2008–09 Inter Milan season

The 2008–09 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 100th in existence and 93rd consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. This was the first season for new Inter manager José Mourinho.

Internazionale

2008–09 season
Inter Milan players celebrating the club's 17th Scudetto
President	Massimo Moratti
Head coach	José Mourinho
Stadium	San Siro
Serie A	1st
Coppa Italia	Semi-finals
Supercoppa Italiana	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Zlatan Ibrahimović (25) All: Zlatan 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
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Season overview

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 to use 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, Mourinho reviewed his ideas, switching to the 4–3–1–2 Mancini had previously used: Stanković acted as playmaker, behind Ibrahimović and his offensive partner (Adriano, rarely Cruz or Crespo, then Balotelli).^[4] The performance of the team immediately improved, and Inter once again won the Scudetto (fourth in row), ten points clear of Juventus and Milan.^[5]

Players

Squad information

Squad no.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1	Francesco Toldo		GK	(1971-12-02)2 December 1971 (aged 36)
12	Júlio César		GK	(1979-09-03)3 September 1979 (aged 28)
22	Paolo Orlandoni		GK	(1972-08-12)12 August 1972 (aged 35)
Defenders
2	Iván Córdoba (vice-Captain)		CB	(1976-08-11)11 August 1976 (aged 31)
4	Javier Zanetti (Captain)		RB / CM / RM	(1973-08-10)10 August 1973 (aged 34)
6	Maxwell		LB	(1981-08-27)27 August 1981 (aged 26)
13	Maicon		RB	(1981-07-26)26 July 1981 (aged 26)
16	Nicolás Burdisso		CB	(1981-04-12)12 April 1981 (aged 27)
23	Marco Materazzi		CB	(1973-08-19)19 August 1973 (aged 34)
24	Nelson Rivas		CB	(1983-03-25)25 March 1983 (aged 25)
25	Walter Samuel		CB	(1978-03-23)23 March 1978 (aged 30)
26	Cristian Chivu		LB / CB / DM	(1980-10-26)26 October 1980 (aged 27)
39	Davide Santon		LB	(1991-01-02)2 January 1991 (aged 17)
Midfielders
5	Dejan Stanković		CM / AM	(1978-09-11)11 September 1978 (aged 29)
7	Luís Figo		RW / AM	(1972-11-04)4 November 1972 (aged 35)
11	Luis Jiménez		AM / CM / RW	(1984-06-17)17 June 1984 (aged 24)
14	Patrick Vieira		DM / CM	(1976-06-23)23 June 1976 (aged 32)
15	Olivier Dacourt		DM	(1974-09-25)25 September 1974 (aged 33)
19	Esteban Cambiasso		DM / CM	(1980-08-18)18 August 1980 (aged 27)
20	Sulley Muntari		CM / DM / LM	(1984-08-27)27 August 1984 (aged 23)
33	Mancini		AM / LW / RW	(1980-08-01)1 August 1980 (aged 27)
77	Ricardo Quaresma		RW / LW / SS	(1983-09-26)26 September 1983 (aged 24)
Forwards
8	Zlatan Ibrahimović		CF	(1981-10-03)3 October 1981 (aged 26)
9	Julio Cruz		CF	(1974-07-10)10 July 1974 (aged 34)
10	Adriano		CF	(1982-02-17)17 February 1982 (aged 26)
18	Hernán Crespo		CF	(1975-07-05)5 July 1975 (aged 33)
21	Victor Obinna		CF	(1987-03-25)25 March 1987 (aged 21)
45	Mario Balotelli		CF	(1990-08-12)12 August 1990 (aged 17)

From youth squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 36 MF  ITA Francesco Bolzoni

