1899 - 1929

Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club was officially formed on December 16th 1899, but the first time Milan’s name appeared publicly was on Monday 18th in an article by the Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper. The Club had its first headquarters in the Fiaschetteria Toscana in Via Berchet in Milan and the President Alfred Ormonde Edwards entered the team into the Italian Football Federation the following January. During its first official season the team played just one game against Torino and despite the defeat Milan got their first Trophy, the “King’s Medal”, given by King Umberto I. In 1900/01 Milan won their first national title and their second King’s Medal (the Trophy was also won in the following season). Over the years Kiplin’s team had widespread success and Milan became the most popular team in Lombardia and won the prestigious “Palla Dapples” for three successive seasons (1904/05 - 1905/06 – 1906/07), even if it didn’t obtain great results in the Championship: the second Scudetto only came in the 1905/06 season and the third Scudetto was won the following season. The main player was Van Hege, a great top scorer with 1.1 goals per match. In the 1914/15 season the Championship was stopped before the end of the season because of the First World War, and it started again only in 1919. After several changes regarding the management of the Club, Pietro Pirelli was appointed as the new President: he held this role for almost twenty years, during which the San Siro Stadium was inaugurated.