# 1987–88 Inter Milan season
## Season

Fans thought of 1987 as a year zero, hoping in a revival from the club. Trapattoni managed to avoid the departures of Altobelli and Zenga while Nobile and Scifo arrived, in add to a return for Serena. Initial results were poor: Inter passed the preliminary stage of the Coppa Italia only due to goal difference, after have finished 4 out of 5 games from penalty spot (with an equal number of wins and losses). Rummenigge left Milan days before Italian league could start with a home loss (0–2) against Pescara, who gained his first win in Serie A on Inter's soil.
The side collected a goalless draw in the UEFA Cup with Beşiktaş, then beaten (3–1) in return match. The next continental opponent was Turun Palloseura, able to win at the San Siro with a single goal. After a 2–1 success over Juventus signed by Serena (former Bianconeri player), Inter also won the second leg. Inter was knocked out in the round of 16 by Espanyol with a 2–1 aggregate. Trapattoni's team managed to reach the semifinal of the domestic cup, but lost to Sampdoria. The Italian league, marked by losses in both citizen derbies, ended with a fifth place useful to get qualification for the UEFA Cup next season.

## Squad
### Goalkeepers

* Walter Zenga
* Astutillo Malgioglio

### Defenders

* Giuseppe Bergomi
* Giuseppe Baresi
* Riccardo Ferri
* Andrea Mandorlini
* Salvatore Nobile
* Fabio Calcaterra
* Daniel Passarella

### Midfielders

* Enzo Scifo
* Gianfranco Matteoli
* Alberto Rivolta
* Stefano Civeriati
* Giuseppe Minaudo
* Adriano Piraccini
* Pietro Fanna

### Attackers

* Alessandro Altobelli
* Aldo Serena
* Dario Morello
* Massimo Ciocci
* Paolo Mandelli

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Roma | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 38 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Sampdoria | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 41 | 30 | +11 | 37 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup |
| 5 | Internazionale | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 42 | 35 | +7 | 32 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 6 | Juventus | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 31 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 7 | Torino | 30 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 31 | |
* ↑ Juventus won the UEFA Cup qualification match against Torino 0–0*(4:2) then qualified to 1988–89 UEFA Cup.

#### Position 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | D | D | W | L | D | L | D | W | L | D | W | W | D | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | D |
| Position | 11 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia

First round
Eightfinals
Quarterfinals
Semifinals

### UEFA Cup

Round of 16
Eightfinals

## Statistics
### Players statistics

Appearances and goals in domestic league.
| 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 | Walter Zenga | 43 | -41 | 26 | -31 | 11 | -6 | 6 | -4 |
| | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Bergomi | 42 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Baresi | 46 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Daniel Passarella | 35 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Ricardo Ferri | 40 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Pietro Fanna | 44 | 4 | 26+2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Andrea Mandorlini | 44 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Gianfranco Matteoli | 35 | 2 | 16+5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | BEL | Vincenzo Scifo | 44 | 5 | 28 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| | FW | ITA | Alessandro Altobelli | 44 | 16 | 27+1 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| | FW | ITA | Aldo Serena | 31 | 12 | 21+1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| | GK | ITA | Astutillo Malgioglio | 6 | -4 | 4 | -4 | 2 | -0 | 0 | -0 |
| | DF | ITA | Salvatore Nobile | 31 | 0 | 16+3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Massimo Ciocci | 35 | 5 | 12+10 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Adriano Piraccini | 37 | 2 | 10+13 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Giuseppe Minaudo | 20 | 2 | 7+8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Fabio Calcaterra | 20 | 0 | 7+5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Dario Morello | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Rivolta | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Sansonetti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | De Vincenzo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Stafico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1987/954/