1967–68 A.C. Milan season

The only time that Milan won the league title so early was back on 31 March 1968. After four titles during the 1950s, the Rossoneri's pace had actually slowed during the following decade as they won just two league titles. However, their second was that of 1968 – a year before their famous European Cup victory. Incidentally, 12 months prior to Milan's Scudetto celebrations in 1968, the prospect of winning the league was unthinkable. Arturo Silvestri's Rossoneri had finished eighth in the league standings, with the only positive being that of our Coppa Italia victory in Rome against Padova on 14 June 1967.[1]

Nereo Rocco's return at the start of the 1967-68[2] campaign was certainly part of this revival – the team achieving a complete turnaround under his guidance. With Sormani and Prati given more emphasis and Anquilletti fully introduced, the roles of Rivera, Trapattoni, Rosato and Lodetti were also strengthened. New arrivals included: Cudicini, Schnellinger, Malatrasi and Hamrin. And so was born the Milan side that not only won the Scudetto with four games to go before the end of the season – with a Napoli side containing Juliano and Alfatini being their only true opposition – but also beating Hamburg to claim the European Cup Winners' Cup in Rotterdam.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ITA Pierangelo Belli — GK  ITA Fabio Cudicini — GK  ITA Villiam Vecchi — DF  ITA Angelo Anquilletti — DF  ITA Bruno Baveni — DF  ITA Saul Malatrasi — DF  ITA Roberto Rosato — DF  ITA Nello Santin — DF  FRG Karl-Heinz Schnellinger — DF  ITA Giovanni Trapattoni — MF  ITA Massimo Giacomini

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ITA Giovanni Lodetti — MF  ITA Gianni Rivera (Captain) — MF  ITA Giorgio Rognoni — MF  ITA Nevio Scala — FW  ARG Antonio Valentín Angelillo — FW  ITA Lino Golin — FW  SWE Kurt Hamrin — FW  ITA Bruno Mora — FW  ITA Pierino Prati — FW  ITA Angelo Benedicto Sormani

• A.C. Milan

• Almanacco illustrato del Milan, 2nd edition, 2005, March. Panini.
• Almanacco illustrato del Milan, 1st edition, 1999. Panini.

• "Stagione 1967-1968" (in Italian). Milan.it.
• "Stagione 1967-1968" (in Italian). Magliarossonera.it.
• RSSSF – Italy 1967/68