# 2006–07 Inter Milan season

The 2006–07 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 98th in existence and 91st consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. The team competed in Serie A, in the Coppa Italia, in the Supercoppa Italiana and in the UEFA Champions League.

## Season overview

The relegation of Juventus to Serie B due to Calciopoli, and Milan and Fiorentina's penalisations, made Inter a clear favourite for the title: the side was empowered with the arrivals of Zlatan Ibrahimović, Patrick Vieira, Fabio Grosso and Maicon. In early September, the club suffered a tragedy: Inter's president Giacinto Facchetti died at the age of 64, due to a cancer.
The 2006–07 season was signed by records: Inter won 17 games in row for an achievement still unbeaten. Inter also got 11 wins in away matches and obtained the title with 5 games left to play. The side ended with 97 points, 22 over Roma which came second: in 38 matches Inter collected 30 wins, 7 draws and just one defeat (the first in Serie A since April 2006) against Roma.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 27 May 2007
| Squad no. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Francesco Toldo | GK | (1971-12-02)2 December 1971 (aged 34) |
| 12 | Júlio César | GK | (1979-09-03)3 September 1979 (aged 26) |
| 22 | Paolo Orlandoni | GK | (1972-08-12)12 August 1972 (aged 33) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Iván Córdoba | CB | (1976-08-11)11 August 1976 (aged 29) |
| 4 | Javier Zanetti (Captain) | RB / CM / RM | (1973-08-10)10 August 1973 (aged 32) |
| 6 | Maxwell | LB | (1981-08-27)27 August 1981 (aged 24) |
| 11 | Fabio Grosso | LB | (1977-11-28)28 November 1977 (aged 28) |
| 13 | Maicon Sisenando | RB | (1981-07-21)21 July 1981 (aged 24) |
| 16 | Nicolás Burdisso | CB | (1981-04-12)12 April 1981 (aged 25) |
| 23 | Marco Materazzi | CB | (1973-08-19)19 August 1973 (aged 32) |
| 25 | Walter Samuel | CB | (1978-03-23)23 March 1978 (aged 28) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 5 | Dejan Stanković | CM / AM | (1978-09-11)11 September 1978 (aged 27) |
| 7 | Luís Figo | RW / AM | (1972-11-04)4 November 1972 (aged 33) |
| 14 | Patrick Vieira | DM / CM | (1976-06-23)23 June 1976 (aged 30) |
| 15 | Olivier Dacourt | CM | (1974-09-25)25 September 1974 (aged 31) |
| 19 | Esteban Cambiasso | DM | (1980-08-18)18 August 1980 (aged 25) |
| 21 | Santiago Solari | CM | (1976-10-07)7 October 1976 (aged 29) |
| 91 | Mariano González | RW / LW / AM | (1981-05-05)5 May 1981 (aged 25) |
| Forwards |||||
| 8 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | CF | (1981-10-03)3 October 1981 (aged 24) |
| 9 | Julio Cruz | CF | (1974-10-10)10 October 1974 (aged 31) |
| 10 | Adriano | CF | (1982-02-17)17 February 1982 (aged 24) |
| 18 | Hernán Crespo | CF | (1975-07-05)5 July 1975 (aged 31) |
| 20 | Álvaro Recoba | SS / LW / AM | (1976-03-17)17 March 1976 (aged 30) |

#### From youth squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 36 | DF | ITA | Simone Fautario |
| 47 | MF | ITA | Francesco Bolzoni |
| 50 | MF | BEL | Ibrahim Maaroufi |
| 51 | DF | ITA | Leonardo Bonucci |
| 57 | MF | HUN | Attila Filkor |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 58 | MF | FRA | Jonathan Biabiany |
| 60 | FW | URU | Sebastián Ribas |
| 61 | FW | SWE | Goran Slavkovski |
| 77 | DF | ITA | Marco Andreolli |
| 99 | FW | GRE | Lampros Choutos |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| DF | Maicon | Monaco | €6 million |
| DF | Fabio Grosso | Palermo | €6,5 million |
| MF | Patrick Vieira | Juventus | €9,5 million |
| MF | Olivier Dacourt | Roma | |
| MF | Mariano González | Palermo | loan |
| FW | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Juventus | €24 million |
| FW | Hernán Crespo | Chelsea | loan |
| DF | Maxwell | Empoli | loan ended |
| FW | Attila Filkor | Pietà Hotspurs | |
| MF | Ibrahim Maaroufi | PSV | |
| MF | Luca Siligardi | Dorando Pietri | |
| FW | Ignazio Cocchiere | Legnano | |
| FW | Sebastián Ribas | Juventud | |
| FW | Gianluca Litteri | Giarre | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | Giuseppe Favalli | A.C. Milan | |
| DF | Zé Maria | Levante | |
| DF | Siniša Mihajlović | | retired |
| MF | Juan Sebastián Verón | Estudiantes | |
| MF | Cristiano Zanetti | Juventus | |
| MF | David Pizarro | Roma | co-ownership €6,5 million |
| FW | Obafemi Martins | Newcastle United | €15 million |

