History Of Inter Milan

Full name : Football Club Internazionale Milano SpA
Nickname(s) :Nerazzurri (the Black-Blues)
La Beneamata (the Cherished)
Biscione (the Big Grass Snake)
Founded :9 March 1908
Ground :Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan, Italy (Capacity: 80,074)
President : Massimo Moratti
Head Coach : José Mourinho
League :Serie A


Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale and as just Inter in Italy, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy, founded in 1908. Inter are the champions of Italy, having retained their crown on May 16, 2009, their fourth successive title.

Inter are the only side in Italian football to have spent their entire history in Serie A, making them the only club that has spent all the seasons in this top tier from its foundation in 1929-30. Playing in black and blue striped shirts with black shorts, they have 17 Serie A titles to their name. Including the Coppa Italia and the Italian Super Cup, Inter have a total of 26 trophies won in Italy. Outside of their homeland, the club have also had success in European and World tournaments; they won the European Cup in two successive finals in 1964 and 1965. They have also won the UEFA Cup three times and the Intercontinental Cup twice also in 1964 and in 1965.

Inter play their home games at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, also known as San Siro. The ground, which they share with rivals A.C. Milan, is the largest in Italian football, with a total capacity of 80,018. Inter train at the fields of sports center "Angelo Moratti" (better known as La Pinetina) in Appiano Gentile, near Como. The term "Inter Milan" is sometimes used in the English-speaking world to differentiate Internazionale from A.C. Milan but is not used within Italy.

Serie A:

* Champions (17): 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; 2006-07; 2007-08; 2008-09
* Runners-up (13): 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

Coppa Italia:

* Champions (5): 1938–39; 1977–78; 1981–82; 2004–05; 2005–06;
* Runners-up (6): 1958–59; 1964–65; 1976–77; 1999–00; 2006–07; 2007–08

Supercoppa Italiana:

* Champions (4): 1989; 2005; 2006; 2008
* Runners-up (2): 2000; 2007

International titles

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

European titles

UEFA Champions League (former European Cup):

* Champions (2): 1963–64; 1964–65
* Runners-up (2): 1966–67; 1971–72

UEFA Cup:

* Champions (3): 1990–91; 1993–94; 1997–98
* Runners-up (1): 1996–97

Mitropa Cup:

* Runners-up (1): 1932–33

World-wide titles

Intercontinental Cup:

* Champions (2): 1964; 1965

Regional titles

Italy

Serie De Martino:

* Champions (6): 1958-59; 1960-61; 1961-62; 1962-63; 1965-66

Trofeo Tim:

* Champions (5): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007

Birra Moretti Cup:

* Champions (3): 2001; 2002; 2007

Pirelli Cup:

* Winners: 2001 versus AS Roma


Youth Team Honours

Trofeo Giacinto Facchetti:

* Champions (6):1964; 1966; 1969; 1989; 2002; 2007

Primavera Italian Cup:

* Champions (5):1973; 1976; 1977; 1978; 2006

Campionato Under 23:

* Champions (1):1975

Viareggio World Club Tournament, Carnevale Cup:

* Champions (5):1962; 1971; 1986; 2002; 2008

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

Individual Honours

FIFA World Player of the Year

The following players have won the FIFA World Player of the Year award whilst playing for FC Internazionale Milano:

* 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 FC Internazionale Milano:

* 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 FC Internazionale Milano:

* 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 FC Internazionale Milano:

*1997/98 - Ronaldo

Current squad