Sunday, January 18, 2009

F.C. Internazionale Milano - The Big Grass Snake


Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale and as just Inter in Italy, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy, founded in 1908.Inter are the only side in Italian football to have spent their entire history in Serie A, making them the club with the most seasons spent in this top tier.



Full name : Football Club Internazionale Milano SpA
Nickname(s) : Nerazzurri (the Black-Blues) La Beneamata (the Cherished)
Il Biscione (the Big Grass Snake)
Founded : 9 March 1908
Ground : Stadio Giuseppe Meazza,Milan, Italy (Capacity: 80,074 )
President : Massimo Moratti
Head Coach : José Mourinho
League : Serie A
Website : http://www.inter.it/aas/hp?L=en

Rivalries :

Derby della Madonnina : A.C.Milan
Derby : Juventus

Current squad

Forwards
Zlatan Ibrahimović
Julio Cruz
Adriano
Hernán Crespo
Victor Obinna
Mario Balotelli

Mid Fielders
Dejan Stanković
Luís Figo
Luis Jiménez
Patrick Vieira
Esteban Cambiasso
Sulley Ali Muntari
Mancini
Francesco Bolzoni

Defenders
Ivan Cordoba (vice-captain)
Javier Zanetti (captain)
Maxwell
Maicon
Nicolás Burdisso
Marco Materazzi (vice-captain)
Nelson Rivas
Walter Samuel
Cristian Chivu
Andrea Mei
Davide Santon

Goalkeepers
Francesco Toldo
Júlio César
Paolo Orlandoni

Out on loan

Forward
David Suazo (at Benfica)
Ricardo Quaresma (at Chelsea)
Robert Acquafresca (at Cagliari)
Jonathan Biabiany (at Modena)
Gianluca Litteri (at Slavia Prague)

Mid Fielders
Attila Filkor (at Sassuolo)
Luca Siligardi (at Bari)
Ronny Diuk Toma (at Valenzana)
Nicola Redomi (at Valenzana)
Olivier Dacourt (at Fulham)

Defenders
Daniele Pedrelli (at Treviso)
Daniele Federici (at Grosseto)
Leonardo Bonucci (at Pisa)
Rincón (at Ancona)
Gabriele Puccio (at Verona)
Ivan Fatić (at Salernitana)

GoalKeepers
Enrico Alfonso (at Pisa)
Giacomo Bindi (at Varese)

Support staffs

Manager : José Mourinho
Assistant Manager : Giuseppe Baresi
Physical fitness Coach : Rui Faria
Goalkeeping Coach : Silvino Louro
Technical assistant : Andre Villas Boas
Director in charge of transfers : Marco Branca
Transfer Market Consultant First-Team Representative : Gabriele Oriali

Honours

National titles

Serie A:

* Champions (16): 1909–10; 1919–20; 1929–30; 1937–38; 1939–40; 1952–53; 1953–54; 1962–63; 1964–65; 1965–66; 1970–71; 1979–80; 1988–89; 2005-06; 2006-07; 2007-08
* Runners-up (14): 1932–33; 1933–34; 1934–35; 1940–41; 1945–46; 1948–49; 1950–51; 1961–62; 1963–64; 1966–67; 1969–70; 1992–93; 1997–98; 2002–03

Coppa Italia:

* Champions (5): 1938–39; 1977–78; 1981–82; 2004–05; 2005–06;
* Runners-up (6): 1958–59; 1964–65; 1976–77; 1999–00; 2006–07; 2007–08

Supercoppa Italiana:

* Champions (4): 1989; 2005; 2006; 2008
* Runners-up (2): 2001; 2007 International titles


European titles

UEFA Champions League (former European Cup):

* Champions (2): 1963–64; 1964–65
* Runners-up (2): 1966–67; 1971–72

UEFA Cup:

* Champions (3): 1990–91; 1993–94; 1997–98
* Runners-up (1): 1996–97

Mitropa Cup:

* Runners-up (1): 1932–33

World-wide titles

Intercontinental Cup:

* Champions (2): 1964; 1965

Regional Titles

Italy

Serie De Martino:

* Champions (6): 1958-59; 1960-61; 1961-62; 1962-63; 1965-66

Trofeo Tim:

* Champions (5): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007

Birra Moretti Cup:

* Champions (3): 2001; 2002; 2007

Pirelli Cup:

* Winners: 2001 versus AS Roma

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