2008–09 AC Milan season

Milan
2008–09 season
PresidentVacant
Head coachCarlo Ancelotti
StadiumSan Siro
Serie A3rd
Coppa ItaliaRound of 16
UEFA CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Kaká (16)
All:
Alexandre Pato (18)
Average home league attendance59,731[1]

During the 2008–09 season, Milan played its 75th Serie A season in the club's existence. Milan would also compete in the 2008-09 Coppa Italia and UEFA Cup after a 5th place finish the Previous Season.

Milan would finish third in Serie A, 10 points behind champions and rivals Inter Milan. Milan also failed to win the Coppa Italia or UEFA Cup meaning they finished without a trophy for the first time since 2006. This season marked Carlo Ancelotti's final season in charge of Milan as he resigned after Milan's final game of the season.

Club

Management

Position Staff
Head coach Carlo Ancelotti
Assistant coach Mauro Tassotti
Filippo Galli
Goalkeeping coaches Villiam Vecchi
Beniamino Abate
Fitness coaches Daniele Tognaccini
Giovanni Mauri
Club doctor Massimo Manara
President Adriano Galliani

Last updated: July 19, 2008
Source: [1]

Source: San Siro

Squad

First team

Starting line-up.

As of December 21, 2008.[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  BRA Dida
2 DF  BRA Felipe Mattioni (on loan from Grêmio)
3 DF  ITA Paolo Maldini (captain)
4 DF  GEO Kakha Kaladze
5 MF  BRA Emerson (released in April)
7 FW  BRA Alexandre Pato
8 MF  ITA Gennaro Gattuso
9 FW  ITA Filippo Inzaghi
10 MF  NED Clarence Seedorf
11 FW  ITA Marco Borriello
12 GK  ITA Christian Abbiati
13 DF  ITA Alessandro Nesta
14 MF  URU Mathias Cardacio
15 DF  ITA Gianluca Zambrotta
16 GK  AUS Zeljko Kalac
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  CZE Marek Jankulovski
19 DF  ITA Giuseppe Favalli
20 MF  URU Tabaré Viúdez
21 MF  ITA Andrea Pirlo
22 MF  BRA Kaká
23 MF  ITA Massimo Ambrosini (vice-captain)
24 DF  SUI Philippe Senderos (on loan from Arsenal)
25 DF  ITA Daniele Bonera
32 MF  ENG David Beckham (on loan from Los Angeles Galaxy)
36 DF  ITA Matteo Darmian
51 MF  SLE Rodney Strasser (from Primavera team)
76 FW  UKR Andriy Shevchenko (on loan from Chelsea)
77 DF  ITA Luca Antonini
80 MF  BRA Ronaldinho
84 MF  FRA Mathieu Flamini

Transfers

In
Pos. Name from Type
FW Ronaldinho FC Barcelona (€21 million )[3][4]
FW Andrei Shevchenko Chelsea F.C. loan[5]
DF Gianluca Zambrotta FC Barcelona (€9 million )[6]
MF Mathías Cardacio Nacional Montevideo (€2,5 million)[7]
MF Mathieu Flamini free[8]
FW Marco Borriello Genoa C.F.C. co-ownership (€7,5 million )
FW Tabaré Viudez Defensor Sporting (€1,5 million )
DF Philippe Senderos Arsenal F.C. ´loan[9]
DF Luca Antonini Empoli F.C. co-ownership
MF Ignazio Abate Empoli F.C. co-ownership(€2,0 million)[10]
GK Christian Abbiati Atletico Madrid loan ended[11]
GK Ferdinando Coppola Atalanta B.C. loan ended
GK Marco Storari Cagliari Calcio loan ended
DF Luca Antonelli Parma F.C. loan ended
DF Davide Astori Cremonese loan ended
DF Marcus Diniz A.C. Monza loan ended
DF Leandro Grimi Sporting Lisboa loan ended
DF Romano Perticone Cremonese loan ended
FW Matteo Ardemagni Pro Patria loan ended
FW Davide Di Gennaro Bologna F.C. loan ended
Out
Pos. Name To Type
FW Alberto Gilardino Fiorentina (€14 million )[12]
FW Ricardo Oliveira Real Zaragoza (€10,0 million)
DF Cafu retired[13]
GK Valerio Fiori retired
MF Serginho retired
DF Leandro Grimi Sporting Lisboa (€2,5 million )
MF Cristian Brocchi S.S. Lazio
GK Ferdinando Coppola Atalanta B.C. co-ownership (€0,9 million )
GK Marco Storari Fiorentina loan
DF Luca Antonelli Parma F.C. co-ownership
DF Davide Astori Cagliari Calcio co-ownership
DF Matteo Bruscagin A.C. Monza loan
DF Digão Standard Liege loan
DF Marcus Diniz Livorno co-ownership
DF Lino Marzorati Empoli F.C. co-ownership
DF Romano Perticone Livorno co-ownership
DF Massimo Oddo Bayern München loan
DF Dario Šimić A.S. Monaco end of contract
MF Ignazio Abate Torino F.C. co-ownership
MF Ibrahim Ba retired
MF Yoann Gourcuff Girondins Bordeaux loan
MF Paolo Sammarco Sampdoria co-ownership
FW Matteo Ardemagni Triestina co-ownership
FW Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Digione loan
FW Willy Aubameyang Avellino loan
FW Davide Di Gennaro Genoa C.F.C. co-ownership
FW Alessandro Matri Cagliari Calcio co-ownership
FW Alberto Paloschi Parma F.C. co-ownership

