Associazione Calcio Milan, colloquially known as Milan Women or simply Milan, is an Italian

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club affiliated with AC Milan, the professional football club in

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. It was established in 2018 by acquiring the Serie A licence of a

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-based team

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. The team compete in

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and are based in the Centro Sportivo Vismara.

History

Although the city of Milan has had more than one women's team in the past which took up the same name and colors of the popular men's AC Milan club, such as the ''Associazione Calcio Femminile Milan'' born in 1965, or the ''Associazione Calcio Femminile Milan 82'' founded in 1982, or the more recent ''Football Milan Ladies'' born in 2013, none of these entities has ever had any connection with the men's club, which established its women's section only on 11 June 2018, after taking over Brescia's Serie A license. The 12-time Serie A leading goalscorer and first woman to be inducted into the

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Carolina Morace was named as the inaugural head coach. Milan's first season saw the team finish in 3rd place, missing out on qualification to the

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by 1 point.

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won the league Golden Boot with 21 goals, while her Milan teammate

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finished in 2nd with 17 goals. On 25 June 2019 Maurizio Ganz was appointed as the new women's first team coach, signing a 2-year contract. The following two seasons, 2020–21 and 2021–22, proved very positive for the club, despite the lack of trophies, having reached the second place in the 2020-21 Serie A, and with defeats in both the 2020-21 Coppa Italia final (on penalties, against

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) and the 2021 Italian Supercup final (against

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Current squad

Out on loan

Managerial history

Below is a list of AC Milan Women coaches from 2018 until the present day.

Honours

**''Runners-up (1):''

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**''Runners-up (1):''

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 ...

**''Runners-up (1):''

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Notes

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Milan Women, AC Women's football clubs in Italy Sport in Milan Association football clubs established in 2018 AC Milan Serie A (women's football) clubs 2018 establishments in Italy

History

Current squad

Out on loan

Managerial history

Honours

See also

Notes

References

External links