the season, finishing in third place on equal points with Napoli and Cesena. Even in the second half, the Rossoneri remained in the upper areas of the standings and finished the competition in third position with 38 points behind Torino and Juventus. The placement was valid for the qualification to the 1976-77 UEFA Cup.

In the UEFA Cup, after beating Everton in the round of 64, Milan eliminated the Irish side Athlone Town in the round of 32 (0-0 in the first leg in Athlone and 3-0 in the second leg in Milan) and in the round of 16 the Soviets Spartak Moscow (4-0 home win and 2-0 defeat in Sochi). In the quarter-finals, Milan faced the Belgians of Club Bruges who went through thanks to the 2-0 victory obtained in Bruges and the 2-1 defeat suffered at San Siro.

The season finished with the remaining Coppa Italia matches. After the first match played in May and won against Sampdoria with Rocco and Trapattoni on the bench, in the following matches in June Paolo Barison replaced Trapattoni, who moved to Juventus. Milan, in group B with Sampdoria, Napoli and Fiorentina, obtained two victories (with Sampdoria), two draws (with Fiorentina) and two defeats (with Napoli) finishing with six points, behind the Neapolitans (winners of group with 9 points and qualified for the final) and the Viola.

Squad

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	Enrico Albertosi
—	GK	ITA	Pier Luigi Pizzaballa
—	GK	ITA	Franco Tancredi
—	GK	ITA	Giuseppe Cafaro
—	DF	ITA	Aldo Bet
—	DF	ITA	Angelo Anquilletti (vice-captain)
—	DF	ITA	Filippo Citterio
—	DF	ITA	Fulvio Collovati
—	DF	ITA	Luciano Zecchini
—	DF	ITA	Maurizio Turone
—	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Sabadini
—	DF	ITA	Aldo Maldera
—	DF	ITA	Giulio Zignoli
—	MF	ITA	Romeo Benetti (Captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Giorgio Biasiolo
—	MF	ITA	Duino Gorin
—	MF	ITA	Gianni Rivera
—	MF	ITA	Franco Bergamaschi
—	MF	ITA	Michele De Nadai
—	MF	ITA	Walter De Vecchi
—	MF	ITA	Nevio Scala
—	FW	ITA	Luciano Chiarugi
—	FW	ITA	Graziano Gori
—	FW	ITA	Alberto Bigon
—	FW	ITA	Egidio Calloni
—	FW	ITA	Alessandro Turini
—	FW	ITA	Silvano Villa
—	FW	ITA	Francesco Vincenzi

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
GK	Giuseppe Cafaro	Barletta	loan end
DF	Franco Fasoli	Chioggia Sottomarina}	loan end
DF	Giulio Zignoli	Varese	loan end
MF	Franco Bergamaschi	Genoa	loan end
MF	Michele De Nadai	Lecco
MF	Walter De Vecchi	Varese	loan end
MF	Nevio Scala	Inter
FW	Graziano Gori	Spezia
FW	Alessandro Turini	Verona	loan end
FW	Silvano Villa	Arezzo	loan end
FW	Francesco Vincenzi	Monza

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Franco Fasoli	Monza	loan
MF	Giovanni Lorini	Venezia	loan
FW	Gianni Bui	Varese
FW	Giovanni Sartori	Venezia	loan
FW	Giorgio Skoglund	Chioggia Sottomarina
GK	Giuseppe Cafaro	Brescia
DF	Filippo Citterio	Palermo
DF	Luciano Zecchini	Sampdoria
MF	Walter De Vecchi	Monza
FW	Graziano Gori	Taranto
FW	Alessandro Turini	Taranto

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Torino (C)	30	18	9	3	49	22	+27	45	Qualification to European Cup
2	Juventus	30	18	7	5	46	26	+20	43	Qualification to UEFA Cup
3	Milan	30	15	8	7	42	28	+14	38
4	Internazionale	30	14	9	7	36	28	+8	37
5	Napoli	30	13	10	7	40	27	+13	36	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup

Source: Panini
(C) Champions

Matches

5 October 1975 1	Perugia	0-0	Milan	Perugia
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale di Pian di Massiano Attendance: 29,660 Referee: Gonella

