2009–10 Inter Milan season

Season overview

The main transfer move was an exchange with Barcelona, as Zlatan Ibrahimović and Samuel Eto'o swapped clubs. From a tactical point of view, the line-up was not made up from this fact: Eto'o was himself a centre-forward. His partner was Diego Milito, acquired from Genoa, like the midfielder Thiago Motta. There were also the arrivals of the centre-back Lúcio and the playmaker Wesley Sneijder. Inter unveiled the season losing the Supercoppa Italiana, due to a 2–1 knockout against Lazio.

During the brief pause in September, Inter had four points in the league, which became 16 before the October pause. Meanwhile, the side had started its European adventure, from the group phase, drawing in the first part of the stage: it was renamed the "group of death" due to the presences of only national champions, from Spain (Barcelona, who was the European defending champion), Ukraine (Dynamo Kyiv) and Russia (Rubin Kazan). and managed to recover their form in the Champions League, finishing the group in second place behind Barcelona. In the round of 16, they defeated Chelsea (the club that José Mourinho coached from 2004 to 2007) via a 3–1 aggregate; in the quarter-finals, CSKA Moscow were beaten 1–0 in both legs. The last obstacle toward the final was, once again, Barcelona. Four days before the first leg, Inter beat Juventus 2–0. The Spanish side lost the first leg, despite having scored the first goal (with Pedro): the final score was 3–1, enough for Inter to progress to the final, despite a 1–0 loss in the second leg, and down to ten men, with a red card to Thiago Motta. As a result, Inter qualified for their first UEFA final in twelve years, since the 1998 UEFA Cup.

Prior to the final, Mourinho won an additional two trophies: the Coppa Italia and the second consecutive Scudetto, both won due to Milito's goals and leaving Roma behind. Milito was also Man of the Match for Champions League final, scoring both goals in the 2–0 victory, whereby Inter defeated Bayern Munich, winning this trophy for the first time since 1965, and for the third time overall. In doing so, Inter became the first Italian club to achieve the Treble.

Players

Squad information

|GK | |- |12 |Júlio César |BRA |GK | |- |21 |Paolo Orlandoni |ITA |GK | |- !colspan="6" style="background:#dcdcdc; color:black; text-align:center"| Defenders |- |2 |Iván Córdoba (vice-captain) |COL |CB | |- |4 |Javier Zanetti (captain) |ARG |RB / CM / RM | |- |6 |Lúcio |BRA |CB | |- |13 |Maicon |BRA |RB | |- |23 |Marco Materazzi |ITA |CB | |- |25 |Walter Samuel |ARG |CB | |- |26 |Cristian Chivu |ROU |LB / CB / DM | |- |39 |Davide Santon |ITA |RB / LB | |- !colspan="6" style="background:#dcdcdc; color:black; text-align:center"| Midfielders |- |5 |Dejan Stanković |SRB |CM / AM | |- |8 |Thiago Motta |BRA |DM / CM | |- |10 |Wesley Sneijder |NED |AM / CM / LW | |- |11 |Sulley Muntari |GHA |CM | |- |15 |Rene Krhin |SVN |CM | |- |17 |McDonald Mariga |KEN |DM / CM | |- |19 |Esteban Cambiasso |ARG |DM / CM

|- !colspan="6" style="background:#dcdcdc; color:black; text-align:center"| Forwards |- |7 |Ricardo Quaresma |PRT |RW | |- |9 |Samuel Eto'o |CMR |CF | |- |22 |Diego Milito |ARG |CF | |- |27 |Goran Pandev |MKD |SS / RW / CF | |- |45 |Mario Balotelli |ITA |SS / RW / CF | |- |89 |Marko Arnautović |AUT |CF | |- !colspan="6" style="background:#dcdcdc; color:black; text-align:center"| Players transferred out during the season |- |14 |Patrick Vieira |FRA |CM / DM | |- |18 |David Suazo |HON |CF | |- |30 |Mancini |BRA |LW / RW | |- |}