Winter

In
Pos. Name from Type
DF Thiago Silva Fluminense (€10 million )
MF David Beckham Los Angeles Galaxy loan
DF Matteo Bruscagin A.C. Monza loan ended
DF Felipe Mattioni Gremio loan
Out
Pos. Name To Type
FW Ronaldo SC Corinthians released
MF Emerson Santos released
DF Matteo Bruscagin Pizzighettone loan
DF Thiago Silva Fluminense loan


Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

23 July 2008 Friendly Cremonese 0–0 Milan Cremona, Italy
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini
Referee: Luca Marelli (Italy)
29 July 2008 TIM Trophy Juventus 2–2
(2–4 p)		 Milan Turin, Italy
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Trezeguet 9'
Marchionni 12'		 Report Seedorf 8', 43' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Christian Brighi (Italy)
Penalties
Trezeguet
Iaquinta
Chiellini
Tiago 		Kaká
Pirlo
Jankulovski
Paloschi
Note: 45-minute match
29 July 2008 TIM Trophy Milan 0–0
(4–3 p)		 Internazionale Turin, Italy
22:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Christian Brighi (Italy)
Penalties
Kaká
Oddo
Jankulovski
Favalli
Brocchi
Digão 		Adriano
Figo
Suazo
Jiménez
Santon
Muntari
Note: 45-minute match
1 August 2008 Russian Railways Cup Milan 0–1 Sevilla Moscow, Russia
Gattuso 48' (o.g.) Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Stanislav Sukhina (Russia)
3 August 2008 Russian Railways Cup Milan 0–5 Chelsea Moscow, Russia
Lampard 3'
Anelka 8', 18', 51', 58'		 Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)
9 August 2008 Friendly Manchester City 1–0 Milan Manchester, England
17:15 BST (UTC+01:00) Bojinov 37' Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 25,181
Referee: Mark Halsey (England)
17 August 2008 Trofeo Luigi Berlusconi Milan 4–1 Juventus Milan, Italy
19:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Jankulovski 21'
Ambrosini 24'
Inzaghi 51'
Ambrosini 78'		 Pasquato 69' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 41,250
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
21 August 2008 Trofeo Birra Moretti Napoli 0–1 Milan Naples, Italy
21:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Paloschi 44' Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Nicola Pierpaoli (Italy)
Note: 45-minute match
21 August 2008 Trofeo Birra Moretti Juventus 0–0
(5–4 p)		 Milan Naples, Italy
22:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Andrea Gervasoni (Italy)
Penalties
Ariaudo
Chimenti
Legrottaglie
Pasquato
Amauri
Molinaro 		Seedorf
Brocchi
Paloschi
Osuji
Ambrosini
Favalli
Note: 45-minute match
24 August 2008 Trofeo Villa de Gijón Sporting de Gijón 2–0 Milan Gijón, Spain
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Barral 24'
Bilić 75'		 Stadium: El Molinón
Referee: César Muñiz Fernández (Spain)
10 September 2008 Friendly Lugano 2–0 Milan Lugano, Switzerland
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Rennella 53'
Laborde 90+1'		 Stadium: Stadio Cornaredo
Referee: Carlo Bertolini (Switzerland)
14 October 2008 Taçi Oil Cup Tirana 2–1 Milan Tirana, Albania
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Xhafaj 29'
Muzaka 72'		 Ronaldinho 90+1' Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Albano Janku (Albania)
6 January 2009 Dubai Challenge Cup Milan 1–1
(4–3 p)		 Hamburger SV Dubai, United Arab Emirates
19:00 UAET (UTC+04:00) Ronaldinho 62' (pen.) Benjamin 66'
Penalties
Ronaldinho
Shevchenko
Inzaghi
Emerson
Flamini 		Petrić
Thiago Neves
Olić
Aogo
Demel
21 January 2009 Friendly Hannover 96 2–3 Milan Hanover, Germany
19:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Huszti 10'
Hanke 74'		 Shevchenko 52'
Inzaghi 55', 75'		 Stadium: AWD Arena
Referee: Babak Rafati (Germany)
4 February 2009 Friendly Rangers 2–2 Milan Glasgow, Scotland
20:45 GMT (UTC+00:00) Beasley 65'
Papac 83'		 Pato 70'
Kaká 78'		 Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
4 March 2009 Friendly Al-Sadd 1–2 Milan Doha, Qatar
Gholam 37' Pato 27'
Antonini 37'		 Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
Referee: Banjar Al-Dosari (Qatar)
22 April 2009 Friendly Hungary's league selection 2–5 Milan Budapest, Hungary
Rajczi 7'
Tököli 56'		 Kaká 37'
Shevchenko 47', 63'
Seedorf 73'
Viúdez 85'		 Stadium: Ferenc Puskás Stadium
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
12 May 2009 Taçi Oil Cup Albania 3–3
(4–5 p)		 Milan Tirana, Albania
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Vila 64'
Muzaka 71'
Salihi 76'		 Ronaldinho 22'
Shevchenko 48'
Inzaghi 87'		 Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Lorenc Jemini (Albania)
Penalties
Pisha
Muzaka
Vila
Vrapi
Beqiri 		Kaká
Seedorf
Flamini
Thiago Silva
Inzaghi