No. Pos. Nation Player 38 DF  ITA Luca Caldirola

Players transfer

2008–09 confirmed transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
	FW		Filkor	19	EU	Grosseto	Loan End	Summer	2010	n/a
10	FW		Adriano	26	Non-EU	São Paulo	Loan End	Summer	2010	n/a	Channel 4
	FW		Acquafresca	20	EU	Cagliari	Co-ownership Termination	Summer	undisclosed	undisclosed
51	DF		Bonucci	21	EU	Treviso	Co-ownership Termination	Summer	undisclosed	undisclosed
18	FW		Crespo	33	EU	Free agent	Transfer	Summer	undisclosed	Free
33	MF		Mancini	27	EU	Roma	Transfer	Summer	2012	€13M	inter.it
11	MF		Jiménez	24	EU	Ternana	Co-ownership	Summer	2011	undisclosed	inter.it
20	MF		Muntari	23	Non-EU	Portsmouth	Transfer	Summer	2012	€16M	inter.it
77	MF		Quaresma	24	EU	Porto	Transfer	Summer	2012	€18.6M + Pélé	inter.it
21	FW		Victor Obinna	21	Non-EU	Chievo	Transfer	Summer	2012
51	DF		Bonucci	21	EU	Treviso	Loan Return	Winter	undisclosed	N/A
	MF		Maaroufi	20	EU	Twente	Loan Return	Winter	2009	N/A
	GK		Viviano	23	EU	Brescia	Co-ownership	Winter	undisclosed	undisclosed

Total spending: €46.6 million

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
	DF		Ceccarelli	26	EU	Milan	Co-ownership Termination	Summer
	DF		Andreolli	23	EU	Roma	Co-ownership Termination	Summer
	GK		Cordaz	26	EU	Treviso	Co-ownership Termination	Summer
	MF		Maa Boumsong	22	Non-EU	Treviso	Co-ownership Termination	Summer
	FW		Eliakwu	23	Non-EU	Triestina	Co-ownership Termination	Summer
29	FW		Suazo	28	EU	Benfica	Loan	Summer	Free	inter.it
28	MF		Maniche	30	EU	Atlético Madrid	Loan End	Summer	Free
21	MF		Solari	31	EU	San Lorenzo	Contract expired	Summer	Free
20	MF		Recoba	32	EU	Panionios	Contract expired	Summer	Free
31	MF		César	33	EU	Bologna	Released	Summer	Free
	MF		Filkor	19	EU	Sassuolo	Loan	Summer	N/A
	FW		Ribas	20	EU	Dijon	Transfer	Summer	undisclosed
30	MF		Pelé	20	EU	Porto	Trade	Summer	Included in Quaresma transfer	inter.it
15	MF		Dacourt	25	EU	Fulham	Loan	Winter	Free	inter.it
77	MF		Quaresma	25	EU	Chelsea	Loan	Winter	Free	chelseafc.com
51	DF		Bonucci	21	EU	Pisa	Loan	Winter	N/A
	MF		Maaroufi	20	EU	Vicenza	Co-ownership	Winter	undisclosed
	GK		Viviano	23	EU	Brescia	Loan	Winter	N/A
10	FW		Adriano	27	Non-EU	Flamengo	Released	Winter	Free	inter.it

Last updated: 22 May

Total income: €0

Start formations

Qnt	Formation	Match(es)
17	4-3-3	First 16 matches & match # 22
33	4-1-2-1-2	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	José Mourinho
Assistant coach	Giuseppe Baresi
Technical Assistant	André Villas-Boas
Goalkeeper coach	Silvino Louro
Masseurs/Physiotherapists	Rui Faria
Director in charge of transfers	Marco Branca
Transfer Market Consultant First-Team Representative	Gabriele Oriali

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

Pre-season and friendlies

Riscone di Brunico training camp

Internazionale v Al-Hilal

24 July 2008 Friendly	Internazionale	1–0	Al-Hilal	Bruneck
18:00 CET	Burdisso 45'	Report		Stadium: Riscone di Brunico

Internazionale v Bari

27 July 2008 Friendly	Internazionale	2–0	Bari	Bruneck
18:00 CET	Cruz 27' Adriano 34' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Riscone di Brunico Referee: Andrea Romeo