12 October 1975 2	Milan	1-0	Sampdoria	Milano
	Bigon 31'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 22,644 Referee: Trinchieri

19 October 1975 3	Bologna	1-1	Milan	Bologna
	Chiodi 74'	Report	63' Vincenzi	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 33,655 Referee: Serafino

2 November 1975 4	Milan	4-0	Ascoli	Milano
	Vincenzi 35' Bigon 43', 79' Calloni 74'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 23,237 Referee: Benedetti

9 November 1975 5	Roma	0-0	Milan	Roma
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 58,618 Referee: Reggiani

16 November 1975 6	Milan	0-1	Juventus	Milano
		Report	75' Gori	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 78,535 Referee: Menicucci

30 November 1975 7	Napoli	1-0	Milan	Napoli
	Savoldi 40' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 80,858 Referee: Gonella

7 December 1975 8	Milan	2-1	Inter	Milano
	Calloni 51' Villa 74'	Report	56' Marini	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 52,806 Referee: Agnolin

14 December 1975 9	Milan	1-2	Torino	Milano
	Maldera 51'	Report	16' Zaccarelli 84' Graziani	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 37,538 Referee: Ciacci

21 December 1975 10	Fiorentina	0-1	Milan	Firenze
		Report	67' Chiarugi	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 36,759 Referee: Serafino

4 January 1976 11	Como	1-4	Milan	Como
	Iachini 87'	Report	18', 64' Chiarugi 26' Calloni 77' Bigon	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia Attendance: 20,203 Referee: Menicucci

11 January 1976 12	Milan	1-0	Verona	Milano
	Busatta 59' (og)	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 36,081 Referee: Bergamo

18 January 1976 13	Cesena	2-1	Milan	Cesena
	Danova 33' De Ponti 77'	Report	66' (pen.) Calloni	Stadium: Stadio La Fiorita Attendance: 29,758 Referee: Lattanzi

25 January 1976 14	Milan	3-0	Lazio	Milano
	Benetti 60' (pen.) Calloni 62' Rivera 88'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 38,270 Referee: Gialluisi

1 February 1976 15	Cagliari	1-3	Milan	Cagliari
	Viola 83' (pen.)	Report	47', 78' (pen.) Calloni 86' Biasiolo	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 22,722 Referee: Trinchieri

8 February 1976 16	Milan	0-0	Perugia	Milano
		Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 35,445 Referee: Barboni

15 February 1976 17	Sampdoria	0-1	Milan	Bergamo
		Report	16' Chiarugi	Stadium: Stadio Comunale^[5] Attendance: 16,893 Referee: Reggiani

22 February 1976 18	Milan	3-1	Bologna	Milano
	Calloni 5', 52' Benetti 70'	Report	62' Maselli	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 39,736 Referee: Panzino

29 February 1976 19	Ascoli	0-1	Milan	Ascoli Piceno
		Report	30' Benetti	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Attendance: 24,254 Referee: Bergamo

7 March 1976 20	Milan	1-0	Roma	Milano
	Calloni 61'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 30,093 Referee: Trinchieri

14 March 1976 21	Juventus	1-1	Milan	Torino
	Capello 60'	Report	30' Sabadini	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 55,974 Referee: Agnolin

21 March 1976 22	Milan	1-1	Napoli	Milano
	Calloni 40' (pen.)	Report	57' Massa	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 45,430 Referee: Menicucci

28 March 1976 23	Inter	0-1	Milan	Milano
		Report	41' Bigon	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 70,485 Referee: Gonella

4 April 1976 24	Torino	2-1	Milan	Torino
	Graziani 28' Garritano 80'	Report	90' (pen.) Calloni	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 49,330 Referee: Menegali

11 April 1976 25	Milan	2-1	Fiorentina	Milano
	Benetti 2', 23' (pen.)	Report	67' Caso	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 37,107 Referee: Gialluisi

18 April 1976 26	Milan	2-2	Como	Milano
	Sabadini 40' Chiarugi 50'	Report	44' (pen.) Rigamonti 64' Fontolan	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 34,589 Referee: Mascali

