1974–75 AC Milan season

Milan Associazione Calcio
1974–75 season
President	Albino Buticchi
Manager	Gustavo Giagnoni
Stadium	San Siro
Serie A	5º
Coppa Italia	Runner-up
Top goalscorer	League: Egidio Calloni (11); All: Egidio Calloni (17)
Average home league attendance	44,796
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1973–74 1975–76 →

During the 1974–1975 season Milan Associazione Calcio competed in Serie A and Coppa Italia.

Summary

The new coach of Milan for the 1974–75 season is Gustavo Giagnoni. AC Milan is among the most active clubs on the market and sign, among others, goalkeeper Enrico Albertosi (from Cagliari), defenders Aldo Bet and Luciano Zecchini (from Verona and Turin respectively), midfielder Duino Gorin and forward Egidio Calloni (both from Varese). Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, on the other hand, left the team after nine seasons and the Rossoneri squad returned to being made up exclusively of players of Italian nationality (a condition that had not occurred since the 1944–45 season and which would last until 1981–82).

The season began with four group games in the first round of the Coppa Italia, where Milan obtained tow wins (with Perugia and Parma) and two draws (with Brescia and Cesena) closing the group in first place with 6 points and thus qualifying for the second round, which would be played at the end of the season, between May and June.

In the league, after the draw on the first day with Sampdoria and the defeat at Juventus in the second, Milan obtained nine consecutive games without defeats (four wins and five draws) which allowed them to move to the upper areas of the standings. The Rossoneri ended the first half of the season with 18 points, and in the second round they maintained the same performance, thus finishing the championship in fifth place with 36 points, the result of 12 wins, 12 draws and six defeats. The placement guaranteed Milan the qualification for the 1975-76 UEFA Cup.

Towards the end of the season, captain Gianni Rivera came into conflict with the president Albino Buticchi,^[2] due to a plan of the latter to exchange the Golden Boy with Torino's Claudio Sala.^[3] Rivera, embittered by this declaration, did not show up for training for two days,^[4] and was put out of the squad. After confirmation as president of Buticchi by the AC Milan board of directors in May 1975, Rivera announced his decision to leave football. However, he would return to play the following season after acquiring the majority stake of the club from Buticchi, giving the control of the club to Bruno Pardi,^[5] who in turn handed over the presidency of the club to Vittorio Duina, the new owner of Milan, in May 1976.

The season ended with the remaining matches of the Coppa Italia, where captaincy of the Rossoneri squad, given the absence of Rivera, was given to Romeo Benetti. Milan, in the group with Bologna, Inter and Juventus, obtained four wins, a draw and a defeat, and qualified for the final on 28 June 1975 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, where they faced Fiorentina. Milan, after having recovered the advantage of the Viola twice, were beaten 3–2 by Fiorentina who thus won their fourth Coppa Italia.

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
—	DF	ITA	Aldo Bet
—	DF	ITA	Angelo Anquilletti (vice-captain)
—	DF	ITA	Filippo Citterio
—	DF	ITA	Vinicio Pasin
—	DF	ITA	Luciano Zecchini
—	DF	ITA	Maurizio Turone
—	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Sabadini
—	DF	ITA	Roberto Casone
—	DF	ITA	Aldo Maldera


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ITA	Riccardo Martelli
—	MF	ITA	Romeo Benetti
—	MF	ITA	Giorgio Biasiolo
—	MF	ITA	Duino Gorin
—	MF	ITA	Gianni Rivera (Captain)
—	MF	ITA	Giovanni Lorini
—	FW	ITA	Luciano Chiarugi
—	FW	ITA	Gianni Bui
—	FW	ITA	Alberto Bigon
—	FW	ITA	Egidio Calloni
—	FW	ITA	Giovanni Sartori
—	FW	ITA	Giorgio Skoglunf

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
GK	Enrico Albertosi	Cagliari
GK	Franco Tancredi	Giulianova
DF	Aldo Bet	Verona
DF	Filippo Citterio	Seregno
DF	Vinicio Pasin	Conegliano
DF	Luciano Zecchini	Torino
MF	Roberto Casone	Como	loan end
MF	Duino Gorin	Varese
MF	Riccardo Martelli	Livorno
MF	Vincenzo Zazzaro	Reggina	loan end
FW	Gianni Bui	Torino
FW	Egidio Calloni	Varese
FW	Silvano Villa	Foggia	loan end

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
GK	Giuseppe Cafaro	Barletta	loan
GK	Villiam Vecchi	Cagliari
DF	Dario Dolci	Ternana
DF	Franco Fasoli	Chioggia Sottomarina	loan
DF	Enrico Lanzi	Varese
DF	Karl-Heinz Schnellinger	Tennis Borussia Berlin
DF	Giulio Zignoli	Varese	loan
MF	Franco Bergamaschi	Genoa	loan
MF	Ottavio Bianchi	Cagliari
MF	Walter De Vecchi	Varese	loan
MF	Riccardo Sogliano		career end
MF	Vincenzo Zazzaro	Arezzo	loan
FW	Carlo Tresoldi	Varese
FW	Alessandro Turini	Verona	loan
FW	Silvano Villa	Arezzo	loan
FW	Francesco Vincenzi	Monza
DF	Vinicio Pasin	Catania
MF	Roberto Casone	Arezzo
MF	Riccardo Martelli	Livorno

