2016–17 AC Milan season explained

Club:	Milan
Season:	2016–17
Manager:	Vincenzo Montella
Mgrtitle:	Head Coach
Chairman:	Silvio Berlusconi (until) Li Yonghong (from)
Chrtitle:	Honorary Chairman Chairman
Stadium:	San Siro
League:	Serie A
League Result:	6th
Cup1:	Coppa Italia
Cup1 Result:	Quarter-finals
Cup2:	Supercoppa Italiana
Cup2 Result:	Winners
League Topscorer:	Carlos Bacca (13)
Season Topscorer:	Carlos Bacca (14)
Average Attendance:	40,326^[1] ^[2]
Pattern La1:	_acmilan1617h
Pattern B1:	_acmilan1617h
Pattern Ra1:	_acmilan1617h
Pattern Sh1:	_acmilan1617h
Pattern So1:	_acmilan1617h
Leftarm1:	000000
Body1:	000000
Rightarm1:	000000
Shorts1:	000000
Socks1:	000000
Pattern La2:	_acmilan1617a
Pattern B2:	_acmilan1617a
Pattern Ra2:	_acmilan1617a
Pattern Sh2:	_acmilan1617a
Pattern So2:	_acmilan1617a
Leftarm2:	FFFFFF
Body2:	FFFFFF
Rightarm2:	FFFFFF
Shorts2:	FFFFFF
Socks2:	FFFFFF
Pattern La3:	_acmilan1617t
Pattern B3:	_acmilan1617t
Pattern Ra3:	_acmilan1617t
Pattern Sh3:	_acmilan1617t
Pattern So3:	_acmilan1617t
Leftarm3:	1C251E
Body3:	1C251E
Rightarm3:	1C251E
Shorts3:	1C251E
Socks3:	1C251E
Prevseason:	2015–16
Nextseason:	2017–18

The 2016–17 season was Associazione Calcio Milan's 83rd season in Serie A and 34th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. Milan competed in Serie A, the Supercoppa Italiana (as finalist of 2015–16 Coppa Italia) and the Coppa Italia.

Players

Squad information

No.	Player	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Signed in	Contract until	Signed from	Transfer fee	Notes
Goalkeepers
30	Marco Storari		GK	2017 6, df=yes	2017	2017	Cagliari	Free
35	Alessandro Plizzari		GK	2017 6, df=yes	2016	2018	Milan Primavera	Free	From Youth system
99	Gianluigi Donnarumma		GK	2017 6, df=yes	2015	2018	Milan Primavera	€250,000^[3]	From Youth system
Defenders
2	Mattia De Sciglio		RB / LB	2017 6, df=yes	2011	2018	Milan Primavera	Free	From Youth system
13	Alessio Romagnoli		CB	2017 6, df=yes	2015	2020	Roma	€25,000,000
15	Gustavo Gómez		CB	2017 6, df=yes	2016	2021	Lanús	€8,500,000
17	Cristián Zapata		CB	2017 6, df=yes	2012	2019	Villarreal	€6,000,000
20	Ignazio Abate		RB	2017 6, df=yes	2009	2019	Torino	€2,800,000	From Youth system
21	Leonel Vangioni		LB	2017 6, df=yes	2016	2019	River Plate	Free
29	Gabriel Paletta		CB	2017 6, df=yes	2015	2018	Parma	€880,000
31	Luca Antonelli		LB	2017 6, df=yes	2015	2019	Genoa	€4,500,000	From Youth system
96	Davide Calabria		RB / LB	2017 6, df=yes	2015	2020	Milan Primavera	Free	From Youth system
Midfielders
5	Giacomo Bonaventura		CM / LW	2017 6, df=yes	2014	2020	Atalanta	€7,000,000
14	Matías Fernández		CM	2017 6, df=yes	2016	2017		On loan
16	Andrea Poli		CM	2017 6, df=yes	2013	2018	Sampdoria	€9,700,000
18	Riccardo Montolivo		DM / CM	2017 6, df=yes	2012	2019		Free	Captain
23	José Sosa		DM / CM	2017 6, df=yes	2016	2018		€7,500,000
33	Juraj Kucka		CM	2017 6, df=yes	2015	2019	Genoa	€3,000,000
73	Manuel Locatelli		DM / CM	2017 6, df=yes	2016	2018	Milan Primavera	Free	From Youth system
80	Mario Pašalić		CM	2017 6, df=yes	2016	2017	Chelsea	On loan
91	Andrea Bertolacci		CM	2017 6, df=yes	2015	2019	Roma	€20,000,000
Forwards
7	Gerard Deulofeu		LW / RW	2017 6, df=yes	2017	2017	Everton	On loan
8	Suso		RW	2017 6, df=yes	2015	2019	Liverpool	€1,300,000
9	Gianluca Lapadula		ST	2017 6, df=yes	2016	2021	Pescara	€9,000,000
10	Keisuke Honda		RW	2017 6, df=yes	2014	2017	CSKA Moscow	Free
11	Lucas Ocampos		LW	2017 6, df=yes	2017	2017	Marseille	On loan
63	Patrick Cutrone		ST	2017 6, df=yes	2017	2018	Milan Primavera	Free	From Youth system
70	Carlos Bacca		ST	2017 6, df=yes	2015	2019	Sevilla	€30,000,000

