The 2005–06 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 97th in existence and 90th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.
Season overview The 2005–06 Serie A season opened with success in the Supercoppa Italiana, beating Juventus 1–0 in extra time with a goal scored by Verón. During the Champions League group stage, the side managed to have a line-up of 11 foreign players on the pitch: the only European was Luís Figo, playing the second time. Despite a good first half (also including a 3–2 win in derby, that lacked since 2002) Inter did not have a great second half, and knocked out in the Champions League by Villarreal.
On the pitch, the season finished like the previous with third place and the win of the Coppa Italia against Roma. However, during the summer after the World Cup, Juventus and A.C. Milan were caught in the Calciopoli scandal: in late July, a few weeks after Italian national team triumph in Germany, Juventus was stripped of the title, and Inter was awarded the 2005–06 title. Further, the relegation of Juventus to Serie B made Inter the only club to be present in all seasons of the modern Serie A (from 1929–30).
Players Squad information
Squad no.NameNationalityPositionDate of birth (age) Goalkeepers1Francesco ToldoGK12Júlio CésarGK22Paolo OrlandoniGK Defenders2Iván Córdoba CB3Nicolás BurdissoCB4Javier Zanetti (Captain)RB / CM / RM11Siniša MihajlovićCB / DM / LB13Zé MariaRB / RM16Giuseppe Favalli LB / CB23Marco MaterazziCB25Walter SamuelCB33Pierre WoméLB / DM / LM Midfielders5Dejan StankovićCM / AM6Cristiano ZanettiDM / CM7Luís FigoRW / AM8David PizarroCM / DM14Juan Sebastián VerónCM / DM / AM18Kily GonzálezLW / AM19Esteban CambiassoDM21Santiago SolariCM31CésarLM / LB Forwards9Julio CruzCF10AdrianoCF20Álvaro RecobaSS / LW / AM30Obafemi MartinsCF
From youth squad
Transfers In Pos. Name from Type GK Júlio César Chievo Verona loan ended MF Luis Figo Real Madrid free DF Walter Samuel Real Madrid €16,0 million MF Santiago Solari Real Madrid €6,0 million MF David Pizarro Udinese €10,0 million plus half of Goran Pandev's rights MF Pierre Womé Brescia DF César Lazio loan DF Leonardo Bonucci Viterbese loan FW Goran Slavkovski Malmö GK Paolo Orlandoni Piacenza MF Sabri Lamouchi Genoa loan ended Out Pos. Name to Type FW Christian Vieri A.C. Milan MF Edgar Davids Tottenham Hotspur MF Andy van der Meyde Everton €3,5 million DF Francesco Coco Livorno loan DF Carlos Gamarra Palmeiras released MF Emre Belozoglu Newcastle United €5,8 million MF Giorgos Karagounis Benfica GK Fabián Carini Cagliari loan MF Sabri Lamouchi Marseille FW Nicola Ventola Atalanta MF Domenico Morfeo Parma €7,5 million FW Lampros Choutos Atalanta loan GK Mathieu Moreau Lucchese co-ownership DF Giovanni Pasquale Parma loan MF Stéphane Dalmat Racing Santander €1 million MF Francisco Farinós Mallorca
Winter In Pos. Name from Type DF Maxwell Ajax MF Lampros Choutos Atalanta loan ended Out Pos. Name from Type DF Maxwell Empoli loan MF Lampros Choutos Mallorca loan
Out Andy van der Meyde – Everton
Pre-season and friendlies Riscone di Brunico training camp
TIM Trophy
Südtirol Cup
Birra Moretti Trophy
Sky TV 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 Qualifying phase
Third qualifying round
Group stage
Knockout phase
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
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 || 12 || 8 || 1 || 59 |- |align=left|Games won || 23 || 7 || 4 || 1 || 35 |- |align=left|Games drawn || 7 || 3 || 4 || 0 || 14 |- |align=left|Games lost || 8 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 10 |- |align=left|Goals scored || 68 || 17 || 10|| 1 || 96 |- |align=left|Goals conceded || 30 || 9 || 6 || 0 || 45 |- |align=left|Goal difference || 38 || 8 || 4 || 1 || 51 |- |align=left|Clean sheets || 19 || 5 || 4 || 1 || 29 |- |align=left|Goal by substitute || – || – || – || – || – |- |align=left|Total shots || – || – || – || –|| – |- |align=left|Shots on target || – || – || – || –|| – |- |align=left|Corners || – || – || – || –|| – |- |align=left|Players used || 31 || 27 || 25 || 14 || – |- |align=left|Offsides || – || – || – || –|| – |- |align=left|Fouls suffered || – || – || – || –|| – |- |align=left|Fouls committed || – || – || – || –|| – |- |align=left|Yellow cards || 72 || 25 || 4 || 0 || 101 |- |align=left|Red cards || 4 || 2 || – || – || 6
Appearances and goals As of 14 May 2006
Notes
References
External links Official website RSSSF - Italy 2005/06