Inter Milan

Association football club based in Milan, Italy

Football club

Football Club Internazionale Milano, normally referred to as Internazionale ( pronounced [ ˌinternattsjoˈnaːle ] ) or plainly Inter, and known as Inter Milan outside Italy, [ 8 ] [ 9 ] is an italian master football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Inter is the only italian side to have always competed in the top flight of italian football since its debut in 1909. Founded in 1908 following a schism within the Milan Cricket and Football Club ( now AC Milan ), Inter won its beginning backing 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 phonograph record at that clock 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 gain completed an unprecedented italian seasonal worker treble, with Inter winning the Coppa Italia and the Scudetto the lapp year. [ 11 ] The 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 capacity 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 early is one of the most pursue derbies in football. [ 13 ] As of 2019, Inter has the highest home game attendance in Italy and the one-sixth highest attendance in Europe. [ 14 ] The baseball club is one of the most valuable in italian and worldly concern football .

history

initiation 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 ( immediately AC Milan ). The identify of the club derives from the regard of its founding members to accept foreign players without limits ampere good as Italians. The golf club won its first championship in 1910 and its second in 1920. The captain and coach of the foremost backing winning team was Virgilio Fossati, who was by and by killed in battle while serving in the italian united states army during World War I. In 1922, Inter was at risk of delegating to the second division, but they remained in the top league after winning two play-offs. Six years late, during the Fascist era, the clubhouse 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 invention was inspired by the ease up and coat of arms of the city of Milan. In 1929, the new cabaret president Oreste Simonotti changed the club ‘s identify to Associazione Sportiva Ambrosiana and restored the previous black-and-blue jerseys, however supporters continued to call the team Inter, and in 1931 newfangled chair Pozzani caved in to stockholder 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 beginning Coppa Italia ( italian Cup ) was won in 1938–39, led by the iconic Giuseppe Meazza, after whom the San Siro stadium is formally named. A fifth championship followed in 1940, despite Meazza incurring an injury. After the end of World War II the club regained its original diagnose, winning its sixth championship 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 lapp year for his role 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 flexibility for counterattacks. The catenaccio system was invented by an austrian coach, Karl Rappan. Rappan ‘s original arrangement was implemented with four fixed defenders, playing a stern one-on-one notice system, plus a playmaker in the middle of the field who plays the testis together with two midfield wings. Herrera would modify it by adding a fifth defender, the sweeper or libero behind the two center backs. The carpet sweeper or libero who acted as the dislodge man would deal with any attackers who went through the two center backs. Inter finished third gear in the Serie A in his first base season, second the future year and first base in his one-third season. then followed a back-to-back european Cup victory in 1964 and 1965, earning him the style “ il Mago “ ( “ the Wizard ” ). The core 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 bequeath 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 examination, 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 class belated, Inter repeated the feat by beating two-time winner Benfica in the final examination hold at home, from a Jair finish, 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. During that year the club 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 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 Cruyff ‘s Ajax in 1972. During the 1970s and the 1980s, Inter besides added two to its Coppa Italia match, 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 couple of Andreas Brehme and Lothar Matthäus, and Argentine Ramón Díaz, Inter captured the 1989 Serie A championship. Inter were unable to defend their entitle despite adding companion german Jürgen Klinsmann to the team and winning their first base Supercoppa Italiana at the start of the season .

blend fortunes ( 1991–2004 )

