AC Milan Women

{{About|the women's football club|the men's football club|AC Milan|other uses|Milan (disambiguation)#Sports}}

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| clubname = AC Milan

| image = Logo of AC Milan.svg

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| alt = A.C. Milan badge

| fullname = Associazione Calcio Milan S.p.A.{{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}}

| 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{{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}}

| owner = RedBird Capital Partners (99.93%){{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}}{{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 }}
Private shareholders (0.07%){{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 }}

| chairman = Paolo Scaroni

| manager = Suzanne Bakker

| league = Serie A

| season = 2023–24

| position = Serie A, 6th of 10

| current = 2024–25 AC Milan season

| website = http://www.acmilan.com/

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Associazione Calcio Milan, colloquially known as Milan Women or simply Milan, is an Italian women's association football club affiliated with AC Milan, the professional football club in Milan. It was established in 2018 by acquiring the Serie A licence of a Capriolo, Brescia-based team SSD Brescia Calcio Femminile. The team compete in Serie A and are based in the Centro Sportivo Vismara.

History

Although the city of Milan has had more than one women's team in the past which took up the same name and colors of the popular men's AC Milan club, such as the Associazione Calcio Femminile Milan born in 1965, or the Associazione Calcio Femminile Milan 82 founded in 1982, or the more recent Football Milan Ladies born in 2013, none of these entities has ever had any connection with the men's club, which established its women's section only on 11 June 2018, after taking over Brescia's Serie A license.{{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}}

The 12-time Serie A leading goalscorer and first woman to be inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame{{cite web|url=http://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}} 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 Women's 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.{{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}}

On 25 June 2019 Maurizio Ganz was appointed as the new women's first team coach, signing a 2-year contract.{{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}} 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 female players who is 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 for female players.The upsetting factor took toll on mental health of players with the fact that they didn’t get as much attention as the men’s team. {{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}}

Current squad

File:AC Milan Women - Pomigliano 2024 (3).png

{{updated|9 September 2024}}{{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}}

{{Fs player|no=25|nat=POL|pos=DF|name=Małgorzata Mesjasz|other=}}

= Out on loan =

{{football squad player|nat=ITA|pos=GK|name=Matilde Copetti|other=at Parma Calcio until 30 June 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.acmilan.com/en/news/articles/media/2024-08-10/official-statement-matilde-copetti|title=OFFICIAL STATEMENT: MATILDE COPETTI

|date=10 August 2024 |website=acmilan.com |language=English}}