2005–06 Inter Milan season

Internazionale

2005–06 season
President	Giacinto Facchetti
Head coach	Roberto Mancini
Stadium	San Siro
Serie A	1st[1]
Coppa Italia	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Quarter-finals
Supercoppa Italiana	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Julio Cruz (15) All: Julio Cruz (21)
Home colours Away colours
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

Season

2005–06 season opened with the success in Supercoppa Italiana, beating Juventus 1–0 in extra time with a goal scored by Verón.^[2] 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.^[3] Despite a good first half (also including a 3–2 win in derby, that lacked since 2002)^[4] Inter had a second part not so bright.^[5] Being knocked out in Champions League by Villareal, the side was hardly attacked by his fans.^[6]

On the pitch, season finished like the previous with a third league place and the win of Coppa Italia against Roma.^[7] However, during the summer of World Cup, Juventus and Milan resulted caught in Calciopoli scandal: in late July, a few weeks after Italian triumph in Germany, Inter was awarded of 2005–06 title.^[8] Further, the relegation of Juventus to Serie B made Inter the first and only club ever present in modern Serie A (from 1929–30).

Squad

Goalkeepers

• 1. Francesco Toldo
• 12. Júlio César
• 22. Paolo Orlandoni

Defenders

• 2. Iván Córdoba
• 3. Nicolás Burdisso
• 4. Javier Zanetti
• 11. Siniša Mihajlović
• 13. Zé Maria
• 16. Giuseppe Favalli
• 23. Marco Materazzi
• 25. Walter Samuel
• 33. Pierre Womé
• 49. Marco Andreolli
• 51. Leonardo Bonucci

Midfielders

• 5. Dejan Stanković
• 6. Cristiano Zanetti
• 7. Luís Figo
• 8. David Pizarro
• 14. Juan Sebastián Verón
• 18. Kily González
• 19. Esteban Cambiasso
• 21. Santiago Solari
• 31. César
• 55. Daniel Maa Boumsong
• 85. Ilario Aloe

Attackers

• 9. Julio Cruz
• 10. Adriano
• 20. Álvaro Recoba
• 30. Obafemi Martins
• 42. Domenico Germinale
• 44. Matteo Momentè
• 61. Goran Slavkovski

