List of Inter Milan records and statistics explained

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.

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

See 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

FIFA Club World Cup

European titles

European Cup/UEFA Champions League

UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League

UEFA Super Cup

Mitropa Cup

Youth Team honours

Trofeo Giacinto Facchetti

Primavera Italian Cup

Supercoppa Primavera

Campionato De Martino / Campionato Under 23:

Viareggio World Club Tournament, Carnevale Cup

Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup

NextGen Series

Under 14 Championship:

Under 16 Championship:

Under 18 Championship:

Under 20 Championship:

Filippo De Cecco Tournament:

Club statistics

Serie A

Matches

Firsts

Wins

Defeats

Points

Player statistics

Most appearances

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1DF6157115913858
2DF1979–19995191201171756
3DF1960–197847685685634
4FW1960–197741880634565
5DF1977–199239292741559
6FW1958–197341441485503
7GK1982–199432873711473
8DF1962–197435947574467
9FW1977–198831780690466
10DF2000–201232434925455
GK2012–202338022521

Top goalscorers

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1FW
1946–1947
24612029287
2FW1977–198812846350209
3FW1969–197611336220171
4FW1960–197711624173160
5FW1912–1915
1919–1921
1922–1927
156000156
6FW1947–1958138230143
7FW1948–1954133000133
8FW2018–present1038153129
9FW2013–20191113100124
10FW1999–20051038120123

Inter Milan's top flight top goalscorers

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

RankPlayerSeasonGoals
1Luigi Cevenini1913–1435
2Antonio Angelillo1958–5933
3Emilio Agradi1914–1531
Luigi Cevenini1920–21
Giuseppe Meazza1929–30
6Mauro Icardi[6] 2017–1829
7István Nyers1948–4926
81909–1025
Giuseppe Meazza1935–36
Zlatan Ibrahimović2008–09

Award winners

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 Most Valuable Coach

The following players have won the Serie A Award for most valuable coach whilst managing 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

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. Vieri signed for the club from Lazio, for a fee which according to media reports is €49 million, in June 1999.

RankPlayerFromTransfer feeDateRef.
1 Romelu Lukaku Manchester United€80m[7] August 2019[8]
2 Christian Vieri Lazio€49mJune 1999[9]
3 Nicolò Barella Cagliari€40.5mSeptember 2020[10]
4 Achraf Hakimi Real Madrid€40mJuly 2020[11]
João Mário Sporting CP€40mAugust 2016[12]
6 Radja Nainggolan Roma€38mJune 2018[13]
7 Hernán Crespo Lazio€31.5m[14] August 2002[15]
8 Geoffrey Kondogbia Monaco€31mJune 2015[16]
9 Gabriel Barbosa Santos€29.5mAugust 2016[17]
10 Francesco Toldo Fiorentina€28.5mJuly 2001[18]

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.

RankPlayerToTransfer feeDateRef.
1 Romelu Lukaku Chelsea€115mAugust 2021[19]
2 Zlatan Ibrahimović Barcelona€69m[20] July 2009[21]
3 Achraf Hakimi Paris Saint-Germain€60m[22] July 2021[23]
4 Mauro Icardi Paris Saint-Germain€58m[24] May 2020[25]
5 André Onana Manchester United€52.5m[26] July 2023[27]
6 Ronaldo Real Madrid€46mAugust 2002[28]
7 Mateo Kovačić Real Madrid€29mAugust 2015[29]
8 Geoffrey Kondogbia Valencia€25mMay 2018[30]
9 Samuel Eto'o Anzhi Makhachkala€21.8mAugust 2011[31]
Mario Balotelli Manchester City€21.8mSeptember 2010[32]

