Trofeo Luigi Berlusconi Explained

Trofeo Luigi Berlusconi
Abolished:2021
Number Of Teams:2
Current Champions:Juventus (11 times)
Most Successful Club:AC Milan (13 times)
Broadcasters:Mediaset

The Trofeo Luigi Berlusconi (Luigi Berlusconi Trophy) is an annual association football friendly match. It was first organized by Italian club AC Milan, and usually played in August at the San Siro, Milan's home stadium. After a five-year hiatus, the 2021 game was organized, for the first time, by Monza and played at the Stadio Brianteo, Monza's home stadium.

The competition was founded by Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi in memory of his father Luigi, and it was originally intended to be contested by the Rossoneri and former European Cup winners; in the first edition which took place on 23 August 1991; they faced Juventus. The match was won by Juventus 2–1.

Over the next three years, Milan played against Internazionale, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich respectively, winning all three times. Between 1995 and 2012 the "Berlusconi" was contested exclusively between Milan and Juventus. In the 19 times Milan and Juventus have played each other, Juventus holds a 10–9 edge.

Due to scheduling conflicts no game was played in 2013. The game returned in 2014 with the 23rd edition; it was scheduled in November, but was not played against Juventus, but an Argentinian team, San Lorenzo: Milan won the game 2–0 to earn its 13th trophy. The 24th edition was played between Milan and Internazionale in 2015, won by Inter 1–0. In 2021, the tournament was restored and, for the first time in its history, did not involve Milan. The match was played between Monza and Juventus.

This remains the last edition of the tournament, which starting from 2023, given the death of Silvio Berlusconi, was de facto replaced by the Trofeo Silvio Berlusconi.

List of results

width=5%No.width=10%Datewidth=15%Winnerwidth=8%Resultwidth=15%Loser
123 August 1991Juventus
18’, 30’ Casiraghi
2–1AC Milan
23’ Maldini
222 August 1992AC Milan
4’ Papin
1–0Internazionale
317 August 1993AC Milan
20’ Simone, 23’ Papin, 39’ Boban
3–2Real Madrid
42’ Míchel, 55’ Zamorano (Penalty)
417 August 1994AC Milan
67’ Gullit
1–0Bayern Munich
518 August 1995Juventus0–0
(6–5) Penalties
AC Milan
621 August 1996AC Milan
83’ Eranio
1–0Juventus
719 August 1997AC Milan
54’ Cruz, 60’ Kluivert, 62’ Weah
3–1Juventus
31’ Conte
825 August 1998Juventus
66’, 85’ Inzaghi
2–1AC Milan
31’ Bierhoff
917 August 1999Juventus
26’ Del Piero
1–0AC Milan
1027 August 2000Juventus
24’ Trezeguet, 65’ Inzaghi
2–2
(7–6) Penalties
AC Milan
2’ José Mari, 35’ Shevchenko (Penalty)
1118 August 2001Juventus
5’ Del Piero
1–1
(4–3) Penalties
AC Milan
85’ Serginho (Penalty)
1218 August 2002AC Milan0–0
(3–1) Penalties
Juventus
1317 August 2003Juventus
40’ Del Piero, 45’ Camoranesi
2–0AC Milan
1428 August 2004Juventus
46’ Olivera
1–0AC Milan
1514 August 2005AC Milan
52’ Kaká, 76’ Serginho
2–1Juventus
20’ Vieira
166 January 2007AC Milan
29’ Inzaghi, 68’ Seedorf, 86’ Aubameyang
3–2Juventus
40’ Nedved, 67’ Del Piero
1717 August 2007AC Milan
43’ Inzaghi, 46’ Inzaghi
2–0Juventus
1817 August 2008AC Milan
21' Jankulovski, 25', 79 Ambrosini, 52' Inzaghi
4–1Juventus
70' Pasquato
1917 August 2009AC Milan
69' Pato
1–1
(6–5) Penalties
Juventus
28' Diego
2022 August 2010Juventus
0–0
(5–4) Penalties
AC Milan
2122 August 2011AC Milan
9' Boateng 23' Seedorf
2–1 Juventus
57' Vučinić
2219 August 2012Juventus
13' Marchisio 42' Vidal 64' Matri
3–2AC Milan
9', 77' Robinho (Penalty)
235 November 2014AC Milan
30' Pazzini 84' Bonaventura
2–0San Lorenzo
2421 October 2015Inter
12' Kondogbia
1–0AC Milan
2531 July 2021Juventus
13' Ranocchia 53' Kulusevski
2–1Monza
87' D'Alessandro

Total won

ClubPlayedWinnersWinning Years
AC Milan1992*, 1993*, 1994*, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014
Juventus1991, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2012, 2021
Inter2015
Real Madrid
Bayern Munich
San Lorenzo
Monza
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Top goalscorers

RankNat.PlayerGoalsGoal Years (Team)
Filippo Inzaghi1998 (2), 2000 (Juventus), 2007 (3), 2008 (AC Milan)
Alessandro Del Piero1999, 2001, 2003, 2007 (Juventus)
Massimo Ambrosini2008 (2) (AC Milan)
Robinho2012 (2) (AC Milan)
Clarence Seedorf2007, 2011 (AC Milan)
Serginho2001, 2005 (AC Milan)
Jean-Pierre Papin1992, 1993 (AC Milan)
Pierluigi Casiraghi1991 (2) (Juventus)
Paolo Maldini1991 (AC Milan)
Kevin-Prince Boateng2011 (AC Milan)
Mirko Vučinić2011 (Juventus)
Alexandre Pato2009 (AC Milan)
Diego2009 (Juventus)
Cristian Pasquato2008 (Juventus)
Marek Jankulovski2008 (AC Milan)
Willy Aubameyang2007 (AC Milan)
Pavel Nedvěd2007 (Juventus)
Kaká2005 (AC Milan)
Rubén Olivera2004 (Juventus)
Mauro Camoranesi2003 (Juventus)
Andriy Shevchenko2000 (AC Milan)
David Trezeguet2000 (Juventus)
José Mari2000 (AC Milan)
Oliver Bierhoff1998 (AC Milan)
George Weah1997 (AC Milan)
Patrick Kluivert1997 (AC Milan)
André Cruz1997 (AC Milan)
Antonio Conte1997 (Juventus)
Stefano Eranio1996 (AC Milan)
Ruud Gullit1994 (AC Milan)
Iván Zamorano1993 (Real Madrid)
Míchel1993 (Real Madrid)
Zvonimir Boban1993 (AC Milan)
Marco Simone1993 (AC Milan)
Claudio Marchisio2012 (Juventus)
Arturo Vidal2012 (Juventus)
Alessandro Matri2012 (Juventus)
Giampaolo Pazzini2014 (AC Milan)
Giacomo Bonaventura2014 (AC Milan)
Geoffrey Kondogbia2015 (Internazionale)
Filippo Ranocchia2021 (Juventus)
Dejan Kulusevski2021 (Juventus)
Marco D'Alessandro2021 (Monza)

Statistics

(7 times with two teams) 1999 and 2000 with Juventus and in 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 with AC Milan

(5 times with two teams) 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1997 with AC Milan and 2004 with Juventus

(4 times with one team) 1995, 1998, 2001 and 2003 with Juventus