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overall

Competition Started Round Final Position Final Round First Match Last Match
Serie A Round 1 — Round 38 August 31, 2008 May 31, 2009
Coppa Italia Round of 16 Eliminated Round of 16 December 3, 2008 December 3, 2008
UEFA Cup First Round Eliminated Round of 32 September 18, 2008 February 26, 2009

Serie A

Main article: 2008–09 Serie A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Internazionale (C) 38 25 9 4 70 32 +38 84 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Juventus 38 21 11 6 69 37 +32 74[a]
3 Milan 38 22 8 8 70 35 +35 74[a]
4 Fiorentina 38 21 5 12 53 38 +15 68[b] Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5 Genoa 38 19 11 8 56 39 +17 68[b] Qualification to Europa League play-off round[c]
Source: lega-calcio.it (in Italian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Juventus finished ahead of Milan on head-to-head points: Juventus 4–2 Milan, Milan 1–1 Juventus.
  2. ^ a b Fiorentina finished ahead of Genoa on head-to-head points: Fiorentina 1–0 Genoa, Genoa 3–3 Fiorentina.
  3. ^ Lazio qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 Coppa Italia.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
36 21 8 7 67 31  +36 71 14 3 1 37 9  +28 7 5 6 30 22  +8

Source: [2]

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHA
ResultLLWWWDWWWWDWDLWLWDWWDWDLWLWWDWWWWWDLLW
Position14191596864312223343333322333333332222233
Source: calcio-seriea.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed;   = Leader, 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Groups stage;   = 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Groups stage;   = 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Qualifying round;   = 2009–10 UEFA Cup;   = 2009–10 Serie B