Tim Trophy

Juventus v Internazionale

29 July 2008 TT	Juventus	1–0	Internazionale	Turin
21:30 CET	Iaquinta 27'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Gabriele Gava

Milan v Internazionale

29 July 2008 TT	Milan	0–0 (4–3 p)	Internazionale	Turin
22:30 CET		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Christian Brighi
	Penalties
	Kaká Oddo Jankulovski Favalli Brocchi Digão		Adriano Figo Suazo Jiménez Santon Muntari

2008 Amsterdam tournament

Internazionale v Sevilla

8 August 2008 Friendly	Internazionale	0–0	Sevilla	Amsterdam, Netherlands
19:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Amsterdam ArenA Referee: Bas Nijhuis

Ajax v Internazionale

9 August 2008 Friendly	Ajax	0–1	Internazionale	Amsterdam, Netherlands
21:15 CET		Report	Adriano 5'	Stadium: Amsterdam ArenA Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Kevin Blom

Other friendlies

Bayern Munich v Internazionale

5 August 2008 Friendly	Bayern Munich	0–1	Internazionale	Munich, Germany
20:45 CET		Report	Mancini 52'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Referee: Felix Brych

Benfica v Internazionale

15 August 2008 Eusébio Cup	Benfica	0–1 (4–5 p)	Internazionale	Lisbon, Portugal
20:45 CET		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 54,001 Referee: Bruno Paixão
	Penalties
	Aimar Bastos Reyes Nuno Gomes David Luiz Nélson		Maxwell Balotelli Stanković Ibrahimović Burdisso Cambiasso

Locarno v Internazionale

5 September 2008 Friendly	Locarno	2–2	Internazionale	Locarno, Switzerland
18:00 CET	Sara 41' Cruz 56' (o.g.)	Report	Córdoba 72' Cruz 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio del Lido Referee: Massimo Busacca

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie A	30 August 2008	31 May 2009	Matchday 1	Winners	38	25	9	4	70	32	+38	065.79
Coppa Italia	13 January 2009	23 April 2009	Round of 16	Semi-finals	4	3	0	1	6	5	+1	075.00
Supercoppa Italiana	24 August 2008		Final	Winners	1	1	0	0	2	2	+0	100.00
Champions League	16 September 2008	11 March 2009	Group stage	Round of 16	8	2	3	3	8	9	−1	025.00
Total					51	31	12	8	86	48	+38	060.78

Last updated: 31 May 2009
Source: Soccerway, Calcio

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Internazionale (C)	38	25	9	4	70	32	+38	84	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Juventus	38	21	11	6	69	37	+32	74[a]
3	Milan	38	22	8	8	70	35	+35	74[a]
4	Fiorentina	38	21	5	12	53	38	+15	68[b]	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5	Genoa	38	19	11	8	56	39	+17	68[b]	Qualification to Europa League play-off round[c]

Source: lega-calcio.it (in Italian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Juventus finished ahead of Milan on head-to-head points: Juventus 4–2 Milan, Milan 1–1 Juventus.
2. Fiorentina finished ahead of Genoa on head-to-head points: Fiorentina 1–0 Genoa, Genoa 3–3 Fiorentina.
3. Lazio qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 Coppa Italia.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
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

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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
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
Position	8	4	1	1	4	3	1	2	4	3	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

Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2009. Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Sampdoria v Internazionale

30 August 2008 1	Sampdoria	1–1	Internazionale	Genoa
20:30 CET	Franceschini  59' Delvecchio 68' Padalino  77'	Report	Muntari  15' Ibrahimović 33' Figo  53' Stanković  90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 33,975 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Internazionale v Catania

13 September 2008 2	Internazionale	2–1	Catania	Milan
20:30 CET	Quaresma 43' Muntari  45' Terlizzi 49' (o.g.) Vieira  59' Maicon  84'	Report	Plasmati 42' Tedesco  45' Ledesma  61' Biagianti  66' Dică  75' Paolucci  90+3'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 45,809 Referee: Antonio Damato

