1963–64 Inter Milan season

Inter Milan
1963–64 season
Chairman Angelo Moratti
Manager Helenio Herrera
Stadium San Siro
Serie A 2nd[1]
European Cup Winners
Coppa Italia Quarter-final
Top goalscorer League: Jair (12)
All: Jair, Mazzola (16)
Biggest win 5–1 (vs Sampdoria, 1 March 1964)
4–0 (vs Messina, 5 April 1964)
Biggest defeat 1–4 (vs Juventus, 22 December 1963)
1–4 (vs Torino, 11 June 1964)

Season

Inter made their debut in the European Cup, due to the Scudetto won last year.[2] Their first match was in Everton, resulting in a goalless draw.[3] Jair, in the retour match, became the first scorer of the club in this competition.[3] In the following rounds, Inter beat in order: Monaco (4–1 aggregate), Partizan Beograd (4–1) and Borussia Dortmund (4–2).[4][5]

In the final, Inter faced off with Real Madrid who had defeated Milan (qualified as the reigning champion) in the quarter-finals.[4] Some key men of the Spanish side, like Puskas and Di Stefano, were about to turn 40 years old but had still wishes to win.[4] Near the end of the first half, Sandro Mazzola scored with a shot from 25 metres.[4] During the second half, Milani scored the goal to go up by two after Vicente's mistake.[4] Felo marked the only point for Real Madrid, before Mazzola signed the final 3–1.[4][3] Inter won the trophy in its first attempt, conquering - at the same time - its first European honour.[4] Four days later, Inter ended the domestic league equal with Bologna at 54 points.[3] It led, for the only time in Serie A history, to a tie-break for the awarding of Italian title: Bologna won 2–0, qualifying for 1964–65 European Cup in which Inter was admitted as defending champion.[3]

Squad

1963–64 Inter Milan team at the San Siro Stadium.

Squad at the end of the season

Matches

Serie A

Matchday no. Date Location Match Result Notes
115 September 1963MilanInter-Modena2–1
222 September 1963VicenzaVicenza-Inter1–0
313 November 1963MilanInter-Torino3–1Matchday 3 was played on September 25.
429 September 1963MilanInter-Mantova2–0
56 October 1963FerraraSPAL-Inter0–1
620 October 1963MilanInter-Sampdoria1–0
723 October 1963BariBari-Inter1–1
827 October 1963RomeRoma-Inter0–1
919 January 1964MilanInter-Milan0–2Matchday 9 was scheduled for November 3, but postponed.
1017 November 1963MilanInter-Bologna0–0
1124 November 1963MessinaMessina-Inter0–1
121 December 1963CataniaCatania-Inter1–2
138 December 1963MilanInter-Fiorentina1–1
1422 December 1963TurinJuventus-Inter4–1
158 January 1964MilanInter-Lazio1–0Match scheduled for 29 December, but postponed due to fog.
1629 January 1964MilanInter-Genoa1–0Match suspended on 5 January after 60 minutes, due to fog.
1712 January 1964BergamoAtalanta-Inter1–3
1812 February 1964ModenaModena-Inter0–1Match scheduled for 26 January, but postponed due to fog.
192 February 1964MilanInter-Vicenza0–0
209 February 1964TurinTorino-Inter0–2
2116 February 1964MantuaMantova-Inter2–2
2223 February 1964MilanInter-SPAL0–0
231 March 1964GenoaSampdoria-Inter1–5
248 March 1964MilanInter-Bari3–0
2515 March 1964MilanInter-Roma1–0
2622 March 1964MilanMilan-Inter1–1
2729 March 1964BolognaBologna-Inter1–2
285 April 1964MilanInter-Messina4–0
2919 April 1964MilanInter-Catania4–1
3025 April 1964FlorenceFiorentina-Inter1–3
313 May 1964MilanInter-Juventus1–0
3217 May 1964RomeLazio-Inter0–0
3323 May 1964GenoaGenoa-Inter0–2
3431 May 1964MilanInter-Atalanta2–1
Title play-off7 June 1964RomeBologna-Inter2–0Both teams had earned 54 points: due to this defeat, Inter was placed second.

European Cup

See also

References

  1. ↑ After the title play-off with Bologna (2–0).
  2. ↑ Stefano Petrucci (2005). La storia dell'Inter (in Italian). L'Airone Editrice. pp. 20–21. ISBN 88-7944-723-8.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Filippo Grassia; Gianpiero Lotito (2008). INTER: Dalla nascita allo scudetto del centenario (in Italian). Vallardi Editore. p. 127. ISBN 978-88-95684-11-6.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Dante Sebastio (2009). "Per la Coppa dei Campioni del 1964, strappata al Milan favorito". 101 motivi per odiare il Milan e tifare l'Inter (in Italian). Newton Compton Editori. pp. 182–185. ISBN 978-88-541-1537-8.
  5. ↑ Dante Sebastio (2011). "Uscire vivi dall'inferno". 101 gol che hanno fatto grande l'Inter (in Italian). Newton Compton Editori. p. 318. ISBN 9788854126787.
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