# 2007–08 Inter Milan season

The 2007–08 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 99th in existence and 92nd consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. This season marked Inter's centenary celebration on March 9, 2008. The club commemorated its foundation on the previous day with a party in San Siro, in which supporters and former players took part.

## Season overview

On August 19, 2007, Inter faced Roma in the Supercoppa Italiana, losing on penalties. Roberto Mancini's side celebrated its third consecutive Scudetto, finishing above Roma again, thought it was a much closer affair, with the Nerrazzuri finishing only three points above the Giallorossi. Inter clinched the title in the last match by beating Parma for 2–0. Both goals came from Zlatan Ibrahimović, who was subbed on at half-time, taking his tally to 17 goals in the league. For Parma, it was the first relegation to Serie B after 18 consecutive seasons in top flight.
In late May 2008, having lost the Coppa Italia final to Roma, Mancini was fired by Moratti. Days later, the club announced that the coach was sacked for his statement after the team second leg loss against Liverpool in the last 16 of The Champions League : this game had marked the side's elimination.

### Centennial Kit

* Centennial

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 18 May 2008
| Squad no. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Francesco Toldo | GK | (1971-12-02)2 December 1971 (aged 35) |
| 12 | Júlio César | GK | (1979-09-03)3 September 1979 (aged 27) |
| 22 | Paolo Orlandoni | GK | (1972-08-12)12 August 1972 (aged 34) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Iván Córdoba (vice-Captain) | CB | (1976-08-11)11 August 1976 (aged 30) |
| 4 | Javier Zanetti (Captain) | RB / CM / RM | (1973-08-10)10 August 1973 (aged 33) |
| 6 | Maxwell | LB | (1981-08-27)27 August 1981 (aged 25) |
| 13 | Maicon | RB | (1981-07-21)21 July 1981 (aged 25) |
| 16 | Nicolás Burdisso | CB | (1981-04-12)12 April 1981 (aged 26) |
| 23 | Marco Materazzi | CB | (1973-08-19)19 August 1973 (aged 33) |
| 24 | Nelson Rivas | CB / RB | (1983-03-25)25 March 1983 (aged 24) |
| 25 | Walter Samuel | CB | (1978-03-23)23 March 1978 (aged 29) |
| 26 | Christian Chivu | LB / CB / DM | (1980-10-26)26 October 1980 (aged 26) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 5 | Dejan Stanković | CM / AM | (1978-09-11)11 September 1978 (aged 28) |
| 7 | Luís Figo | RW / AM | (1972-11-04)4 November 1972 (aged 34) |
| 11 | Luis Jiménez | AM / CM / RW | (1984-06-17)17 June 1984 (aged 23) |
| 14 | Patrick Vieira | DM / CM | (1976-06-23)23 June 1976 (aged 31) |
| 15 | Olivier Dacourt | CM | (1974-09-25)25 September 1974 (aged 32) |
| 19 | Esteban Cambiasso | DM | (1980-08-18)18 August 1980 (aged 26) |
| 21 | Santiago Solari | LM | (1976-10-07)7 October 1976 (aged 30) |
| 28 | Maniche | CM | (1977-11-11)11 November 1977 (aged 29) |
| 30 | Pelé | CM / DM | (1987-09-14)14 September 1987 (aged 19) |
| 31 | César | LM / LB | (1974-10-24)24 October 1974 (aged 32) |
| Forwards |||||
| 8 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | CF | (1981-10-03)3 October 1981 (aged 25) |
| 9 | Julio Cruz | CF | (1974-10-10)10 October 1974 (aged 32) |
| 10 | Adriano | CF | (1982-02-17)17 February 1982 (aged 25) |
| 18 | Hernán Crespo | CF | (1975-07-05)5 July 1975 (aged 32) |
| 20 | David Suazo | CF | (1979-11-05)5 November 1979 (aged 27) |
| 45 | Mario Balotelli | CF | (1990-08-12)12 August 1990 (aged 16) |

