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Inter Milan
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Full name F.C. Internazionale Milano S.p.A.
Nickname(s)
  • I Nerazzurri (The Black and Blues)
  • La Beneamata (The Cherished One)
  • Il Biscione (The Big Grass Snake)
Founded 9 March 1908; 116 years ago (1908-03-09)
Ground San Siro
Ground Capacity 80,018
Owner International Sports Capital HK Ltd. (70%)[1]
Internazionale Holding S.r.l. (29.5%)[1]
Pirelli (0.5%)[2]
President Erick Thohir
Head coach Roberto Mancini
League Serie A
2014–15 Serie A, 8th
Website Club home page
Current season

F.C. Internazionale Milano,[3] commonly referred to as Inter Milan (pronounced [internatt͡sjoˈnaːle]) or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan outside of Italy,[4] is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy. The club have played continuously in the top tier of the Italian football league system since its debut in 1909.

Inter Milan have won 30 domestic trophies, including the league 18 times, the Coppa Italia seven times and the Supercoppa Italiana five times. From 2006 to 2010, the club won five successive league titles, equalling the all-time record.[5] They have won the Champions League three times: two back-to-back in 1964 and 1965 and then another in 2010, the last completed an unprecedented (for an Italian team) seasonal treble with the Coppa Italia and the Scudetto.[6] The club has also won three UEFA Cups, two Intercontinental Cups and one FIFA Club World Cup.

Inter's home games are played at San Siro, also known as the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. The stadium, which is shared with rivals A.C. Milan, is the largest in Italian football, with a total capacity of 80,018.[7] A.C. Milan are considered one of their biggest rivals, and matches between the two teams are known as Derby della Madonnina, one of the most followed derbies in football.[8] As of 2010, Inter is the second-most supported team in Italy,[9] and the sixth most-supported team in Europe.[nb 1] The club is one of the most valuable in Italian and world football.[12] It was a founding member of the now-defunct G-14 group of Europe's leading football clubs.

History

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Main article: History of F.C. Internazionale Milano

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Foundation and early years (1908–1960)

The club was founded on 9 March 1908 as Football Club Internazionale, following a "schism" from the Milan Cricket and Football Club (now A.C. Milan). The name of the club derives from the wish of its founding members to accept foreign players as well as Italians.

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"Questa notte splendida darà i colori al nostro stemma: il nero e l'azzurro sullo sfondo d'oro delle stelle. Si chiamerà Internazionale, perchè noi siamo fratelli del mondo."

— 9 March 1908, Milan[13]
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"This wonderful night will give us the colours for our crest: black and blue against a backdrop of gold stars. It will be called Internazionale [International], because we are brothers of the world."

— 9 March 1908, Milan

The club won its very first Scudetto (championship) in 1910 and its second in 1920. The captain and coach of the first Scudetto was Virgilio Fossati, who was killed in World War I.

Giuseppe Meazza made 408 appearances for Inter. He is the all-time top scorer of the club, with 284 goals

In 1922 Inter remained in the top league after winning two play-offs. Six years later, during the Fascist era, the club was forced to merge with the Unione Sportiva Milanese and was renamed Società Sportiva Ambrosiana.[14] They wore white shirts around this time with a red cross emblazoned on it. This shirt design was inspired by the flag and coat of arms of the city of Milan, which in turn derives from the flag of the patron saint of Milan, St. Ambrose, and dates back to the 4th century AD. The new upcoming President Oreste Simonotti decided to change name to Associazione Sportiva Ambrosiana in 1929. However, supporters continued to call the team Inter, and in 1931 new president Pozzani caved to shareholder pressure and changed the name to Associazione Sportiva Ambrosiana-Inter.

Their first Coppa Italia (Italian Cup) was won in 1938–39, led by the great legend Giuseppe Meazza, for whom the San Siro stadium is officially named, and a fifth league championship followed in 1940, despite an injury to Meazza. After the end of World War II the club re-emerged under their original name. Following the war, Inter won its sixth championship in 1953 and the seventh in 1954.

