1955–56 AC Milan season

Milan Associazione Calcio
1955–56 season
President	Andrea Rizzoli
Manager	Héctor Puricelli
Stadium	San Siro
Serie A	2º
European Cup	Semifinals
Latin Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Gunnar Nordahl (23); All: Gunnar Nordahl (27)
Average home league attendance	25,177
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1954–55 1956–57 →

During the 1955–56 season Associazione Calcio Milan competed in Serie A, European Cup and Latin Cup.

Summary

The 1955-1956 season saw Milan involved in three tournaments.

In the league, the club finished second in the standings, behind Fiorentina who dominated the season. At the end of the tournament there were 12 points between the Tuscans and Milan. Gunnar Nordahl was once again the top scorer of the club, but this time his 23 goals were not enough to conquer the Serie A top scorers' title.

In the European Cup, at its first edition, the club reached the semi-finals after victories against Saarbrücken in the round of 16 and Rapid Vienna in the quarter-finals, with aggregates of 7-5 and 8-3 respectively. In the semifinals, Milan faced Spanish Champions Real Madrid. In the first leg, played on Iberian soil, Los Blancos prevailed and won 4-2. In the return match, the 2-1 victory by the Devils was not enough to turn the tide in the aggregate.

In June 1956, the penultimate edition of the Latin Cup took place in Milan: the club won the trophy for the second time in four participations. In the semi-final, Benfica was beaten 4-2 and in the final Athletic Bilbao was defeated 3-1 thanks to goals from debutant Osvaldo Bagnoli, newcomer Giorgio Dal Monte and Juan Alberto Schiaffino.

At the end of the season, Nordahl, after 268 appearances and 221 goals (club record), two Scudetti, two Latin Cups and five Serie A top scorer titles (a record in Italian championships), left Milan and moved to Roma.

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	Lorenzo Buffon
—	GK	ITA	Santino Ciceri
—	DF	ITA	Cesare Maldini
—	DF	ITA	Mario Bergamaschi
—	DF	ITA	Eros Fassetta
—	DF	ITA	Franco Pedroni
—	DF	ITA	Luigi Radice
—	DF	ITA	Francesco Zagatti
—	MF	ITA	Osvaldo Bagnoli
—	MF	ITA	Giorgio Dal Monte
—	MF	SWE	Nils Liedholm
—	MF	ITA	Gianfranco Ganzer


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Eduardo Ricagni
—	MF	ITA	Omero Tognon (Captain)
—	MF	ITA	Eros Beraldo
—	MF	ITA	Cesare Reina
—	MF	URU	Juan Alberto Schiaffino
—	MF	ITA	Amos Mariani
—	FW	ITA	Italo Carminati
—	FW	ITA	Amleto Frignani
—	FW	SWE	Gunnar Nordahl (Vice-captain)
—	FW	ITA	Valentino Valli
—	FW	ITA	Albano Vicariotto

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
MF	Osvaldo Bagnoli	Ausonia 1931	-
FW	Italo Carminati	Piacenza	-
FW	Giorgio Dal Monte	Genoa	-
DF	Gianfranco Ganzer	Triestina	-
FW	Amos Mariani	Fiorentina	-

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Alfio Fontana	Triestina	-
FW	Giancarlo Magnavacca	Cremonese	-
DF	Arturo Silvestri	Verona	-
FW	Jørgen Sørensen	Odense	-
GK	Riccardo Toros	Fiorentina	-
MF	Alessandro Vitali	Alessandria	-

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fiorentina (C)	34	20	13	1	59	20	+39	53	Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2	Milan	34	16	9	9	70	48	+22	41	Qualified for the 1956 Latin Cup
3	Internazionale	34	16	7	11	57	36	+21	39
3	Lazio	34	14	11	9	54	46	+8	39
5	Bologna	34	15	7	12	68	52	+16	37

Source: Panini
(C) Champions

Matches

18 September 1955 1	Atalanta	4-3	Milan	Bergamo
	Zagatti 5' (og) Brugola 25', 55' Longoni 52'		18' Schiaffino 43' Mariani 75' Nordahl	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Liverani

25 September 1955 2	Milan	6-1	Sampdoria	Milano
	Nordahl 20', 73' Dal Monte 29' Schiaffino 42', 67' Mariani 78'		3' (og) Tognon	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Maurelli

2 October 1955 3	Padova	1-5	Milan	Padova
	Pison 64'		1' Mariani 26', 56' (pen) Dal Monte 40', 42' Nordahl	Stadium: Stadio Silvio Appiani Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Jonni

9 October 1955 4	Milan	0-0	Napoli	Milano
				Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Rigato

16 October 1955 5	Inter	2-1	Milan	Milano
	Nesti 4' Lorenzi 39'		35' Nordahl	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 87,000 Referee: Piemonte

