List of Inter Milan records and statistics
Football Club Internazionale Milano is an Italian professional association football club based in Milan that currently plays in the Italian Serie A. They were one of the founding members of Serie A in 1929, and are the only club never to have been relegated from the league. They have also been involved in European football, winning the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup three times each. Inter become the first Italian club to win back-to-back European Cups, achieving the feat in 1964 and 1965.
This list encompasses the major honours won by Inter Milan and records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Inter Milan players on the international stage, and the highest transfer fees paid and received by the club.
Inter has set various records since its founding. In 2010, Inter became the first Italian club to win the treble consisting of Serie A, the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Champions League.[1] Between 2005 and 2010, Inter won five consecutive national championships, a record which was broken by Juventus in the 2016–17 season. Inter has also signed several high-profile players, setting the world record in transfer fees on two occasions with the purchase of Ronaldo in 1997 and Christian Vieri in 1999.
The statistics listed below are updated to 21 August 2020.
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 in that period. Inter has won the Champions League three times; two back-to-back titles in 1964 and 1965, and then another in 2010. The 2010 title completed an unprecedented Italian treble along with the Coppa Italia and the Scudetto. The club has also won three UEFA Cups, two Intercontinental Cups and one FIFA Club World Cup.
National titles
- Winners (18): 1909–10, 1919–20, 1929–30, 1937–38, 1939–40, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1970–71, 1979–80, 1988–89, 2005–06,[upper-alpha 1] 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
- Runners-up (15): 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1940–41, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1969–70, 1992–93, 1997–98, 2002–03, 2010–11, 2019–20
Youth Team honours
- Champions (9): 1964, 1966, 1969, 1989, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2018
- Champions (6): 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 2006, 2016
- Champions (1): 2017
Campionato Under 23:
- Champions (1): 1975
Viareggio World Club Tournament, Carnevale Cup:
- Champions (8): 1962, 1971, 1986, 2002, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2018
Under 14 Championship:
- Champions (4): 1988, 1997, 2003, 2006
Under 16 Championship:
- Champions (4): 1985, 1987, 1998, 2008
Under 18 Championship:
- Champions (3): 1980, 1984, 1991
Under 20 Championship:
- Champions (5): 1975, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1991
Filippo De Cecco Tournament:
- Champions (2): 2006, 2008
Team statistics
Divisional movements
Series | Years | Last | Promotions | Relegations |
---|---|---|---|---|
A | 89 | 2020–21 | – | never |
89 years of professional football in Italy since 1929 |
Serie A
Firsts
- First league match: Milan 3–2 Inter Milan, Prima Categoria, 10 January 1909[3]
- First Coppa Italia match: Inter 14–0 Acciaierie e Ferriere Novi, 11 November 1926[3]
- First European match: Inter 0–0 Birmingham City, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, 16 May 1956.[3]
Wins
- Record win: 16–0 against ACIVI Vicenza, Prima Categoria, 10 January 1915[3]
- Record Serie A win: 9–0 against Casale, 10 September 1933[3]
- Record Coppa Italia win: 7–0 against Mantova, 14 September 1958[3]
- Record win in European competitions: 7–0 against Lyon, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, 10 December 1958[3]
- Most wins in a Serie A season: 30 (out of 38 games), during the 2006–07 season[3]
Defeats
- Record Serie A defeat: 1–9 against Juventus, 10 June 1961.[3]
- Record Coppa Italia defeat:[3]
- 0–5 against Milan, 8 January 1998
- Record defeat in European competitions:[3]
- 1–5 against Arsenal, UEFA Champions League, 25 November 2003
- Most defeats in a Serie A season: 19 (out of 40 games), during the 1947–48 season[3]
- Fewest defeats in a Serie A season: 1 (out of 38 games), during the 2006–07 season[3]
Players statistics
Most appearances
Ranking | Nationality | Name | Position | Years | League | Cup | Europe | Others | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Argentina | Javier Zanetti | DF | 1995–2015 | 615 | 71 | 159 | 13 | 858 |
2 | Italy | Giuseppe Bergomi | DF | 1979–1999 | 519 | 119 | 117 | 1 | 756 |
3 | Italy | Giacinto Facchetti | DF | 1960–1978 | 476 | 85 | 68 | 5 | 634 |
4 | Italy | Sandro Mazzola | FW | 1960–1977 | 418 | 80 | 63 | 4 | 565 |
5 | Italy | Giuseppe Baresi | DF | 1977–1992 | 392 | 92 | 74 | 1 | 559 |
