ROME, Italy (AFP) — AC Milan announced on Monday they had sacked coach Massimiliano Allegri and a host of senior club management after missing out on next season’s Champions League.

The 19-time Serie A winners lost 2-1 at home to Cagliari on Sunday in the final game of the league game season denying them a return to European football’s leading competition.

Allegri, 58, was appointed last May, returning to the northern club 11 years following his first tenure ended, after they also failed to qualify for the Champions League.