Answer: Nottingham
Associazione Calcio Milan, known universally as AC Milan, was officially founded on 16 December 1899 by Nottingham businessmen Alfred Edwards and Herbert Kiplin. Edwards was a former British vice-consul in Milan and was popular amongst the elites of the city. Edwards was the club's first president, while Kiplin managed the football team.
From Quiz: Team History: A.C Milan
Answer: France
The match between Italy and France was played in Milan. The first goal of Italy was scored by Pietro Lana. Italy played with a 2-3-5 formation.
Italy won the bronze medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, by defeating Egypt 11-3 in the third place playoff. Italy topped both the 1927-30 and 1933-35 editions of the Central European International Cup. In both editions, Austria was second. Italy however did not play in the inaugural FIFA World Cup held in Uruguay.
From Quiz: A Brief History of Italian International Football
Answer: Fiorentina
Fiorentina, from the city of Florence, were formed in 1926, and first wore their purple shirts in 1928. The club's golden era was the 1950s/60s - they won league championships in 1956 and 1969, were runners-up to Real Madrid in the 1957 European Champions Cup, and defeated Rangers to win the inaugural Cup Winners' Cup in 1961.
From Quiz: Which Italian Club?
Answer: 1901
AC Milan won their first Serie A championship in 1901 (in those days known as Campionato Nazionale). Serie A started in 1929.
From Quiz: Tutto Milan!
Answer: Paolo Maldini
Paolo Maldini became an AC Milan defender in the 1984-85 season. He was said to have declared that he would never transfer to any other club.
From Quiz: AC Milan
Answer: 1899
On December 16th, 1899 to be exact. The gentleman responsible for this historic feat was Alfred Edwards.
From Quiz: San Siro Greats
Answer: Black
The official story states the reason behind this: "Red like hell, and black to scare the enemy".
From Quiz: Forza Milan!
Answer: Franco Baresi
Franco Baresi never played anywhere else than in Milan. From 1982 to 1996, he was the leader of Milan.
From Quiz: Football Italia
Answer: Brady
This was Brady's last game with Juve. In the following season he was transferred to make way for Platini and Boniek.
From Quiz: Juventus Magic Moments
Answer: Blue and Black
Sometimes worn on away games too but with white shorts.
From Quiz: Magica Internazionale Milano
Answer: 1897
Founded by Eugenio and Enrico Canfari. They were league champions in 1905.
From Quiz: The History of Juventus
Answer: Genoa
Genoa were the dominant team in the embryonic days of the Serie A championship, winning the first title in 1898 and following this up with victories in 1899, 1900, 1902, 1903 and 1904. Milan won three titles in the 1900s, adding the 1906 and 1907 championships to their inaugural win in 1901.
While Juventus is by far the most successful club in Serie A history, it did not win its first title until 1905. Inter won its first title in 1909-10. Hellas Verona are former champions of Serie A, but won their first championship in 1984-85.
From Quiz: Team History: A.C Milan
Answer: Czechoslovakia
Sixteen teams played in the FIFA World Cup in 1934 in Italy. The final was won by Italy 2-1, beating Czechoslovakia. The goals were scored by Raimundo Orsi and Angelo Schiavio. Germany defeated Austria 3-2 in the third place play-off. Giuseppe Meazza of Italy won the Golden Ball award.
The 1938 FIFA World Cup was hosted by France with fifteen teams playing. Italy defeated Hungary 4-2 in the final held in Paris, while Brazil beat Sweden in the third place play-off. In the final, two goals were scored by Gino Colaussi and Silvio Piola for Italy.
From Quiz: A Brief History of Italian International Football
Answer: Napoli
Napoli were founded in Naples in 1926, and were relatively unsuccessful for nearly sixty years, apart from a couple of Coppa Italias in 1962 and 1976. The signing of Maradona made them contenders almost overnight, and they won league titles in 1987 and 1990, the 1990 Coppa, and the 1989 UEFA Cup. Maradona never played for them again after a 1990 drugs ban, and the club's fortunes reverted to pre-1984 levels.
From Quiz: Which Italian Club?
Answer: Sweden
The three players from Sweden were nicknamed Gre-No-Li, Gren and Nordahl were midfielders, Liedholm was an attacker. They played or AC Milan in the 1950s.
From Quiz: Tutto Milan!
Answer: Filippo Inzaghi
Filippo Inzaghi was the most surprising because he was from Juventus, and at the end of the 200-01 season there was no sign of AC Milan targetting him for his signature. Javi Moreno came from Spanish club Alaves, where he played in the UEFA Cup Final vs Liverpool, which they lost 4-5 in extra time. He was signed to fire AC Milan's attack, but he failed and was later sold to Atletico Madrid. Manuel Rui Costa was Fiorentina's captain, where he won a trophy, the Coppa Italia, together with Francesco Toldo, Enrico Chiesa and Roberto Mancini (as a coach). But because of the club's dire financial situation, he and Toldo were sold, which gave Fiorentina enough to discharge their debts. Martin Laursen was bought from Parma.
From Quiz: AC Milan
Answer: Milan
AC Milan wasn't the first club to be founded in Milan. Mediolanum (Latin for Milan) already existed. But Milan ran out victorious, winning 3-0.
From Quiz: San Siro Greats
Answer: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza is also knows as the San Siro, and was built in 1926. Stadio Delle Alpi is in Turin, Stadio Ferraris in Genoa and Stadio Olimpico is in Rome.
From Quiz: Forza Milan!
