1962–63 A.C. Milan season

During the 1962–63 Milan Associazione Calcio competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia, European Cup and Friendship Cup.

Milan Associazione Calcio

1962–63 season
President	Andrea Rizzoli
Manager	Nereo Rocco Giuseppe Viani (as Technical Director)
Stadium	Stadio San Siro
Serie A	3º
Coppa Italia	Eightfinals
European Cup	Winners (in European Cup)
1963 French- Italian Friendship Cup	runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: José Altafini (11) All: Altafini (31)
Home colours Away colours

Summary

Before the starting of the season "Associazione Calcio Milan" changes its denomination to "Milan Associazione Calcio" and moved its Headquarters away from via Andegari 4 to via Gaetano Donizetti 24.[1] During 1962–63 season the players to empower the Italian champion team were Peruvian defender Víctor Benítez, from Boca Juniors, midfielder Giuliano Fortunato, from Lanerossi Vicenza, right winger Bruno Mora, from Juventus in exchange of Sandro Salvadore and Brazilian forward José Germano first ever black player to play in Italy,[2] loaned out to Genoa after few weeks.

In Serie A the team finished in a decent third place 6 points behind champions Inter, meanwhile in Coppa Italia the club is defeated in Eightfinals.

However the club made history in European Cup : first round against Lussemburgo is won by the squad with an infamous 14–0 with Altafini scored five goals in the second match of the series. In Eightfinals the next team was English champions Ipswich Town defeated thanks to a 3–0 home score in casa surpassing the defeat 1–2 in England. In Quarterfinals Turkish squad Galatasaray was defeated in both matches and also Scottish team Dundee F.C. with scores of 8–1 and 5–2 respectively.

In 1963 European Cup Final the rival was Sport Lisboa e Benfica, back-to-back champions: playing in Wembley Stadium. The squad closed the first time of the match with a 0–1 score against thanks to the superb bicycle-kick goal of Eusébio.[3] In the ssecond half Altafini with a pass from Rivera scored two times against Portuguese goalkeeper Costa Pereira. Captain Cesare Maldini, lift up the first European Cup trophy ever. Also, Milan was the first Italian club winning the tournament and the third after Real Madrid e Benfica after seven editionss.

Altafini reached the topscorer of the competition with a record of 14 goals not surpassed until 2003 by Ruud van Nistelrooy and in 2012 by Lionel Messi[4] which was only broken during the 2013–14 season by Cristiano Ronaldo, who managed 17 goals.[5]

After nine years President Andrea Rizzoli left the club to Felice Riva with four league titles and one Latin Cup in his pocket. Also, he erected Milanello the training club house in the province of Varese. Manager Nereo Rocco left the club and signed an agreement with Torino.

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 Mario Barluzzi — GK  ITA Giorgio Ghezzi — GK  ITA Mario Liberalato — GK  ITA Claudio Mantovani — DF  ITA Attilio Bravi — DF  ITA Cesare Maldini (Captain) — DF  ITA Luigi Radice (vice-Captain) — DF  ITA Giovanni Trapattoni — DF  ITA Mario Trebbi — DF  ITA Francesco Zagatti — MF  PER Víctor Benítez — MF  ITA Mario David — MF  ITA Giovanni Lodetti — MF  ITA Gilberto Noletti

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ITA Ambrogio Pelagalli — MF  ITA Giuseppe Italo Redaelli — MF  ITA Gianni Rivera — MF  ITA Giorgio Rossano — MF  BRA Dino Sani — FW  BRA José Altafini[6] — FW  ITA Paolo Barison — FW  BRA Emanuele Del Vecchio [7][8] — FW  ITA Paolo Ferrario [9] — A  ITA Giuliano Fortunato[10] — FW  BRA Germano [11] — FW  ITA Bruno Mora — FW  ITA Gino Pivatelli

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
GK	Mario Barluzzi	Catania Calcio	–
MF	Víctor Benítez	Boca Juniors	–
FW	Giuliano Fortunato	Lanerossi	–
FW	José Germano de Sales	Flamengo	–
GK	Claudio Mantovani	Marzotto Valdagno	–
FW	Bruno Mora	Juventus	–
DF	Gilberto Noletti	S.S. Lazio	–
MF	Giorgio Rossano	Juventus	–

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
GK	Luciano Alfieri	Lecce	–
FW	Bruno Beretti	Rizzoli Milano	–
FW	Oliviero Conti	Modena	–
FW	Giancarlo Danova	Torino	–
FW	Paolo Ferrario	Monza	–
FW	José Germano de Sales	Genoa	–
MF	Antonio Pasinato	Lecce	–
FW	Orlando Rozzoni[12]	Lazio	–
DF	Sandro Salvadore	Juventus	–
MF	Sergio Tenente	Alessandria	–

