List of AC Milan managers

Carlo Ancelotti managed Milan for eight straight seasons from 2001 to 2009.

Associazione Calcio Milan are an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy, who currently play in Serie A. This chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of manager or technical director (i.e. a manager who has exceeded the age limit, currently set at 65, and is only allowed to manage a professional club if joined by a qualified manager)[1] of the first team of Milan since their foundation in 1899. Each manager's entry includes the seasons he spent at the club, the team's overall competitive record (in terms of matches won, drawn and lost) and honours won during his tenure. Caretaker managers are included, as well as those who have been in permanent charge.

The most successful person to manage Milan is Nereo Rocco, who won two Serie A titles, three Coppa Italia, two European Cups, two Cup Winners' Cups and one Intercontinental Cup during his tenures as head coach and technical director. Rocco has also been Milan's longest-serving manager, managing the club for 459 matches (323 as head coach and 136 as technical director) in five different spells between 1961 and 1977. Milan's longest-serving manager over a single time-span is, instead, Carlo Ancelotti, whose tenure lasted seven years and 236 days, from 6 November 2001 to 30 June 2009.

List of managers

Statistics correct as of match played 20 December 2024. Only competitive matches are counted.

Manager Season M W D L GF GA Win%[nb 1] Honours Notes
England Herbert Kilpin[nb 2] 1899–1900 1 0 0 1 0 3 000.00
1900–01 3 3 0 0 8 2 100.00 League title
1901–02 1 0 0 1 0 2 000.00
1902–03 1 0 0 1 0 2 000.00
1903–04 3 1 1 1 2 4 033.33
1904–05 2 0 1 1 9 10 000.00
1905–06 8 5 2 1 14 8 062.50 League title
Total 19 9 4 6 33 31 047.37
Italy Daniele Angeloni 1906–07 6 4 2 0 17 3 066.67 League title
Italy Giannino Camperio 1907–08[nb 3] 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
1908–09 2 1 0 1 4 5 050.00
1909–10 16 6 1 9 23 36 037.50
1910–11 16 10 2 4 44 19 062.50
Total 34 17 3 14 71 60 050.00
Technical committee 1911–12 18 14 3 1 60 10 077.78
1912–13 18 13 2 3 46 14 072.22
1913–14 18 11 4 3 58 19 061.11
1914–15 21 13 5 3 65 18 061.90
Total 75 51 14 10 229 61 068.00
Italy Guido Moda[nb 4] 1915–16 12 9 1 2 22 9 075.00 All wartime games
Italy Aldo Cevenini[nb 2][nb 4] 1916–17 12 10 1 1 45 12 083.33 All wartime games
1917–18 13 11 0 2 35 11 084.62 All wartime games
Total 25 21 1 3 80 23 084.00
Technical committee 1918–19 10 6 2 2 28 17 060.00 All wartime games
Italy Guido Moda 1919–20 20 14 1 5 56 24 070.00
1920–21 22 8 4 10 43 34 036.36
Total 42 22 5 15 99 58 052.38
Italy Cesare Lovati[nb 2][nb 4] 1921–22 22 7 4 11 29 36 031.82
Italy Francesco Soldera[nb 2][nb 4] 1922 5 1 2 2 5 14 020.00 Until November 1922
Austria Ferdi Oppenheim 1922–23 17 7 8 2 27 14 041.18 Appointed in November 1922
1923–24 22 7 5 10 38 44 031.82
Total 39 14 13 12 65 58 035.90
Italy Vittorio Pozzo 1924–25 24 10 1 13 45 51 041.67
1925–26 9 3 0 6 15 24 033.33 Sacked on 29 January 1926
Total 33 13 1 19 60 75 039.39
Italy Guido Moda[nb 4] 1926 13 7 2 4 28 15 053.85 Appointed on 30 January 1926