Source ^[4]

Transfers

Summer window

In

Date		Player		Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
		Gianluca Lapadula		Pescara	€9,000,000		^[5] ^[6]
		Leonel Vangioni		River Plate	Free		^[7]
		Alessandro Plizzari		Promoted from Youth	Free		^[8]
		Gustavo Gómez		Lanús	€8,500,000		^[9]
		José Sosa			€7,500,000		^[10]

On loan

Date		Player		Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
		Mario Pašalić		Chelsea	€200,000	align=center		^[11]
		Matías Fernández		Fiorentina	€800,000	align=center	With option to buy	^[12]

Loan returns

Date		Player		Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
		Gabriel		Napoli	Free
		Giorgio Altare		Virtus Bergamo	Free	Re-joined Primavera squad
		Gabriel Paletta		Atalanta	Free
		Suso		Genoa	Free

Total spending: €26M

Out

Date		Player		Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
		Christian Abbiati		Unattached	Free	Retired	^[13]
		Stephan El Shaarawy		Roma	€13,000,000	Buy option exercised	^[14]
		Alex		Unattached	Free	End of contract
		Philippe Mexès		Unattached	Free	End of contract
		Kevin-Prince Boateng			Free	End of contract
		Fernando Torres		Atlético Madrid	Free	From loan to definitive acquisition	^[15]
		Guido Turano		FeralpiSalò	Undisclosed	From Primavera squad	^[16]
		Francesco Cancelli		Grosseto	Undisclosed	From Primavera squad	^[17]
		Francesco Bordi		Siena	Free	From Primavera squad	^[18]
		Luca Crosta		Cagliari	Undisclosed	From Primavera squad	^[19]
		Sebastián Gamarra		FeralpiSalò	Undisclosed	From Primavera squad	^[20]
		Andrea Vassallo		Bologna	Free	From Primavera squad	^[21]
		Simone Verdi		Bologna	€1,500,000	After return from loan	^[22]
		Christian Maldini		Reggiana	Free	From Primavera squad	^[23]
		Gianmario Comi		Carpi	Undisclosed	After return from loan	^[24]
		Giorgio Piacentini		Como	Undisclosed	From Primavera squad	^[25]
		Claudio Bonanni		Varese	Undisclosed	From Primavera squad	^[26]
		Michael Agazzi		Cesena	Undisclosed	After return from loan	^[27]
		Matteo Chinellato			Free	After return from loan	^[28]
		Jérémy Ménez			Free		^[29]
		Alessandro Mastalli			Undisclosed		^[30]
		Andrea Malberti			Undisclosed	From Primavera squad	^[31]
		Alessandro Livieri		FeralpiSalò	Undisclosed	From Primavera squad	^[32]
		Alessandro Matri		Sassuolo	Free	After return from loan	^[33]
		Davide Mondonico		AlbinoLeffe	Undisclosed	From Primavera squad	^[34]
		Andrea Casiraghi		Pro Patria	Free	From Primavera squad	^[35]
		Favour Aniekan		Unattached	Free	After return from loan