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Internazionale (C)	34	19	11	4	56	20	+36	49	Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
2	Juventus	34	18	9	7	50	25	+25	45	Qualification to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
3	Milan	34	15	13	6	53	27	+26	43	Qualification to European Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
4	Bologna	34	17	8	9	58	39	+19	42
5	Roma	34	13	14	7	57	32	+25	40	Qualification to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round

Source: Panini
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Qualified as defending champions

Matches

Milan v Venezia

16 September 1962 1	Milan	3–3	Venezia	Milano
	Rivera  35' Germano  50', 68'	Report	10' Raffin  60', 85' Tesconi	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 44,664 Referee: Carlo Gambarotta

Napoli v Milan

23 September 1962 2	Napoli	1–5	Milan	Napoli
	Tacchi  2'	Report	1', 81' Rivera  74' Mora  76' Barison  88' Altafini	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 59,754 Referee: Giuseppe Adami

Milan v Atalanta

30 September 1962 3	Milan	0–0	Atalanta	Milano
		Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 67,737 Referee: Pietro Bonetto

Milan v Fiorentina

7 October 1962 4	Milan	0–0	Fiorentina	Milano
		Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 60,396 Referee: Giuseppe Adami

Lanerossi Vicenza v Milan

14 October 1962 5	Lanerossi Vicenza	2–0	Milan	Vicenza
	Puia  14' Vastola  57'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 16,117 Referee: Concetto Lo Bello

Milan v Inter

21 October 1962 6	Milan	1–1	Inter	Milano
	Pivatelli  62'	Report	45' Maschio	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 61,100 Referee: Giuseppe Adami

Sampdoria v Milan

28 October 1962 7	Sampdoria	2–1	Milan	Genova
	Bergamaschi  58' Toro  80'	Report	42' Pivatelli	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 17,974 Referee: Iginio Rigato

Milan v Bologna

1 November 1962 8	Milan	3–1	Bologna	Milano
	Del Vecchio  34' Rivera  36' Altafini  67'	Report	77' Pascutti	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 69,955 Referee: Cesare Jonni

Modena v Milan

8 November 1962 9	Modena	2–2	Milan	Modena
	Giorgis  48' Pagliari  89'	Report	23' Del Vecchio  50' Mora	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 26,355 Referee: Francesco Francescon

Juventus v Milan

18 November 1962 10	Juventus	1–0	Milan	Torino
	Sivori  36'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 51,308 Referee: Cesare Jonni

Milan v Mantova

25 November 1962 11	Milan	2–2	Mantova	Milano
	Sani  55' Rivera  64' (rig)	Report	24', 42' Geiger	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 36,656 Referee: Gastone Roversi

Roma v Milan

9 December 1962 12	Roma	0–1	Milan	Roma
		Report	55' Altafini	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 46,037 Referee: Iginio Rigato

Milan v Torino

16 December 1962 13	Milan	2–1	Torino	Milano
	Fortunato  17' Del Vecchio  82'	Report	86' Hitchens	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 36,125 Referee: Carlo Gambarotta

Genoa v Milan

23 December 1962 14	Genoa	0–1	Milan	Genova
		Report	77' Sani	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 25,164 Referee: Cesare Jonni

SPAL v Milan

30 December 1962 15	SPAL	0–0	Milan	Ferrara
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 15,425 Referee: Aurelio Angonese

Milan v Catania

6 January 1963 16	Milan	0–0	Catania	Milano
		Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 30,263 Referee: Francesco De Robbio

Milan v Palermo

13 January 1963 17	Milan	2–0	Palermo	Milano
	Pivatelli  12' Mora  19'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 24,287 Referee: Alessandro D'Agostini

Venezia v Milan

20 January 1963 18	Venezia	0–2	Milan	Venezia
	Grossi  66' Mencacci  88'	Report	24' Rivera	Stadium: Stadio Pierluigi Penzo Attendance: 15,532 Referee: Concetto Lo Bello

Milan v Napoli

27 January 1963 19	Milan	0–1	Napoli	Milano
		Report	24' Corelli	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 39,142 Referee: Giuseppe Adami

Atalanta v Milan

3 February 1963 20	Atalanta	2–2	Milan	Bergamo
	Domenghini  33' Calvanese  67'	Report	6' (o.g.) Colombo  66' Rivera	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 16,620 Referee: Francesco Francescon

