2005–06 Inter Milan season

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. 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. Despite a good first half (also including a 3–2 win in derby, that lacked since 2002) Inter did not have a great second half, and knocked out in the Champions League by Villarreal.

On the pitch, the season finished like the previous with third place and the win of the Coppa Italia against Roma. 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. 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

|GK | |- |12 |Júlio César |BRA |GK | |- |22 |Paolo Orlandoni |ITA |GK | |- !colspan="6" style="background:#dcdcdc; color:black; text-align:center"| Defenders |- |2 |Iván Córdoba |COL |CB | |- |3 |Nicolás Burdisso |ARG |CB | |- |4 |Javier Zanetti (Captain) |ARG |RB / CM / RM | |- |11 |Siniša Mihajlović |SCG |CB / DM / LB | |- |13 |Zé Maria |BRA |RB / RM | |- |16 |Giuseppe Favalli |ITA |LB / CB | |- |23 |Marco Materazzi |ITA |CB | |- |25 |Walter Samuel |ARG |CB | |- |33 |Pierre Womé |CMR |LB / DM / LM | |- !colspan="6" style="background:#dcdcdc; color:black; text-align:center"| Midfielders |- |5 |Dejan Stanković |SCG |CM / AM | |- |6 |Cristiano Zanetti |ITA |DM / CM | |- |7 |Luís Figo |POR |RW / AM | |- |8 |David Pizarro |CHI |CM / DM | |- |14 |Juan Sebastián Verón |ARG |CM / DM / AM | |- |18 |Kily González |ARG |LW / AM | |- |19 |Esteban Cambiasso |ARG |DM | |- |21 |Santiago Solari |ARG |CM | |- |31 |César |BRA |LM / LB | |- !colspan="7" style="background:#dcdcdc; color:black; text-align:center"| Forwards |- |9 |Julio Cruz |ARG |CF | |- |10 |Adriano |BRA |CF | |- |20 |Álvaro Recoba |URU |SS / LW / AM | |- |30 |Obafemi Martins |NGR |CF | |}

From [[Inter Milan Youth Sector|youth squad]]

Transfers

Winter

Out

• Andy van der Meyde – Everton

Pre-season and friendlies

Riscone di Brunico training camp

Cruz Recoba Martins Solari Choutos Momentè Diarra Ravasi Gallo Reginaldo Piovaccari

TIM Trophy

Main article: TIM Trophy

Júlio César Materazzi Martins Solari Womé Rui Costa Serginho Costacurta Ardemagni Ambrosini

Südtirol Cup

Martins Choutos

Birra Moretti Trophy

Main article: Birra Moretti Trophy

Piá

Sky TV Trophy

Choutos

Other friendlies

Karagounis Martins Stanković Martins Zé Maria Recoba Tissone Solari Momentè Figo Martins Recoba Solari

Competitions

Overview

Serie A

Main article: 2005–06 Serie A

League table

Results summary

Results by round

|color_3-4=green2 |color_5-7=blue1 |color_15-18=red1 |text_3-4=UEFA Champions League Qualifying round |text_5-7=2006–07 UEFA Cup |text_15-18=2006–07 Serie B The title was put sub judice, then assigned to Internazionale, the team taking the first place after the courts. Milan, Fiorentina and Lazio were docked 30 points, all for involvement in the Calciopoli.

Matches

Cambiasso Dellafiore Lorenzi Terlizzi Santana Makinwa Brienza Materazzi Cruz Stanković Cruz
Giunti C. Zanetti Stanković Verón Materazzi Gamberini Donadel Vieira Nedvěd Emerson Materazzi Favalli Verón Cruz Cambiasso Córdoba Recoba Bertotto Recoba Cruz Samuel Adriano Verón Chivu Totti
Mancini Doni Córdoba Figo Favalli Inzaghi Mihajlović Figo Figo Cambiasso Materazzi Corradi Di Napoli D'Agostino Favalli Cambiasso C. Zanetti Adriano
Martins Shevchenko Kaladze Šimić Stam Tedesco Martins Stanković Adriano Cambiasso Pizarro Cruz Figo Martins Vannucchi Valentim Adriano Favalli Abeijón Gobbi Suazo Bega Lazzaretti González Cruz Samuel Samuel Córdoba
Favalli Figo Barone Ângelo Figo Burdisso Verón Stanković Córdoba Burdisso Jiménez
Fiore Figo Recoba Cambiasso Chiellini Buffon Del Piero Pizarro C. Zanetti Martins Samuel Zapata Iaquinta Dacourt Materazzi
Stanković Figo Recoba
Pandev Pisanu Simplício Ferronetti Corradi Samuel J. Zanetti Stanković Martins Guana Coppola Foggia Cruz
Mihajlović Pirlo Kaladze Gilardino Seedorf C. Zanetti Burdisso Córdoba Martins César Materazzi Burdisso Paro Vergassola Suazo Womé Solari Samuel González

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2005–06 Coppa Italia

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Iaquinta Pizarro

Final

Main article: 2006 Coppa Italia Final

Mancini Mexès Samuel Pizarro Martins Cruz Martins Nonda Rosi Bovo

Supercoppa Italiana

Main article: 2005 Supercoppa Italiana

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

Third qualifying round

Matuzalém Brandão Adriano
Cambiasso Martins Verón Solari Materazzi Pizarro

Group stage

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Champions League group stage#Group H

Cruz C. Zanetti Córdoba Pizarro McCarthy Pepe Córdoba Favalli Bosingwa Adriano Kyrgiakos Andrews C. Zanetti Pizarro Momente

Knockout phase

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Champions League knockout stage

Round of 16

Rosales Rosenberg Córdoba Pizarro Cruz

Quarter-finals

Recoba Martins Samuel Verón Sorín Senna Arruabarrena Viera Martins

Statistics

Squad statistics

References

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10. plus half of [[Goran Pandev]]'s rights
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