Best Sports Bars in Milan

The Navigli canal district is bar territory and Bar Sport Navigli is the anchor for the football-watching crowd along the south bank. Four screens, Peroni on tap, and a crowd that treats losing badly and winning loudly as equal forms of participation. The canal terrace fills for every Italian national team game.

An English-style sports bar in Porta Venezia with the full Premier League and Serie A package running simultaneously across eight screens. The beer selection covers British and Italian draught ales. The Sunday roast option runs through October to April and has a following of British and Irish residents who treat it as a pilgrimage.

Isola's neighbourhood sports bar draws a crowd that splits between Inter and AC Milan with the vigour only a city with two clubs can generate. The screens are good, the pizza is very good, and the debate between rival support groups at the bar is the entertainment between matches.

A football-focused bar in the Ticinese district with walls covered in match photography spanning 60 years of Italian football. The owner has collected the photographs personally and can tell you the story behind each one if the match is going badly and you need the distraction.

A supporters bar along the Navigli with a strong reputation among the ultras community for keeping things civil on derby days through the simple method of having excellent cold beer and a well-timed food menu that breaks up the tension. Champions League is the big event calendar here.

The name describes the unofficial affiliation rather than an official club connection. The bar near Sempione park screens all Inter home games with the kind of crowd investment that a well-designed bar room encourages. The aperitivo spread on match days is the best value proposition in the neighbourhood.

A bar that leans into Milan's football rivalry with the kind of commitment that could only exist in a city where the two major clubs share a stadium and an identity. Half the bar is blue and black, half red and black. The split is managed with good humour and occasional drama.

Traditional Italian sports bar near the Sempione park with a focus on Italian football above all else. The Serie A season drives the business. During summer, the televised tennis and cycling fill the screens and the crowd's interest barely diminishes.

An upscale sports bar near the Duomo that manages to serve the tourist crowd and the serious football-watcher simultaneously without compromising either experience. The cocktail menu is extensive. The screens are numerous. The location is the most central on this list.

A Porta Romana sports bar that benefits from the neighbourhood's younger demographic and a management team that understands music, atmosphere, and screen real estate in equal measure. The local football crowd drives attendance but the social media following has brought in a broader audience.