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

Transfers

Confirmed transfers 2009–10

In

Total spending: €89.05 million

Out

Total income: €97 million

Out on loan

Club

Non-playing staff

Pre-season and friendlies

World Football Challenge

Main article: World Football Challenge

Mosquera Silva Márquez Ó. Rojas Milito Ibrahimović Vieira Burdisso Lampard

TIM Trophy

Main article: TIM Trophy

Materazzi Amauri Balotelli Chivu Motta Samuel Vieira Santon Grygera Felipe Melo Poulsen Amauri Iaquinta Legrottaglie

Other friendlies

Griffin Stanković Silva Sílvio Vieira Mancini Guerra

Competitions

Overview

Supercoppa Italiana

Main article: 2009 Supercoppa Italiana

Eto'o Maicon Chivu Rocchi

Serie A

Main article: 2009–10 Serie A

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Materazzi Eto'o Stanković Masiello Kutuzov Gattuso Samuel Milito Maicon Stanković Chivu Motta Eto'o , Milito Astori Conti Maicon Milito Eto'o Milito Lúcio Stanković Maicon Bogliacino Contini Lucchini Cassano Pazzini , Gastaldello Stanković Chivu Floro Flores Domizzi Luković Corradi Coda Scarpi Milanetto Balotelli , Samuel Stanković Muntari Vieira Maicon Sneijder Zanetti Córdoba Carboni Mascara Silvestre Balotelli Chivu Milito Miccoli Hernández Bertolo Tavano Milito Maicon Eto'o Motta Stanković Ménez Pizarro Balotelli , Cambiasso Motta Maicon Samuel Milito Krøldrup Zanetti Comotto Felipe Melo Marchisio Grosso Amauri Cáceres Eto'o Samuel Tiribocchi Padoin Sneijder Motta Stanković Stendardo Del Nero Radu Marcolini Pelissier Balotelli , Vieira Córdoba Maicon Sneijder , Stanković Samuel , Ekdal Codrea Cribari Barreto Bonucci Belmonte Lúcio Pandev Milito Lúcio Sneijder Muntari Pandev , Favalli Thiago Silva Ronaldinho 90+2' Bojinov Valiani Balotelli Cambiasso Samuel Milito , Motta Zúñiga Gargano Muntari Sneijder Córdoba Eto'o Pazzini Lucchini Coda Di Natale Sammarco Asamoah Maicon Zanetti Milito Stanković Balotelli López Mascara Martínez , Stanković Milito Muntari Cavani Migliaccio Stanković Lúcio Maicon Samuel Maicon Mariga Vitale Ménez Perrotta Toni Brighi Zanetti Motta Lúcio Milito Maicon Eto'o Chivu Balotelli Stanković Pasqual Krøldrup , Natali Bolatti Gobbi Milito Eto'o Muntari Motta Maicon Eto'o , Balotelli Felipe Melo Sissoko Chiellini Stanković Mariga Córdoba Chivu Materazzi Bianco Coppola Manfredini Samuel Motta Cambiasso Milito Balotelli Granoche Sardo Pellissier Cribari Brandão Codrea Chivu Toldo

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2009–10 Coppa Italia

Sneijder Marchini

Lúcio Balotelli Chiellini Felipe Melo Cannavaro

Lúcio Gamberini Balotelli Motta Eto'o Chivu

Milito Chivu Samuel Balotelli Perrotta Mexès Totti ,

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage#Group F

Touré Domínguez Balotelli Stanković Maicon Maicon Samuel Chivu Zanetti Almeida Lúcio Shevchenko Milevskyi Vukojević Almeida Mykhalyk Lúcio Milito Sneijder Pedro , Puyol Chivu Zanetti Balotelli , Lúcio Navas

Knockout phase

Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

Round of 16

Motta Cambiasso Drogba Alex Terry Motta Lúcio Júlio César

Quarter-finals

Milito Aldonin Mamayev Stanković

Semi-finals

Sneijder Maicon Milito Stanković Busquets Puyol Piqué Keita Dani Alves Piqué Júlio César Chivu Lúcio Muntari

Final

Main article: 2010 UEFA Champions League Final

Van Bommel Milito

Statistics

Squad statistics

Disciplinary record

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References

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