Torino v Internazionale

21 September 2008 3	Torino	1–3	Internazionale	Turin
15:00 CET	P. Zanetti  19' Pisano  28' Pratali  78' Abbruscato 79'	Report	Pisano 24' (o.g.) Maicon 26' Ibrahimović 51' Balotelli  74'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 21,497 Referee: Stefano Farina

Internazionale v Lecce

24 September 2008 4	Internazionale	1–0	Lecce	Milan
20:30 CET	Chivu  43' Quaresma  57' Cruz 79'	Report	Esposito  62'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 43,636 Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

Milan v Internazionale

28 September 2008 5	Milan	1–0	Internazionale	Milan
20:30 CET	Ronaldinho 36' Gattuso  41' Jankulovski  51'	Report	Burdisso  61'  77' Vieira  66' Quaresma  69' Zanetti  81' Materazzi  83'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 79,057 Referee: Emidio Morganti

Internazionale v Bologna

4 October 2008 6	Internazionale	2–1	Bologna	Milan
20:30 CET	Ibrahimović 25' Córdoba  36' Adriano 50' (pen.) Quaresma  57'	Report	Moras 56'  80' Marchini  69'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 47,913 Referee: Maurizio Ciampi

Roma v Internazionale

19 October 2008 7	Roma	0–4	Internazionale	Rome
20:30 CET	Vučinić  33'	Report	Ibrahimović 5', 47' Stanković 54' Obinna 56' Chivu  76'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 48,958 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Internazionale v Genoa

26 October 2008 8	Internazionale	0–0	Genoa	Milan
15:00 CET	Muntari  12' Maicon  50' Ibrahimović  55' Burdisso  69'	Report	Criscito  25' Ferrari  42' Motta  55' Jurić  51'  60'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 62,224 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Fiorentina v Internazionale

29 October 2008 9	Fiorentina	0–0	Internazionale	Florence
20:30 CET	Krøldrup  53'	Report	Maicon  60'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 36,358 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Reggina v Internazionale

1 November 2008 10	Reggina	2–3	Internazionale	Reggio Calabria
18:00 CET	Cozza 33' Barreto  37' Brienza 53' Tognozzi  90+2'	Report	Maicon 9' Vieira 23' Córdoba  39' 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 18,059 Referee: Andrea De Marco

Internazionale v Udinese

9 November 2008 11	Internazionale	1–0	Udinese	Milan
15:00 CET	Cruz  74' 91+1' Córdoba  82'	Report	Pepe  33' D'Agostino  39' Inler  56'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 51,595 Referee: Emidio Morganti

Palermo v Internazionale

15 November 2008 12	Palermo	0–2	Internazionale	Palermo
20:30 CET	Bovo  58' Simplício  75' Balzaretti  78'	Report	Ibrahimović 46', 62' Córdoba  65'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 34,203 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Internazionale v Juventus

22 November 2008 13	Internazionale	1–0	Juventus	Milan
20:30 CET	Materazzi  50' Samuel  54' Muntari 70' Júlio César  88'	Report	Amauri  25' Legrottaglie  29'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 76,437 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Internazionale v Napoli

30 November 2008 14	Internazionale	2–1	Napoli	Milan
15:00 CET	Córdoba 16' Muntari 24' Zanetti  50'	Report	Lavezzi 36'  80' Aronica  50' Rinaudo  63'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 45,595 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Lazio v Internazionale

6 December 2008 15	Lazio	0–3	Internazionale	Rome
20:30 CET	Diakité  41' Zárate  45+2' Brocchi  76'	Report	Samuel 2' Stanković  26' Diakité 45+3' (o.g.) Ibrahimović 55' Júlio César  59' Maxwell  90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Internazionale v Chievo Verona

14 December 2008 16	Internazionale	4–2	Chievo Verona	Milan
15:00 CET	Maxwell 3' Muntari  44' Stanković  45+2' 47' Ibrahimović 79', 88'  84'	Report	Morero  45'  82' Pellissier 51' Bentivoglio 65' Mantovani  67' Yepes  84'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 46,357 Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