Fiorentina v Milan

10 February 1963 21	Fiorentina	0–1	Milan	Firenze
		Report	12' Altafini	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 27,455 Referee: Bruno De Marchi

Milan v Lanerossi

17 February 1963 22[14]	Milan	6–1	Lanerossi	Milano
	Fortunato  4', 30' Sani  15' Lodetti  31' Mora  35' Altafini  54'	Report	72' Vinicio	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 6,837 Referee: Gennaro Marchese

Inter v Milan

24 February 1963 23	Inter	1–1	Milan	Milano
	Mazzola  1'	Report	78' Sani	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 71,159 Referee: Concetto Lo Bello

Milan v Sampdoria

3 March 1963 24	Milan	1–1	Sampdoria	Milano
	Altafini  77'	Report	38' Cucchiaroni	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 26,125 Referee: Alessandro D'Agostini

Bologna v Milan

10 March 1963 25	Bologna	1–2	Milan	Bologna
	Nielsen  18'	Report	8' Altafini  29' Rivera	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 29,639 Referee: Carlo Gambarotta

Milan v Modena

17 March 1963 26	Milan	4–0	Modena	Milano
	Mora  12' (rig) Altafini  52' Sani  65' Barison  79'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 33,565 Referee: Piero Angelini

Milan v Juventus

31 March 1963 27	Milan	0–0	Juventus	Milano
		Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 77,746 Referee: Cesare Jonni

Mantova v Milan

7 April 1963 28	Mantova	1–3	Milan	Mantova
	Mazzero  36'	Report	14' Benitez  63' Rivera  79' Sani	Stadium: Stadio Danilo Martelli Attendance: 24,347 Referee: Antonio Sbardella

Milan v Roma

14 April 1963 29	Milan	0–1	Roma	Milano
		Report	22' Angelillo	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 45,327 Referee: Aurelio Angonese

Torino v Milan

21 April 1963 30	Torino	0–0	Milan	Torino
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 20,188 Referee: Antonio Di Tonno

Milan v Genoa

28 April 1963 31	Milan	1–0	Genoa	Milano
	Altafini  70'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 24,483 Referee: Antonio Sbardella

Milan v SPAL

5 May 1963 32	Milan	4–0	SPAL	Milano
	Rivera  2' Fortunato  41' Altafini  42' David  46'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 25,544 Referee: Iginio Rigato

Catania v Milan

19 May 1963 33	Catania	1–0	Milan	Catania
	Petroni  16'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Cibali Attendance: 14,551 Referee: Aurelio Angonese

Palermo v Milan

26 May 1963 34	Palermo	1–3	Milan	Palermo
	Maggioni  2'	Report	28' Altafini  60' Barison  90' Rossano	Stadium: Stadio La Favorita Attendance: 12,910 Referee: Fabio Monti

Coppa Italia

Round of 32

Parma v Milan

9 September 1962	Parma	0–1	Milan	Parma
			88' Altafini	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Pietro Bonetto

Eightfinals

Milan v Sampdoria

5 December 1962	Milan	0–1	Sampdoria	Milano
			38' Toschi	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 3,423 Referee: Politano

European Cup

Round of 32

Milan v Union Luxembourg

12 September 1962 1	Milan	8–0	Union Luxembourg	Milan
	Altafini  8', 11', 28', 44', 67' Rivera  34', 43' Germano  72'			Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Heymann

Union Luxembourg v Milan

19 September 1962 2	Union Luxembourg	0–6	Milan	Luxembourg
			7', 39' Rossano  34', 42', 90' Altafini  58' Pivatelli	Stadium: Stadio Josy Barthel Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bucheli

Round of 16

Milan v Ipswich Town

14 November 1962 1	Milan	3–0	Ipswich Town	Milan
	Barison  8', 13' Sani  64'			Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Dienst

Ipswich Town v Milan

28 November 1962 2	Ipswich Town	2–1	Milan	Ipswich
	Crawford  79' Blackwood  86'		62' Barison	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Blavier

Quarter-finals

Galatasaray v Milan

23 January 1963 1	Galatasaray	1–3	Milan	Istanbul
	Ugur  4'		34' (rig) Mora  38' Barison  76' Altafini	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Friedrich Seipelt

Milan v Galatasaray

13 March 1963 2	Milan	5–0	Galatasaray	Milan
	Pivatelli  11', 42' Altafini  50', 66', 70'			Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Stohl

Semi-finals

Milan v Dundee F.C.

