Stefano Pioli
Italian football manager
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January 2025 | Named Saudi Pro League Manager of the Month for January |
September 18 2024 | Al Nassr announced that Stefano Pioli had signed a deal to coach the team after the dismissal of Luís Castro. |
September 17 2024 | Became manager of Al-Nassr, marking a significant move to Saudi Arabian football |
September 17 2024 | Pioli was appointed as the manager of Al-Nassr on September 17, 2024. |
May 24 2024 | AC Milan announced that Stefano Pioli would depart from the club after the end of the 2023–24 season. |
January 20 2024 | Stefano Pioli reached a milestone of 100 wins for Milan in the league following a 3–2 victory against Udinese, becoming only the fifth manager to achieve this feat. |
2023 | Ahead of the 2023–24 season, Pioli opted for a fluid 4–3–3 formation, introducing tactical innovations that altered the roles of players such as team captain Davide Calabria. |
December 13 2023 | Milan was knocked out of the Champions League group stage, finishing third in the group and qualifying for the UEFA Europa League instead. |
October 22 2023 | Milan lost the lead in the league table after suffering a 0–1 defeat against Juventus. |
October 7 2023 | Milan temporarily reached the top of the league table after a difficult win against Genoa. |
August 21 2023 | Milan started the 2023–24 season with an away win against Bologna. |
May 28 2023 | Under Pioli's leadership, Milan qualified for the Champions League for a third consecutive season following a 1–0 win at Juventus. |
April 18 2023 | Milan beat Napoli 2–1 on aggregate after a 1–1 draw, reaching the Champions League semi-finals, a stage they hadn't reached since the 2006–07 season. |
April 2 2023 | Milan achieved a significant 4–0 victory against Napoli at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, inflicting Napoli's worst defeat since 2007. |
March 8 2023 | Milan beat Tottenham 1–0 on aggregate, reaching the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time since the 2011–12 season. |
2022 | Won Serie A championship with AC Milan as manager. |
2022 | Stefano Pioli was named Serie A Coach of the Year for 2022. |
2022 | During the 2022–23 season at AC Milan, Pioli transitioned from the 4–2–3–1 formation to a 3–4–2–1 formation, implementing a back-three which improved the team's defensive structure. |
2022 | Stefano Pioli was awarded the Panchina d'Oro for best coach of the 2021–22 season. |
October 31 2022 | AC Milan announced that Stefano Pioli extended his contract until 30 June 2025. |
August 13 2022 | AC Milan defeated Udinese 4–2, marking the team's third consecutive win at the start of the competition for three seasons, a feat last accomplished in 1996. |
May 2022 | He was honored as the Serie A Coach of the Month for May 2022. |
May 22 2022 | Milan sealed the Scudetto with a 3–0 victory against Sassuolo on the last day of the season, marking their first league title since 2011 and Pioli's first ever trophy. |
March 2022 | Pioli received the Serie A Coach of the Month award for March 2022. |
March 19 2022 | Milan beat Cagliari 1–0, marking the second time in their history that they scored in at least 15 consecutive away matches in a single top-flight season. |
March 12 2022 | Milan defeated Empoli 1–0, reaching 63 points and maintaining their position at the top of the league table. |
March 6 2022 | Milan defeated Napoli 1–0 at Stadio Diego Maradona, moving to the top of the league and achieving successive away victories against Napoli for the first time since 1981. |
February 13 2022 | After a victory over Sampdoria, Milan had accumulated 55 points in the league, equaling their best points total after 25 games in the three points-per-win era. |
February 5 2022 | Milan came back to beat Inter 2–1 in the Derby della Madonnina after trailing 0–1, marking their first comeback in the derby since 2004. |
January 6 2022 | Milan defeated Roma 3–1, achieving three consecutive league victories against Roma, a feat not accomplished since 1996. |
2021 | Won Panchina d'Oro |
2021 | Won Serie A with AC Milan as manager |
December 2021 | Milan became the second team in Serie A history to win at least 17 away league games in a single calendar year, following Napoli's record of 18 in 2017. |
November 2021 | Pioli reached an agreement with AC Milan to extend his contract until June 2023. |
October 2021 | He was awarded the Serie A Coach of the Month for October 2021. |
October 31 2021 | Milan achieved a 2–1 victory against Roma, becoming the fourth team in Serie A history to win 10 of their first 11 season games, ending José Mourinho's 43-game unbeaten home run in Serie A. |
October 3 2021 | Milan defeated Atalanta 3–2 at Gewiss Stadium, marking successive away wins against Atalanta, a feat last accomplished in 2013. |
May 23 2021 | A 2–0 away win against Atalanta confirmed AC Milan's second-place finish in the league, securing a return to the Champions League for the first time in seven seasons. |
May 12 2021 | Milan achieved a significant victory against Torino, winning 7–0 in an away match, matching their largest victory since June 1959. |
May 9 2021 | AC Milan secured an away win against Juventus with a score of 3–0, their first such victory since 2011. |
2020 | During his quarantine period, Pioli managed to guide AC Milan to a 3–1 away victory over Napoli in Serie A and a 1–1 away draw with Lille in the Europa League. |
December 23 2020 | AC Milan beat Lazio 3–2, becoming the second team in Europe's top five leagues to score two or more goals in more than 15 successive games in a single calendar year. |
December 16 2020 | Following a 2–2 draw with Genoa, AC Milan remained unbeaten in 24 league games, their longest run since 1993. |
December 6 2020 | Milan defeated Sampdoria 2–1, setting a new club record for goals scored in successive Serie A matches with 30. |
November 14 2020 | Stefano Pioli, along with his assistant Giacomo Murelli, tested positive for COVID-19 during the pandemic in Italy, leading him to conduct team activities through Zoom while in quarantine. |
October 17 2020 | AC Milan won 2–1 against Inter, marking their first Serie A victory over Inter since 2016. |
July 21 2020 | Pioli reached an agreement with AC Milan for a two-year contract extension, prolonging his tenure until June 2022. |
July 7 2020 | AC Milan defeated Juventus 4–2 in Serie A, marking the first time they scored four goals against Juventus since March 1989. |
January 2020 | Stefano Pioli switched AC Milan's formation to his long-favored 4–2–3–1 formation with the arrival of Zlatan Ibrahimović, primarily accommodating the striker’s role while allowing other players like Hakan Çalhanoğlu to return to their preferred positions. |
October 9 2019 | Stefano Pioli was appointed as the new coach of AC Milan following the sacking of Marco Giampaolo. |
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