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.[33]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Inter join exclusive treble club . 22 May 2010 . 7 June 2017 . UEFA.
  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.
  3. Web site: La storia dell'Inter . StoriaInter.com . Italian . 14 November 2012.
  4. News: PRESENZE E RETI AGGIORNATE ALLA STAGIONE 2015-16 . 11 June 2017 . Storia Inter . Italian . APPEARANCES AND GOALS UPDATED IN 2015-16 SEASON.
  5. Web site: Italy - Serie A Top Scorers . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20151031163443/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/italtops.html . 31 October 2015 . 4 September 2013.
  6. Icardi finished the season as joint top scorer along with Lazio's Ciro Immobile.
  7. €10 million of Lukaku's cost was additional bonuses.
  8. News: Lukaku: Inter Milan sign Belgium striker from Manchester United for £74m . 8 August 2019 . BBC Sport . 8 August 2019.
  9. News: Vieri all' Inter per 100 miliardi . 8 June 1999 . 9 June 2017 . la Repubblica . Italian . Vieri at Inter for 100 milliard.
  10. News: it. Inter, gli acquisti a bilancio: quanto sono costati davvero Lukaku ed Eriksen. Inter, budget purchases: how much Lukaku and Eriksen really cost. 31 July 2020. 7 August 2020. Calcio e Finanza.
  11. News: Official: Inter complete €40m Hakimi signing as full-back leaves Real Madrid . 2 July 2020 . 18 July 2020 . Goal.com.
  12. News: Official: Inter sign Joao Mario . 27 August 2016 . 27 August 2016 . Football Italia.
  13. Web site: Radja Nainggolan: Roma midfielder joins Inter in £33m swap deal . 26 June 2018 . BBC Sport . 19 July 2018.
  14. Hernán Crespo was actually purchased for €26 million fee + Bernardo Corradi. Lazio later re-valued Corradi to €5.5 million.
  15. News: Crespo steps in for Ronaldo . 31 August 2002 . 29 April 2014 . Union of European Football Associations.
  16. News: Internazionale sign Geoffrey Kondogbia from Monaco on five-year deal . 22 June 2015 . 22 June 2015 . The Guardian.
  17. Web site: Gabriel Barbosa snubs Manchester United and Chelsea to join Inter Milan . 26 August 2016 . Metro . 29 August 2016.
  18. News: La Juve prende Nedved, Toldo e Conceicao all'Inter . 4 July 2001 . 9 June 2017 . la Repubblica . Juve takes Nedved, Toldo and Conceicao at Inter.
  19. News: Chelsea confirm Romelu Lukaku signing from Inter in €115m deal . 12 August 2021 . 12 August 2021 . The Guardian.
  20. 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).
  21. News: Ibrahimovic seals Barcelona move . 28 July 2009 . 15 March 2016 . BBC Sport.
  22. €11 million of additional bonuses linked to the achievement of certain objectives, reaching a potential €71 million transfer fee.
  23. News: PSG sign full-back Achraf Hakimi with Ramos and Donnarumma set to follow . 6 July 2021 . 6 July 2021 . The Guardian.
  24. €8 million of Icardi's fee was add-ons.
  25. News: Ufficiale: "Icardi è un giocatore del Psg". All'Inter 50 milioni più 8 di bonus. E c'è la clausola anti Juve . 31 May 2020 . 27 June 2020 . La Gazzetta dello Sport . Italian.
  26. €5 million of additional bonuses linked to the achievement of certain objectives, reaching a potential €57.5 million transfer fee.
  27. News: Manchester United announce the signing of Andre Onana . 20 July 2023 . 20 July 2023 . OneFootball.
  28. News: Ronaldo al Real, ora è vero (Ronaldo to Real, now it is true) . 31 August 2002 . 2 September 2014 . La Gazzetta dello Sport . Italian.
  29. News: Official announcement: Mateo Kovačić . 18 August 2015 . . 18 August 2015.
  30. Web site: Kondogbia a Valencia bargain . 25 May 2018 . Football Italia . 26 May 2018.
  31. News: Samuel Eto'o to become world's highest earning footballer if he passes medical with Anzhi Makhachkala . 24 August 2011 . 9 June 2017 . The Daily Telegraph.
  32. News: Man City complete Balotelli deal . 13 August 2010 . 9 June 2017 . BBC Sport.
  33. Web site: 12 July 2018 . Inter Milan and Bayern Munich dominate World Cup final . 31 August 2020 . ESPN.