24 April 1963 1	Milan	5–1	Dundee F.C.	Milan
	Sani  3' Barison  47', 76' Mora  52', 81'		22' Cousin	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Caballero

Dundee F.C. v Milan

1 May 1963 2	Dundee F.C.	1–0	Milan	Dundee
	Gilzean  81'			Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Van Nuffel

Final

Main article: 1963 European Cup Final

Milan v Benfica

22 May 1963	Milan	2–1	Benfica	London
	Altafini  58', 66'		18' Eusébio	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Holland

Friendship Cup

Quarter-finals

RC Lens v Milan

2 June 1963	RC Lens	1–3	Milan	Lens
	Oudjani  70'		8' Paolo Barison  42' Altafini  51' (rig.) David	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Roversi

Milan v RC Lens

8 June 1963	Milan	2–0	RC Lens	Milano
	Altafini  33' Sani  85'			Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Faucheux

Semi-finals

Olympique Lyonnais v Milan

13 June 1963	Olympique Lyonnais	2–4	Milan	Lyon
	Rivoire  79' Nurenberg  80'		7', 59' Altafini  49' (pen) Mora  63' Trapattoni	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Guinnard

Final

Milan v Genoa

16 June 1963	Milan	1–2	Genoa	Milano
	Altafini  30'		68', 80' Dal Monte	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Adami

Statistics

Squad statistics

Competitions	Points	Total						GD
		G	W	D	L	Ga	Ga
Serie A	43	34	15	13	6	53	27	+26
Coppa Italia	Eightfinals	2	1	0	1	1	1	0
Friendship Cup	Final	4	3	0	1	10	5	+5
European Cup	winners	9	7	0	2	33	6	+27
Total	–	49	26	13	10	97	39	+58

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia		Friendship Cup		European Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF		José Altafini	46	31	31	11	2	1	4	5	9	14
	MF		Paolo Barison	27	10	14	3	2	0	4	1	7	6
	MF		Mario Barluzzi	7	0	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
	MF		Víctor Benítez	16	1	12	1	1	0	0	0	3	0
	MF		Attilio Bravi	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		Mario David	40	2	28	1	0	0	4	1	8	0
	MF		Emanuele Del Vecchio	10	3	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Paolo Ferrario	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		Giuliano Fortunato	16	4	13	4	1	0	2	0	0	0
	MF		José Germano de Sales	5	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	1
	MF		Giorgio Ghezzi	34	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
	MF		Mario Liberalato	8	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	MF		Giovanni Lodetti	15	1	10	1	1	0	4	0	0	0
	MF		Cesare Maldini	43	0	31	0	1	0	2	0	9	0
	MF		Claudio Mantovani	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		Bruno Mora	34	9	24	5	0	0	3	1	7	3
	MF		Gilberto Noletti	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		Ambrogio Pelagalli	22	0	12	0	2	0	4	0	4	0
	MF		Gino Pivatelli	32	6	22	3	1	0	2	0	7	3
	MF		Luigi Radice	29	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
	MF		Giuseppe Italo Redaelli	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		Gianni Rivera	34	11	27	9	0	0	0	0	7	2
	MF		Giorgio Rossano	6	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	2
	MF		Dino Sani	33	9	23	6	1	0	3	1	6	2
	MF		Giovanni Trapattoni	41	1	30	0	2	0	1	1	8	0
	MF		Mario Trebbi	36	0	23	0	2	0	4	0	7	0
	MF		Francesco Zagatti	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

• Source:

See also

• A.C. Milan

References

1. Almanacco illustrato del Milan, 1st edition, 1999. Panini. p. 296..
2. "Pioneering brazilian". When Saturday Comes.
3. "From Africa to posterity: How Eusébio lit up the World Cup". The Guardian. 6 June 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
4. "Messi sets UEFA Champions League goal record". Retrieved 28 December 2014.
5. "Record-breaking Ronaldo takes scoring honours". UEFA. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
6. also Italian citizenship
7. from Padova Calcio since November 1962.
8. Transferred out to Boca Juniors in March 1963.
9. From A.C. Monza from June 1963.
10. Dal Lanerossi Vicenza da novembre 1962.
11. Transferred out to Genoa in November 1962.
12. only played on June
13. Awarded (0–2) on table by Justice Sports Court, due to issues at 61' when David was hit by a bottle throwed from tribune. Score on field (2–1) in favor of Venezia.
14. Suspended at 75' due to fog with score (0–0) rescheduled and played on 20 March 1963.

Bibliography

• Almanacco illustrato del Milan, 2nd edition, March 2005. Panini.
• Almanacco illustrato del Milan, 1st edition, 1999. Panini.

External links

• "Stagione 1962–1963". Magliarossonera.it.