Milan Associazione Calcio

1955–56 season
President	Andrea Rizzoli
Manager	Héctor Puricelli
Stadium	San Siro
Serie A	2º
European Cup	Semifinals
Latin Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Gunnar Nordahl (23) All: Gunnar Nordahl (27)
Average home league attendance	25,177[1]
Home colours Away colours
← 1954–55 1956–57 →

During the 1955–56 season Associazione Calcio Milan competed in Serie A, European Cup and Latin Cup.

The 1955-1956 season saw Milan involved in three tournaments.

In the league, the club finished second in the standings, behind Fiorentina who dominated the season. At the end of the tournament there were 12 points between the Tuscans and Milan. Gunnar Nordahl was once again the top scorer of the club, but this time his 23 goals were not enough to conquer the Serie A top scorers' title.

In the European Cup, at its first edition, the club reached the semi-finals after victories against Saarbrücken in the round of 16 and Rapid Vienna in the quarter-finals, with aggregates of 7-5 and 8-3 respectively. In the semifinals, Milan faced Spanish Champions Real Madrid. In the first leg, played on Iberian soil, Los Blancos prevailed and won 4-2. In the return match, the 2-1 victory by the Devils was not enough to turn the tide in the aggregate.

In June 1956, the penultimate edition of the Latin Cup took place in Milan: the club won the trophy for the second time in four participations. In the semi-final, Benfica was beaten 4-2 and in the final Athletic Bilbao was defeated 3-1 thanks to goals from debutant Osvaldo Bagnoli, newcomer Giorgio Dal Monte and Juan Alberto Schiaffino.

At the end of the season, Nordahl, after 268 appearances and 221 goals (club record), two Scudetti, two Latin Cups and five Serie A top scorer titles (a record in Italian championships), left Milan and moved to Roma.

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 Lorenzo Buffon — GK  ITA Santino Ciceri — DF  ITA Cesare Maldini — DF  ITA Mario Bergamaschi — DF  ITA Eros Fassetta — DF  ITA Franco Pedroni — DF  ITA Luigi Radice — DF  ITA Francesco Zagatti — MF  ITA Osvaldo Bagnoli — MF  ITA Giorgio Dal Monte — MF  SWE Nils Liedholm — MF  ITA Gianfranco Ganzer

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ITA Eduardo Ricagni — MF  ITA Omero Tognon (Captain) — MF  ITA Eros Beraldo — MF  ITA Cesare Reina — MF  URU Juan Alberto Schiaffino — MF  ITA Amos Mariani — FW  ITA Italo Carminati — FW  ITA Amleto Frignani — FW  SWE Gunnar Nordahl (Vice-captain) — FW  ITA Valentino Valli — FW  ITA Albano Vicariotto

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fiorentina (C)	34	20	13	1	59	20	+39	53	Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2	Milan	34	16	9	9	70	48	+22	41	Qualified for the 1956 Latin Cup
3	Internazionale	34	16	7	11	57	36	+21	39
3	Lazio	34	14	11	9	54	46	+8	39
5	Bologna	34	15	7	12	68	52	+16	37

Competition[3]	Points	Home						Away						Total						GD
		G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga
1955–56 Serie A	41	17	11	3	3	42	20	17	5	6	6	28	28	34	16	9	9	70	48	+22
1955–56 European Cup	–	3	2	0	1	12	7	3	1	1	1	7	6	6	3	1	2	19	13	+6
1956 Latin Cup	–	2	2	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	7	3	+4
Total	–	22	15	3	4	61	30	20	6	7	7	35	34	42	21	10	11	96	64	+32

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		European Cup		Latin Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ITA	Santino Ciceri	2	-4	1	-3	1	-1	0	0
	GK	ITA	Lorenzo Buffon	40	-60	33	-45	5	-12	2	-3
	DF	ITA	Cesare Maldini	30	0	22	0	6	0	2	0
	DF	ITA	Mario Bergamaschi	29	0	25	0	4	0	0	0
	FW	ITA	Italo Carminati	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	SWE	Nils Liedholm	39	1	31	1	6	0	2	0
	DF	ITA	Francesco Zagatti	33	0	27	0	4	0	2	0
	DF	ITA	Eros Fassetta	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	ITA	Amleto Frignani	22	3	18	1	2	2	2	0
	MF	ITA	Amos Mariani	31	7	26	5	3	1	2	1
	FW	SWE	Gunnar Nordahl	37	27	32	23	5	4	0	0
	FW	ITA	Albano Vicariotto	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Osvaldo Bagnoli	10	3	8	1	0	0	2	2
	FW	ITA	Valentino Valli	13	6	11	4	2	2	0	0
	MF	ITA	Gianfranco Ganzer	12	0	9	0	3	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Eros Beraldo	22	1	19	0	3	1	0	0
	MF	ITA	Giorgio Dal Monte	28	15	21	11	5	3	2	1
	MF	URU	Juan Alberto Schiaffino	37	22	29	16	6	3	2	3
	MF	ITA	Eduardo Ricagni	20	7	17	5	3	2	0	0
	DF	ITA	Luigi Radice	11	0	8	0	1	0	2	0
	DF	ITA	Franco Pedroni	28	0	23	0	4	0	1	0
	MF	ITA	Omero Tognon	9	0	8	0	1	0	0	0

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