2007–08 Inter Milan season

Internazionale
2007–08 season
President Massimo Moratti
Head coach Roberto Mancini
Stadium San Siro
Serie A 1st
Coppa Italia Runners-up
Supercoppa Italiana Runners-up
UEFA Champions League Round of 16
Top goalscorer League:
Zlatan Ibrahimović (17)
All:
Zlatan Ibrahimović (22)
Highest home attendance 78,675 vs Milan
(23 December 2007)
Lowest home attendance 41,720 vs Catania
(16 September 2007)
Average home league attendance 51,211
Home colours
Away colours

The 2007–08 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 99th in existence and 92th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. This season led Internazionale to celebrate, on 9 March 2008, his centenary.[1] The club commemorated his foundation on the previous day with a party in San Siro, in which supporters and former players have taken part.[1]

Season overview

On August 19, 2007, Inter faced Roma in Supercoppa Italiana losing for a goal, scored on penalty by giallorossi.[2] 9 months later, Roberto Mancini's side celebrated instead the win of Scudetto over the same rival, with 85 points to 82.[3] Inter conquested the title, for third consecutive season, in last Serie A match beating Parma for 2–0: both goals are of Zlatan Ibrahimović, who had scored for other 15 times during the whole league.[4] For Parma, it was the first relegation to B after 18 consecutive seasons in top flight.[5]

In late May 2008, after have lost an other trophy against Roma[6], Mancini is fired by Moratti.[7] Days later, the club announced that his coach was sacked for the statement after Inter-Liverpool of previous 11 March: this game had marked the side's Champions League failure.[8]

Players

Squad information

As of 18 May 2008[9]
Squad no. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1 Francesco Toldo Italy GK 2 December 1971 (aged 35)
12 Júlio César Brazil GK 3 September 1979 (aged 27)
22 Paolo Orlandoni Italy GK 12 August 1972 (aged 34)
Defenders
2 Iván Córdoba (vice-Captain) Colombia CB 11 August 1976 (aged 30)
4 Javier Zanetti (Captain) Argentina RB / CM / RM 10 August 1973 (aged 33)
6 Maxwell Brazil LB 27 August 1981 (aged 25)
13 Maicon Brazil RB 21 July 1981 (aged 25)
16 Nicolás Burdisso Argentina CB 12 April 1981 (aged 26)
23 Marco Materazzi Italy CB 19 August 1973 (aged 33)
24 Nelson Rivas Colombia CB / RB 25 March 1983 (aged 24)
25 Walter Samuel Argentina CB 23 March 1978 (aged 29)
26 Christian Chivu Romania LB / CB / DM 26 October 1980 (aged 26)
Midfielders
5 Dejan Stanković Serbia CM / AM 11 September 1978 (aged 28)
7 Luís Figo Portugal RW / AM 4 November 1972 (aged 34)
11 Luis Jiménez Chile AM / CM / RW 17 June 1984 (aged 23)
14 Patrick Vieira France DM / CM 23 June 1976 (aged 31)
15 Olivier Dacourt France CM 25 September 1974 (aged 32)
19 Esteban Cambiasso Argentina DM 18 August 1980 (aged 26)
21 Santiago Solari Argentina CM 7 October 1976 (aged 30)
28 Maniche Portugal CM 11 November 1977 (aged 29)
30 Pelé Portugal CM / DM 14 September 1987 (aged 19)
31 César Brazil CM / LB 24 October 1974 (aged 32)
Forwards
8 Zlatan Ibrahimović Sweden CF 3 October 1981 (aged 25)
9 Julio Cruz Argentina CF 10 October 1974 (aged 32)
10 Adriano Brazil CF 17 February 1982 (aged 25)
18 Hernán Crespo Argentina CF 5 July 1975 (aged 32)
20 David Suazo Honduras CF 5 November 1979 (aged 27)
45 Mario Balotelli Italy CF 12 August 1990 (aged 16)

From youth squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
17 Italy FW Filippo Mancini
35 Italy DF Dennis Esposito
36 Italy MF Francesco Bolzoni
37 Italy DF Gabriele Puccio
40 Montenegro DF Ivan Fatić
No. Position Player
42 Belgium MF Ibrahim Maaroufi
46 Italy FW Aiman Napoli
47 Italy DF Marco Filippini
50 Italy MF Luca Siligardi
71 Italy GK Enrico Alfonso

Transfers

In

Transfers
Player inFromFeeType
Honduras David SuazoCagliari€10,000,000 [10]Full ownership
Brazil CésarLivornoLoan Return [11]
Colombia Nelson RivasRiver PlateFull ownership [12]
Chile Luis JiménezTernanaLoan [13]
Romania Cristian ChivuRoma€16,000,000 [14]Full ownership
Italy Enrico AlfonsoPizzighettoneCo-ownership [15]
Portugal PeléVitória de GuimarãesFull ownership [16]
Argentina Hernán CrespoChelseaRenew Loan
Italy Francesco CocoTorinoLoan Return
Portugal ManicheAtlético MadridLoan [17]

