AC Milan sacked coach Massimiliano Allegri on May 25, 2026 following the team’s fifth-place finish in Serie A and failure to secure Champions League football, a campaign its owners described as an unequivocal failure. The announcement also saw the club dismiss CEO Giorgio Furlani, sporting director Igli Tare and technical director Geoffrey Moncada, Reuters reported on the day.
The decision came after AC Milan suffered a 2-1 home loss to Cagliari on the final day of the season. That result left the side with just one win in its last four matches, the Qatar News Agency reported. According to BBC Sport, Milan had fallen from third to fifth in the standings during the closing weeks. FBref statistics show the team completed the 2025-26 Serie A season with a 20-10-8 record for 70 points, qualifying instead for the Europa League league phase.
Allegri had returned to AC Milan in May 2025 for a second spell after previously leading the club from 2010 to 2014. During that first tenure he won the 2010-11 Serie A title and the 2011 Supercoppa Italiana, Wikipedia records on his career indicate. His latest campaign began with the side in title contention before a marked decline in recent weeks, BBC Sport reported. Transfermarkt data places his overall win percentage with Milan across both spells at roughly 51 percent.
RedBird Capital, the club’s ownership group, released a statement that described the final stretch of the season as completely inconsistent with earlier performances. “The final stretch was completely inconsistent with the performance up to that point, with last night’s disappointing loss in the final game turning the season into an unequivocal failure,” the owners said in the announcement carried by Reuters. The statement framed the campaign as a significant underachievement given the club’s ambitions. This prompted the sweeping changes across both the coaching staff and executive ranks.
The dismissals extend beyond the head coach to a comprehensive clear-out of the sporting hierarchy. AC Milan confirmed in its announcement that the departures of Furlani, Tare and Moncada were effective immediately, Goal.com reported. The moves signal an intent to restructure ahead of the 2026-27 season, according to coverage in Soccer America. Multiple outlets noted the action follows a second successive year without Champions League participation.
Allegri, aged 58, had replaced Sergio Conceicao upon his return last year, BBC Sport noted in its coverage of the sacking. His earlier success at the club included defeating cross-city rivals Inter Milan twice in the league during the 2010-11 title-winning season, a Wikipedia entry on his managerial record detailed. The latest tenure ended without silverware as the team could not sustain its early momentum. Reports from The Score highlighted how the final matches overshadowed prior progress made under his leadership.
AC Milan will open its 2026-27 Serie A campaign away to Torino on August 23, according to the club’s published fixture list. The side accumulated 53 goals scored and 35 conceded across the previous 38 league matches, FBref data shows. With the executive overhaul now complete, attention turns to identifying a new coaching team and sporting leadership. The Qatar News Agency originally carried details of the announcement from Milan.