England Herbert Burgess 1926–27 30 15 4 11 63 53 050.00
1927–28 34 15 10 9 56 47 044.12
Total 64 30 14 20 119 100 046.88
Austria Engelbert König 1928–29 32 18 8 6 80 37 056.25
1929–30 34 11 10 13 52 48 032.35
1930–31 34 12 7 15 48 53 035.29
Total 100 41 25 34 180 138 041.00
Hungary József Bánás 1931–32 34 15 9 10 57 40 044.12
1932–33 34 11 10 13 57 62 032.35
Total 68 26 19 23 114 102 038.24
Hungary József Violak 1933–34 34 12 9 13 50 49 035.29
Italy Adolfo Baloncieri 1934–35 30 8 11 11 36 38 026.67
1935–36 34 13 8 13 49 45 038.24
1936 10 3 4 3 9 9 030.00 Sacked on 5 December 1936
Total 74 24 23 27 94 92 032.43
England William Garbutt 1936–37 26 13 8 5 43 26 050.00 Appointed on 6 December 1936
Germany Hermann Felsner[nb 5]
Hungary József Bánás 		1937–38 38 17 14 7 57 36 044.74
1938 4 0 1 3 1 4 000.00 Felsner sacked in October 1938
Total 42 17 15 10 58 40 040.48
Hungary József Bánás 1938–39 17 6 4 7 26 21 035.29
Hungary József Violak[nb 5]
Hungary József Bánás 		1939 13 7 3 3 19 14 053.85 Violak appointed in March 1939
1939–40 24 8 6 10 37 31 033.33 Violak sacked on 18 March 1940
Total 37 15 9 13 56 45 040.54
Hungary József Bánás 1939–40 9 3 3 3 12 13 033.33
Italy Antonio Busini[nb 5]
Italy Guido Ara 		1940–41 32 13 10 9 60 37 040.63
Italy Mario Magnozzi 1941–42 36 14 8 14 71 62 038.89
1942–43 33 12 9 12 47 54 036.36
Total 69 26 17 26 118 116 037.68
Italy Giuseppe Santagostino 1943–44 14 5 3 6 18 16 035.71 All wartime games
1944–45 20 6 6 8 29 36 030.00 All wartime games
Total 34 11 9 14 47 52 032.35
Italy Antonio Busini[nb 5]
Italy Adolfo Baloncieri 		1945–46 42 20 9 13 66 54 047.62
Italy Antonio Busini[nb 5]
Italy Giuseppe Bigogno 		1946–47 38 19 12 7 75 52 050.00
Italy Giuseppe Bigogno 1947–48 40 21 7 12 76 48 052.50
Italy Antonio Busini[nb 5]
Italy Giuseppe Bigogno 		1948–49 38 21 8 9 83 52 055.26
Italy Antonio Busini[nb 5]
Hungary Lajos Czeizler 		1949–50 38 27 3 8 118 45 071.05
1950–51 40 28 8 4 116 40 070.00 Serie A title
Latin Cup
1951–52 38 20 13 5 87 41 052.63
Total 116 75 24 17 321 126 064.66
Italy Antonio Busini[nb 5]
Italy Mario Sperone 		1952–53 34 17 9 8 64 34 050.00 Until May 1953
Italy Antonio Busini[nb 5]
Sweden Gunnar Gren[nb 2][nb 4] 		1953 2 1 0 1 4 6 050.00 Gren appointed in June 1953
Italy Antonio Busini[nb 5]
Italy Arrigo Morselli 		1953 9 4 3 2 18 11 044.44 Sacked on 10 November 1953
Hungary Béla Guttmann 1953–54 25 13 7 5 48 28 052.00 Appointed on 11 November 1953
1954–55 19 12 4 3 45 21 063.16 Sacked on 14 February 1955
Total 44 25 11 8 93 49 056.82
Italy Ettore Puricelli 1955 17 8 6 3 41 18 047.06 Serie A title Appointed on 15 February 1955
1955–56 42 21 10 11 96 64 050.00 Latin Cup
Total 59 29 16 14 137 82 049.15
Italy Giuseppe Viani 1956–57 36 22 6 8 70 48 061.11 Serie A title
1957–58 44 15 15 14 89 63 034.09
Total 80 37 21 22 159 111 046.25
Italy Giuseppe Viani[nb 5]
Italy Luigi Bonizzoni 		1958 6 5 1 0 18 5 083.33 Bonizzoni appointed in June 1958
1958–59 39 21 13 5 99 44 053.85 Serie A title
1959–60 42 21 11 10 74 51 050.00
Total 87 47 25 15 191 100 054.02
Italy Giuseppe Viani[nb 5]
Italy Paolo Todeschini 		1960–61 36 19 9 8 71 44 052.78 Until June 1961
Italy Giuseppe Viani[nb 5]