Siena v Internazionale

20 December 2008 17	Siena	1–2	Internazionale	Siena
20:30 CET	Kharja 44'  79' Vergassola  77' Del Grosso  84'	Report	Balotelli  20' Maicon 34', 83'  84' Samuel  81'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 15,446 Referee: Andrea De Marco

Internazionale v Cagliari

10 January 2009 18	Internazionale	1–1	Cagliari	Milan
20:30 CET	Ibrahimović 77' Muntari  82'	Report	Acquafresca 65' Cossu  88'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 45,171 Referee: Nicola Pierpaoli

Atalanta v Internazionale

18 January 2009 19	Atalanta	3–1	Internazionale	Bergamo
15:00 CET	Floccari 18' Doni 28', 33' Bellini  67' Vieri  90+2'	Report	Burdisso  36' Ibrahimović  45+2' 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 16,983 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Internazionale v Sampdoria

25 January 2009 20	Internazionale	1–0	Sampdoria	Milan
20:30 CET	Chivu  10' Stanković  40' Adriano 45+1'	Report	Stankevičius  16' Sammarco  32' Pazzini  34' Franceschini  43'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 45,359 Referee: Domenico Celi

Catania v Internazionale

28 January 2009 21	Catania	0–2	Internazionale	Catania
20:30 CET	Mascara  12' Tedesco  60' D'Amico  90'	Report	Stanković 5' Muntari  31' Ibrahimović  15' 71'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Attendance: 20,738 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Internazionale v Torino

1 February 2009 22	Internazionale	1–1	Torino	Milan
15:15 CET	Cruz  18' Burdisso 58'  59' Córdoba  79'	Report	Ogbonna  37' Bianchi 47'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 43,040 Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

Lecce v Internazionale

7 February 2009 23	Lecce	0–3	Internazionale	Lecce
18:00 CET	Esposito  47' Tiribocchi  55' Caserta  77'	Report	Ibrahimović 12'  38' Figo 71' Stanković 82' Balotelli  89'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 26,669 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Internazionale v Milan

15 February 2009 24	Internazionale	2–1	Milan	Milan
20:30 CET	Adriano 29' Stanković 43' Samuel  47' Cambiasso  70' Burdisso  85' Vieira  88' Chivu  90+2'	Report	Ambrosini  45' Pato 71'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 76,178 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Bologna v Internazionale

21 February 2009 25	Bologna	1–2	Internazionale	Bologna
16:00 CET	Moras  30' Britos 79' Zenoni  81'	Report	Cambiasso 57' Balotelli 82' Rivas  83'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 34,571 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

Internazionale v Roma

1 March 2009 26	Internazionale	3–3	Roma	Milan
20:30 CET	Zanetti  37' Balotelli 50', 63' (pen.) Stanković  67' Crespo 79' Vieira  83'	Report	De Rossi 23'  68' Riise 29'  77' Pizarro  45+1' Brighi 57'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 51,497 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Genoa v Internazionale

7 March 2009 27	Genoa	0–2	Internazionale	Genoa
18:00 CET	Milito  22' Motta  52' Biava  59' Ferrari  71'	Report	Ibrahimović 2'  45+2' Balotelli 61'  73' Mancini  84'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 32,332 Referee: Emidio Morganti

Internazionale v Fiorentina

15 March 2009 28	Internazionale	2–0	Fiorentina	Milan
20:30 CET	Ibrahimović 11', 90+4' Balotelli  33' Samuel  42' Muntari  50' Júlio César  71'	Report	Felipe Melo  49'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 51,535 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Internazionale v Reggina

22 March 2009 29	Internazionale	3–0	Reggina	Milan
15:00 CET	Cambiasso 6' Ibrahimović 10' (pen.), 58' Santon  51'	Report	Valdez  10' Barillà  26' Carmona  68'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 52,025 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

Udinese v Internazionale

5 April 2009 30	Udinese	0–1	Internazionale	Udine
19:00 CET	Quagliarella  22' Pepe  77'	Report	Maxwell  41' Vieira  69' Isla 77' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 25,930 Referee: Luca Banti

