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Associazione Calcio Milan , commonly referred to as A . C . Milan , is a professional ___MASK34___ club in Milan , Italy , founded in 1899 . The club has spent its entire history , with the exception of the 1980  81 and 1982  83 seasons , in the top flight of Italian ___MASK34___ , known as Serie A since 1929  30 . Serie A , also called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by TIM , is a professional league competition for ___MASK34___ clubs located at the top of the Italian ___MASK34___ league system and has been operating for over eighty years since the 1929  30 season . It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010 , but a new league , the Lega Serie A , was created for the 2010  11 season . Serie A is regarded as one of the best ___MASK34___ leagues in the world and it is often depicted as the most tactical national league . Serie A is the world ' s second - strongest national league according to IFFHS and has produced the highest number of European Cup finalists : Italian clubs have reached the final of the competition on a record 27 different occasions , winning the title 12 times . Serie A is ranked fourth among European leagues according to UEFA ' s league coefficient , behind La Liga , the Bundesliga and the Premier League , which is based on the performance of Italian clubs in the Champions League and the Europa League during the last five years . Serie A led the UEFA ranking from 1986 to 1988 and from 1990 to 1999 . A midfielder is an ___MASK81___ position . Midfielders are generally positioned on the field between their team ' s defenders and forwards . Some midfielders play a disciplined defensive role , breaking up attacks , and are otherwise known as defensive midfielders . Others blur the boundaries , being more mobile and efficient in passing : they are commonly referred to as deep - lying midfielders , play - makers , box - to - box , or holding midfielders . The number of midfielders on a team and their assigned roles depends on the team ' s formation ; the collective group of these players on the field is sometimes referred to as the midfield . Nevio Scala ( Italian pronunciation : ( nvjo skala ) ; born 22 November 1947 ) is an Italian ___MASK34___ coach and former player , who played as a midfielder for several Italian clubs , and who won several titles during his time with A . C . Milan . He is mostly known for his role as head coach of Parma during the club ' s golden age of the 1990s , leading them from Serie B to several European triumphs . Serie B , currently named Serie B ConTe . it due to sponsorship reasons , is the second - highest division in the Italian ___MASK34___ league system after the Serie A . It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010 , after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the Serie A and Serie B . Common nicknames for the league are " campionato cadetto " and " cadetteria ", as " cadetto " is the Italian for junior or cadet .