The 2011–12 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 103rd in existence and 96th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. The team competed for the 10th consecutive season in the Champions League, breaking a record for Italian clubs.
Season overview Massimo Moratti bets on Gian Piero Gasperini, the coach who in 2009 led Genoa to a comeback in UEFA competitions after 20 years. Other hopes have the faces and names of Ricky Álvarez - a winger - and Diego Forlán, a centre-forward bought in order to replace Samuel Eto'o, flown in Russia. Gasperini makes his official debut in Supercoppa Italiana, losing 2–1 to Milan and wasting the only seasonal chance to win a trophy. He is sacked in late September, due to a bad start in domestic league: Inter is defeated by Palermo and Novara, collecting just a draw with Roma.
Claudio Ranieri takes his place, but is not - at least in first weeks - luckier. Inter wins for the first time at home in October, beating Chievo 1–0. Between December 2011 and January 2012, anyway, the side manages to get a notable comeback: it includes 7 consecutive wins in league, and 8 overall. When this streak is stopped, however, Inter goes on the other extreme and, from 25 January to March 4, never wins a game. In the match against Catania Nerazzurri are losing 2–0 when, encouraged by their fans, manage to recover the gap for a 2–2 final. In the next matchday, the side returns to win: once again, Chievo is the «victim». Ranieri bursts into tears after the match, tears that will be of pain when - 4 days after - Olympique Marseille knocks Inter out of Champions League. Ranieri leads the team for other only 2 matches, being sacked after the 2–0 suffered from Juventus: it was the first derby of Italy hosted in Juventus Stadium. The third, and last, seasonal coach is Andrea Stramaccioni (aged 36): collecting 17 points in 9 final games, he manages to reach a sixth place and the preliminaries of Europa League as result of a hard season.
Kit
Type Shirt Shorts Socks Info Home Black / Blue Black Black Home Alt. Black / Blue White White Serie A, Match 2, September 11 against Palermo Home Alt. 2 Black / Blue White Black Serie A, Match 16, December 18 against Cesena Home Alt. 3 Black / Blue Black White 2011 Supercoppa Italiana, August 6 against Milan Away White White White Away White Black White Serie A, Match 5, September 24 against Bologna
Players Squad information
Squad no.NameNationalityPositionDate of birth (age) Goalkeepers1Júlio CésarGK12Luca CastellazziGK21Paolo OrlandoniGK Defenders2Iván Córdoba (vice-Captain)CB4Javier Zanetti (Captain)RB / CM / RM6LúcioCB13MaiconRB23Andrea Ranocchia CB25Walter SamuelCB26Cristian ChivuLB / CB / DM37Davide FaraoniRB40Juan JesusCB / LB55Yuto NagatomoLB / RB / LM Midfielders5Dejan StankovićCM / AM10Wesley SneijderAM / CM / LW11Ricky ÁlvarezAM / SS / CM14Fredy GuarínCM / DM / AM17Angelo PalomboDM / CM / CB18Andrea PoliCM / DM / AM19Esteban CambiassoDM / CM20Joel ObiCM / LM / RM Forwards7Giampaolo PazziniCF9Diego ForlánCF22Diego MilitoCF28Mauro ZárateCF / SS / AM30Luc CastaignosCF
Youth-squad players
Transfers Summer In
No. Pos. Name Moving From Type of Transfer Ends Notes Transfer fee Source 9 CF Diego Forlán Atlético Madrid Full ownership 2013 N/A €5,000,000 16 DF Luca Caldirola Primavera Promoted 20?? N/A Free 48 MF Lorenzo Crisetig Primavera Promoted 2014 N/A Free 55 DF Yuto Nagatomo Cesena Permanent move 2016 Transfer fee plus co-ownership of Caldirola and Garritano €4,500,000 inter.it 30 FW Luc Castaignos Feyenoord Full ownership 2016 N/A €1,500,000 feyenoord.nl 33 GK Emiliano Viviano Bologna Co-ownership solved N/A N/A €4,100,000 football-italia.net 11 MF Ricky Álvarez Vélez Sársfield Full ownership 2016 N/A €11,900,000 inter.it 42 DF Jonathan Santos Full ownership 2015 N/A €5,000,000 inter.it 18 MF Andrea Poli Sampdoria Loan 2012 Option to buy €1,000,000 28 FW Mauro Zárate Lazio Loan 2013 Option to buy €2,700,000
