2008–09 Inter Milan season

Internazionale
2008–09 season
President Massimo Moratti
Head coach José Mourinho
Stadium San Siro
Serie A 1st
Coppa Italia Semifinals
Champions League Round of 16
Supercoppa Italiana Winner
Top goalscorer League: Ibrahimović (25)
All: Ibrahimović (29)
Highest home attendance 76,437 vs. Juventus (22 November 2008)
Lowest home attendance 43,040 vs. Torino (1 February 2009)
Average home league attendance 55,345
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

Season

After Roberto Mancini's departure, José Mourinho became the new coach of Inter.[1] The Portuguese manager won a trophy at his debut, Supercoppa Italiana, defeating Roma on penalties.[2] He planned a 4–3–3 formation, with the new arrivals Amantino Mancini and Quaresma as wingers beside Zlatan Ibrahimović.[3]

As the 4–3–3 soon failed, Mourino reviewed his ideas switching in a 4–3–1–2 like the predecessor: Stanković acted as playmaker, behind Ibrahimović and his offensive partner (Adriano, rarely Cruz or Crespo, then Balotelli).[4] The quality of playing is immediately awake, and Inter came on the prints of previous season winning again the Scudetto (fourth in row), 10 points clear Juventus and Milan.[5]

Players

Squad information

Squad no. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1 Francesco Toldo Italy GK 2 December 1971 (aged 36)
12 Júlio César Brazil GK 3 September 1979 (aged 28)
22 Paolo Orlandoni Italy GK 12 August 1972 (aged 35)
Defenders
2 Iván Córdoba Colombia CB 11 August 1976 (aged 31)
4 Javier Zanetti (Captain) Argentina RB/CM/RM 10 August 1973 (aged 34)
13 Maicon Brazil RB 26 July 1981 (aged 26)
16 Nicolás Burdisso Argentina CB 12 April 1981 (aged 27)
23 Marco Materazzi Italy CB 19 August 1973 (aged 34)
24 Nelson Rivas Colombia CB 25 March 1983 (aged 25)
25 Walter Samuel Argentina CB 23 March 1978 (aged 30)
26 Cristian Chivu Romania LB/CB/DM 26 October 1980 (aged 27)
39 Davide Santon Italy LB 2 January 1991 (aged 17)
Midfielders
5 Dejan Stanković Serbia CM/AM/RM 11 September 1978 (aged 29)
7 Luís Figo Portugal RW/RM/LW 4 November 1972 (aged 35)
11 Luis Jiménez Chile AM/RW/CM 17 June 1984 (aged 24)
14 Patrick Vieira France DM/CM 23 June 1976 (aged 32)
15 Olivier Dacourt France DM 25 September 1974 (aged 33)
19 Esteban Cambiasso Argentina DM/CM/CB 18 August 1980 (aged 27)
20 Sulley Muntari Ghana CM/DM/LM 27 August 1984 (aged 23)
33 Mancini Brazil AM/LW/RW 1 August 1980 (aged 27)
36 Francesco Bolzoni Italy CM/DM 7 May 1989 (aged 19)
77 Ricardo Quaresma Portugal RW/LW/SS 26 September 1983 (aged 24)
Forwards
8 Zlatan Ibrahimović Sweden CF 3 October 1981 (aged 26)
9 Julio Cruz Argentina CF 10 July 1974 (aged 34)
10 Adriano Brazil CF 17 February 1982 (aged 26)
18 Hernán Crespo Argentina CF 5 July 1975 (aged 33)
21 Victor Obinna Nigeria CF 25 March 1987 (aged 21)
45 Mario Balotelli Italy CF 12 August 1990 (aged 17)

Players transfer

2008–09 confirmed transfers

In

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
FW Hungary Filkor 19EU Grosseto Loan End Summer 2010 n/a
10 FW Brazil Adriano 26Non-EU São Paulo Brazil Loan End Summer 2010 n/a Channel 4
FW Italy Acquafresca 20EU Cagliari Co-ownership Termination Summer undisclosed undisclosed
51 DF Italy Bonucci 21EU Treviso Co-ownership Termination Summer undisclosed undisclosed
18 FW Argentina Crespo 33EU Free agent Transfer Summer undisclosed Free
33 MF Brazil Mancini 27EU Roma Transfer Summer 2012 €13M inter.it
11 MF Chile Jiménez 24EU Ternana Co-ownership Summer 2011 undisclosed inter.it
20 MF Ghana Muntari 23Non-EU PortsmouthEngland Transfer Summer 2012 €16M inter.it
77 MF Portugal Quaresma 24EU PortoPortugal Transfer Summer 2012 €18.6M + Pélé inter.it
21 FW Nigeria Victor Obinna 21Non-EU Chievo Transfer Summer 2012
51 DF Italy Bonucci 21EU Treviso Loan Return Winter undisclosed N/A
MF BelgiumMorocco Maaroufi 20EU TwenteNetherlands Loan Return Winter 2009 N/A
GK Italy Viviano 23EU Brescia Co-ownership Winter undisclosed undisclosed