Internazionale v Palermo

11 April 2009 31	Internazionale	2–2	Palermo	Milan
15:00 CET	Balotelli 15' Ibrahimović 39' (pen.) Stanković  64' Chivu  88'	Report	Bovo  45+2' Cavani 73' Miccoli  76' Succi 76'  76' Simplício  90'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 65,702 Referee: Carmine Russo

Juventus v Internazionale

18 April 2009 32	Juventus	1–1	Internazionale	Turin
20:30 CET	Legrottaglie  36' Poulsen  54' Tiago  76' Grygera 90+1'	Report	Figo  3' Balotelli 64'  68'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 24,790 Referee: Stefano Farina

Napoli v Internazionale

26 April 2009 33	Napoli	1–0	Internazionale	Naples
20:30 CET	Amodio  19' Zalayeta 73' Lavezzi  82'	Report	Vieira  13' Cruz  82' Balotelli  83' Stanković  87'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 53,772 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Internazionale v Lazio

2 May 2009 34	Internazionale	2–0	Lazio	Milan
20:30 CET	Samuel  26' Ibrahimović 58'  86' Muntari 70' Vieira  82' Chivu  90+1'	Report	Del Nero  44' Matuzalém  86' Ledesma  89'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 58,576 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Chievo Verona v Internazionale

10 May 2009 35	Chievo Verona	2–2	Internazionale	Verona
15:00 CET	Marcolini 27' Morero  37' Rigoni  40' Luciano 73' Malagò  88'	Report	Crespo 3' Córdoba  32' Balotelli 65' Cruz  85'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 28,924 Referee: Andrea De Marco

Internazionale v Siena

17 May 2009 36	Internazionale	3–0	Siena	Milan
20:30 CET	Cambiasso 45' Balotelli 52' Ibrahimović 76'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 73,492 Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

Cagliari v Internazionale

24 May 2009 37	Cagliari	2–1	Internazionale	Cagliari
15:00 CET	Cossu 34'  35' Acquafresca 71'	Report	Ibrahimović 8' Chivu  73'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

Internazionale v Atalanta

31 May 2009 38	Internazionale	4–3	Atalanta	Milan
15:00 CET	Muntari 6' Ibrahimović 12', 81'  81' Stanković  56' Cambiasso 80'	Report	Doni 10', 53' Cigarini 25'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 69,405 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2008–09 Coppa Italia

Round of 16

Internazionale v Genoa

13 January 2009 Round of 16	Internazionale	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Genoa	Milan
21:00	Muntari  34' Adriano 76' Cambiasso 100' Obinna  102' Ibrahimović 104'	Report	Jurić  27' Rossi 79' Milanetto  83' Scarpi  86' Biava  110'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 6,623 Referee: Gabriele Gava

Quarter-finals

Internazionale v Roma

21 January 2009 Quarter-final	Internazionale	2–1	Roma	Milan
21:00	Adriano 10' Samuel  23' Ibrahimović 72'	Report	Juan  8' Vučinić  10' Perrotta  45+1' Taddei 61' Mexès  83'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 26,520 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Semi-finals

Sampdoria v Internazionale

4 March 2009 First leg	Sampdoria	3–0	Internazionale	Genoa
20:45 (CET)	Cassano 9' Gastaldello  25'  59' Pazzini 30', 42'	Report	Córdoba  53' Balotelli  57' Materazzi  87' Zanetti  87'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 14,185 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

Internazionale v Sampdoria

23 April 2009 Second leg	Internazionale	1–0 (1–3 agg.)	Sampdoria	Milan
20:45 (CET)	Córdoba  22' Ibrahimović 28'  32' Zanetti  79' Chivu  81' Materazzi  90+4'  90+4'	Report	Accardi  60' Raggi  63' Pazzini  88'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 41,138 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Supercoppa Italiana

