Derby della Madonnina

Derby della Madoninna
A.C. Milan vs F.C. Internazionale Milano
City or region	Milan (Italy)
First contested	Chiasso, 18 October 1908
Teams involved	Milan & Internazionale
Most wins	F.C. Internazionale (72) & A.C. Milan (72)
Most player appearances	Paolo Maldini (56)

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Derby della Madonnina, (or the Milan Derby as it is known in the English-speaking world), is a football match between the two prominent Milanese clubs A.C. Milan and Inter Milan of Italy. Along with the Rome and Turin derbies, it is widely considered one of the major crosstown derbies in not just the Italian league, but the world. Taking place at least twice during the year via the league fixtures, this cross-town rivalry has extended to the Coppa Italia, European Cup (later renamed 'UEFA Champions League', and Supercoppa Italiana.

It is called "Derby della Madonnina" in honour of one of the main sights in the city of Milan, the statue of the Virgin Mary on the top of the Duomo, which is often referred to as the "Madonnina".

1 Rivalry culture
2 The Mazzola and Rivera years
3 The 1990s and present years
4 Red-and-black superiority at international level
5 List of matches of the last decade
6 Biggest wins
- 6.1 Milan
- 6.2 Inter
7 Derbies in major knockout competitions
8 Head to head
9 Trophies
10 Top Goal scorers
11 Players played for both teams
12 Notes
13 External links

[edit] Rivalry culture

Inter supporters during a Derby

Milan supporters during a Derby

On December 16, 1899, Alfred Edwards and others founded the Milan Cricket and Football Club. Edwards, a former British vice-consul in Milan and a well-known personality of the Milanese high society, was the club's first elected president. Initially, the team included a cricket section, managed by Edward Berra, and a football section managed by David Allison. The Milan team soon gained relevant notability under Herbert Kilpin's guide. The first trophy to be won was the Medaglia del Re (King's Medal) on January 1900, and the team later won three national leagues, in 1901, 1906 and 1907. The triumph of 1901 was particularly relevant because it ended the consecutive series of wins of Genoa, which had been the only team to have won the title prior to 1901.

In 1908, issues over the signing of foreign players led to a split and the foundation of F.C. Internazionale Milano. In the past, Inter was seen as the club of the Milan bourgeoisie (nicknamed bauscia, a milanese term meaning "braggart"), whereas Milan (nicknamed casciavit, meaning in the milanese dialect "screwdriver", with both reference to the blue-collar worker, and to "awkward") was supported mainly by the city's working-class and trade unionists, a section of whom were migrants from Southern Italy.^[1] However in the recent years this difference has mitigated, since Milan is now owned by former conservative Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi and Inter is owned by a centre-left businessman, Massimo Moratti.

During the 1960s, Inter was the more successful club, winning the European Cup twice in a row and the Intercontinental Cup twice in a row. However during the late 1980s and the 1990s Silvio Berlusconi's Milan was the more dominant team, with many victories both in Italy and in the European competitions.

[edit] The Mazzola and Rivera years

Sandro Mazzola

Gianni Rivera

In the 1960s the Milan derby saw two big stars of Italian football come face to face. One of the most representative players of Inter was Sandro Mazzola, the son of the Torino player Valentino Mazzola (who along with most of his Torino teammates, died in a plane crash in 1949 after dominating Serie A for four seasons). His Milan counter-part was Gianni Rivera, nicknamed Golden Boy for his talent. This era saw brilliant derby matches and an increasing rivalry: while Milan won the European Cup in 1962–63, Inter followed it up with back to back success in the following years. Milan again won the title in 1968–69. During this successful period for both teams, Milan were coached by Nereo Rocco and Inter were led by Helenio Herrera, both coaching many notable players.

