1965–66 AC Milan season

Milan Associazione Calcio
1965–66 season
President	Felice Riva, then Federico Sordillo, then Luigi Carraro
Manager	Nils Liedholm, then Giovanni Cattozzo
Stadium	San Siro
Serie A	7º
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Angelo Benedicto Sormani (21); All: Angelo Benedicto Sormani (24)
Average home league attendance	37,743
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1964–65 1966–67 →

During the 1965–66 season Milan Associazione Calcio competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

Summary

In the summer transfer market session of 1965, Milan lost Mario David and José Altafini (to Sampdoria and Napoli respectively) and signed Angelo Sormani, Karl-Heinz Schnellinger and Antonio Angelillo arriving from Sampdoria and Rome.^[2]

The squad improved their placement in the Fairs Cup compared to the previous season by reaching the round of 16, from which they were eliminated by draw at the end of the extra time of the play-off against English side Chelsea. In the league, on the other hand, they finished seventh, qualifying for the Mitropa Cup the following year, while in the Coppa Italia they were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Fiorentina.

More than for sporting results, the year was decidedly eventful for what happened on the managerial side. On 8 October 1965, president Felice Riva was arrested for the bankruptcy of his cotton mills company.^[3] Federico Sordillo took over as regent and remained in office until 19 April 1966, when Luigi Carraro took over the club.

At the end of the season, Cesare Maldini, followed by defender Mario Trebbi, moved to Torino after a twelve-year career with Milan. The captain's armband then passed to Gianni Rivera.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ITA	Luigi Balzarini
—	GK	ITA	Mario Barluzzi
—	GK	ITA	Claudio Mantovani
—	DF	ITA	Alberto Grossetti
—	DF	ITA	Luigi Maldera
—	DF	ITA	Cesare Maldini
—	DF	ITA	Gilberto Noletti
—	DF	ITA	Mario Trebbi
—	DF	ITA	Nello Santin
—	DF	FRG	Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
—	DF	ITA	Giovanni Trapattoni (vice-captain)
—	MF	ITA	Urano Benigni
—	MF	ITA	Fausto Daolio


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Ambrogio Pelagalli
—	MF	ITA	Giovanni Lodetti
—	MF	ITA	Sergio Maddè
—	MF	ITA	Gianni Rivera (Captain)
—	MF	ITA	Nevio Scala
—	FW	BRA	Amarildo
—	FW	ARG	Antonio Angelillo
—	FW	ITA	Giuliano Fortunato
—	FW	ITA	Bruno Mora
—	FW	ITA	Paolo Ferrario
—	FW	ITA	Angelo Paina
—	FW	ITA	Angelo Benedicto Sormani

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Antonio Angelillo	Roma	-
MF	Urano Benigni	Pistoiese	-
MF	Sergio Maddè	Alessandria	-
MF	Giorgio Maioli	Foggia	-
MF	Nevio Scala	Roma	-
DF	Karl-Heinz Schnellinger	Roma	-
FW	Angelo Benedicto Sormani	Sampdoria	-

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
FW	José Altafini	Napoli	-
MF	Bruno Bacchetta	Genoa	-
MF	Víctor Benítez	Roma	-
FW	Aquilino Bonfanti	Lecco	-
MF	Mario David	Sampdoria	-
FW	Paolo Ferrario	Varese	-
FW	José Germano de Sales	Palmeiras	-
FW	Pierino Prati	Salernitana	-

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Juventus	34	13	16	5	38	23	+15	42	Chosen for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
6	Vicenza	34	13	14	7	44	34	+10	40
7	Milan	34	13	12	9	43	33	+10	38
8	Roma	34	13	10	11	28	31	−3	36
9	Brescia	34	12	8	14	43	44	−1	32

Source: Panini

Matches

6 September 1965 1	Lazio	0-0	Milan	Roma
				Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 26,956 Referee: De Marchi

12 September 1965 2	Milan	1-0	Foggia	Milano
	Sormani 71'			Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 38,249 Referee: Angonese

19 September 1965 3	Brescia	0-3	Milan	Brescia
			65', 69' Sormani 82' Mora	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Attendance: 34,441 Referee: Varazzani

26 September 1965 4	Milan	2-0	Sampdoria	Milano
	Sormani 10' Mora 80'			Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 34,077 Referee: Righetti

3 October 1965 5	SPAL	1-1	Milan	Ferrara
	Massei 22' (pen.)		37' Rivera	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 16,771 Referee: Lo Bello

10 October 1965 6	Milan	4-1	Napoli	Milano
	Panzanato 3' (aut) Rivera 12', 57' Noletti 84'		62' Altafini	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 68,090 Referee: Monti

17 October 1965 7	Fiorentina	1-0	Milan	Firenze
	Morrone 86'			Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 45,600 Referee: Bernardis

