2006–07 F.C. Internazionale Milano season

Internazionale

2006–07 season
Chairman	Giacinto Facchetti Massimo Moratti
Manager	Roberto Mancini
Serie A	1st
Coppa Italia	Runners-up
Supercoppa Italiana	Winners
Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Zlatan Ibrahimović (15) All: Hernán Crespo (20)
Home colours Away colours
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

During the 2006–07 Italian football season, Inter Milan competed in Serie A.

Season summary

Inter Milan started the season as clear favourites to retain the Serie A title, especially with Juventus relegated and Milan penalised eight points. None of Inter's rivals really had any chance of matching an improved Inter which had signed the likes of Zlatan Ibrahimović and Patrick Vieira from Juventus, Fabio Grosso from Palermo and Maicon from AS Monaco, in addition to extending the loan of Argentine striker Hernán Crespo from Chelsea.

During the season, Inter broke Roma's previous record of eleven consecutive wins, set in the previous season. An amazing and possibly unrepeatable sequence ended with 17 consecutive matches won. Inter took 46 points from the other 21 matches and finally set a record of the most points accrued during a season, finishing with 97 points.

The club suffered tragedy during the season when president Giacinto Facchetti died of cancer. Owner and ex-president Massimo Moratti was appointed as his replacement.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Júlio César 2 DF Walter Samuel 2 DF Nicolás Burdisso 3 DF Maicon 4 DF Javier Zanetti (captain) 5 MF Esteban Cambiasso 6 DF Fabio Grosso 6 DF Leonardo Bonucci 7 FW Adriano 8 MF Dejan Stanković 9 FW Hernán Crespo (on loan from Chelsea) 10 MF Luís Figo 11 MF Santiago Solari 12 GK Francesco Toldo 14 MF Patrick Vieira 15 MF Olivier Dacourt 18 FW Zlatan Ibrahimović

No. Position Player 19 DF Maxwell 20 FW Álvaro Recoba 22 GK Paolo Orlandoni 23 DF Marco Materazzi 36 DF Simone Fautario 47 MF Francesco Bolzoni 50 MF Ibrahim Maaroufi 57 MF Attila Filkor 58 FW Lampros Choutos 61 FW Jonathan Biabiany 77 DF Marco Andreolli 91 MF Mariano González (on loan from Palermo) 99 FW Goran Slavkovski

Left club during season

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

No. Position Player 17 DF Francesco Coco

No. Position Player 31 DF César (on loan to Corinthians and Livorno)

Reserve squad

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

No. Position Player 35 GK Paolo Tornaghi 39 GK Davide Ciceri 40 DF Andrea Delledonne 41 DF Ivan Marconi 43 DF Andrea Mei 45 FW Mario Balotelli (on loan from Lumezzane) 46 DF Dennis Esposito 49 MF Luca Siligardi

No. Position Player 53 MF Daniel Maa Boumsong 54 DF Gabriele Puccio 55 FW Davide Fais 56 FW Ignazio Cocchiere 59 FW Gianluca Litteri 60 FW Sebastián Ribas 62 DF Giuseppe Figliomeni (on loan from Crotone) 79 GK Fabián Carini

Left club during season

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

No. Position Player 34 DF Luca Ceccarelli (on loan to Lucchese) 34 MF Abdoulaye Diarra (on loan to Maribor) 37 GK Luca Bonfiglio (on loan to Voghera) 38 DF Daniel Semenzato (to Montichiari) 42 DF Daniele Marino (on loan to Pro Sesto) 44 DF Marco Modolo (on loan to Pro Sesto) 45 MF Daniel Maa Boumsong (on loan to Treviso)

No. Position Player 45 MF Serge Adou (on loan to Legnano) 48 MF Roberto De Filippis (on loan to Pro Sesto) 52 MF Tijani Belaid (on loan to PSV Eindhoven) 53 MF Matteo Marinoni (on loan to Pro Sesto) 62 MF Basty Kyeremateng (on loan to Alessandria) FW Mattia Altobelli (to Chiasso)

Transfers

In

• Fabio Grosso - Palermo, €5,000,000, 6 July
• Maicon - Monaco, £4,800,000, 7 July
• Olivier Dacourt - Roma, free transfer, 7 July
• Maxwell - Ajax, free transfer, 7 July^[2]
• Patrick Vieira - Juventus, €9,500,000, 2 August^[3]
• Zlatan Ibrahimović - Juventus, €24,800,000, 10 August^[4]
• Attila Filkor - Pietà Hotspurs, €90,000, 25 August
• Ibrahim Maaroufi - PSV Eindhoven
• César - Lazio
• Luca Siligardi - Dorando Pietri
• Ignazio Cocchiere - Legnano
• Sebastián Ribas - Juventud
• Gianluca Litteri - Giarre

Loan in

• Hernán Crespo - Chelsea, two seasons-long loan, 7 August
• Mariano González - Palermo, season-long loan
• Mario Balotelli - Lumezzane, season-long loan
• Giuseppe Figliomeni - Crotone