The rivalry continued in the Italian national team, where the two players would often not play together, with one usually being substituted by the other at halftime. Rivera ended up losing the starting line-up to Mazzola in the 1970 final against Brazil, in which Italy was defeated 1–4 by the South Americans. He would later enter in the 84th minute, after Italy was already crushed. Many coaches and fans saw this as a mistake by the then coach Ferruccio Valcareggi, as the more dynamic Rivera could have changed the shift of the match.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] The 1990s and present years

Arguably Milan's greatest-ever era took place during the late 1980s and had extended through to the mid-1990s. Often hailed as the greatest-ever Milan side, the team stemming form the 1989 European Champions managed by Arrigo Sacchi, contained legendary Milan players Franco Baresi, Paolo Maldini, Marco Van Basten, Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard amongst others. Milan's dominance, both domestically and internationally, had seen them capture four league titles and three European Cups (finishing runners-up two additional times) between 1989 and 1996. During this time, Inter had gone on to finish runners-up in the 1992-93 season (behind Milan) and won two UEFA Cups.

Inter's long wait for a league title began after 1989, finally arrived in 2006 (albeit controversially), when the Calciopoli scandal stripped Juventus of the 2005–06 title (as well as deducting points from Milan's final overall total) and handed it to the Inter, who were placed third behind both Juventus and Milan. This was seen as a controversial decision by many as even though the title won the previous season by Juventus was also stripped, it was left un-awarded - which many felt should have also been the case with the 2005-06 title. Inter went on to win the 2007 Serie A title as well, in a season which saw Juventus relegated from the top division (with Inter acquiring several of the major players from Juventus' title-winning season), and Milan, as punishment, starting the season with negative points, with a record-breaking run of 17 consecutive victories, in a largely handicapped league, on the way winning both fixtures against Milan. However, during the same season, Milan had captured their seventh European Cup/ UEFA Champions League, defeating Liverpool F.C. in the final in Athens.

As the Italian league recovered from the aftermath of the match-fixing scandal, Inter continued to dominate, winning each league up until the 2009-10 season in which they secured the title on the last day of the season. That season had also seen Inter become the first Italian side to win a treble. In addition to their league title, Inter had secured the Coppa Italia and their first Champions League title since 1965. The following season however, Milan, with the acquisition of several players including former Inter striker Zlatan Ibrahimović, recaptured the Scudetto, their eighteenth overall, leading the league standings from as early as November until the end of the season. That season had also seen Milan win both derby matches, keeping clean sheets in both fixtures.

[edit] Red-and-black superiority at international level

The two Milanese teams have previously encountered each other in European competition on two separate occasions. Both of them had been controlled by the Rossoneri. In the semi-finals of the 2002-03 season, both derbies finished equal (0-0;1-1), but Milan won on "away" goal, as the away side in the second leg. One of the most notorious derby matches was the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinal on April 12, 2005. With Milan leading 1–0 thanks to an early Andriy Shevchenko goal and a clear 3-0 scoreline on aggregate, Inter's hardcore supporters became infuriated, after a controversial decision by referee Markus Merk. Various debris were subsequently thrown onto the pitch, but soon escalated to lit flares.

As Dida attempted to clear bottles in order to take a goal kick, a flare hurtled down from the upper deck and struck him. Merk halted the match at the 74th minute. After a 30-minute delay, in which firefighters were called in to remove the burning flares from the pitch, the match was restarted. Dida, however, was unable to continue, and was substituted by Christian Abbiati. Less than a minute later, though, Merk finally abandoned the match after more flares and debris rained down. The match was awarded as a 3–0 victory, totaling a 5–0 aggregate, to Milan. Inter were fined justifiably €200,000 (£132,000) – the largest fine ever handed down by UEFA – and were ordered to play their first four Champions League matches behind closed doors in the 2005–06 season as punishment.

Regarding their titles at European stage, the two italian giants have preformed successfully. Nevertheless Milan dominate over Inter undoubtedly as the winner of seven Champions League titles, two Cup Winners' Cups and five Super Cups in comparison to Inter's three Champions League trophies and three UEFA Cups.

