AC Milan Women
Italian football club

Football club
AC Milan
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Full nameAssociazione Calcio Milan S.p.A.[1]
Nickname(s)Rossonere[note 1] (Red and Black)
Short nameA.C Milan Women, Milan Femminile
Founded11 June 2018; 6 years ago (2018-06-11)
GroundCentro Sportivo Vismara[2]
OwnerRedBird Capital Partners (99.93%)[3][4]
Private shareholders (0.07%)[5]
ChairmanPaolo Scaroni
ManagerSuzanne Bakker
LeagueSerie A
2023–24Serie A, 6th of 10
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Associazione Calcio Milan, colloquially known as Milan Women or simply Milan, is an Italian women's association football club affiliated with AC Milan, the professional football club in Milan. It was established in 2018 by acquiring the Serie A licence of a Capriolo, Brescia-based team Brescia Calcio Femminile. The team compete in Serie A and are based in the Centro Sportivo Vismara.

History

Although the city of Milan has had more than one women's team in the past which took up the same name and colors of the popular men's AC Milan club, such as the Associazione Calcio Femminile Milan born in 1965, or the Associazione Calcio Femminile Milan 82 founded in 1982, or the more recent Football Milan Ladies born in 2013, none of these entities has ever had any connection with the men's club, which established its women's section only on 11 June 2018, after taking over Brescia's Serie A license.[6]

The 12-time Serie A leading goalscorer and first woman to be inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame[7] Carolina Morace was named as the inaugural head coach. Milan's first season saw the team finish in 3rd place, missing out on qualification to the UEFA Women's Champions League by 1 point. Valentina Giacinti won the league Golden Boot with 21 goals, while her Milan teammate Daniela Sabatino finished in 2nd with 17 goals.[8]

On 25 June 2019 Maurizio Ganz was appointed as the new women's first team coach, signing a 2-year contract.[9] The following two seasons, 2020–21 and 2021–22, proved very positive for the club, despite the lack of trophies, having reached the second place in the 2020-21 Serie A, and with defeats in both the 2020-21 Coppa Italia final (on penalties, against Roma) and the 2021 Italian Supercup final (against Juventus).

Current squad

The starting XI before a game at Centro Sportivo Vismara in February 2023.
As of 9 September 2024[10]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos. NationPlayer
1GKItaly ITALaura Giuliani
2DFFinland FINEmma Koivisto
5MFItaly ITAValentina Cernoia
6DFItaly ITANadine Sorelli
7FWItaly ITAGloria Marinelli
8FWDenmark DENNadia Nadim
10FWPoland POLNikola Karczewska
11MFScotland SCOChristy Grimshaw
12MFItaly ITAMarta Mascarello
13DFJamaica JAMAllyson Swaby
14MFSpain ESPSilvia Rubio
15MFSerbia SRBSara Stokić
17MFItaly ITAValery Vigilucci
18FWItaly ITAMonica Renzotti
No.Pos. NationPlayer
19FWSweden SWEEvelyn Ijeh
20MFItaly ITAAngelica Soffia
21FWFinland FINOona Sevenius
22GKItaly ITANoemi Fedele
23DFFrance FRAJulie Piga
24FWFrance FRAEmelyne Laurent
25DFPoland POLMałgorzata Mesjasz
27MFItaly ITAErin Cesarini
28FWItaly ITAGiorgia Arrigoni
29FWItaly ITAKaren Appiah Amoakoah
32GKNetherlands NEDSelena Babb
73FWItaly ITAPaola Zanini
99FWNetherlands NEDChanté Dompig

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos. NationPlayer
—GKItaly ITAMatilde Copetti (at Parma Calcio until 30 June 2025)[11]

Managerial history

Below is a list of AC Milan Women coaches since 2018.

NameNationalityYears
Carolina Morace Italy2018–2019
Maurizio Ganz Italy2019–2023
Davide Corti Italy2023–2024
Suzanne Bakker [it] Netherlands2024–

Honours

See also

Notes

  1. ^ A feminine plural of Rossoneri.

References

  1. ^ "Rilascio licenze UEFA 2022–2023" (PDF). FIGC. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  2. ^ "AC Milan - Serie A". Calcio femminile italiano (in Italian). Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  3. ^ "RedBird Capital Partners completes acquisition of AC Milan". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Relazione e bilancio al 30 giugno 2019" [Financial statement as of 30 June 2019] (PDF) (in Italian). Associazione Calcio Milan. 18 October 2019. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Chi Siamo" [About]. APA Milan (in Italian). 15 May 2017. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  6. ^ "AC Milan acquire A.C.F Brescia sporting rights" (Press release). A.C. Milan. 11 June 2018. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  7. ^ "Hall of fame, 10 new entry: con Vialli e Mancini anche Facchetti e Ronaldo" [Hall of fame, 10 new entries: with Vialli and Mancini also Facchetti and Ronaldo] (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015. [verification needed]
  8. ^ "Summary - Serie A Women - Italy - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Women Soccerway". au.women.soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Ganz Appointed New Women's First Team Coach". AC Milan. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Women First Team". AC Milan. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  11. ^ "OFFICIAL STATEMENT: MATILDE COPETTI". acmilan.com. 10 August 2024.
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