23 October 1955 6	Triestina	1-3	Milan	Trieste
	Zaro 88'		5' Schiaffino 64' Nordahl 81' Valli	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Grezar Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Jonni

30 October 1955 7	Milan	2-0	SPAL	Milano
	Nordahl 29', 81'			Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Moriconi

6 November 1955 8	Genoa	3-1	Milan	Genova
	Pestrin 3' Frizzi 68' (pen) Carapellese 81'		78' Valli	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Orlandini

13 November 1955 9	Milan	0-0	Lanerossi	Milano
				Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Bonetto

20 November 1955 10	Milan	0-2	Fiorentina	Milano
			13' Montuori 15' Virgili	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Liverani

8 December 1955 11^[2]	Pro Patria	1-1	Milan	Busto Arsizio
	La Rosa 67'		62' Nordahl	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Rigato

25 December 1955 12	Milan	3-1	Juventus	Milano
	Ricagni 30' Schiaffino 37', 67'		48' Colella	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Lo Bello

1 January 1956 13	Novara	3-4	Milan	Novara
	Marzani 9', 78' Savioni 83'		11', 71' Nordahl 52' Ricagni 59' Schiaffino	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Jonni

8 January 1956 14	Milan	4-1	Roma	Milano
	Schiaffino 22' Nordahl 26', 77' Ricagni 71'		63' Nyers	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Jonni

15 January 1956 15	Torino	1-1	Milan	Torino
	Moltrasio 26'		84' Mariani	Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Orlandini

22 January 1956 16	Milan	3-0	Bologna	Milano
	Dal Monte 26', 58' Valli 81'			Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Marchese

29 January 1956 17	Lazio	2-3	Milan	Roma
	Muccinelli 49' Olivieri 52'		15', 35' Dal Monte 30' Liedholm	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Bernardi

12 February 1956 18	Milan	4-1	Atalanta	Milano
	Schiaffino 48', 89' Dal Monte 51' Nordhal 73'		88' Rozzoni	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Bonetto

29 February 1956 19	Sampdoria	2-2	Milan	Genova
	Tortul 35', 39'		7' Schiaffino 29' Ricagni	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Jonni

26 February 1956 20	Milan	4-1	Padova	Milano
	Nordhal 9' Pison 27' (og) Dal Monte 39' (pen) Ricagni 72'		69' Bonistalli	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Moriconi

4 March 1956 21	Napoli	2-0	Milan	Napoli
	Vinicio 70', 78'			Stadium: Stadio della Liberazione Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Bernardi

11 March 1956 22	Milan	1-2	Inter	Milano
	Nordhal 67'		77', 81' Massei	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Piemonte

18 March 1956 23	Milan	1-0	Triestina	Milano
	Schiaffino 90'			Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Grillo

25 March 1956 24	SPAL	0-0	Milan	Ferrara
				Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Moriconi

1 April 1956 25	Milan	3-2	Genoa	Milano
	Cardoni 1' (og) Delfino 22' (og) Schiaffino 53'		74', 78' Frizzi	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Rigato

8 April 1956 26	Lanerossi	1-3	Milan	Vicenza
	Buffon 47' (og)		10' Dal Monte 18' Valli 90' Schiaffino	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Jonni

15 April 1956 27	Fiorentina	3-0	Milan	Firenze
	Prini 16' Virgili 37', 62'			Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Orlandini

29 April 1956 28	Milan	3-3	Pro Patria	Milano
	Nordhal 9', 64' Dal Monte 35'		31', 70' Orzan 50' Borsani	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 2,000 Referee: De Gregorio

6 May 1956 29	Juventus	0-0	Milan	Torino
				Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Roman

10 May 1956 30	Milan	4-2	Novara	Milano
	Nordhal 19', 48' Schiaffino 68' Bagnoli 69'		50' Piccioni 51' Arce	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Lo Bello

13 May 1956 31	Roma	0-0	Milan	Roma
				Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Bonetto

20 May 1956 32	Milan	3-1	Torino	Milano
	Frignani 40' Mariani 62' Nordhal 75'		51' Pellis	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Orlandini

27 May 1956 33	Bologna	2-1	Milan	Bologna
	Pozzan 40' Cervellati 52'		75' Schiaffino	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Friedl

3 June 1956 34	Milan	1-3	Lazio	Milano
	Nordhal 5'		7' Bettini 10' (pen) Carradori 63' Muccinelli	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Bonetto

European Cup

Round of 16

1 November 1955 1	Milan	3-4	Saarbrucken	Milano
	Frignani 15' Schiaffino 33' Dal Monte 37'	Report	5' Krieger 41' Philippi 67' Schirra 69' Martin	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Dienst

