The 1988–89 Inter Milan season was the club's 80th in existence and 73th consecutive season in Serie A, the top flight of Italian football, which they won with 58 points from 34 matches, making Inter Italian champions for the 13th time in the club's history. The club also competed in the 1988–89 Coppa Italia – which they were eliminated from in the group stage – and the 1988–89 UEFA Cup, which they were eliminated from at the round of 16 stage.
Season After another disappointing season, Inter retained Giovanni Trapattoni and signed German footballers Brehme, a fullback, and Lothar Matthäus, a box-to-box midfielder, to strengthen the club.
Inter targeted Rabah Madjer to be their first choice at centre-forward, however, issues arose during Madjer's physical assessment so the team opted instead to acquire Ramón Díaz. The new attacking partnership of Díaz and Aldo Serena proved to be consistent goal scorers for Inter.
Alessandro Altobelli would depart the team, although Inter's performance was not critically impacted.
On the pitch, Inter was eliminated early from the Coppa Italia, while, in Europe, they were knocked out of the UEFA Cup by Bayern Munich.
Conversely, Inter dominated play in the domestic league, with Inter able to stay unbeaten for almost half of the season. Fiorentina were the first to beat Inter, on matchday 17. Following the defeat, a positive streak made the gap over rivals so large that Inter could celebrate the Scudetto on 28 May, after beating Napoli 2–1. During the last month, with five games to spare, the side had collected 26 wins, six draws and two losses: the final amount was 58 points, a still-unbeaten record for Serie A with 18 teams and two points for a win.
Squad
Transfers In Pos. Name from Type MF Lothar Matthäus Bayern München DF Andreas Brehme Bayern München FW Ramón Díaz Fiorentina loan MF Nicola Berti Fiorentina MF Alessandro Bianchi Cesena DF Corrado Verdelli Monza MF Enrico Cucchi Empoli FC
Out Pos. Name To Type FW Alessandro Altobelli Juventus MF Vincenzo Scifo Bordeaux co-ownership DF Daniel Passarella River Plate MF Enrico Cucchi Fiorentina loan MF Pierluigi Di Già Parma co-ownership MF Adriano Piraccini Cesena MF Giuseppe Minaudo Udinese definitivo MF Fausto Pizzi Vicenza co-ownership renewed
Winter In Pos. Name from Type DF Alberto Rivolta Parma MF Romano Galvani Bologna FC loan Out Pos. Name to Type GK Claudio Bozzini Celano loan DF Salvatore Nobile Lecce FW Massimo Ciocci Padova loan
Competitions Serie A
League table
Results by round
Matches
Coppa Italia
First round
Second round
Coppa UEFA
First round
Second round
Eightfinals
Statistics Players statistics
References
Sources RSSSF - Italy 1988/89