Association football club based in Milan, Italy

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Football Club Internazionale Milano, normally referred to as Internazionale ( pronounced [ ˌinternattsjoˈnaːle ] ) or simply Inter, and known as Inter Milan outside Italy, [ 8 ] [ 9 ] is an italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Inter is the only italian side to have always competed in the top trajectory of italian football since its introduction in 1909. Founded in 1908 following a schism within the Milan Cricket and Football Club ( now AC Milan ), Inter won its beginning championship in 1910. Since its geological formation, the cabaret has won 31 domestic trophies, including 19 league titles, 7 Coppa Italia and 5 Supercoppa Italiana. From 2006 to 2010, the club won five consecutive league titles, equalling the all-time record at that time. [ 10 ] They have won the Champions League three times : two back-to-back in 1964 and 1965 and then another in 2010. Their latest win completed an unprecedented italian seasonal worker soprano, with Inter winning the Coppa Italia and the Scudetto the same class. [ 11 ] The baseball club has besides won three UEFA Cups, two Intercontinental Cups and one FIFA Club World Cup. Inter ‘s home games are played at the San Siro stadium, which they share with city rivals AC Milan. The stadium is the largest in italian football with a capability of 75,923. [ 12 ] They have long-standing rivalries with AC Milan, with whom they contest the Derby della Madonnina, and Juventus, with whom they contest the Derby d’Italia ; their competition with the erstwhile is one of the most follow derbies in football. [ 13 ] As of 2019, Inter has the highest home game attendance in Italy and the sixth highest attendance in Europe. [ 14 ] The clubhouse is one of the most valuable in italian and worldly concern football .

history

foundation and early years ( 1908–1960 )

Inter squad in 1910

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[16]

This wonderful night bestows us with the colours of our crest: black and azure against a gilded backdrop of stars. It shall be called International, because we are brothers of the world. “ — 9 March 1908, Milan

The club was founded on 9 March 1908 as Football Club Internazionale, following the schism with the Milan Cricket and Football Club ( now AC Milan ). The name of the club derives from the wish of its founding members to accept foreign players without limits vitamin a well as Italians. The club won its first backing in 1910 and its second in 1920. The captain and coach of the first backing winning team was Virgilio Fossati, who was late killed in struggle while serving in the italian army during World War I. In 1922, Inter was at hazard of delegating to the second division, but they remained in the lead league after winning two play-offs. Six years subsequently, during the Fascist era, the baseball club was forced to merge with the Unione Sportiva Milanese and was renamed Società Sportiva Ambrosiana. [ 17 ] During the 1928–29 season, the team wore white jerseys with a red cross emblazoned on it ; the new jersey ‘s design was inspired by the flag and coat of arms of the city of Milan. In 1929, the new cabaret chair Oreste Simonotti changed the baseball club ‘s appoint to Associazione Sportiva Ambrosiana and restored the former black-and-blue jerseys, however supporters continued to call the team Inter, and in 1931 new chair Pozzani caved in to stockholder atmospheric pressure and changed the name to Associazione Sportiva Ambrosiana-Inter .
Giuseppe Meazza still holds the record for the most goals scored in a debut season in Serie A, with 31 goals in his first season (1929–30) Their first Coppa Italia ( italian Cup ) was won in 1938–39, led by the iconic Giuseppe Meazza, after whom the San Siro stadium is officially named. A fifth backing followed in 1940, despite Meazza incurring an injury. After the end of World War II the club regained its original name, winning its sixth backing in 1953 and its seventh in 1954 .

Grande Inter ( 1960–1967 )

In 1960, director Helenio Herrera joined Inter from Barcelona, bringing with him his midfield general Luis Suárez, who won the European Footballer of the year in the same class for his function in Barcelona ‘s La Liga / Fairs Cup double. He would transform Inter into one of the greatest teams in Europe. He modified a 5–3–2 tactic known as the “ Verrou “ ( “ door bolt ” ) which created greater tractability for counterattacks. The catenaccio system was invented by an austrian coach, Karl Rappan. Rappan ‘s original system was implemented with four fixed defenders, playing a nonindulgent man-to-man set 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 defender, the sweeper or libero behind the two center backs. The sweeper or libero who acted as the free man would deal with any attackers who went through the two center backs. Inter finished third in the Serie A in his first season, second the adjacent class and first in his third season. then followed a back-to-back european Cup victory in 1964 and 1965, earning him the title “ il Mago “ ( “ the Wizard ” ). The congress of racial equality of Herrera ‘s team were the attacking fullbacks Tarcisio Burgnich and Giacinto Facchetti, Armando Picchi the carpet sweeper, Suárez the playmaker, Jair the winger, Mario Corso the leftover midfielder, and Sandro Mazzola, who played on the inside-right. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] [ 20 ] [ 21 ] [ 22 ] [ 23 ]
Sandro Mazzola played for the highly successful Inter team remembered by the name of “La Grande Inter”, during the 1960s In 1964, Inter reached the european Cup Final by beating Borussia Dortmund in the semi-final and Partizan in the quarter-final. 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 belated, Inter repeated the feat by beating two-time achiever Benfica in the concluding hold at home, from a Jair goal, and then again drum Independiente in the Intercontinental Cup. In 1967, with Jair gone and Suárez injured, Inter lost the european Cup Final 2–1 to Celtic. During that year the clubhouse changed its name to Football Club Internazionale Milano .

