1957–58 AC Milan season

Milan Associazione Calcio
1957–58 season
President	Andrea Rizzoli
Manager	Giuseppe Viani, then Luigi Bonizzoni
Stadium	San Siro
Serie A	9º
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
European Cup	Runner up
Top goalscorer	League: Carlo Galli (12); All: Carlo Galli (20)
Average home league attendance	24,549
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1956–57 1958–59 →

During the 1957–58 season Associazione Calcio Milan competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and European Cup.

Summary

For this season Giuseppe Viani was confirmed as the club's coach. Milan was the protagonist of the 1957 transfer market, signing Ernesto Grillo and Giancarlo Danova. Giovanni Trapattoni, purchased from Cusano Milanino, and Mario Trebbi, who came from the youth team, were added to the first team for the Coppa Italia matches, and would become future pillars of the club.

In the league, reigning champions Milan had a disappointing season, collecting only one win in their first 14 matches, and they finished in ninth place, equal on points with Inter and Udinese, just four points above relegated Atalanta.

In the 1958 Coppa Italia (an event reinstituted by the FIGC after 15 years) Milan qualified for the quarter-finals after winning the group stage ahead of Inter, with whom they played the first ever derby in this competition, won 3-2 by the Devils. The quarter-finals of this competition were played on the 6th of September, and therefore form part of the 1958-1959 season.

The main seasonal satisfactions came from the European Cup, where Milan reached the final. During the campaign, they come across Rapid Wien, which they overcame following a play-off won 4-2, made necessary as the total result at the end of the two legs was 6-6 with Milan winning by 4-1 in San Siro and being defeated 5-2 in Austria. Then it was the turn of Rangers, Borussia Dortmund and Manchester United who were eliminated respectively in the round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals with overall scores of 6-1, 5-2 and 5-2. Worth mentioning is the win against the Red Devils in the second leg of the semifinals, with the score of 4-0. In the final, the team faced the reigning champions Real Madrid. Like Stade Reims and Fiorentina, finalists against Los Blancos in the two previous editions, Milan is also forced to surrender to the Spanish team, even if they only did so in extra time after taking the lead twice during the first 90 minutes, thanks to goals by Schiaffino and Grillo. The result after 120 minutes was 3-2 with Madrid player Gento scoring the decisive goal in the extra time.^[3]

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	ITA	Luciano Alfieri
—	GK	ITA	Lorenzo Buffon (Vice-captain)
—	GK	ITA	Narciso Soldan
—	GK	ITA	Bruno Ducati
—	DF	ITA	Cesare Maldini
—	DF	ITA	Mario Bergamaschi
—	DF	ITA	Eros Fassetta
—	DF	ITA	Sandro Salvadore
—	DF	ITA	Giovanni Trapattoni
—	DF	ITA	Luigi Radice
—	DF	ITA	Mario Trebbi
—	DF	ITA	Francesco Zagatti
—	MF	ITA	Giancarlo Bacci
—	MF	ITA	Giancarlo Beltrami
—	MF	SWE	Nils Liedholm (Captain)
—	MF	ITA	Alfio Fontana


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ARG	Ernesto Grillo
—	MF	ITA	Giancarlo Beltrami
—	MF	ITA	Eros Beraldo
—	MF	ITA	Cesare Reina
—	MF	URU	Juan Alberto Schiaffino
—	MF	NOR	Per Bredesen
—	MF	ITA	Amos Mariani
—	MF	ITA	Giancarlo Migliavacca
—	MF	ITA	Luigi Zannier
—	FW	ITA	Dario Baruffi
—	FW	ITA	Gastone Bean
—	FW	ITA	Giancarlo Danova
—	FW	ITA	Carlo Galli
—	FW	ARG	Ernesto Cucchiaroni
—	FW	ITA	Pietro Testa

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
GK	Luciano Alfieri	Siracusa	-
FW	Giancarlo Bacci	Torino	-
FW	Giancarlo Danova	Spezia	-
GK	Bruno Ducati	Parma	-
DF	Eros Fassetta	Monza	-
MF	Ernesto Grillo	Independiente	-
MF	Giancarlo Migliavacca	Piacenza	-
MF	Giovanni Trapattoni	Cusano Milanino	-

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
MF	Osvaldo Bagnoli	Verona	-
FW	Emiliano Farina	Cagliari	-
FW	Walter Gómez	Palermo	-
FW	Gianni Meanti	Cagliari	-

