AC Milan has played 32 seasons in the divisions covered here since 1994/95: 32 in Serie A. It has been in Serie A since 1994/95 (32 seasons). It won Serie A 5 times (1995/96, 1998/99, 2003/04, 2010/11 and 2021/22).
AC Milan
2025/26: 5th in Serie A · 2026/27: Serie A
How high can AC Milan realistically go?
Based on finishing 5th in Serie A in 2025/26
About 6 in 10
Of the 36 times a club finished 5th to 7th in Serie A between 2004/05 and 2015/16, 20 reached the top four within ten seasons.
20 of 36 (56%); likely range 31%–77%, 17 different clubs.
| Won the league within ten seasons | about 1 in 5 7 of 36; range 3%–39% |
AC Milan itself: 10 of the last 10 seasons in Serie A; 4 top-four finishes; 1 title.
How do we know?
We took every season since 2004/05 in which a club finished in the same part of the same league, and followed each club forward. The figure is the share that reached each goal. Ten-year goals use finishes from 2004/05 to 2015/16, five-year goals from 2004/05 to 2020/21, so every case has had the full time to play out; results run to the end of 2025/26.
It describes what happened to clubs in this position, not a forecast for one club. A club with much more money or history than is usual for its position has better chances than the figure suggests, which is why the club's own record is shown underneath.
The likely range is a 95% interval worked out by resampling clubs rather than seasons, because the same club often appears several times. It is wide where only a few clubs have been in a position, and two leagues whose ranges overlap may not really differ. Reserve teams such as Barcelona B or Real Madrid Castilla are left out of these counts, because they cannot be promoted into their first team's division.
Counts: reached the top four within ten seasons: 20 of 36; won the league within ten seasons: 7 of 36.
The story so far
Final position each seasonRinged dots are titles
How to read this chart
Every club in the divisions covered is placed on one ladder each season: the champions are 1st, and the top club of the second division comes straight after the bottom club of the first. Shaded bands are the divisions. Hover over or tap a dot for the season.
32seasons since 1994/95
32seasons in Serie A
5league titles
19top-four finishes
0promotions
0relegations
Against the money
Not available for Italy: wage bills are not published club by club in one place there, so this is shown for England and France only.
Clubs with a similar path
Clubs whose finishing positions over the last 15 seasons were closest to AC Milan's, with recent seasons counting more.
In Italy
Inter MilanItaly · 1st in Serie A, 2025/26LazioItaly · 9th in Serie A, 2025/26RomaItaly · 3rd in Serie A, 2025/26AtalantaItaly · 7th in Serie A, 2025/26
Elsewhere in Europe
LiverpoolEngland · 5th in the Premier League, 2025/26Borussia DortmundGermany · 2nd in the Bundesliga, 2025/26Bayer LeverkusenGermany · 6th in the Bundesliga, 2025/26
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Sources
- Final tables to 2025/26. Top-flight positions follow the official classification, including head-to-head tie-breaks and point deductions. Second-division positions before 2025/26 are worked out from match results.
- Relegations include dropping out of the divisions covered.
- All figures can be downloaded on the data page. Spotted a mistake? Report it with a source.