History of the Club

A.C. Milan was initially founded as a cricket and football club on the 13th of December 1899 by Alfred Edwards and Herbert Kilpin, English expatriates who came from Nottingham (Wikipedia). The city originally named Milano according to the Italian language, the name "Milan" comes from the English spelling of the city and that's how they were called A.C. Milan (Wikipedia). In 1908, the club had to face a split because of internal disagreements and problems over bring foreign players to the team and this led to the formation of a rival Milan-based squad, F.C. Internazionale Milano (Wikipedia). As a result of this split the team got weaker and they did could not win a domestic title until the season 1950-1951 when they returned to the top of the Italian football winning the Serie A title 4 times in one decade after initially winning the title 3 times in 1901, 1906, and 1907 (Wikipedia).

Later on February 20th 1986, Silvio Berlusconi bought the club and defeated bankruptcy before appointing Arrigo Sacchi, a well known today as a legendary former Milan manager, to manage the team and lift it up to occuply Europe's football with the signing of the Dutch trio Marco van Basten, Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard (Wikipedia). This trio definitely rised with the club alongside the likes of Franco Bersi, Roberto Donadoni, Alessandro Costacurta, and finally the fan favourite, Paolo Maldini (Wikipedia). Paolo Maldini managed to make marvelous achievements with the Red and Black, the official jersey colour of the Italian team. Till this day, Milan stays as one of the most legendary clubs in the whole world.

The photo on the right shows Milan legends Marco Van Basten and Ruud Gullit lifting the club's 3rd UEFA Champions League Trophy with a major 4-0 win in the 1989 final against Steaua Bucuresti at Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona.

The photo on the right is:

By Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Rijksfotoarchief: Fotocollectie Algemeen Nederlands Fotopersbureau (ANEFO), 1945-1989 - negatiefstroken zwart/wit, nummer toegang 2.24.01.05, bestanddeelnummer 921-3777 - Nationaal Archief Fotocollectie Anefo, Link