Matches

31 August 2008 1 Milan 1–2 Bologna Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Ambrosini 41' Report Di Vaio 18'
Valiani 78'		 Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 63,306
Referee: Daniele Orsato
14 September 2008 2 Genoa 2–0 Milan Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Sculli 30'
Milito 90' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 28,795
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi
21 September 2008 3 Milan 4–1 Lazio Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Seedorf 8'
Zambrotta 35'
Pato 49'
Kaká 60'		 Report Zárate 26' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 57,362
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
24 September 2008 4 Reggina 1–2 Milan Reggio Calabria
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Corradi 59' Report Borriello 24'
Pato 73'		 Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo
Attendance: 19,828
Referee: Massimiliano Saccani
28 September 2008 5 Milan 1–0 Internazionale Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Ronaldinho 37' Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 79,057
Referee: Emidio Morganti
5 October 2008 6 Cagliari 0–0 Milan Cagliari
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia
Attendance: 15,750
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
19 October 2008 7 Milan 3–0 Sampdoria Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Ronaldinho 55' (pen.), 60'
Inzaghi 90'		 Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 65,960
Referee: Antonio Damato
26 October 2008 8 Atalanta 0–1 Milan Bergamo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Kaká 80' Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Attendance: 20,899
Referee: Stefano Farina
29 October 2008 9 Milan 2–1 Siena Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Inzaghi 31'
Kaká 65' (pen.)		 Report Vergassola 54' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 49,650
Referee: Domenico Celi
2 November 2008 10 Milan 1–0 Napoli Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Ronaldinho 86' Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 54,079
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi
9 November 2008 11 Lecce 1–1 Milan Lecce
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Esposito 90+3' Report Ronaldinho 79' Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 29,658
Referee: Mauro Bergonzi
16 November 2008 12 Milan 1–0 Chievo Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Kaká 15' (pen.) Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 58,403
Referee: Andrea De Marco
23 November 2008 13 Torino 2–2 Milan Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Stellone 25'
Rosina 78' (pen.)		 Report Pato 29'
Ronaldinho 34'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 22,627
Referee: Stefano Farina
30 November 2008 14 Palermo 3–1 Milan Palermo
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Miccoli 50'
Cavani 60'
Simplício 80'		 Report Ronaldinho 83' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera
Attendance: 33,998
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi
7 December 2008 15 Milan 1–0 Catania Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Kaká 65' Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 54,314
Referee: Andrea Gervasoni
14 December 2008 16 Juventus 4–2 Milan Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Del Piero 16' (pen.)
Chiellini 34'
Amauri 41', 69'		 Report Pato 31'
Ambrosini 56'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 24,862
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
21 December 2008 17 Milan 5–1 Udinese Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Pato 4', 18'
Kaká 13', 52'
Seedorf 43'		 Report Di Natale 17' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 52,842
Referee: Massimiliano Saccani
11 January 2009 18 Roma 2–2 Milan Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Vučinić 22', 72' Report Pato 48', 53' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 53,444
Referee: Emidio Morganti
17 January 2009 19 Milan 1–0 Fiorentina Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Pato 7' Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 65,692
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
25 January 2009 20 Bologna 1–4 Milan Bologna
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Di Vaio 9' (pen.) Report Seedorf 13'
Kaká 17' (pen.), 43'
Beckham 59'		 Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 33,691
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento
28 January 2009 21 Milan 1–1 Genoa Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Beckham 33' Report Milito 87' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 49,907
Referee: Andrea Gervasoni
1 February 2009 22 Lazio 0–3 Milan Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Pato 42'
Ambrosini 47'
Kaká 83'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 40,530
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
7 February 2009 23 Milan 1–1 Reggina Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Kaká 67' (pen.) Report Di Gennaro 33' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 53,182
Referee: Nicola Pierpaoli
15 February 2009 24 Internazionale 2–1 Milan Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Adriano 29'
Stanković 43'		 Report Pato 71' Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 76,178
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
22 February 2009 25 Milan 1–0 Cagliari Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Seedorf 65' Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 56,188
Referee: Massimiliano Saccani
1 March 2009 26 Sampdoria 2–1 Milan Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Cassano 33'
Pazzini 51'		 Report Pato 80' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 25,402
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi
8 March 2009 27 Milan 3–0 Atalanta Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Inzaghi 7', 71', 74' Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 54,645
Referee: Daniele Orsato
15 March 2009 28 Siena 1–5 Milan Siena
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Maccarone 62' Report Pirlo 6' (pen.)
Inzaghi 45+3', 71'
Pato 55', 78'		 Stadium: Montepaschi Arena
Attendance: 15,373
Referee: Nicola Ayroldi
22 March 2009 29 Napoli 0–0 Milan Naples
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 57,996
Referee: Andrea De Marco
5 April 2009 30 Milan 2–0 Lecce Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Ronaldinho 90+1'
Inzaghi 90+3'		 Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 53,021
Referee: Stefano Farina
11 April 2009 31 Chievo 0–1 Milan Verona
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Seedorf 53' Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 25,169
Referee: Massimiliano Saccani
19 April 2009 32 Milan 5–1 Torino Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Inzaghi 13', 37', 60'
Kaká 68' (pen.)
Ambrosini 90'		 Report Franceschini 80' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 54,061
Referee: Luca Banti
26 April 2009 33 Milan 3–0 Palermo Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Kaká 10' (pen.), 56' (pen.)
Inzaghi 19'		 Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 61,569
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
3 May 2009 34 Catania 0–2 Milan Catania
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Inzaghi 27'
Kaká 52'		 Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino
Attendance: 20,285
Referee: Andrea De Marco
10 May 2009 35 Milan 1–1 Juventus Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Seedorf 57' Report Iaquinta 60' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 78,979
Referee: Daniele Orsato
16 May 2009 36 Udinese 2–1 Milan Udine
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) D'Agostino 31' (pen.)
Zapata 49'		 Report Ambrosini 90+3' Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 27,497
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
24 May 2009 37 Milan 2–3 Roma Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Ambrosini 75', 82' Report Riise 36'
Ménez 80'
Totti 85'		 Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 72,681
Referee: Andrea De Marco
31 May 2009 38 Fiorentina 0–2 Milan Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Kaká 55'
Pato 76'		 Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 41,839
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2008–09 Coppa Italia
3 December 2008 Round of 16 Milan 1–2 (a.e.t.) Lazio Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Shevchenko 77' Zárate 79' (pen.)
Pandev 93'		 Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 3,905
Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup

