Adding another scudetto to Milan’s winnings at the end of the 1958/59 season gave president Andrea Rizzoli his third. In winning their third championship during his administration, the Rossoneri tallied their seventh scudetto title to add to their overall total. He was the first to attain this accomplishment and nobody at the time could have done better. Even the great Pirelli, who for twenty years (1909-1929) had made every effort to bring the Rossoneri to that height, was unable to. For the last of his scudetto winnings, president Rizzoli bequeathed Jose Altafini, who in 1958 won the World Cup with Brazil. Altafini, a center-forward with 28 goals in 32 games, had apparently not done enough to win the ranking of the top scorer. That title at the time was held by Inter’s Angelillo.
Milan’s first five games during their championship season started with 4 victories, then 1 defeat by Vicenza (2-0) and a following seventeen matches where they went on be unbeaten. This included a 5-4 victory over Juventus in their own town, and a resounding series of San Siro victories against Lazio (5-0), Napoli (6-1), and Udinese (7-0). Milan finished with 52 points on the leaderboard, leaving Fiorentina 3 points behind. The Rossoneri clash with Fiorentina resulted in a 3-1 win with six games to go. The team that earned their seventh national title included the likes of Buffon, Fontana , Zagatti, Liedholm, C. Maldini, Occhetta, Bean, Schiaffino, Altafini, Grillo, and Danova.
