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List of Inter Milan records and statistics

List of Inter Milan records and statistics

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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 10 June 2023.

Honours

Main article: List of Inter Milan honours

Inter Milan have won 37 domestic trophies, including the league twenty times, the Coppa Italia nine times and the Supercoppa Italiana eight times. 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 (10): 1964, 1966, 1969, 1989, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2022

Primavera Italian Cup:

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

Supercoppa Primavera:

  • Champions (1): 2017

Campionato De Martino / Campionato Under 23:

  • Champions (8): 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1975

Viareggio World Club Tournament, Carnevale Cup:

  • Champions (8): 1962, 1971, 1986, 2002, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2018

Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup:

  • Champions (1): 1983

NextGen Series:

Under 14 Championship:

  • Champions (9): 1988, 1997, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018

Under 16 Championship:

  • Champions (8): 1985, 1987, 1991, 1998, 2008, 2014, 2017, 2019

Under 18 Championship:

  • Champions (6): 1980, 1984, 1991, 2012, 2016, 2017

Under 20 Championship:

  • Champions (8): 1975, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2014, 2015, 2018

Filippo De Cecco Tournament:

  • Champions (2): 2006, 2008

Club statistics

Divisional movements

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Serie A

  • Most seasons played in Serie A: 92 (from 1929–30 season to 2023–24 season) (sole club that has played Serie A football in every season from 1909 to 2024)
  • Most consecutive wins: 17 (in 2006–07 season)

Matches

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

Player statistics

Most appearances

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  • Most appearances made in official competitions: 858 – Javier Zanetti, 1995–2014[4]

Top goalscorers

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  • 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]

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  1. Icardi finished the season as joint top scorer along with Lazio's Ciro Immobile.

Award winners

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

FIFA World Player of the Year

The following players 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 Most Valuable Player

The following players have won the Serie A Award for most valuable player 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 Best Midfielder

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

Transfers

Romelu Lukaku (pictured in 2017), signed in August 2019 from Manchester United for €80 million, became Inter's most expensive purchase. He was then sold for a club-record fee of €115 million to Chelsea two years later.

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]

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  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

The club's record sale came on 12 August 2021, when they sold Romelu Lukaku to Chelsea for a fee of €115 million.[16]

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  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. €11 million of additional bonuses linked to the achievement of certain objectives, reaching a potential €71 million transfer fee.
  3. €8 million of Icardi's fee was add-ons.
  4. €5 million of additional bonuses linked to the achievement of certain objectives, reaching a potential €57.5 million transfer fee.

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.

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