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Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club
1905–06 season
President	Alfred Edwards
Manager	Herbert Kilpin
Stadium	Campo Milan di Porta Monforte
Italian Football Championship	Winner
Torneo FGNI	Winner
Palla Dapples	Winner (3 times)
Top goalscorer	League: Guido Pedroni (3); All: Guido Pedroni (4)
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During the 1905–06 season Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club competed in the Italian Football Championship, the FGNI Tournament and the Palla Dapples.

Summary

The 1905–06 season began with a change of playing field, as the club moved from the Campo Acquabella to the Campo Milan in Porta Monforte. Furthermore, the presence of English players is reduced in favor of Italian athletes: the only British player left was founder Herbert Kilpin. Next to this, the activity of the cricket section ceased its operations, but despite this, the historical name of Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club was preserved.

This season, Milan won the second Italian Championship in their history, to which were added the three victories in the Palla Dapples and once again in the FGNI Tournament, two tournaments of comparable importance to that of the championship. Added to these triumphs was also the victory of the reserve team in the Seconda Categoria championship (an equivalent of the second division at the time).^[1]

The season in the Italian Championship showcased the first instance of the rivalry between Milan and Juventus. The two clubs faced each other two times in the final round of the competition, sharing the stage with one win each (2-1 for Juventus in Turin and 1-0 for Milan at home). They ended the final standings on equal points, five each, thus requiring a tie-breaker to determine the winner of the competition. The first game, played in Turin, ended with a goalless draw after the extra time. The Federation decided that the repetition of the play-off would be played on a neutral pitch rather than at the Velodrome Humbert I in Turin, because Juventus had already benefited from the right to play the previous match at home, and the dispute of two consecutive home games was not allowed. The choice fell on the US Milanese pitch in via Comasina 6, in Milan.^[2] This triggered the protests of Juventus management, that formally stated that this decision violated the concept of neutrality of the pitch, bringing as arguments the facts that this required a longer trip for the Turin players, and that Milan would have received a stronger support from the Milanese crowd.^[3] These arguments were ignored by the Federation, which decided to keep the location of the game as defined. Juventus forfeited the game, thus giving the victory to Milan by 2-0, with the latter winning the title.

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	NED	François Menno Knoote
—	GK	ITA	Gerolamo Radice
—	GK	ITA	Attilio Trerè
—	DF	ITA	Guido Moda
—	DF	ITA	Andrea Meschia
—	DF	ITA	Attilio Colombo
—	MF	ENG	Herbert Kilpin (Captain)
—	MF	SUI	Alfred Bosshard
—	MF	GER	Hans Mayer Heuberger


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Giuseppe Rizzi
—	MF	SUI	Oscar Joseph Giger
—	FW	ITA	Antonio Sala
—	FW	ITA	Alessandro Trerè
—	FW	ITA	Umberto Malvano
—	FW	ITA	Guido Pedroni
—	FW	ITA	Guerriero Colombo
—	FW	SUI	Ernst Widmer

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
GK	François Menno Knoote
GK	Attilio Trerè	Sempione
MF	Alfred Bosshard	FC St. Gallen
MF	Oscar Joseph Giger	FC St. Gallen
FW	Umberto Malvano
FW	Ernst Widmer	FC St. Gallen

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
GK	Giulio Cederna		career end
GK	Attilio Firpi		career end
DF	Hans Heinrich Suter		career end
MF	Daniele Angeloni		career end
MF	Luigi Bianchi		career end

Competitions

Prima Categoria

Qualifications

7 January 1906 1	Milan	4-3	US Milanese	Milan
	Pedroni Giger Malvano Widmer 90'	Report	Boiocchi Franziosi Varisco	Stadium: Campo Milan di Porta Monforte Referee: Bosisio

14 January 1906 2	US Milanese	1-2	Milan	Milan
	Cremonesi	Report	15' Widmer Rizzi	Stadium: Campo di Via Comasina Referee: Suter

Final round

4 March 1906 1	Genoa	2-2	Milan	Genova
	Bugnion 80' 88' (pen.)	Report	Pedroni	Stadium: Campo Sportivo di Ponte Carrega Referee: Calì

11 March 1906 2	Juventus	2-1	Milan	Torino
	Donna 55' Armano 65'	Report	42' Trerè II	Stadium: Velodromo Umberto I Referee: Meazza