Grande Inter (1960–1968)

The Inter team which won the Intercontinental Cup in 1965

In 1960, manager Helenio Herrera joined Inter Milan from Barcelona, bringing with him his midfield general Luis Suárez, who won the European Footballer of the Year in the same year for his role in Barcelona's La Liga/Fairs Cup double. He would transform Inter Milan into one of the greatest teams in Europe. He modified a 5–3–2 tactic known as the Verrou (door bolt) to include larger flexibility for counterattacks. The Catenaccio system was invented by an Austrian coach named Karl Rappan. Rappan's original system was implemented with 4 fixed defenders, playing a strict man-to-man marking system, plus a playmaker in the middle of the field who plays the ball together with two midfield wings. Herrera would modify it by adding a fifth defenders, the sweeper or libero behind the two centre backs. The sweeper or libero who acted as the free man would deal with any attackers who went through the two centre backs. Inter Milan finished third in Serie A his first season, 2nd the next year and first in his 3rd season. And then followed a back-to-back European Cup victory in 1964 and 1965. Herrera earned the title il Mago ("the Wizard"). The code of Herrera's team was the fullbacks Tarcisio Burgnich and Giacinto Facchetti, Armando Picchi the sweeper, Suárez the playmaker, Jair the winger, Mario Corso the left midfielder, and Sandro Mazzola who played the inside-right.

In 1964, Inter Milan reached the European Cup Final by beating Borussia Dortmund in the semifinal and FK Partizan in the quarterfinal. In the Final, they met Real Madrid, a team that had reached seven out of the nine finals to date. Mazzola scored two goals in a 3–1 victory, and then the team won the Intercontinental Cup against Independiente. A year later, Inter repeated the feat by beating two-time winner S.L. Benfica in the final held at home, from a Jair goal, and then again beat Independiente in the Intercontinental Cup.

In 1967, with Jair gone and Suárez injured, Inter lost the European Cup Final 2–1 to Celtic. The same year, the club changed its name to Football Club Internazionale Milano.

After Helenio Herrera era (1968–1990)

Following the golden era of the 1960s, Inter managed to win their eleventh league title in 1971 and their twelfth in 1980. Inter were defeated for the second time in five years in the final of the European Cup, going down 0–2 to Johan Cruijff's Ajax Amsterdam in 1972. During the 1970s and the 1980s, Inter also added two to its Coppa Italia tally, in 1977–78 and 1981–82.

Led by the German duo of Andreas Brehme and Lothar Matthäus, and Argentine Ramón Díaz, Inter captured the 1989 Serie A championship. Fellow German Jürgen Klinsmann and the Italian Supercup were added the following season but to little avail as Inter were unable to defend their title.

Decline (1990–2004)

The 1990s was a period of disappointment. While their great rivals, Milan and Juventus, were achieving success both domestically and in Europe, Inter were left behind, with repeated mediocre results in the domestic league standings, their worst coming in 1993–94 when they finished just 1-point out of the relegation zone. Nevertheless, they achieved some European success with 3 UEFA Cup victories in 1991, 1994 and 1998.

With Massimo Moratti's takeover from Ernesto Pellegrini in 1995, Inter twice broke the world record transfer fee in this period (£19.5 million for Ronaldo from Barcelona in 1997 and £31 million for Christian Vieri from Lazio two years later). However, the 1990s remained a decade of disappointment, and is the only decade in Inter's history in which they did not win a single Italian Serie A championship. For Inter fans it was difficult to find who in particular was to blame for the troubled times and this led to some icy relations between them and the president, the managers and even some individual players.

Moratti later became a target of the fans, especially when he sacked the much-loved coach Luigi Simoni after only a few games into the 1998–99 season, after having just received Italian manager of the year award 1998 the day before being dismissed. That season Inter failed to qualify for any European competition for the first time in almost 10 years, finishing in eighth place.

