During the 1899–1900 season Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club competed in the Italian Football Championship and the Medaglia del Re.

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Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club

1899–1900 season
President	Alfred Edwards
Manager	Herbert Kilpin
Stadium	Campo Trotter Arena Civica
Italian Football Championship	Semifinal
Medaglia del Re	Winner
Top goalscorer	League: All: David Allison (2)
Home colours
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"We will be a team of devils. Our colours will be red like fire and black like the fear we will invoke in our opponents."

— 1899, Herbert Kilpin

"Finally! After many unsuccessful attempts, Milan will finally have a football club. The aim of this new sports club is the very noble one of forming a Milanese team to compete in the Italian Cup next spring. For this purpose, the presidency has already made arrangements and obtained the vast Trotter premises for training. The new club warns that anyone who wishes to learn football will just have to go to the Trotter on the established days and will find instructors and playing companions."

— 15 December 1899, La Gazzetta dello Sport^[1]

AC Milan was founded as Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club in 1899 by English expatriate Herbert Kilpin, who wanted to give the city of Milan a club that would be able to compete with the main clubs of Turin and Genoa. He was joined by a group of compatriots and Italian businessmen. The club claims 16 December of that year as their foundation date,^[2] but historical evidence seems to suggest that the club was actually founded a few days earlier, most likely on 13 December.^[3] However, with the club's charter being lost, the exact date remains open to debate. Alfred Edwards, a former British vice-consul in Milan and well-known personality of the city's high society, was the club's first elected president, while Kilpin took the role of manager. First captain of Milan's history was David Allison, an experienced forward who was also the top scorer of the season, with two goals. The club included a cricket section, managed by Edward Nathan Berra. The location where the founders first met was the Hotel du Nord, later renamed Principe di Savoia, and the first headquarters were established in the Fiaschetteria Toscana, a restaurant near the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II.^{[citation needed]}

The first game ever played by the club took place at the Trotter pitch, Milan's home ground in the first seasons, on 11 March 1900 against Mediolanum. The 2-0 win allowed the Rossoneri to reach the final of the Medaglia del Re, a trophy established in honor of king Umberto I of Italy. In the final, Milan beat Juventus with the same score to win the first trophy in their history.^{[citation needed]}

After the foundation, Milan registered immediately to the Italian Football Federation and was granted the opportunity to play in their first Italian Football Championship, where they were eliminated in the semifinals by FBC Torinese with a 3–0 defeat.^{[citation needed]}

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

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No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ENG Hoberlin Hoode — DF  ITA Pietro Cignaghi — DF  ITA Lorenzo Torretta — MF  ITA Giannino Camperio — MF  ENG Herbert Kilpin — MF  SUI Kurt Lies — MF  ITA Alberto Pirelli

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ITA Guido Valerio — FW  ENG David Allison (Captain) — FW  ENG Samuel Richard Davies — FW  ITA Antonio Dubini — FW  ITA Attilio Formenti — FW  WAL Penvhyn Llewellyn Neville

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