[edit] List of matches of the last decade

Season	Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Competition	Home goal scorers	Away goal scorers
2002-03	01-09-2002	Milan	1–0	Inter	"Pro Vittime di Linate" (friendly)	Tomasson 69'	-
	23-11-2002	Milan	1–0	Inter	Serie A	Serginho 12'	-
	12-04-2003	Inter	0–1	Milan	Serie A	-	Inzaghi 11' (pen.)
	07-05-2003	Milan	0–0	Inter	UEFA CL	-	-
	13-05-2003	Inter	1–1	Milan	UEFA CL	Martins 84'	Shevchenko 45'
2003-04	05-10-2003	Inter	1–3	Milan	Serie A	Martins 79'	Inzaghi 39', Kaká 46', Shevchenko 77'
2003-04	21-02-2004	Milan	3–2	Inter	Serie A	Tomasson 56', Kaká 57', Seedorf 85'	Stanković 15', Zanetti 40'
2004-05	24-10-2004	Milan	0–0	Inter	Serie A	-	-
	27-02-2005	Inter	0–1	Milan	Serie A	-	Kakà 77'
	06-04-2005	Milan	2–0	Inter	UEFA CL	Stam 46', Shevchenko 76'	-
	12-04-2005	Inter	0–3	Milan	UEFA CL		Shevchenko 30'
2005-06	11-12-2005	Inter	3–2	Milan	Serie A	Adriano 24', 93', Martins 61'	Shevchenko 39', Stam 85'
2005-06	14-04-2006	Milan	1–0	Inter	Serie A	Kaladze 71',	-
2006-07	28-10-2006	Milan	3–4	Inter	Serie A	Seedorf 53', Gilardino 79', Kaká 94'	Crespo 17', Stanković 22', Ibrahimović 50', Materazzi 72'
2006-07	11-03-2007	Inter	2–1	Milan	Serie A	Cruz 56', Ibrahimović 76'	Ronaldo 40'
2007-08	23-12-2007	Inter	2–1	Milan	Serie A	Cruz 36', Cambiasso 64'	Pirlo 18'
2007-08	04-05-2008	Milan	2–1	Inter	Serie A	Inzaghi 53', Kaká 58'	Cruz 78'
2008-09	28-09-2008	Milan	1–0	Inter	Serie A	Ronaldinho 36'	-
2008-09	15-02-2009	Inter	2–1	Milan	Serie A	Adriano 29', Stanković 43'	Pato 72'
2009-10	26-07-2009	Inter	2–0	Milan	WFC (friendly)	Milito 4', 75'	-
2009-10	29-08-2009	Milan	0–4	Inter	Serie A	-	Motta 29', Milito 36' (pen), Maicon 46', Stanković 70'
	24-01-2010	Inter	2–0	Milan	Serie A	Milito 10', Pandev 67'	-
2010-11	14-11-2010	Inter	0–1	Milan	Serie A	-	Ibrahimović 4' (pen.)
2010-11	02-04-2011	Milan	3–0	Inter	Serie A	Pato 1', 62', Cassano 90' (pen.)	-
2011-12	06-08-2011	Milan	2–1	Inter	Supercoppa Italiana	Ibrahimović 60', Boateng 69'	Sneijder 22'
2011-12	15-01-2012	Milan	0–1	Inter	Serie A	-	Milito 54'

NOTES:

1. 45 minutes friendly matches not included.

2. 2005 Champions League 2nd leg Match awarded 3-0 to Milan after crowd trouble by Inter fans.

[edit] Biggest wins

The winning team scored four goals or above with two or more goal difference from the defeated team.

[edit] Milan

Milan 6-3 Inter on 30 April 1911 in Campionato
Inter 0–4 Milan on 1 April 1917 in Coppa Regionale Lombarda
Milan 8-1* Inter on 3 March 1918 in Coppa Mauro
Inter 0–4 Milan on 13 October 1918 in Coppa Giurati
Inter 2–5 Milan on 16 February 1919 in Coppa Mauro
Milan 5-2 Inter on 29 May 1924 in frendly match
Milan 6-4 Inter on 11 September 1955 in friendly match
Milan 5-3 Inter on 27 March 1960 in Campionato
Milan 4-0 Inter on 27 June 1963 in Torneo Città di Milano
Milan 4-2 Inter on 26 June 1968 in Coppa Italia
Milan 6-4 Inter on 29 June 1969 in Torneo Città di New York
Milan 5-0 Inter on 8 January 1998 in Coppa Italia
Inter 0–6 Milan on 11 May 2001 in Campionato
Inter 2–4 Milan on 21 October 2001 in Campionato

