UEFA Champions League 2006/07 / AC Milan

Winner photo AC Milan

The article below covers the statistics of the Champions League matches of eventual winners AC Milan in the 2006/07 season.

3rd qualifying round

As third place in the Italian Serie A season 2005/06, AC Milan first had to prevail in the third qualifying round for the UEFA Champions League against the Serbian champions FK Red Star Belgrade .

AC Milan - FK Red Star Belgrade 1: 0 (1: 0)

AC Milan		FK Red Star Belgrade
	Qualification, first leg Wednesday 9 August 2006 at 8:45 pm in Milan , Giuseppe Meazza Stadium Spectators: 70,510 Referee: Jan Wegereef ( Netherlands )
	Dida - Cafu (78th Cristian Brocchi ), Alessandro Costacurta , Dario Šimić , Serginho - Gennaro Gattuso , Andrea Pirlo (81st Yoann Gourcuff ), Clarence Seedorf - Kaká - Filippo Inzaghi , Alberto Gilardino (72nd Massimo Ambrosini ) Trainer: Carlo Ancelotti	Ivan Ranđelović - Dušan Basta , Milan Biševac , Ibrahima Guèye , Aleksandar Pantić - Blagoy Georgiev , Dejan Milovanovic (81. Dušan Djokić ) - Boško Janković (90th Radovan Krivokapic ), Nenad Kovačević , Marko Perovic (66 Djordje Tutorić ) - Nikola Žigić Coach: Dušan Bajević
	1: 0 Inzaghi (22.)
		Perović (14th), Guèye (38th)

FK Red Star Belgrade - AC Milan 1: 2 (0: 1)

FK Red Star Belgrade		AC Milan
	Qualification, second leg Tuesday, August 22, 2006 at 9:00 p.m. in Belgrade , Red Star Stadium Spectators: 49,604 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen ( Denmark )
	Ivan Ranđelović - Dušan Basta , Milan Biševac , Ibrahima Guèye , Aleksandar Pantić (61. Milan Purović ) - Blagoy Georgiev , Dejan Milovanovic (81. Dušan Anđelković ) - Boško Janković (53. Marko Perovic ), Nenad Kovačević , Dušan Djokić - Nikola Žigić Coach: Dušan Bajević	Dida - Cafu (82nd Giuseppe Favalli ), Alessandro Costacurta , Dario Šimić , Serginho - Gennaro Gattuso , Andrea Pirlo , Clarence Seedorf - Kaká - Filippo Inzaghi (68th Massimo Ambrosini ), Alberto Gilardino (88th Marco Borriello ) Trainer: Carlo Ancelotti
	1: 2 Djokić (80.)	0: 1 Inzaghi (29th) 0: 2 Seedorf (79th)
	Guèye (49.)	Kaká (56.)

Group stage

AC Milan - AEK Athens 3: 0 (2: 0)

AC Milan		AEK Athens
	1. Group game Wednesday 13 September 2006 at 8:45 pm in Milan , Giuseppe Meazza Stadium Spectators: 35,000 Referee: Michael Riley ( England )   Match report
	Dida - Cafu , Dario Šimić , Paolo Maldini , Giuseppe Favalli (77th Marek Jankulovski ) - Cristian Brocchi (74th Massimo Ambrosini ) - Gennaro Gattuso , Yoann Gourcuff - Kaká - Filippo Inzaghi , Ricardo Oliveira (70th Clarence Seedorf ) Trainer: Carlo Oliveira (70th Clarence Seedorf ) Ancelotti	Stefano Sorrentino - Martin Pautasso , Traianos Dellas (55th Vladimir Ivić ), Bruno Cirillo , Stavros Tziortziopoulos - Pantelis Kapetanos (46th Panagiotis Lagos ), Evangelos Moras , Emerson (70th Dániel Tőzsér ), Júlio César - Nikos Liberopoulš , Andrija coach : Llorenç Serra Ferrer
	1-0 Inzaghi (17th) 2-0 Gourcuff (41st) 3-0 Kaká (77th / foul penalty)
	Maldini (23.)	Cirillo (27th), Moras (64th)