subsequent achievements ( 1967–1991 )

Following the golden earned run average of the 1960s, Inter managed to win their eleventh league title in 1971 and their one-twelfth in 1980. Inter were defeated for the second base time in five years in the final of the european Cup, going down 0–2 to Johan Cruyff ‘s Ajax in 1972. During the 1970s and the 1980s, Inter besides added two to its Coppa Italia count, in 1977–78 and 1981–82. Hansi Müller ( 1975-1982 VfB Stuttgart, 1982-1984 Inter Milan ) and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge ( 1974-1984 Bayern Munich, 1984-1987 Inter Milan ) played for Inter Milan. Led by the german duet of Andreas Brehme and Lothar Matthäus, and Argentine Ramón Díaz, Inter captured the 1989 Serie A championship. Inter were ineffective to defend their deed despite adding companion german Jürgen Klinsmann to the team and winning their first Supercoppa Italiana at the start of the season .

mix fortunes ( 1991–2004 )

The 1990s was a period of disappointment. While their big rivals Milan and Juventus were achieving success both domestically and in Europe, Inter were left behind, with repeated average results in the domestic league standings, their worst coming in 1993–94 when they finished precisely one indicate out of the relegation zone. however, they achieved some european success with three UEFA Cup victories in 1991, 1994 and 1998. With Massimo Moratti ‘s takeover from Ernesto Pellegrini in 1995, Inter doubly broke the populace 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 by and by ). [ 24 ] however, the 1990s remained the entirely ten in Inter ‘s history in which they did not win a individual Serie A championship. For Inter fans, it was difficult to find who in particular was to blame for the perturb times and this led to some frigid relations between them and the chair, the managers and even some individual players .
Jerseys of Ronaldo ( number 10 ), Zamorano ( one plus eight ) and Figo ( seven ) in the San Siro museum Moratti later became a target of the fans, specially when he sacked the much-loved coach Luigi Simoni after alone a few games into the 1998–99 season, having just received the italian director of the year award for 1998 the day before being dismissed. That season, Inter failed to qualify for any european competition for the first time in about ten years, finishing in one-eighth place. The follow season, Moratti appointed former Juventus coach 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 foremost domestic success since 1989 when they reached the Coppa Italia final only to be defeated by Lazio. Inter ‘s misfortunes continued the follow season, losing the 2000 Supercoppa Italiana match against Lazio 4–3 after initially taking the conduct through fresh signing Robbie Keane. They were besides eliminated in the preliminary rung of the Champions League by Swedish clubhouse Helsingborgs IF, with Álvaro Recoba missing a crucial former punishment. Lippi was sacked after only a single game of the new season following Inter ‘s inaugural always Serie A kill to Reggina. Marco Tardelli, chosen to replace Lippi, failed to improve results, and is remembered by Inter fans as the coach that lost 6–0 in the city bowler hat against Milan. other members of the Inter “ kin ” during this period that suffered were the likes of Vieri and Fabio Cannavaro, both of whom had their restaurants in Milan vandalised after defeats to the Rossoneri. In 2002, not only did Inter pull off to make it to the UEFA Cup semi-finals, but were besides only 45 minutes away from capturing the Scudetto when they needed to maintain their one-goal advantage away to Lazio. Inter were 2–1 up after entirely 24 minutes. Lazio equalised during first half injury time and then scored two more goals in the second half to clinch victory that finally saw Juventus win the backing. The future season, Inter finished as league runner-up and besides managed to make it to the 2002–03 Champions League semi-finals against Milan, losing on the away goals convention .

rejoinder and unprecedented treble ( 2004–2011 )

