Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmiːlan]), 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[5][6] and has spent most of its history in Serie A, the top league of Italian football, having spent only two years in Serie B in the 1980s.[5]
The club has won 18 officially recognized UEFAFIFA international titles,[7] and remains tied with Boca Juniors as having won the most in the world. Milan has won four world titles,[7] more than any other club in the world, having won the Intercontinental Cup three times and the FIFA Club World Cup once.[7] Milan has won the European Cup/Champions League on seven occasions;[7]Real Madrid has exceeded this total.[8] The club has also won the UEFA Super Cup a record five times and the Cup Winners' Cup twice.[7] and only
Domestically, Milan has won 17 league titles, making the club the third most successful in Serie A behind local rivals Internazionale (18 titles) and record-holder Juventus (27 titles).[9] The club has also won the Coppa Italia five times, in addition to five Supercoppa Italiana triumphs.[7] The UEFA Cup (Europa League) remains the only major competition for which the team are eligible to compete that they have never won. Milan was a founding member of the G-14 group and the European Club Association that was formed following the first organization's dissolution.[10]
Milan's home games are played at San Siro, also known as the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. The stadium, which is shared with Inter, is the largest in Italian football, with a total capacity of 80,074.[2]Silvio Berlusconi while the vice-president is Adriano Galliani. Milan is one of the wealthiest clubs in Italian and world football.[11] The owner of the club is Italian Prime Minister,
Genoa Cricket and Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Genoa, is an Italianfootball club based in the city of Genoa, Liguria. Although the athletics and cricket1893 by Englishmen as a British sporting club abroad, whose membership was allowed to British citizens exclusively;[5] the footballing section of the club was opened in 1897James Richardson Spensley making it the oldest of its kind in Italy.[6] professional club was founded in by
During their long history, Genoa have won the Italian Football Championship nine times. Genoa's first title came at the inaugural championship in 1898 and their last was in 1923–24. They also won the Coppa Italia once. Historically, Genoa is the fourth most successful Italian club in terms of championships won.[7]
This slew of early successes may lie at the origin of the love professed for the team by the godfather of Italian sports journalists Gianni BreraVecchio Balordo (Old FoolCranky Old One) for Genoa. (1919-1992), who, despite having been born nowhere near Genoa, always declared himself a supporter of the team. Brera went as far as creating the nickname or
The club has played its home games at the 36,536 capacity Stadio Luigi Ferraris[8] since 1911. Since 1946, the ground has been shared with local rivals Sampdoria. Genoa has spent most of its post-war history going up and down between Serie A and Serie B, with also a brief spell in Serie C. After a long story of bad management and an alleged corruption-related scandal, Genoa is now back playing in Serie A, securing a UEFA Europa League placement at the end of the 2008–09 season.
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