2006–07 Inter Milan season

Season overview

The relegation of Juventus to Serie B due to Calciopoli, and Milan and Fiorentina's penalisations, made Inter a clear favourite for the title: the side was empowered with the arrivals of Zlatan Ibrahimović, Patrick Vieira, Fabio Grosso and Maicon. In early September, the club suffered a tragedy: Inter's president Giacinto Facchetti died at the age of 64, due to a cancer.

The 2006–07 season was signed by records: Inter won 17 games in row for an achievement still unbeaten. Inter also got 11 wins in away matches and obtained the title with 5 games left to play. The side ended with 97 points, 22 over Roma which came second: in 38 matches Inter collected 30 wins, 7 draws and just one defeat (the first in Serie A since April 2006) against Roma.

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 | |- |4 |Javier Zanetti (Captain) |ARG |RB / CM / RM | |- |6 |Maxwell |BRA |LB | |- |11 |Fabio Grosso |ITA |LB | |- |13 |Maicon Sisenando |BRA |RB | |- |16 |Nicolás Burdisso |ARG |CB | |- |23 |Marco Materazzi |ITA |CB | |- |25 |Walter Samuel |ARG |CB | |- !colspan="6" style="background:#dcdcdc; color:black; text-align:center"| Midfielders |- |5 |Dejan Stanković |SRB |CM / AM | |- |7 |Luís Figo |POR |RW / AM | |- |14 |Patrick Vieira |FRA |DM / CM | |- |15 |Olivier Dacourt |FRA |CM | |- |19 |Esteban Cambiasso |ARG |DM | |- |21 |Santiago Solari |ARG |CM | |- |91 |Mariano González |ARG |RW / LW / AM | |- !colspan="7" style="background:#dcdcdc; color:black; text-align:center"| Forwards |- |8 |Zlatan Ibrahimović |SWE |CF | |- |9 |Julio Cruz |ARG |CF | |- |10 |Adriano |BRA |CF | |- |18 |Hernán Crespo |ARG |CF | |- |20 |Álvaro Recoba |URU |SS / LW / AM | |}

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

Transfers

Loan in

• ITA Mario Balotelli – ITA Lumezzane, season-long loan
• ITA Giuseppe Figliomeni – ITA Crotone

Out

• BRA Guilherme Siqueira – ITA Udinese, €750,000, 11 August
• ARG Kily González – released (later joined ARG Rosario Central)

Loan out

• BRA César – BRA Corinthians
• ITA Francesco Coco – ITA Torino
• BRA César – ITA Livorno, 25 January

Pre-season and friendlies

Riscone di Brunico training camp

Martins Stanković Bounucci César Di. Marino Belaïd Solari Licata Leko Maurice-Belay Sambou De Filippis Maaroufi Cruz Siligardi Ribas Figo Ribas Recoba Litteri

Amsterdam Tournament

Main article: 2006 Amsterdam Tournament

Martins Čech

Birra Moretti Trophy

Main article: Birra Moretti Trophy

Trofeo Pirelli

Main article: Trofeo Pirelli

TIM Trophy

Main article: TIM Trophy

Borriello Giannichedda Adriano Figo Maaroufi Marino Guzmán Birindelli Zalayeta Del Piero

Other friendlies

Burdisso Pinto Figo Ibrahimović Maicon González Solari González

Competitions

Overview

Serie A

Main article: 2006–07 Serie A

League table

Results summary

Results by round

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Matches

Donadel Pasqual Ibrahimović , Stanković Materazzi Bonanni Bonanni Sala Mexès Perrotta Crespo Júlio César Solari Samuel Stanković , Tiribocchi Brighi Bianco Esposito Córdoba Maicon Dacourt Stanković Colucci Biaocco Minelli Pinzi Stanković Figo Materazzi Ibrahimović Cruz C. Lucarelli César Prates Inzaghi Seedorf , Gilardino , Kaká Crespo Stanković Ibrahimović Dacourt Materazzi , Júlio César Burdisso Zanetti Cudini Samuel Maicon Stanković Minieri Contini Couto Coly Vieira Dacourt Cruz Samuel Burdisso Mesto Ríos Guana Vieira Stanković Maicon Crespo Vieira Brevi Antonini Codrea Saudati Crespo Stanković Materazzi Samuel Maxwell Ibrahimović Zoro Oddo Pandev Cambiasso Materazzi , Maicon Crespo Adriano Loria Donati Carrozzieri Ariatti Zampagna Ardito Fiore Balestri Abbiati Figo Vieira Ibrahimović Materazzi Adriano Burdisso Ibrahimović Potenza Montolivo Sala Parola Zenoni Maicon Lanna Crespo Materazzi Dacourt Córdoba Conti Baiocco Corona Stanković Solari Grosso Ibrahimović Cruz Burdisso Natali De Sanctis Passoni Cruz Dacourt Ibrahimović Figo Maicon Cruz Samuel Córdoba Pirlo Foglio Lombardi Năstase Bonanni Maicon Ibrahimović , Stanković Samuel Adriano Crespo Materazzi Dessena Domenico Morfeo Córdoba Adriano Cavani Zaccardo Giacomazzi Zanetti Materazzi , Stanković Mancini Pizarro Mexès Totti Doni Cassetti Manninger Vergassola Materazzi , Stanković , Recoba , Di Napoli González Córdoba Crespo Vieira Burdisso Materazzi , Mutarelli , Mudingayi Ledesma Siviglia Zauri Abeijón Rivalta Carrozzieri Maicon , Figo Comotto

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2006–07 Coppa Italia

Round of 16

González Andreolli

Quarter-finals

Córdoba Grosso

Semi-finals

Crespo

Final

Main article: 2007 Coppa Italia Final

De Rossi Perrotta Mancini Panucci Cruz

Supercoppa Italiana

Main article: 2006 Supercoppa Italiana

Vieira , Crespo Maicon Figo Aquilani Taddei Cassetti Chivu Mido

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Champions League group stage#Group B

Moutinho Caneira Toldo Vieira Materazzi Grosso Sagnol Scholl Pizarro Podolski

Figo Pavlyuchenko Kalynychenko Crespo Stanković Nani Custódio Makaay Vieira

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Maicon Burdisso Zanetti Marchena Villa Silva Angulo Materazzi Córdoba Maicon

Statistics

Squad statistics

Last updated: 27 May 2007

References

Sources

• Official website

References

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