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Internazionale
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Internazionale Information
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Internazionale History
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The club was founded on 9 March
1908 following a split from the Milan Cricket and Football Club,
now known as AC Milan. A group of Italians and Swiss were
unhappy about the domination of Italians in the AC Milan team,
and broke away from them, leading to the creation of
Internazionale. From the beginning, the club was open to foreign
players and thus lived up to her founding name. The original
nickname of the team in the Milano dialect was "La Beneamata",
the well-loved. Recent statistical report confirmed that Inter
F.C. is the second most supported team in Italy, after Juventus
Torino, but before Milan A.C., Napoli, Roma, Torino, Internazionale,
Palerma and Lazio.
The club won its very first championship in 1910 and its second
in 1920. The Captain and the Coach of the first "scudetto" was
the Virgilio Fossati, born in Milano and brother of Giuseppe
Fossati (who won the 2nd Inter "scudetto"). Unfortunately
Virgilio Fossati died during the First World War on the Eastern
Front.
During the turbulent period between the First and Second World
Wars, Internazionale was forced to change its name to
Ambrosiana-Inter in order to accommodate the requests of Benito
Mussolini's hardline regime. However, Inter was still used to
winning ways and captured its third league championship in the
new Italian first division in 1930. Following that, a fourth
league title was won in 1938, Inter's first Coppa Italia (Italian
Cup) was won in 1940 and a fifth league championship followed in
1940. From 1942 onwards, the name Ambrosiana-Inter was dropped
in favour of the original Internazionale Milano.
Following the war, Inter won its sixth championship in 1953 and
the seventh in 1954. Following these titles, Inter was to enter
the best years of its history, affectionately known as the era
of La Grande Inter. During this magnificent period, the club won
3 league championships in 1963, 1965 & 1966. The most famous
moments during this decade also include Inter's 2 back-to-back
European Cup wins. In 1963, Inter won the first of those
European Cups, playing against the famous Spanish club Real
Madrid. The next season, playing in their own stadium, the San
Siro, Inter won their second European Cup against Portuguese
outfit Benfica. In the 60's and in the 70's Inter lost 2 other
finals of Champions Cup, the first against the Celtic Glasgow
(1967: 2-1) and the second against the great Ajax Amsterdam of
Crujiff and Neeskens (1972: 2-0)
Following the golden 1960s, Inter managed to win their 11th
league title in 1971 and their 12th in 1980. During the years of
the 1970s & 1980s, Inter also added to their Coppa Italia tally,
winning their second and third cups in 1978 and 1982
respectively. Inter won their last league championship in 1989,
bringing their total tally of scudetti (Italian badges) to 13.
They sit third in the all-time list of most wins of the league
championship, behind Juventus (27) and AC Milan (17).
Internazionale has also won the UEFA Cup on 3 occasions. The
first was in the 1990/91 season in a two-legged match with AS
Roma. In 1993/94, Inter did it again, this time against Austrian
side Casino Salzburg. In a record third UEFA Cup victory, Inter
beat SS Lazio in a one-match final played in the Parc des
Princes, Paris.
The stadium which Inter plays in is called Stadio Giuseppe
Meazza, San Siro. It was previously simply known as San Siro,
but a new name was adoped following the renovation of the
stadium for the 1990 World Cup that was held in Italy. Giuseppe
Meazza was a famous player for FC Internazionale in the 1930s
and also played for AC Milan for a brief period of time. As a
player, he won 2 World Cups for Italy (in 1934 and 1938) and,
alongside Giovanni Ferrari, remains one of only two Italian
players to have ever won the World Cup on 2 occasions. As a
result, he is revered amongst the Interisti (Inter fans) and was
honored by having one of the most famous football stadiums in
the world named after him. The stadium seats 85,700 and plays
host to both FC Internazionale and Milan.
FC Internazionale holds a proud record of never having been
relegated to the Serie B (2nd division) in its entire existence.
The fans hold this in high regard as Inter are only one of two
clubs (the other being Juventus) that have been ever-present in
the Serie A. Juventus were nominally relegated in 1911 and 1913
but remained at the first level in Piemonte Regional League in
1911, and in the Lombardia Regional League in the 1913; in
addition, they didn't finish the championship in 1908.
The current honorary president and owner of Internazionale is
Massimo Moratti. His father, Angelo Moratti was the president of
Inter during the golden era of the 1960s. Massimo, trying to
emulate his father's great success, has spent a great deal of
money to bring some of the world's best players to the club. |
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Internazionale Honours, Trophies & Awards
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Italian Championships: 13
1909/10 (Campelli, Fronte, Zoller, Yenni, V.Fossati, Stebler,
Capra, C.Payer, E.Peterly, Aebi, Schuler).
