1989–90 AC Milan season

Milan
1989–90 season
Chairman	Silvio Berlusconi
Manager	Arrigo Sacchi
Serie A	2nd
Coppa Italia	Runners-up
European Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	Marco van Basten (19)
	← 1988–89 1990–91 →

A.C. Milan won their second consecutive European Cup, thanks to a final victory over Benfica. The Dutch trio of Marco van Basten, Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard was now a firmly established unit, but their efforts were not quite enough to defeat Napoli in the title chase.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Results

Serie A

1	Cesena	0–3	Milan
			Stroppa 7' Borgonovo 10' Massaro 44'

2	Milan	0–1	Lazio
			Maldini 41' (o.g.)

3	Atalanta	0–1	Milan
			Ancelotti 29'

4	Milan	3–1	Udinese
	Ancelotti 45' Massaro 66' Rijkaard 83'		Balbo 48'

5	Genoa	1–1	Milan
	Aguilera 73'		Rijkaard 77'

6	Milan	1–1	Fiorentina
	Tassotti 2'		Dell'Oglio 66'

7	Napoli	3–0	Milan
	Carnevale 19', 45' Maradona 84'

8	Cremonese	1–0	Milan
	Dezotti 9'

9	Milan	1–0	Roma
	van Basten 81'

10	Ascoli	1–0	Milan
	Casagrande 41'

11	Milan	3–2	Juventus
	van Basten 52' (pen.), 85' Donadoni 78'		De Agostini 62' (pen.) Schillaci 65'

12	Internazionale	0–3	Milan
			van Basten 52' Fuser 75' Massaro 86'

13	Milan	2–0	Lecce
	van Basten 59' (pen.) Massaro 78'

14	Milan	1–0	Bologna
	Donadoni 65'

15	Sampdoria	1–1	Milan
	Vierchowod 65'		Ancelotti 70'

16

Milan

0–0

Verona

17	Bari	0–1	Milan
			van Basten 89'

18	Milan	3–0	Cesena
	Donadoni 9' Tassotti 49' van Basten 75' (pen.)

19	Lazio	1–3	Milan
	Amarildo 66'		Massaro 5' Fuser 10' Colombo 71'

20	Milan	3–1	Atalanta
	van Basten 14', 60', 62'		Caniggia 12'

21	Udinese	0–2	Milan
			van Basten 12', 80'

22	Milan	1–0	Genoa
	Massaro 1'

23	Fiorentina	2–3	Milan
	R. Baggio 23' (pen.) Kubík 47'		Evani 55' van Basten 60' (pen.), 66' (pen.)

24	Milan	3–0	Napoli
	Massaro 47' Maldini 71' van Basten 86'

25	Milan	2–1	Cremonese
	Massaro 17' van Basten 72'		Dezotti 85' (pen.)

26	Roma	0–4	Milan
			Tempestilli 34' (o.g.) van Basten 39', 57' Massaro 89'

27	Milan	2–1	Ascoli
	Stroppa 52' Tassotti 64'		Cvetković 49'

28	Juventus	3–0	Milan
	Schillaci 7' Rui Barros 18', 58'

29	Milan	1–3	Internazionale
	Costacurta 84'		Serena 3', 90' Matthäus 24' (pen.)

30	Lecce	1–2	Milan
	Benedetti 6'		Baresi 34' van Basten 58'

31

Bologna

0–0

Milan

32	Milan	1–0	Sampdoria
	Massaro 61'

33	Verona	2–1	Milan
	Sotomayor 63' D. Pellegrini 89'		Simone 33'

34	Milan	4–0	Bari
	Borgonovo 68' Evani 71', 78' Donadoni 76'

Top Scorers

Coppa Italia

First round

23 August 1989	Parma	0–0 (a.e.t.) (6 – 7 p)	Milan	Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma
				Referee: Tullio Lanese
	Penalties
	Pizzi Apolloni Minotti Ganz Zoratto Monza Catanese Susic Gambaro		Baresi Van Basten Costacurta A. Colombo Salvatori Stroppa F. Galli Maldini Borgonovo

Second round

30 August 1989	Cremonese	0 – 1	Milan	Stadio Giovanni Zini, Cremona
			Massaro 84'	Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

Group stage

Semi-finals

31 January 1990 First Leg	Milan	0 – 0	Napoli	San Siro, Milan
				Referee: Fabio Baldas

14 February 1990 Second Leg	Napoli	1 – 3	Milan	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
	Maradona 77' (pen.)		Massaro 44' (pen.), 88' Van Basten 79' (pen.)	Referee: Tullio Lanese

Final

28 February 1990 First Leg	Juventus	0 – 0	Milan	Stadio Comunale, Turin
				Referee: Pietro D'Elia

25 April 1990 Second Leg	Milan	0 – 1	Juventus	San Siro, Milan
			Galia 16'	Referee: Pietro D'Elia

European Cup

First round

13 September 1989 First Leg	Milan	4 – 0	HJK Helsinki	San Siro, Milan
20:30	Stroppa 5' Massaro 38', 70' Evani 81'	Report		Referee: Stephanos Hadjistefanou (Cyprus)

27 September 1989 Second Leg	HJK Helsinki	0 – 1	Milan	Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
19:00		Report	Borgonovo 29'	Referee: Valeri Butenko (Soviet Union)

Second round

18 October 1989 First Leg	Milan	2 – 0	Real Madrid	San Siro, Milan
20:30	Rijkaard 9' van Basten 14' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 68,359 Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (West Germany)

1 November 1989 Second Leg	Real Madrid	1 – 0	Milan	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
20:30	Butragueño 45'	Report		Attendance: 82,783 Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

Quarter-finals

7 March 1990 First Leg	KV Mechelen	0 – 0	Milan	Heysel Stadium, Brussels
20:30		Report		Referee: George Courtney (England)

21 March 1990 Second Leg	Milan	2–0 (a.e.t.)	KV Mechelen	San Siro, Milan
20:30	van Basten 106' Simone 117'	Report		Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)

Semi-finals

4 April 1990 First Leg	Milan	1 – 0	Bayern Munich	San Siro, Milan
20:30	van Basten 77' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 62,717 Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)

18 April 1990 Second Leg	Bayern Munich	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Milan	Olympic Stadium, Munich
20:30	Strunz 59' McInally 106'	Report	Borgonovo 100'	Attendance: 72,000 Referee: Emilio Soriano (Spain)

Final

23 May 1990	Milan	1 – 0	Benfica	Praterstadion, Vienna
20:15	Rijkaard 68'	Report		Attendance: 58,000 Referee: Helmut Kohl (Austria)

Intercontinental Cup

17 December 1989	Milan	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Atlético Nacional	National Stadium, Tokyo
12:00	Evani 119'			Attendance: 60,228 Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)

European Super Cup

23 November 1989 First Leg	Barcelona	1 – 1	Milan	Camp Nou, Barcelona
21:00	Amor 67'		Van Basten 44' (pen.)	Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)

7 December 1989 Second Leg	Milan	1 – 0	Barcelona	San Siro, Milan
20:00	Evani 55'			Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Helmut Kohl (Austria)