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Vicenza	34	13	7	14	51	48	+3	33
7	Torino	34	11	11	12	42	49	−7	33
9	Milan	34	9	14	11	61	47	+14	32
9	Udinese	34	10	12	12	51	46	+5	32
9	Internazionale	34	10	12	12	36	36	0	32

Source: Panini

Matches

8 September 1957 1	Lanerossi	1-1	Milan	Vicenza
	David 29'		63' Grillo	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Bonetto

15 September 1957 2	Milan	2-2	Napoli	Milano
	Bean 27', 76'		42' Brugola 59' (og) Maldini	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Rigato

22 September 1957 3	Alessandria	0-0	Milan	Alessandria
				Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Lo Bello

29 September 1957 4	Milan	0-1	Sampdoria	Milano
			13' Recagno	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Menchini

6 October 1957 5	Inter	1-0	Milan	Milano
	Vincenzi 54' (pen)			Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 85,000 Referee: Lo Bello

13 October 1957 6	Udinese	1-1	Milan	Udine
	Tonini 43'		69' Mariani	Stadium: Stadio Moretti Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Grill

20 October 1957 7	Milan	1-1	Juventus	Milano
	Bean 59'		34' Sivori	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Lequesne

27 October 1957 8	Milan	5-0	Atalanta	Milano
	Cucchiaroni 30' Bean 48', 57', 81' Mariani 73'			Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Maurelli

3 November 1957 9	Torino	3-2	Milan	Torino
	Zannier 33' (og) Ricagni 37' Bacci 53'		43' Bean 54' Zannier	Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Pieri

10 November 1958 10^[4]	Milan	1-1	Padova	Milano
	Schiaffino 89'		65' Hamrin	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Bonetto

17 November 1957 11	Lazio	1-1	Milan	Roma
	Tozzi 10'		42' Bean	Stadium: Stadio dei Centomila Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Groppi

24 November 1957 12	Milan	0-1	Bologna	Milano
			48' Pivatelli	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Liverani

15 December 1957 13	Milan	1-1	Roma	Milano
	Galli 7'		87' Da Costa	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Seipelt

22 December 1957 14	Verona	4-3	Milan	Verona
	Del Vecchio 37', 71' Basiliani 48' Gundersen 83'		6' Galli 23' Bean 89' (pen) Liedholm	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Liverani

29 December 1957 15	Milan	2-1	Fiorentina	Milano
	Bean 52' Liedholm 63' (pen)		22' Virgili	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Maurelli

5 January 1958 16	SPAL	1-5	Milan	Ferrara
	Campanini 36'		20' (pen) Liedholm 44' Schiaffino 69' Grillo 85' Fontana 88' Cucchiaroni	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Moriconi

12 January 1958 17	Genoa	1-1	Milan	Genova
	Frignani 33'		47' Grillo	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Jonni

26 January 1958 18	Milan	4-1	Lanerossi	Milano
	Galli 39', 54' Mariani 42' Grillo 88'		51' Savoini	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ubezio

2 February 1958 19	Napoli	1-0	Milan	Napoli
	Bruno Pesaola 6'			Stadium: Stadio del Vomero Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Rigato

9 February 1958 20	Milan	1-1	Alessandria	Milano
	Galli 64'		83' Savioni	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Gambarotta

16 February 1958 21	Sampdoria	0-2	Milan	Genova
			68', 71' Danova	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Bonetto

23 February 1958 22	Milan	2-2	Inter	Milano
	Galli 37' Mariani 52'		26' Lorenzi 58' Masiero	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Jonni

2 March 1958 23	Milan	1-1	Udinese	Milano
	Galli 52'		22' Bettini	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Ubezio

9 March 1958 24	Juventus	1-0	Milan	Torino
	Charles 52'			Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Moriconi

16 March 1958 25	Atalanta	1-0	Milan	Bergamo
	Conti 53'			Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Bonetto

30 March 1958 26	Milan	4-0	Torino	Milano
	Cucchiaroni 18' Liedholm 61' Danova 79' Brancaleoni 84' (og)			Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Steiner

6 April 1958 27	Padova	3-2	Milan	Padova
	Brighenti 17', 18' Moro 75' (pen)		55' Grillo 90' Mariani	Stadium: Stadio Silvio Appiani Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Maurelli

13 April 1958 28	Milan	6-1	Lazio	Milano
	Galli 5', 18', 39', 48', 50' (pen) Mariani 49'		76' Muccinelli	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bonetto