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Roma	30	15	9	6	27	15	+12	39	Qualification to UEFA Cup
4	Lazio	30	14	9	7	34	28	+6	37
5	Milan	30	12	12	6	37	22	+15	36
6	Torino	30	11	13	6	40	30	+10	35
7	Bologna	30	10	12	8	36	33	+3	32

Source: Panini

Matches

6 October 1974 1	Milan	0–0	Sampdoria	Milano
		Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 45,317 Referee: Prati

13 October 1974 2	Juventus	2–1	Milan	Torino
	Bettega 20' Anastasi 57'	Report	32' Benetti	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 62,349 Referee: Gialluisi

20 October 1974 3	Milan	1–1	Fiorentina	Milano
	Sabadini 84'	Report	66' Saltutti	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 58,664 Referee: Serafino

27 October 1974 4	Roma	0–1	Milan	Roma
		Report	84' Calloni	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 63,615 Referee: Menicucci

3 November 1974 5	Milan	1–0	Lanerossi Vicenza	Milano
	Chiarugi 69'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 39,662 Referee: Reggiani

10 November 1974 6	Inter	0–0	Milan	Milano
		Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 71,206 Referee: Menegali

24 November 1974 7	Milan	2–0	Ascoli	Milano
	Chiarugi 6', 29'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 31,762 Referee: V. Lattanzi

1 December 1974 8	Torino	1–1	Milan	Torino
	Zaccarelli 17'	Report	44' Chiarugi	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 44,187 Referee: Serafino

8 December 1974 9	Milan	0–0	Napoli	Milano
		Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 65,980 Referee: Barbaresco

15 December 1974 10	Cagliari	0–0	Milan	Cagliari
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 23,276 Referee: R. Lattanzi

22 December 1974 11	Milan	3–0	Bologna	Milano
	Rivera 29' Biasiolo 47' Bigon 55'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 41,106 Referee: Gonella

5 January 1975 12	Cesena	1–0	Milan	Cesena
	Zuccheri 69'	Report		Stadium: Stadio La Fiorita Attendance: 21,896 Referee: Picasso

12 January 1975 13	Milan	4–0	Varese	Milano
	Rivera 5' Benetti 13', 52' Bigon 37'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 32,143 Referee: Levrero

19 January 1975 14	Lazio	3–0	Milan	Roma
	Martini 56' Turone 63' (og) Chinaglia 75'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 55,888 Referee: Panzino

26 January 1975 15	Milan	3–1	Ternana	Milano
	Bigon 6' Calloni 50', 53'	Report	4' Petrini	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 35,689 Referee: Benedetti

2 February 1975 16	Sampdoria	2–4	Milan	Genova
	Maraschi 6' Fossati 31' (pen.)	Report	13' Rivera 24' (pen.) Calloni 42' Gorin 89' (pen.) Chiarugi	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 32,917 Referee: Michelotti

9 February 1975 17	Milan	0–2 ^[6]	Juventus	Milano
		Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 79,776 Referee: Barbaresco

16 February 1975 18	Fiorentina	1–1	Milan	Firenze
	Casarsa 32' (pen.)	Report	16' Calloni	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 32,278 Referee: R. Lattanzi

23 February 1975 19	Milan	1–1	Roma	Verona
	Batistoni 34' (og)	Report	35' Prati	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi^[7] Attendance: 46,169 Referee: Agnolin

2 March 1975 20	Lanerossi Vicenza	2–0	Milan	Vicenza
	Vitali 44', 89' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 21,149 Referee: Reggiani

9 March 1975 21	Milan	3–0	Inter	Milano
	Calloni 5' Benetti 39' Facchetti 70' (og)	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 59,001 Referee: Serafino

16 March 1975 22	Ascoli	1–1	Milan	Ascoli Piceno
	Silva 78'	Report	58' (pen.) Calloni	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Attendance: 26,439 Referee: Ciacci

23 March 1975 23	Milan	2–0	Torino	Milano
	Gorin 7' Agroppi 37' (og)	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 42,139 Referee: Levrero

30 March 1975 24	Napoli	2–0	Milan	Napoli
	Clerici 71' (pen.) Turone 77' (og)	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 62,609 Referee: Serafino

6 April 1975 25	Milan	0–0	Cagliari	Mantova
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Danilo Martelli Attendance: 29,353 Referee: Trono

13 April 1975 26	Bologna	0–0	Milan	Bologna
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 38,508 Referee: Panzino

27 April 1975 27	Milan	3–0	Cesena	Milano
	Benetti 8' Sabadini 48' Chiarugi 89'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 34,508 Referee: Ciulli

4 May 1975 28	Varese	0–1	Milan	Varese
		Report	35' Chiarugi	Stadium: Stadio Franco Ossola Attendance: 7,535 Referee: Terpin

11 May 1975 29	Milan	1–1	Lazio	Milano
	Calloni 26'	Report	31' Garlaschelli	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 28,905 Referee: Michelotti