Out on loan

Date		Player		Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
		Stefan Simić		Mouscron	Free	Buy option included	^[36]
		Gian Filippo Felicioli		Ascoli	Free	Buy & buy-back options included	^[37]
		Hachim Mastour		PEC Zwolle	Free	After return from loan	^[38]
		Matteo Pessina		Como	Free	After return from loan	^[39]
		Andrej Modić		Brescia	Free	After return from loan	^[40]
		Gianmarco Zigoni		SPAL	Free	Loan confirmed	^[41]
		Giovanni Crociata		Brescia	Free	Buy option included	^[42]
		Davide Di Molfetta		Prato	Free	After return from loan	^[43]
		Ameth Lo		Reggina	Free	From Primavera squad	^[44] ^[45]
		Andrea Bianchimano		Reggina	Free	From Primavera squad
		Ivan De Santis		Catania	Free	From Primavera squad	^[46]
		Giacomo Beretta		Virtus Entella	Free	After return from loan	^[47]
		José Mauri		Empoli	Free		^[48]
		Jherson Vergara		Arsenal Tula	Free	After return from loan	^[49]
		Diego López		Espanyol	Free		^[50]
		Juan Mauri			Free	After return from loan	^[51]

Total income: €14,500,000

Net income: €11,500,000

Winter window

In

Date		Player		Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
		Marco Storari		Cagliari	Free		^[52]
		Patrick Cutrone		Promoted from youth team	Free		^[53]
		Mattia El Hilali		A.C. Milan Primavera	Free	Signed a 3-year contract extension	^[54]

On loan

Date		Player		Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
23 January 2017		Gerard Deulofeu		Everton	€750,000	With option to buy	^[55] ^[56]
30 January 2017		Lucas Ocampos		Marseille	Undisclosed	Previously at Genoa	^[57]

Loan returns

Total spending: €0,75 M

Out on loan

Date		Player		Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
		Gabriel		Cagliari	Free		^[60]
		Giacomo Beretta		Carpi	Free	After return from loan	^[61]
		M'Baye Niang		Watford	€500,000	With option to buy	^[62]
		Ivan De Santis		Paganese	Free	After return from loan	^[63]
		Luca Vido		Cittadella	Free	With option to buy & buyback	^[64]
		Rodrigo Ely		Deportivo Alavés	Free		^[65]

Total income: €500,000

Net income: €250,000

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position	First match	Last match
Serie A	Matchday 1	6th	21 August 2016	28 May 2017
Coppa Italia	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	12 January 2017	25 January 2017
style=text-align:left;	Supercoppa Italiana	Final	Winners	23 December 2016

Last updated: 28 May 2017

Serie A

See main article: 2016–17 Serie A.

Matches

Coppa Italia

See main article: 2016–17 Coppa Italia.

Supercoppa Italiana

See main article: 2016 Supercoppa Italiana.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Other

Goalscorers

In italics players that left the team during the season.

width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=145	Name	width=80	Serie A	width=80	Coppa Italia	width=80	Supercoppa Italia	width=80	Total
1	70	FW		Carlos Bacca	13	1	0	14
2	9	FW		Gianluca Lapadula	8	0	0	8
3	8	FW		Suso	7	0	0	7
4	5	MF		Giacomo Bonaventura	3	1	1	5
	80	MF		Mario Pašalić	5	0	0	5
6	33	MF		Juraj Kucka	3	1	0	4
	7	FW		Gerard Deulofeu	4	0	0	4
8	11	FW		M'Baye Niang	3	0	0	3
9	29	DF		Gabriel Paletta	2	0	0	2
	73	MF		Manuel Locatelli	2	0	0	2
11	10	MF		Keisuke Honda	1	0	0	1
	13	DF		Alessio Romagnoli	1	0	0	1
	14	MF		Matías Fernández	1	0	0	1
	17	DF		Cristián Zapata	1	0	0	1
	91	MF		Andrea Bertolacci	1	0	0	1
Own goals					2	0	0	2
Totals					57	3	1	61

Last updated: 28 May 2017

Clean sheets

width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=145	Name	width=80	Serie A	width=80	Coppa Italia	width=80	Supercoppa Italia	width=80	Total
1	99	GK		Gianluigi Donnarumma	12	0	0	12
Totals					12	0	0	12