Italy Nereo Rocco 		1961 2 0 1 1 0 2 000.00 Rocco appointed in June 1961
1961–62 43 28 7 8 103 49 065.12 Serie A title
1962–63 49 26 13 10 97 39 053.06 European Cup
Total 94 54 21 19 200 90 057.45
Italy Giuseppe Viani[nb 5]
Argentina Luis Carniglia 		1963–64 30 16 8 6 55 33 053.33 Carniglia sacked on 2 March 1964
Italy Giuseppe Viani[nb 5]
Sweden Nils Liedholm 		1964 12 8 2 2 18 10 066.67 Liedholm appointed on 3 March 1964
1964–65 37 22 9 6 54 27 059.46
Total 49 30 11 8 72 37 061.22
Sweden Nils Liedholm 1965–66 33 15 10 8 44 33 045.45 Resigned in March 1966 due to illness
Italy Giovanni Cattozzo[nb 4] 1966 11 2 4 5 10 12 018.18 Appointed in March 1966
Italy Arturo Silvestri 1966–67 42 17 16 9 53 39 040.48 Coppa Italia Until June 1967
Italy Nereo Rocco 1967 5 1 2 2 3 3 020.00 Appointed in June 1967
1967–68 50 26 21 3 86 40 052.00 Serie A title
Cup Winners' Cup
1968–69 42 20 15 7 49 19 047.62 European Cup
1969–70 39 18 12 9 57 31 046.15 Intercontinental Cup
1970–71 42 23 14 5 77 36 054.76
1971–72 51 29 15 7 71 31 056.86 Coppa Italia
Total 229 117 79 33 343 160 051.09
Italy Nereo Rocco[nb 5]
Italy Cesare Maldini 		1972–73 46 30 11 5 89 39 065.22 Coppa Italia
Cup Winners' Cup
Italy Nereo Rocco[nb 5] 1973–74 12 5 5 2 18 13 041.67
Italy Nereo Rocco[nb 5]
Italy Cesare Maldini 		1973–74 14 8 0 6 15 17 057.14 Maldini appointed in December 1973
Rocco resigned in February 1974
Italy Cesare Maldini 1974 11 4 2 5 18 20 036.36 Sacked in April 1974
Italy Giovanni Trapattoni 1974 10 2 4 4 5 7 020.00 Appointed in April 1974
Italy Gustavo Giagnoni 1974–75 41 18 15 8 54 30 043.90
1975 6 4 2 0 8 2 066.67 Sacked in October 1975
Total 47 22 17 8 62 32 046.81
Italy Nereo Rocco[nb 5]
Italy Giovanni Trapattoni 		1975–76 37 19 9 9 53 33 051.35 Appointed in October 1975
Trapattoni resigned in May 1976
Italy Nereo Rocco[nb 5]
Italy Paolo Barison 		1976 5 1 2 2 7 8 020.00 Barison appointed in June 1976
Italy Giuseppe Marchioro 1976–77 25 7 12 6 30 29 028.00 Sacked in February 1977
Italy Nereo Rocco[nb 5] 1977 22 10 8 4 36 19 045.45 Coppa Italia Appointed in February 1977
Sweden Nils Liedholm 1977–78 38 16 15 7 51 33 042.11
1978–79 40 21 13 6 62 33 052.50 Serie A title
Total 78 37 28 13 113 66 047.44
Italy Massimo Giacomini 1979–80 38 17 11 10 43 29 044.74
1980–81 41 19 15 7 51 31 046.34 Resigned in June 1981
Total 79 36 26 17 94 60 045.57
Italy Italo Galbiati[nb 4] 1981 1 0 0 1 0 1 000.00 Serie B title[nb 6] Appointed in June 1981
Italy Luigi Radice 1981–82 23 6 8 9 18 20 026.09 Sacked in January 1982
Italy Italo Galbiati[nb 4][nb 7] 1982 17 7 4 6 21 19 041.18 Mitropa Cup Appointed in January 1982
Italy Ilario Castagner 1982–83 47 24 19 4 96 50 051.06 Serie B title
1983–84 31 12 13 6 42 36 038.71 Sacked in March 1984
Total 78 36 32 10 138 86 046.15
Italy Italo Galbiati[nb 4] 1984 8 3 2 3 8 10 037.50 Appointed in March 1984
Sweden Nils Liedholm 1984–85 43 17 18 8 45 35 039.53
1985–86 46 15 15 16 45 44 032.61
1986–87 31 14 8 9 31 21 045.16 Sacked on 5 April 1987
Total 120 46 41 33 121 100 038.33
Italy Fabio Capello[nb 4] 1987 7 3 3 1 7 3 042.86 Appointed on 6 April 1987
Italy Arrigo Sacchi 1987–88 41 22 14 5 59 22 053.66 Serie A title