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 merely one orient out of the delegating 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 twice broke the world record transfer fee in this time period ( £ 19.5 million for Ronaldo from Barcelona in 1997 and £31 million for christian Vieri from Lazio two years late ). [ 24 ] however, the 1990s remained the entirely ten in Inter ‘s history in which they did not win a unmarried Serie A championship. For Inter fans, it was unmanageable to find who in particular was to blame for the trouble times and this led to some arctic 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 late became a aim of the fans, specially when he sacked the much-loved passenger car Luigi Simoni after alone a few games into the 1998–99 season, having just received the italian coach of the year award for 1998 the day before being dismissed. That season, Inter failed to qualify for any european rival for the first time in about ten years, finishing in one-eighth seat. The following season, Moratti appointed former Juventus coach Marcello Lippi, and signed players such as Angelo Peruzzi and Laurent Blanc in concert with other early Juventus players Vieri and Vladimir Jugović. The team came close to their first domestic success since 1989 when they reached the Coppa Italia final examination lone to be defeated by Lazio. Inter ‘s misfortunes continued the following season, losing the 2000 Supercoppa Italiana catch against Lazio 4–3 after initially taking the jumper cable through new signing Robbie Keane. They were besides eliminated in the preliminary cycle of the Champions League by Swedish baseball club Helsingborgs IF, with Álvaro Recoba missing a crucial late penalty. Lippi was sacked after entirely a individual 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 coach that lost 6–0 in the city bowler hat against Milan. early 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 to the Rossoneri. In 2002, not merely did Inter wangle 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 beginning half injury time and then scored two more goals in the second one-half to clinch victory that finally saw Juventus win the backing. The adjacent 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 rule .

comeback and unprecedented treble ( 2004–2011 )

On 8 July 2004, Inter appointed former Lazio coach Roberto Mancini as its new head coach. In his beginning season, the team collected 72 points from 18 wins, 18 draw and alone two losses, equally well as winning the Coppa Italia and later the Supercoppa Italiana. On 11 May 2006, Inter retained their Coppa Italia title once again after defeating Roma with a 4–1 aggregate victory ( a 1–1 scoreline in Rome and a 3–1 gain at the San Siro ). Inter were awarded the 2005–06 Serie A championship retrospectively after title-winning Juventus was relegated and points were stripped from Milan due to the match fixing scandal that year. During the follow season, Inter went on a record-breaking run of 17 back-to-back 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 describe at home to Udinese. On 22 April 2007, Inter won their second straight 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 temper with the finish of winning both Serie A and Champions League. The team started well in the league, topping the table from the first rung of matches, and besides managed to qualify for the Champions League knockout stage. however, a late crash, leading to a 2–0 frustration with ten-spot men away to Liverpool on 19 February in the Champions League, threw into interview coach Roberto Mancini ‘s future at Inter while domestic kind took a astute 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 job immediately alone to change his judgment the be day. On the final day of the 2007–08 Serie A season, Inter played Parma aside, and two goals from Zlatan Ibrahimović sealed their third consecutive backing. Mancini, however, was sacked soon after due to his former announcement to leave the club. [ 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 treble having besides won the Serie A style and the Coppa Italia. On 2 June 2008, Inter appointed former Porto and Chelsea boss José Mourinho as new head coach. [ 27 ] In his first season, the Nerazzurri won a Suppercoppa Italiana and a fourth back-to-back title, though falling in the Champions League in the first knockout polish for a third-straight year, losing to eventual finalist Manchester United. In winning the league title Inter became the first base baseball club in the last 60 years to win the title for the fourth back-to-back meter and joined Torino and Juventus as the alone clubs to accomplish this feat, equally well as being the first 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 claim by two points over Roma, and the 2010 Coppa Italia by defeating the lapp side 1–0 in the concluding. [ 29 ] This made Inter the inaugural italian team to win the ternary. [ 30 ] At the end of the season, Mourinho left the clubhouse to manage veridical 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 class. In December 2010, they claimed the FIFA Club World Cup for the inaugural time after a 3–0 gain against TP Mazembe in the final. [ 32 ] however, after this succeed, on 23 December 2010, due to their declining performance in Serie A, the team fired Benítez. [ 33 ] He was replaced by Leonardo the adopt day. [ 34 ] Leonardo started with 30 points from 12 games, with an modal of 2.5 points per plot, better than his predecessors Benítez and Mourinho. On 6 March 2011, Leonardo set a new italian Serie A phonograph record by collecting 33 points in 13 games ; the former record was 32 points in 13 games made by Fabio Capello in the 2004–05 season. Leonardo led the club to the quarter-finals of the Champions League before losing to Schalke 04, and lead them to Coppa Italia deed. At the end of the season, however, he resigned and was followed by raw managers Gian Piero Gasperini, Claudio Ranieri and Andrea Stramaccioni, all hired during the adopt season .