1919/20 (Campelli, Francesconi, Beltrami, Milesi, G.Fossati,
Scheidler; Conti, Aebi, Agradi, L.Cevenini, Asti)
1929/30 (Degani, Gianfardoni, Allemandi, Rivolta, Viani,
Castellazzi, Visentin, Serantoni, Meazza, Blasevich, Conti)
1937/38 Peruchetti, Buonocore, Setti, Locatelli, Olmi, Antona,
Frossi, N.Ferrara, Meazza, Ferrari, P.Ferraris
1939/40 Peruchetti, Poli, Setti, Locatelli, Olmi, Campatelli,
Frossi, A.Demaria, Guarnieri, Candiani, P.Ferraris
1952/53 Ghezzi, Blason, Giacomazzi, Neri, Giovannini, Nesti,
Armano, Mazza, Lorenzi, Skoglund, Nyers
1953/54 Ghezzi, Giacomazzi, Padulazzi, Neri, Giovannini, Nesti,
Armano, Mazza, Lorenzi, Skoglund, Nyers
1962/63 Buffon, Burgnich, Facchetti, Zaglio, Guarneri, Picchi,
Jair, S.Mazzola, Di Giacomo, Suarez, Corso
1964/65 Sarti, Burgnich, Facchetti, Tagnin, Guarneri, Picchi,
Jair, S.Mazzola, Domenghini, Suarez, Corso
1965/66 Sarti, Burgnich, Facchetti, Bedin, Guarneri, Picchi,
Jair, S.Mazzola, Domenghini, Suarez, Corso
1970/71 L.Vieri, Bellugi, Facchetti, Bedin, Giubertoni, Burgnich,
Jair, Bertini, Boninsegna, S.Mazzola, Corso
1979/80 Bordon, Baresi, Oriali, Pasinato, Mozzini, Bini, Caso,
Marini, Altobelli, Beccalossi, Muraro
1988/89 Zenga, Bergomi, Brehme, Matteoli, Ferri, Mandorlini,
A.Bianchi, Berti, Diaz, Matthaeus, A.A.Serena
European Cup: 2
1963/64 Sarti, Burgnich, Facchetti, Tagnin, Guarneri, Picchi,
Jair, S.Mazzola, Milani, Suarez, Corso
1964/65 Sarti, Burgnich, Facchetti, Bedin, Guarneri, Picchi,
Jair, S.Mazzola, Peirò, Suarez, Corso
Italian Cup: 3
1938/39 Sain, Buonocore, Setti, Locatelli, Olmi, Campatelli,
Frossi, A.Demaria I, Guarnieri, G.Meazza, P.Ferraris II
1977/78 Cipollini, Canuti, Fedele, Baresi, Gasparini, Bini,
Scanziani, Oriali, Altobelli, Marini, Muraro
1981/82 Bordon, Bergomi, Baresi, Marini, Canuti, Bini, Bagni,
Prohaska, Altobelli, Beccalossi, Oriali
UEFA Cup: 3
1990/91 Zenga, Bergomi, Brehme, Battistini, Ferri, A.Paganin,
A.Bianchi, Berti, Klinsmann, Matthaeus, Pizzi
1993/94 Zenga, A.Paganin, D.Fontolan, Jonk, Bergomi, Battistini,
Orlando, Manicone, Berti, Bergkamp, Sosa
1997/98 Pagliuca, Colonnese, Fresi, West, J.Zanetti, A.Winter,
Ze’ Elias, Djorkaeff, Simeone, Zamorano, Ronaldo
Intercontinental Cup: 2
1964 Sarti, Malatrasi, Facchetti, Tagnin, Guarneri, Picchi,
Domenghini, Milani, Peirò, Suarez, Corso
1965 Sarti, Burgnich, Facchetti, Bedin, Guarneri, Picchi, Jair,
S.Mazzola, Peirò, Suarez, Corso
Supercoppa Italiana 1
1988/89 Zenga, Baresi, Brehme, Matteoli, Bergomi, Verdelli,
Bianchi, Berti, Morello, Cucchi, A.Serena
Finals:
European Cup 2
1966/67 Sarti; Burgnich, Guarneri, Facchetti; Bedin, Picchi;
Domenghini, Mazzola, Cappellini, Bicicli, Corso
1971/72 Bordonl Burgnich, Facchetti, Bellugi, Oriali; Giubertoni,
Bedin, Frustalupi; Jair (Pellizarro), Mazzola, Boninsegna
UEFA Cup: 1
1996/97 Pagliuca, Bergomi, Fresi, Paganin, Pistone, Djorkaeff,
Sforza, Ince, Zanetti, Ganz, Zamorano
Central Europe Cup (Mitropa Cup) 1(The Mitropa Cup carried a
prestige only comparable with the Champions' Cup of later
decades)
1933
Italian Cup: 4
1958/59 Matteucci, Guarneri, Gatti, Masiero, Cardarelli, Bolchi,
Bicieli, Firmani, Angelillo, Corso, Rizzolini
1964/65 Sarti, Burgnich, Facchetti, Bedin, Guarneri, Picchi,
Jair, S.Mazzola, Peirò, Suarez, Corso
1976/77
1999/00 Peruzzi, Serena, Cordoba, Blanc, Domoraud, Zanetti, Di
Biagio, Cauet, Seedorf, Baggio, Zamorano |
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