On 8 July 2004, Inter appointed early Lazio coach Roberto Mancini as its new drumhead coach. In his first season, the team collected 72 points from 18 wins, 18 tie and entirely two losses, equally well as winning the Coppa Italia and former the Supercoppa Italiana. On 11 May 2006, Inter retained their Coppa Italia style once again after defeating Roma with a 4–1 sum victory ( a 1–1 scoreline in Rome and a 3–1 win at the San Siro ). Inter were awarded the 2005–06 Serie A backing retrospectively after title-winning Juventus was relegated and points were stripped from 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 base 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 airfield since 1989—when they defeated Siena 2–1 at Stadio Artemio Franchi. italian World Cup -winning defender Marco Materazzi scored both goals. [ 25 ] Inter started the 2007–08 season with the goal of winning both Serie A and Champions League. The team started well in the league, topping the mesa from the first round of matches, and besides managed to qualify for the Champions League knockout degree. however, a recently collapse, leading to a 2–0 frustration with ten men away to Liverpool on 19 February in the Champions League, threw into question director Roberto Mancini ‘s future at Inter while domestic form took a sharp turn of luck with the team failing to win in the three following Serie A games. After being eliminated by Liverpool in the Champions League, Mancini announced his intention to leave his caper immediately only to change his mind the trace day. On the final day of the 2007–08 Serie A season, Inter played Parma off, and two goals from Zlatan Ibrahimović sealed their third back-to-back backing. Mancini, however, was sacked soon after ascribable to his previous announcement to leave the clubhouse. [ 26 ]
Inter supporters during the 2010 UEFA Champions League Final at Santiago Bernabéu. In winning the final, Inter became the first italian team to win the soprano having besides won the Serie A title and the Coppa Italia. On 2 June 2008, Inter appointed former Porto and Chelsea boss José Mourinho as new promontory passenger car. [ 27 ] In his first temper, the Nerazzurri won a Suppercoppa Italiana and a fourthly back-to-back claim, though falling in the Champions League in the first smasher round for a third-straight year, losing to eventual finalist Manchester United. In winning the league title Inter became the first cabaret in the last 60 years to win the title for the fourthly straight clock time and joined Torino and Juventus as the only clubs to accomplish this feat, ampere good as being the first golf club based outside Turin. Inter won the 2009–10 Champions League, defeating reigning champions Barcelona in the semi-final before beating Bayern Munich 2–0 in the final with two goals from Diego Milito. [ 28 ] Inter besides won the 2009–10 Serie A deed by two points over Roma, and the 2010 Coppa Italia by defeating the same side 1–0 in the final. [ 29 ] This made Inter the first italian team to win the double. [ 30 ] At the end of the season, Mourinho left the club to manage actual Madrid ; [ 31 ] he was replaced by Rafael Benítez. On 21 August 2010, Inter defeated Roma 3–1 and won the 2010 Supercoppa Italiana, their 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 examination. [ 32 ] however, after this win, on 23 December 2010, due to their declining performance in Serie A, the team fired Benítez. [ 33 ] He was replaced by Leonardo the take after day. [ 34 ] 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 fresh italian Serie A record by collecting 33 points in 13 games ; the previous phonograph record was 32 points in 13 games made by Fabio Capello in the 2004–05 season. Leonardo led the golf club to the quarter-finals of the Champions League before losing to Schalke 04, and lead them to Coppa Italia entitle. At the end of the season, however, he resigned and was followed by new managers Gian Piero Gasperini, Claudio Ranieri and Andrea Stramaccioni, all hired during the play along season .

Changes in possession ( 2011–2019 )