Out
Pos. Name Moving to Type of Transfer Notes Transfer fee Source DF Marco Materazzi Retirement Contract Termination Summer Free MF Houssine Kharja Genoa Loan ended Summer Free DF Nelson Rivas N/A Contract Termination Summer Free FW David Suazo Catania End of contract Summer Free FW Victor Obinna Lokomotiv Moscow End of contract Summer Free fclm.ru DF Cristiano Biraghi Juve Stabia Loan Summer Free inter.it MF McDonald Mariga Real Sociedad Loan Summer €1,500,000 FW Goran Pandev Napoli Loan Summer €1,500,000 DF Davide Santon Newcastle United Full ownership Summer €5,650,000 FW Samuel Eto'o Anzhi Makhachkala Transfer Full ownership €27,000,000
In/out
No. Pos. Name Moving From Transfer 1 Transfer fee 1 Moving To Transfer 2 Transfer fee 2 Source - GK Vid Belec Crotone Loan return Free Crotone Loan Free inter.it - FW Aiman Napoli Modena Loan return Free Juve Stabia Loan Free inter.it
Total spending: €35,700,000
Total income: €35,650,000
Net Income: €50,000
Winter
In
No. Pos. Name Moving From Type of Transfer Ends Notes Transfer fee Source13 MF Fredy Guarín Porto Loan, option to buy N/A N/A €1,500,000 17 MF Angelo Palombo Sampdoria Loan, option to buy N/A N/A €1,000,000 40 DF Juan Jesus Internacional Full ownership N/A N/A €3,800,000
Total spending: €6,300,000
Out
Pos. Name Moving to Type of Transfer Notes Transfer fee Source DF Jonathan Parma Loan N/A Undisclosed GK Emiliano Viviano Palermo Co-ownership N/A Free MF Philippe Coutinho Espanyol Loan N/A Free MF Sulley Muntari Milan Loan N/A Free MF Thiago Motta Paris Saint-Germain Transfer N/A €11,500,000
Total income: €11,500,000
Net Income: €5,200,000
Season Net Income: €5,150,000
Club
Non-playing staff
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Overview
Serie A
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches Kickoff times are in CET.
Coppa Italia
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Supercoppa Italiana
UEFA Champions League
Group stage
Knockout phase
Round of 16
Statistics Appearances and goals As of 13 May 2012
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season
Goalscorers No.Pos.NationNameSerie ACoppa ItaliaSupercoppa ItalianaChampions LeagueTotal 22 FW Diego Milito 24 0 0 2 26 7 FW Giampaolo Pazzini 5 0 0 3 8 10 MF Wesley Sneijder 4 0 1 0 5 19 MF Esteban Cambiasso 4 0 0 1 5 8 MF Thiago Motta 3 0 0 0 3 11 MF Ricky Álvarez 2 0 0 1 3 13 DF Maicon 2 1 0 0 3 25 DF Walter Samuel 2 0 0 1 3 28 FW Mauro Zárate 2 0 0 1 3 6 DF Lúcio 1 0 0 1 2 9 FW Diego Forlán 2 0 0 0 2 55 DF Yuto Nagatomo 2 0 0 0 2 18 MF Andrea Poli 0 1 0 0 1 23 DF Andrea Ranocchia 1 0 0 0 1 29 MF Philippe Coutinho 1 0 0 0 1 30 FW Luc Castaignos 1 0 0 0 1 37 DF Davide Faraoni 1 0 0 0 1 # Own goals 1 0 0 0 1 TOTAL 58 2 1 10 71 Last updated: 13 May 2012
Injuries during the season
DatePlayerInjuryEstimated Return DateSource 23 July 2011 Emiliano Viviano Complete lesion of anterior cruciate ligament in left knee. January 2012 inter.it 24 July 2011 Luca Castellazzi Blunt force trauma. August 2011 inter.it 7 September 2011 Thiago Motta Pulled hamstring (the biceps femoris muscle) in left thigh. September 2011 inter.it
Last updated: July 30, 2011
Awards
Individual Player Nat. Award Source Samuel Eto'o Golden Foot inter.it Javier Zanetti italic: nominated
References