1899–1900 Milan FBCC season

Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club
1899–1900 season
President	Alfred Edwards
Manager	Herbert Kilpin
Stadium	Campo Trotter; Arena Civica
Italian Football Championship	Semifinal
Medaglia del Re	Winner
Top goalscorer	League: ; All: David Allison (2)
	Home colours
	Home colours
	1900–01 →

During the 1899–1900 season Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club competed in the Italian Football Championship and the Medaglia del Re.

Summary

"We will be a team of devils. Our colours will be red like fire and black like the fear we will invoke in our opponents."
— 1899, Herbert Kilpin

"Finally! After many unsuccessful attempts, Milan will finally have a football club. The aim of this new sports club is the very noble one of forming a Milanese team to compete in the Italian Cup next spring. For this purpose, the presidency has already made arrangements and obtained the vast Trotter premises for training. The new club warns that anyone who wishes to learn football will just have to go to the Trotter on the established days and will find instructors and playing companions."
— 15 December 1899, La Gazzetta dello Sport^[1]

AC Milan was founded as Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club in 1899 by English expatriate Herbert Kilpin, who wanted to give the city of Milan a club that would be able to compete with the main clubs of Turin and Genoa. He was joined by a group of compatriots and Italian businessmen. The club claims 16 December of that year as their foundation date,^[2] but historical evidence seems to suggest that the club was actually founded a few days earlier, most likely on 13 December.^[3] However, with the club's charter being lost, the exact date remains open to debate. Alfred Edwards, a former British vice-consul in Milan and well-known personality of the city's high society, was the club's first elected president, while Kilpin took the role of manager. First captain of Milan's history was David Allison, an experienced forward who was also the top scorer of the season, with two goals. The club included a cricket section, managed by Edward Nathan Berra. The location where the founders first met was the Hotel du Nord, later renamed Principe di Savoia, and the first headquarters were established in the Fiaschetteria Toscana, a restaurant near the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II.^{[citation needed]}

The first game ever played by the club took place at the Trotter pitch, Milan's home ground in the first seasons, on 11 March 1900 against Mediolanum. The 2-0 win allowed the Rossoneri to reach the final of the Medaglia del Re, a trophy established in honor of king Umberto I of Italy. In the final, Milan beat Juventus with the same score to win the first trophy in their history.^{[citation needed]}

After the foundation, Milan registered immediately to the Italian Football Federation and was granted the opportunity to play in their first Italian Football Championship, where they were eliminated in the semifinals by FBC Torinese with a 3–0 defeat.^{[citation needed]}

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	ENG	Hoberlin Hoode
—	DF	ITA	Pietro Cignaghi
—	DF	ITA	Lorenzo Torretta
—	MF	ITA	Giannino Camperio
—	MF	ENG	Herbert Kilpin
—	MF	SUI	Kurt Lies
—	MF	ITA	Alberto Pirelli


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Guido Valerio
—	FW	ENG	David Allison (Captain)
—	FW	ENG	Samuel Richard Davies
—	FW	ITA	Antonio Dubini
—	FW	ITA	Attilio Formenti
—	FW	WAL	Penvhyn Llewellyn Neville

Competitions

Italian Football Championship

Semifinal

15 April 1900 1	FBC Torinese	3-0	Milan	Turin
	Bosio 15', 18', 70'	Report		Stadium: Velodromo Umberto I Referee: De Rote

Medaglia del Re

Semifinal

11 March 1900 1	Milan	2-0	Mediolanum	Milan
	Allison Kilpin	Report		Stadium: Campo Trotter Referee: Carlo Nardi

Final

27 May 1900 1	Milan	2-0	Juventus	Milan
	Camperio Allison	Report		Stadium: Arena Civica

Statistics

Squad statistics

Competition^[4]	Points	Home						Away						Total						GD
Competition^[4]	Points	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	GD
1900 Italian Football Championship	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3
Medaglia del Re	-	2	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
Total	-	2	2	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Italian Football Championship
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Hoberlin Hoode	1	-3	1	-3
	DF	ITA	Pietro Cignaghi	1	0	1	0
	DF	ITA	Lorenzo Torretta	1	0	1	0
	MF	ITA	Giannino Camperio	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Herbert Kilpin	1	0	1	0
	MF	SUI	Kurt Lies	1	0	1	0
	MF	ITA	Alberto Pirelli	0	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Guido Valerio	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	David Allison	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Samuel Richard Davies	1	0	1	0
	FW	ITA	Antonio Dubini	1	0	1	0
	FW	ITA	Attilio Formenti	1	0	1	0
	FW	WAL	Penvhyn Llewellyn Neville	1	0	1	0

Source: ^[5]

References

^ "Football". magliarossonera.it (in Italian). Retrieved 3 November 2023.
^ "History of the AC Milan". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
^ "La nascita di un mito" [The birth of a myth]. Maglia Rossonera (in Italian). Retrieved 3 November 2023.
^ "Milan Associazione Calcio 1899–1900". magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
^ "Milan Associazione Calcio 1899–1900". magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 3 November 2023.