Last updated: 28 May 2017

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players listed below made at least one appearance for A.C. Milan first squad during the season.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Serie A 2016/2017 - Attendance. worldfootball.net.
2. Web site: EFS Attendances. www.european-football-statistics.co.uk.
3. Signed by Milan from Napoli in 2013
4. Web site: AC Milan News - Ultime notizie e aggiornamenti live Milan.
5. News: WELCOME, GIANLUCA. A.C. Milan. en . acmilan.com. 24 June 2016.
6. News: Lapadula-Milan, è fatta. Al giocatore 5 anni di contratto: i dettagli. La Gazzetta dello Sport. it . gazzamercato.it. 24 June 2016.
7. News: Milan, Vangioni: "Maldini mi ha ispirato" . SportMediaset . it . sportmediaset.mediaset.it. 24 May 2016.
8. Web site: Milan, ecco il reparto dei portieri rossoneri per la stagione 2016-2017. 2016-07-18. 2018-10-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20181029044524/https://www.milannews.it/rassegna-stampa/milan-ecco-il-reparto-dei-portieri-rossoneri-per-la-stagione-2016-2017-218874. dead.
9. Web site: AC MILAN COMUNICATO UFFICIALE: preso Gustavo Gomez.
10. Web site: Official: Milan sign Sosa – Football Italia. www.football-italia.net. 17 August 2016.
11. Web site: Official: Pasalic joins Milan on a one-year loan deal from Chelsea - Rossoneri Blog - AC Milan News. www.rossoneriblog.com. 27 August 2016.
12. Web site: Official: Mati Fernandez joins Milan on loan + option to buy from Fiorentina - Rossoneri Blog - AC Milan News. www.rossoneriblog.com. 31 August 2016.
13. Web site: Milan, UFFICIALE: Abbiati si ritira.
14. Web site: Roma complete permanent signing of Stephan El Shaarawy. A.S. Roma. 21 June 2016. 21 June 2016.
15. Web site: UFFICIALE: Atletico Madrid, Fernando Torres ha rinnovato il contratto - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com.
16. Web site: FERALPISALÒ. www.feralpisalo.it. 2016-07-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20160704063329/http://www.feralpisalo.it/breaking/ufficiale-guido-turano-e-della-feralpisalo/. 2016-07-04. dead.
17. Web site: MN – Ag.Cancelli: "Grosseto la soluzione giusta, Fabio dimostrerà le sue potenzialità".
18. Web site: TMW – Dopo l'addio al Milan, Bordi attende la Serie B.
19. Web site: Cagliari, ufficiale l'arrivo dell'ex rossonero Crosta.
20. Web site: UFFICIALE: FeralpiSalò, dal Milan arriva Sebastian Gamarra Ruiz.
21. Web site: Bologna Primavera: preso l'ex Milan, Andrea Vassallo . 2016-07-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160719163541/http://www.calcionazionale.it/giovanili/campionato-primavera/8707-bologna-primavera-preso-l-ex-milan-andrea-vassallo.html . 2016-07-19 . dead .
22. Web site: Bologna, Fenucci annuncia: "Preso Verdi dal Milan a titolo definitivo".
23. Web site: Reggiana, Christian Maldini aggregato alla prima squadra.
24. Web site: Carpi, preso Comi: triennale per l'attaccante.
25. Web site: UFFICIALE: Como, acquisito Giorgio Piacentini dal Milan.
26. Web site: Raduno biancorosso a Varesello. Ecco i convocati.
27. Web site: Cesena, UFFICIALE: preso Agazzi dal Milan.
28. Web site: Como Calcio 1907. Calcio Como 1907. 2016-07-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20160807113658/http://www.calciocomo1907.it/news_details.php?id_news=2711. 2016-08-07. dead.
29. Web site: Milan, UFFICIALE: Menez al Bordeaux.
30. Web site: UFFICIALE: Juve Stabia, arriva Mastalli: contratto triennale.