On 1 August 2012, the club announced that Moratti was to sell a minority interest of the club to a chinese consortium led by Kenneth Huang. [ 35 ] On the lapp day, Inter announced an agreement was formed with China Railway Construction Corporation Limited for a fresh stadium project, however, the consider with the Chinese finally collapsed. [ 36 ] The 2012–13 season was the worst in holocene club history with Inter finishing one-ninth in Serie A and failing to qualify for any european competitions. Walter Mazzarri was appointed to replace Stramaccioni as the director for 2013–14 season on 24 May 2013, having ended his tenure at Napoli. [ 37 ] He guided the club to fifth in Serie A and to 2014–15 UEFA Europa League reservation .
bury lining up before a Europa League match against FC Dnipro on 18 September 2014 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 shares from Internazionale Holding S.r.l. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] [ 40 ] immediately after the deal, Moratti ‘s Internazionale Holding S.r.l. still retained 29.5 % of the shares of FC Internazionale Milano S.p.A. [ 41 ] After the cope, the shares of Inter was owned by a chain of holding companies, namely International Sports Capital S.p.A. of Italy ( for 70 % stake ), International Sports Capital HK Limited and asian Sports Ventures HK Limited of Hong Kong. asian Sports Ventures HK Limited, itself another average holding company, was owned by Nusantara Sports Ventures HK Limited ( 60 % stake, a company owned by Thohir ), Alke Sports Investment HK Limited ( 20 % stake ) and Aksis Sports Capital HK Limited ( 20 % impale ). Thohir, whom besides co-owned Major League Soccer ( MLS ) baseball club D.C. United and Indonesia Super League ( ISL ) cabaret Persib Bandung, announced on 2 December 2013 that Inter and D.C. United had formed strategic partnership. [ 42 ] During the Thohir era the club began to modify its fiscal structure from one reliant on continual owner investing to a more self sustain business model although the cabaret still breached UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations in 2015. The cabaret was fined and received police squad reduction in UEFA competitions, with extra penalties suspended in the probation time period. During this time, Roberto Mancini returned as the golf club director on 14 November 2014, with Inter finishing 8th. Inter finished 2015–2016 season fourth, failing to return to Champions League. On 6 June 2016, Suning Holdings Group ( via a Luxembourg-based subordinate Great Horizon S.á r.l. ) a company owned by Zhang Jindong, co-founder and chair of Suning Commerce Group, acquired a majority stake of Inter from Thohir ‘s consortium International Sports Capital S.p.A. and from Moratti family ‘s remaining shares in Internazionale Holding S.r.l. [ 43 ] According to assorted filings, the entire investment from Suning was €270 million. [ 44 ] The manage was approved by an extraordinary general meet on 28 June 2016, from which Suning Holdings Group had acquired a 68.55 % stake in the club. [ 45 ] The first season of new ownership, however, started with poor operation in pre-season friendlies. On 8 August 2016, Inter parted company with head coach Roberto Mancini by reciprocal accept over disagreements regarding the club ‘s commission. [ 46 ] He was replaced by Frank de Boer who was sacked on 1 November 2016 after leading Inter to a 4W–2D–5L phonograph record in 11 Serie A games as head coach. [ 47 ] The successor, Stefano Pioli, did n’t save the team from getting the worst group consequence in UEFA competitions in the golf club ‘s history. [ 48 ] Despite an eight-game acquire streak, he and the club parted away before season ‘s end when it became clear they would finish outside the league ‘s top three for the sixth straight season. [ 49 ] On 9 June 2017, former Roma bus Luciano Spalletti was appointed as Inter director, signing a biennial compress, [ 50 ] and eleven months belated Inter clinched a UEFA Champions League group stagecoach spot after going six years without Champions League engagement thanks to a 3–2 victory against Lazio in the final game of 2017–18 Serie A. [ 51 ] [ 52 ] due to this success, in August the club extended the condense with Spalletti to 2021. [ 53 ] On 26 October 2018, Steven Zhang was appointed as new president of the club. [ 54 ] On 25 January 2019, the club formally announced that LionRock Capital from Hong Kong reached an agreement with International Sports Capital HK Limited, in order to acquire its 31.05 % shares in Inter and to become the club ‘s newfangled minority stockholder. [ 55 ] After the 2018–19 Serie A season, despite Inter finishing 4th, Spalletti was sacked. [ 56 ]

holocene history ( 2019–present )

On 31 May 2019, Inter appointed former Juventus and italian director Antonio Conte as their new coach, signing a three-year share. [ 57 ] In September 2019, Steven Zhang was elected to the board of the European Club Association. [ 58 ] In the 2019–20 Serie A, Inter Milan finished a runner-up as they won 2–0 against Atalanta on the last matchday. [ 59 ] They besides reached the 2020 UEFA Europa League Final, ultimately losing 3–2 to Sevilla. [ 60 ] Following Atalanta ‘s draw against Sassuolo on 2 May 2021, Internazionale were confirmed as champions for the beginning time in eleven years, ending Juventus ‘ run of nine consecutive titles. [ 61 ] however, despite securing Serie A glory, Conte left the club by common consent on 26 May 2021. The passing was reportedly due to disagreements between Conte and the board over player transfers. [ 62 ] [ 63 ] In June 2021, Simone Inzaghi was appointed as Conte ‘s refilling. [ 64 ] On 22 June 2021, Carlo Cottarelli launched the shareholding of the fans of the Inter Milan club with InterSpac project. [ 65 ] On 6 July 2021, Achraf Hakimi was sold to Paris Saint-Germain F.C. for 68 million euro. [ 66 ] On 8 August 2021, Romelu Lukaku was sold to Chelsea F.C. for 115 million euros, representing the most expensive association football transfer by an italian football club ever. [ 67 ] [ 68 ] On 10 August 2021, Inter Milan confirmed they will be terminating Radja Nainggolan ‘s contract. [ 69 ] On 12 August 2021, Inter Milan and PSV Eindhoven have reached an agreement for the transfer of Denzel Dumfries. The bargain closed for € 12.5 million plus a 2.5 million bonus for the Eindhoven club. [ 70 ] On 13 August 2021, Inter Milan confirms the learning of Edin Džeko who is sold by Roma outright and has signed a condense with the Club until 30 June 2023. He will receive an annual wage of 6 million asset bonuses. [ 71 ]

