1962–63 AC Milan season

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)
Average home league attendance	43,614
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1961–62 1963–64 →

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

Summary

Before the starting of the season "Associazione Calcio Milan" changed its denomination to "Milan Associazione Calcio" and moved its headquarters away from via Andegari 4 to via Gaetano Donizetti 24.^[2] During the 1962–63 season the players to reinforce the team were Peruvian defender Víctor Benítez, from Boca Juniors, midfielder Giuliano Fortunato, from Lanerossi Vicenza, right winger Bruno Mora, from Juventus, in exchange for Sandro Salvadore, and Brazilian forward José Germano, the first ever black footballer to play in Italy,^[3] 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 the Coppa Italia the club was defeated in the round of 16.

However, the club made history in the European Cup. The first round against Union Luxembourg was cleared by the squad with a famous 14–0 aggregate scoreline, with Altafini scoring five goals in the second match of the series. In the round of 16, the next rivals were English champions Ipswich Town, defeated thanks to a 3–0 home score, followed by a 2–1 defeat in England. In the quarterfinals Turkish squad Galatasaray was defeated in both matches and also Scottish team Dundee F.C. with aggregate scores of 8–1 and 5–2 respectively.

In the 1963 European Cup Final the rival was Sport Lisboa e Benfica, back-to-back champions the previous two seasons, in a match played at Wembley Stadium. The squad closed the first half of the match with a 1–0 defeat thanks to a superb bicycle-kick goal from Eusébio.^[4] In the second half Altafini, with a pass from Rivera, scored two times against Portuguese goalkeeper Costa Pereira. Captain Cesare Maldini lifted the European Cup trophy. Also, Milan was the first Italian club to win the tournament and the third ever, after Real Madrid and Benfica after seven editions.

Altafini was 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,^[5] which was only broken during the 2013–14 season by Cristiano Ronaldo, who managed 17 goals.^[6]

After nine years President Andrea Rizzoli left the club to Felice Riva with four league titles and one Latin Cup in the trophy room. Also, he erected Milanello, the training clubhouse 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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^[7]
—	FW	ITA	Paolo Barison
—	FW	BRA	Emanuele Del Vecchio ^[8]^[9]
—	FW	ITA	Paolo Ferrario ^[10]
—	A	ITA	Giuliano Fortunato^[11]
—	FW	BRA	Germano ^[12]
—	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^[13]	Lazio	–
DF	Sandro Salvadore	Juventus	–
MF	Sergio Tenente	Alessandria	–

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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
2	Juventus	34	18	9	7	50	25	+25	45	Chosen for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3	Milan	34	15	13	6	53	27	+26	43	Qualification to European Cup^[a]
4	Bologna	34	17	8	9	58	39	+19	42
5	Roma	34	13	14	7	57	32	+25	40	Chosen for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Source: Panini
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Qualified as defending champions

Matches

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20 January 1963 18	Venezia	0–2	Milan	Venezia
	Grossi 66' Mencacci 88'	[14] Report	24' Rivera	Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 15,532 Referee: Concetto Lo Bello

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Eightfinals

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

European Cup

Round of 32

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Final

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

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

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

Semi-finals

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

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

Statistics

Squad statistics

Competition^[16]	Points	Home						Away						Total						GD
Competition^[16]	Points	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	GD
1962-63 Serie A	43	17	7	8	2	29	12	17	8	5	4	24	15	34	15	13	6	53	27	+26
1962-63 Coppa Italia	–	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	1	0
1962-63 Coppa dell'Amicizia	–	2	1	0	1	3	2	2	2	0	0	7	3	4	3	0	1	10	5	+5
1962-63 European Cup	–	5	5	0	0	23	2	4	2	0	2	10	4	9	7	0	2	33	6	+27
Total	–	25	13	8	4	55	17	24	13	5	6	42	22	49	26	13	10	97	39	+58