31. Web site: MN – Milan, Malberti passa al Novara a titolo definitivo.
32. Web site: Serie c . www.tuttomercatoweb.com.
33. Web site: Calciomercato: il Sassuolo ingaggia Alessandro Matri dal Milan!. 2016-08-17. 2018-09-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20180911021457/http://www.sassuolocalcio.it/articles/?id=9&aid=2399%2Fcalciomercato-il-sassuolo-ingaggia-alessandro-matri-dal-milan. dead.
34. Web site: Serie c . www.tuttomercatoweb.com.
35. Web site: Pro Patria, ufficiale l'arrivo di Andrea Casiraghi.
36. Web site: AC MILAN COMUNICATO UFFICIALE: Simic in prestito con diritto di riscatto al Royal Excel Mouscron.
37. Web site: UFFICIALE: Ascoli, dal Milan arriva Felicioli.
38. Web site: UFFICIALE: PEC Zwolle, arriva Mastour dal Milan.
39. Web site: Calcio Como 1907 . 2016-07-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160807143049/http://www.calciocomo1907.it/news_details.php?id_news=2705 . 2016-08-07 .
40. Web site: UFFICIALE: Brescia, ecco Modic e Vassallo.
41. Web site: UFFICIALE: Spal, rinnovato fino al giugno 2017 il prestito di Zigoni.
42. Web site: Milan, UFFICIALE: un altro giovane al Brescia di Brocchi.
43. Web site: UFFICIALE: Di Molfetta in prestito al Prato.
44. Web site: MERCATO REGGINA – Bianchimano e Ameth Lo arrivati in ritiro: in campo già oggi?.
45. Web site: Milan, Lo alla Reggina.
46. Web site: Catania, De Santis è arrivato in città.
47. Web site: UFFICIALE: Virtus Entella, colpo Giacomo Beretta dal Milan.
48. Web site: AC MILAN COMUNICATO UFFICIALE: Josè Mauri in prestito all'Empoli fino al 30 giugno 2017.
49. Web site: UFFICIALE: Milan, Vergara in prestito all'Arsenal Tula.
50. Web site: AC MILAN COMUNICATO UFFICIALE - AC Milan. AC. Milan. AC Milan.
51. Web site: Paganese, UFFICIALE: preso il fratello di Josè Mauri dal Milan.
52. News: BENTORNATO, CARO MARCO. A.C. Milan. it . acmilan.com. 10 January 2017.
53. Web site: MN – Cutrone promosso in prima squadra: a lui l'armadietto di Luiz Adriano.
54. Web site: Contract renewal for el hilali . A.C. Milan . 2017-02-01 . 2018-07-18.
55. Web site: Deulofeu Loaned To AC Milan - Everton Football Club. www.evertonfc.com. 2017-01-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141452/http://www.evertonfc.com/news/2017/01/23/deulofeu-loaned-to-milan. 2018-06-12. dead.
56. Web site: UFFICIALE l'arrivo di Deulofeu: 'Sono felice, il Milan è il top in Italia'.
57. Web site: Milan, UFFICIALE: ecco Ocampos.
58. Web site: Milan, UFFICIALE: un attaccante rientra dal prestito in Finlandia.
59. Web site: AC MILAN COMUNICATO UFFICIALE: Luiz Adriano allo Spartak Mosca a titolo definitivo.
60. News: Gabriel al Cagliari . . it . www.cagliaricalcio.com . 10 January 2017 . 10 January 2017 . 28 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221128081719/http://www.cagliaricalcio.com/news/ultimissime/15710/gabriel-al-cagliari . dead .
61. Web site: UFFICIALE – Carpi: preso Beretta – TuttoB.com.
62. Web site: Milan, UFFICIALE Niang al Watford: 'Qui grazie a Mazzarri'.
63. Web site: UFFICIALE: Paganese, arriva De Santis in prestito - Tutto Lega Pro . 2017-01-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170128175351/http://www.tuttolegapro.com/notizie-ufficiali/ufficiale-paganese-arriva-de-santis-in-prestito-137855 . 2017-01-28 . dead .
64. Web site: UFFICIALE: Milan, ceduto Vido al Cittadella in prestito fino a fine stagione.
65. Web site: UFFICIALE: Rodrigo Ely in prestito al Deportivo Alavés.