Out

Transfers
Player outToFeeType
Uruguay Álvaro RecobaTorinoLoan
Chile David PizarroRoma€5,750,000 [18]Co-ownership Termination
Italy Fabio GrossoLyon€7,000,000 [19]Full ownership
Italy Marco AndreolliRoma€3,000,000 [20]Co-ownership
Uruguay Fabián CariniReal MurciaContract expired
Argentina Mariano GonzálezPalermoLoan End
Greece Lampros ChoutosFree agentcontract expired
Italy Francesco CocoFree agentcontract expired
Romania Ianis ZicuDinamo BucureștiUnknownFull ownership
Brazil AdrianoSão PauloLoan

Club

Non-playing staff

Position Staff
Head coach Italy Roberto Mancini
Assistant coach Serbia Siniša Mihajlović
Technical Assistant Italy Fausto Salsano
Goalkeeper coach Italy Giulio Nuciari
Chief Athletic Trainer Italy Ivan Carminati
Atlethic Trainer Italy Gian Nicola Bisciotti
Atlethic Trainer Italy Claudio Gaudino
First-team Doctor Italy Franco Combi
First-team Doctor Italy Giorgio Panico
Masseurs/Physiotherapists Italy Marco Dellacasa
Masseurs/Physiotherapists Italy Massimo Dellacasa
Masseurs/Physiotherapists Italy Andrea Galli
Masseurs/Physiotherapists Italy Luigi Sessolo
Masseurs/Physiotherapists Italy Alberto Galbiati
Masseurs/Physiotherapists Italy Sergio Viganó
Director in charge of transfers Italy Marco Branca
Transfer Market Consultant
First-Team Representative		 Italy Gabriele Oriali

Last updated: 15 Aug 2007
Source: F.C. Internazionale Milano Official Website

Pre-season and friendlies

Riscone di Brunico training camp

Emirates Cup

Birra Moretti Trophy

TIM Trophy

Other friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie A 26 August 200718 May 2008 Matchday 1 Winners 38 25 10 3 69 26 +43 065.79
Coppa Italia 19 December 200724 May 2008 Round of 16 Runners-up 7 4 2 1 15 7 +8 057.14
Supercoppa Italiana 19 August 2007 Final Runners-up 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
Champions League 18 September 200711 March 2008 Group stage Round of 16 8 5 0 3 12 7 +5 062.50
Total 54 34 12 8 96 41 +55 062.96

Last updated: 28 May 2008
Source: Serie A statistics, Coppa Italia statistics, UEFA Champions League statistics

Serie A

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Internazionale 38 25 10 3 69 26 +43 85 UEFA Champions League 2008–09
Group stage
2 Roma 38 24 10 4 72 37 +35 82
3 Juventus 38 20 12 6 72 37 +35 72 2008–09 UEFA Champions League
Third qualifying round
4 Fiorentina 38 19 9 10 55 39 +16 66

Updated to games played on 18 May 2008.
Source: Internazionale Milano
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 25 10 3 69 26  +43 85 15 3 1 41 14  +27 10 7 2 28 12  +16

Last updated: 18 May 2008.
Source: Internazionale Milano

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHA
ResultDWWDWWWWDWDWWWWWWWWDWWWDDLWWDLDWWWWLDW
Position75461111111111111111111111111111111111

Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2008. Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  1. ↑ The match was originally scheduled to be played on 11 November 2007 at 15:00 but it was postponed due to the murder of Gabriele Sandri.

Coppa Italia

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Supercoppa Italiana

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Italy Internazionale 6501124+815
Turkey Fenerbahçe 632186+211
Netherlands PSV 621336-37
Russia CSKA Moscow 6015714-71
 CSKFENINTPSV
CSKA Moscow – 2–2 1–2 0–1
Fenerbahçe 3–1 – 1–0 2–0
Internazionale 4–2 3–0 – 2–0
PSV 2–1 0–0 0–1 –

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Statistics

Squad statistics

League Europe Cup Others Total Stats
Games played3887154
Games won2554034
Games drawn1002012
Games lost33118
Goals scored691215096
Goals conceded2677141
Goal difference4358-155
Clean sheets1833024
Goal by substitute–––––
Total shots–––––
Shots on target–––––
Corners–––––
Players used28243212–
Offsides–––––
Fouls suffered–––––
Fouls committed–––––
Yellow cards65124384
Red cards54––9