#### Loan in

* Mario Balotelli – Lumezzane, season-long loan
* Giuseppe Figliomeni – Crotone

#### Out

* Guilherme Siqueira – Udinese, €750,000, 11 August
* Kily González – released (later joined Rosario Central)

#### Loan out

* César – Corinthians
* Francesco Coco – Torino
* César – Livorno, 25 January

## 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 | 9 September 2006 | 27 May 2007 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 38 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 80 | 34 | +46 | 078.95 |
| Coppa Italia | 9 November 2006 | 17 May 2007 | Round of 16 | Runners-up | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 075.00 |
| Supercoppa Italiana | 26 August 2006 | 26 August 2006 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Champions League | 12 September 2006 | 6 March 2007 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | +0 | 037.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 55 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 107 | 51 | +56 | 072.73 |
Last updated: 27 May 2007 Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Internazionale (C) | 38 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 80 | 34 | +46 | 97 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Roma | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 74 | 34 | +40 | 75 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Lazio | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 59 | 33 | +26 | 62 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Milan | 38 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 57 | 36 | +21 | 61 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Palermo | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 58 | 51 | +7 | 58 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
* 1 2 Milan qualified for 2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage instead of third qualifying round as the title holders.
* 1 2 Fiorentina were docked 15 points, Reggina 11 points, Milan 8 points and Lazio 3 points, all for involvement in 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: 27 May 2007. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 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 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Internazionale | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Spartak Moscow | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 5 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 5 | |

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

| | League | Europe | Cup | Others | Total Stats |
| Games played | 38 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 55 |
| Games won | 30 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 40 |
| Games drawn | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Games lost | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Goals scored | 80 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 107 |
| Goals conceded | 34 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 51 |
| Goal difference | 46 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 56 |
| Clean sheets | 15 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 24 |
| Goal by substitute | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total shots | – | – | – | – | – |
| Shots on target | – | – | – | – | – |
| Corners | – | – | – | – | – |
| Players used | 25 | 23 | 31 | 14 | – |
| Offsides | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fouls suffered | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fouls committed | – | – | – | – | – |
| Yellow cards | 84 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 112 |
| Red cards | 5 | 4 | 1 | – | 10 |
Last updated: 27 May 2007 Source: Serie A statistics, UEFA Champions League statistics, Coppa Italia statistics

### Appearances and goals

    As of 31 June 2006
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Supercoppa Italiana | Supercoppa Italiana | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 12 | GK | BRA | Júlio César | 38 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Maicon | 44 | 3 | 27+5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Materazzi | 37 | 10 | 27+1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | COL | Cordoba | 41 | 1 | 25+4 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | ITA | Grosso | 35 | 3 | 22+1 | 2 | 4+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ARG | Zanetti J | 50 | 1 | 34+3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Vieira | 28 | 4 | 19+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | SRB | Stankovic | 44 | 6 | 31+3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | AM | POR | Figo | 47 | 3 | 19+13 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | SWE | Ibrahimovic | 36 | 15 | 25+2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ARG | Crespo | 40 | 20 | 22+7 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0+1 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Toldo | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ARG | Burdisso | 36 | 6 | 19+5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Dacourt | 37 | 0 | 18+6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Cambiasso | 29 | 5 | 18+3 | 3 | 4+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Adriano | 29 | 6 | 14+9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Maxwell | 29 | 1 | 14+8 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ARG | Solari | 30 | 1 | 12+9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ARG | Samuel | 27 | 3 | 12+6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Julio Cruz | 23 | 12 | 8+7 | 7 | 2+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 3 |
| 20 | FW | URU | Recoba | 18 | 1 | 6+7 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | ARG | Gonzalez | 24 | 1 | 4+10 | 0 | 6+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | ITA | Andreolli | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | MF | BEL | Maaroufi | 6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | GRE | Choutos | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Orlandoni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ITA | Fautario | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | DF | ITA | Bonucci | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | ITA | Bolzoni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | MF | HUN | Filkor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | MF | FRA | Biabiany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | FW | URU | Ribas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | FW | SWE | Slavkovski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source:

### Goalscorers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Supercoppa Italiana | Champions League | Total |
| 18 | FW | | Hernán Crespo | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | FW | | Zlatan Ibrahimović | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 | FW | | Julio Cruz | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 23 | DF | | Marco Materazzi | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | MF | | Dejan Stanković | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | FW | | Adriano | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 16 | DF | | Nicolás Burdisso | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 19 | MF | | Esteban Cambiasso | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 14 | MF | | Patrick Vieira | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | | Luís Figo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | DF | | Fabio Grosso | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | DF | | Maicon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | DF | | Iván Córdoba | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | | Javier Zanetti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | Maxwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | | Álvaro Recoba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | | Santiago Solari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 77 | DF | | Marco Andreolli | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 91 | MF | | Mariano González | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| # | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 80 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 107 |
Last updated: 27 May 2007