Main article: 2008 Supercoppa Italiana

Internazionale v Roma

24 August 2008 Final	Internazionale	2–2 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Roma	Milan
20:45 CET	Stanković  15' Muntari 18' Ibrahimović  40' Balotelli 83'  105'	Report	Vučinić  12' 90' Pizarro  31' De Rossi 59' Cassetti  85'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 43,400 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani
	Penalties
	Ibrahimović Balotelli Stanković Maxwell Cambiasso Jiménez Zanetti		Vučinić Baptista Cassetti De Rossi Totti Pizarro Juan

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Panathinaikos	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10	Advance to knockout phase
2	Internazionale	6	2	2	2	8	7	+1	8
3	Werder Bremen	6	1	4	1	7	9	−2	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Anorthosis Famagusta	6	1	3	2	8	8	0	6

Source: RSSSF

Panathinaikos v Internazionale

16 September 2008 1	Panathinaikos	0–2	Internazionale	Athens, Greece
20:45 CET	Cleyton  33'	Report	Materazzi  22' Mancini 27' Maicon  46' Adriano 85'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 58,378 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Internazionale v Werder Bremen

1 October 2008 2	Internazionale	1–1	Werder Bremen	Milan, Italy
20:45 CET	Maicon 13' Stanković  60' Cruz  81'	Report	Baumann  21' Diego  53' Pizarro 67' Frings  68' Jensen  83'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 76,583 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Internazionale v Anorthosis

22 October 2008 3	Internazionale	1–0	Anorthosis	Milan, Italy
20:45 CET	Adriano 44'	Report	Katsavakis  62'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 45,021 Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Anorthosis v Internazionale

4 November 2008 4	Anorthosis	3–3	Internazionale	Nicosia, Cyprus
20:45 CET	Bardon 31' Panagi 45+1' Frousos 50'	Report	Balotelli 13' Materazzi 44' Cruz 80'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 17,140 Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

Internazionale v Panathinaikos

26 November 2008 5	Internazionale	0–1	Panathinaikos	Milan, Italy
20:45 CET		Report	Sarriegi 69' Galinović  89' Goumas  90+3'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 34,955 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

Werder Bremen v Internazionale

9 December 2008 6	Werder Bremen	2–1	Internazionale	Bremen, Germany
20:45 CET	Frings  28' Pizarro 63' Rosenberg 81' Fritz  84'	Report	Muntari  69' Ibrahimović 88' Balotelli  88'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Champions League knockout stage

Round of 16

Internazionale v Manchester United

24 February 2009 First leg	Internazionale	0–0	Manchester United	Milan, Italy
20:45 CET	Toldo  44' Chivu  57' Maicon  59' Córdoba  90+3'	Report	Fletcher  72' Rooney  88'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 80,018 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

Manchester United v Internazionale

11 March 2009 Second leg	Manchester United	2–0 (2–0 agg.)	Internazionale	Manchester, England
20:45 CET	Vidić 4' Ronaldo 49' Rooney  71'	Report	Samuel  53' Muntari  77'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 74,769 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

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

Last updated: 5 August 2008
Source: Serie A statistics, UEFA Champions League statistics, Coppa Italia statistics