Last updated: 5 August 2008
Source: Soccerway

Goalscorers

No. Pos. Nation Name Serie A Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana Champions League Total
8 FW Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović 17 0 0 5 22
9 FW Argentina Julio Cruz 13 4 0 2 19
19 MF Argentina Esteban Cambiasso 6 0 0 2 8
29 FW Honduras David Suazo 8 0 0 0 8
18 FW Argentina Hernán Crespo 4 2 0 1 7
45 FW Italy Mario Balotelli 3 4 0 0 7
11 MF Chile Luis Antonio Jiménez 3 0 0 1 4
2 DF Colombia Iván Córdoba 3 0 0 0 3
14 MF France Patrick Vieira 3 0 0 0 3
30 MF Portugal Pelé 0 2 0 0 2
31 MF Brazil César 1 1 0 0 2
4 DF Argentina Javier Zanetti 1 0 0 0 1
5 MF Serbia Dejan Stanković 1 0 0 0 1
7 MF Portugal Luís Figo 1 0 0 0 1
10 FW Brazil Adriano 1 0 0 0 1
13 DF Brazil Maicon 1 0 0 0 1
16 DF Argentina Nicolás Burdisso 1 0 0 0 1
21 MF Argentina Santiago Solari 0 1 0 0 1
23 DF Italy Marco Materazzi 1 0 0 0 1
25 DF Argentina Walter Samuel 0 0 0 1 1
28 MF Portugal Maniche 1 0 0 0 1
# Own goals 0 1 0 0 1
TOTAL 69 15 0 12 96

Last updated: 24 May 2008

Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total appearances are equal.

Rnk No. Player Serie A Champions League Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana Total
1 12 Brazil Júlio César 17[lower-alpha 1]30020
2 1 Italy Francesco Toldo 20204
3 22 Italy Paolo Orlandoni 1[lower-alpha 2]0001
4 71 Italy Enrico Alfonso 00101
TOTALS 1833024

Last updated: 24 May 2008

  1. ↑ Including a clean sheet kept in the week 1 against Udinese. He was sent-off in 57th minute while the match was 1–0 for Inter. The match eventually ended 1–1.
  2. ↑ Paolo Orlandoni kept a clean sheet on the same match as Júlio César. They both appeared in the 0–0 home away versus Palermo on 28 October 2007. So both clean sheets are counted.

References

  1. 1 2 (in Italian) "Inter celebrates his birthday with a win over Reggina..." repubblica.it. March 8, 2008.
  2. ↑ (in Italian) "Roma steals Supercoppa from the same Inter". repubblica.it. August 19, 2007.
  3. ↑ (in Italian) "Scudetto comes to newsstand". gazzetta.it. May 18, 2008.
  4. ↑ (in Italian) Gianni Piva (May 19, 2008). "Entra Ibrahimovic scaccia gli incubi e decide la partita". la Repubblica. p. 40.
  5. ↑ (in Italian) Gianni Piva (May 19, 2008). "Moratti: "Abbiamo vinto da soli contro tutti"". la Repubblica. p. 45.
  6. ↑ (in Italian) "Domestic cup win for Roma His revenge over Inter". repubblica.it. May 24, 2008.
  7. ↑ (in Italian) "Inter, Moratti fires Mancini 20 minutes are enough for a bye". repubblica.it. May 27, 2008.
  8. ↑ (in Italian) "Inter: "Mancini fired for the press conference after Inter-Liverpool"". repubblica.it. May 29, 2008.
  9. ↑ "Inter 2007/08". bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  10. ↑ "David Suazo joins Inter". Inter.it. 2007-06-26. Retrieved 28 February 2008.
  11. ↑ "Cesar arrive in Brunico". Inter.it. 2007-07-17. Retrieved 28 February 2008.
  12. ↑ "Rivas complete Inter moves". Inter.it. 2007-07-18. Retrieved 28 February 2008.
  13. ↑ "Jimenez complete Inter moves". Inter.it. 2007-07-18. Retrieved 28 February 2008.
  14. ↑ "Cristian Chivu signs for Inter". Inter.it. 2007-07-27. Archived from the original on 10 February 2008. Retrieved 28 February 2008.
  15. ↑ "Alfonso joins Inter". Inter.it. 2007-08-27. Retrieved 28 February 2008.
  16. ↑ "Pelé signs for Inter". Inter.it. 2007-08-28. Retrieved 28 February 2008.
  17. ↑ "Maniche joins Inter". Inter.it. 2008-01-15. Archived from the original on 25 February 2008. Retrieved 28 February 2008.
  18. ↑ "Risoluzione consensuale a favore di A.S. Roma dell'accordo di partecipazione relativo al calciatore David Marcelo Cortes Pizarro". asroma.it. 2007-06-20. Archived from the original on 25 June 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-01.
  19. ↑ "Grosso joins Olympique Lyonnais". Inter.it. 2007-07-13. Retrieved 28 February 2008.
  20. ↑ "Andreolli moving to Roma". Inter.it. 2007-07-27. Archived from the original on 10 February 2008. Retrieved 28 February 2008.
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