# 2014–15 Inter Milan season

The 2014–15 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 106th in existence and 99th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. The team took part at Serie A, Coppa Italia and UEFA Europa League.

## Season overview

During the summer of 2014, Inter was left by the main protagonists of the 2009–10 Treble: the captain Javier Zanetti, Walter Samuel, Esteban Cambiasso and Diego Milito. Therefore, the only left of that season were Joel Obi and Rene Krhin, both returning from loan. The renewal signed by Walter Mazzarri added to the arrivals of new men (Gary Medel, Pablo Osvaldo, Yann M'Vila, Dodô and Nemanja Vidić) and several years without trophies helped the fans to predict a "year zero" for their club. The new era started on 20 August when, in the first leg of the Europa League play-off, Inter beat Stjarnan 3–0. The second leg match resulted in another large win of 6–0: Kovačić unlocked his record, scoring half of the goals. The results of Serie A were - instead - disappointing, except the 7–0 win over Sassuolo. Inter lost with Cagliari and Fiorentina, suffering a total of seven goals. Mazzarri put his job at risk due to a quarrel with Massimo Moratti, stating that "he didn't have time to waste". Despite a good European campaign, with eight points collected in four matches of the group stage, the coach was fired after a 2–2 draw with Hellas Verona. Erick Thohir bet on Roberto Mancini, who coached the side from 2004 to 2008 winning the Italian title for three consecutive years. Mancini made his debut in the Derby della Madonnina (1–1), then reached the European knockout phase on his fiftieth birthday. However, the gap with other opponents was unattainable at mid-season.
Mancini tried to resolve the problem of a team not built by him with new purchases (Podolski, Shaqiri and Brozović) and a policy based on young players such as Pușcaș, Bonazzoli, Gnoukouri, Donkor and Dimarco: however Inter had poor results, being defeated in both cups (Coppa Italia and Europa League). The attempt of getting a placement useful for European competitions failed in final matches, sticking Inter at eighth position. Icardi's goals - that crowned him Serie A top scorer - were not enough to save the season.

## Kit

Supplier: Nike / Sponsor: Pirelli
| Home | Home alt. | Home alt. 2 | Home alt. 3 | Away | Away alt. | Third |

