# 1961–62 Inter Milan season

During the 1961–62 season Football Club Internazionale Milano competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

## Summary

During summer oil tycoon and President Angelo Moratti in his 7th campaign as chairman transferred in several players to reinforce the club such as: Welsh forward Gerry Hitchens from Aston Villa and Spanish midfielder Luis Suarez from FC Barcelona after paid 25 million Spanish pesetas (£152,000).
Hitchens arrived to the team after a failed bid on Scottish Forward Denis Law who moved to Torino for a fee of £110,000, (a record fee for a transfer involving a British player) included claims by Internazionale that he had signed a pre-contract agreement with them, although they dropped this claim before the season started.
The club finished in 2nd place just 5 points below of league Champions AC Milan. In Coppa Italia the team was early eliminated by Novara in Eightfinals. In the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup the squad advanced to the quarterfinals and lost the series to Valencia CF.

## Squad

* .-Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/rose/1960/501/
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 | Lorenzo Buffon |
| — | GK | ITA | Ottavio Bugatti |
| — | DF | ITA | Aristide Guarneri |
| — | DF | ITA | Costanzo Balleri |
| — | DF | ITA | Giacinto Facchetti |
| — | DF | ITA | Remo Bicchierai |
| — | DF | ITA | Luigi Caloi |
| — | DF | ITA | Giorgio Dellagiovanna |
| — | MF | ITA | Giorgio Brigo |
| — | MF | ITA | Guido Gratton |
| — | MF | ITA | Mauro Bicicli |
| — | MF | ITA | Armando Picchi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Luis Suárez |
| — | MF | ITA | Egidio Morbello |
| — | MF | ITA | Bruno Bolchi |
| — | MF | ITA | Franco Zaglio |
| — | MF | ITA | Enea Masiero |
| — | MF | ITA | Sandro Mazzola |
| — | FW | ITA | Mario Corso |
| — | FW | ITA | Lorenzo Bettini |
| — | FW | ITA | Mario Mereghetti |
| — | FW | ITA | Bruno Petroni |
| — | FW | POR | Humberto |
| — | FW | WAL | Gerry Hitchens |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Lorenzo Bettini | Udinese | |
| FW | Gerry Hitchens | Aston Villa | |
| MF | Luis Suárez | FC Barcelona | |
| FW | Mario Mereghetti | Udinese | loan ended |
| GK | Ottavio Bugatti | SSC Napoli | |
| FW | Humberto | Academica | |
| MF | Guido Gratton | SSC Napoli | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To |
| DF | Mauro Gatti | SSC Napoli |
| MF | Bengt Lindskog | Lecco |
| FW | Eddie Firmani | Genoa |
| GK | Mario Da Pozzo | Genoa |
| FW | Antonio Angelillo | AS Roma |
| DF | Livio Fongaro | Genoa |
| FW | Luigi Mascalaito | US Catanzaro |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | Guido Gratton | SS Lazio | |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Milan (C) | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 83 | 36 | +47 | 53 | Qualified for the European Cup |
| 2 | Internazionale | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 48 | |
| 3 | Fiorentina | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 57 | 32 | +25 | 46 | |
| 4 | Bologna | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 57 | 41 | +16 | 45 | |
| 5 | Roma | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 61 | 35 | +26 | 44 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | D | D | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
#### Round of 32
#### Quarterfinals
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa | Coppa | Fairs Cup | Fairs Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ITA | Lorenzo Buffon | 31 | -33 | 29 | -28 | 0 | -0 | 2 | -5 |
| | DF | ITA | Aristide Guarneri | 37 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Costanzo Balleri | 27 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Mauro Bicicli | 26 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Armando Picchi | 33 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Bruno Bolchi | 29 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Enea Masiero | 35 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Luis Suárez | 31 | 15 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| | FW | ITA | Mario Corso | 32 | 9 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Lorenzo Bettini | 24 | 11 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| | FW | WAL | Gerry Hitchens | 37 | 18 | 34 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| | GK | ITA | Ottavio Bugatti | 11 | -12 | 5 | -3 | 1 | -2 | 5 | -7 |
| | DF | ITA | Giacinto Facchetti | 21 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Mario Mereghetti | 19 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Egidio Morbello | 18 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| | MF | ITA | Franco Zaglio | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Giorgio Dellagiovanna | 12 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Remo Bicchierai | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | POR | Humberto | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| | FW | ITA | Sandro Mazzola | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Bruno Petroni | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| | MF | ITA | Guido Brigo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Luigi Caloi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Guido Gratton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1961/522/