associazione calcio milan (italian pronunciation: [assotʃatˈtsjoːne ˈkaltʃo ˈmiːlan]), commonly referred to as ac milan (italian pronunciation: [a ˈtʃi ˈmiːlan]) or simply milan (italian pronunciation: [miːlan]), is a professional football club in milan, italy, founded in 1899.the club has spent its entire history, with the exception of the 1980–81 and 1982–83 seasons, in the top flight of italian football, known as serie a since 1929–30.ac milan's 18 fifa and uefa trophies is the fourth highest out of any club (joint with boca juniors), and the most out of any italian club.milan has won a joint record three intercontinental cups and one fifa club world cup, seven european cup/champions league titles (italian record), the uefa super cup a joint record five times and the cup winners' cup twice.with 19 league titles, milan is tied as the second most successful club in serie a with local rivals inter milan (also with 19 league titles), behind juventus (36 league titles).they have also won the coppa italia five times, and the supercoppa italiana seven.milan's home games are played at san siro, also known as the stadio giuseppe meazza.the stadium, which was built by milan's second chairman piero pirelli in 1926 and is shared since 1947 with city rivals internazionale, is the largest in italian football, with a total capacity of 75,817.they have a long-standing rivalry with inter, with whom they contest the derby della madonnina which is one of the most followed derbies in football.the club is one of the wealthiest in italian and world football.it was a founding member of the now-defunct g-14 group of europe's leading football clubs as well as its replacement, the european club association.the club claims 16 december of that year as their foundation date, but historical evidence seems to suggest that the club was actually founded a few days earlier, most likely on 13 december.however, with the club's charter being lost, the exact date remains open to debate.in honour of its english origins, the club has retained the english spelling of the city's name, as opposed to the italian spelling milano, which it was forced to bear under the fascist regime.milan won its first italian championship in 1901, interrupting a three-year hegemony of genoa, and a further two in succession in 1906 and 1907.the club proved successful in the first decade of its existence, with several important trophies won, including, among others, the medaglia del re three times, the palla dapples 23 times and the fgni tournament five times, a competition organized by the italian gymnastics federation but not officially recognized by the italian football federation.in 1908, milan experienced a split caused by internal disagreements over the signing of foreign players, which led to the forming of another milan-based team, f.c.internazionale milano.following these events, milan did not manage to win a single domestic title until 1950–51, with some exceptions represented by the 1915–16 coppa federale and the 1917–18 coppa mauro, two tournaments played during the first world war which, especially the former, received a lot of attention and proved to be highly competitive, despite them not being officially recognized by the italian federation.this was one of the club's most successful periods domestically, with the scudetto going to milan in 1951, 1955, 1957 and 1959.this decade witnessed also the first european successes of milan, with the triumphs in the 1951 and 1956 latin cup.milan was also the first italian club to take part to the newly born european cup in the 1955–56 season, and reached the final two years later, when they were defeated by real madrid.
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the club has spent its entire history, with the exception of the 1980–81 and 1982–83 seasons, in the top flight of italian football, known as serie a since 1929–30.ac milan's 18 fifa and uefa trophies is the fourth highest out of any club (joint with boca juniors), and the most out of any italian club.with 19 league titles, milan is tied as the second most successful club in serie a with local rivals inter milan (also with 19 league titles), behind juventus (36 league titles).