6 | Italy | Mario Corso | FW | 1958–1973 | 414 | 41 | 48 | 5 | 503 |
7 | Italy | Walter Zenga | GK | 1982–1994 | 328 | 73 | 71 | 1 | 473 |
8 | Italy | Tarcisio Burgnich | DF | 1962–1974 | 359 | 47 | 57 | 4 | 467 |
9 | Italy | Alessandro Altobelli | FW | 1977–1988 | 317 | 80 | 69 | 0 | 466 |
10 | Colombia | Iván Córdoba | DF | 2000–2012 | 324 | 34 | 92 | 5 | 454 |
- Most appearances made in official competitions: 858 – Javier Zanetti, 1995–2014[4]
Top goalscorers
Ranking | Nationality | Name | Position | Years | League | Cup | Europe | Others | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Italy | Giuseppe Meazza | FW | 1927–1940 1946–1947 |
243 | 12 | 0 | 29 | 284 |
2 | Italy | Alessandro Altobelli | FW | 1977–1988 | 128 | 46 | 35 | 0 | 209 |
3 | Italy | Roberto Boninsegna | FW | 1969–1976 | 113 | 36 | 22 | 0 | 171 |
4 | Italy | Sandro Mazzola | FW | 1960–1977 | 116 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 161 |
5 | Italy | Luigi Cevenini | FW | 1912–1915 1919–1921 1922–1927 |
158 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158 |
6 | Italy | Benito Lorenzi | FW | 1947–1958 | 138 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 143 |
7 | Hungary | István Nyers | FW | 1948–1954 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133 |
8 | Argentina | Mauro Icardi | FW | 2013–2019 | 111 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 124 |
9 | Italy | Christian Vieri | FW | 1999–2005 | 103 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 123 |
10 | Italy | Ermanno Aebi | FW | 1910–1922 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 |
- Most goals scored in official competitions: 284 – Giuseppe Meazza, 1927–1940 & 1946–1947[4]
Inter Milan's top flight top goalscorers
This is the list of Inter’s top league goalscorers in a single season.[5]
- Icardi finished the season as joint top scorer along with Lazio's Ciro Immobile.
- Icardi finished the season as joint top scorer along with Hellas Verona's Luca Toni.
- Mazzola finished the season as joint top scorer along with Fiorentina's Alberto Orlando.
Award winners
- The following players have won the FIFA World Player of the Year award whilst playing for Inter Milan:
- 2002 – Ronaldo
- 1997 – Ronaldo
- 1991 – Lothar Matthäus
Ballon d'Or/European Footballer of the Year
- The following players have won the Ballon d'Or award whilst playing for Inter Milan:
- 1997 – Ronaldo
- 1990 – Lothar Matthäus
World Soccer Player of the Year
- The following players have won the World Player of the Year award whilst playing for Inter Milan:
- 2002 – Ronaldo
- 1997 – Ronaldo
- 1990 – Lothar Matthäus
UEFA Club Footballer of the Year
- The following players have won the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award whilst playing for Inter Milan:
- 2009–10 – Diego Milito
- 1997–98 – Ronaldo
Serie A Footballer of the Year
- The following players have won the Serie A Footballer of the Year award whilst playing for Inter Milan:
- 2018 – Mauro Icardi
- 2010 – Diego Milito
- 2009 – Zlatan Ibrahimović
- 2008 – Zlatan Ibrahimović
- 1998 – Ronaldo
Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year
- The following players have won the Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year award whilst playing for Inter Milan:
- 2019 – Samir Handanović
- 2013 – Samir Handanović
- 2010 – Júlio César
- 2009 – Júlio César
- The following players have won the Serie A Award for best defender whilst playing for Inter Milan:
- 2020 – Stefan de Vrij
- The following managers have won the Serie A Coach of the Year award whilst managing Inter Milan:
- 2010 – José Mourinho
- 2009 – José Mourinho
UEFA Europa League Player of the Season
- The following players have won the UEFA Europa League Player of the Season whilst plauing for Inter Milan:
- 2019–20 – Romelu Lukaku
Highest transfer fees paid
Inter Milan's record signings are Romelu Lukaku and Christian Vieri. Lukaku was signed from Manchester United for a reported fee of €65 million in August 2019.[6] Vieri signed for the club from Lazio, for a fee which according to media reports is €49 million, in June 1999.[7]
No. | Player | From | Transfer fee | Date | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Romelu Lukaku | Manchester United | €80m[lower-alpha 1] | August 2019 | [6] |
2 | Christian Vieri | Lazio | €49m | June 1999 | [7] |
3 | Nicolò Barella | Cagliari | €40.5m | September 2020 | [8] |
4 | Achraf Hakimi | Real Madrid | €40m | July 2020 | [9] |
João Mário | Sporting CP | €40m | August 2016 | [10] | |
6 | Radja Nainggolan | Roma | €38m | June 2018 | [11] |
7 | Hernán Crespo | Lazio | €31.5m[lower-alpha 2] | August 2002 | [12] |
8 | Geoffrey Kondogbia | Monaco | €31m | June 2015 | [13] |
9 | Gabriel Barbosa | Santos | €29.5m | August 2016 | [14] |
10 | Francesco Toldo | Fiorentina | €28.5m | July 2001 | [15] |
- €10 million of Lukaku's cost was additional bonuses.