Colours and badge

Crociata shirt 1928–29 S.S. Ambrosiana in its egg white and redshirt

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One of the founders of Inter, a painter named Giorgio Muggiani, was responsible for the design of the first Inter logo in 1908. The beginning blueprint 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 all right details have been modified over the years. Starting at the 1999–2000 season, the original baseball club peak was reduced in size, to give place for the addition of the club ‘s diagnose and foundation garment year at the upper berth and lower separate of the logo respectively. In 2007, the logo was returned to the pre-1999–2000 era. It was given a more modern look with a smaller Scudetto star and lighter color scheme. This adaptation was used until July 2014, when the club decided to undertake a rebranding. [ 72 ] The most significant difference between the current and the former logo is the omission of the star from other media except match kits. [ 73 ] Since its establish in 1908, Inter have about always careworn black and blue stripes, earning them the nickname Nerazzurri. According to the tradition, the colours were adopted to represent the nocturnal sky : in fact, the baseball club was established on the night of 9 March, at 23:30 ; furthermore, gloomy was chosen by Giorgio Muggiani because he considered it to be the face-to-face color to red, worn by the Milan Cricket and Football Club rivals. [ 74 ] [ 75 ] During the 1928–29 temper, however, Inter were forced to abandon their black and blue uniforms. In 1928, Inter ‘s identify and philosophy made the rule Fascist Party awkward ; as a solution, during the same year the 20-year-old clubhouse was merged with Unione Sportiva Milanese : the new baseball club was named Società Sportiva Ambrosiana after the patron enshrine of Milan. [ 76 ] The flag of Milan ( the crimson cross on white background ) replaced the traditional black and blue. [ 77 ] In 1929 the black-and-blue jerseys were restored, and after World War II, when the Fascists had fallen from exponent, the golf club reverted to their master name. In 2008, Inter celebrated their centennial with a red cross on their away shirt. The traverse is evocative of the ease up of their city, and they continue to use the blueprint on their one-third kit. In 2014, the clubhouse adopted a predominantly total darkness home kit out with slender blue pinstripes [ 78 ] before returning to a more traditional design the follow season. Animals are often used to represent football clubs in Italy – the grass hydra, called Biscione, represents Inter. The snake is an significant symbol for the city of Milan, appearing often in milanese heraldry as a gyrate viper with a man in its jaw. The symbol is show on the coat of arms of the House of Sforza ( which ruled over Italy from Milan during the Renaissance menstruation ), the city of Milan, the historical Duchy of Milan ( a 400-year express of the Holy Roman Empire ) and Insubria ( a historical area the city of Milan falls within ). For the 2010–11 season, Inter ‘s off kit out featured the serpent .

stadium

San Siro during an Inter match The team ‘s stadium is the 75,923 seat San Siro, [ 12 ] formally known as the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza after the early musician who represented both Milan and Inter. The more normally used identify, San Siro, is the name of the district where it is located. San Siro has been the dwelling 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 golf club until it was sold to the city in 1935, and since 1947 it has been shared with Inter, 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 gear 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 undergo several major renovations, most recently in homework 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 raw 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 owing to the stuffiness of the stands to the pitch. The patronize use of flares by supporters contributes to the atmosphere, but the practice has occasionally besides caused problems .

