2014–15 AC Milan season
Milan 2014–15 football season
In the 2014–15 season , Associazione Calcio Milan competed in Serie A for the 81st time, as well as the Coppa Italia . It was the club's 32nd consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football .
This was Milan's first season since 1998–99 in which the club did not participate in any European competitions, having failed to qualify after finishing eighth in the 2013–14 league season . Filippo Inzaghi was appointed as the new coach of the team.[ 2]
Players
Starting line-up. For most of the season, Inzaghi opted for using a false nine rather than a proper central forward. After the January transfer session, however, Ménez was often moved to the wing and either Destro or Pazzini played as central striker. Mexès , Paletta , Muntari and Cerci have also been regularly appearing in a number of starting line-ups during the season.
As of 2 February 2015 .[ 3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers
Summer 2014
Milan continued the trend from the previous season by signing free agents, including Michael Agazzi , Alex and Jérémy Ménez , that arrived in early summer. Major efforts, however, were made to confirm and/or fully acquire players already presents, but on loan or co-ownership (e.g. Andrea Poli , Riccardo Saponara , Michelangelo Albertazzi and Adil Rami ), while only M'Baye Niang start the season after his return from previous loan. Pablo Armero , Fernando Torres and Marco van Ginkel also joined Milan on loan. In the last day of the transfer window, Milan bought Giacomo Bonaventura .
A few important players from the last season parted ways with Milan. Marco Amelia and Urby Emanuelson left after their contracts ended, Kaká activated the release clause in his contract, Adel Taarabt returned to Queens Park Rangers after his loan expired, while Kévin Constant , Mario Balotelli and Bryan Cristante were sold, allowing Milan to invest the incomed money in further acquisitions. The club also decided to sell Alberto Paloschi , Rodrigo Ely and Kingsley Boateng , instead of loaning them like in the past. Alessandro Matri , Antonio Nocerino , Valter Birsa and Robinho were supposed to be sold too, but they were eventually loaned out.
In
Date
Player
Moving from
Fee
Notes
13 May 2014
FW
Hachim Mastour
15
Milan Youth System
N/A[ 4]
Promoted
22 May 2014
GK
Michael Agazzi
29
Chievo
Free [ 5]
Effective From 1 July
5 June 2014
DF
Alex
31
Paris Saint-Germain
Free [ 6]
Effective From 1 July
9 June 2014
MF
Andrea Poli
24
Sampdoria
€2,500,000 + Salamon [ 7]
Co-Ownership Solved
13 June 2014
GK
Stefano Gori
17
Brescia
€600,000[ 8]
Co-Ownership Solved
14 June 2014
MF
Jérémy Ménez
27
Paris Saint-Germain
Free [ 9]
Effective From 1 July
20 June 2014
MF
Riccardo Saponara
22
Parma
€1,000,000[ 10]
Co-Ownership Solved
20 June 2014
DF
Michelangelo Albertazzi
23
Verona
€500,000[ 11]
Co-Ownership Solved
20 June 2014
DF
Davide Pacifico
20
Novara
Undisclosed[ 12]
Co-Ownership Solved
1 July 2014
FW
M'Baye Niang
19
Montpellier
N/A
Loan Return
12 July 2014
DF
Adil Rami
28
Valencia
€4,250,000[ 13]
12 August 2014
GK
Diego López
32
Real Madrid
Free [ 14]
12 August 2014
DF
Pablo Armero
27
Udinese
€500,000[ 15]
Loan
19 August 2014
FW
Gianmario Comi
22
Torino
N/A[ 16]
Co-Ownership Solved
29 August 2014
FW
Fernando Torres
30
Chelsea
N/A[ 17]
Loan
1 September 2014
MF
Marco van Ginkel
21
Chelsea
€500,000[ 18]
Loan1
1 September 2014
MF
Giacomo Bonaventura
25
Atalanta
€7,000,000[ 19]
Total expenditure: €16.8 million
Out
Date
Player
Moving to
Fee
Notes
9 June 2014
DF
Bartosz Salamon
23
Sampdoria
N/A[ 7]
Part of Poli Purchase
11 June 2014
MF
Filippo Lora
20
Cittadella
Undisclosed[ 20]
Co-Ownership Solved
11 June 2014
GK
Riccardo Piscitelli
20
Benevento
€300,000[ 21]
Co-Ownership Solved
13 June 2014
MF
Luca Bertoni
20
Carpi
N/A[ 22]
Co-Ownership Solved
17 June 2014
GK
Filippo Perucchini
22
Lecce
€100,000[ 23]
Co-Ownership Solved
19 June 2014
FW
Alberto Paloschi
24
Chievo
€3,500,000[ 24]
Co-Ownership Solved
20 June 2014
MF
Bakaye Traoré
29
Bursaspor
Free [ 25]