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia		Coppa dell'amicizia		European Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ITA	Ghezzi	34	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
	DF	ITA	Maldini	43	0	31	0	1	0	2	0	9	0
	DF	ITA	Radice	29	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
	DF	ITA	Trapattoni	41	1	30	0	2	0	1	1	8	0
	DF	ITA	Trebbi	36	0	23	0	2	0	4	0	7	0
	MF	ITA	David	40	2	28	1	0	0	4	1	8	0
	MF	ITA	Rivera	34	11	27	9	0	0	0	0	7	2
	MF	BRA	Sani	33	9	23	6	1	0	3	1	6	2
	FW	ITA	Pivatelli	32	6	22	3	1	0	2	0	7	3
	FW	ITA	Mora	34	9	24	5	0	0	3	1	7	3
	FW	BRA	Altafini	46	31	31	11	2	1	4	5	9	14
	GK	ITA	Barluzzi	7	0	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
	FW	ITA	Barison	27	10	14	3	2	0	4	1	7	6
	FW	ITA	Fortunato	16	4	13	4	1	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	PER	Benitez	16	1	12	1	1	0	0	0	3	0
	MF	ITA	Pelagalli	22	0	12	0	2	0	4	0	4	0
	MF	BRA	Lodetti	15	1	10	1	1	0	4	0	0	0
	FW	ITA	Del Vecchio	10	3	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	BRA	Liberalato	8	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	MF	ITA	Rossano	6	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	2
	DF	ITA	Bravi	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	BRA	Germano	5	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	1
	FW	ITA	Ferrario	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Mantovani	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Noletti	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Redaelli	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ITA	Zagatti	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/tabellini/1962/9153/

References

^ "Attendance Statistics of Serie A". stadiapostcards.com. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
^ Almanacco illustrato del Milan, 1st edition, 1999. Panini. p. 296..
^ "Pioneering brazilian". When Saturday Comes. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
^ "From Africa to posterity: How Eusébio lit up the World Cup". The Guardian. 6 June 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
^ "Messi sets UEFA Champions League goal record". Retrieved 28 December 2014.
^ "Record-breaking Ronaldo takes scoring honours". UEFA. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
^ also Italian citizenship
^ from Padova Calcio since November 1962.
^ Transferred out to Boca Juniors in March 1963.
^ From A.C. Monza from June 1963.
^ Dal Lanerossi Vicenza da novembre 1962.
^ Transferred out to Genoa in November 1962.
^ only played on June
^ 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.
^ Suspended at 75' due to fog with score (0–0) rescheduled and played on 20 March 1963.
^ "Milan Associazione Calcio 1962–63". magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 14 October 2023.

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.

[table_note_res_EC10.18130815177285-14] Qualified as defending champions

[1] "Attendance Statistics of Serie A". stadiapostcards.com. Retrieved 14 October 2023.

[2] Almanacco illustrato del Milan, 1st edition, 1999. Panini. p. 296..

[3] "Pioneering brazilian". When Saturday Comes. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2020.

[4] "From Africa to posterity: How Eusébio lit up the World Cup". The Guardian. 6 June 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2013.

[5] "Messi sets UEFA Champions League goal record". Retrieved 28 December 2014.

[6] "Record-breaking Ronaldo takes scoring honours". UEFA. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2015.

[7] so Italian citizenship

[8] rom Padova Calcio since November 1962.

[9] Transferred out to Boca Juniors in March 1963.

[10] From A.C. Monza from June 1963.

[11] Dal Lanerossi Vicenza da novembre 1962.

[12] Transferred out to Genoa in November 1962.

[13] y played on June

[15] 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.

[16] Suspended at 75' due to fog with score (0–0) rescheduled and played on 20 March 1963.

[17] "Milan Associazione Calcio 1962–63". magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 14 October 2023.

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Summary

Squad

Transfers

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Matches

Coppa Italia

Round of 32

Eightfinals

European Cup

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Friendship Cup

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics

Squad statistics

Players statistics

See also

References

Bibliography

External links