Lille OSC 0-0 AC Milan

Lille OSC		AC Milan
	2. Group game Tuesday, September 26, 2006 at 8:45 p.m. in Lens , Stade Félix-Bollaert Spectators: 41,600 (sold out) Referee: Manuel Mejuto González ( Spain )   Match report
	Tony Sylva - Matthieu Chalmé , Nicolas Plestan , Efstathios Tavlaridis (85th Rafael Schmitz ), Milivoje Vitakić - Mathieu Bodmer , Jean Makoun - Abdul Kader Keïta , Nicolas Fauvergue (62nd Yohan Cabaye ), Grégory Tafforeau - Peter Odemwingie Trainer: Claude Puel	Dida - Cafu , Alessandro Nesta , Kacha Kaladse , Marek Jankulovski - Gennaro Gattuso , Andrea Pirlo , Massimo Ambrosini - Clarence Seedorf , Kaká - Alberto Gilardino (78th Filippo Inzaghi ) Trainer: Carlo Ancelotti
	Cabaye (90.)	Jankulovski (88.)

RSC Anderlecht - AC Milan 0: 1 (0: 0)

RSC Anderlecht		AC Milan
	3. Group game Tuesday, October 17, 2006 at 8:45 p.m. in Brussels , Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Spectators: 22,000 (sold out) Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo ( Spain )   Match report
	Daniel Zítka - Anthony Vanden Borre (84th Jonathan Legear ), Mark De Man , Roland Juhász , Olivier Deschacht - Yves Vanderhaeghe (70th Ahmed Hassan ) - Lucas Biglia , Bart Goor - Mbark Boussoufa - Mohammed Tchité , Nicolás Frutos Trainer: Franky Vercauteren	Dida - Daniele Bonera , Alessandro Nesta , Kacha Kaladse , Marek Jankulovski - Andrea Pirlo - Gennaro Gattuso , Clarence Seedorf (81st Cristian Brocchi ) - Kaká - Filippo Inzaghi (72nd Alberto Gilardino ), Ricardo Oliveira (50th Cafu ) Trainer: Carlo Ancelotti
		0: 1 Kaká (58th)
	Vanden Borre (7th)	Kaladze (25.)
		Bonera (48th)

AC Milan - RSC Anderlecht 4: 1 (2: 0)

AC Milan		RSC Anderlecht
	4. Group game Wednesday 1st November 2006 at 8:45 pm in Milan , Giuseppe Meazza Stadium Spectators: 37,778 Referee: Herbert Fandel ( Germany )   Match report
	Dida - Dario Šimić , Alessandro Nesta (19th Cafu ), Paolo Maldini , Marek Jankulovski - Cristian Brocchi - Clarence Seedorf , Yoann Gourcuff (66th Gennaro Gattuso ) - Kaká - Alberto Gilardino , Ricardo Oliveira (72nd Andrea Pirlo ) Trainer: Carlo Ancelotti	Daniel Zítka - Anthony Vanden Borre (85th Jonathan Legear ), Mark De Man , Roland Juhász , Olivier Deschacht - Ahmed Hassan , Lucas Biglia , Yves Vanderhaeghe (39th Serhat Akın ), Mbark Boussoufa (80th Mbo Mpenza ) - Bart Goor , Mohammed Tchité Coach: Franky Vercauteren
	1: 0 Kaká (7th / foul penalty) 2: 0 Kaká (22nd) 3: 0 Kaká (56th) 4: 1 Gilardino (88th)	3: 1 Juhász (61.)
	Gattuso (74.), Gilardino (89.)	Biglia (58.), Hassan (83.)