Answer: Giuseppe Signori
Giuseppe Signori wis the third most scoring player in Serie A, with 172 goals. Only Roberto Baggio and Gabriel Batistuta have scored more goals than Signori.
From Quiz: Football Italia
Answer: Athletico Bilbao
This was Juve's first victory in Europe. The two-legged game was decided on the away-goals rule. Juve had won 1-0 at home and lost 1-2 away.
From Quiz: Juventus Magic Moments
Answer: black and white
In Italian the team is named 'The Bianconeri', meaning the black and whites.
From Quiz: The History of Juventus
Answer: Name change
Upon its foundation in 1899, the club was originally called Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club. In 1919, the team then changed its name to Milan Football Club. In 1939, Mussolini's regime imposed the name Associazione Calcio Milano on the club because he wanted to Italianise the name. After Mussolini was deposed and the Second World War ended, the club name was changed to Associazione Calcio Milan.
While Milan did move into the San Siro during Mussolini's era (1926 to be exact), this was not at Mussolini's behest. The Italian dictator was not of the same persuasion as Germany's Hitler when it came to Jews. He considered Italian Jews as Italians and was one of the first public figures to actively oppose Nazi deportations to death camps.
From Quiz: Team History: A.C Milan
Answer: Torino F.C.
On 4th May 1949, a Fiat G.212 plane of the Italian Airlines crashed into the retaining wall at the back of the Basilica of Superga, located near Turin. The Torino F.C. team was returning after playing a friendly match with S.L. Benfica. Thirty one people died in the plane crash. The team that died was known as the 'Grande Torino', as they had won the Serie A four consecutive Serie A titles: 1946-47-48-49.
The national team of Italy was so weakened by the crash that they failed to clear the first round in the 1950 FIFA World cup, held in Brazil and won by Uruguay.
From Quiz: A Brief History of Italian International Football
Answer: Roma
AS Roma, formed in 1927, have a club badge featuring a she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus. Their official colours are Tyrian purple and gold, although in reality their shirts are a dark red colour. Club legend Totti spent his entire senior career there, between 1989 and 2017, scoring 250 league goals.
From Quiz: Which Italian Club?
Answer: Renzo de Vecchi
Later on De Vecchi went to Genoa. During that time he became not only an international, but also the captain of the Italian national team.
From Quiz: San Siro Greats
Answer: 1899
More than 100 years of glory.
From Quiz: Forza Milan!
Answer: Christian Vieri
Christian Vieri was born in Australia. His family lived in Australia until he was 12, and even today Vieri has a double-passboard.
From Quiz: Football Italia
Answer: pink
Hard to believe, but the bianconeri played in pink until one day their (delivered from England) arrived in the colors of black and white.
From Quiz: The History of Juventus
Answer: Panucci
With two headers Christian Panucci helped his team beat the Greek side, in Stadio Nereo Rocco.
From Quiz: Italian Football
Answer: Sweden
The nickname was a contraction of the three players' names: Gunnar Gren; Gunnar Nordahl and Nils Liedholm. The trio helped Sweden to the gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London and Nordahl joined Milan that same summer with Gren and Liedholm re-uniting with their teammate in 1949.
Their biggest success together was winning the Serie A title (known as the Scudetto) in 1951. Nordahl won further Scudetti in 1955, 1957 and 1959, winning the 1955 title with Liedholm. It was a period of great success and consistency for the club, with Milan never finishing outside the top 3 in Serie A between 1947-48 and 1956-57.
From Quiz: Team History: A.C Milan
Answer: Internazionale
Commonly known outside their own country as Inter Milan, they were founded in 1908, and have been one of the most successful clubs in Italian football history, winning their 18th league title in 2010, their third Champions Cup the same year, and a third UEFA Cup in 1998. The "Nerazzurri" nickname refers to their blue and black striped shirts.
From Quiz: Which Italian Club?
Answer: Franco Baresi
Franco Baresi (1977 to 1997) is often thought of as one of the best defenders Italy has ever had. To honour him and his 20 years of service, no one can take his number, 6.
From Quiz: Tutto Milan!
Answer: 3
Milan started off as Milan Cricket and Football Club in 1899. Within five years the name had changed into Milan Football Club. In 1938 the club got its name we know today: Associazione Calcio Milan, although soon the club was obliged to call itself Milano by the Fascist regime under Mussolini. But in 1945, after the demise of the fascists AC Milan became permanent.
From Quiz: San Siro Greats
Answer: December
From Quiz: Forza Milan!
Answer: Roberto Baggio
Roberto Baggio's move from Fiorentina to Juventus in 1990, was a then world-record fee. It caused riots in Firenze, and made the chairman of Fiorentina step back.
From Quiz: Football Italia
Answer: Jugovic
Thanks to misses by two Ajax players, the penalty taken by Jugovic proved decisive.
From Quiz: Juventus Magic Moments
Answer: 2nd
1-0 against Liverpool in 1984-5, and a penalty shootout against Ajax in 1995-6.
From Quiz: The History of Juventus
Answer: Torino
Torino were founded in Turin in 1906, and their shirt colour is granata (similar to burgundy). They won five league titles between 1943 and 1949 before tragedy struck. On 4th May, 1949, a plane carrying the team crashed into the Basilica of Superga in the city, killing everbody on board. After that, with the exception of title success in 1976, the club lived in the shadow of cross-town rivals Juventus.
From Quiz: Which Italian Club?
Answer: Midfield
One of AC Milan's Legends, he spent his entire career as a football player for the club, and probably the best Italian player ever (in my opinion). He played for ACC Milan form 1960 to 1979.
From Quiz: Tutto Milan!