Supporters and rivalries

Inter is one of the most patronize clubs in Italy, according to an August 2007 research by italian newspaper La Repubblica. [ 79 ] Historically, the largest section of Inter fans from the city of Milan were the middle-class middle class Milanese, while Milan fans were typically propertyless. [ 75 ] The traditional ultras group of Inter is Boys San ; they hold a significant set in the history of the ultras fit in general due to the fact that they are one of the oldest, being founded in 1969. politically, the ultras of Inter are normally considered rightist and they have good relationships with the Lazio ultras. a well as the main group of Boys San, there are four more meaning groups : Viking, Irriducibili, Ultras, and Brianza Alcoolica. Inter ‘s most song fans are known to gather in the Curva Nord, or north curve of the San Siro. This longstanding custom has led to the Curva Nord being synonymous with the baseball club ‘s most die-hard supporters, who unfurl banners and wave flags in support of their team .
Scene of a Derby della Madonnina in 1915 Inter have respective rivalries, two of which are highly significant in italian football ; first, they participate in the intracity Derby della Madonnina with AC Milan ; the competition has existed ever since Inter splintered off from Milan in 1908. [ 75 ] The mention of the bowler hat refers to the Blessed Virgin Mary, whose statue atop the Milan Cathedral is one of the city ‘s main attractions. The match normally creates a lively standard atmosphere, with numerous ( much humorous or unsavory ) banners unfolded before the match. Flares are normally award, but they besides led to the abandonment of the moment leg of the 2004–05 Champions League quarter-final match-up between Milan and Inter on 12 April after a flare confuse from the crowd by an Inter patron struck Milan keeper Dida on the shoulder. [ 80 ] The other most significant competition is with Juventus ; matches between the two clubs are known as 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 the 2000s, Inter developed a competition with Roma, who finished as runner-up to Inter in all but one of Inter ‘s five Scudetto -winning seasons between 2005–06 and 2009–10. The two sides have besides contested in five Coppa Italia finals and four Supercoppa Italiana finals since 2006. other clubs, like Atalanta and Napoli, are besides considered amongst their rivals. [ 81 ] Their supporters jointly go by Interisti, or Nerazzurri. [ 82 ]

Honours

Inter have won 31 domestic trophies, including the league 19 times, the Coppa Italia seven and the Supercoppa Italiana five. From 2006 to 2010, the club won five consecutive league titles, equalling the all-time record before 2017, when Juventus won the one-sixth consecutive league title. [ 10 ] They have won the Champions League three times : two back-to-back in 1964 and 1965 and then another in 2010 ; the final completed an unprecedented italian triple with the Coppa Italia and the Scudetto. [ 11 ] The club has besides won three UEFA Cups, two Intercontinental Cups and one FIFA Club World Cup. Inter has never been relegated from the top flight of italian football in its entire universe. It is the lone club to have competed in Serie A and its predecessors in every season since its introduction in 1909 .

Club statistics and records

Javier Zanetti made a record 858 appearances for Internazionale, including 618 in Serie A Javier Zanetti holds the records for both total appearances and Serie A appearances for Inter, with 858 official games played in total and 618 in Serie A. Giuseppe Meazza is Inter ‘s all-time top goalscorer, with 284 goals in 408 games. [ 83 ] Behind him, in second gear place, is Alessandro Altobelli with 209 goals in 466 games, and Roberto Boninsegna in one-third topographic point, with 171 goals over 281 games. Helenio Herrera had the longest predominate as Inter passenger car, 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, completed his first temper in Italy by winning the Serie A title and the Supercoppa Italiana ; in his second season he won the first “ treble “ in italian history : the Serie A, Coppa Italia and the UEFA Champions League .

Players

First-team squad

As of 31 August 2021[84]

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other players under condense

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Women team

luminary players

For a list of every Inter player with 100 or more appearances, see List of Inter Milan players For a tilt of every Inter player who has been called up by Italy, see Inter Milan and the italian national football team

put out numbers

3Italy Giacinto Facchetti, left back, played for Inter 1960–1978 (posthumous honour). The number was retired on 8 September 2006, four days after Facchetti had died from cancer aged 64. The last player to wear the count 3 shirt was argentine center back Nicolás Burdisso, who took on the count 16 shirt for the rest of the season. [ 85 ]
4Argentina 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 act 4 was to be retired out of deference. [ 86 ] [ 87 ]

technical staff

As of 1 July 2021[88]

Chairmen and managers

Chairmen history

Below is a list of Inter chairmen from 1908 until the confront day. [ 89 ]

managerial history

Below is a tilt of Inter coaches from 1909 until the introduce day. [ 90 ]