Serie A

Matches

Inter v Treviso

1	Inter	3–0	Treviso
	Adriano  32', 68', 79'

Palermo v Inter

2	Palermo	3–2	Inter
	Corini  20' Terlizzi  50' Makinwa  68'		Cruz  86', 90+2'

Inter v Lecce

3	Inter	3–0	Lecce
	Martins  25' Stanković  29' Cruz  84'

Chievo v Inter

4	Chievo	0–1	Inter
			Samuel  49'

Inter v Fiorentina

5	Inter	1–0	Fiorentina
	Martins  7'

Juventus v Inter

6	Juventus	2–0	Inter
	Trezeguet  22' Nedvěd  34'

Inter v Livorno

7	Inter	5–0	Livorno
	Materazzi  11' Cruz  19' Cambiasso  49' Córdoba  51' Recoba  61'

Udinese v Inter

8	Udinese	0–1	Inter
			Cruz  36'

Inter v Roma

9	Inter	2–3	Roma
	Adriano  67', 77'		Montella  12' Totti  30', 47' (pen.)

Sampdoria v Inter

10	Sampdoria	2–2	Inter
	Diana  6', 35'		Cambiasso  31' Zanetti  40'

Lazio v Inter

11	Lazio	0–0	Inter

Inter v Parma

12	Inter	2–0	Parma
	Figo  68' Cambiasso  81'

Messina v Inter

13	Messina	1–2	Inter
	Di Napoli  71'		Recoba  7' Cambiasso  59'

Inter v Ascoli

14	Inter	1–0	Ascoli
	Adriano  24'

Inter v Milan

15	Inter	3–2	Milan
	Adriano  24' (pen.), 90+2' Martins  59'		Shevchenko  39' (pen.) Stam  83'

Reggina v Inter

16	Reggina	0–4	Inter
			Córdoba  2' Martins  15' Adriano  42' Pizarro  90+2'

Inter v Empoli

17	Inter	4–1	Empoli
	Adriano  4' Cruz  45+5' Figo  67' Martins  85'		Vannucchi  64'

Siena v Inter

18	Siena	0–0	Inter

Inter v Cagliari

19	Inter	3–2	Cagliari
	Martins  10' Adriano  14', 58' (pen.)		Esposito  20' Suazo  81'

Treviso v Inter

20	Treviso	0–1	Inter
			Cruz  23'

Inter v Palermo

21	Inter	3–0	Palermo
	Cambiasso  33' Córdoba  76' Figo  80'

Lecce v Inter

22	Lecce	0–2	Inter
			Figo  72' Stanković  90+2'

Inter v Chievo

23	Inter	1–0	Chievo
	Cruz  7'

Fiorentina v Inter

24	Fiorentina	2–1	Inter
	Brocchi  10' Jiménez  58'		Recoba  85'

Inter v Juventus

25	Inter	1–2	Juventus
	Samuel  74'		Ibrahimović  63' Del Piero  85'

Livorno v Inter

26	Livorno	0–0	Inter

Inter v Udinese

27	Inter	3–1	Udinese
	Cruz  18', 48' (pen.) Martins  60'		Iaquinta  83' (pen.)

Roma v Inter

28	Roma	1–1	Inter
	Taddei  9'		Materazzi  89'

Inter v Sampdoria

29	Inter	1–0	Sampdoria
	Adriano  40'

Inter v Lazio

30	Inter	3–1	Lazio
	Figo  36' Recoba  46', 72'		Pandev  54'

Parma v Inter

31	Parma	1–0	Inter
	Simplício  39'

Inter v Messina

32	Inter	3–0	Messina
	Solari  15', 26' Martins  19'

Ascoli v Inter

33	Ascoli	1–2	Inter
	Ferrante  21'		Cruz  51' (pen.) Mihajlović  59'

Milan v Inter

34	Milan	1–0	Inter
	Kaladze  70'

Inter v Reggina

35	Inter	4–0	Reggina
	Cruz  16' (pen.), 90+2' Martins  23' César  28'

Empoli v Inter

36	Empoli	1–0	Inter
	Materazzi  90+1' (o.g.)

Inter v Siena

37	Inter	1–1	Siena
	Cruz  60'		Gastaldello  90+3'

Cagliari v Inter

38	Cagliari	2–2	Inter
	Capone  8' Suazo  33'		Cruz  11' Solari  37'

Top Scorers

• Julio Cruz – 15
• Adriano – 12
• Obafemi Martins – 8
• Luís Figo – 5
• Álvaro Recoba – 5

References

1. Due to the trial of Italian football scandal; originally Inter was third.
2. "Colpo grosso in casa Juve Adriano-Veron, è Supercoppa" (in Italian). repubblica.it. 20 August 2005.
3. "La Padania accusa l'Inter "11 stranieri in campo, vergogna"" (in Italian). repubblica.it. 24 November 2005.
4. "Adriano affonda il Milan nel recupero Rossoneri sorpassati dall'Inter" (in Italian). repubblica.it. 11 December 2005.
5. "La Juve ringrazia Del Piero Inter, più nervi che gioco" (in Italian). repubblica.it. 12 February 2006.
6. "Agguato notturno all'Inter" (in Italian). gazzetta.it. 9 April 2006.
7. "Inter si consola con la Coppa Italia la Roma con il buon rientro di Totti" (in Italian). repubblica.it. 11 May 2006.
8. "Lo scudetto 2006 è dell'Inter" (in Italian). gazzetta.it. 26 July 2006.

Sources

RSSSF - Italy 2005/06