List of Inter Milan records and statistics

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Javier Zanetti, pictured here in 2011, holds the records for most appearances with the club, with 858. Zanetti vs CSKA Mosca 2011 - 2.png
Javier Zanetti, pictured here in 2011, holds the records for most appearances with the club, with 858.

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.

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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

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

Mitropa Cup:

  • Runners-up (1): 1933

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

Champions Under-18 Challenge::

NextGen Series:

Under 13 Championship:

  • Champions (1): 2018

Under 14 Championship:

  • Champions (7): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2022

Under 15 Championship:

  • Champions (10): 1988, 1997, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2023

Under 16 Championship:

  • Champions (1): 2018

Under 17 Championship:

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

Under 19 Championship:

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

Under 20 Championship:

  • Champions (8): 1975, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2014, 2015, 2017

Supercoppa Under-17:

  • Champions (3): 2014, 2017, 2019

Supercoppa Under-15:

  • Champions (1): 2018

Filippo De Cecco Tournament:

  • Champions (2): 2006, 2008

Club statistics

Divisional movements

SeriesYearsLastPromotionsRelegations
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

Serie A

Matches

Firsts

Wins

Defeats

Points

Player statistics

Most appearances

RankNationalityPlayerPositionYearsLeagueCup Europe OthersTotal
1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Javier Zanetti DF 1995–20146157115913858
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Giuseppe Bergomi DF 1979–19995191201171756
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Giacinto Facchetti DF 1960–197847685685634
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Sandro Mazzola FW 1960–197741880634565
5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Giuseppe Baresi DF 1977–199239292741559
6Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Mario Corso FW 1958–197341441485503
7Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Walter Zenga GK 1982–199432873711473
8Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Tarcisio Burgnich DF 1962–197435947574467
9Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Alessandro Altobelli FW 1977–198831780690466
10Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Iván Córdoba DF 2000–201232434925455
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Samir Handanović GK 2012–202338022521

Top goalscorers

RankNationalityPlayerPositionYearsLeagueCup Europe OthersTotal
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Giuseppe Meazza FW 1927–1940
1946–1947
24612029287
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Alessandro Altobelli FW 1977–198812846350209
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Roberto Boninsegna FW 1969–197611336220171
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Sandro Mazzola FW 1960–197711624173160
5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Luigi Cevenini FW 1912–1915
1919–1921
1922–1927
156000156
6Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Benito Lorenzi FW 1947–1958138230143
7Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Lautaro Martínez FW 2018–present1088163135
8Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary István Nyers FW 1948–1954133000133
9Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Mauro Icardi FW 2013–20191113100124
10Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Christian Vieri FW 1999–20051038120123

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. Giuseppe Meazza 1935.jpg
"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 top ten of Inter's top league goalscorers in a single season. [5]

RankPlayerSeasonGoals
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
  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. Ronaldo Cannes (cropped).jpg
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 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

Romelu Lukaku (pictured in 2017), signed in August 2019 from Manchester United for EUR80 million, became Inter's most expensive purchase. He was then sold for a club-record fee of EUR115 million to Chelsea two years later. Romelu Lukaku 27 September 2017 cropped.jpg
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]

RankPlayerFromTransfer feeDateRef.
1 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Romelu Lukaku Flag of England.svg Manchester United €80m [a] August 2019 [6]
2 Flag of Italy.svg Christian Vieri Flag of Italy.svg Lazio €49mJune 1999 [7]
3 Flag of Italy.svg Nicolò Barella Flag of Italy.svg Cagliari €40.5mSeptember 2020 [8]
4 Flag of Morocco.svg Achraf Hakimi Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid €40mJuly 2020 [9]
Flag of Portugal.svg João Mário Flag of Portugal.svg Sporting CP €40mAugust 2016 [10]
6 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Radja Nainggolan Flag of Italy.svg Roma €38mJune 2018 [11]
7 Flag of Argentina.svg Hernán Crespo Flag of Italy.svg Lazio €31.5m [b] August 2002 [12]
8 Flag of France.svg Geoffrey Kondogbia Flag of France.svg Monaco €31mJune 2015 [13]
9 Flag of Brazil.svg Gabriel Barbosa Flag of Brazil.svg Santos €29.5mAugust 2016 [14]
10 Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Toldo Flag of Italy.svg Fiorentina €28.5mJuly 2001 [15]
  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]

RankPlayerToTransfer feeDateRef.
1 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Romelu Lukaku Flag of England.svg Chelsea €115mAugust 2021 [16]
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Zlatan Ibrahimović Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona €69m [a] July 2009 [17]
3 Flag of Morocco.svg Achraf Hakimi Flag of France.svg Paris Saint-Germain €60m [b] July 2021 [18]
4 Flag of Argentina.svg Mauro Icardi Flag of France.svg Paris Saint-Germain €58m [c] May 2020 [19]
5 Flag of Cameroon.svg André Onana Flag of England.svg Manchester United €52.5m [d] July 2023 [20]
6 Flag of Brazil.svg Ronaldo Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid €46mAugust 2002 [21]
7 Flag of Croatia.svg Mateo Kovačić Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid €29mAugust 2015 [22]
8 Flag of France.svg Geoffrey Kondogbia Flag of Spain.svg Valencia €25mMay 2018 [23]
9 Flag of Cameroon.svg Samuel Eto'o Flag of Russia.svg Anzhi Makhachkala €21.8mAugust 2011 [24]
Flag of Italy.svg Mario Balotelli Flag of England.svg Manchester City €21.8mSeptember 2010 [25]
  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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