24 October 1965 8	Milan	2-2	Cagliari	Milano
	Sormani 62' Lodetti 72'		29' Rizzo 48' Gallardo	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 33,834 Referee: De Marchi

14 November 1965 9	Milan	3-1	Varese	Milano
	Sormani 25', 39', 71'		86' Maroso	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 31,732 Referee: De Robbio

21 November 1965 10	Inter	1-1	Milan	Milano
	Domenghini 31'		57' Amarildo	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 75,644 Referee: Lo Bello

28 November 1965 11	Milan	3-1	Roma	Milano
	Rivera 52' Sormani 66' Mora 87'		71' Spanio	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 33,138 Referee: Angonese

12 December 1965 12	Bologna	4-1	Milan	Bologna
	Pascutti 23' Perani 34' Nielsen 61' Haller 72'		80' Rivera	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 38,598 Referee: Lo Bello

19 December 1965 13	Milan	2-1	Juventus	Milano
	Sormani 55', 88'		80' Chinesinho	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 60,733 Referee: D'Agostini

26 December 1965 14	Torino	0-1	Milan	Torino
			67' Rivera	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 27,115 Referee: Bernardis

2 January 1966 15	Milan	1-0	Atalanta	Milano
	Sormani 43'			Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 35,556 Referee: Marchiori

9 January 1966 16	Milan	1-1	Lanerossi	Milano
	Sormani 79'		57' Vinicio	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 24,662 Referee: Vitullo

16 January 1966 17	Catania	1-1	Milan	Catania
	Fanello 81'		18' Sormani	Stadium: Stadio Cibali Attendance: 22,458 Referee: Francescon

9 March 1966 18	Milan	0-2	Lazio	Milano
			24' Governato 51' D'Amato	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 23,316 Referee: Bernardis

30 January 1966 19	Foggia	0-0	Milan	Foggia
				Stadium: Stadio Pino Zaccheria Attendance: 29,103 Referee: Lo Bello

6 February 1966 20	Milan	2-1	Brescia	Milano
	Sormani 37' (pen.) Angelillo 57'		74' Pagani	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 29,670 Referee: De Marchi

13 February 1966 21	Sampdoria	1-2	Milan	Genova
	Frustalupi 77'		32' Maddè 57' Lodetti	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 13,045 Referee: D'Agostini

20 February 1966 22	Milan	1-1	SPAL	Milano
	Rivera 62'		88' Muzzio	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 20,923 Referee: Angonese

27 February 1966 23	Napoli	1-0	Milan	Napoli
	Sivori 88'			Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 75,539 Referee: D'Agostini

6 March 1966 24	Milan	1-2	Fiorentina	Milano
	Sormani 39'		3', 62' Merlo	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 49,338 Referee: Gonella

13 March 1966 25	Cagliari	1-2	Milan	Cagliari
	Longoni 55'		54' (aut.) Vescovi 55' Fortunato	Stadium: Stadio Amsicora Attendance: 24,389 Referee: De Marchi

27 March 1966 26	Varese	0-0	Milan	Varese
				Stadium: Stadio Franco Ossola Attendance: 15,071 Referee: Di Tonno

3 April 1966 27	Milan	1-2	Inter	Milano
	Amarildo 32'		8' Bedin 64' Domenghini	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 76,491 Referee: Lo Bello

10 April 1966 28	Roma	1-0	Milan	Roma
	Tomasin 80'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 29,495 Referee: Angonese

17 April 1966 29	Milan	1-1	Bologna	Milano
	Sormani 49'		47' Pascutti	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 42,846 Referee: Bernardis

24 April 1966 30	Juventus	3-0	Milan	Torino
	Leoncini 35' Stacchini 66' Chinesinho 67'			Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 22,061 Referee: Di Tonno

1 May 1966 31	Milan	0-0	Torino	Milano
				Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 26,458 Referee: Francescon

8 May 1966 32	Atalanta	0-0	Milan	Bergamo
				Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 17,104 Referee: De Marchi

15 May 1966 33	Lanerossi	1-0	Milan	Vicenza
	Vinicio 66'			Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 19,575 Referee: Palazzo

22 May 1966 34	Milan	6-1	Catania	Milano
	Sormani 3', 22', 53', 67' (pen.) Trapattoni 7' Maddè 90'		56' (o.g.) Maldini	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 16,111 Referee: Bigi

Coppa Italia

Quarterfinals

6 January 1966	Milan	1-3	Fiorentina	Milano
	Sormani 78'		7' Brugnera 52' Hamrin 70' Pirovano	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 13,743 Referee: Gonella

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

First round

22 September 1965 1	Milan	1-0	Strasburgo	Milano
	Fortunato 41'			Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 17,399 Referee: Wharton

