AC Milan Women

This article is about the women's football club. For the men's football club, see AC Milan. For other uses, see Milan (disambiguation) § Sports.
Not to be confused with ACF Milan.

AC Milan
A.C. Milan badge
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
Websitehttp://www.acmilan.com/
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 SSD 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Italy ITA Laura Giuliani
2 DF Finland FIN Emma Koivisto
5 MF Italy ITA Valentina Cernoia
6 DF Italy ITA Nadine Sorelli
7 FW Italy ITA Gloria Marinelli
8 FW Denmark DEN Nadia Nadim
10 FW Poland POL Nikola Karczewska
11 MF Scotland SCO Christy Grimshaw
12 MF Italy ITA Marta Mascarello
13 DF Jamaica JAM Allyson Swaby
14 MF Spain ESP Silvia Rubio
15 MF Serbia SRB Sara Stokić
17 MF Italy ITA Valery Vigilucci
18 FW Italy ITA Monica Renzotti
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Sweden SWE Evelyn Ijeh
20 MF Italy ITA Angelica Soffia
21 FW Finland FIN Oona Sevenius
22 GK Italy ITA Noemi Fedele
23 DF France FRA Julie Piga
24 FW France FRA Emelyne Laurent
25 DF Poland POL Małgorzata Mesjasz
27 MF Italy ITA Erin Cesarini
28 FW Italy ITA Giorgia Arrigoni
29 FW Italy ITA Karen Appiah Amoakoah
32 GK Netherlands NED Selena Babb
73 FW Italy ITA Paola Zanini
99 FW Netherlands NED Chanté Dompig

Out on loan

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 Italy ITA Matilde Copetti (at Parma Calcio until 30 June 2025)[11]

Managerial history

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

Name Nationality Years
Carolina Morace  Italy 2018–2019
Maurizio Ganz  Italy 2019–2023
Davide Corti  Italy 2023–2024
Suzanne Bakker  Netherlands 2024–

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.