Javier Zanetti was captain of Inter from August 1999 to his retirement in 2014

The following season, Moratti appointed former Juventus manager Marcello Lippi, and signed players such as Angelo Peruzzi and Laurent Blanc together with other former Juventus players Vieri and Vladimir Jugović. The team came close to their first domestic success since 1989 when they reached the Coppa Italia final only to be defeated by Lazio.

The following season another disaster struck. Inter impressed in the Supercoppa Italiana match against Lazio and took the lead through new signing Robbie Keane and Hakan Şükür—however, they lost 4–3. They were eliminated in the preliminary round of the Champions League by Swedish club Helsingborgs IF, Álvaro Recoba missing a crucial late penalty. Lippi was sacked after only a single game of the new season following Inter's first ever Serie A defeat to Reggina. Marco Tardelli, chosen to replace Lippi, failed to improve results, and is remembered by Inter fans as the manager that lost 6–0 the city derby to Milan in the 2000–01 season. Other members of the Inter "family" during this period that suffered were the likes of Vieri and Fabio Cannavaro, both of whom had their restaurants in Milan vandalised after defeats against Milan.

In 2002, not only did Inter manage to make it to the UEFA Cup semi-finals, they were also only 45 minutes away from capturing the Scudetto, when they needed to maintain a one-goal advantage away at over Lazio. Inter were 2–1 up after only 24 minutes. Lazio equalised during first half injury time and then scored two more goals in the second half to clinch victory that eventually saw Juventus win the championship. The next season, Inter finished as league runners-up and also managed to make it to the 2002–03 Champions League semi-finals against Milan, losing on the away goals rule.

Resurrection and recent history (2004–2008)

Revival (2004–2008)

Roberto Mancini pictured in 2004 as Inter manager

On 1 July 2004, Inter appointed former Lazio boss Roberto Mancini as new head coach. In his first season the team collected 72 points from 18 wins, 18 draws and only 2 losses, as well as winning the Coppa Italia and later the Supercoppa Italiana. On 11 May 2006, Inter retained their Coppa Italia trophy by once again, defeating Roma with a 4–1 aggregate victory (a 1–1 scoreline in Rome and a 3–1 win at the San Siro).

Inter were awarded the 2005–06 Serie A championship after points were stripped from Juventus and Milan due to the match fixing scandal that year. During the following season, Inter went on a record-breaking run of 17 consecutive victories in Serie A, starting on 25 September 2006 with a 4–1 home victory over Livorno, and ending on 28 February 2007, after a 1–1 draw at home to Udinese. On 22 April 2007 Inter won their second consecutive scudetto—and first on the field since 1989—when they defeated Siena 2–1 at Stadio Artemio Franchi. Italian World Cup-winning defender Marco Materazzi scored both goals.[15]

Zlatan Ibrahimović and Mario Balotelli against Palermo in 2009

Inter started the 2007–08 season with the goal of winning both Serie A and UEFA Champions League. The team started well in the league, topping the table from the first round of matches, and also managed to qualify for the Champions League knockout stage; however, a late collapse leading to a 2–0 defeat with 10 men away to Liverpool on 19 February in the Champions League threw into question manager Roberto Mancini's future at Inter, and domestic form took a sharp turn of fortune with the team failing to win in the three following Serie A games. After being eliminated by Liverpool in the Champions League, Mancini then announced his intention to leave his job, only to change his mind the following day. On the final day of the 2007–08 Serie A season, Inter played Parma away, and two goals from Zlatan Ibrahimović sealed their 3rd consecutive championship. Mancini was sacked soon after due to his previous declaration of leaving the club.[16]

Recent history (2008–present)

José Mourinho, winner of the first "treble" in Italian history in the season 2009–2010, with Inter

On 2 June 2008, Inter appointed former Porto and Chelsea boss José Mourinho as new head coach.[17] In his first season as Inter head coach, the Nerazzurri won an Italian Super Cup and a fourth consecutive title, being, however, also eliminated from the Champions League in the first knockout round for a third consecutive time, losing to eventual finalist Manchester United. In winning the league title for the fourth consecutive time, Inter joined Torino and Juventus as the only teams to do this and the first to accomplish this feat in the last 60 years.