23 November 1955 2	Saarbrucken	1-4	Milan	Saarbrücken
	Binkert 32'	Report	8', 76' Valli 74' (og) Puff 86' Beraldo	Stadium: Stadion Kieselhumes Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Schipper

Quarter-finals

18 January 1956 1	Rapid Vienna	1-1	Milan	Vienna
	Korner 28' (pen)	Report	20' Nordhal	Stadium: Pfarrwiese Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Vlcek

12 February 1956 2	Milan	7-2	Rapid Vienna	Milano
	Mariani 15' Nordhal 22', 49' Ricagni 26', 62' Frignani 56' Schiaffino 75'	Report	30' Golobic 58' Dienst	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Horn

Semifinals

19 April 1956 1	Real Madrid	4-2	Milan	Madrid
	Rial 6' Joseito 25' (pen) Olsen 40' Di Stefano 63'	Report	9' Nordhal 30' Schiaffino	Stadium: Estadio de Chamartín Attendance: 120,000 Referee: Harzig

1 May 1956 2	Milan	2-1	Real Madrid	Milano
	Dal Monte 69' (pen), 86' (pen)	Report	65' Joseito	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Steiner

Latin Cup

Semifinal

29 June 1956 1	Milan	4-2	Benfica	Milano
	Mariani 19' Schiaffino 40', 58' Bagnoli 73'		52' Coluna 65' Caiado	Stadium: Arena Civica Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Arqua

Final

3 July 1956 1	Milan	3-1	Athletic Bilbao	Milano
	Bagnoli 21' Dal Monte 80' Schiaffino 88'		50' Arteche	Stadium: Arena Civica Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Guigue

Statistics

Squad statistics

Competition^[3]	Points	Home						Away						Total						GD
Competition^[3]	Points	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	GD
1955–56 Serie A	41	17	11	3	3	42	20	17	5	6	6	28	28	34	16	9	9	70	48	+22
1955–56 European Cup	–	3	2	0	1	12	7	3	1	1	1	7	6	6	3	1	2	19	13	+6
1956 Latin Cup	–	2	2	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	7	3	+4
Total	–	22	15	3	4	61	30	20	6	7	7	35	34	42	21	10	11	96	64	+32

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		European Cup		Latin Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ITA	Santino Ciceri	2	-4	1	-3	1	-1	0	0
	GK	ITA	Lorenzo Buffon	40	-60	33	-45	5	-12	2	-3
	DF	ITA	Cesare Maldini	30	0	22	0	6	0	2	0
	DF	ITA	Mario Bergamaschi	29	0	25	0	4	0	0	0
	FW	ITA	Italo Carminati	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	SWE	Nils Liedholm	39	1	31	1	6	0	2	0
	DF	ITA	Francesco Zagatti	33	0	27	0	4	0	2	0
	DF	ITA	Eros Fassetta	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	ITA	Amleto Frignani	22	3	18	1	2	2	2	0
	MF	ITA	Amos Mariani	31	7	26	5	3	1	2	1
	FW	SWE	Gunnar Nordahl	37	27	32	23	5	4	0	0
	FW	ITA	Albano Vicariotto	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Osvaldo Bagnoli	10	3	8	1	0	0	2	2
	FW	ITA	Valentino Valli	13	6	11	4	2	2	0	0
	MF	ITA	Gianfranco Ganzer	12	0	9	0	3	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Eros Beraldo	22	1	19	0	3	1	0	0
	MF	ITA	Giorgio Dal Monte	28	15	21	11	5	3	2	1
	MF	URU	Juan Alberto Schiaffino	37	22	29	16	6	3	2	3
	MF	ITA	Eduardo Ricagni	20	7	17	5	3	2	0	0
	DF	ITA	Luigi Radice	11	0	8	0	1	0	2	0
	DF	ITA	Franco Pedroni	28	0	23	0	4	0	1	0
	MF	ITA	Omero Tognon	9	0	8	0	1	0	0	0

Source: ^[4]

References

^ "Attendance Statistics of Serie A" (PDF). stadiapostcards.com. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
^ Game postponed due to fog and replayed on the 11th of December 1955.
^ "Milan Associazione Calcio 1955–56". magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
^ "Milan Associazione Calcio 1955–56". magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 22 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 1955-1956". Magliarossonera.it.

[1] "Attendance Statistics of Serie A" (PDF). stadiapostcards.com. Retrieved 22 October 2023.

[2] Game postponed due to fog and replayed on the 11th of December 1955.

[3] "Milan Associazione Calcio 1955–56". magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 22 October 2023.

[4] "Milan Associazione Calcio 1955–56". magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 22 October 2023.

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