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

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa		Supercoppa		Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
12	GK	BRA	Júlio César	45	0	36	0	1	0	1	0	7	0
13	DF	BRA	Maicon	41	5	27+2	4	2+1	0	1	0	8	1
2	DF	COL	Cordoba	37	2	26+2	2	2	0	0	0	6+1	0
26	DF	ROU	Chivu	26	0	20+1	0	1+2	0	0	0	2	0
6	DF	BRA	Maxwell	33	1	19+6	1	3	0	1	0	2+2	0
4	MF	ARG	Zanetti J	51	0	37+1	0	4	0	1	0	8	0
19	MF	ARG	Cambiasso	47	5	33+2	4	1+2	1	1	0	8	0
20	MF	GHA	Muntari	38	5	26+1	4	3	0	1	1	5+2	0
5	MF	SRB	Stankovic	38	5	26+5	5	1	0	1	0	5	0
8	FW	SWE	Ibrahimovic	47	29	35	25	2+1	3	1	0	7+1	1
45	FW	ITA	Balotelli	31	10	15+7	8	2	0	0+1	1	3+3	1
1	GK	ITA	Toldo	7	0	2+1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
25	DF	ARG	Samuel	20	1	17	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
39	DF	ITA	Santon	20	0	14+2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
16	DF	ARG	Burdisso	29	1	13+8	1	3	0	1	0	2+2	0
7	MF	POR	Figo	26	1	11+11	1	0	0	1	0	1+2	0
33	MF	BRA	Mancini	27	1	10+10	0	1+1	0	1	0	4	1
14	MF	FRA	Vieira	24	1	10+9	1	2	0	0	0	2+1	0
23	DF	ITA	Materazzi	15	1	8	0	2	0	0	0	5	1
9	FW	ARG	Julio Cruz	23	3	7+10	2	1	0	0	0	0+5	1
21	FW	NGA	Obinna	11	1	3+6	1	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	COL	Rivas	8	0	3+2	0	1	0	0+1	0	1	0
18	FW	ARG	Crespo	17	2	2+12	2	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	CHI	Jiménez	8	0	2+4	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
22	GK	ITA	Orlandoni	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF	ITA	Bolzoni	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
10	FW	BRA	Adriano	22	7	9+3	3	3	2	0	0	5+2	2
15	MF	FRA	Dacourt	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	MF	POR	Quaresma	19	1	7+6	1	0	0	0	0	3+3	0

Last updated: 31 June 2009
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

No.	Pos.	Nation	Name	Serie A	Champions League	Coppa Italia	Supercoppa Italiana	Total
8	FW		Zlatan Ibrahimović	25	1	3	0	29
45	FW		Mario Balotelli	8	1	0	1	10
10	FW		Adriano	3	2	2	0	7
5	MF		Dejan Stanković	5	0	0	0	5
13	DF		Maicon	4	1	0	0	5
19	MF		Esteban Cambiasso	4	0	1	0	5
20	MF		Sulley Muntari	4	0	0	1	5
#	Own goals			4	0	0	0	4
9	FW		Julio Cruz	2	1	0	0	3
2	DF		Iván Córdoba	2	0	0	0	2
18	FW		Hernán Crespo	2	0	0	0	2
7	MF		Luís Figo	1	0	0	0	1
14	MF		Patrick Vieira	1	0	0	0	1
16	DF		Nicolás Burdisso	1	0	0	0	1
21	FW		Victor Obinna	1	0	0	0	1
23	DF		Marco Materazzi	0	1	0	0	1
25	DF		Walter Samuel	1	0	0	0	1
33	MF		Mancini	0	1	0	0	1
77	MF		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		Zlatan Ibrahimović	7	2	0	0	9
13	DF		Maicon	6	1	0	0	7
20	MF		Sulley Muntari	7	0	0	0	7
5	MF		Dejan Stanković	6	0	0	0	6
10	FW		Adriano	3	1	0	0	4
18	FW		Hernán Crespo	3	0	0	0	3
19	MF		Esteban Cambiasso	3	0	0	0	3
33	MF		Mancini	3	0	0	0	3
45	FW		Mario Balotelli	1	2	0	0	3
6	DF		Maxwell	0	1	1	0	2
9	FW		Julio Cruz	2	0	0	0	2
39	DF		Davide Santon	2	0	0	0	2
77	MF		Ricardo Quaresma	2	0	0	0	2
2	DF		Iván Córdoba	1	0	0	0	1
7	MF		Luís Figo	1	0	0	0	1
11	MF		Luis Jiménez	1	0	0	0	1
14	MF		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	Júlio César	17	3	1	0	21
2	1	Francesco Toldo	1	1	0	0	2
3	22	Paolo Orlandoni	1	0	0	0	1
Total			9	1	0	4	14

Last updated: 31 May 2009.
Source: Internazionale

Disciplinary record

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