Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club
1899-1900 season
PresidentAlfred Edwards
ManagerHerbert Kilpin
StadiumCampo Trotter
Arena Civica
Italian Football ChampionshipSemifinal
Medaglia del ReWinner
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: David Allison (2)

During the 1899–1900 season Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club competed in the Italian Football Championship and the Medaglia del Re.

Summary

Some of the founders of Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club, December 1899.

"We will be a team of devils. Our colours will be red like fire and black like the fear we will invoke in our opponents."

— 1899, Herbert Kilpin

"Finally! After many unsuccessful attempts, Milan will finally have a football club. The aim of this new sports club is the very noble one of forming a Milanese team to compete in the Italian Cup next spring. For this purpose, the presidency has already made arrangements and obtained the vast Trotter premises for training. The new club warns that anyone who wishes to learn football will just have to go to the Trotter on the established days and will find instructors and playing companions."

— 15 December 1899, La Gazzetta dello Sport[1]

AC Milan was founded as Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club in 1899 by English expatriate Herbert Kilpin, who wanted to give the city of Milan a club that would be able to compete with the main clubs of Turin and Genoa. He was joined by a group of compatriots and Italian businessmen. The club claims the 16th of December of that year as their foundation date,[2] but historical evidence seems to suggest that the club was actually founded a few days earlier, most likely on 13 December.[3] However, with the club's charter being lost, the exact date remains open to debate. Alfred Edwards, a former British vice-consul in Milan and well-known personality of the city's high society, was the club's first elected president, while Kilpin took the role of manager. First captain of Milan's history was David Allison, an experienced forward who was also the top scorer of the season, with two goals. The club included a cricket section, managed by Edward Nathan Berra. The location where the founders first met was the Hotel du Nord, later renamed Principe di Savoia, and the first headquarters were established in the Fiaschetteria Toscana, a restaurant near the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II.

English football pioneer Herbert Kilpin: founder, footballer and manager of Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club wearing the characteristic Milan shirt of the 1900s.

The first game ever played by the club took place at the Trotter pitch, Milan's home ground in the first seasons, on the 11th of March 1900 against Mediolanum. The 2-0 win allowed the Rossoneri to reach the final of the Medaglia del Re, a trophy established in honor of king Umberto I of Italy. In the final, Milan beat Juventus with the same score to win the first trophy in their history.

After the foundation, Milan registered immediately to the Italian Football Federation and was granted the opportunity to play in their first Italian Football Championship, where they were eliminated in the semifinals by FBC Torinese with a 3-0 defeat.

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 England ENG Hoberlin Hoode
— DF Italy ITA Pietro Cignaghi
— DF Italy ITA Lorenzo Torretta
— MF Italy ITA Giannino Camperio
— MF England ENG Herbert Kilpin
— MF Switzerland SUI Kurt Lies
— MF Italy ITA Alberto Pirelli
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Italy ITA Guido Valerio
— FW England ENG David Allison (Captain)
— FW England ENG Samuel Richard Davies
— FW Italy ITA Antonio Dubini
— FW Italy ITA Attilio Formenti
— FW Wales WAL Penvhyn Llewellyn Neville

Competitions

Italian Football Championship

Semifinal

15 April 1900 1 FBC Torinese 3-0 Milan Turin
Bosio 15', 18', 70' Report Stadium: Velodromo Umberto I
Referee: De Rote

Medaglia del Re

Semifinal

11 March 1900 1 Milan 2-0 Mediolanum Milan
Allison
Kilpin		 Report Stadium: Campo Trotter
Referee: Carlo Nardi

Final

27 May 1900 1 Milan 2-0 Juventus Milan
Camperio
Allison		 Report Stadium: Arena Civica

Statistics

Squad statistics

Competition[4] Points Home Away Total GD
G W D L Gs Ga G W D L Gs Ga G W D L Gs Ga
1900 Italian Football Championship-000000100103100103-3
Medaglia del Re-220040000000220040+4
Total-220040100103320143+1

Players statistics

No. Pos Nat Player TotalItalian Football Championship
AppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK England ENG Hoberlin Hoode 1-31-3
DF Italy ITA Pietro Cignaghi 1010
DF Italy ITA Lorenzo Torretta 1010
MF Italy ITA Giannino Camperio 0000
MF England ENG Herbert Kilpin 1010
MF Switzerland SUI Kurt Lies 1010
MF Italy ITA Alberto Pirelli 0000
MF Italy ITA Guido Valerio 1010
FW England ENG David Allison 1010
FW England ENG Samuel Richard Davies 1010
FW Italy ITA Antonio Dubini 1010
FW Italy ITA Attilio Formenti 1010
FW Wales WAL Penvhyn Llewellyn Neville 1010

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Football". magliarossonera.it (in Italian). Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "History of the AC Milan". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "La nascita di un mito" [The birth of a myth]. Maglia Rossonera (in Italian). Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Milan Associazione Calcio 1899–1900". magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "Milan Associazione Calcio 1899–1900". magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 3 November 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.
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