### Kit information

The new home kit is black with a thin blue pinstripe and also boasts a new enlarged and enhanced club crest. The club crest – in the version with the star on the top – will be present exclusively on the jersey. The shirt has a tailored black collar with a thin blue trim, which has a button at the top, and a placket with a hidden button. Inside the back of the neck is a pennant tab featuring the Saint George’s cross to represent the city of Milan’s coat of arms. On the back of the neck is "Inter" in a specially designed font, which has been used by the Nerrazzurri's most committed fans on flags and banners inside the San Siro since the 1970s. The new home shorts are black with a thin blue stripe along each side, and the new home socks are black with a wide tonal stripe of chevrons on the back. The new away kit has a ribbed crew neck collar and is white with a tonal light grey graphic on the front consisting of lines which create a Saint George's cross from the city of Milan's coat of arms. Inside the back of the neck is a pennant tab featuring the proud message "Milano E’ Solo Inter" (Milan is only Inter). It is written in a specially designed font. On the back of the neck is another Saint George's cross to once again proudly represent the city of Milan's coat of arms. The new away kit is completed by white shorts and socks.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 2 February 2015
| Squad no. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Samir Handanović | GK | (1984-07-14)14 July 1984 (aged 30) |
| 18 | Juan Pablo Carrizo | GK | (1984-05-06)6 May 1984 (aged 31) |
| 46 | Tommaso Berni | GK | (1983-03-06)6 March 1983 (aged 32) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Jonathan | RB/RM | (1986-02-27)27 February 1986 (aged 29) |
| 5 | Juan Jesus | CB/LB | (1991-06-10)10 June 1991 (aged 24) |
| 6 | Marco Andreolli | CB | (1986-06-10)10 June 1986 (aged 29) |
| 14 | Hugo Campagnaro | CB/RB | (1980-06-27)27 June 1980 (aged 35) |
| 15 | Nemanja Vidić | CB | (1981-10-21)21 October 1981 (aged 33) |
| 21 | Davide Santon | RB/LB | (1991-01-02)2 January 1991 (aged 24) |
| 22 | Dodô | RB/LB | (1992-02-06)6 February 1992 (aged 23) |
| 23 | Andrea Ranocchia (captain) | CB | (1988-02-16)16 February 1988 (aged 27) |
| 26 | Felipe | CB | (1984-07-31)31 July 1984 (aged 30) |
| 33 | Danilo D'Ambrosio | RB/LB/CB | (1988-09-09)9 September 1988 (aged 26) |
| 54 | Isaar Donkor | CB | (1995-08-15)15 August 1995 (aged 19) |
| 55 | Yuto Nagatomo (vice-captain) | RB/LB | (1986-09-12)12 September 1986 (aged 28) |
| 93 | Federico Dimarco | LB/LM | (1997-11-10)10 November 1997 (aged 17) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 10 | Mateo Kovačić | CM/AM/DM | (1994-05-06)6 May 1994 (aged 21) |
| 13 | Fredy Guarín | CM/DM/AM | (1986-06-30)30 June 1986 (aged 29) |
| 17 | Zdravko Kuzmanović | CM | (1987-09-22)22 September 1987 (aged 27) |
| 18 | Gary Medel | DM/CM/CB | (1987-08-03)3 August 1987 (aged 27) |
| 20 | Joel Obi | CM | (1991-05-22)22 May 1991 (aged 24) |
| 27 | Assane Gnoukouri | CM/DM | (1996-09-28)28 September 1996 (aged 18) |
| 29 | Gaston Camara | CM | (1996-03-31)31 March 1996 (aged 19) |
| 77 | Marcelo Brozović | AM/CM/DM | (1992-11-16)16 November 1992 (aged 22) |
| 88 | Hernanes | AM/CM/DM | (1985-05-29)29 May 1985 (aged 30) |
| Forwards |||||
| 8 | Rodrigo Palacio | SS | (1982-02-05)5 February 1982 (aged 33) |
| 9 | Mauro Icardi | ST | (1993-02-19)19 February 1993 (aged 22) |
| 11 | Lukas Podolski | SS | (1985-06-04)4 June 1985 (aged 30) |
| 28 | George Pușcaș | ST | (1996-04-08)8 April 1996 (aged 19) |
| 91 | Xherdan Shaqiri | LW/RW/AM | (1991-10-10)10 October 1991 (aged 23) |
| 97 | Federico Bonazzoli | ST | (1997-05-21)21 May 1997 (aged 18) |
| Players transferred out during the season |||||
| 7 | Dani Osvaldo | ST | (1986-01-12)12 January 1986 (aged 29) |
| 19 | Rubén Botta | AM | (1990-01-31)31 January 1990 (aged 25) |
| 44 | Rene Krhin | CM | (1990-05-21)21 May 1990 (aged 25) |
| 90 | Yann M'Vila | DM | (1990-06-29)29 June 1990 (aged 25) |

## 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 | 31 August 2014 | 31 May 2015 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 59 | 48 | +11 | 036.84 |
| Coppa Italia | 21 January 2015 | 4 February 2015 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Europa League | 20 August 2014 | 13 March 2015 | Play-off | Round of 16 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 52 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 82 | 59 | +23 | 040.38 |
Last updated: 31 May 2015 Source: Serie A statistics, Coppa Italia statistics, UEFA Europa League statistics

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Genoa | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 62 | 47 | +15 | 59 | |
| 7 | Sampdoria | 38 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 8 | Internazionale | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 59 | 48 | +11 | 55 | |
| 9 | Torino | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 54 | |
| 10 | Milan | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 56 | 50 | +6 | 52 | |
* ↑ Genoa failed to obtain a UEFA license from Italian Football Federation. Therefore, they were barred to participate in European competitions. Genoa appealed the decision, but the appeal was denied.
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2014–15 Coppa Italia (Juventus) qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fifth-placed team and the spot originally meant for the fifth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was given to the highest placed team that has obtained an UEFA license and not already qualified for European competition.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 31 May 2015. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | D | W | L | L | D | W | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | D | D | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | D | L | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 13 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### Play-off round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | INT | DNI | QAR | SET |
| 1 | Internazionale | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 7 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–1 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Qarabağ | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 6 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | Saint-Étienne | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 5 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16
## Statistics