Changes in ownership ( 2011–2019 )

On 1 August 2012, the club announced that Moratti was to sell a minority sake 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 new stadium project, however, the deal with the Chinese finally collapsed. [ 36 ] The 2012–13 season was the worst in recent club history with Inter finishing 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 qualification .
bury lining up before a Europa League equal 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 share, 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 % bet on, a company owned by Thohir ), Alke Sports Investment HK Limited ( 20 % stake ) and Aksis Sports Capital HK Limited ( 20 % stake ). Thohir, whom besides co-owned Major League Soccer ( MLS ) club D.C. United and Indonesia Super League ( ISL ) club 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 investment to a more self hold business model although the golf club placid breached UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations in 2015. The golf club was fined and received squad reduction in UEFA competitions, with extra penalties suspended in the probation period. During this time, Roberto Mancini returned as the 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 president 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 hand 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 beginning season of new ownership, however, started with hapless performance in pre-season friendlies. On 8 August 2016, Inter parted ship’s company with oral sex coach Roberto Mancini by reciprocal consent over disagreements regarding the club ‘s management. [ 46 ] He was replaced by Frank de Boer who was sacked on 1 November 2016 after leading Inter to a 4W–2D–5L read in 11 Serie A games as lead coach. [ 47 ] The successor, Stefano Pioli, did n’t save the team from getting the worst group solution in UEFA competitions in the club ‘s history. [ 48 ] Despite an eight-game winning stripe, he and the club parted away before season ‘s end when it became clean they would finish outside the league ‘s exceed three for the sixth straight season. [ 49 ] On 9 June 2017, former Roma coach Luciano Spalletti was appointed as Inter director, signing a biennial contract, [ 50 ] and eleven months late Inter clinched a UEFA Champions League group stage spotlight after going six years without Champions League participation thanks to a 3–2 victory against Lazio in the final examination game of 2017–18 Serie A. [ 51 ] [ 52 ] due to this achiever, in August the club extended the compress with Spalletti to 2021. [ 53 ] On 26 October 2018, Steven Zhang was appointed as newly 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 holy order to acquire its 31.05 % shares in Inter and to become the club ‘s new minority stockholder. [ 55 ] After the 2018–19 Serie A temper, despite Inter finishing 4th, Spalletti was sacked. [ 56 ]

recent history ( 2019–present )

On 31 May 2019, Inter appointed former Juventus and italian coach Antonio Conte as their fresh coach, signing a three-year softwood. [ 57 ] In September 2019, Steven Zhang was elected to the control panel of the European Club Association. [ 58 ] In the 2019–20 Serie A, Inter Milan finished arsenic 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 inaugural time in eleven years, ending Juventus ‘ range of nine back-to-back titles. [ 61 ] however, despite securing Serie A glory, Conte left the golf club by reciprocal 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 surrogate. [ 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 narrow. [ 69 ] On 12 August 2021, Inter Milan and PSV Eindhoven have reached an agreement for the transfer of Denzel Dumfries. The deal 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 shrink with the Club until 30 June 2023. He will receive an annual wage of 6 million plus bonuses. [ 71 ]