Inter enjoyed more luck in the 2009–10 Champions League, defeating reigning champions Barcelona in the semi-final, and then defeating Bayern Munich 2–0 in the final with two goals from Diego Milito.[18] Inter also won the 2009–10 Serie A title by two points over Roma, and the 2010 Coppa Italia by defeating the same side 1–0 in the final.[19] This made Inter the first Italian team to win Treble, but Mourinho left for Real Madrid at the end of the season,[20] to be replaced by Rafael Benítez.

On 21 August 2010, Inter defeated Roma 3–1 and won the 2010 Supercoppa Italiana, the fourth trophy of the year. In December 2010, they claimed the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time after a 3–0 win against TP Mazembe in the final.[21] Inter Milan completed Quintuple, becoming the fourth team in the world after Liverpool in 2001, Al-Ahly in 2006 and Barcelona in 2009. However, after this win, on 23 December 2010, due to his poor performance in Serie A and separated by 13 points from the leader Milan (although Inter played two games less, because of the FIFA Club World Cup appointment), the team announced Benítez's departure.[22] He was replaced by Leonardo the following day.[23]

Leonardo started with 30 points from 12 games, with an average of 2.5 points per game, better than his predecessors Benítez and Mourinho. On 6 March 2011 Leonardo set a new Italian Serie A record by collecting 33 points in 13 games, the previous record was 32 points in 13 games made by Fabio Capello in the 2004–05 season. He took the club to the quarter finals of the Champions League before losing against Schalke 04, and also won the Coppa Italia. He resigned at the end of the season and was followed by not so successful new managers Gian Piero Gasperini, Claudio Ranieri, and Andrea Stramaccioni.

On 1 August 2012, Moratti sold a minority interests of Inter Milan to a Chinese consortium led by Kenneth Huang.[24] On the same day Inter announced an agreement was formed with China Railway Construction Corporation Limited for a new stadium project.[24] On 30 June 2013, Moratti's Internazionale Holding S.r.l. hold 98.2% shares of F.C. Internazionale Milano S.p.A. which the deal with Chinese apparently collapsed.[25]

On 15 October 2013, an Indonesian consortium (International Sports Capital HK Ltd.) led by Erick Thohir, Handy Soetedjo and Rosan Roeslani, signed an agreement to acquire 70% of Inter Milan shares from Internazionale Holding S.r.l. by contributing the capital increases of Inter Milan triggered by net loss of €79,881,808.[26][27][28] Immediate after the deal, Moratti's Internazionale Holding S.r.l. still hold 29.5% shares of F.C. Internazionale Milano S.p.A.[1] Thohir also co-owned D.C. United. On 2 December 2013 Inter Milan and DC United formally announced a strategic partnership.[29]

Colours and badge

S.S. Ambrosiana kit

One of the founders of Inter, a painter named Giorgio Muggiani, was responsible for the design of the first Inter logo in 1908. The first design incorporated the letters 'FCIM' in the center of a series of circles that formed the badge of the club. The basic elements of the design have remained constant even as finer details have been modified over the years. Starting at the 1999–00 season, the original club crest was reduced in size, to give place for the addition of the club's name and foundation year at the upper and lower part of the logo respectively.

