The 2006–07 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 98th in existence and 91st consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. The team competed in Serie A, in the Coppa Italia, in the Supercoppa Italiana and in the UEFA Champions League.
Season overview The relegation of Juventus to Serie B due to Calciopoli, and Milan and Fiorentina's penalisations, made Inter a clear favourite for the title: the side was empowered with the arrivals of Zlatan Ibrahimović, Patrick Vieira, Fabio Grosso and Maicon. In early September, the club suffered a tragedy: Inter's president Giacinto Facchetti died at the age of 64, due to a cancer.
The 2006–07 season was signed by records: Inter won 17 games in row for an achievement still unbeaten. Inter also got 11 wins in away matches and obtained the title with 5 games left to play. The side ended with 97 points, 22 over Roma which came second: in 38 matches Inter collected 30 wins, 7 draws and just one defeat (the first in Serie A since April 2006) against Roma.
Players Squad information
Squad no.NameNationalityPositionDate of birth (age) Goalkeepers1Francesco ToldoGK12Júlio CésarGK22Paolo OrlandoniGK Defenders2Iván Córdoba CB4Javier Zanetti (Captain)RB / CM / RM6MaxwellLB11Fabio GrossoLB13Maicon Sisenando RB16Nicolás BurdissoCB23Marco MaterazziCB25Walter SamuelCB Midfielders5Dejan StankovićCM / AM7Luís FigoRW / AM14Patrick VieiraDM / CM15Olivier DacourtCM19Esteban CambiassoDM21Santiago SolariCM91Mariano GonzálezRW / LW / AM Forwards8Zlatan IbrahimovićCF9Julio CruzCF10AdrianoCF18Hernán CrespoCF20Álvaro RecobaSS / LW / AM
From youth squad
Transfers In Pos. Name from Type FW Zlatan Ibrahimović Juventus €24 million MF Patrick Vieira Juventus €9,5 million DF Maicon Monaco €6 million DF Fabio Grosso Palermo €6,5 million FW Hernán Crespo Chelsea loan DF Maxwell Empoli loan endedMaxwell had signed with Inter in January 2006, but owing, to the Italian football system's non-EU quota, the club could not sign him officially until the summer transfer window and so he was registered with Empoli in the meantime. MF Olivier Dacourt Roma MF Mariano González Palermo loan FW Attila Filkor Pietà Hotspurs MF Ibrahim Maaroufi PSV MF Luca Siligardi Dorando Pietri FW Ignazio Cocchiere Legnano FW Sebastián Ribas Juventud FW Gianluca Litteri Giarre
Out Pos. Name To Type DF Giuseppe Favalli A.C. Milan DF Zé Maria Levante DF Siniša Mihajlović retired MF Juan Sebastián Verón Estudiantes MF Cristiano Zanetti Juventus MF David Pizarro Roma co-ownership €6,5 million FW Obafemi Martins Newcastle United €15 million
Loan in Mario Balotelli – Lumezzane, season-long loan Giuseppe Figliomeni – Crotone
Out Guilherme Siqueira – Udinese, €750,000, 11 August Kily González – released (later joined Rosario Central)
Loan out César – Corinthians Francesco Coco – Torino César – Livorno, 25 January
Pre-season and friendlies Riscone di Brunico training camp
Amsterdam Tournament
Birra Moretti Trophy
Trofeo Pirelli
TIM Trophy
Other friendlies
Competitions Overview
Serie A
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Coppa Italia
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Supercoppa Italiana
UEFA Champions League
Group stage
Knockout phase Round of 16
Statistics Squad statistics {|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- ! ! style="width:70px;"|League ! style="width:70px;"|Europe ! style="width:70px;"|Cup ! style="width:70px;"|Others ! style="width:70px;"|Total Stats |- |align=left|Games played || 38 || 8 || 8 || 1 || 55 |- |align=left|Games won || 30 || 3 || 6 || 1 || 40 |- |align=left|Games drawn || 7 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 11 |- |align=left|Games lost || 1 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 4 |- |align=left|Goals scored || 80 || 7 ||16 || 4 || 107 |- |align=left|Goals conceded || 34 || 7 || 7 || 3 || 51 |- |align=left|Goal difference || 46 || 0 || 9 || 1 || 56 |- |align=left|Clean sheets || 15 || 3 || 6 || 0 || 24 |- |align=left|Goal by substitute || – || – || – || – || – |- |align=left|Total shots || – || – || – || – || – |- |align=left|Shots on target || – || – || – || – || – |- |align=left|Corners || – || – || – || – || – |- |align=left|Players used || 25 || 23 || 31 || 14 || – |- |align=left|Offsides || – || – || – || –|| – |- |align=left|Fouls suffered || – || – || – || –|| – |- |align=left|Fouls committed || – || – || – || –|| – |- |align=left|Yellow cards || 84 || 15 || 9 || 3 || 112 |- |align=left|Red cards || 5 || 4 || 1 || – || 10
Appearances and goals As of 31 June 2006
Goalscorers No.Pos.NationNameSerie ACoppa ItaliaSupercoppa ItalianaChampions LeagueTotal 18 FW Hernán Crespo 14 4 1 1 20 8 FW Zlatan Ibrahimović 15 0 0 0 15 9 FW Julio Cruz 7 2 0 3 12 23 DF Marco Materazzi 10 0 0 0 10 5 MF Dejan Stanković 6 0 0 0 6 10 FW Adriano 5 1 0 0 6 16 DF Nicolás Burdisso 2 4 0 0 6 19 MF Esteban Cambiasso 3 1 0 1 5 14 MF Patrick Vieira 1 0 2 1 4 7 MF Luís Figo 2 0 1 0 3 11 DF Fabio Grosso 2 1 0 0 3 13 DF Maicon 2 0 0 1 3 2 DF Iván Córdoba 0 1 0 0 1 4 DF Javier Zanetti 1 0 0 0 1 6 DF Maxwell 1 0 0 0 1 20 FW Álvaro Recoba 1 0 0 0 1 21 MF Santiago Solari 1 0 0 0 1 77 DF Marco Andreolli 0 1 0 0 1 91 MF Mariano González 0 1 0 0 1 # Own goals 2 0 0 0 2 TOTAL 80 16 4 7 107 Last updated: 27 May 2007
References
Sources Official website