# 1988–89 Inter Milan season
## Season

After another disappointing season, Inter retained Giovanni Trapattoni and signed German footballers Brehme, a fullback, and Lothar Matthäus, a box-to-box midfielder, to strengthen the club.
Inter targeted Rabah Madjer to be their first choice at centre-forward, however, issues arose during Madjer's physical assessment so the team opted instead to acquire Ramón Díaz. The new attacking partnership of Díaz and Aldo Serena proved to be consistent goal scorers for Inter.
Alessandro Altobelli would depart the team, although Inter's performance was not critically impacted.
On the pitch, Inter was eliminated early from the Coppa Italia, while, in Europe, they were knocked out of the UEFA Cup by Bayern Munich.
Conversely, Inter dominated play in the domestic league, with Inter able to stay unbeaten for almost half of the season. Fiorentina were the first to beat Inter, on matchday 17. Following the defeat, a positive streak made the gap over rivals so large that Inter could celebrate the Scudetto on 28 May, after beating Napoli 2–1. During the last month, with five games to spare, the side had collected 26 wins, six draws and two losses: the final amount was 58 points, a still-unbeaten record for Serie A with 18 teams and two points for a win.

## 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 |
| — | GK | ITA | Walter Zenga |
| — | GK | ITA | Astutillo Malgioglio |
| — | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Bergomi |
| — | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Baresi |
| — | DF | FRG | Andreas Brehme |
| — | DF | ITA | Riccardo Ferri |
| — | DF | ITA | Andrea Mandorlini |
| — | DF | ITA | Corrado Verdelli |
| — | DF | ITA | Romano Galvani |
| — | MF | ITA | Salvatore Nobile |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRG | Lothar Matthäus |
| — | MF | ITA | Alessandro Bianchi |
| — | MF | ITA | Nicola Berti |
| — | MF | ITA | Gianfranco Matteoli |
| — | MF | ITA | Alberto Rivolta |
| — | MF | ITA | Pietro Fanna |
| — | FW | ITA | Aldo Serena |
| — | FW | ITA | Dario Morello |
| — | FW | ITA | Massimo Ciocci |
| — | FW | ARG | Ramón Díaz |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| MF | Lothar Matthäus | Bayern München | |
| DF | Andreas Brehme | Bayern München | |
| FW | Ramón Díaz | Fiorentina | loan |
| MF | Nicola Berti | Fiorentina | |
| MF | Alessandro Bianchi | Cesena | |
| DF | Corrado Verdelli | Monza | |
| MF | Enrico Cucchi | Empoli FC | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Alessandro Altobelli | Juventus | |
| MF | Vincenzo Scifo | Bordeaux | co-ownership |
| DF | Daniel Passarella | River Plate | |
| MF | Enrico Cucchi | Fiorentina | loan |
| MF | Pierluigi Di Già | Parma | co-ownership |
| MF | Adriano Piraccini | Cesena | |
| MF | Giuseppe Minaudo | Udinese | definitivo |
| MF | Fausto Pizzi | Vicenza | co-ownership renewed |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| DF | Alberto Rivolta | Parma | |
| MF | Romano Galvani | Bologna FC | loan |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | to | Type |
| GK | Claudio Bozzini | Celano | loan |
| DF | Salvatore Nobile | Lecce | |
| FW | Massimo Ciocci | Padova | loan |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Internazionale (C) | 34 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 67 | 19 | +48 | 58 | Qualification to European Cup |
| 2 | Napoli | 34 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 57 | 28 | +29 | 47 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 3 | Milan | 34 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 61 | 25 | +36 | 46 | Qualification to European Cup |
| 4 | Juventus | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 51 | 36 | +15 | 43 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 5 | Sampdoria | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 39 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup |
* ↑ Milan qualified for the 1989–90 European Cup as the 1988–89 European Cup defending champions.

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 2 | 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
### Coppa Italia

First round
Second round

### Coppa UEFA

First round
Second round
Round of 16

## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa | Coppa | UEFA | UEFA |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ITA | Zenga | 43 | -31 | 33 | -19 | 5 | -7 | 5 | -5 |
| | DF | ITA | Bergomi | 46 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Ferri | 45 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Mandorlini | 38 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Brehme | 44 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Bianchi | 45 | 4 | 26+5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Matthäus | 44 | 12 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Matteoli | 45 | 3 | 31+1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| | MF | ITA | Berti | 44 | 9 | 32 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| | FW | ITA | Serena | 42 | 28 | 32 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| | FW | ARG | Diaz | 43 | 15 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| | GK | ITA | Malgioglio | 6 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 2 | -1 |
| | DF | ITA | Baresi | 45 | 0 | 13+19 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Verdelli | 23 | 0 | 13+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Fanna | 13 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Galvani | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Nobile | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Rivolta | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Morello | 17 | 3 | 0+10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| | FW | ITA | Ciocci | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | P. D. Rocco | 6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1988/963/