In 2007, the logo was returned to the pre-1999/2000 era. It was given a more modern look with smaller Scudetto star and lighter color scheme. This version was used until July 2014, when the club decided to undertake a rebranding.[30] The most significant difference between the current and the previous logo is the omission of the star from other media except match kits.[31]

Since its founding in 1908, Inter have worn black and blue stripes. It is rumoured that black was chosen to represent night and blue was chosen to represent the sky.[32] Aside from a short period during World War II, Inter continued to wear the black and blue stripes, earning them the nickname Nerazzurri.[33] For a period of time, however, Inter was forced to abandon their black and blue uniforms. In 1928, Inter's name and philosophy made the ruling Fascist Party uneasy. As a result, during the same year the 20-year-old club was merged with Unione Sportiva Milanese. The new club was named Società Sportiva Ambrosiana after the patron saint of Milan.[34] The flag of Milan (the red cross on white background) replaced the traditional black and blue.[35] After World War II when the Fascists had fallen from power the club reverted to their original name and colours. In 2008, Inter celebrated their centenary with a red cross on their away shirt. The cross is reminiscent of the flag of their city, and they continue to use the pattern on their third kit.

Animals are often used to represent football clubs in Italy, the grass snake, called Il biscione or Serpente representing Inter. The snake is an important symbol for the city of Milan, appearing often in Milanese heraldry as a coiled viper with a man in its jaws. The symbol is famous for its presence on the coat of arms of the House of Sforza (who ruled over Italy from Milan during the Renaissance period), the city of Milan, the historical Duchy of Milan (a 400-year state of the Holy Roman Empire), and Insubria (a historical region the city of Milan falls within). For the 2010–11 season Inter's away kit featured the serpent.

Stadium

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See also: Arena Civica
Inter fans at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza

The team's stadium is the 80,018 seat San Siro, officially known as Stadio Giuseppe Meazza after the former player who represented both Milan and Inter. The more commonly used name, San Siro, is the name of the district where it is located. San Siro has been the home of Milan since 1926, when it was privately built by funding from Milan's president at the time, Piero Pirelli. Construction was performed by 120 workers, and took 13 and a half months to complete. The stadium was owned by the club until it was sold to the city council in 1935, and since 1947 it has been shared with Inter Milan, when they were accepted as joint tenant.

The first game played at the stadium was on 19 September 1926, when Inter beat Milan 6–3 in a friendly match. Milan played its first league game in San Siro on 19 September 1926, losing 1–2 to Sampierdarenese. From an initial capacity of 35,000 spectators, the stadium has undergone several major renovations, most recently in preparation for the 1990 FIFA World Cup when its capacity was set to 85,700, all covered with a polycarbonate roof. In the summer of 2008, its capacity was reduced to 80,018 to meet the new standards set by UEFA.

Based on the English model for stadiums, San Siro is specifically designed for football matches, as opposed to many multi-purpose stadiums used in Serie A. It is therefore renowned in Italy for its fantastic atmosphere during matches, thanks to the closeness of the stands to the pitch. The frequent use of flares by supporters contributes to the atmosphere but the practice has occasionally caused problems.

Supporters and rivalries

Inter against rivals Milan, known as Derby della Madonnina, in February 2009

Inter is one of the most supported clubs in Italy, according to an August 2007 research by Italian newspaper La Repubblica.[36] Historically, the largest section of Inter fans from the city of Milan were the middle-class bourgeoisie Milanese, while Milan fans were typically working-class.[33]

The traditional ultras group of Inter is Boys San; they hold a significant place in the history of the ultras scene in general due to the fact that they are one of the oldest, being founded in 1969. Politically, the ultras of Inter are usually considered right-wing and they have good relationships with the Lazio ultras. As well as the main group of Boys San, there are four more significant groups: Viking, Irriducibili, Ultras, and Brianza Alcoolica.

Inter's most vocal fans are known to gather in the Curva Nord, or north curve of the Giuseppe Meazza stadium. This longstanding tradition has led to the Curva Nord being synonymous with the club's most die-hard supporters, who unfurl banners and wave flags in support of their team.