| | Total | Home | Away |
| Games played | 52 | 26 | 26 |
| Games won | 21 | 12 | 9 |
| Games drawn | 17 | 7 | 10 |
| Games lost | 14 | 6 | 8 |
| Biggest win | 7–0 vs Sassuolo | 7–0 vs Sassuolo | 3–0 vs Stjarnan |
| Biggest loss | 1–4 vs Cagliari 0–3 vs Fiorentina | 1–4 vs Cagliari | 0–3 vs Fiorentina |
| Biggest win (League) | 7–0 vs Sassuolo | 7–0 vs Sassuolo | |
| Biggest win (Cup) | — | - | - |
| Biggest win (Europe) | 6–0 vs Stjarnan | 6–0 vs Stjarnan | 3–0 vs Stjarnan |
| Biggest loss (League) | - | - | - |
| Biggest loss (Cup) | - | - | - |
| Biggest loss (Europe) | - | - | - |
| Clean sheets | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Goals scored | 20 | 15 | 5 |
| Goals conceded | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Goal difference | +19 | +15 | +4 |
| Average GF per game | 4 | 6.5 | 3 |
| Average GA per game | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yellow cards | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Most appearances | | | |
| Top scorer | | | |
| Worst discipline | | | |
| Penalties for | | | |
| Penalties against | | | |
| League points | | | |
| Winning rate | | | |

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | SVN | Samir Handanović | 40 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | ARG | Juan Pablo Carrizo | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 46 | GK | ITA | Tommaso Berni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BRA | Jonathan | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Juan Jesus | 45 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Marco Andreolli | 13 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ARG | Hugo Campagnaro | 16 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SRB | Nemanja Vidić | 28 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Davide Santon | 14 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Dodô | 28 | 2 | 16+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 2 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Andrea Ranocchia | 42 | 2 | 32+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | BRA | Felipe | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ITA | Danilo D'Ambrosio | 32 | 3 | 19+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6+2 | 3 |
| 54 | DF | GHA | Isaac Donkor | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | JPN | Yuto Nagatomo | 18 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 93 | DF | ITA | Federico Dimarco | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 10 | MF | CRO | Mateo Kovačić | 44 | 8 | 26+9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5+3 | 3 |
| 13 | MF | COL | Fredy Guarín | 37 | 7 | 25+3 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | SRB | Zdravko Kuzmanović | 25 | 1 | 10+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6+4 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | CHI | Gary Medel | 44 | 0 | 34+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | NGA | Joel Obi | 17 | 1 | 6+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | CIV | Assane Demoya Gnoukouri | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | GUI | Gaston Camara | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | CRO | Marcelo Brozović | 16 | 1 | 13+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | BRA | Hernanes | 35 | 5 | 17+9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 8 | FW | ARG | Rodrigo Palacio | 41 | 12 | 30+5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 4 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Mauro Icardi | 48 | 27 | 33+3 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 9+1 | 4 |
| 11 | FW | GER | Lukas Podolski | 18 | 1 | 8+9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ROU | George Pușcaș | 7 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | SUI | Xherdan Shaqiri | 20 | 3 | 8+7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 97 | FW | ITA | Federico Bonazzoli | 7 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ITA | Dani Osvaldo | 19 | 7 | 5+7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3+4 | 2 |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Rubén Botta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | SVN | Rene Krhin | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | FRA | Yann M'Vila | 14 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Last updated: 31 May 2015 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Europa League | Total |
| 9 | FW | | Mauro Icardi | 22 | 1 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | FW | | Rodrigo Palacio | 8 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 10 | MF | | Mateo Kovačić | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | FW | | Dani Osvaldo | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 13 | MF | | Fredy Guarín | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 88 | MF | | Hernanes | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 33 | DF | | Danilo D'Ambrosio | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 91 | MF | | Xherdan Shaqiri | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 22 | DF | | Dodô | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 23 | DF | | Andrea Ranocchia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | | Lukas Podolski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | | Nemanja Vidić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | | Zdravko Kuzmanović | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | | Joel Obi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 77 | MF | | Marcelo Brozović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| # | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 59 | 2 | 21 | 82 |
Last updated: 31 May 2015 Source: Calcio.com