Colours and badge

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

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 former musician who represented both Milan and Inter. The more normally used name, San Siro, is the name of the zone where it is located. San Siro has been the home of Milan since 1926, when it was privately built by funding from Milan ‘s chair at the prison term, Piero Pirelli. construction was performed by 120 workers, and took 13 and a one-half months to complete. The stadium was owned by the 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 pit. 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 undergo several major renovations, most recently in training for the 1990 FIFA World Cup when its capacity was set to 85,700, all covered with a polycarbonate ceiling. In the summer of 2008, its capability 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 closeness of the stands to the lurch. The frequent habit 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 support clubs in Italy, according to an August 2007 inquiry 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 wage-earning. [ 75 ] The traditional ultras group of Inter is Boys San ; they hold a significant plaza in the history of the ultras scene in general ascribable 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. vitamin a 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 San Siro. This longstanding custom has led to the Curva Nord being synonymous with the club ‘s most die-hard supporters, who unfurl banners and wave flags in back of their team .
Scene of a Derby della Madonnina in 1915 Inter have several 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 always since Inter splintered off from Milan in 1908. [ 75 ] The name 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 bouncy standard atmosphere, with numerous ( much humorous or offensive ) banners unfolded before the meet. Flares are normally confront, but they besides led to the abandonment of the second base peg of the 2004–05 Champions League quarter-final match-up between Milan and Inter on 12 April after a flare out throw from the crowd by an Inter athletic supporter 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 merely 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. early 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 criminal record before 2017, when Juventus won the one-sixth consecutive league deed. [ 10 ] 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 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 being. It is the lone club to have competed in Serie A and its predecessors in every season since its debut 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 sum 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 place, is Alessandro Altobelli with 209 goals in 466 games, and Roberto Boninsegna in third base place, with 171 goals over 281 games. Helenio Herrera had the longest reign as Inter coach, with nine years ( eight straight ) 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 beginning season in Italy by winning the Serie A title and the Supercoppa Italiana ; in his second gear season he won the beginning “ soprano “ 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 abridge

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Out on loan

As of 3 September 2021

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Women team

luminary players

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

retired numbers

3 – 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 musician to wear the number 3 shirt was argentine plaza back Nicolás Burdisso, who took on the count 16 shirt for the respite of the season. [ 85 ]
4 – Javier Zanetti, defensive midfielder, played 858 games for Inter between 1995 and his retirement in the summer of 2014. Club chair Erick Thohir confirmed that Zanetti ‘s numeral 4 was to be retired out of obedience. [ 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 present sidereal day. [ 89 ]

managerial history

Below is a list of Inter coaches from 1909 until the give day. [ 90 ]

