In 1899 two English ex pats Alfred Edwards and Herbert Kilpin from Nottingham formed AC Milan as a cricket club! In an tribute to it’s founders AC Milan have always used the anglasized version of it’s name and not the italian version AC Milano.

Throughout their history AC Milan have always worn the famous red and black stripes and this accounts for their nickname ‘Rossoneri which translates as ‘red-black’. The club is also responsible for the forming of bitter rivals Inter Milan, 1908 the club experienced a split caused by internal disagreements over the signing of foreign players! and Inter Milan was formed by a break away set of players and officials.

AC Milan remain one of the most successful football clubs in Italy, with 17 Italian titles and 7 European Cups victories. Milan’s away strip has always been completely white. Milan fans consider this there lucky kit as the club won six European Cup finals out of eight in an all white strip.

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