# 2004–05 Inter Milan season

The 2004–05 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 96th in existence and 89th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.

## Season overview

The summer of 2004 saw Inter choose a new coach, Roberto Mancini, coming from Lazio. Inter started the season qualifying for the Champions League group phase, but also collected many draws in the league.
Inter, achieved better results in cups, made a comeback (3–2) in a match against Sampdoria, scoring all three goals in the last six minutes. The derby with Milan was lost 1–0, which broke a winning streak, in May 2004. the rivals also knocked Inter out of the Champions League, tournament in which – during the previous two-legs – Mancini's squad had been beaten by reigning champions Porto. Inter achieved a third-place finish in the league. The win of the Coppa Italia final against Roma, 3–0 on aggregate, closed the season.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 15 June 2005
| Squad no. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Francesco Toldo | GK | (1971-12-02)2 December 1971 (aged 32) |
| 12 | Alberto Fontana | GK | (1967-01-23)23 January 1967 (aged 37) |
| 15 | Fabián Carini | GK | (1979-12-26)26 December 1979 (aged 24) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Iván Córdoba | CB / LB | (1976-08-11)11 August 1976 (aged 27) |
| 3 | Nicolás Burdisso | CB | (1981-04-12)12 April 1981 (aged 23) |
| 4 | Javier Zanetti (Captain) | RB / RWB / RM / DM | (1973-08-10)10 August 1973 (aged 30) |
| 11 | Siniša Mihajlović | CB / DM / LB | (1969-02-20)20 February 1969 (aged 35) |
| 13 | Zé Maria | RB / RWB / RM | (1973-07-25)25 July 1973 (aged 30) |
| 16 | Giuseppe Favalli | LB / RB / CB | (1972-01-08)8 January 1972 (aged 32) |
| 23 | Marco Materazzi | CB | (1973-08-19)19 August 1973 (aged 30) |
| 24 | Carlos Gamarra | CB | (1971-02-17)17 February 1971 (aged 33) |
| 77 | Francesco Coco | LB / LWB / LM | (1977-01-08)8 January 1977 (aged 27) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 5 | Emre Belözoğlu | CM / DM / AM | (1980-09-07)7 September 1980 (aged 23) |
| 6 | Cristiano Zanetti | DM / CM | (1977-04-10)10 April 1977 (aged 27) |
| 7 | Andy van der Meyde | RW / LW / AM | (1979-09-30)30 September 1979 (aged 24) |
| 8 | Edgar Davids | DM / CM | (1973-03-13)13 March 1973 (aged 31) |
| 14 | Juan Sebastián Verón | CM / DM / AM | (1975-03-09)9 March 1975 (aged 29) |
| 18 | Kily González | LW / LM | (1974-08-04)4 August 1974 (aged 29) |
| 19 | Esteban Cambiasso | DM | (1980-08-18)18 August 1980 (aged 23) |
| 21 | Giorgos Karagounis | CM / AM | (1977-03-06)6 March 1977 (aged 28) |
| 25 | Dejan Stanković | CM / AM / RM / LM | (1978-09-11)11 September 1978 (aged 25) |
| Forwards |||||
| 9 | Julio Cruz | CF | (1974-10-10)10 October 1974 (aged 29) |
| 10 | Adriano | CF | (1982-02-17)17 February 1982 (aged 22) |
| 20 | Álvaro Recoba | SS / CF / LW / AM | (1976-03-17)17 March 1976 (aged 28) |
| 30 | Obafemi Martins | CF | (1984-10-28)28 October 1984 (aged 19) |
| 32 | Christian Vieri | CF | (1973-07-12)12 July 1973 (aged 30) |

#### 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 |
| 35 | GK | ITA | Moreno Impagnatiello |
| 36 | GK | ITA | Luca Bonfiglio |
| 37 | GK | ITA | Paolo Tornaghi |
| 38 | DF | ITA | Paolo Dellafiore |
| 39 | DF | ITA | Simone Fautario |
| 40 | DF | ITA | Nicolas Giani |
| 41 | DF | ITA | Flavio Visconti |
| 42 | DF | ITA | Daniel Semenzato |
| 43 | MF | NGA | Saidi Oluseyi Adeshokan |
| 44 | MF | ITA | Omar Laribi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 45 | FW | ITA | Francesco Bilardo |
| 46 | FW | ITA | Yrius Roberto Carboni |
| 47 | MF | ITA | Dino Marino |
| 49 | DF | ITA | Marco Andreoli |
| 50 | FW | ITA | Matteo Momente |
| 51 | MF | ITA | Fabrizio Biava |
| 52 | MF | FRA | Tijani Belaid |
| 55 | MF | CMR | Daniel Maa Boumsong |
| 87 | GK | ITA | Giacomo Bindi |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| GK | Fabián Carini | Juventus | €10,00 million |
| MF | Edgar Davids | Juventus | free |
| MF | Juan Sebastian Veron | Chelsea | loan |
| DF | Sinisa Mihajlovic | Lazio | free |
| DF | Nicolas Burdisso | Boca Juniors | €4,00 million |
| DF | Zé Maria | Perugia | €1,40 million |
| DF | Giuseppe Favalli | Lazio | free |
| MF | Esteban Cambiasso | Real Madrid | released |
| FW | Lampros Choutos | Olympiakos | released |
| GK | Mathieu Moreau | Spezia | loan ended |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | to | Type |
| GK | Mathieu Moreau | Ternana | loan |
| DF | Jérémie Bréchet | Real Sociedad | €4,00 million |
| DF | Daniele Adani | Brescia | released |
| DF | Thomas Helveg | Norwich City | released |
| DF | Fabio Cannavaro | Juventus | €10,00 million |
| DF | Okan Buruk | Beşiktaş | free |
| MF | Ümit Davala | Werder Bremen | €0,5 million |
| MF | Matías Almeyda | Brescia | released |
| FW | Mohamed Kallon | Monaco | €5,00 million |
| FW | Nicola Ventola | Crystal Palace | loan |
| MF | Sabri Lamouchi | Genoa | loan |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| GK | Júlio César | Flamengo | €2,45 million |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| GK | Júlio César | Chievo Verona | loan |
| GK | Alex Cordaz | Spezia | loan |
| DF | Giovanni Pasquale | Siena | loan |
| MF | Mario Rebecchi | | released |
| MF | Ianis Zicu | Parma | loan |
| FW | Riccardo Meggiorini | Spezia | loan |
| FW | Lampros Choutos | Atalanta | loan |