AEK Athens - AC Milan 1: 0 (1: 0)

AEK Athens		AC Milan
	5. Group game Tuesday, November 21, 2006 at 8:45 p.m. in Athens , Olympic Stadium Spectators: 56,203 Referee: Eric Braamhaar ( Netherlands )   Match report
	Stefano Sorrentino - Bruno Cirillo , Traianos Dellas , Sokratis , Stavros Tziortziopoulos (78 Vangelis Moras ) - Akis Zikos - Júlio César (86th Përparim Hetemaj ), Emerson , Dániel Tőzsér (66th Ilias Kyriakidis ) - Gustavo Manduca , Nikos Liberopoulos Coach: Llorenç Serra Ferrer	Dida (78th Zeljko Kalac ) - Cristian Brocchi , Alessandro Costacurta (46th Marek Jankulovski ), Paolo Maldini , Daniele Bonera - Andrea Pirlo - Clarence Seedorf , Yoann Gourcuff - Kaká - Filippo Inzaghi , Ricardo Oliveira (70th Marco Borriello ) trainers: Carlo Ancelotti
	1-0 Júlio César (32.)
	Tziortziopoulos (34th), Tőzsér (58th)	Oliveira (45th), Seedorf (75th)

AC Milan - Lille OSC 0: 2 (0: 1)

AC Milan		Lille OSC
	6. Group game Wednesday 6 December 2006 at 8:45 pm in Milan , Giuseppe Meazza Stadium Spectators: 35,000 Referee: Graham Poll ( England )   Match report
	Zeljko Kalac - Daniele Bonera , Dario Šimić , Kacha Kaladse , Marek Jankulovski - Andrea Pirlo - Cristian Brocchi (46th Clarence Seedorf ), Massimo Ambrosini (54th Kaká ) - Yoann Gourcuff - Filippo Inzaghi , Marco Borriello (72nd Ricardo Oliveira ) coach : Carlo Ancelotti	Grégory Malicki - Matthieu Chalmé , Nicolas Plestan , Efstathios Tavlaridis , Grégory Tafforeau - Abdul Kader Keïta (83rd Souleymane Youla ), Yohan Cabaye , Jean Makoun , Mathieu Debuchy - Mathieu Bodmer (88th Nicolas Fauvergue ) - Peter Odemwingie Coach: Claude Puelwingie
		0: 1 Odemwingie (7th) 0: 2 Keïta (67.)
		Keïta (58.)

Final table of group H

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	AC Milan	6th	3	1	2	008: 400	+4	10
2.	Lille OSC	6th	2	3	1	008: 500	+3	09
3.	AEK Athens	6th	2	2	2	006: 900	−3	08th
4th	RSC Anderlecht	6th	0	4th	2	007:110	−4	04th

Round of 16

Celtic Glasgow 0-0 AC Milan

Celtic Glasgow		AC Milan
	Round of 16, first leg Tuesday 20 February 2007 at 8:45 pm in Glasgow , Celtic Park Spectators: 58,785 (sold out) Referee: Terje Hauge ( Norway )   Match report
	Artur Boruc - Mark Wilson , Stephen McManus , Darren O'Dea , Lee Naylor - Shunsuke Nakamura , Neil Lennon (81st Thomas Gravesen ), Evander Sno , Aiden McGeady - Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink , Kenny Miller (63rd Jiří Jarošík ) Trainers: Gordon Strachan	Zeljko Kalac - Massimo Oddo , Kacha Kaladse (63rd Daniele Bonera ), Paolo Maldini , Marek Jankulovski - Gennaro Gattuso , Andrea Pirlo , Massimo Ambrosini - Kaká , Yoann Gourcuff - Alberto Gilardino (77th Ricardo Oliveira ) Trainer: Carlo Ancelotti
	Nakamura (36th)	Maldini (10th), Gilardino (71.)

