1970–71 AC Milan season

Milan Associazione Calcio
1970–71 season
President	Franco Carraro (until 31 May 1971); Federico Sordillo
Manager	Nereo Rocco
Stadium	San Siro
Serie A	2º
Coppa Italia	2º
Top goalscorer	League: Pierino Prati (19); All: Prati (22)
Average home league attendance	53,319
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1969–70 1971–72 →

During the 1970–1971 season Milan Associazione Calcio competed in Serie A and Coppa Italia.

Summary

Nereo Rocco was confirmed as coach of the team for the 1970–71 season. During the transfer market, Giorgio Biasiolo, Romeo Benetti, Silvano Villa and Giulio Zignoli join the club, while, among others, Giovanni Lodetti, Saul Malatrasi and Angelo Benedicto Sormani leave. Gianni Rivera is confirmed as captain.^{[citation needed]}

The season began with the three matches of the first round of the Coppa Italia, where Milan, in group 4 with Brescia, Mantova and Varese, obtained as many victories, thus qualifying for the quarter-finals.^{[citation needed]}

In the league, Milan, after two draws in the first 2 games, obtained five consecutive victories, and moved to second place in the standings behind Napoli, also thanks to the victory in Turin against Juventus for 2–0 and in the derby with Inter for 3–0. On the 10th round, the Rossoneri beat the Neapolitans at the San Paolo (0–1, then 0–2 on a resolution by the sports judge for the throwing of firecrackers on the pitch by Napoli fans)^[2] and overtook them in the standings. At the end of the first half of the season, Milan were unbeaten with 24 points, two more than Napoli and three more than Inter. On matchday 20, the Nerazzurri defeated the Rossoneri for the first time in the championship and moved within just one point of their city rivals. Two rounds later, Inter hooked Milan at the top of the rankings and the following day they surpassed them thanks to the home defeat of the Rossoneri against Varese.^[3] Inter maintained the lead of the standings until the end, and Milan finished in second place, four points behind, which granted them the qualification to the first edition of the UEFA Cup.

The season ended, between May and June 1971, with the matches of the final round of the Coppa Italia, which Milan entered after eliminating Livorno in the quarter-finals (2–0 home win at the end of September and 4–0 away in early November). The Rossoneri, in the group with Fiorentina, Napoli and Torino, obtained three wins, one draw and two defeats and finished in first place in the standings with 7 points, tied with Torino. For the trophy to be awarded, a play-off between Milan and Turin was necessary, which took place on 27 June 1971 at the Ferraris Stadium in Genoa; Torino, after the 0–0 draw in the overtime, won on penalties by 5–3 and thus won their fourth Coppa Italia.^[4] Gianni Rivera, who in the play-off missed two out of five penalties (the regulation of the time, in fact, allowed more than one consecutive penalty to be kicked by a single player), was the top scorer of the competition, with seven goals, for the second time in his career.

Shortly before the end of the season, Franco Carraro left the position of president of the company, which was taken on by Federico Sordillo, previously vice-president of the club.^{[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	ITA	Pierangelo Belli
—	GK	ITA	Fabio Cudicini
—	GK	ITA	Villiam Vecchi
—	DF	ITA	Angelo Anquilletti
—	DF	ITA	Cesare Cattaneo
—	DF	ITA	Giulio Zignoli
—	DF	ITA	Luigi Maldera
—	DF	ITA	Roberto Rosato
—	DF	GER	Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
—	MF	ITA	Vincenzo Zazzaro
—	MF	ITA	Pier Paolo Scarrone
—	MF	ITA	Roberto Casone


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Romeo Benetti
—	MF	ITA	Giorgio Biasiolo
—	MF	ITA	Guido Magherini
—	MF	ITA	Gianni Rivera (Captain)
—	MF	ITA	Giorgio Rognoni
—	MF	ITA	Giovanni Trapattoni (vice-captain)
—	FW	ITA	Lino Golin
—	FW	FRA	Nestor Combin
—	FW	ITA	Angelo Paina
—	FW	ITA	Pierino Prati
—	FW	ITA	Silvano Villa