corporate

FC Internazionale Milano S.p.A. was described as one of the fiscal “ black-holes ” among the italian club, which was heavily subject on the fiscal contribution from the owner Massimo Moratti. [ 91 ] [ 92 ] [ 93 ] [ 94 ] In June 2006, the shirt sponsor and the minority stockholder of the club, Pirelli, sold 15.26 % shares of the club to Moratti syndicate, for €13.5 million. The sur manufacturer retained 4.2 %. [ 95 ] however, due to several capital increases of Inter, such as a revoke amalgamation with an intermediate bear party, Inter Capital S.r.l. in 2006, which held 89 % shares of Inter and €70 million capitals at that fourth dimension, or issues new shares for €70.8 million in June 2007, [ 96 ] €99.9 million in December 2007, [ 97 ] €86.6 million in 2008, [ 98 ] €70 million in 2009, [ 99 ] [ 100 ] €40 million in 2010 and 2011, [ 101 ] [ 102 ] [ 103 ] [ 104 ] €35 million in 2012 [ 36 ] [ 105 ] or allowing Thoir subscribed €75 million new shares of Inter in 2013, Pirelli became the third largest shareholders of just 0.5 %, as of 31 December 2015. [ 5 ] Inter had however another recapitalization that was reserved for Suning Holdings Group in 2016. In the course catalog of Pirelli ‘s second IPO in 2017, the company besides revealed that the value of the remaining shares of Inter that was owned by Pirelli, was write-off to zero in 2016 fiscal class. Inter besides received directly das kapital contribution from the shareholders to cover loss which was excluded from issuing shares in the past. ( italian : versamenti a copertura perdite ) properly before the takeover of Thohir, the amalgamate balance sheets of “ Internazionale Holding S.r.l. ” showed the whole companies group had a deposit debt of €157 million, including the bank debt of a auxiliary “ Inter Brand Srl ”, arsenic well as the clubhouse itself, to Istituto per forty-nine Credito Sportivo ( ICS ), for €15.674 million on the balance plane at end of 2012–13 fiscal class. [ 106 ] In 2006 Inter sold its stigmatize to the raw subordinate, “ Inter Brand S.r.l. “, a special determination entity with a shares das kapital of €40 million, for €158 million ( the deal made Internazionale make a internet personnel casualty of just €31 million in a separate fiscal statement [ 107 ] [ 108 ] ). At the same time the subsidiary company secured a €120 million loanword from Banca Antonveneta, [ 109 ] which would be repaid in installments until 30 June 2016 ; [ 110 ] La Repubblica described the deal as “ doping ”. [ 111 ] In September 2011 Inter secured a loan from ICS by factoring the sponsorship of Pirelli of 2012–13 and 2013–14 season, for €24.8 million, in an interest rate of 3 months Euribor + 1.95 % spread. [ 103 ] In June 2014 raw Inter Group secured €230 million loan [ 112 ] [ 113 ] [ 114 ] from Goldman Sachs and UniCredit at a new interest rate of 3 months Euribor + 5.5 % spread, arsenic well as setting up a new subordinate to be the debt aircraft carrier : “ Inter Media and Communication S.r.l. ”. €200 million of which would be utilized in debt refinance of the group. The €230million lend, €1 million ( plus interests ) would be due on 30 June 2015, €45 million ( plus interests ) would be repaid in 15 installments from 30 September 2015 to 31 March 2019, vitamin a well as €184 million ( plus interests ) would be due on 30 June 2019. [ 41 ] In possession english, the Hong Kong-based International Sports Capital HK Limited, had pledged the shares of Italy-based International Sports Capital S.p.A. ( the direct holding company of Inter ) to CPPIB Credit Investments for €170 million in 2015, at an interest pace of 8 % p.a ( due March 2018 ) to 15 % p.a. ( due March 2020 ). [ 115 ] ISC repaid the notes on 1 July 2016 after they sold separate of the shares of Inter to Suning Holdings Group. however, in the late 2016 the shares of ISC S.p.A. was pledged again by ISC HK to private fairness funds of OCP Asia for US $ 80 million. [ 116 ] In December 2017, the clubhouse besides refinanced its debt of €300 million, by issuing corporate bond to the market, via Goldman Sachs as the bookkeeper, for an concern rate of 4.875 % p.a. [ 117 ] [ 118 ] [ 119 ] Considering tax income alone, Inter surpassed city rivals in Deloitte Football Money League for the first base time, in the 2008–09 temper, to rank in 9th place, one place behind Juventus in 8th position, with Milan in 10th place. [ 120 ] In the 2009–10 season, Inter remained in 9th place, surpassing Juventus ( 10th ) but Milan re-took the leading character as the 7th. [ 121 ] Inter became the 8th in 2010–11, [ 122 ] but was even one place behind Milan. Since 2011, Inter fell to 11th in 2011–12, 15th in 2012–13, 17th in 2013–14, 19th in 2014–15 [ 123 ] and 2015–16 temper. [ 124 ] In 2016–17 season, Inter was ranked 15th in the Money League. [ 125 ] In 2010 Football Money League ( 2008–09 season ), the