AC Milan - Celtic Glasgow 0-0, 1-0 aet

AC Milan		Celtic Glasgow
	Round of 16, second leg Wednesday 7 March 2007 at 8:45 pm in Milan , Giuseppe Meazza Stadium Spectators: 52,500 Referee: Konrad Plautz ( Austria )   Match report
	Dida - Massimo Oddo (117th Dario Šimić ), Daniele Bonera , Paolo Maldini , Marek Jankulovski - Gennaro Gattuso (79th Cristian Brocchi ), Andrea Pirlo , Massimo Ambrosini - Clarence Seedorf , Kaká - Filippo Inzaghi (73rd Alberto Gilardino ) trainers: Carlo Ancelotti	Artur Boruc - Paul Telfer , Stephen McManus , Darren O'Dea , Lee Naylor - Neil Lennon - Shunsuke Nakamura (106th Kenny Miller ), Jiří Jarošík (62nd Thomas Gravesen ), Evander Sno (97th Craig Beattie ), Aiden McGeady - Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink Trainer: Gordon Strachan
	1: 0 Kaká (93.)
	Ambrosini (42nd)	McManus (41.), Naylor (56.), McGeady (86.), Lennon (104.)

Quarter finals

AC Milan - FC Bayern Munich 2: 2 (1: 0)

AC Milan		FC Bayern Munich
	Quarter-finals, first leg Tuesday 3rd April 2007 at 10:00 pm in Milan , Giuseppe Meazza Stadium Spectators: 67,500 (sold out) Referee: Yuri Baskakov ( Russia )   Match report
	Dida - Massimo Oddo , Alessandro Nesta , Paolo Maldini , Marek Jankulovski (86th Kacha Kaladse ) - Gennaro Gattuso , Andrea Pirlo , Massimo Ambrosini - Clarence Seedorf (85th Yoann Gourcuff ), Kaká - Alberto Gilardino (71st Filippo Inzaghi ) trainers: Carlo Ancelotti	Michael Rensing - Willy Sagnol (68th Christian Lell ), Lúcio , Daniel Van Buyten , Philipp Lahm - Hasan Salihamidžić , Owen Hargreaves , Andreas Ottl , Bastian Schweinsteiger - Roy Makaay (86th Roque Santa Cruz ), Lukas Podolski (68th Claudio Pizarro ) Trainer: Ottmar Hitzfeld
	1: 0 Pirlo (40th) 2: 1 Kaká (84th / foul penalty)	1: 1 Van Buyten (78th) 2: 2 Van Buyten (90th + 3 ')
	Gilardino (53rd / 2nd blocked)	Salihamidžić (33.), Lúcio (83.)

FC Bayern Munich - AC Milan 0: 2 (0: 2)

FC Bayern Munich		AC Milan
	Semi-finals, second leg Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 8:45 p.m. in Munich , Allianz Arena Spectators: 66,000 (sold out) Referee: Manuel Mejuto González ( Spain )   Match report
	Oliver Kahn - Hasan Salihamidžić , Lúcio , Daniel Van Buyten , Philipp Lahm - Mark van Bommel - Andreas Ottl (46th Roque Santa Cruz ), Christian Lell (77th Andreas Görlitz ) - Owen Hargreaves - Roy Makaay (61st Claudio Pizarro ), Lukas Podolski Trainer: Ottmar Hitzfeld	Dida - Massimo Oddo , Alessandro Nesta , Paolo Maldini , Marek Jankulovski - Gennaro Gattuso (87th Cafu ), Andrea Pirlo , Massimo Ambrosini - Clarence Seedorf (80th Yoann Gourcuff ), Kaká - Filippo Inzaghi (70th Serginho ) Trainer: Carlo Ancelotti
		0: 1 Seedorf (27th) 0: 2 Inzaghi (31st)
	van Bommel (47.), Salihamidžić (73.)

