| Club: | Associazione Calcio Milan |
| Season: | 1958–59 |
| Manager: | Luigi Bonizzoni |
| Chairman: | Andrea Rizzoli |
| League: | Serie A |
| League Result: | 1º (in European Cup) |
| Cup1: | Coppa Italia |
| Cup1 Result: | Eightfinals |
| League Topscorer: | Altafini (28) |
| Season Topscorer: | Altafini (32) |
| Stadium: | San Siro |
| Average Attendance: | [1] |
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| Prevseason: | 1957–58 |
| Nextseason: | 1959–60 |
During 1958–59 season Milan competed in Serie A and Coppa Italia.
In the 1958-1959 season the managerial lead of the club was entrusted to Luigi Bonizzoni, while Gipo Viani remained at Milan as technical director. The latter would cover this role until the 1964-1965 season. Cucchiaroni left, and striker José Altafini was signed from Palmeiras and immediately became a protagonist in his first season, scoring 28 goals,[2] while Sandro Salvadore joined from the youth team. The other reinforcement for the Rossoneri was midfielder Vincenzo Occhetta.
In the league, the club immediately took the lead, but on the sixth matchday the defeat against Lanerossi Vicenza cost them the first place, which they lost to Fiorentina. Two weeks later, on the 16th of November, Milan conquered the field of the defending champions Juventus in the ninetieth minute at the end of a match that ended with a score of 4-5, and caught the Viola at the top of the standings. The two teams thus started a duel that lasted until the end of the first half of the season, which Milan finished at the top of the table. The second half of the season continued along the lines of the first, with Milan and Fiorentina competing for first place: with the victory in Florence, the Rossoneri overtook the Viola, but the home draw against Spal, a week later, nullified everything. One week later, the turning point occurred: on the 26th of April, Spal beat Fiorentina, while Milan draw 3-3 against bottom-of-the-table Torino. During the match a fight breaks out which sent two Milan players to the infirmary, with the sports judge not awarding the victory to Milan who still managed to maintain the one point lead until the end.
By beating Udinese 7-0, Milan became Italian Champions with a round to spare, trailing Fiorentina by three points: it was the seventh scudetto in their history.[3]
In the Coppa Italia, Milan was eliminated for the second consecutive year by Bologna, this time in the round of 16.
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See main article: 1958–59 Serie A.
Italian Football Federation re-lived the knock-out tournament after fifteen years with two editions in season 1958–59. The first edition was played before the kick-off of Serie A tournament due to 1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying which starting on 28 September 1958.[4] The second edition was played during the Serie A championship.[5]
See main article: 1958 Coppa Italia.
See main article: 1958–59 Coppa Italia.
| Competition | Points | Home | Away | Total | DR | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 58 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 34 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 84 | 32 | +52 | ||
| Eightfinals | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | +3 | ||
| 1959 Friendship Cup | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | – | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 68 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 31 | 25 | 39 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 99 | 44 | +55 | |
Alfio Fontana 38.Cesare Maldini
José Altafini 36.Francesco ZagattiGiancarlo DanovaCarlo Galli
Nils LiedholmErnesto Grillo 29.Vincenzo OcchettaLorenzo Buffon 20.Gastone Bean 12.Giancarlo Bacci 12.Narciso SoldanLuigi RadiceSandro SalvadoreEros Beraldo 3.Bruno Ducati 3.Paolo Ferrario 3.Giancarlo Migliavacca 2.Mario Trebbi 1.Vittorino Mantovani 1.Cesare ReinaJosé AltafiniGiancarlo DanovaCarlo Galli 10.Ernesto GrilloGiancarlo BacciGastone BeanVincenzo OcchettaNils LiedholmPaolo Ferrario 1.Alfio Fontana