normalize tax income of €196.5 million were divided up between matchday ( 14 %, €28.2 million ), broadcasting ( 59 %, €115.7 million, +7 %, +€8 million ) and commercial ( 27 %, €52.6 million, +43 % ). [ 126 ] 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. Deloitte expressed the idea that issues in italian football, particularly matchday gross issues were holding Inter back compared to other european giants, and developing their own stadium would result in Serie A golf club being more competitive on the earth phase. [ 126 ] In 2009–10 temper the tax income of Inter was boosted by the sales of Ibrahimović, the soprano and the turn article of coach José Mourinho. [ 127 ] According to the normalize figures by Deloitte in their 2011 Football Money League, in 2009–10 season, the tax income had increased €28.3 million ( 14 % ) to €224.8 million. The ratio of matchday, broadcasting and commercial in the adjusted figures was 17 % :62 % :21 %. [ 121 ] For the 2010–11 temper, Serie A club started negotiating club television receiver rights jointly rather than individually. [ 128 ] This was predicted to result in lower broadcast revenues for adult clubs such as Juventus [ 128 ] and Inter, [ 126 ] with smaller clubs gaining from the loss. finally the leave included an extraordinary income of €13 million from RAI. [ 101 ] In 2012 Football Money League ( 2010–11 season ), the normalize tax income was €211.4 million. The ratio of matchday, broadcast and commercial in the adjust figures was 16 % :58 % :26 %. [ 122 ] however, combining gross and monetary value, in the 2006–07 season they had a net income personnel casualty of €206 million [ 97 ] [ 129 ] ( €112 million extraordinary basis, ascribable to the abolition of non-standard account practice of the particular amortization fund ), followed by a net passing of €148 million in the 2007–08 season, [ 98 ] a net loss of €154 million in 2008–09 season, [ 99 ] [ 100 ] a internet loss of €69 million in the 2009–10 season, [ 102 ] [ 127 ] a final loss of €87 million in the 2010–11 season, [ 101 ] [ 104 ] [ 130 ] a net loss of €77 million in the 2011–12 season, [ 103 ] a internet personnel casualty of €80 million in 2012–13 temper [ 36 ] and a web net income of €33 million in 2013–14 season, due to limited income from the institution of subsidiary company Inter Media and Communication. [ 131 ] All aforementioned figures were in separate fiscal statement. Figures from consolidate fiscal statement were announced since 2014–15 season, which were net losses of €140.4 million ( 2014–15 ), [ 132 ] [ 133 ] €59.6 million [ 133 ] [ 134 ] ( 2015–16 season, before 2017 restatement ) [ 135 ] and €24.6 million ( 2016–17 ). [ 135 ] [ 136 ] In 2015 Inter and Roma were the only two italian clubs that were sanctioned by the UEFA due to their break of UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations, [ 137 ] which was followed by AC Milan which was once barred from returning to european competition in 2018. As a probation to avoid farther sanction, Inter agreed to have a three-year aggregate break-even from 2015 to 2018, with the 2015–16 season being allowed to have a net loss of a maximum of €30 million, followed by break-even in the 2016–17 season and onwards. Inter was besides fined €6 million plus an extra €14 million in probation. [ 137 ] Inter besides made a fiscal trick in the transplant grocery store in mid-2015, in which Stevan Jovetić and Miranda were signed by Inter on temp deals plus an duty to sign outright in 2017, making their monetary value less in the loanword menstruation. [ 138 ] furthermore, despite heavily investing in fresh signings, namely Geoffrey Kondogbia and Ivan Perišić that potentially increased the monetary value in amortization, Inter besides sold Mateo Kovačić for €29 million, making a windfall net income. [ 138 ] In November 2018, documents from Football Leaks far revealed that the loan signings such as Xherdan Shaqiri in January 2015, was in fact had inevitable conditions to trigger the outright buy. [ 139 ] On 21 April 2017, Inter announced that their internet loss ( FFP adjusted ) of 2015–16 season was within the allowable limit of €30 million. [ 140 ] however, on the like day UEFA besides announced that the reduction of team size of Inter in european competitions would not be lifted even, due to partial fulfillment of the targets in the liquidation agreement. [ 141 ] Same announcement was made by UEFA in June 2018, based on Inter ‘s 2016–17 season fiscal result. [ 142 ] In February 2020, Inter Milan sued Major League Soccer ( MLS ) for trademark misdemeanor, claiming that the term “ Inter ” is synonymous with its club and no one else. [ 143 ]

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  1. ^ This title was awarded through the courts following the Calciopoli scandal

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