8 April 1906 3	Milan	2-0^[4]	Genoa	Milan
		Report		Stadium: Campo Milan di Porta Monforte Referee: Meazza

22 April 1906 4	Milan	1-0	Juventus	Milan
	Rizzi 30'	Report		Stadium: Campo Acquabella Referee: Calì

Tie-breaker

29 April 1906 1	Juventus	0-0 (a.e.t.)	Milan	Torino
		Report		Stadium: Velodromo Umberto I Referee: Suter

6 May 1906 Repetition	Milan	2-0^[5]^[6]	Juventus	Milan
		Report		Stadium: Campo di Via Comasina^[7]^[8] Referee: Suter

Torneo FGNI

Final

9 September 1906 1	Milan	5-0	Vicenza	Vicenza
	?	Report		Referee: Bosisio

Palla Dapples

Final

12 November 1905 1	Milan	2-0	Juventus	Milano
	?	Report		Stadium: Campo Acquabella Referee: Bosisio

Final

26 November 1905 1	Milan	6-0	US Milanese	Milano
	Widmer 9' Pedroni 20' ?	Report		Stadium: Campo Acquabella Referee: Suter

Final

10 December 1905 1	Milan	3-2	Juventus	Milano
	?	Report	Bollinger Donna	Stadium: Campo Acquabella Referee: Recalcati

Statistics

Squad statistics

Competition^[9]	Points	Home						Away						Total						GD
Competition^[9]	Points	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	GD
1906 Prima Categoria	5	4	4	0	0	9	3	4	1	2	1	5	5	8	5	2	1	14	8	+6
Torneo FGNI	-	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5
Palla Dapples	-	3	3	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	11	2	+9
Total	5	8	8	0	0	25	5	4	1	2	1	5	5	12	9	2	1	30	10	+20

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Prima Categoria
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	NED	François Menno Knoote	2	-2	2	-2
	GK	ITA	Attilio Trerè	6	-5	6	-6+1
	GK	ITA	Gerolamo Radice	0	0	0	0
	DF	ITA	Guido Moda	4	0	4	0
	DF	ITA	Attilio Colombo	3	0	3	0
	DF	ITA	Andrea Meschia	2	0	2	0
	MF	SUI	Alfred Bosshard	6	0	6	0
	MF	ENG	Herbert Kilpin	6	0	6	0
	MF	ITA	Giuseppe Camperio	0	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Giuseppe Rizzi	5	2	5	2
	MF	ITA	Giulio Ermolli	0	0	0	0
	MF	SUI	Oscar Joseph Giger	6	1	6	1
	MF	GER	Hans Mayer Heuberger	6	0	6	0
	FW	ITA	Umberto Malvano	4	1	4	1
	FW	SUI	Ernst Widmer	5	2	5	2
	FW	ITA	Guerriero Colombo	1	0	1	0
	FW	ITA	Alessandro Trerè	3	0	3	0
	FW	ITA	Antonio Sala	1	0	1	0
	FW	ITA	Guido Pedroni	6	3	6	3

Source: ^[10]

References

^ "Partite ufficiali". magliarossonera.it (in Italian). Retrieved 18 November 2023.
^ "Il Milano F.B.C. campione d'Italia". magliarossonera.it (in Italian). Retrieved 18 November 2023.
^ "La protesta del F.C. Juventus". magliarossonera.it (in Italian). Retrieved 18 November 2023.
^ Milan win by forfeit of Genoa
^ Victory automatically assigned to Milan due to Juventus' refusal to play the match. According to the Juventus management, in fact, the neutrality requirements were missing in the choice of the US Milanese pitch («1. It is not right that since it is a match to be played under equal conditions, only F.C. Juventus should have to bear the effort of the Turin-Milan journey. 2. The U.S.M. pitch is too well known to the "Milan Cricket" players. 3. It is not right that "Milan Cricket" should enjoy the moral support from the Milanese public»).
^ "La protesta del F.C. Juventus". magliarossonera.it (in Italian). Retrieved 18 November 2023.
^ The federation decided that the repetition of the play-off would be played on a neutral pitch rather than at the Umberto I velodrome in Turin, because Juventus had already benefited from the right to play the previous match at home, and the dispute of two consecutive home games was not allowed: the choice fell on the US Milanese pitch in via Comasina 6, in Milan.
^ "Il Milano F.B.C. campione d'Italia". magliarossonera.it (in Italian). Retrieved 18 November 2023.
^ "Milan Associazione Calcio 1905–06". magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
^ "Milan Associazione Calcio 1905–06". magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 18 November 2023.