INTER MILAN TURNS 101 TODAY
Football Club Internazionale Milano, most commonly referred to as Inter Milan or just Inter in Italy, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy, founded in 1908.
Inter are the only side in Italian football to have spent their entire history in Serie A. Playing in black and blue striped shirts with black shorts, they have 16 Serie A titles to their name. Including the Coppa Italia and the Italian Super Cup, Inter have a total of 25 trophies won in Italy. Outside of their homeland, the club have also had success in European and World tournaments; they won the European Cup in two successive finals in 1964 and 1965. They have also won the UEFA Cup three times and the Intercontinental Cup twice.
Inter play their home games at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, also known as San Siro. The ground, which they share with rivals A.C. Milan, is the largest in Italian football, with a total capacity of 80,018. Inter train at the fields of sports center "Angelo Moratti" (better known as La Pinetina) in Appiano Gentile, near Como. The term Inter Milan is a nickname used primarily in the English-speaking world to differentiate it from other teams named "Inter", and is not used within Italy.
CURRENT INTER MILAN SQUAD
No. Position Player
1 GK Francesco Toldo
2 DF Ivan Cordoba (vice-captain)
4 DF Javier Zanetti (captain)
5 MF Dejan Stanković
6 DF Maxwell
7 MF Luís Figo
8 FW Zlatan Ibrahimović
9 FW Julio Cruz
10 FW Adriano
11 MF Luis Jiménez
12 GK Júlio César
13 DF Maicon
14 MF Patrick Vieira
16 DF Nicolás Burdisso
No. Position Player
18 FW Hernán Crespo
19 MF Esteban Cambiasso
20 MF Sulley Ali Muntari
21 FW Victor Obinna
22 GK Paolo Orlandoni
23 DF Marco Materazzi (vice-captain)
24 DF Nelson Rivas
25 DF Walter Samuel
26 DF Cristian Chivu
33 MF Mancini
36 MF Francesco Bolzoni
37 DF Andrea Mei
39 DF Davide Santon
45 FW Mario Balotelli
Non-playing staff
Position Staff Manager José Mourinho
Assistant Manager Giuseppe Baresi
Physical fitness Coach Rui Faria
Goalkeeping Coach Silvino Louro
Technical assistant Andre Villas Boas
Director in charge of transfers Marco Branca
Transfer Market Consultant
First-Team Representative Gabriele Oriali