#### From youth squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | ITA | Filippo Mancini |
| 35 | DF | ITA | Dennis Esposito |
| 36 | MF | ITA | Francesco Bolzoni |
| 37 | DF | ITA | Gabriele Puccio |
| 40 | DF | MNE | Ivan Fatić |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 42 | MF | BEL | Ibrahim Maaroufi |
| 46 | FW | ITA | Aiman Napoli |
| 47 | DF | ITA | Marco Filippini |
| 50 | MF | ITA | Luca Siligardi |
| 71 | GK | ITA | Enrico Alfonso |

## Transfers
### In

Transfers :
| Player in | From | Fee | Type |
| David Suazo | Cagliari | €10,000,000 | Full ownership |
| César | Livorno | Loan Return | Loan Return |
| Nelson Rivas | River Plate | Full ownership | Full ownership |
| Luis Jiménez | Ternana | Loan | Loan |
| Cristian Chivu | Roma | €16,000,000 | Full ownership |
| Enrico Alfonso | Pizzighettone | Co-ownership | Co-ownership |
| Pelé | Vitória de Guimarães | Full ownership | Full ownership |
| Hernán Crespo | Chelsea | Renew Loan | Renew Loan |
| Francesco Coco | Torino | Loan Return | Loan Return |
| Maniche | Atlético Madrid | Loan | Loan |

### Out

Transfers :
| Player out | To | Fee | Type |
| Álvaro Recoba | Torino | Loan | Loan |
| David Pizarro | Roma | €5,750,000 | Co-ownership Termination |
| Fabio Grosso | Lyon | €7,000,000 | Full ownership |
| Marco Andreolli | Roma | €3,000,000 | Co-ownership |
| Fabián Carini | Real Murcia | Contract expired | Contract expired |
| Mariano González | Palermo | Loan End | Loan End |
| Lampros Choutos | Free agent | contract expired | contract expired |
| Francesco Coco | Free agent | contract expired | contract expired |
| Ianis Zicu | Dinamo București | Unknown | Full ownership |
| Adriano | São Paulo | Loan | Loan |

## Club
### Non-playing staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Roberto Mancini |
| Assistant coach | Siniša Mihajlović |
| Technical Assistant | Fausto Salsano |
| Goalkeeper coach | Giulio Nuciari |
| Chief Athletic Trainer | Ivan Carminati |
| Athletic Trainer | Gian Nicola Bisciotti |
| Athletic Trainer | Claudio Gaudino |
| First-team Doctor | Franco Combi |
| First-team Doctor | Giorgio Panico |
| Masseurs/Physiotherapists | Marco Dellacasa |
| Masseurs/Physiotherapists | Massimo Dellacasa |
| Masseurs/Physiotherapists | Andrea Galli |
| Masseurs/Physiotherapists | Luigi Sessolo |
| Masseurs/Physiotherapists | Alberto Galbiati |
| Masseurs/Physiotherapists | Sergio Viganó |
| Director in charge of transfers | Marco Branca |
| Transfer Market Consultant First-Team Representative | Gabriele Oriali |
Last updated: 15 Aug 2007 Source: F.C. Internazionale Milano Official Website

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Serie A | 26 August 2007 | 18 May 2008 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 38 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 69 | 26 | +43 | 065.79 |
| Coppa Italia | 19 December 2007 | 24 May 2008 | Round of 16 | Runners-up | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 057.14 |
| Supercoppa Italiana | 19 August 2007 | 19 August 2007 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Champions League | 18 September 2007 | 11 March 2008 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 062.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 54 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 96 | 41 | +55 | 062.96 |
Last updated: 28 May 2008 Source: Serie A statistics, Coppa Italia statistics, UEFA Champions League statistics

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Internazionale (C) | 38 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 69 | 26 | +43 | 85 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Roma | 38 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 72 | 37 | +35 | 82 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Juventus | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 72 | 37 | +35 | 72 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Fiorentina | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 66 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Milan | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 66 | 38 | +28 | 64 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
* ↑ The 7th-placed team qualified for the UEFA Cup due to both of the Coppa Italia finalists, Roma and Internazionale, finishing 6th or higher.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 18 May 2008. Source: Internazionale Milano

#### 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 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | W | D | L | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | W |
| Position | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

* ↑ The match was originally scheduled to be played on 11 November 2007 at 15:00 but it was postponed due to the murder of Gabriele Sandri.

### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | INT | FEN | PSV | CSKA |
| 1 | Internazionale | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 15 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| 3 | PSV Eindhoven | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 7 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | CSKA Moscow | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 1 | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 12 | GK | BRA | Júlio César | 43 | -31 | 35 | -24 | 8 | -7 |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Maicon | 35 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ARG | Burdisso | 26 | 1 | 20+4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | COL | Cordoba | 25 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ROU | Chivu | 32 | 0 | 23+3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Maxwell | 39 | 0 | 27+5 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ARG | Zanetti J | 46 | 1 | 35+3 | 1 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Cambiasso | 41 | 8 | 33 | 6 | 7+1 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | SRB | Stankovic | 27 | 1 | 19+2 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | SWE | Ibrahimovic | 33 | 22 | 22+4 | 17 | 7 | 5 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Julio Cruz | 34 | 15 | 22+6 | 13 | 4+2 | 2 |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Toldo | 3 | -1 | 2+1 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Materazzi | 26 | 1 | 16+7 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | BRA | César | 17 | 1 | 13+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Vieira | 19 | 3 | 13+3 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ARG | Crespo | 24 | 5 | 12+7 | 4 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | ARG | Samuel | 17 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | CHI | Jiménez | 18 | 4 | 11+4 | 3 | 0+3 | 1 |
| 7 | AM | POR | Figo | 20 | 1 | 10+7 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | HON | Suazo | 33 | 8 | 9+18 | 8 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | ITA | Balotelli | 11 | 3 | 7+4 | 3 |
| 24 | DF | COL | Rivas | 14 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Dacourt | 12 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | POR | Pelé | 16 | 0 | 4+11 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | POR | Maniche | 8 | 1 | 4+4 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Adriano | 4 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | ARG | Solari | 10 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Orlandoni | 2 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 36 | FW | ITA | Bolzoni | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | ITA | Puccio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Alfonso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | MNE | Fatic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/2007/1314/

### Squad statistics

| | League | Europe | Cup | Others | Total Stats |
| Games played | 38 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 54 |
| Games won | 25 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 34 |
| Games drawn | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Games lost | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Goals scored | 69 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 96 |
| Goals conceded | 26 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 41 |
| Goal difference | 43 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 55 |
| Clean sheets | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
| Goal by substitute | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total shots | – | – | – | – | – |
| Shots on target | – | – | – | – | – |
| Corners | – | – | – | – | – |
| Players used | 28 | 24 | 32 | 12 | – |
| Offsides | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fouls suffered | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fouls committed | – | – | – | – | – |
| Yellow cards | 65 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 84 |
| Red cards | 5 | 4 | – | – | 9 |
Last updated: 5 August 2008 Source: Soccerway

### Goalscorers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Supercoppa Italiana | Champions League | Total |
| 8 | FW | | Zlatan Ibrahimović | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22 |
| 9 | FW | | Julio Cruz | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
| 19 | MF | | Esteban Cambiasso | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 29 | FW | | David Suazo | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 18 | FW | | Hernán Crespo | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 45 | FW | | Mario Balotelli | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | MF | | Luis Antonio Jiménez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | DF | | Iván Córdoba | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | MF | | Patrick Vieira | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 30 | MF | | Pelé | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | MF | | César | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | | Javier Zanetti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | | Dejan Stanković | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | Luís Figo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | | Adriano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | | Maicon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | | Nicolás Burdisso | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | | Santiago Solari | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | | Marco Materazzi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | | Walter Samuel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | | Maniche | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| # | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 69 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 96 |
Last updated: 24 May 2008

### Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total appearances are equal.
| Rnk | No. | Player | Serie A | Champions League | Coppa Italia | Supercoppa Italiana | Total |
| 1 | 12 | Júlio César | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 2 | 1 | Francesco Toldo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 22 | Paolo Orlandoni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 71 | Enrico Alfonso | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
Last updated: 24 May 2008
* ↑ Including a clean sheet kept in the week 1 against Udinese. He was sent-off in 57th minute while the match was 1–0 for Inter. The match eventually ended 1–1.
* ↑ Paolo Orlandoni kept a clean sheet on the same match as Júlio César. They both appeared in the 0–0 home away versus Palermo on 28 October 2007. So both clean sheets are counted.