2005–06 Inter Milan season explained

Club:Inter Milan
Season:2005–06
Chairman:Giacinto Facchetti
Chrtitle:President
Manager:Roberto Mancini
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Stadium:San Siro
League:Serie A
League Result:1st[1]
Cup1:Coppa Italia
Cup1 Result:Winners
Cup2:UEFA Champions League
Cup2 Result:Quarter-finals
Cup3:Supercoppa Italiana
Cup3 Result:Winners
League Topscorer:
Julio Cruz (15)
Season Topscorer:
Julio Cruz (21)
Average Attendance:51,371
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Prevseason:2004–05
Nextseason:2006–07

The 2005–06 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 97th in existence and 90th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.

Season overview

The 2005–06 Serie A season opened with success in the Supercoppa Italiana, beating Juventus 1–0 in extra time with a goal scored by Verón.[2] During the Champions League group stage, the side managed to have a line-up of 11 foreign players on the pitch: the only European was Luís Figo, playing the second time.[3] Despite a good first half (also including a 3–2 win in derby, that lacked since 2002)[4] Inter did not have a great second half,[5] and knocked out in the Champions League by Villarreal.[6]

On the pitch, the season finished like the previous with third place and the win of the Coppa Italia against Roma.[7] However, during the summer after the World Cup, Juventus and A.C. Milan were caught in the Calciopoli scandal: in late July, a few weeks after Italian national team triumph in Germany, Juventus was stripped of the title, and Inter was awarded the 2005–06 title.[8] Further, the relegation of Juventus to Serie B made Inter the only club to be present in all seasons of the modern Serie A (from 1929–30).

Players

Squad information

[9]

Squad no.NameNationalityPositionDate of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1Francesco ToldoGK10 July 2005
12Júlio CésarGK10 July 2005
22Paolo OrlandoniGK10 July 2005
Defenders
2CB10 July 2005
3Nicolás BurdissoCB10 July 2005
4Javier Zanetti (Captain)RB / CM / RM10 July 2005
11Siniša MihajlovićCB / DM / LB10 July 2005
13Zé MariaRB / RM10 July 2005
16LB / CB10 July 2005
23Marco MaterazziCB10 July 2005
25Walter SamuelCB10 July 2005
33Pierre WoméLB / DM / LM10 July 2005
Midfielders
5Dejan StankovićCM / AM10 July 2005
6Cristiano ZanettiDM / CM10 July 2005
7Luís FigoRW / AM10 July 2005
8David PizarroCM / DM10 July 2005
14Juan Sebastián VerónCM / DM / AM10 July 2005
18Kily GonzálezLW / AM10 July 2005
19Esteban CambiassoDM10 July 2005
21Santiago SolariCM10 July 2005
31CésarLM / LB10 July 2005
Forwards
9Julio CruzCF10 July 2005
10AdrianoCF10 July 2005
20Álvaro RecobaSS / LW / AM10 July 2005
30Obafemi MartinsCF10 July 2005

From youth squad

Transfers

In
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GK loan ended
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DF €16,0 million
MF €6,0 million
MF €10,0 million [10]
MF
DF loan
DF loan
FW Goran Slavkovski
GK
MF loan ended
Out
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FW
MF
MF €3,5 million
DF loan
DF released
MF €5,8 million
MF
GK loan
MF
FW
MF €7,5 million
FW loan
GK Lucchese co-ownership
DF loan
MF €1 million
MF

Winter

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Out

Pre-season and friendlies

TIM Trophy

See main article: TIM Trophy.

Birra Moretti Trophy

See main article: Birra Moretti Trophy.

Other friendlies

Competitions

Serie A

See main article: 2005–06 Serie A.

Matches

Coppa Italia

See main article: 2005–06 Coppa Italia.

Final

See main article: 2006 Coppa Italia Final.

Supercoppa Italiana

See main article: 2005 Supercoppa Italiana.

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase

See main article: 2005–06 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds.

Third qualifying round

Knockout phase

See main article: 2005–06 UEFA Champions League knockout stage.

Quarter-finals

Statistics

Squad statistics

LeagueEuropeCupOthersTotal Stats
Games played 38 12 8 1 59
Games won 23 7 4 1 35
Games drawn 7 3 4 0 14
Games lost 8 2 0 0 10
Goals scored 68 17 101 96
Goals conceded 30 9 6 0 45
Goal difference 38 8 4 1 51
Clean sheets 19 5 4 1 29
Goal by substitute – – – – –
Total shots – – – ––
Shots on target – – – ––
Corners – – – ––
Players used 31 27 25 14 –
Offsides – – – ––
Fouls suffered – – – ––
Fouls committed – – – ––
Yellow cards 72 25 4 0 101
Red cards 4 2 – – 6

Notes and References

  1. Due to the trial of Italian football scandal; originally Inter was third.
  2. News: Colpo grosso in casa Juve Adriano-Veron, è Supercoppa. La Repubblica. 20 August 2005. italian.
  3. News: La Padania accusa l'Inter "11 stranieri in campo, vergogna". La Repubblica. 24 November 2005. italian.
  4. News: Adriano affonda il Milan nel recupero Rossoneri sorpassati dall'Inter. La Repubblica. 11 December 2005. Italian.
  5. News: La Juve ringrazia Del Piero Inter, più nervi che gioco. La Repubblica. 12 February 2006. Italian.
  6. News: Agguato notturno all'Inter. La Gazzetta dello Sport. 9 April 2006. Italian.
  7. News: Inter si consola con la Coppa Italia la Roma con il buon rientro di Totti. La Repubblica. 11 May 2006. italian.
  8. News: Lo scudetto 2006 è dell'Inter. La Gazzetta dello Sport. 26 July 2006. Italian.
  9. Web site: Inter 2005/06. bdfutbol.com. 11 January 2018.
  10. plus half of Goran Pandev's rights

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