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won the

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thanks to a 4–0 victory against Steaua București, with Dutch duo

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and

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scoring twice each. It did not defend its

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title however, finishing 3rd in the standings. Milan also won the first

Supercoppa Italiana The Supercoppa Italiana ( en, Italian Super Cup) is an annual football match contested by the winners of the Serie A and the Coppa Italia in the previous season. If the same team wins both the Serie A and Coppa Italia titles in the previous seaso ...

, beating

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in the inaugural contest.

Squad

Transfers

Winter

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Results by round

Matches

Top scorers

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Pietro Paolo Virdis Antonio Pietro Paolo Virdis (born 26 June 1957) is an Italian association football, football manager and former player, who played as a forward (association football), forward. Throughout his career, he played for A.S. Nuorese Calcio, Nuorese, b ...

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Frank Rijkaard Franklin Edmundo Rijkaard (; born 30 September 1962) is a Dutch former footballer and former manager who played as a defensive midfielder. Rijkaard played for Ajax, Real Zaragoza and AC Milan and represented the Netherlands national team side ...

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Angelo Colombo Angelo Colombo (born 24 February 1961) is an Italian former footballer who played for Milan as a midfielder, and was part of their European Cup victories in 1989 and 1990. He is now a scout for the club. Club career Angelo Colombo began his care ...

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Alberigo Evani Alberico Evani (; born 1 January 1963), sometimes misspelled as Alberigo Evani, is an Italian football manager and former player, who was deployed as a midfielder. He started his club career with Milan, where he spent the majority of his playin ...

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Graziano Mannari Graziano Mannari (born 19 April 1969 in Livorno) is a retired Italian professional footballer, who played as a forward, either as a centre-forward, or as a winger. Career Throughout his career, Mannari played for 3 seasons (30 games, 3 goals) ...

Coppa Italia

First round- Group 3 Second round- Group 1

Supercoppa Italiana

European Cup

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics

Players statistics

Footnotes

References

RSSSF - Italy 1988/89
{{DEFAULTSORT:1988-89 A.C. Milan season A.C. Milan seasons

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UEFA Champions League-winning seasons