1988–89 52 27 20 5 98 37 051.92 European Cup
Supercoppa Italiana
1989–90 54 33 11 10 82 34 061.11 European Cup
European Super Cup
Intercontinental Cup
1990–91 49 24 17 8 62 28 048.98 European Super Cup
Intercontinental Cup
Total 196 106 62 28 301 121 054.08
Italy Fabio Capello 1991–92 42 25 16 1 84 27 059.52 Serie A title
1992–93 54 34 16 4 107 39 062.96 Serie A title
Supercoppa Italiana
1993–94 54 29 19 6 66 25 053.70 Serie A title
Champions League
Supercoppa Italiana
1994–95 53 25 13 15 70 46 047.17 European Super Cup
Supercoppa Italiana
1995–96 46 29 13 4 83 32 063.04 Serie A title
Total 249 142 77 30 410 169 057.03
Uruguay Óscar Tabárez[nb 5]
Italy Giorgio Morini 		1996–97 22 8 7 7 36 27 036.36 Sacked on 2 December 1996
Italy Arrigo Sacchi 1996–97 24 7 7 10 27 33 029.17 Appointed on 3 December 1996
Italy Fabio Capello 1997–98 44 16 14 14 53 52 036.36
Italy Alberto Zaccheroni 1998–99 38 21 11 6 64 40 055.26 Serie A title
1999–2000 45 18 17 10 80 56 040.00
2000–01 42 15 16 11 68 59 035.71 Sacked on 14 March 2001
Total 125 54 44 27 212 155 043.20
Italy Cesare Maldini[nb 5]
Italy Mauro Tassotti 		2001 12 5 4 3 22 11 041.67 Appointed on 15 March 2001
Turkey Fatih Terim[nb 5]
Italy Antonio Di Gennaro 		2001 13 8 3 2 27 12 061.54 Sacked on 5 November 2001
Italy Carlo Ancelotti 2001–02 39 17 13 9 49 35 043.59 Appointed on 6 November 2001
2002–03 61 32 15 14 97 54 052.46 Coppa Italia
Champions League
2003–04 53 35 11 7 87 43 066.04 Serie A title
UEFA Super Cup
2004–05 56 36 12 8 97 44 064.29 Supercoppa Italiana
2005–06 54 36 9 9 113 48 066.67
2006–07 59 31 16 12 91 56 052.54 Champions League
2007–08 51 25 13 13 88 51 049.02 UEFA Super Cup
Club World Cup
2008–09 47 26 12 9 86 46 055.32
Total 420 238 101 81 708 377 056.67
Brazil Leonardo 2009–10 48 23 13 12 72 55 047.92
Italy Massimiliano Allegri 2010–11 50 28 14 8 80 37 056.00 Serie A title
2011–12 53 30 13 10 100 53 056.60 Supercoppa Italiana
2012–13 48 25 11 12 80 51 052.08
2013–14 27 8 11 8 43 36 029.63 Sacked on 13 January 2014[2]
Total 178 91 49 38 303 177 051.12
Italy Mauro Tassotti[nb 4] 2014 1 1 0 0 3 1 100.00 Appointed on 13 January 2014[2]
Until 16 January 2014
Netherlands Clarence Seedorf 2014 22 11 2 9 28 26 050.00 Appointed on 16 January 2014[3]
Italy Filippo Inzaghi 2014–15 40 14 13 13 58 52 035.00
Serbia Siniša Mihajlović 2015–16 38 19 10 9 57 37 050.00 Sacked on 12 April 2016[4]
Italy Cristian Brocchi 2016 7 2 2 3 7 9 028.57 Appointed on 12 April 2016[4]
Italy Vincenzo Montella 2016–17 41 19 10 12 61 48 046.34 Supercoppa Italiana
2017 23 13 4 6 42 22 056.52 Sacked on 27 November 2017[5]
Total 64 32 14 18 103 70 050.00
Italy Gennaro Gattuso 2017–18 34 16 10 8 46 35 047.06 Appointed on 27 November 2017[5]
2018–19 49 24 13 12 71 47 048.98
Total 83 40 23 20 117 82 048.19
Italy Marco Giampaolo 2019 7 3 0 4 6 9 042.86 Sacked on 8 October 2019[6]
Italy Stefano Pioli 2019–20 35 18 11 6 65 40 051.43 Appointed on 9 October 2019[7]
2020–21 53 30 13 10 98 59 056.60
2021–22 48 29 10 9 82 44 060.42 Serie A title
2022–23 52 25 13 14 79 58 048.08
2023–24 52 28 11 13 99 69 053.85
Total 240 130 58 52 423 270 054.17
Portugal Paulo Fonseca 2024–25 23 12 5 6 43 26 052.17