Inter have several rivalries, two of which are highly significant in Italian football; firstly, they participate in the intra city Derby della Madonnina with Milan; the rivalry has existed ever since Inter splintered off from Milan in 1908.[33] The name of the derby refers to the Blessed Virgin Mary, whose statue atop the Milan Cathedral is one of the city's main attractions. The match usually creates a lively atmosphere, with numerous (often humorous or offensive) banners unfolded before the match. Flares are commonly present, but they also led to the abandonment of the second leg of the 2004–05 Champions League quarter-final matchup between Milan and Inter on 12 April after a flare thrown from the crowd by an Inter supporter struck Milan keeper Dida on the shoulder.[37]

The other most significant rivalry is with Juventus; the two participate in the Derby d'Italia. Up until the 2006 Italian football scandal, which saw Juventus relegated, the two were the only Italian clubs to have never played below Serie A. In recent years, post-Calciopoli, Inter have developed a rivalry with Roma, having finished runners-up to Inter in all but one of Inter's five Scudetto winning seasons between 2005 and 2010. The two sides have also contested in 5 Coppa Italia finals and four Supercoppa Italiana finals since 2006. Other clubs, like Atalanta and Napoli, are also considered amongst their rivals.[38] Their supporters collectively go by Interisti, or Nerazzurri.[39]

Players

First team squad

As of 4 September 2015.[40]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Slovenia GK Samir Handanović
5 Brazil DF Juan Jesus
6 Brazil DF Dodô
7 France MF Geoffrey Kondogbia
8 Argentina FW Rodrigo Palacio
9 Argentina FW Mauro Icardi (captain)
10 Montenegro FW Stevan Jovetić
11 France FW Jonathan Biabiany
12 Brazil DF Alex Telles (on loan from Galatasaray)
13 Colombia MF Fredy Guarín (vice-captain)
14 Spain DF Martín Montoya (on loan from Barcelona)
15 Serbia DF Nemanja Vidić
17 Chile MF Gary Medel
21 Italy DF Davide Santon
No. Position Player
22 Serbia MF Adem Ljajić (on loan from Roma)
23 Italy DF Andrea Ranocchia
24 Colombia DF Jeison Murillo
25 Brazil DF Miranda
27 Ivory Coast MF Assane Demoya Gnoukouri
30 Argentina GK Juan Pablo Carrizo
33 Italy DF Danilo D'Ambrosio
44 Croatia MF Ivan Perišić
46 Italy GK Tommaso Berni
55 Japan DF Yuto Nagatomo
77 Croatia MF Marcelo Brozović (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb)
83 Brazil MF Felipe Melo
93 Italy DF Federico Dimarco
97 Albania FW Rey Manaj

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Italy GK Francesco Bardi (at Espanyol)
Italy GK Raffaele Di Gennaro (at Latina)
Italy DF Marco Andreolli (at Sevilla)
Italy DF Cristiano Biraghi (at Granada)
Ghana DF Isaac Donkor (at Bari)
Italy DF Fabio Eguelfi (at Cremonese)
Italy DF Matteo Lorenzo (at Prato)
Italy DF Andrea Pinton (at Savona)
Italy DF Giacomo Sciacca (at Renate)
Italy DF Simone Pasa (at Pordenone)
Ivory Coast DF Yao (at Crotone)
No. Position Player
Guinea MF Gaston Camara (at Bari)
Italy MF Gianmarco Gabbianelli (at Prato)
Italy MF Riccardo Gaiola (at Prato)
Denmark MF Morten Knudsen (at Prato)
Italy MF Andrea Romanò (at Renate)
Uruguay MF Diego Laxalt (at Genoa)
Italy FW Samuele Longo (at Frosinone)
Nigeria FW Roberto Ogunseye (at Prato)
Romania FW George Pușcaș (at Bari)
Italy FW Francesco Forte (at Cremonese)

Reserves and youth teams

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Notable players

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For a list of every Inter player with 100 or more appearances, see List of Inter Milan players.