Transfers

Summer

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
DF	Giulio Zignoli	Cagliari	end loan
MF	Romeo Benetti	Sampdoria
MF	Giorgio Biasiolo	Vicenza
FW	Angelo Paina	Triestina	end loan
FW	Silvano Villa	Alessandria	end loan

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Alberto Grossetti	Novara
DF	Saul Malatrasi	SPAL
DF	Nello Santin	Vicenza	loan
MF	Romano Fogli	Catania
MF	Domenico Fontana	Vicenza
MF	Giovanni Lodetti	Sampdoria
FW	Angelo Marchi	Lecco
FW	Angelo Benedicto Sormani	Napoli
MF	Guido Magherini	Lazio	loan
FW	Lino Golin	Monza	loan

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Internazionale (C)	30	19	8	3	50	26	+24	46	Qualification to European Cup
2	Milan	30	15	12	3	54	26	+28	42	Qualification to UEFA Cup
3	Napoli	30	15	9	6	33	19	+14	39
4	Juventus	30	11	13	6	41	30	+11	35
5	Bologna	30	10	14	6	30	24	+6	34

Source: Panini
(C) Champions

Matches

27 September 1970 1	Milan	1–1	Lazio	Milano
	Massa 40' (og)	Report	70' Mazzola	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 60,375 Referee: Francescon

4 October 1970 2	Foggia	1–1	Milan	Foggia
	Bigon 67'	Report	26' Rivera	Stadium: Stadio Pino Zaccheria Attendance: 24,557 Referee: Pieroni

11 October 1970 3	Milan	3–1	Sampdoria	Milano
	Villa 24', 39' Benetti 46'	Report	87' Salvi	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 52,358 Referee: Giunti

25 October 1970 4	Juventus	0–2	Milan	Torino
		Report	40' Villa 77' Prati	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 63,991 Referee: Angonese

8 November 1970 5	Milan	3–0	Inter	Milano
	Biasiolo 51' Villa 69' Rivera 88'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 78,955 Referee: Gonella

15 November 1970 6	Fiorentina	2–5	Milan	Firenze
	De Sisti 56' Vitali 86' (pen.)	Report	20', 60' Combin 34', 41' Prati 52' Biasiolo	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 45,589 Referee: Francescon

22 November 1970 7	Milan	3–1	Lanerossi Vicenza	Milano
	Prati 9', 15', 71'	Report	45' (og) Biasiolo	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 46,863 Referee: Mascali

29 November 1970 8	Varese	1–1	Milan	Varese
	Carelli 27'	Report	18' Villa	Stadium: Stadio Franco Ossola Attendance: 19,710 Referee: Panzino

13 December 1970 9	Milan	1–1	Verona	Milano
	Combin 7'	Report	48' Clerici	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 31,177 Referee: Giunti

20 December 1970 10	Napoli	0–2^[5]	Milan	Napoli
		Report		Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 84,688 Referee: Lo Bello

28 December 1970 11	Torino	1–1^[6]	Milan	Torino
	Agroppi 47'	Report	24' Villa	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 26,180 Referee: Sbardella

3 January 1971 12	Milan	4–0	Catania	Milano
	Benetti 11' Prati 12', 20', 41'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 25,805 Referee: Francescon

10 January 1971 13	Milan	2–1	Bologna	Milano
	Prati 20' Rognoni 53'	Report	68' Savoldi	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 64,195 Referee: Bernardis

17 January 1971 14	Cagliari	0–4	Milan	Cagliari
		Report	22' Maldera 39' Benetti 44' Prati 71' Combin	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 52,808 Referee: Gonella

24 January 1971 15	Milan	2–2	Roma	Milano
	Prati 39', 56'	Report	29' Franzot 64' del Sol	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 43,292 Referee: Monti

31 January 1971 16	Lazio	0–1	Milan	Roma
		Report	19' Maldera	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 56,065 Referee: Lo Bello

7 February 1971 17	Milan	2–0	Foggia	Milano
	Rivera 53' (pen.) Benetti 79'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 59,116 Referee: Toselli

14 February 1971 18	Sampdoria	1–1	Milan	Genova
	Fotia 14'	Report	31' Combin	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 49,672 Referee: Michelotti