Out

• Guilherme Siqueira - Udinese, €750,000, 11 August
• Obafemi Martins - Newcastle United, €15,000,000, 24 August
• Siniša Mihajlović - retired
• Zé Maria - released (later joined Levante)
• Giuseppe Favalli - released (later joined A.C. Milan)
• Kily González - released (later joined Rosario Central)
• Pierre Womé - Werder Bremen
• David Pizarro - Roma

Loan out

• César - Corinthians
• Francesco Coco - Torino
• César - Livorno, 25 January

Results

Uefa Champions League

1	Sporting	1–0	Inter	Alvalade
	Marco Caneira  64'			Stadium: Estádio Alvalade XXI

Serie A

1	Fiorentina	2–3	Inter
	Toni  68, 79'		Cambiasso  11, 41' Ibrahimović  61'

2	Inter	1–1	Sampdoria
	Bonanni  79' (o.g.)		Flachi  48' (pen.)

3	Roma	0–1	Inter
			Crespo  44'

4	Inter	4–3	Chievo
	Crespo  11, 70' Samuel  58' Stanković  64'		Pellissier  77' (pen.) Tiribocchi  86' Brighi  89'

5	Cagliari	1–1	Inter
	Colucci  17'		Grosso  38'

6	Inter	2–1	Catania
	Stanković  29, 75'		Mascara  16'

7	Udinese	0–0	Inter

8	Inter	4–1	Livorno
	Pfertzel  2' (o.g.) Materazzi  13' Ibrahimović  71' Cruz  78'		C. Lucarelli  70'

9	Milan	3–4	Inter
	Seedorf  50' Gilardino  76' Kaká  90+1'		Crespo  17' Stanković  22' Ibrahimović  47' Materazzi  69'

10	Inter	2–0	Ascoli
	Zanetti  41' Cudini  53' (o.g.)

11	Parma	1–2	Inter
	Budan  27'		Ibrahimović  16' Cruz  90+2'

12	Inter	1–0	Reggina
	Crespo  4'

13	Palermo	1–2	Inter
	Amauri  45+1'		Ibrahimović  7' Vieira  61'

14	Inter	2–0	Siena
	Burdisso  11' Crespo  64'

15	Empoli	0–3	Inter
			Crespo  60' Ibrahimović  78' Samuel  87'

16	Inter	2–0	Messina
	Materazzi  49' Ibrahimović  59'

17	Lazio	0–2	Inter
			Cambiasso  40' Materazzi  85'

18	Inter	2–1	Atalanta
	Adriano  65' Loria  75' (o.g.)		Doni  16'

19	Torino	1–3	Inter
	Fiore  58'		Adriano  24' Ibrahimović  60' Materazzi  85'

20	Inter	3–1	Fiorentina
	Stanković  19' Adriano  24' Ibrahimović  70'		Toni  5'

21	Sampdoria	0–2	Inter
			Ibrahimović  38' Maicon  75'

22	Chievo	0–2	Inter
			Adriano  1' Crespo  51'

23	Inter	1–0	Cagliari
	Burdisso  11'

24	Catania	2–5	Inter
	Spinesi  65' Corona  74'		Samuel  45' Solari  49' Grosso  56' Ibrahimović  67' Cruz  78'

25	Inter	1–1	Udinese
	Crespo  66'		Obodo  47'

26	Livorno	1–2	Inter
	C. Lucarelli  27'		Cruz  35' Ibrahimović  56'

27	Inter	2–1	Milan
	Cruz  54' Ibrahimović  75'		Ronaldo  40'

28	Ascoli	1–2	Inter
	Bonanni  90+2' (pen.)		Ibrahimović  65, 73'

29	Inter	2–0	Parma
	Maxwell  56' Crespo  70'

30	Reggina	0–0	Inter

31	Inter	2–2	Palermo
	Cruz  67' Adriano  74'		Caracciolo  3' Zaccardo  45+1'

32	Inter	1–3	Roma
	Materazzi  52' (pen.)		Perrotta  44' Totti  89' Cassetti  90+5'

33	Siena	1–2	Inter
	Negro  34'		Materazzi  10', 73' (pen.)

34	Inter	3–1	Empoli
	Cruz  27' Recoba  59' Stanković  60'		Saudati  57'

35	Messina	0–1	Inter
			Crespo  73'

36	Inter	4–3	Lazio
	Crespo  20, 35, 83' Materazzi  86'		Pandev  3' Mutarelli  5' Ledesma  41'

37	Atalanta	1–1	Inter
	Ferreira Pinto  10'		Figo  48' (pen.)

38	Inter	3–0	Torino
	Materazzi  12' (pen.) Maicon  60' Figo  67' (pen.)

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	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	W
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Top scorers

Serie A

• Zlatan Ibrahimović 15
• Hernán Crespo 14
• Marco Materazzi 10
• Julio Cruz 7
• Dejan Stanković 6

References

Sources

RSSSF - Italy 2006/07

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