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For a list of every Inter player who has been called up by Italy, see Inter Milan and the Italian national football team.

One-club men

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No. Player Nationality Position Inter debut Last match
1 Piero Campelli  Italy Goalkeeper 30 January 1910 9 November 1924
2 Ermanno Aebi  Italy Forward 10 April 1910 12 November 1922
3 Armando Castellazzi  Italy Midfielder 24 February 1924 8 March 1936
4 Giacinto Facchetti  Italy Left-back 3 May 1961 7 May 1978
5 Sandro Mazzola  Italy Attacking midfielder, inside forward 10 June 1961 8 November 1977
6 Giuseppe Bergomi  Italy Right-back, centre-back 30 January 1980 23 May 1999

Retired numbers

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3 – Italy Giacinto Facchetti, left back, 1960–1978 (posthumous honour). The number was retired on 8 September 2006. The last player to wear the shirt was Argentinian center back Nicolás Burdisso, who took on the number 16 shirt for the rest of the season.[41]

4 – Argentina Javier Zanetti, defensive midfielder, played 858 games for Inter between 1995 and his retirement in the summer of 2014. Club president Erick Thohir confirmed that Zanetti's number 4 was to be retired out of respect.[42][43]

Technical staff

Roberto Mancini, the current coach of Inter
As of 1 September 2015[44]
Position Name
Head coach Roberto Mancini
Assistant coach Giulio Nuciari
Technical assistant Fausto Salsano
Technical assistant Sylvinho
Technical assistant José Duqué
Goalkeeper coach Adriano Bonaiuti
Match analyst Michele Salzarulo
Chief of medical staff Piero Volpi
Doctor Daniele Casalini
Head fitness coaches Ivan Carminati
Fitness coach Andrea Scanavino
Rehabilitation coach Massimiliano Marchesi
Chief of physiotherapists Marco Dellacasa
Physiotherapist Massimo Dellacasa
Physiotherapist Andrea Belli
Physiotherapist Marco Frigerio
Physiotherapist Matteo Perasso
Physiotherapist Agostino Alessio
First Team Club Manager[45] Dejan Stanković

Presidents and managers

Presidential history

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Main article: List of F.C. Internazionale Milano presidents

Below is a list of Inter presidents from 1908 until the present day.[46]

Managerial history

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Main article: List of F.C. Internazionale Milano managers

Below is a list of Inter coaches from 1909 until the present day.[47]

Honours

Inter Milan have won 30 domestic trophies, including the league eighteen times, the Coppa Italia seven and the Supercoppa Italiana five. From 2006 to 2010 the club won five successive league titles, equalling the all-time record.[5] They have won the Champions League three times: two back-to-back in 1964 and 1965 and then another in 2010; the last completed an unprecedented Italian treble with the Coppa Italia and the Scudetto.[6] The club has also won three UEFA Cups, two Intercontinental Cups and one FIFA Club World Cup.

Domestic competitions

European competitions

Worldwide competitions

Club statistics and records

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Javier Zanetti holds the records for both total appearances and Serie A appearances for Inter, with 838 official games played in total and 600 in Serie A (as of 14 March 2013).[48]

Giuseppe Meazza is Inter's all-time top goalscorer, scoring 284 goals for the club in 408 games.[48] He is followed in second place by Alessandro Altobelli with 209 goals in 466 games, and Roberto Boninsegna in third place, who has scored 171 goals in 281 games.

Helenio Herrera had the longest reign as Inter Milan coach, with nine years (eight consecutive) in charge, and is the most successful coach in Inter history with three Scudetti, two European Cups, and two Intercontinental Cup wins. José Mourinho, who was appointed on 2 June 2008, and completed his first season in Italy by winning the Serie A league title and the Supercoppa Italiana, in the second season he won the first "treble" in Italian history, the Serie A league title, Coppa Italia and the UEFA Champions League in the season 2009–2010.