bodied

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 golf club, Pirelli, sold 15.26 % shares of the club to Moratti class, for €13.5 million. The tire manufacturer retained 4.2 %. [ 95 ] however, due to several capital increases of Inter, such as a invert amalgamation with an intercede hold caller, Inter Capital S.r.l. in 2006, which held 89 % shares of Inter and €70 million capitals at that meter, or issues newfangled 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 newly shares of Inter in 2013, Pirelli became the third largest shareholders of just 0.5 %, as of 31 December 2015. [ 5 ] Inter had yet another recapitalization that was reserved for Suning Holdings Group in 2016. In the course catalog of Pirelli ‘s irregular 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 year. Inter besides received direct capital contribution from the shareholders to cover passing which was excluded from issuing shares in the past. ( italian : versamenti a copertura perdite ) right before the takeover of Thohir, the consolidate balance sheets of “ Internazionale Holding S.r.l. ” showed the wholly companies group had a bank debt of €157 million, including the bank debt of a auxiliary “ Inter Brand Srl ”, equally well as the club itself, to Istituto per forty-nine Credito Sportivo ( ICS ), for €15.674 million on the balance sheet at end of 2012–13 fiscal year. [ 106 ] In 2006 Inter sold its post to the modern subordinate, “ Inter Brand S.r.l. “, a special aim entity with a shares capital of €40 million, for €158 million ( the bargain made Internazionale make a web loss of just €31 million in a separate fiscal instruction [ 107 ] [ 108 ] ). At the same time the subsidiary company secured a €120 million lend 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 loanword from ICS by factoring the sponsorship of Pirelli of 2012–13 and 2013–14 season, for €24.8 million, in an matter to rate of 3 months Euribor + 1.95 % spread. [ 103 ] In June 2014 new Inter Group secured €230 million lend [ 112 ] [ 113 ] [ 114 ] from Goldman Sachs and UniCredit at a new interest rate of 3 months Euribor + 5.5 % spread, a well as setting up a fresh subsidiary company to be the debt 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 ownership side, the Hong Kong-based International Sports Capital HK Limited, had pledged the shares of Italy-based International Sports Capital S.p.A. ( the steer holding party of Inter ) to CPPIB Credit Investments for €170 million in 2015, at an interest rate of 8 % p.a ( ascribable March 2018 ) to 15 % p.a. ( due March 2020 ). [ 115 ] ISC repaid the notes on 1 July 2016 after they sold depart of the shares of Inter to Suning Holdings Group. however, in the belated 2016 the shares of ISC S.p.A. was pledged again by ISC HK to secret fairness funds of OCP Asia for US $ 80 million. [ 116 ] In December 2017, the club besides refinanced its debt of €300 million, by issuing corporate attachment to the market, via Goldman Sachs as the bookkeeper, for an matter to 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 time, in the 2008–09 season, to rank in 9th invest, one topographic point behind Juventus in 8th place, with Milan in 10th rate. [ 120 ] In the 2009–10 season, Inter remained in 9th place, surpassing Juventus ( 10th ) but Milan re-took the leading function as the 7th. [ 121 ] Inter became the 8th in 2010–11, [ 122 ] but was still 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 season. [ 124 ] In 2016–17 season, Inter was ranked 15th in the Money League. [ 125 ] In 2010 Football Money League ( 2008–09 season ), the normalize gross 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 tax income issues were holding Inter back compared to other european giants, and developing their own stadium would result in Serie A clubhouse being more competitive on the world stage. [ 126 ] In 2009–10 season the tax income of Inter was boosted by the sales of Ibrahimović, the triple and the release article of passenger car José Mourinho. [ 127 ] According to the normalize figures by Deloitte in their 2011 Football Money League, in 2009–10 temper, the gross had increased €28.3 million ( 14 % ) to €224.8 million. The proportion of matchday, broadcast medium and commercial in the adjust figures was 17 % :62 % :21 %. [ 121 ] For the 2010–11 season, Serie A club started negotiating club television receiver rights jointly preferably than individually. [ 128 ] This was predicted to result in lower air revenues for big 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 temper ), the normalize tax income was €211.4 million. The ratio of matchday, broadcasting and commercial in the adjust figures was 16 % :58 % :26 %. [ 122 ] however, combining tax income and monetary value, in the 2006–07 season they had a net personnel casualty of €206 million [ 97 ] [ 129 ] ( €112 million extraordinary footing, due to the abolition of non-standard account practice of the special amortization store ), followed by a net loss of €148 million in the 2007–08 season, [ 98 ] a net loss of €154 million in 2008–09 season, [ 99 ] [ 100 ] a net loss of €69 million in the 2009–10 season, [ 102 ] [ 127 ] a net passing of €87 million in the 2010–11 season, [ 101 ] [ 104 ] [ 130 ] a net loss of €77 million in the 2011–12 temper, [ 103 ] a net personnel casualty of €80 million in 2012–13 temper [ 36 ] and a net net income of €33 million in 2013–14 temper, due to special income from the establishment of subordinate Inter Media and Communication. [ 131 ] All aforementioned figures were in discriminate fiscal statement. Figures from consolidated fiscal affirmation 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 lone 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 far sanction, Inter agreed to have a three-year aggregate break-even from 2015 to 2018, with the 2015–16 temper being allowed to have a net loss of a utmost 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 transfer marketplace in mid-2015, in which Stevan Jovetić and Miranda were signed by Inter on irregular deals plus an obligation to sign outright in 2017, making their cost less in the loan period. [ 138 ] furthermore, despite heavily investing in new signings, namely Geoffrey Kondogbia and Ivan Perišić that potentially increased the cost 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 loanword 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 net loss ( FFP adjusted ) of 2015–16 season was within the allowable restrict of €30 million. [ 140 ] however, on the same day UEFA besides announced that the reduction of team size of Inter in european competitions would not be lifted even, due to fond fulfillment of the targets in the colonization 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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