{{Short description|Italian football club}} {{About|the women's football club|the men's football club|AC Milan|other uses|Milan (disambiguation)#Sports}} {{Distinguish|ACF Milan}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = AC Milan | image = Logo of AC Milan.svg | upright = 0.6 | alt = A.C. Milan badge | fullname = Associazione Calcio Milan S.p.A.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 May 2022 |title=Rilascio licenze UEFA 2022–2023 |url=https://www.figc.it/media/163846/244-rilascio-licenze-uefa-2022-2023-002.pdf |access-date=15 May 2022 |website=FIGC}}</ref> | short name = A.C Milan Women, Milan Femminile | nickname = ''Rossonere''{{refn|group="note"|A feminine plural of Rossoneri.}} (Red and Black) | founded = {{start date and age|df=yes|2018|6|11}} | ground = Centro Sportivo Vismara<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.calciofemminileitaliano.it/serie-a/milan/|title=AC Milan – Serie A|website=Calcio femminile italiano|language=it-IT|access-date=11 March 2019}}</ref> | owner = RedBird Capital Partners (99.93%)<ref>{{cite web |title=RedBird Capital Partners completes acquisition of AC Milan |url=https://www.acmilan.com/en/news/articles/club/2022-08-31/redbird-capital-partners-completes-acquisition-of-ac-milan |website=acmilan.com |publisher=Associazione Calcio Milan |date=31 August 2022 |access-date=1 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Relazione e bilancio al 30 giugno 2019 |trans-title=Financial statement as of 30 June 2019 |url=https://assets-eu-01.kc-usercontent.com/1293c890-579f-01b7-8480-902cca7de55e/94011f25-22a2-4928-98a5-6f6324472288/Bilanci-Relazioni-2018-19-ITA.pdf |page=14 |publisher=Associazione Calcio Milan |date=18 October 2019 |language=IT |access-date=10 October 2020 |archive-date=22 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022234241/https://assets-eu-01.kc-usercontent.com/1293c890-579f-01b7-8480-902cca7de55e/94011f25-22a2-4928-98a5-6f6324472288/Bilanci-Relazioni-2018-19-ITA.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><br>Private shareholders (0.07%)<ref>{{cite web |title=Chi Siamo |trans-title=About |url=https://www.apamilan.it/#section-about |website=APA Milan |date=15 May 2017 |language=IT |access-date=10 October 2020 |archive-date=17 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017093433/https://www.apamilan.it/#section-about |url-status=live }}</ref> | chairman = Paolo Scaroni | manager = Suzanne Bakker | league = Serie A | season = 2024–25 | position = Serie A, 5th of 10 | current = | website = {{URL|https://www.acmilan.com/}} | pattern_la1 = _milan2526h | pattern_b1 = _milan2526h | pattern_ra1 = _milan2526h | pattern_sh1 = _milan2526h | pattern_so1 = _milan2526hl | leftarm1 = 000000 | body1 = 000000 | rightarm1 = 000000 | shorts1 = 000000 | socks1 = 000000 | pattern_la2 = _acmilan2526a | pattern_b2 = _acmilan2526a | pattern_ra2 = _acmilan2526a | pattern_sh2 =_acmilan2526a | pattern_so2 = _blacktop | body2 = | leftarm2 = | rightarm2 = | shorts2 = | socks2 = | pattern_la3 = _acmilan2526t | pattern_b3 = _milan2526t | pattern_ra3 = _acmilan2526t | pattern_sh3 = _acmilan2526t | pattern_so3 = _milan2526tl | leftarm3 = fad76a | body3 = fad76a | rightarm3 = fad76a | shorts3 = fad76a | socks3 = fad76a }}
'''Associazione Calcio Milan''', colloquially known as '''Milan Women''' or simply '''Milan''', is an Italian professional women's football club in Milan. The club was established in 2018 by acquiring the Serie A licence of a Capriolo, Brescia-based team SSD Brescia Calcio Femminile. The team competes in Serie A and are based in the Centro Sportivo Vismara.
== History == Although there have been previous women's team located in Milan that used the name and colors as the men's AC Milan club, AC Milan Women is the first to have any connection to the men's club which established membership in Serie A Women's championship. Previous teams that used the name and colors of AC Milan include the ''Associazione Calcio Femminile Milan'' started in 1965, the ''Associazione Calcio Femminile Milan 82'' founded in 1982, and the more recent ''Football Milan Ladies'' begun in 2013. On 11 June 2018 AC Milan announced that participation in the Serie A Women's championship after acquiring the rights to A.C.F Brescia.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.acmilan.com/en/news/club/2018-06-11/ac-milan-acquire-acf-brescia-sporting-rights |title=AC Milan acquire A.C.F Brescia sporting rights |date=11 June 2018 |access-date=12 June 2018 |publisher=A.C. Milan |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210163714/https://www.acmilan.com/en/news/club/2018-06-11/ac-milan-acquire-acf-brescia-sporting-rights |archive-date=10 December 2019}}</ref>
The 12-time Serie A leading goalscorer and first woman to be inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/27-10-2015/hall-of-fame-vialli-mancini-facchetti-ronaldo-herrera-agnelli-tardelli-ferlaino-130676725232.shtml|title=Hall of fame, 10 new entry: con Vialli e Mancini anche Facchetti e Ronaldo|trans-title=Hall of fame, 10 new entries: with Vialli and Mancini also Facchetti and Ronaldo|publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport|language=Italian|date=27 October 2015|access-date=27 October 2015}} {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/903479830 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/901842909 cite #1 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. User:GreenC bot/Job 18}}</ref> 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 UEFA Champions League by 1 point. Valentina Giacinti won the league Golden Boot with 21 goals, while her Milan teammate Daniela Sabatino finished in 2nd with 17 goals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://au.women.soccerway.com/national/italy/serie-a-women/20182019/regular-season/r47958/|title=Summary - Serie A Women - Italy - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Women Soccerway|website=au.women.soccerway.com|access-date=2019-06-25}}</ref>
On 25 June 2019 Maurizio Ganz was appointed as the new first team coach, signing a 2-year contract.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.acmilan.com/en/news/media/2019-06-25/ganz-appointed-new-womens-first-team-coach|title=Ganz Appointed New Women's First Team Coach|website=AC Milan|access-date=2019-06-25}}</ref> 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 Roma) and the 2021 Italian Supercup final (against Juventus).
