# 2023 Sport Club Internacional season

The 2023 season was Sport Club Internacional's 113th season in existence. As well as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the club competed in the Copa do Brasil, the Campeonato Gaúcho and the Copa Libertadores.

## First team

    As of 7 December 2023
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 |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Keiller |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Hugo Mallo |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Rodrigo Moledo |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Renê |
| 8 | FW | BRA | Bruno Henrique |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Luiz Adriano |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Alan Patrick (captain) |
| 11 | FW | BEL | Wanderson |
| 12 | GK | BRA | Emerson Júnior |
| 14 | FW | URU | Carlos de Pena |
| 13 | FW | ECU | Enner Valencia |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Lucas Ramos |
| 16 | DF | ARG | Fabricio Bustos |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Gustavo Campanharo |
| 20 | MF | CHI | Charles Aránguiz |
| 21 | DF | BRA | Igor Gomes |
| 22 | DF | COL | Nico Hernández |
| 23 | MF | BRA | Gabriel |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | GK | BRA | Anthoni |
| 25 | DF | ARG | Gabriel Mercado |
| 26 | MF | BRA | Estêvão |
| 27 | MF | BRA | Maurício |
| 28 | FW | BRA | Pedro Henrique |
| 29 | DF | BRA | Dalbert |
| 30 | MF | USA | Johnny |
| 33 | GK | URU | Sergio Rochet |
| 36 | DF | BRA | Thauan Lara |
| 38 | FW | BRA | Jean Dias |
| 40 | MF | BRA | Rômulo (on loan from Athletic-MG) |
| 41 | MF | BRA | Matheus Dias |
| 42 | FW | BRA | Gabriel Barros |
| 44 | DF | BRA | Vitão (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) |
| 45 | FW | BRA | Lucca |
| 50 | DF | BRA | João Dalla Corte |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | No. | Player | From | Fee |
| 01 January 2023 | FW | 11 | Wanderson | FC Krasnodar | € 4,500,000 |
| 26 January 2023 | MF | 33 | Gabriel Baralhas | Atlético-GO | € 900,000 |
| 22 February 2023 | FW | 9 | Luiz Adriano | Antalyaspor | Free |
| 23 February 2023 | DF | 22 | Nico Hernández | Athletico-PR | Free |
| 2 April 2023 | MF | 20 | Charles Aránguiz | Bayer Leverkusen | End of Contract |
| 3 April 2023 | MF | 17 | Gustavo Campanharo | Kayserispor | Free Transfer |
| 10 April 2023 | FW | 42 | Gabriel Barrros | Ituano | Undisclosed |
| 10 April 2023 | FW | 38 | Jean Dias | Caxias-RS | Free Transfer |
| 12 June 2023 | FW | 13 | Enner Valencia | Fenerbahçe | Free transfer |
| 13 July 2023 | GK | 33 | Sergio Rochet | Nacional | Free transfer |
| 14 August 2023 | DF | 2 | Hugo Mallo | Celta de Vigo | Free transfer |
| 6 September 2023 | DF | 29 | Dalbert | Internazionale | Free transfer |
* ↑ Loaned by FC Krasnodar during the 2022 season.
* ↑ Athletico, Internacional and the player will share his economic rights as part of the deal.
* ↑ Had his arrival anticipated after negotiations with Bayer Leverkusen

### Out

| Date | Pos. | No. | Player | To | Fee |
| 22 December 2022 | MF | 8 | Edenílson | Atlético-MG | € 1,180,000 |
| 01 January 2023 | MF | 19 | Rodrigo Lindoso | Free Agent | End of Contract |
| 01 January 2023 | FW | 17 | Thiago Galhardo | Fortaleza | End of Contract |
| 01 January 2023 | DF | 40 | Roberto Rosa | Avaí | End of Contract |
| 01 January 2023 | DF | 22 | Weverton | Red Bull Bragantino | End of Loan |
| 01 January 2023 | DF | 3 | Kaique Rocha | Sampdoria | End of Loan |
| 01 January 2023 | FW | 77 | Gustavo Maia | Barcelona B | End of Loan |
| 01 January 2023 | MF | 5 | Liziero | São Paulo | End of Loan |
| 10 January 2023 | GK | 1 | Daniel | San Jose Earthquakes | € 600,000 |
| 14 January 2023 | FW | 7 | Taison | PAOK | Free |
| 23 January 2023 | MF | - | Martín Sarrafiore | Independiente | Free |
| 28 January 2023 | MF | - | Bruno Gomes | Coritiba | € 1,000,000 |
| 31 January 2023 | MF | 42 | Allison | Estoril Praia (U23) | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2023 | FW | 32 | Mikael | Salernitana | Loan terminated |
| 18 June 2023 | DF | - | Moisés | CSKA Moscow | € 1,500,000 |
| 15 July 2023 | FW | 35 | Alexandre Alemão | Pachuca | € 3,000,000 |
| 31 July 2023 | DF | - | Felipe Motta | Red Bull Bragantino | Free |
* ↑ Loaned out to Ceará SC for most of the 2022 season.
* ↑ Loaned out to Fortaleza in 2022 after a spell at Celta de Vigo.
* ↑ Both player and club agreed to end their contract ahead of its expiry on 30 April 2023.
* ↑ Originally loaned for the 2023 season before Coritiba decided to his buyout.
* ↑ Negotiated an early release of the player's loan after just playing one match since joining in mid-2022.
* ↑ Alemão joined Real Oviedo on a loan before moving to Pachuca. Inter received 70% of the total value of the deal
* ↑ Internacional kept a percentage of the player's rights.

### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | No. | Player | From | Until |
| 15 December 2022 | DF | 2 | Mário Fernandes | CSKA Moscow | 31 December 2023 |
| 26 January 2023 | GK | 31 | John | Santos | 31 December 2023 |
| 10 April 2023 | MF | 40 | Rômulo Zwarg | Athletic-MG | 31 December 2023 |
* ↑ Loan terminated by mutual consent on 20 April 2023
* ↑ John has left Internacional in August for Real Valladolid on a permanent transfer.

### Loans Out

| Date | Pos. | No. | Player | To | Until |
| 26 December 2022 | GK | - | Vitor Hugo | Vila Nova | 31 December 2023 |
| 30 December 2022 | DF | - | Heitor | Ferroviária | 30 June 2023 |
| 7 January 2023 | FW | 9 | Braian Romero | Tijuana | 30 June 2023 |
| 16 January 2023 | FW | - | David | São Paulo | 31 December 2023 |
| 20 January 2023 | FW | - | Peglow | Dnipro | 31 December 2023 |
| 4 April 2023 | DF | - | Heitor | Mirassol | 31 December 2023 |
| 15 July 2023 | MF | - | Baralhas | Atlético-GO | 31 December 2023 |
| 18 July 2023 | DF | - | Paulo Victor | Ceará | 31 December 2023 |
* ↑ Loaned out to Cercle Brugge during the second half of the 2022 season. Returned from loan following the end of the 2023 Campeonato Paulista
* ↑ Hasn't played for the club since 2021 after loans to FC Porto B and Atlético-GO. Returned and was eventually loaned out to Sport Recife until the end of the season.
* ↑ A buyout clause for the player was agreed between clubs
* ↑ Paulo Victor had been loaned to Vasco da Gama since 2022.

## 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 % |
| Série A | 15 April 2023 | 6 December 2023 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 46 | 45 | +1 | 039.47 |
| Campeonato Gaúcho | 21 January 2023 | 26 March 2023 | Matchday 1 | Semi-finals | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 10 | +14 | 046.15 |
| Copa do Brasil | 11 April 2023 | 31 May 2023 | Third round | Round of 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Copa Libertadores | 4 April 2023 | 4 October 2023 | Group stage | Semi-finals | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 67 | 29 | 20 | 18 | 95 | 74 | +21 | 043.28 |
Source: Competitions

### Campeonato Gaúcho
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Grêmio | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 5 | +17 | 29 | Qualification to Knockout stage |
| 2 | Internacional | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 8 | +14 | 22 | Qualification to Knockout stage |
| 3 | Caxias | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 20 | Qualification to Knockout stage |
| 4 | Ypiranga | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 18 | Qualification to Knockout stage |
| 5 | Juventude | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 17 | |

#### Knockout stage
##### Semi-finals
### Copa Libertadores

Internacional has qualified for the 2023 Libertadores group stage, which was drawn by CONMEBOL on 27 March 2023.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | INT | NAC | DIM | MET |
| 1 | Internacional | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 12 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Nacional | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 11 | Advance to round of 16 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Independiente Medellín | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 10 | Transfer to Copa Sudamericana | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 4–2 |
| 4 | Metropolitanos | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 0 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — |

#### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 5 July 2023.

#### Semi-finals
### Serie A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Fluminense | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 56 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 8 | Athletico Paranaense | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 51 | 43 | +8 | 56 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage |
| 9 | Internacional | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 46 | 45 | +1 | 55 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage |
| 10 | Fortaleza | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 54 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage |
| 11 | São Paulo | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 40 | 38 | +2 | 53 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
* ↑ Fluminense qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2023 Copa Libertadores.
* ↑ São Paulo qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2023 Copa do Brasil.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source:

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 14 February 2023.