20 June 2014
MF
Mattia Valoti
20
AlbinoLeffe
Free [ 26]
Co-Ownership Solved
20 June 2014
MF
Lorenzo Saporetti
20
Cesena
€27,000[ 27]
Co-Ownership Solved
30 June 2014
MF
Kaká
32
Orlando City
Free [ 28]
Activated Release Clause
1 July 2014
DF
Matías Silvestre
29
Internazionale
N/A
Loan Return
1 July 2014
MF
Adel Taarabt
25
QPR
N/A
Loan Return
1 July 2014
GK
Marco Amelia
32
Rocca Priora
N/A[ 29]
Expired Contract
1 July 2014
MF
Urby Emanuelson
28
Roma
N/A[ 30]
Expired Contract
1 July 2014
DF
Mattia Desole
21
Rapperswil-Jona
N/A[ 31]
After return from loan
1 July 2014
FW
Maks Barišič
20
Catania
N/A[ 32]
Loan return
7 July 2014
FW
Kingsley Boateng
20
NAC Breda
N/A[ 33]
After return from loan
8 July 2014
GK
Ferdinando Coppola
37
Bologna
Undisclosed[ 34]
11 July 2014
DF
Davide Pacifico
20
Sudtirol
Undisclosed[ 35]
12 July 2014
GK
Lorenzo Ferrari
18
Verona
Undisclosed[ 36]
14 July 2014
MF
Alex Pedone
20
Carrarese
Undisclosed[ 37]
21 July 2014
DF
Rodrigo Ely
20
Avellino
Undisclosed[ 38]
After return from loan
23 July 2014
FW
Simone Andrea Ganz
20
Como
Undisclosed[ 39]
After return from loan
23 July 2014
FW
Iacopo Cernigoi
19
Pro Sesto
Undisclosed[ 40]
31 July 2014
MF
Donald Bende Bende
18
Budapest Honvéd
Undisclosed[ 41]
5 August 2014
DF
Kévin Constant
27
Trabzonspor
€2,500,000[ 42]
8 August 2014
DF
Luca Iotti
18
Elche
N/A[ 43]
Buy-back Clause
25 August 2014
FW
Mario Balotelli
24
Liverpool
€20,000,000[ 44]
1 September 2014
MF
Bryan Cristante
19
Benfica
€6,000,000[ 45]
Total income: €32,4 million
Loans out
Winter 2014–15
25 December 2014 had yet to come when Milan announced its first winter transfer: a switch with Atlético Madrid by loaning them Fernando Torres and bringing Alessio Cerci to Italy. In the next few days, all details were settled, including the full acquisition of the Spanish player from Chelsea . Later in this transfer window, Milan also signed Suso , Salvatore Bocchetti , Mattia Destro , Luca Antonelli , and Gabriel Paletta . In April, Pablo Armero returned to Udinese .
In
Out
Loans out
Pre-season and friendlies
Milan returned to training at Milanello from 9 July. The Rossoneri started their season with a series of pre-season friendlies. In the summer, Milan took part in the International Champions Cup , played across the United States and Canada between 24 July and 4 August. It was the club's second presence in the tournament. On 23 August, Milan played against Juventus and Sassuolo in TIM Trophy , eventually winning the competition. On 5 November, Milan won Trofeo Luigi Berlusconi after defeating San Lorenzo , the winners of 2014 Copa Libertadores . Milan also won the 2014 Dubai Challenge Cup on 30 December following a 4–2 win over Real Madrid , the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League champions.
Competitions
Overall
Updated to match played 30 May 2015. Source: Competitions
Serie A
League table
Source: 2014–15 Serie A, 2014-15 Serie A classification.
[ 92] Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) draw. (Head-to-head record is applied for clubs with the same number of points only once all matches between said clubs have been played.).
[ 93] Notes:
^ a b Palermo finished ahead of Sassuolo on head-to-head away goals scored: Palermo 2-1 Sassuolo, Sassuolo 0-0 Palermo.
Results summary
Overall
Home
Away
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
38
13
13
12
56
50
+6
52
9
5
5
30
19
+11
4
8
7
26
31
−5
Results by round
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Ground H A H A A H A H A H H A H A H A H A H A H A H H A H A H A H A A H A H A H A Result W W L D D W W D D L D D W L W D L D L L W L D W D D L W W D D L L L W L W W Position 1 1 4 7 6 5 4 6 4 7 7 7 6 7 6 7 7 8 8 9 8 9 11 9 10 10 10 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 10 11 10 10
Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2015. Source:
Competitive matches A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Matches
Coppa Italia
Statistics
Appearances and goals
Last update: 1 June 2015
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