25 April 1976 27	Verona	2-2	Milan	Verona
	Zigoni 18' Moro 76'	Report	27' Chiarugi 68' Vincenzi	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 39,177 Referee: Reggiani

2 May 1976 28	Milan	2-1	Cesena	Milano
	Biasiolo 35' De Nadai 80'	Report	84' Urban	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 35,886 Referee: Schena

9 May 1976 29	Lazio	4-0	Milan	Roma
	D'Amico 10' (pen.) Giordano 38' Garlaschelli 60' Badiani 89'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 48,660 Referee: Ciacci

16 May 1976 30	Milan	2-3	Cagliari	Milano
	Calloni 23' Chiarugi 83'	Report	63' Leschio 64', 78' (pen.) Virdis	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 27,725 Referee: Lapi

Coppa Italia

First round

27 August 1975 1	Milan	3-1	Perugia	Milano
	Bigon 18' Calloni 53', 74' (pen.)		59' Scarpa	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Moretto

31 August 1975 2	Brindisi	0-2	Milan	Brindisi
			77' Chiarugi 79' Sabadini	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Trinchieri

7 September 1975 3	Milan	1-0	SPAL	Milano
	Calloni 37' (pen.)			Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 9,005 Referee: Benedetti

21 September 1975 5	Catanzaro	1-1	Milan	Catanzaro
	Spelta 87' (pen.)		55' Bergamaschi	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 13,834 Referee: Reggiani

Second round

19 May 1976 1	Sampdoria	0-2	Milan	Genova
			4' Rivera 87' Chiarugi	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Serafino

9 June 1976 2	Milan	0-2	Napoli	Milano
			56' (pen.) Savoldi 71' Boccolini	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Reggiani

13 June 1976 3	Fiorentina	2-2	Milan	Firenze
	Bresciani 70' Antognoni 75'		10' Maldera 80' (og) Brizi	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 18,511 Referee: Agnolin

16 June 1976 4	Milan	3-1	Sampdoria	Milano
	Benetti 19' Orlandi 39' (og) Chiarugi 88'		27' Bedin	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Schena

20 June 1976 5	Napoli	2-1	Milan	Napoli
	Savoldi 16', 89' (pen.)		81' (pen.) Benetti	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Panzino

26 June 1976 6	Milan	1-1	Fiorentina	Milano
	De Nadai 89'		49' Speggiorin	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Serafino

UEFA Cup

Round of 64

17 September 1975 1	Everton	0-0	Milan	Liverpool
				Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 31,917 Referee: Delcourt

1 October 1975 2	Milan	1-0	Everton	Milano
	Calloni 68' (pen.)			Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 35,825 Referee: Glöckner

Round of 32

22 October 1975 1	Athlone Town	0-0	Milan	Athlone
				Stadium: Saint Mel's Park Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Lund-Sørensen

5 November 1975 2	Milan	3-0	Athlone Town	Milano
	Vincenzi 63' Benetti 70', 79' (pen.)			Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 42,849 Referee: Ghiță

Round of 16

26 November 1975 1	Milan	4-0	Spartak Mosca	Milano
	Calloni 19', 71' Bigon 48' Maldera 51'			Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 16,290 Referee: Racine

10 December 1975 2	Spartak Mosca	2-0	Milan	Soči
	Papaev 60' Lovčev 84'			Stadium: Central'nyj stadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Matthewson

Quarterfinals

3 March 1976 1	Club Bruges	2-0	Milan	Bruges
	le Fevre 4' Krieger 71'			Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Vigliani

17 March 1976 2	Milan	2-1	Club Bruges	Milano
	Bigon 32' Chiarugi 66'		74' Hinderyckx	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 44,570 Referee: Mackenzie

Statistics

Squad statistics

Competition^[6]	Points	Home						Away						Total						GD
Competition^[6]	Points	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	GD
1975-76 Serie A	38	15	9	3	3	25	13	15	6	5	4	17	15	30	15	8	7	42	28	+14
1975-76 Coppa Italia	–	5	3	1	1	8	5	5	2	2	1	8	5	10	5	3	2	16	10	+6
1975-76 UEFA Cup	–	4	4	0	0	10	1	4	0	2	2	0	4	8	4	2	2	10	5	+5
Total	–	24	16	4	4	43	19	24	8	9	7	25	24	48	24	13	11	68	43	+25