## 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 | 11 September 2004 | 29 May 2005 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 38 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 65 | 37 | +28 | 047.37 |
| Coppa Italia | 21 November 2004 | 15 June 2005 | Round of 16 | Winners | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 087.50 |
| Champions League | 11 August 2004 | 12 April 2005 | Third qualifying round | Quarter-finals | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 12 | +11 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 58 | 31 | 23 | 4 | 105 | 53 | +52 | 053.45 |
Last updated: 15 June 2005 Source: Soccerway Calcio

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Juventus | 38 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 67 | 27 | +40 | 86 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Milan | 38 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 63 | 28 | +35 | 79 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Internazionale | 38 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 65 | 37 | +28 | 72 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Udinese | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 56 | 40 | +16 | 62 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Sampdoria | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 61 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
* ↑ Juventus were stripped of the title during the 2005–06 Serie A season, because of the 2006 Italian football scandal

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 29 May 2006. Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | W | D | D | W | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D |
| Position | 8 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Qualifying phase
##### Third qualifying round
#### Group stage

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Internazionale | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 14 |
| Werder Bremen | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 13 |
| Valencia | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 7 |
| Anderlecht | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 0 |
| | AND | INT | VAL | BRM |
| Anderlecht | – | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Internazionale | 3–0 | – | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Valencia | 2–0 | 1–5 | – | 0–2 |
| Werder Bremen | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | – |

#### Knockout phase
##### Quarter-finals
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| | League | Europe | Cup | Total Stats |
| Games played | 38 | 12 | 8 | 58 |
| Games won | 18 | 6 | 7 | 31 |
| Games drawn | 18 | 4 | 1 | 23 |
| Games lost | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Goals scored | 65 | 23 | 17 | 105 |
| Goals conceded | 37 | 12 | 4 | 53 |
| Goal difference | 28 | 11 | 13 | 52 |
| Clean sheets | 17 | 3 | 4 | 24 |
| Goal by substitute | – | – | – | – |
| Total shots | – | – | – | – |
| Shots on target | – | – | – | – |
| Corners | – | – | – | – |
| Players used | 31 | 26 | 28 | – |
| Offsides | – | – | – | – |
| Fouls suffered | – | – | – | – |
| Fouls committed | – | – | – | – |
| Yellow cards | 55 | 21 | 10 | 86 |
| Red cards | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
Last updated: 15 June 2005 Source: Soccerway UEFA

### Appearances and goals

    As of 15 June 2005
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Toldo | 41 | -28 | 30 | -28 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Zanetti J | 51 | 0 | 32+3 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | COL | Cordoba | 46 | 3 | 31+1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Materazzi | 40 | 0 | 24+2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ITA | Favalli | 37 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ARG | Veron | 39 | 3 | 23+1 | 3 | 3+2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Cambiasso | 44 | 2 | 29+1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Zanetti C | 33 | 0 | 18+5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | SCG | Stankovic | 47 | 6 | 25+6 | 3 | 4+2 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
| 32 | FW | ITA | Vieri | 36 | 17 | 19+8 | 13 | 2+1 | 3 | 3+3 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Adriano | 42 | 28 | 26+4 | 16 | 2+1 | 2 | 9 | 10 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Fontana | 9 | -6 | 5 | -6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | SCG | Mihajlovic | 30 | 5 | 18+2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | NGA | Martins | 46 | 22 | 16+15 | 11 | 5+1 | 6 | 5+4 | 5 |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Zé Maria | 36 | 1 | 14+8 | 1 | 6+1 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | NED | van der Meyde | 29 | 1 | 13+5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 3+3 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | TUR | Emre | 27 | 1 | 12+7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Kily | 21 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Cruz | 32 | 9 | 12+6 | 5 | 4+2 | 2 | 4+4 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | NED | Davids | 23 | 0 | 7+7 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Burdisso | 15 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | GRE | Karagounis | 20 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Pasquale | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | URU | Recoba | 22 | 6 | 4+9 | 3 | 3+1 | 2 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 15 | GK | URU | Carini | 9 | -3 | 3+1 | -3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | ITA | Coco | 6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | PAR | Gamarra | 6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | ITA | Marino | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | ITA | Dellafiore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 49 | DF | ITA | Andreolli | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | MF | FRA | Belaïd | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | FW | ITA | Meggiorini | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | MF | ITA | Biava | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/