Semifinals

Manchester United - AC Milan 3: 2 (1: 2)

Manchester United		AC Milan
	Semi-finals, first leg Tuesday 24 April 2007 at 8:45 pm in Manchester , Old Trafford Spectators: 73,820 (sold out) Referee: Kyros Vassaras ( Greece )   Match report
	Edwin van der Sar - John O'Shea , Wes Brown , Gabriel Heinze , Patrice Evra - Darren Fletcher , Michael Carrick , Paul Scholes - Cristiano Ronaldo , Wayne Rooney , Ryan Giggs Trainer: Alex Ferguson	Dida - Massimo Oddo , Alessandro Nesta , Paolo Maldini (46th Daniele Bonera ), Marek Jankulovski - Gennaro Gattuso (53rd Cristian Brocchi ), Andrea Pirlo , Massimo Ambrosini - Clarence Seedorf , Kaká - Alberto Gilardino (84th Yoann Gourcuff ) trainers: Carlo Ancelotti
	1-0 Cristiano Ronaldo (5th) 2-2 Rooney (59th) 3-2 Rooney (90th + 1 ')	1: 1 Kaká (22nd) 1: 2 Kaká (37th)
	Evra (42nd), Giggs (62nd)	Kaká (62nd), Bonera (74th)

AC Milan - Manchester United 3: 0 (2: 0)

AC Milan		Manchester United
	Semi-finals, second leg Wednesday 2 May 2007 at 8:45 pm in Milan , Giuseppe Meazza Stadium Spectators: 67,500 (sold out) Referee: Frank De Bleeckere ( Belgium )   Match report
	Dida - Massimo Oddo , Alessandro Nesta , Kacha Kaladse , Marek Jankulovski - Gennaro Gattuso (85th Cafu ), Andrea Pirlo , Massimo Ambrosini - Clarence Seedorf , Kaká (86th Giuseppe Favalli ) - Filippo Inzaghi (67th Alberto Gilardino ) Trainer: Carlo Ancelotti	Edwin van der Sar - John O'Shea (76th Louis Saha ), Wes Brown , Nemanja Vidić , Gabriel Heinze - Darren Fletcher , Michael Carrick , Paul Scholes - Cristiano Ronaldo , Wayne Rooney , Ryan Giggs Trainer: Alex Ferguson
	1-0 Kaká (11th) 2-0 Seedorf (30th) 3-0 Gilardino (78th)
	Ambrosini (75.), Gattuso (81.)	Cristiano Ronaldo (84th)

final

AC Milan - Liverpool FC 2: 1 (1: 0)

AC Milan		Liverpool FC
	Saturday May 23, 2007 in Athens , Olympic Stadium Spectators: 71,030 (sold out) Referee: Herbert Fandel ( Germany )   Match report
	Dida - Massimo Oddo , Alessandro Nesta , Paolo Maldini , Marek Jankulovski (80th Kacha Kaladse ) - Gennaro Gattuso , Andrea Pirlo , Massimo Ambrosini - Clarence Seedorf (90th + 2 ' Giuseppe Favalli ), Kaká - Filippo Inzaghi (88th Alberto Gilardino ) Coach: Carlo Ancelotti	Pepe Reina - Steve Finnan (88th Álvaro Arbeloa ), Jamie Carragher , Daniel Agger , John Arne Riise - Xabi Alonso , Javier Mascherano (78th Peter Crouch ) - Jermaine Pennant , Steven Gerrard , Boudewijn Zenden (59th Harry Kewell ) - Dirk Kuyt coach: Rafael Benítez
	1: 0 Inzaghi (45th) 2: 0 Inzaghi (82nd)	2: 1 Kuyt (89th)
	Gattuso (40th), Jankulovski (54th)	Mascherano (58th), Carragher (60th)

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  Kaká

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  Paolo Maldini

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  Alessandro Nesta

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  Gennaro Gattuso

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  Andrea Pirlo

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  Clarence Seedorf

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  Massimo Oddo

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  Dida

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  Marek Jankulovski

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  Massimo Ambrosini

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  Kacha Kaladze (right)

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  Cafu

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  Cristian Brocchi

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  Carlo Ancelotti