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia		UEFA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	DF	ITA	Angelo Anquilletti	40	0	22	0	10	0	8	0
	DF	ITA	Aldo Bet	40	0	28	0	4	0	8	0
	GK	ITA	Enrico Albertosi	47	-41	30	-28	9	-8	8	-5
	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Sabadini	30	3	18	2	5	1	7	0
	GK	ITA	Pier Luigi Pizzaballa	0	0	0	-0	0	-0	0	-0
	MF	ITA	Giorgio Biasiolo	18	2	12	2	3	0	3	0
	MF	ITA	Duino Gorin	38	0	25	0	7	0	6	0
	MF	ITA	Franco Bergamaschi	13	1	5	0	6	1	2	0
	DF	ITA	Luciano Zecchini	4	0	0	0	3	0	1	0
	FW	ITA	Alberto Bigon	42	8	24	5	10	1	8	2
	DF	ITA	Romeo Benetti	45	9	30	5	8	2	7	2
	GK	ITA	José Cafaro	0	0	0	-0	0	-0	0	-0
	DF	ITA	Filippo Citterio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ITA	Fulvio Collovati	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	ITA	Giulio Zignoli	5	0	2	0	3	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Gianni Rivera	22	2	14	1	5	1	3	0
	DF	ITA	Maurizio Turone	39	0	27	0	5	0	7	0
	FW	ITA	Luciano Chiarugi	37	11	23	7	10	3	4	1
	MF	ITA	Michele De Nadai	5	2	1	1	3	1	1	0
	MF	ITA	Walter De Vecchi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Nevio Scala	37	0	23	0	8	0	6	0
	DF	ITA	Aldo Maldera	41	3	27	1	6	1	8	1
	FW	ITA	Graziano Gori	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ITA	Egidio Calloni	39	19	25	13	7	3	7	3
	FW	ITA	Alessandro Turini	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ITA	Silvano Villa	12	1	3	1	7	0	2	0
	FW	ITA	Francesco Vincenzi	17	4	12	3	2	0	3	1
	GK	ITA	Franco Tancredi	2	-2	0	-0	2	-2	0	-0

Source: ^[7]

References

^ "Attendance Statistics of Serie A". stadiapostcards.com. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
^ "Addio Buticchi: che bufere col Milan". archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/ (in Italian). Retrieved 22 June 2023.
^ "Milan, ultimo saluto a Buticchi". archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/ (in Italian). Retrieved 22 June 2023.
^ "Addio Buticchi: che bufere col Milan". archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/ (in Italian). Retrieved 22 June 2023.
^ Per la squalifica del campo della Sampdoria.
^ "Milan Associazione Calcio 1975–76". magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
^ "Milan Associazione Calcio 1975–76". magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 22 June 2023.

Bibliography

Almanacco illustrato del Milan, ed: 2, March 2005. Panini.
Enrico Tosi. La storia del Milan, May 2005. Italia/Italy cid Tosi.
Milan. Sempre con te, December 2009. Mondadori. 2009. ISBN 978-88-04-59118-4.

External links

"Stagione 1975-1976". Magliarossonera.it.

[1] "Attendance Statistics of Serie A". stadiapostcards.com. Retrieved 22 June 2023.

[2] "Addio Buticchi: che bufere col Milan". archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/ (in Italian). Retrieved 22 June 2023.

[3] "Milan, ultimo saluto a Buticchi". archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/ (in Italian). Retrieved 22 June 2023.

[4] "Addio Buticchi: che bufere col Milan". archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/ (in Italian). Retrieved 22 June 2023.

[5] Per la squalifica del campo della Sampdoria.

[6] "Milan Associazione Calcio 1975–76". magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 22 June 2023.

[7] "Milan Associazione Calcio 1975–76". magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 22 June 2023.

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