The 2012–13 season was Associazione Calcio Milan's 79th in the Serie A and 30th consecutive season in the top flight of

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. Milan strived to regain the

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title, which they lost to

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in the previous season. The ''Rossoneri'' also competed in

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, as well as the

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. This season was the first not to feature a number of recent club legends, namely

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(1999–2012),

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(2001–2012),

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(2002–2012), and

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(2002–2012), whose contracts were not extended at the end of the previous season. High-profile players arriving at the club as veterans, namely

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and

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, were also released from their contracts following their expiration on 1 July 2012. Finally, star players

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and

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unexpectedly left Milan during pre-season when the club accepted transfer offers for both from PSG. Due to financial problems, the club failed to sign any high-profile players as suitable replacements for the departed team leaders, which had a long-term negative effect on the team's morale and ability to compete for trophies. However, as

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decided to move back to Brazil in January 2013, the

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star striker

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was signed from

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to front the team's attack. On the contrary, senior players

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and

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, both 35 years of age at the time, had their contracts extended and named

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and

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for the season. The duo had been at the club together since the 1998–99 season, in which they won the Scudetto as part of the starting XI under manager

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. Over the first 6 months of the season, Milan struggled a lot, losing a total of 9 games (7 in Serie A and 2 in the Champions League), as well as 4 pre-season friendlies. In 2013, however, the team lost only three games across all competitions. With 13 more wins and 6 draws in the Serie A, the club eventually finished in the 3rd place, securing a spot in the

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qualification play-off, which became the club's main objective for the season following the team's elimination in the round of 16 of the previous edition of the competition.

Players

(''on loan from

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'') (''on loan from

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Pre-season and friendlies

Milan began their pre-season training at

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on Monday, 9 July 2012. The Rossoneri played their first set of friendlies in

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on 21, July, 2012 to contest the TIM Trophy consisting of three games, of 45 minutes each, against rivals

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and

. Milan's first game was against Juventus, they started well but ''The Old Lady'' were awarded a penalty after

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tackled

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inside the box in the 31st minute, he then converted the spot-kick which subsequently resulted in Milan's first loss. Their second game was against Inter, ''Il Diavolo'' would go ahead in the 16th minute through a

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strike, but ''Nerazzuri'' would come back to win through a Fredy Guarín header in the 25th minute, and with

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scoring the tie-breaker in the 34th minute, forcing Milan to finish last in the competition with two losses. On Tuesday, 24 July 2012, Milan played German side

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at the

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, in a balanced match of offense and defense,

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scored in the 62nd minute to break the stalemate, his sole strike would go on and win the friendly match for the Rossoneri. On Saturday, 28 July 2012, Milan contended in the

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, playing a friendly against

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winners, Chelsea, in

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, Milan looked to be physically dominated by the ''Blues'' in the early stages, but became the livelier of the two sides later on, and in the second half, in the 68th minute, after a clinical counter by the Rossoneri,

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played a perfect through ball to

drawing two defenders before passing the ball off to

. El Shaarawy's subsequent shot was parried by

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into Emanuelson's path who struck it into the net for the only goal in the game, and a second win for Milan. Milan played Honduran side Olimpia on Saturday, 4 August in

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. Milan took the lead in the 24th minute when

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shot a low effort from outside the box into the bottom left corner of the goal.

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would then score the second goal from a Robinho assist and his second, Milan's third, from an

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low cross after drawing the keeper out of his goal in the 37 and 44th minutes, respectively, although Olimpia would pull one back through José Escalante in the 72nd minute. Milan next played Spanish champions

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in the

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on Wednesday, 8 August. Both teams started with strong lineups but it was Madrid who took the through

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in the 24th minute. Robinho managed to equalise for Milan nine minutes later as both teams went into half time level. Milan made nine changes to the side after halftime. Milan were unable to keep the same rhythm, however, as

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scored two goals in the 49th and 66th minutes and goals from

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and

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in the 81st and 89th minute of the match damaged Milan to a heavy 5–1 defeat in the match. A week later, Milan played their final pre-season game against Juventus in the annual Trofeo Berlusconi at the

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on Sunday, 19 August. Robinho opened the scoring for Milan after netting home in the ninth minute.

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, however, managed to equalize four minutes later and Juventus went into the break with the lead with

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slipping the ball home three minutes before halftime. In the second half, Milan made changes to try to get back into the game but

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netted Juventus' third goal of the night in the 64th minute. Robinho managed to reduce the deficit with a penalty goal 13 minutes before time. Milan had chances to tie the game but it was not enough as Juventus clinched the Trofeo Luigi Berlusconi.

Competitions

Serie A

The fixtures for the

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were announced on 26 July 2012. The season started on Sunday 26 August 2012 with Milan taking on

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at the

, it ends Sunday 19 May 2013 with a match away against

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. Three midweek fixtures were planned, 26 September, 31 October and on 8 May, while the winter break is planned for 23 December to 5 January. The first international break took place the weekend of 8–9 September, which was after the second round of matches, rather than after the first as has happened in recent seasons.

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Coppa Italia

For the 14th season in a row, Milan will start the

directly in the round of 16, as one of the eight best seeded teams.

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Milan began their

campaign in the group stage after finishing runner-up in the

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season. Due to their

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, they were seeded in Pot 1, among the best eight teams. The draw for the preliminary round took place in Montecarlo on Thursday, 30 August 2012. Milan were drawn against Spanish side

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, as well as Belgian and Russian champions,

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and

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respectively.

Knockout phase

=Round of 16

Squad statistics

Appearances, goals and disciplinary record

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Transfers

During the summer transfer window, Milan parted ways with four club legends:

and

also decided to leave Milan to return to the Netherlands with PSV. The first inward transfers of the season saw Riccardo Montolivo join on a Bosman transfer from

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after having failed to complete the transfer in the previous year, while

joined from

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side Nancy. Milan also acquired promising young goalkeeper

, who joined from Brazilian club Cruzeiro. He was followed by the arrivals of

, on co-ownership, and Kévin Constant on loan, the latter as a replacement for the injured

, both from

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on the same day. On 14 July, Milan accepted a €42 million bid for defender

from

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. Three days later, PSG submitted a €23 million bid for Swedish forward

, which Milan accepted. The next major transfer saw

transfer to Milan from crosstown rivals

and

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heading the opposite way, with an additional fee of around €7 million. The final days of the transfer window saw Milan reinforce the squad with 17-year-old striker

from

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, 21-year-old forward

from

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on loan and combative defensive midfielder

from English champions

. In the winter transfer window, Milan parted ways with long-time striker

. They also traded co-ownership with Genoa for 50 percent of

's rights in exchange for 50 percent of Kévin Constant's rights. On the last day of the transfer window,

signed for Milan after he was bought from Manchester City. Milan also sold veteran goalkeeper Ferdinando Coppola to

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and bought youngster

from

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