- Hernán Crespo was actually purchased for €26 million fee + Bernardo Corradi. Lazio later re-valued Corradi to €5.5 million.
Highest transfer fees received
The club's record sale came on 26 July 2009, when they sold Zlatan Ibrahimović to Barcelona for a fee of €69 million.[16]
No. | Player | To | Transfer fee | Date | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Barcelona | €69m[lower-alpha 1] | July 2009 | [16] |
2 | Mauro Icardi | Paris Saint-Germain | €58m[lower-alpha 2] | May 2020 | [17] |
3 | Ronaldo | Real Madrid | €46m | August 2002 | [18] |
4 | Mateo Kovačić | Real Madrid | €29m | August 2015 | [19] |
5 | Geoffrey Kondogbia | Valencia | €25m | May 2018 | [20] |
6 | Samuel Eto'o | Anzhi Makhachkala | €21.8m | August 2011 | [21] |
Mario Balotelli | Manchester City | €21.8m | September 2010 | [22] | |
8 | Hernán Crespo | Chelsea | €21.2m | August 2003 | [23] |
9 | Sébastien Frey | Parma | €20.6m[lower-alpha 3] | July 2001 | [24] |
10 | Angelo Peruzzi | Lazio | €17.9m | July 2000 | [25] |
- Initial transfer fee for Ibrahimović is indeterminable. Ibrahimović signed a 5-year contract, for €46 million and the exchange of Eto'o (valued at €20 million) and loan of Alexander Hleb (with an option to buy for a €10 million fee), with a €250 million release clause, making Ibrahimović worth €69 million. However, the Hleb deal collapsed. Eventually Ibrahimović cost Barcelona €69.884 million (£59 million), which included other fees. As per the Inter book the fee was €69.5 million, but part of the Inter fee (about 4.5%) was redistributed to youth clubs as solidarity contribution (except Juventus).
- €8 million of Icardi's fee was add-ons.
- Frey was signed by Inter for 8 billion lire (around €4.1m) and Sérgio Conceição which was valued at 32 billion lire (around €16.5m).
World Cup winning players
The following World Cup winning players played at Inter Milan at some point during their career. Highlighted players played for Inter Milan while winning the World Cup. Relatedly, there has been an Inter Milan player in the FIFA World Cup final for every edition since 1982.[26]
- Luigi Allemandi (Italy 1934)
- Armando Castellazzi (Italy 1934)
- Attilio Demaria (Italy 1934)
- Giovanni Ferrari (Italy 1934)
- Giuseppe Meazza (Italy 1934)
- Carlo Ceresoli (France 1938)
- Giovanni Ferrari (France 1938)
- Pietro Ferraris (France 1938)
- Ugo Locatelli (France 1938)
- Giuseppe Meazza (France 1938)
- Renato Olmi (France 1938)
- Pietro Serantoni (France 1938)
- Jair da Costa (Chile 1962)
- Daniel Passarella (Argentina 1978)
- Alessandro Altobelli (Spain 1982)
- Giuseppe Bergomi (Spain 1982)
- Ivano Bordon (Spain 1982)
- Franco Causio (Spain 1982)
- Giampiero Marini (Spain 1982)
- Gabriele Oriali (Spain 1982)
- Franco Selvaggi (Spain 1982)
- Marco Tardelli (Spain 1982)
- Fulvio Collovati (Spain 1982)
- Daniel Passarella (Mexico 1986)
- Andreas Brehme (Italy 1990)
- Jürgen Klinsmann (Italy 1990)
- Lothar Matthäus (Italy 1990)
- Ronaldo (USA 1994)
- Laurent Blanc (France 1998)
- Youri Djorkaeff (France 1998)
- Patrick Vieira (France 1998)
- Lúcio (Korea-Japan 2002)
- Roberto Carlos (Korea–Japan 2002)
- Ronaldo (Korea–Japan 2002)
- Vampeta (Korea–Japan 2002)
- Fabio Cannavaro (Germany 2006)
- Fabio Grosso (Germany 2006)
- Marco Materazzi (Germany 2006)
- Angelo Peruzzi (Germany 2006)
- Andrea Pirlo (Germany 2006)
- Lukas Podolski (Brazil 2014)
Footnotes
- Title was awarded retrospectively following the Calciopoli scandal.
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