First round

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup first round
18 September 2008 First leg Milan 3–1 Zürich Milan, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Stahel 45+1' (o.g.)
Pato 57'
Borriello 74'		 Report Djuric 78' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)
2 October 2008 Second leg Zürich 0–1
(1–4 agg.)		 Milan Zürich, Switzerland
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Shevchenko 70' Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 24,600
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Group stage

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup group stage § Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 VfL Wolfsburg 4 3 1 0 13 7 +6 10 Advance to knockout stage
2 Milan 4 2 2 0 8 5 +3 8
3 Braga 4 2 0 2 7 5 +2 6
4 Portsmouth 4 1 1 2 7 8 −1 4
5 Heerenveen 4 0 0 4 3 13 −10 0
Source: RSSSF
23 October 2008 1 Heerenveen 1–3 Milan Heerenveen, Netherlands
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Pranjić 86' (pen.) Report Jong-a-Pin 19' (o.g.)
Gattuso 23'
Inzaghi 69'		 Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion
Attendance: 25,600
Referee: Julian Rodriguez Santiago (Spain)
6 November 2008 2 Milan 1–0 Braga Milan, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Ronaldinho 90+3' Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 10,608
Referee: Peter Rasmussen (Denmark)
27 November 2008 3 Portsmouth 2–2 Milan Portsmouth, England
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00) Kaboul 62'
Kanu 73'		 Report Ronaldinho 84'
Inzaghi 90+2'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,403
Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)
17 December 2008 4 Milan 2–2 VfL Wolfsburg Milan, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Ambrosini 17'
Pato 56'		 Report Zaccardo 56'
Sağlık 81'		 Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 5,420
Referee: Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup knockout stage
Round of 32
18 February 2009 First leg Werder Bremen 1–1 Milan Bremen, Germany
20:35 CET (UTC+01:00) Diego 84' Report Inzaghi 36' Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 36,151
Referee: Mike Dean (England)
26 February 2009 Second leg Milan 2–2
(3–3a agg.)		 Werder Bremen Milan, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Pirlo 27' (pen.)
Pato 33'		 Report Pizarro 68', 78' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 23,280
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Statistics

Competitive matches only. Numbers in brackets indicate appearances made. Updated to games played May 31, 2009.[14]