28 February 1971 19	Milan	1–1	Juventus	Milano
	Prati 61'	Report	36' (og) Anquilletti	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 78,882 Referee: Francescon

7 March 1971 20	Inter	2–0	Milan	Milano
	Corso 12' Mazzola 32'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 77,998 Referee: Lo Bello

14 March 1971 21	Milan	1–0	Fiorentina	Milano
	Prati 60'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 48,595 Referee: Gonella

21 March 1971 22	Lanerossi Vicenza	1–1	Milan	Vicenza
	Ciccolo 11'	Report	80' Benetti	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 28,032 Referee: Sbardella

28 March 1971 23	Milan	1–2	Varese	Milano
	Prati 26' (pen.)	Report	31' (pen.) Tamborini 53' Morini	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 52,706 Referee: Panzino

4 April 1971 24	Verona	1–3	Milan	Verona
	Mascetti 53'	Report	45' (pen.), 75' Rivera 50' Benetti	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 28,157 Referee: Toselli

11 April 1971 25	Milan	1–1	Napoli	Milano
	Combin 5'	Report	23' (og) Maldera	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 63,874 Referee: Lo Bello

18 April 1971 26	Milan	1–0	Torino	Milano
	Rivera 67'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 50,190 Referee: Pieroni

25 April 1971 27	Catania	0–0	Milan	Catania
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Cibali Attendance: 13,313 Referee: Angonese

2 May 1971 28	Bologna	3–2	Milan	Bologna
	Fedele 44' Rosato 76' (og) Savoldi 78'	Report	7', 28' Villa	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 37,321 Referee: Toselli

16 May 1971 29	Milan	3–1	Cagliari	Milano
	Prati 59' (rig.), 73' (pen.) Scarrone 80'	Report	30' (pen.) Riva	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 43,408 Referee: Menegali

23 May 1971 30	Roma	1–1	Milan	Roma
	La Rosa 35'	Report	4'^[7] Prati	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 43,096 Referee: Angonese

Coppa Italia

First round

Group 4

2 September 1970 1	Milan	4–0	Varese	Milano
	Rognoni 42' Rivera 48' (pen.), 59' (pen.) Villa 66'			Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 43,963 Referee: Trono

6 September 1970 2	Brescia	0–1	Milan	Brescia
			58' (pen.) Rivera	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Attendance: 13,877 Referee: Barbaresco

13 September 1970 3	Mantova	1–2	Milan	Mantova
	Ossola 29'		32' Combin 39' Benetti	Stadium: Stadio Danilo Martelli Attendance: 18,445 Referee: Bernardis

Quarterfinals

20 September 1970 1	Milan	2–0	Livorno	Milano
	Martini 32' (og) Rivera 52' (pen.)			Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 24,740 Referee: Lattanzi

4 November 1970 2	Livorno	0–4	Milan	Livorno
			3' Benetti 35', 61' Rivera 73' Combin	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 19,178 Referee: Monti

Final group

30 May 1971 1	Torino	1–0	Milan	Torino
	Agroppi 79'			Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 22,152 Referee: Barbaresco

2 June 1971 2	Milan	2–2	Napoli	Milano
	Paina 25' Prati 88'		21' (pen.) Improta 45' Bianchi	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 13,355 Referee: Francescon

13 June 1971 3	Fiorentina	1–2	Milan	Firenze
	Chiarugi 67'		70' Prati 81' Paina	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Michelotti

16 June 1971 4	Milan	3–2	Torino	Milano
	Rosato 5' Prati 29' Combin 75'		52' Fossati 89' Agroppi	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 42,986 Referee: Picasso

20 June 1971 5	Napoli	3–2	Milan	Napoli
	Improta 26' (pen.) Altafini 65' Juliano 73'		75' Combin 84' Rivera	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 18,616 Referee: Pieroni

23 June 1971 6	Milan	1–0	Fiorentina	Milano
	Benetti 5'			Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 57,191 Referee: Angonese

Final play-off

27 June 1971 play-off	Torino	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Milan	Genova
				Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 31,627 Referee: Francescon
	Penalties
	Cereser Maddè Maddè Maddè Maddè Maddè		Rivera Rivera Rivera Rivera Rivera