20 April 1958 29	Bologna	0-0	Milan	Bologna
				Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Jonni

27 April 1958 30	Roma	3-3	Milan	Roma
	Lojodice 6', 44' Guarnacci 20'		56' Fontana 77' Liedholm 83' Mariani	Stadium: Stadio dei Centomila Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Liverani

4 May 1958 31	Milan	2-0	Verona	Milano
	Fontana 33' Cucchiaroni 36'			Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Lo Bello

11 May 1958 32	Fiorentina	4-3	Milan	Firenze
	Lojacono 9', 67' Magnini 38' Bizzarri 44'		60', 70' Danova 85' (pen) Zagatti	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Moriconi

18 May 1958 33	Milan	4-2	SPAL	Milano
	Schiaffino 11' Liedholm 58' (pen), 77' Grillo 88'		62' Sandell 76' Broccini	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Jonni

25 May 1958 34	Milan	1-5	Genoa	Milano
	Fontana 51' (pen)		17', 23' Abbadie 37', 78', 82' Barison	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Angelini

Coppa Italia

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Group stage

8 June 1958 1	Como	0-5	Milan	Como
			19' Grillo 24' Schiaffino 27' Fontana 29', 55' Danova	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Gambarotta

15 June 1958 2	Milan	3-2	Inter	Milano
	Cucchiaroni 27' Danova 46' Grillo 86'		37' Savioni 58' Tinazzi	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Bonetto

22 June 1958 3	Simmenthal-Monza	1-4	Milan	Monza
	Fraschini 36'		10' Galli 37' Bredesen 55' Bacci 57' Schiaffino	Stadium: Stadio location di Monza Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Liverani

29 June 1958 4	Milan	4-1	Como	Milano
	Galli 15' (rig), 59', 63' Bacci 60'		21' Baldini	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Baldassarre

6 July 1958 5	Inter	1-1	Milan	Milano
	Massei 61'		13' Danova	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Angelini

9 July 1958 6	Milan	1-0	Simmenthal-Monza	Milano
	Galli 46'			Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Babini

Coppa dei Campioni

Preliminary round

2 October 1957 1	Milan	4-1	Rapid Vienna	Milano
	Grillo 1' Bean 8' Höltl 74' (og) Mariani 83'		57' Dienst	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Blanco

9 October 1957 2	Rapid Vienna	5-2	Milan	Vienna
	Körner 1' Dienst 31' Bertalan 57' Riegler 62' Hanappi 78'		19' Grillo 77' Bean	Stadium: Prater Stadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Zariquiegui

30 October 1957 Play-off	Milan	4-2	Rapid Vienna	Zurigo
	Bean 8', 83' Bergamaschi 41' Schiaffino 55'		37' (pen) Happel 72' Bertalan	Stadium: Hardturm Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Mellet

Round of 16

27 November 1957 1	Rangers	1-4	Milan	Glasgow
	Murray 32'		74', 84' Grillo 80' Baruffi 86' Bean	Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 85,000 Referee: Asensi

11 December 1957 2	Milan	2-0	Rangers	Milano
	Baruffi 37' Galli 48'			Stadium: Arena Civica Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ortiz de Mendibil

Quarterfinals

12 February 1958 1	Borussia Dortmund	1-1	Milan	Dortmund
	Bergamaschi 90' (pg)		44' Galli	Stadium: Stadion Rote Erde Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Ellis

26 March 1958 2	Milan	4-1	Borussia Dortmund	Milano
	Cucchiaroni 11' Liedholm 21' Galli 63' Grillo 86'		37' Preißler	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Ellis

Semifinals

8 May 1958 1	Manchester United	2-1	Milan	Manchester
	Viollet 39' Taylor 80' (pen)		24' Schiaffino	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 44,480 Referee: Helge

14 May 1958 2	Milan	4-0	Manchester United	Milano
	Schiaffino 2', 76' Liedholm 50' (pen) Danova 68'			Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Dusch

Final

29 May 1958 1	Real Madrid	3-2 (a.e.t.)	Milan	Bruxelles
	Di Stefano 74' Rial 79' Gento 107'		60' Schiaffino 78' Grillo	Stadium: Stadio Heysel Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Alsteen