Players statistics

As of end of the season

No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
12 GK  ITA Abbiati 28 -22 28 -22 0 0 0 0
15 DF  ITA Zambrotta 41 1 33+1 1 1 0 6 0
3 DF  ITA Maldini 32 0 30 0 0 0 1+1 0
18 DF  CZE Jankulovski 38 1 31 0 1 0 3+3 1
19 DF  ITA Favalli 29 0 21+2 0 1 0 5 0
21 MF  ITA Pirlo 29 2 26 1 0 0 3 1
23 MF  ITA Ambrosini 33 8 24+4 7 0 0 5 1
84 MF  FRA Flamini 37 0 22+7 0 1 0 6+1 0
10 AM  NED Seedorf 41 3 30+3 3 1 0 5+2 0
22 AM  BRA Kaká 36 16 28+3 16 1 0 3+1 0
7 FW  BRA Pato 42 18 27+9 15 0 0 3+3 3
1 GK  BRA Dida 16 -6 9+1 0 1 -2 5 -4
32 MF  ENG Beckham 20 2 18 2 0 0 1+1 0
80 FW  BRA Ronaldinho 35 10 16+13 8 1 0 2+3 2
25 DF  ITA Bonera 22 0 16+2 0 0 0 4 0
9 FW  ITA Inzaghi 32 16 15+11 13 0 0 6 3
8 MF  ITA Gattuso 16 1 11+1 0 0 0 3+1 1
4 DF  GEO Kaladze 16 0 10+1 0 1 0 3+1 0
24 DF  SUI Senderos 20 0 7+7 0 1 0 5 0
11 FW  ITA Borriello 8 2 6+1 1 0 0 1 1
77 DF  ITA Antonini 18 0 4+7 0 1 0 6 0
5 MF  BRA Emerson 18 0 3+9 0 1 0 4+1 0
76 FW  UKR Shevchenko 26 2 2+16 0 1 1 6+1 1
16 GK  AUS Kalac 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
13 DF  ITA Nesta 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF  URU Cardaccio 2 0 0+1 0 1 0 0 0
20 MF  URU Viudez 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
36 DF  ITA Darmian 3 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0
51 MF  SLE Strasser 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
DF  BRA Mattioni 1 0 0+1 0

Goalscorers

Rank Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA Cup Total
1 Alexandre Pato 15 - 3 18
2 Kaká 16 - - 16
Filippo Inzaghi 13 - 3
4 Ronaldinho 8 - 2 10
5 Massimo Ambrosini 7 - 1 8
6 Clarence Seedorf 6 - - 6
7 David Beckham 2 - - 2
Marco Borriello 1 - 1
Andrea Pirlo 1 - 1
Andriy Shevchenko - 1 1
10 Gennaro Gattuso - - 1 1
Marek Jankulovski - - 1
Gianluca Zambrotta 1 - -

Goals conceded

Rank Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA Cup Total Average per game
1 Christian Abbiati 28 (28) - - 28 (28) 1
2 Dida 7 (10) 2 (1) 9 (8) 18 (19) 0.94
3 Zeljko Kalac 1 (1) - - 1 (1) 1

Games started

Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA Cup Total
Gianluca Zambrotta 33 - 6 39
Clarence Seedorf 30 1 5 36
Marek Jankulovski 31 - 3 34
Kaká 28 1 3 32
Paolo Maldini 30 - 1 31
Alexandre Pato 28 - 3 31
Andrea Pirlo 26 - 3 29
Mathieu Flamini 22 1 6 29
Christian Abbiati 28 - - 28
Massimo Ambrosini 24 - 4 28
Giuseppe Favalli 21 1 5 27
Filippo Inzaghi 15 - 6 21
Daniele Bonera 16 - 4 20
David Beckham 18 - 1 19
Ronaldinho 16 1 2 19
Dida 9 1 8 18
Gennaro Gattuso 11 - 3 14
Kakha Kaladze 10 1 3 14
Philippe Senderos 7 1 5 13
Luca Antonini 4 1 6 11
Andriy Shevchenko 2 1 6 9
Emerson 3 1 3 7
Marco Borriello 6 - - 6
Zeljko Kalac 1 - - 1

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