Total spending: Decrease €46.6 million

Out

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
DF Italy Ceccarelli 26EU Milan Co-ownership Termination Summer
DF Italy Andreolli 23EU Roma Co-ownership Termination Summer
GK Italy Cordaz 26EU Treviso Co-ownership Termination Summer
MF Cameroon Maa Boumsong 22Non-EU Treviso Co-ownership Termination Summer
FW Nigeria Eliakwu 23Non-EU Triestina Co-ownership Termination Summer
29 FW Honduras Suazo 28EU Benfica Portugal Loan Summer Free inter.it
28 MF Portugal Maniche 30EU Atlético Madrid Spain Loan End Summer Free
21 MF ArgentinaSpain Solari 31EU San Lorenzo Argentina Contract expired Summer Free
20 MF Uruguay Recoba 32EU Panionios Greece Contract expired Summer Free
31 MF Brazil César 33EU Bologna Released Summer Free
MF Hungary Filkor 19EU Sassuolo Loan Summer N/A
FW Uruguay Ribas 20EU Dijon France Transfer Summer undisclosed
30 MF Portugal Pelé 20EU Porto Portugal Trade Summer Included in Quaresma transfer inter.it
15 MF France Dacourt 25EU Fulham England Loan Winter Free inter.it
77 MF Portugal Quaresma 25EU Chelsea England Loan Winter Free chelseafc.com
51 DF Italy Bonucci 21EU Pisa Loan Winter N/A
MF BelgiumMorocco Maaroufi 20EU Vicenza Co-ownership Winter undisclosed
GK Italy Viviano 23EU Brescia Loan Winter N/A
10 FW Brazil Adriano 27Non-EU Flamengo Brazil Released Winter Free inter.it

Last updated: 22 May

Total income: Increase €0

Start formations

Qnt Formation Match(es)
17 4-3-3 First 16 matches & match # 22
33 4-4-2 All other matches

Last updated: 31 May 2009
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.

Club

Non-playing staff

Position Staff
Head coach Portugal José Mourinho
Assistant coach Italy Giuseppe Baresi
Technical Assistant Portugal André Villas-Boas
Goalkeeper coach Portugal Silvino Louro
Masseurs/Physiotherapists Portugal Rui Faria
Director in charge of transfers Italy Marco Branca
Transfer Market Consultant
First-Team Representative
Italy Gabriele Oriali

Last updated: 5 June 2008
Source: F.C. Internazionale Milano Official Website

Pre-season and friendlies

Riscone di Brunico training camp

Tim Trophy

2008 Amsterdam Tournament

Other friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
Italian Super Cup FinalWinner 24 August 2008
Serie A Winner 30 August 2008 31 May 2009
Champions League Group stageRound of 16 16 September 2008 11 March 2009
Coppa Italia Round of 16Semifinal 13 January 2009 23 April 2009

Last updated: 31 May 2009
Source: Competitions

Supercoppa Italiana

Serie A

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Internazionale (C) (Q) 38 25 9 4 70 32+38 84 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Juventus (Q) 38 21 11 6 69 37+32 74
3 Milan (Q) 38 22 8 8 70 35+35 74

Updated to games played on 31 May 2009.
Source: lega-calcio.it (in Italian)
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 9 4 70 32  +38 84 14 5 0 37 16  +21 11 4 4 33 16  +17

Last updated: 31 May 2009.
Source: Internazionale Milano

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAH
Result D W W W L W W D D W W W W W W W W D L W W D W W W D W W W W D D L W D W L W

Last updated: 31 May 2009.
Source: Competitive Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Greece Panathinaikos 631287+110
Italy Internazionale 622287+18
Germany Werder Bremen 61417927
Cyprus Anorthosis 61328806

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Coppa Italia

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Statistics

Squad statistics

League Europe Cup Others Total Stats
Games played 38 8 4 1 51
Games won 25 2 3 0 30
Games drawn 9 3 0 1 13
Games lost 4 3 1 0 8
Goals scored 70 8 6 2 86
Goals conceded 32 9 5 2 48
Goal difference 38 -1 1 0 38
Clean sheets 17 3 1 0 21
Goal by Substitute
Total shots
Shots on target
Corners
Players used 29 23 24 14
Offsides
Fouls suffered
Fouls committed
Yellow cards 82 11 12 3 108
Red cards 4 1 5

Players Used: Internazionale has used a total of – different players in all competitions.

