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.
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.
The following titles include only those which are recognised by UEFA and FIFA.
European Cup/UEFA Champions League:
Campionato De Martino / Campionato Under 23:
Viareggio World Club Tournament, Carnevale Cup:
Champions Under-18 Challenge::
Under 13 Championship:
Under 14 Championship:
Under 15 Championship:
Under 16 Championship:
Under 17 Championship:
Under 20 Championship:
Supercoppa Under-17:
Supercoppa Under-15:
Filippo De Cecco Tournament:
Series | Years | Last | Promotions | Relegations |
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A | 92 | 2023–24 | – | never |
92 years of professional football in Italy since 1929 | ||||
Founding member of the Football League’s First Division in 1921 |
Rank | Nationality | Player | Position | Years | League | Cup | Europe | Others | Total |
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1 | Argentina | Javier Zanetti | DF | 1995–2014 | 615 | 71 | 159 | 13 | 858 |
2 | Italy | Giuseppe Bergomi | DF | 1979–1999 | 519 | 120 | 117 | 1 | 756 |
3 | Italy | Giacinto Facchetti | DF | 1960–1978 | 476 | 85 | 68 | 5 | 634 |
4 | Italy | Sandro Mazzola | FW | 1960–1977 | 418 | 80 | 63 | 4 | 565 |
5 | Italy | Giuseppe Baresi | DF | 1977–1992 | 392 | 92 | 74 | 1 | 559 |
6 | Italy | Mario Corso | FW | 1958–1973 | 414 | 41 | 48 | 5 | 503 |
7 | Italy | Walter Zenga | GK | 1982–1994 | 328 | 73 | 71 | 1 | 473 |
8 | Italy | Tarcisio Burgnich | DF | 1962–1974 | 359 | 47 | 57 | 4 | 467 |
9 | Italy | Alessandro Altobelli | FW | 1977–1988 | 317 | 80 | 69 | 0 | 466 |
10 | Colombia | Iván Córdoba | DF | 2000–2012 | 324 | 34 | 92 | 5 | 455 |
Slovenia | Samir Handanović | GK | 2012–2023 | 380 | 22 | 52 | 1 |
Rank | Nationality | Player | Position | Years | League | Cup | Europe | Others | Total |
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1 | Italy | Giuseppe Meazza | FW | 1927–1940 1946–1947 | 246 | 12 | 0 | 29 | 287 |
2 | Italy | Alessandro Altobelli | FW | 1977–1988 | 128 | 46 | 35 | 0 | 209 |
3 | Italy | Roberto Boninsegna | FW | 1969–1976 | 113 | 36 | 22 | 0 | 171 |
4 | Italy | Sandro Mazzola | FW | 1960–1977 | 116 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 160 |
5 | Italy | Luigi Cevenini | FW | 1912–1915 1919–1921 1922–1927 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156 |
6 | Italy | Benito Lorenzi | FW | 1947–1958 | 138 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 143 |
7 | Argentina | Lautaro Martínez | FW | 2018–present | 108 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 135 |
8 | Hungary | István Nyers | FW | 1948–1954 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133 |
9 | Argentina | Mauro Icardi | FW | 2013–2019 | 111 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 124 |
10 | Italy | Christian Vieri | FW | 1999–2005 | 103 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 123 |
This is the top ten of Inter's top league goalscorers in a single season. [5]
Rank | Player | Season | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Luigi Cevenini | 1913–14 | 35 |
2 | Antonio Angelillo | 1958–59 | 33 |
3 | Emilio Agradi | 1914–15 | 31 |
Luigi Cevenini | 1920–21 | ||
Giuseppe Meazza | 1929–30 | ||
6 | Mauro Icardi [a] | 2017–18 | 29 |
7 | István Nyers | 1948–49 | 26 |
8 | Ernest Peterly | 1909–10 | 25 |
Giuseppe Meazza | 1935–36 | ||
Zlatan Ibrahimović | 2008–09 |
Ballon d'Or/European Footballer of the Year
World Soccer Player of the Year
UEFA Club Footballer of the Year
Serie A Footballer of the Year
Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year
UEFA Europa League Player of the Season
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]
Rank | Player | From | Transfer fee | Date | Ref. |
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1 | Romelu Lukaku | Manchester United | €80m [a] | August 2019 | [6] |
2 | Christian Vieri | Lazio | €49m | June 1999 | [7] |
3 | Nicolò Barella | Cagliari | €40.5m | September 2020 | [8] |
4 | Achraf Hakimi | Real Madrid | €40m | July 2020 | [9] |
João Mário | Sporting CP | €40m | August 2016 | [10] | |
6 | Radja Nainggolan | Roma | €38m | June 2018 | [11] |
7 | Hernán Crespo | Lazio | €31.5m [b] | August 2002 | [12] |
8 | Geoffrey Kondogbia | Monaco | €31m | June 2015 | [13] |
9 | Gabriel Barbosa | Santos | €29.5m | August 2016 | [14] |
10 | Francesco Toldo | Fiorentina | €28.5m | July 2001 | [15] |
The club's record sale came on 12 August 2021, when they sold Romelu Lukaku to Chelsea for a fee of €115 million. [16]
Rank | Player | To | Transfer fee | Date | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Romelu Lukaku | Chelsea | €115m | August 2021 | [16] |
2 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Barcelona | €69m [a] | July 2009 | [17] |
3 | Achraf Hakimi | Paris Saint-Germain | €60m [b] | July 2021 | [18] |
4 | Mauro Icardi | Paris Saint-Germain | €58m [c] | May 2020 | [19] |
5 | André Onana | Manchester United | €52.5m [d] | July 2023 | [20] |
6 | Ronaldo | Real Madrid | €46m | August 2002 | [21] |
7 | Mateo Kovačić | Real Madrid | €29m | August 2015 | [22] |
8 | Geoffrey Kondogbia | Valencia | €25m | May 2018 | [23] |
9 | Samuel Eto'o | Anzhi Makhachkala | €21.8m | August 2011 | [24] |
Mario Balotelli | Manchester City | €21.8m | September 2010 | [25] |
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]
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