27 October 1965 2	Strasburgo	2-1	Milan	Strasburgo
	Hauss 70' (pen.) Farias 89'		59' Benigni	Stadium: Stadio della Meinau Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Oliveira

7 November 1965 Playoff	Milan	1-1^[4] (a.e.t.)	Strasburgo	Milano
	Angelillo 59'		80' Szczepaniak	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 12,440 Referee: Huber

Round of 32

1º December 1965 1	CUF Barreiro	2-0	Milan	Barreiro
	Fernando 61' Abalroado 89' (pen.)			Stadium: Estádio Alfredo da Silva Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Huber

8 December 1965 2	Milan	2-0	CUF Barreiro	Milano
	Sormani 18' (pen.) Angelillo 87'			Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 9,249 Referee: Mootz

29 December 1965 Playoff	Milan	1-0	CUF Barreiro	Milano
	Lodetti 76'			Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 6,382 Referee: Schulenburg

Round of 16

9 February 1966 1	Milan	2-1	Chelsea	Milano
	Amarildo 58' Rivera 75'		89' Graham	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 11,401 Referee: Kreitlein

16 February 1966 2	Chelsea	2-1	Milan	Londra
	Graham 9' Osgood 18'		43' Sormani	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 59,541 Referee: Bostroem

2 March 1966 Playoff	Milan	1-1^[5] (a.e.t.)	Chelsea	Milano
	Fortunato 90'		10' Bridges	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 27,036 Referee: Baumgartner

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
1965-66 Serie A	38	17	9	5	3	31	17	17	4	7	6	12	16	34	13	12	9	43	33	+10
1965-66 Coppa Italia	–	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2
1965-66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	–	6	4	2	0	8	3	3	0	0	3	2	6	9	4	2	3	10	9	+1
Total	–	24	13	7	4	40	23	20	4	7	9	14	22	44	17	14	13	54	45	+9

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia		Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	DF	ITA	Alberto Grossetti	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	DF	ITA	Luigi Maldera	4	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
	DF	ITA	Cesare Maldini	40	0	31	0	1	0	8	0
	DF	ITA	Gilberto Noletti	18	1	18	1	0	0	0	0
	GK	ITA	Luigi Balzarini	15	-18	6	-7	1	-3	8	-8
	FW	BRA	Amarildo	30	3	24	2	0	0	6	1
	GK	ITA	Mario Barluzzi	24	-24	24	-24	0	-0	0	-0
	MF	ITA	Urano Benigni	6	1	1	0	1	0	4	1
	MF	ITA	Fausto Daolio	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	ITA	Paolo Ferrario	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ITA	Sergio Maddè	27	2	21	2	0	0	6	0
	FW	ITA	Giuliano Fortunato	19	3	14	1	1	0	4	2
	MF	ITA	Giovanni Lodetti	32	3	27	2	0	0	5	1
	MF	ITA	Ambrogio Pelagalli	37	0	30	0	1	0	6	0
	FW	ITA	Bruno Mora	13	3	12	3	0	0	1	0
	MF	ITA	Gianni Rivera	36	8	31	7	1	0	4	1
	DF	ITA	Mario Trebbi	25	0	17	0	1	0	7	0
	DF	ITA	Nello Santin	34	0	26	0	0	0	8	0
	MF	ITA	Nevio Scala	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	GER	Karl-Heinz Schnellinger	30	0	25	0	0	0	5	0
	FW	ITA	Angelo Benedicto Sormani	39	24	32	21	1	1	6	2
	FW	ARG	Antonio Angelillo	21	3	11	1	1	0	9	2
	MF	ITA	Giovanni Trapattoni	21	1	18	1	1	0	2	0
	GK	ITA	Claudio Mantovani	5	-3	4	-2	0	-0	1	-1

Source: ^[7]

References

^ "Attendance Statistics of Serie A". stadiapostcards.com. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
^ "Calciomercato 1966–67". magliarossonera.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 June 2023.
^ "Morto (dimenticato) Felicino Riva Industriale in fuga e presidente del Milan". corriere.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 June 2023.
^ Milan qualified by draw.
^ Chelsea qualified by draw.
^ "Milan Associazione Calcio 1965–66". magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
^ "Milan Associazione Calcio 1965–66". magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 30 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 1965-1966". Magliarossonera.it.

[1] "Attendance Statistics of Serie A". stadiapostcards.com. Retrieved 29 June 2023.

[2] "Calciomercato 1966–67". magliarossonera.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 June 2023.

[3] "Morto (dimenticato) Felicino Riva Industriale in fuga e presidente del Milan". corriere.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 June 2023.

[4] Milan qualified by draw.

[5] Chelsea qualified by draw.

[6] "Milan Associazione Calcio 1965–66". magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 30 June 2023.

[7] "Milan Associazione Calcio 1965–66". magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 30 June 2023.

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