Statistics

Squad statistics

Competition^[8]	Points	Home						Away						Total						GD
Competition^[8]	Points	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	GD
1970-71 Serie A	42	15	9	5	1	29	12	15	6	7	2	25	14	30	15	12	3	54	26	+28
1970-71 Coppa Italia	–	5	4	1	0	12	4	6	4	0	2	11	6	12	8	2	2	23	10	+13
Total	–	20	13	6	1	41	16	21	10	7	4	36	20	42	23	14	5	77	36	+41

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	DF	ITA	Angelo Anquilletti	40	0	28	0	12	0
	DF	ITA	Cesare Cattaneo	1	0	1	0	0	0
	GK	ITA	Pierangelo Belli	15	-16	8	-7	7	-9
	MF	ITA	Roberto Casone	7	0	6	0	1	0
	GK	ITA	Fabio Cudicini	28	-20	23	-19	5	-1
	MF	ITA	Giorgio Biasiolo	41	2	29	2	12	0
	MF	ITA	Guido Magherini	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ITA	Lino Golin	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Pier Paolo Scarrone	1	1	1	1	0	0
	FW	FRA	Nestor Combin	37	10	25	6	12	4
	MF	ITA	Vincenzo Zazzaro	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ITA	Romeo Benetti	37	9	28	6	9	3
	DF	ITA	Luigi Maldera	28	2	20	2	8	0
	DF	ITA	Giulio Zignoli	18	0	7	0	11	0
	FW	ITA	Pierino Prati	39	22	29	19	10	3
	MF	ITA	Gianni Rivera	36	13	26	6	10	7
	MF	ITA	Giorgio Rognoni	30	2	20	1	10	1
	DF	ITA	Roberto Rosato	36	1	29	0	7	1
	FW	ITA	Silvano Villa	26	9	20	8	6	1
	DF	GER	Karl-Heinz Schnellinger	41	0	29	0	12	0
	FW	ITA	Angelo Paina	11	2	4	0	7	2
	MF	ITA	Giovanni Trapattoni	22	0	15	0	7	0
	GK	ITA	Villiam Vecchi	0	0	0	-0	0	-0

Source: ^[9]

References

^ "Attendance Statistics of Serie A". stadiapostcards.com. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
^ "Prati ha spento con il suo gol i mille fuochi di Fuorigrotta". archiviolastampa.it (in Italian). Retrieved 25 May 2023.
^ "Aggancio! L'Inter ce l'ha fatta" (PDF). archiviostorico.unita.it (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
^ "Maddè (dal dischetto) fa meglio di Rivera" (PDF). archiviostorico.unita.it (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
^ Forfaited game imposed by the sports judge due to firecrackers thrown on the pitch by Napoli supporters (on the pitch the result was 0–1, with a goal of Prati)
^ Round 11 game, postponed with one day for inaccessibility of the pitch due to snow
^ Panini, p. 358.
^ "Milan Associazione Calcio 1970–71". magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
^ "Milan Associazione Calcio 1970–71". magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 25 May 2023.

Bibliography

Panini (ed.). Almanacco illustrato del Milan, ed: 2, March 2005.
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 1970-1971". Magliarossonera.it.

[1] "Attendance Statistics of Serie A". stadiapostcards.com. Retrieved 25 May 2023.

[2] "Prati ha spento con il suo gol i mille fuochi di Fuorigrotta". archiviolastampa.it (in Italian). Retrieved 25 May 2023.

[3] "Aggancio! L'Inter ce l'ha fatta" (PDF). archiviostorico.unita.it (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2023.

[4] "Maddè (dal dischetto) fa meglio di Rivera" (PDF). archiviostorico.unita.it (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2023.

[5] Forfaited game imposed by the sports judge due to firecrackers thrown on the pitch by Napoli supporters (on the pitch the result was 0–1, with a goal of Prati)

[6] Round 11 game, postponed with one day for inaccessibility of the pitch due to snow

[FOOTNOTEPanini358-7] Panini, p. 358.

[8] "Milan Associazione Calcio 1970–71". magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 25 May 2023.

[9] "Milan Associazione Calcio 1970–71". magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 25 May 2023.

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