Statistics

Squad statistics

Competition^[6]	Points	Home						Away						Total						GD
Competition^[6]	Points	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	GD
1957–58 Serie A	32	17	7	7	3	37	21	17	2	7	8	24	26	34	9	4	11	61	47	+14
1958 Coppa Italia^[7]	–	6	4	0	2	18	9	3	2	1	0	10	2	9	6	1	2	28	11	+17
1957-58 European Cup	–	5	5	0	0	18	4	5	1	1	3	10	12	10	6	1	3	28	16	+12
Total	–	28	16	7	5	73	34	25	5	9	11	44	40	53	21	16	16	117	74	+43

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia^[8]		European Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ITA	Narciso Soldan	19	-25	11	-12	5	-7	3	-6
	GK	ITA	Bruno Ducati	3	-1	0	0	3	-1	0	0
	GK	ITA	Lorenzo Buffon	33	-47	22	-34	4	-3	7	-10
	GK	ITA	Luciano Alfieri	1	-1	1	-1	0	0	0	0
	DF	ITA	Cesare Maldini	41	0	32	0	1	0	8	0
	DF	ITA	Mario Bergamaschi	42	1	28	0	5	0	9	1
	FW	ITA	Gastone Bean	23	15	18	10	0	0	5	5
	FW	ITA	Giancarlo Danova	15	10	9	5	4	4	2	1
	MF	SWE	Nils Liedholm	32	9	24	7	0	0	8	2
	DF	ITA	Francesco Zagatti	34	1	24	1	5	0	5	0
	DF	ITA	Eros Fassetta	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ARG	Ernesto Cucchiaroni	36	6	27	4	3	1	6	1
	MF	ITA	Amos Mariani	36	8	26	7	4	0	6	1
	FW	ITA	Carlo Galli	21	20	14	12	4	5	3	3
	FW	ITA	Dario Baruffi	9	2	5	0	0	0	4	2
	MF	ITA	Giancarlo Migliavacca	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ITA	Pietro Testa	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Giancarlo Bacci	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0
	MF	ITA	Giancarlo Beltrami	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Eros Beraldo	35	0	20	0	6	0	9	0
	MF	ITA	Cesare Reina	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	URU	Juan Alberto Schiaffino	26	10	17	3	3	2	6	5
	MF	ARG	Ernesto Grillo	40	14	30	6	2	2	8	6
	MF	ITA	Alfio Fontana	44	5	32	4	4	1	8	0
	DF	ITA	Luigi Radice	15	0	9	0	4	0	2	0
	DF	ITA	Mario Trebbi	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Luigi Zannier	31	1	19	1	5	0	7	0
	MF	NOR	Per Bredesen	6	1	0	0	4	1	2	0
	DF	ITA	Sandro Salvadore	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Giovanni Trapattoni	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Source: ^[9]

References

^ The competition continued, with the knock-out phase, in September, thus in the following season, with Milan being eliminated in the quarterfinals.
^ "Attendance Statistics of Serie A" (PDF). stadiapostcards.com. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
^ "Madrid make it three in a row in Brussels". uefa.com. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
^ Game postponed to the 1st of January 1958 due to impraticability of the pitch.
^ The competition continued in September, thus in the following season, with Milan being eliminated in the quarterfinals.
^ "Milan Associazione Calcio 1957–58". magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
^ Including all games of this competition, also those played in the following season.
^ Including all games of this edition of the competition, also those played in the following season.
^ "Milan Associazione Calcio 1957–58". magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 21 October 2023.

Bibliography

Almanacco illustrato del Milan, ed: 2, March 2005. Panini.
Enrico Tosi. La storia del Milan, May 2005. Italia/Italy cid Tosi.
Milan. Sempre con te, December 2009. Mondadori. 2009. ISBN 978-88-04-59118-4.

External links

"Stagione 1957-1958". Magliarossonera.it.

[1] The competition continued, with the knock-out phase, in September, thus in the following season, with Milan being eliminated in the quarterfinals.

[2] "Attendance Statistics of Serie A" (PDF). stadiapostcards.com. Retrieved 21 October 2023.

[3] "Madrid make it three in a row in Brussels". uefa.com. Retrieved 21 October 2023.

[4] Game postponed to the 1st of January 1958 due to impraticability of the pitch.

[5] The competition continued in September, thus in the following season, with Milan being eliminated in the quarterfinals.

[6] "Milan Associazione Calcio 1957–58". magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 21 October 2023.

[7] Including all games of this competition, also those played in the following season.

[8] Including all games of this edition of the competition, also those played in the following season.

[9] "Milan Associazione Calcio 1957–58". magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 21 October 2023.

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