18 May 1975 30	Ternana	1–3	Milan	Terni
	Benatti 34' (pen.)	Report	59', 60', 73' Calloni	Stadium: Stadio Libero Liberati Attendance: 12,111 Referee: Gonella

Coppa Italia

First round

1 September 1974 1	Milan	0–0	Brescia	Milano
				Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Gialluisi

8 September 1974 2	Perugia	0–2	Milan	Perugia
			9', 14' Calloni	Stadium: Stadio Santa Giuliana Attendance: 13,212 Referee: Serafino

15 September 1974 3	Milan	4–1	Parma	Milano
	Bigon 53' Benetti 62' Calloni 71' Chiarugi 85'		55' Beccaria	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Levrero

22 September 1974 4	Cesena	1–1	Milan	Cesena
	Festa 68'		81' Sabadini	Stadium: Stadio La Fiorita Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Panzino

Second round

25 May 1975 1	Inter	0–1	Milan	Milano
			81' Sabadini	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 28,735 Referee: Panzino

29 May 1975 2	Milan	1–0	Bologna	Milano
	Calloni 55'			Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Ciacci

12 June 1975 3	Milan	1–0	Juventus	Milano
	Bigon 76'			Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 22,565 Referee: Serafino

15 June 1975 4	Milan	0–0	Inter	Milano
				Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 35,130 Referee: Agnolin

19 June 1975 5	Bologna	1–4	Milan	Bologna
	Massimelli 33'		35', 71' Calloni 58' Biasiolo 80' Chiarugi	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ciulli

22 June 1975 6	Juventus	2–1	Milan	Torino
	Scirea 12' Damiani 35'		60' Sartori	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Barboni

Final

28 June 1975	Fiorentina	3–2	Milan	Roma
	Casarsa 14' (pen.) Guerini 54' Paolo Rosi 67'		20' Bigon 65' Chiarugi	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 24,392 Referee: Michelotti

Statistics

Squad statistics

Competition^[8]	Points	Home						Away						Total						GD
Competition^[8]	Points	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	GD
1974-75 Serie A	36	15	8	6	1	24	6	15	4	6	5	13	16	30	12	12	6	37	22	15
1974-75 Coppa Italia	–	5	3	2	0	6	1	5	3	1	1	9	4	11	6	3	2	17	8	+9
Total	–	20	11	8	1	30	7	20	7	7	6	22	20	41	18	15	8	54	30	+24

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	DF	ITA	Angelo Anquilletti	16	0	11	0	5	0
	DF	ITA	Aldo Bet	37	0	29	0	8	0
	GK	ITA	Enrico Albertosi	40	-28	30	-22	10	-6
	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Sabadini	36	4	29	2	7	2
	GK	ITA	Pier Luigi Pizzaballa	0	0	0	-0	0	-0
	MF	ITA	Giorgio Biasiolo	22	2	13	1	9	1
	MF	ITA	Duino Gorin	31	2	22	2	9	0
	MF	ITA	Giovanni Lorini	12	0	8	0	4	0
	DF	ITA	Luciano Zecchini	37	0	26	0	11	0
	FW	ITA	Alberto Bigon	35	6	26	3	9	3
	DF	ITA	Romeo Benetti	39	6	28	5	11	1
	DF	ITA	Roberto Casone	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ITA	Filippo Citterio	5	0	1	0	4	0
	DF	ITA	Riccardo Martelli	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Gianni Rivera	31	3	27	3	4	0
	DF	ITA	Maurizio Turone	38	0	29	0	9	0
	FW	ITA	Luciano Chiarugi	36	10	26	7	10	3
	DF	ITA	Vinicio Pasin	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ITA	Aldo Maldera	24	0	13	0	11	0
	FW	ITA	Gianni Bui	6	0	2	0	4	0
	FW	ITA	Egidio Calloni	36	17	26	11	10	6
	FW	ITA	Giovanni Sartori	1	1	0	0	1	1
	FW	ITA	Giorgio Skoglund	1	0	1	0	0	0
	GK	ITA	Franco Tancredi	1	-2	0	-0	1	-2

Source: ^[9]

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.
^ "Rivera annuncia: "Lascio il calcio"" (PDF). archiviostorico.unita.it/ (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
^ "Addio Buticchi: che bufere col Milan". archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/ (in Italian). Retrieved 22 June 2023.
^ Forfeit result (on the pitch 1–2). Game was suspended due to Pietro Anastasi being hit by a firecracker.
^ Due to San Siro being disqualified.
^ "Milan Associazione Calcio 1974–75". magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
^ "Milan Associazione Calcio 1974–75". 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 1974-1975". 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] "Rivera annuncia: "Lascio il calcio"" (PDF). archiviostorico.unita.it/ (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2023.

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

[6] Forfeit result (on the pitch 1–2). Game was suspended due to Pietro Anastasi being hit by a firecracker.

[7] Due to San Siro being disqualified.

[8] "Milan Associazione Calcio 1974–75". magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 22 June 2023.

[9] "Milan Associazione Calcio 1974–75". magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 22 June 2023.

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