### Copa do Brasil
#### Round of 16
## Statistics

Player with no appearances not included on list. Matches played as a sub in parentheses.
* Denotes a player that did not end the season at the club
    As of As of 6 December 2023

### Player stats

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Brasileirão | Brasileirão | Copa do Brasil | Copa do Brasil | Copa Libertadores | Copa Libertadores | Campeonato Gaúcho | Campeonato Gaúcho | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | P | G | P | G | P | G | P | G | P | G |
| 1 | GK | | Keiller | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | | John* | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | | Sergio Rochet | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Hugo Mallo | 6(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9(3) | 1 |
| 2 | DF | | Mário Fernandes* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5(1) | 0 | 5(1) | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Rodrigo Moledo | 7(2) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3(2) | 0 | 11(3) | 1 | 24(7) | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | Renê | 28(4) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 52(4) | 1 |
| 16 | DF | | Fabricio Bustos | 29(1) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6(1) | 0 | 13(4) | 0 | 50(6) | 3 |
| 21 | DF | | Igor Gomes | 24(10) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8(5) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 35(16) | 1 |
| 22 | DF | | Nico Hernández | 23(11) | 0 | 2(1) | 1 | 3(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28(13) | 1 |
| 25 | DF | | Gabriel Mercado | 26(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 45(1) | 3 |
| 29 | DF | | Dalbert | 9(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10(3) | 0 |
| 36 | DF | | Thauan Lara | 10(7) | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 4(2) | 0 | 19(11) | 0 |
| 43 | DF | | Felipe Motta* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 |
| 44 | DF | | Vitão | 26(1) | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 51(2) | 0 |
| 50 | DF | | João Dalla Corte | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Bruno Henrique | 20(10) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25(15) | 2 |
| 10 | MF | | Alan Patrick | 34(6) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 13(1) | 4 | 62(7) | 16 |
| 14 | MF | | Carlos De Pena | 27(11) | 2 | 4(2) | 0 | 11(7) | 1 | 12(2) | 2 | 54(22) | 5 |
| 15 | MF | | Lucas Ramos | 1(1) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7(7) | 0 | 9(9) | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Gustavo Campanharo | 15(7) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23(10) | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Charles Aránguiz | 22(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28(6) | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Gabriel | 15(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17(8) | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | Estêvão | 1(1) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9(9) | 0 | 11(11) | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Maurício | 26(4) | 6 | 2(1) | 0 | 7 | 1 | 13(2) | 4 | 48(7) | 11 |
| 30 | MF | | Johnny | 22(2) | 2 | 4(2) | 0 | 11 | 0 | 12(4) | 0 | 49(8) | 2 |
| 33 | MF | | Gabriel Baralhas* | 5(3) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3(2) | 0 | 8(3) | 0 | 18(8) | 0 |
| 40 | MF | | Rômulo | 20(8) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25(10) | 1 |
| 41 | MF | | Matheus Dias | 14(8) | 0 | 3(2) | 0 | 3(3) | 0 | 8(4) | 0 | 28(17) | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Luiz Adriano | 29(12) | 3 | 2(1) | 0 | 11(6) | 3 | 4(1) | 1 | 46(20) | 7 |
| 11 | FW | | Wanderson | 32(6) | 7 | 4 | 0 | 12(1) | 0 | 13(2) | 1 | 61(9) | 8 |
| 13 | FW | | Enner Valencia | 22(4) | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28(4) | 13 |
| 28 | FW | | Pedro Henrique | 26(12) | 3 | 4(1) | 1 | 8(5) | 0 | 12(3) | 8 | 50(21) | 12 |
| 35 | FW | | Alexandre Alemão* | 9(6) | 1 | 4(2) | 0 | 5(4) | 1 | 11(6) | 2 | 29(18) | 4 |
| 38 | FW | | Jean Dias | 10(9) | 1 | 3(3) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14(13) | 1 |
| 42 | FW | | Gabriel Barros | 5(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5(3) | 0 |
| 45 | FW | | Lucca | 19(15) | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 5(5) | 0 | 6(6) | 1 | 32(27) | 1 |

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Brasileirão | Copa do Brasil | Libertadores | Campeonato Gaúcho | Total |
| 1 | 11 | FW | Wanderson | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | 27 | MF | Maurício | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | 10 | MF | Alan Patrick | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | 14 | FW | Carlos De Pena | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | 16 | DF | Fabricio Bustos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 28 | FW | Pedro Henrique | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 30 | MF | Johnny | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 45 | FW | Lucca | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 9 | FW | Luiz Adriano | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 13 | FW | Enner Valencia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 22 | DF | Nico Hernández | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 6 | DF | Renê | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 20 | MF | Charles Aránguiz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 38 | FW | Jean Dias | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 42 | FW | Gabriel Barros | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

### Goalkeeping

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play.
Penalties stats do not include penalty shootouts.
| Goalkeepers | Goalkeepers | Goalkeepers | Goalkeepers | Goalkeepers | Clean sheets | Clean sheets | Clean sheets | Clean sheets | Clean sheets | Penalties | Penalties |
| No. | Nat. | Player | Apps | Goals conceded | Brasileirão | Copa do Brasil | Copa Libertadores | Campeonato Gaúcho | Total | Penalties faced | Penalties saved |
| 1 | | Keiller | 28 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| 31 | | John | 14 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | | Sergio Rochet | 25 | 32 | 5 | - | 2 | - | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 74 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 10 | 2 |