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.

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.

Squad information .

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 Hachim Mastour Milan Youth System N/A Promoted Chievo Free Effective From 1 July Alex Paris Saint-Germain Free Effective From 1 July Andrea Poli Sampdoria €2,500,000 + Salamon Co-Ownership Solved Stefano Gori Brescia €600,000Co-Ownership Solved Paris Saint-Germain Free Effective From 1 July Parma €1,000,000Co-Ownership Solved Verona €500,000Co-Ownership Solved Davide Pacifico Novara UndisclosedCo-Ownership Solved Montpellier N/A Loan Return Valencia €4,250,000 Diego López Real Madrid Free Udinese €500,000Loan Torino N/A Co-Ownership Solved Chelsea N/A Loan Chelsea €500,000 Loan1 Atalanta €7,000,000

Total expenditure: €16.8 million

Out Date Player Moving to Fee Notes Sampdoria N/A Part of Poli Purchase Cittadella Undisclosed Co-Ownership Solved Benevento €300,000 Co-Ownership Solved Carpi N/A Co-Ownership Solved Lecce €100,000 Co-Ownership Solved Chievo €3,500,000 Co-Ownership Solved Bursaspor Free AlbinoLeffe Free Co-Ownership Solved Cesena €27,000 Co-Ownership Solved Kaká Orlando City Free Activated Release Clause Internazionale N/A Loan Return QPR N/A Loan Return Rocca Priora N/A Expired Contract Roma N/A Expired Contract Rapperswil-Jona N/A After return from loan Catania N/A Loan return NAC Breda N/A After return from loan Bologna Undisclosed Sudtirol Undisclosed Lorenzo Ferrari Verona Undisclosed Alex Pedone Carrarese Undisclosed Avellino Undisclosed After return from loan Como Undisclosed After return from loan Pro Sesto Undisclosed Budapest Honvéd Undisclosed Trabzonspor €2,500,000 Elche N/A Buy-back Clause Liverpool €20,000,000 Benfica €6,000,000 Total income: €32,4 million

Loans out Date Player Moving to Fee Notes Torino N/A SPAL N/A After return from loan Pistoiese N/A After return from loan Chievo N/A Avellino N/A After return from loan Genoa N/A After return from loan Lecce N/A Loan confirmed Avellino N/A Co-Owned w. Torino at the time Perugia N/A After return from loan Empoli N/A Co-Own. w. Torino on 06 -18 Latina N/A Venezia N/A After return from loan Viitorul Constanța N/A After return from loan Südtirol N/A Varese N/A Varese N/A Leeds United N/A Varese N/A Robinho Santos N/A Crotone N/A After return from loan Monza N/A After return from loan Pro Vercelli N/A After return from loan Eibar N/A After return from loan Gorica N/A After return from loan Gabriel Carpi N/A Avellino N/A After return from loan Gorica N/A Dainava Alytus N/A

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 Date Player Moving from Fee Notes Chelsea N/A Free Atlético Madrid N/A18 Months Loan, Switch w. Torres NAC Breda N/ARe-buy option Liverpool N/A Spartak Moscow N/A 6 Months Loan Roma N/A 6 Months Loan Genoa €4,000,000 Parma €880,000

Out Date Player Moving to Fee Notes Udinese N/AEnd of loan, will play for Flamengo

Loans out Date Player Moving to Fee Notes Slavia Prague N/AEffective from 1 January Atlético Madrid N/A18 Months Loan, Switch w. Cerci SPAL N/AAfter return from loan Matera N/AAfter return from loan Vicenza N/AAfter return from loan Bari N/AAfter buy-back Lucchese N/AAfter return from loan Parma N/AAfter return from loan Empoli N/A Latina N/A After return from loan Genoa N/A Krka N/A After return from loan Juventus N/A After return from loan Olimpija Ljubljana N/A After return from loan

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

Serie A

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Coppa Italia

Statistics Appearances and goals No. Nationality Position Name Serie A Coppa Italia Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Goalkeepers 1 GK Michael Agazzi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 GK Diego López 28 0 0 0 28 0 1 0 0 0 32 GK Christian Abbiati 11 0 2 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 Defenders 2 RB / LB Mattia De Sciglio 17 0 1 0 18 0 2 0 0 1 5 CB Philippe Mexès 20 2 0 0 20 2 4 0 0 0 13 CB Adil Rami 21 1 1 0 22 1 3 0 0 0 14 LB Michelangelo Albertazzi 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 CB Cristián Zapata 12 0 1 0 13 0 1 0 1 1 19 DF Salvatore Bocchetti 9 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 20 RB Ignazio Abate 23 0 2 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 25 CB Daniele Bonera 16 0 1 0 17 0 5 2 0 0 29 DF Gabriel Paletta 14 0 0 0 14 0 0 1 0 0 31 LB Luca Antonelli 12 1 0 0 12 1 0 1 0 0 33 CB Alex 21 1 2 0 23 1 1 0 0 1 81 CB / RB Cristian Zaccardo 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 96 RB Davide Calabria 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Midfielders 4 CM Sulley Muntari 16 2 1 0 17 2 4 0 0 0 8 AM / RW Suso 5 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 10 AM / RW Keisuke Honda 29 6 1 0 30 6 1 0 0 0 15 DM Michael Essien 13 0 0 0 13 0 2 1 0 0 16 CM Andrea Poli 33 1 2 0 35 1 2 0 0 0 18 CM Riccardo Montolivo 10 0 2 0 12 0 1 0 0 0 21 CM Marco van Ginkel 17 1 1 0 18 1 0 0 0 0 28 AM / LW Giacomo Bonaventura 33 7 1 0 34 7 2 0 0 0 34 DM Nigel de Jong 29 3 1 1 30 4 8 0 0 0 36 DM Alessandro Mastalli 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 37 LM Gian Filippo Felicioli 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Forwards 7 LW / ST / RW Jérémy Ménez 33 16 1 0 34 16 1 0 0 0 9 ST Mattia Destro 15 3 0 0 15 3 0 0 0 0 11 ST Giampaolo Pazzini 26 4 2 1 28 5 0 0 0 0 22 RW Alessio Cerci 16 1 2 0 18 1 0 0 0 0 35 LW Davide Di Molfetta 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 92 LW Stephan El Shaarawy 18 3 1 0 19 3 2 0 0 0 98 LW Hachim Mastour 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other NN Own goals 2 0 2 Players transferred out during season 8 AM Riccardo Saponara 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 ST Fernando Torres 10 1 0 0 10 1 1 0 0 0 19 LW / RW M'Baye Niang 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 27 LB Pablo Armero 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 Last update: 1 June 2015

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