CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: ONLY MILAN

MILAN – Plenty of reasons to be proud for the Rossoneri ahead of the winter break and the Christmas holidays.In the last 12 years Milan are the only Italian team to have competed in 11 editions of the Champions League, qualifying from the group stages on eleven consecutive occasions.The draw in Nyon for the last-16 of the Champions League took place on Monday the 16th of December and it placed Milan against Spanish side Atletico Madrid. The first leg of the last-16 tie will take place at the San Siro on the 19th of February, while the second leg will be played on the 11th of March at the Vicente Calderon.
MILAN’S 11 QUALIFICATIONS:2002-03 – Group with Lens, Bayern Munich and Deportivo La Coruna - standings: Milan 1' and qualification to the second group phase / Second Group with Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund and Lokomotiv Mosow - Standings - Milan 1' and qualification to the Quarter finals.2003-04 – Group with Ajax, Celta Vigo and Bruges - Milan 1' and qualification to the last-16.2004-05 – Group with Shakhtar Donetsk, Celtic and Barcelona - Milan 1' and qualification to the last-16.2005-06 – Group with Fenerbahce, Schalke 04 and PSV Eindhoven - Milan 1' and qualification to the last-16.2006-07 – Group with AEK Athens, Lille and Anderlecht - Milan 1' and qualification to the last-16.2007-08 – Group with Benfica, Celtic and Shakhtar Donetsk - Milan 1' and qualification to the last-16.2009-10 – Group with Marseille, Zurich and Real Madrid - Milan 2' and qualification to the last-16.2010-11 – Group with Auxerre, Ajax and Real Madrid - Milan 2' and qualification to the last-16.2011-12 – Group with Barcelona, Viktoria Plzen and Bate Borisov - Milan 2' and qualification to the last-16.2012-13 – Group with Anderlecht, Zenit and Malaga - Milan 2' and qualification to the last-16.2013-14 – Group with Barcelona, Ajax and Celtic - Milan 2' and qualification to the last-16.