# 1960–61 Inter Milan season

During the 1960-61 season Football Club Internazionale Milano competed in Serie A and Coppa Italia.

## Summary

During summer oil tycoon and President Angelo Moratti in his sixth campaign as Chairman appointed Italo Allodi as the first ever club general manager. Also, new arrivals are confirmed for the season such as: Goalkeeper Lorenzo Buffon, Defender Costanzo Balleri and midfielders Armando Picchi and Egidio Morbello along with Argentine Helenio Herrera as new head coach transferred in from Spain clinching the first league spot during several rounds, however, the squad collapsed in the final matches to a decent 3rd place at the end of the season.
Meanwhile, in Coppa Italia the team advanced to the quarterfinals only to be eliminated by SS Lazio.

## Squad

* .-Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/rose/1960/501/
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ITA | Lorenzo Buffon |
| — | GK | ITA | Mario Da Pozzo |
| — | DF | ITA | Aristide Guarneri |
| — | DF | ITA | Mauro Gatti |
| — | DF | ITA | Costanzo Balleri |
| — | DF | ITA | Livio Fongaro |
| — | DF | ITA | Giacinto Facchetti |
| — | DF | ITA | Roberto Manini |
| — | MF | SWE | Bengt Lindskog |
| — | MF | ITA | Mauro Bicicli |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Armando Picchi |
| — | MF | ITA | Egidio Morbello |
| — | MF | ITA | Bruno Bolchi |
| — | MF | ITA | Franco Zaglio |
| — | MF | ITA | Enea Masiero |
| — | FW | ITA | Mario Corso |
| — | FW | RSA | Eddie Firmani |
| — | FW | ARG | Antonio Angelillo |
| — | FW | ITA | Luigi Mascalaito |
| — | FW | ITA | Sandro Mazzola |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from |
| GK | Lorenzo Buffon | Genoa |
| MF | Armando Picchi | SPAL |
| MF | Franco Zaglio | AS Roma |
| GK | Mario Da Pozzo | Catanzaro |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To |
| MF | Giovanni Invernizzi | Torino |
| GK | Enzo Matteucci | SPAL |
| MF | Arcadio Venturi | Brescia |
| DF | Amos Cardarelli | Lecco |
| MF | Orazio Rancati | Genoa |
| MF | Vasco Tagliavini | Udinese |
| GK | Walter Pontel | Catania |
| DF | Mario Mereghetti | Udinese |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| DF | Costanzo Balleri | Torino | |
| MF | Egidio Morbello | SPAL | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |

## Competitions
### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Juventus (C) | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 80 | 42 | +38 | 49 | Qualified for the European Cup |
| 2 | Milan | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 65 | 39 | +26 | 45 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 3 | Internazionale | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 73 | 39 | +34 | 44 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 4 | Sampdoria | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 54 | 51 | +3 | 41 | |
| 5 | Roma | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 58 | 46 | +12 | 39 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
* ↑ Roma qualified as holders.

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | P | W | D | D | W | W | L | L |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches

* .-Source:http://calcio-seriea.net/partite/1960/501/

### Coppa Italia
#### Quarterfinals
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 1960-61 Serie A | 1960-61 Serie A |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ITA | Lorenzo Buffon | 30 | -28 | 30 | -28 |
| | DF | ITA | Aristide Guarneri | 33 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Mauro Gatti | 22 | 2 | 22 | 2 |
| | DF | ITA | Costanzo Balleri | 26 | 1 | 26 | 1 |
| | MF | SWE | Bengt Lindskog | 33 | 10 | 33 | 10 |
| | MF | ITA | Mauro Bicicli | 31 | 2 | 31 | 2 |
| | MF | ITA | Armando Picchi | 30 | 1 | 30 | 1 |
| | MF | ITA | Egidio Morbello | 24 | 5 | 24 | 5 |
| | MF | ITA | Bruno Bolchi | 29 | 6 | 29 | 6 |
| | FW | ITA | Mario Corso | 31 | 10 | 31 | 10 |
| | FW | RSA | Eddie Firmani | 28 | 16 | 28 | 16 |
| | GK | ITA | Mario Da Pozzo | 3 | -2 | 3 | -2 |
| | FW | ARG | Antonio Angelillo | 15 | 8 | 15 | 8 |
| | DF | ITA | Livio Fongaro | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Franco Zaglio | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| | DF | ITA | Giacinto Facchetti | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| | MF | ITA | Enea Masiero | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| | FW | ITA | Luigi Mascalaito | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Sandro Mazzola | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| | GK | ITA | Antonio Annibale | 1 | -9 | 1 | -9 |
| | DF | ITA | Roberto Manini | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | ITA | Remo Bicchierai | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | ITA | Franco Dal Maso | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | ITA | Antonio Fusari | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | ITA | Roberto Ghelli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | ITA | Claudio Guglielmoni | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | ITA | Franco Masetto | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | ITA | Giuseppe Morosi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | ITA | Francesco Riefolo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | ITA | Roberto Tacchini | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1960/501/