Most games managed

Rank Manager Games
1 Italy Nereo Rocco 459
2 Italy Carlo Ancelotti 420
3 Italy Giuseppe Viani 376
4 Italy Fabio Capello 300
5 Sweden Nils Liedholm 280
6 Italy Stefano Pioli 240
7 Italy Arrigo Sacchi 220
8 Italy Antonio Busini 193
9 Italy Massimiliano Allegri 178
10 Hungary József Bánás 173

Trophies

Rank Manager SA CI SCI UCL CWC EL USC FCWC
IC 		Total
1 Italy Nereo Rocco 2 3 - 2 2 - - 1 10
2 Italy Fabio Capello 4 - 3 1 - - 1 - 9
3 Italy Arrigo Sacchi 1 - 1 2 - - 2 2 8
Italy Carlo Ancelotti 1 1 1 2 - - 2 1 8
5 England Herbert Kilpin 2 - - - - - - - 2
Italy Giuseppe Viani 2 - - - - - - - 2
Italy Massimiliano Allegri 1 - 1 - - - - - 2
8 Italy Stefano Pioli 1 - - - - - - - 1
Italy Alberto Zaccheroni 1 - - - - - - - 1
Sweden Nils Liedholm 1 - - - - - - - 1
Italy Ettore Puricelli 1 - - - - - - - 1
Italy Antonio Busini 1 - - - - - - - 1
Italy Daniele Angeloni 1 - - - - - - - 1
Italy Arturo Silvestri - 1 - - - - - - 1
Italy Vincenzo Montella - - 1 - - - - - 1

Notes

  1. ^ Win% is rounded to two decimal places.
  2. ^ a b c d e Serving as player-manager.
  3. ^ In the 1907–08 season, Milan and other major clubs did not enter the league due to a dispute with the Italian Football Federation over the use of foreign players.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Serving as caretaker manager.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Serving as technical director.
  6. ^ The title had already been secured under previous manager Massimo Giacomini.
  7. ^ Galbiati shared the position with Francesco Zagatti for two games in March.

References

General
  • "I protagonisti" [The protagonists]. A.C. Milan – La storia 1899–2005 (in Italian). Vol. CD 2. Graphic Sector Srl. 2005. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
Specific
  1. ^ "Art. 20 Direttori Tecnici". Regolamento del settore tecnico (PDF) (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. p. 6. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Tassotti temporarily in charge". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  3. ^ "A.C. Milan official communication". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  4. ^ a b "A.C. Milan official statement". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Official statement: Vincenzo Montella". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Official statement: Marco Giampaolo". Associazione Calcio Milan. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Stefano Pioli appointed as AC Milan new coach". Associazione Calcio Milan. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  • Managers at MagliaRossonera.it (in Italian)