Goalscorers

No. Pos. Nation Name Serie A Champions League Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana Total
8 FW Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović 25 1 3 0 29
45 FW Italy Mario Balotelli 8 1 0 1 10
10 FW Brazil Adriano 3 2 2 0 7
5 MF Serbia Dejan Stanković 5 0 0 0 5
13 DF Brazil Maicon 4 1 0 0 5
19 MF Argentina Esteban Cambiasso 4 0 1 0 5
20 MF Ghana Sulley Muntari 4 0 0 1 5
# Own goals 4 0 0 0 4
9 FW Argentina Julio Cruz 2 1 0 0 3
2 DF Colombia Iván Córdoba 2 0 0 0 2
18 FW Argentina Hernán Crespo 2 0 0 0 2
7 MF Portugal Luís Figo 1 0 0 0 1
14 MF France Patrick Vieira 1 0 0 0 1
16 DF Argentina Nicolás Burdisso 1 0 0 0 1
21 FW Nigeria Victor Obinna 1 0 0 0 1
23 DF Italy Marco Materazzi 0 1 0 0 1
25 DF Argentina Walter Samuel 1 0 0 0 1
33 MF Brazil Mancini 0 1 0 0 1
77 MF Portugal Ricardo Quaresma 1 0 0 0 1
TOTAL 70 8 6 2 86

Last updated: 31 May 2009

Assists

No. Pos. Nation Name Serie A Champions League Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana Total
8 FW Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović 7 2 0 0 9
13 DF Brazil Maicon 6 1 0 0 7
20 MF Ghana Sulley Muntari 7 0 0 0 7
5 MF Serbia Dejan Stanković 6 0 0 0 6
10 FW Brazil Adriano 3 1 0 0 4
18 FW Argentina Hernán Crespo 3 0 0 0 3
19 MF Argentina Esteban Cambiasso 3 0 0 0 3
33 MF Brazil Mancini 3 0 0 0 3
45 FW Italy Mario Balotelli 1 2 0 0 3
6 DF Brazil Maxwell 0 1 1 0 2
9 FW Argentina Julio Cruz 2 0 0 0 2
39 DF Italy Davide Santon 2 0 0 0 2
77 MF Portugal Ricardo Quaresma 2 0 0 0 2
2 DF Colombia Iván Córdoba 1 0 0 0 1
7 MF Portugal Luís Figo 1 0 0 0 1
11 MF France Luis Jiménez 1 0 0 0 1
14 MF France Patrick Vieira 1 0 0 0 1
TOTAL 49 6 1 0 56

Last updated: 31 May 2009

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 1 Brazil Júlio César 1731021
2 1 Italy Francesco Toldo 11002
3 22 Italy Paolo Orlandoni 10001
Total 910414

Last updated: 31 May 2009.
Source: Internazionale

Disciplinary record

No. Pos Nat Player Serie A UEFA CL Coppa Italia Supercoppa Total
YC Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card YC Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card YC Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card YC Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card YC Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card
1 GK Italy Francesco Toldo 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
12 GK Brazil Júlio César 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
22 GK Italy Paolo Orlandoni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Colombia Iván Córdoba 6 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
4 DF Argentina Javier Zanetti 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
13 DF Brazil Maicon 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
16 DF Argentina Nicolás Burdisso 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0
23 DF Italy Marco Materazzi 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 1
24 DF Colombia Nelson Rivas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
25 DF Argentina Walter Samuel 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
26 DF Romania Cristian Chivu 7 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
39 DF Italy Davide Santon 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
5 MF Serbia Dejan Stanković 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0
7 MF Portugal Luís Figo 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
11 MF Chile Luis Jiménez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF France Patrick Vieira 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
15 MF France Olivier Dacourt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF Argentina Esteban Cambiasso 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
20 MF Ghana Sulley Muntari 5 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 2
33 MF Brazil Mancini 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
36 MF Italy Francesco Bolzoni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
77 MF Portugal Ricardo Quaresma 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
8 FW Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0
9 FW Argentina Julio Cruz 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
10 FW Brazil Adriano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 FW Argentina Hernán Crespo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 FW Nigeria Victor Obinna 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
45 FW Italy Mario Balotelli 7 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0
Totals 83 1 3 12 0 0 12 1 0 3 0 0 110 2 3

Last updated: 31 May 2009

References

  1. (in Italian) "Mourinho: "Inter, special club" 7 for his Italian, including swearwords". repubblica.it. 2 June 2008.
  2. (in Italian) "Totti misses, Zanetti not Inter wins Supercoppa". repubblica.it. 24 August 2008.
  3. (in Italian) Fabrizio Bocca (1 October 2008). "Discipline, responsibility, archive The secrets of Mourinho's method". repubblica.it.
  4. (in Italian) Antonino Morici (23 November 2008). "Adriano, Matrix and the rhombus the bets won by Mou". gazzetta.it.
  5. (in Italian) Luca Taidelli (1 June 2009). "I figli e Figo Inter scudetto: ultime emozioni". La Gazzetta dello Sport.
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