== Player welfare == On 2 August 2024, it was announced on the club's official website that players who are pregnant in the final year of their contract will receive an automatic one-year contract extension. The club will also provide childcare assistance during sports activities and cover flights, accommodations, as well as other travel expenses for the player's child and one companion. This move by the club is one of the first such policy introduced by an elite European football club.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AC Milan introduces maternity policy for female players and staff |url=https://www.acmilan.com/en/news/articles/club/2024-08-02/ac-milan-introduces-maternity-policy-for-female-players-and-staff |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=AC Milan |language=en}}</ref>
== Current squad ==
thumb|The starting XI before a game at Centro Sportivo Vismara in February 2023.
=== First-team squad === {{updated|24 October 2025}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.acmilan.com/en/teams/women-first-team/all|title=Women First Team|website=AC Milan|access-date=2020-08-23}}</ref> {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=1|nat=ITA|pos=GK|name=Laura Giuliani|other=}} {{Fs player|no=2|nat=FIN|pos=DF|name=Emma Koivisto|other=}} {{fs player|no=5|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Valentina Cernoia}} {{Fs player|no=6|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Nadine Sorelli|other=}} {{fs player|no=7|nat=NOR|pos=FW|name=Thea Kyvåg}} {{fs player|no=8|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Giorgia Arrigoni}} {{fs player|no=10|nat=NED|pos=FW|name=Kayleigh van Dooren|other=}} {{fs player|no=11|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=Christy Grimshaw|other=Captain}} {{fs player|no=12|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Marta Mascarello}} {{fs player|no=13|nat=ESP|pos=GK|name=Sandra Estévez}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=KOR|pos=FW|name=Park Soo-jeong|other=}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=SRB|pos=MF|name=Sara Stokić|other=}} {{fs player|no=18|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=Monica Renzotti}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=SWE|pos=FW|name=Evelyn Ijeh|other=}} {{Fs mid}} {{fs player|no=20|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Angelica Soffia}} {{fs player|no=21|nat=NED|pos=DF|name=Milicia Keijzer|other=}} {{fs player|no=22|nat=ITA|pos=GK|name=Noemi Fedele}} {{fs player|no=23|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Julie Piga}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=ITA|pos=GK|name=Lavinia Tornaghi}} {{Fs player|no=25|nat=SUR|pos=DF|name=Kay-Lee de Sanders|other=}} {{Fs player|no=26|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Leda Gemmi}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Erin Cesarini|other=}} {{fs player|no=29|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=Karen Appiah Amoakoah}} {{fs player|no=32|nat=SUR|pos=GK|name=Selena Babb}} {{Fs player|no=39|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Valentina Donolato}} {{fs player|no=43|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Paola Zanini}} {{fs player|no=99|nat=SUR|pos=FW|name=Chanté Dompig|other=}} {{Fs end}}
=== Primavera squad === {{Fs start}} {{football squad player|nat=ECU|pos=FW|name=Doménica Arboleda|other=|no=33}} {{Fs player|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Elisa Bonanomi|no=34}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|nat=DEN|pos=FW|name=Louise Strauss|no=36}} {{Fs player|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Elena Vitale|no=38}} {{Fs end}}
=== Out on loan === {{Fs start}} {{football squad player|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Anna Longobardi|other=at Atlético de Madrid Femenino B until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs end}} ==Managerial history== Below is a list of AC Milan coaches since 2018. {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" !Name !Nationality !Years |- |align="left"|Carolina Morace |align="left"|{{flag|Italy}} |align="left"|2018–2019 |- |align="left"|Maurizio Ganz |align="left"|{{flag|Italy}} |align="left"|2019–2023 |- |align="left"|Davide Corti |align="left"|{{flag|Italy}} |align="left"|2023–2024 |- |align="left"|Suzanne Bakker |align="left"|{{flag|Netherlands}} |align="left"|2024– |}
==Honours== *'''Serie A''' **''Runners-up (1):'' 2020–21 *'''Coppa Italia''' **''Runners-up (1):'' 2020–21 *'''Supercoppa Italiana''' **''Runners-up (1):'' 2021
== See also == * :Category:AC Milan Women players * List of women's association football clubs * List of women's football clubs in Italy
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== External links == * [https://www.acmilan.com/it Official website] {{in lang|it|en|pt}} {{Portal bar|Women's association football|Sports|Association football|Italy}} {{A.C. Milan Women squad}} {{A.C. Milan}} {{Serie A (women's football)}}
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