[edit] Inter

Milan 0–5 Inter on 6 February 1910 in Campionato
Inter 5-1 Milan on 17 February 1910 in Campionato
Inter 5-2 Milan on 22 February 1914 in Campionato
Milan 2-5 Inter on 4 April 1915 in friendly match
Inter 4-2 Milan on 28 September 1919 in friendly match
Milan 3-7 Inter on 25 January 1920 in friendly match
Milan 3-6 Inter on 19 September 1926 in friendly match (San Siro inauguration)
Milan 1–4 Inter on 19 March 1931 in Campionato
Milan 2-4 Inter on 26 November 1944 in Coppa Monti
Inter 5-2 Milan on 28 March 1965 in Campionato
Inter 4-0 Milan on 2 April 1967 in Campionato
Milan 1–5 Inter on 24 March 1974 in Campionato
Milan 0–4 Inter on 29 August 2009 in Campionato

* Most goals from the winning side and all time goal difference record

[edit] Derbies in major knockout competitions

Season	Competition	Games	Round	Winner
1976-77	Coppa Italia	Milan-Inter 2-0	Final	Milan
1984-85	Coppa Italia	Inter-Milan 1-2, Milan-Inter 1-1	Semi-finals	Milan
1992-93	Coppa Italia	Milan-Inter 0-0, Inter-Milan 0-3	Quarter-finals	Milan
1994-95	Coppa Italia	Milan-Inter 1-2, Inter-Milan 2-1	Round of 16	Inter
1997-98	Coppa Italia	Milan-Inter 5-0, Inter-Milan 1-0	Quarter-finals	Milan
1999-00	Coppa Italia	Milan-Inter 2-3, Inter-Milan 1-1	Quarter-finals	Inter
2002-03	UEFA Champions League	Milan-Inter 0-0, Inter-Milan 1-1	Semi-finals	Milan
2004-05	UEFA Champions League	Milan-Inter 2-0, Inter-Milan 0-3	Quarter-finals	Milan
2010-11	Supercoppa Italiana	Milan-Inter 2-1	Final	Milan

NOTE:

Also held few derbies more for the Coppa Italia, where the competition had no knockout games.

[edit] Head to head

The following table lists the history of meetings between Milan and Inter, updated to the most recent derby of 15 January 2012. 45 minutes friendly matches not included.

	Matches	Milan wins	Draws	Inter wins	Milan goals	Inter goals
Campionato	177	60	52	65	239	256
Coppa Italia	23	9	7	7	32	22
Supercoppa Italiana	1	1	0	0	2	1
UEFA Champions League	4	2	2	0	6	1
Minor tournaments and friendlies	71	36	11	24	157	126
Total	276	108	72	96	436	406

[edit] Trophies

Team	Domestic				European					Worldwide	Total
Team	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Supercoppa Italiana	Total	European Cup Champions League	Cup Winners' Cup	Europa League UEFA Cup Fairs Cup	Super Cup	Total	Club World Cup Intercontinental Cup	Total
Milan	18	5	6	29	7	2	-	5	14	4	47
Inter	18	7	5	30	3	-	3	-	6	3	39

[edit] Top Goal scorers

Andriy Shevchenko

Dejan Stanković

Player	Club(s)	League	Cup	Europe	Total
Andriy Shevchenko	Milan	8	3	3	14
Giuseppe Meazza	Inter, Milan				13
Gunnar Nordahl	Milan				11
István Nyers	Inter				11
Enrico Candiani	Inter, Milan				10
José Altafini	Milan				7
Alessandro Altobelli	Inter				7
Roberto Boninsegna	Inter				7
Benito Lorenzi	Inter				7
Louis Van Hege	Milan				7
Aldo Boffi	Milan				6
Aldo Cevenini	Milan, Inter				6
Attilio Demaria	Inter				6
Sandro Mazzola	Inter				6
Pietro Serantoni	Inter				6
Kaká	Milan	5	-	-	5
Ronaldo	Inter, Milan	5	-	-	5
Filippo Inzaghi	Milan	4	-	-	4
Dejan Stanković	Inter	4	-	-	4
Clarence Seedorf	Inter, Milan	4	-	-	4
Zlatan Ibrahimović	Inter, Milan	3	1	-	4