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.

Javier Zanetti, pictured here in 2011, holds the records for most appearances with the club, with 858.

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

Serie A:

Coppa Italia:

Supercoppa Italiana:

International titles

The following titles include only those which are recognised by UEFA and FIFA.

World-wide titles

Intercontinental Cup:[2]

Intercontinental Supercup:

  • Runners-up (1): 1968

FIFA Club World Cup:

European titles

European Cup/UEFA Champions League:

UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League:

UEFA Super Cup:

  • Runners-up (1): 2010

Youth Team honours

Trofeo Giacinto Facchetti:

  • Champions (9): 1964, 1966, 1969, 1989, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2018

Primavera Italian Cup:

  • Champions (6): 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 2006, 2016

Supercoppa Primavera:

  • 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

SeriesYearsLastPromotionsRelegations
A 892020–21never
89 years of professional football in Italy since 1929

Serie A

  • Most seasons played in Serie A: 89 (from 1929–30 season to 2020–21 season) (sole team that has played Serie A football in every season from 1908–09)
  • Most consecutive wins: 17 (in 2006–07 season)

Firsts

Wins

Defeats

Points

  • Most points in a Serie A season:[3]
    • Two points for a win: 58 in 34 games, during the 1988–89 season
    • Three points for a win: 97 in 38 games, during the 2006–07 season
  • Fewest points in a Serie A season:[3]
    • Two points for a win: 26 in 30 games, during the 1941–42 season
    • Three points for a win: 46 in 38 games, during the 1998–99 season

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

"il Balilla" Giuseppe Meazza was named top goalscorer three times with Inter, respectively in 1929–30, 1935–36 and 1937–38 seasons.

This is the list of Inter’s top league goalscorers in a single season.[5]

RankingNameSeasonGoals
1Luigi Cevenini1913–1435
2Antonio Valentin Angelillo1958–5933
3Emilio Agradi1914–1531
Luigi Cevenini1920–21
Giuseppe Meazza1929–30
6Mauro Icardi[lower-alpha 1]2017–1829
7István Nyers1948–4926
8Ernest Peterly1909–1025
Giuseppe Meazza1935–36
Zlatan Ibrahimović2008–09
11Roberto Boninsegna1970–7124
Christian Vieri2002–03
13Luigi Cevenini1919–2023
14 Romelu Lukaku 2019-20 23
15Antonio Powolny1926–2722
Roberto Boninsegna1971–72
Aldo Serena1988–89
Mauro Icardi[lower-alpha 2]2014–15
19Giuseppe Meazza1937–3820
20Sandro Mazzola[lower-alpha 3]1964–6517
  1. Icardi finished the season as joint top scorer along with Lazio's Ciro Immobile.
  2. Icardi finished the season as joint top scorer along with Hellas Verona's Luca Toni.
  3. Mazzola finished the season as joint top scorer along with Fiorentina's Alberto Orlando.

Award winners

Ronaldo is the last Inter Milan player to win FIFA World Player of the Year award.

FIFA World Player of the Year

The following players have won the FIFA World Player of the Year award whilst playing for Inter Milan:

Ballon d'Or/European Footballer of the Year

The following players have won the Ballon d'Or award whilst playing for Inter Milan:

World Soccer Player of the Year

The following players have won the World Player of the Year award whilst playing for Inter Milan:

UEFA Club Footballer of the Year

The following players have won the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award whilst playing for Inter Milan:

Serie A Footballer of the Year

The following players have won the Serie A Footballer of the Year award whilst playing for Inter Milan:

Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year

The following players have won the Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year award whilst playing for Inter Milan:

Serie A Best Defender

The following players have won the Serie A Award for best defender whilst playing for Inter Milan:

Serie A Coach of the Year

The following managers have won the Serie A Coach of the Year award whilst managing Inter Milan:

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:

Highest transfer fees paid

Romelu Lukaku (pictured in 2017), signed in August 2019 from Manchester United for €80 million, became Inter's most expensive purchase.

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€49mJune 1999[7]
3 Nicolò Barella Cagliari€40.5mSeptember 2020[8]
4 Achraf Hakimi Real Madrid€40mJuly 2020[9]
João Mário Sporting CP€40mAugust 2016[10]
6 Radja Nainggolan Roma€38mJune 2018[11]
7 Hernán Crespo Lazio€31.5m[lower-alpha 2]August 2002[12]
8 Geoffrey Kondogbia Monaco€31mJune 2015[13]
9 Gabriel Barbosa Santos€29.5mAugust 2016[14]
10 Francesco Toldo Fiorentina€28.5mJuly 2001[15]
  1. €10 million of Lukaku's cost was additional bonuses.
  2. Hernán Crespo was actually purchased for €26 million fee + Bernardo Corradi. Lazio later re-valued Corradi to €5.5 million.

Highest transfer fees received

Zlatan Ibrahimović is Inter Milan's most expensive sale of all-time.

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€46mAugust 2002[18]
4 Mateo Kovačić Real Madrid€29mAugust 2015[19]
5 Geoffrey Kondogbia Valencia€25mMay 2018[20]
6 Samuel Eto'o Anzhi Makhachkala€21.8mAugust 2011[21]
Mario Balotelli Manchester City€21.8mSeptember 2010[22]
8 Hernán Crespo Chelsea€21.2mAugust 2003[23]
9 Sébastien Frey Parma€20.6m[lower-alpha 3]July 2001[24]
10 Angelo Peruzzi Lazio€17.9mJuly 2000[25]
  1. 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).
  2. €8 million of Icardi's fee was add-ons.
  3. 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]

Footnotes

  1. Title was awarded retrospectively following the Calciopoli scandal.

References

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  2. Up until 2004, the main tournament to determine football's World Champions was the Intercontinental Champions Club' Cup (so called European / South American Cup); since then, it has been the FIFA Club World Cup.
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  4. "PRESENZE E RETI AGGIORNATE ALLA STAGIONE 2015-16" [APPEARANCES AND GOALS UPDATED IN 2015-16 SEASON] (in Italian). Storia Inter. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
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  12. "Crespo steps in for Ronaldo". Union of European Football Associations. 31 August 2002. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
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  18. "Ronaldo al Real, ora è vero (Ronaldo to Real, now it is true)" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 31 August 2002. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
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