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Team
Overview
Stadium:
San
Siro
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Honours:
European
Cup: 1964,
1965
UEFA
Cup : 1991,
1994, 1998
Intercontinental
Cup: 1964,
1965
League Winners: 1910,
1920, 1930, 1938, 1940, 1953, 1954, 1963,
1965, 1966, 1971, 1979/80, 1989
Italian Cup:
1939,
1978, 1982
Italian
Super Cup: 1989
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After
breaking away from AC Milan in 1908, the club
won the Italian league for the first time. The
captain of the championship-winning team was Virgilio
Fossati, who several years later dies in World
War I. But even without Fossati, Inter win their
second title in 1920.
During the Fascist era, the club is forced to
merge with the Milanese Unione Sportiva and the
team wins its third Scudetto under the name of
Ambrosiana Inter. 1938 saw Inter win their fourth
Scudetto, while the clubs first Coppa Italia success
came in 1939. Another league title arrived in
1940, while the name Ambrosiana is abandoned in
October 1945, after which the club returns to
its previous, and current name.
1963 saw the "Great Inter" era. The club won three
Serie A titles (in 1964, 1965 and 1966 the latter
is the tenth Scudetto which allows the club to
wear one gold star on their shirts), two European
Cups (in 1964 against Real Madrid and 1965 against
Benfica) and two Intercontinental Cups (in 1964
and 1965, both against Argentine outfit Independiente).
A further Scudetto was added in 1968.
After a disappointing era in the 70's, the club
won it's 12th league title in 1980, and it's 13th
in 1989.
On 22 May 1991, exactly 26 years since their last
international success, Inter defeated Roma 2-1
on aggregate in the UEFA Cup final. Matthaeus
and Berti score for the Nerazzurri in the first
leg at the Meazza. Inter defeat Salzburg in the
final three years later to win their second UEFA
Cup.
After the world record capture of Ronaldo, much
was expected but Inter lose out on the Scudetto
after a long duel with rivals Juventus, but they
beat Lazio 3-0 in Paris to lift their third UEFA
Cup title.
The nearest the club has come to again lifting
the Scudetto was in the 2001/02 campaign where
they lost the title on the final day of the season.
Just as in 1967, the last match of the championship
is fatal to the Nerazzurri.
With a talented squad again this season, they
look capable of once again being heavy challengers
for the Scudetto.
QUICK
FACT
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