As a company

Consolidated financial statements
of the ultimate holding companies
Year Turnover Result Total Assets Net Assets
Internazionale Holding S.r.l. (source)
2009–10 €331,257,215 (€73,348,853) €579,121,016 €98,415,495
2010–11 Decrease €278,349,800 Decrease (€90,064,258) Decrease €574,071,478 Increase €101,807,103
2011–12 Decrease €250,321,561 Increase (€88,586,256) Increase €591,373,830 Decrease €96,763,710
2012–13 Decrease €207,558,359 Decrease (€159,751,967) Decrease €493,872,485 Decrease €32,010,925
International Sports Capital HK Limited
2013–14 Not Published
International Sports Capital SpA (intermediate holding company)
2014–15 To be published in October 2015

According to the Deloitte Football Money League, Inter recorded revenues of €196.5 million (£167.4 million) in the 2008–09 season to rank in 9th place, one behind Juventus in 8th place, and ahead of city rivals Milan in 10th place.[49] The club beat their previous season earnings of €172.9 million (£136.9 million),[49] and for the first time since The Football Money League's inception, Inter overtook Milan in the rankings. In 2009–10 season, Inter remained in 9th, suppressed Juventus (10th) but Milan re-took the leading role as the 7th. Inter became the 8th in 2010–11, but still behind Milan for one place. Since 2011, Inter fell to 11th in 2011–12, 15th in 2012–13 and 17th in 2013–14 season.

In 2008–09 season, Revenue percentages were divided up between matchday (14%, €28.2 million), broadcasting (59%, €115.7 million, +7%, +€8 million) and commercial (27%, €52.6 million, +43%). Kit sponsors Nike and Pirelli contributed €18.1 million and €9.3 million respectively to commercial revenues, while broadcasting revenues were boosted €1.6 million (6%) by Champions League distribution.

For the 2010–11 season, Serie A clubs started negotiating club TV rights collectively rather than individually. This is predicted to result in lower broadcasting revenues for Inter, with smaller clubs gaining from the loss.

Deloitte expressed the idea that issues in Italian football, particularly matchday revenue issues were holding Inter back compared to other European giants, and developing their own stadia would result in Serie A clubs being more competitive on the world stage.[50]

F.C. Internazionale Milano S.p.A. also has one of the biggest financial "black-holes" among the Italian clubs, which heavily depends on the financial contribution from Massimo Moratti. In 2006–07 had a net loss of €206 million[51] (€112 million extraordinary basis, due to the change in accounting standard for amortisation of transfer fee (Articolo 18-bis Legge 91/1981), covered by proposed capital increases of €99 million), 2007–08 a net loss of €148,271,266,[52] 2008–09 a net loss of €154,423,469 (covered by a proposed capital increase of €70 million,[53] later increased to €90 million (covered by a proposed capital increase of €40 million and €30 million during the 2011–12 season)[54] It was contributed by the sales of Ibrahimović, the treble and the release clause of coach José Mourinho. The 2010–11 result was a net loss of €86,813,786,[55] which already included an extraordinary income of €13 million from RAI. Another re-capitalisation of €40 million was proposed, to cover the negative equity of €24,179,237 on 30 June 2011.[55]

Kit manufacturers & shirt sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
1979–1981 Puma
1981/1982 Inno-Hit
1982–1986 Mecsport Misura
1986–1988 Le Coq Sportif
1988–1991 Uhlsport
1991/1992 Umbro FitGar
1992–1995 Fiorucci
1995–1998 Pirelli
1998–2018 Nike

Affiliated clubs

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Ranking of European teams supporters: Barcelona first with 57.8 million, followed by Real Madrid (31.3 million), Manchester United (30.6 million), Chelsea (21.4 million), Bayern Munich (20.7 million) and Inter Milan (18.4 million).[10][11]
  2. ↑ This title was awarded through the courts following the Calciopoli scandal.

References

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