The 2014–15 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 106th in existence and 99th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. The team took part at Serie A, Coppa Italia and UEFA Europa League.
Season overview During the summer of 2014, Inter was left by the main protagonists of the 2009–10 Treble: the captain Javier Zanetti, Walter Samuel, Esteban Cambiasso and Diego Milito. Therefore, the only left of that season were Joel Obi and Rene Krhin, both returning from loan. The renewal signed by Walter Mazzarri added to the arrivals of new men (Gary Medel, Pablo Osvaldo, Yann M'Vila, Dodô and Nemanja Vidić) and several years without trophies helped the fans to predict a "year zero" for their club. The new era started on 20 August when, in the first leg of the Europa League play-off, Inter beat Stjarnan 3–0. The second leg match resulted in another large win of 6–0: Kovačić unlocked his record, scoring half of the goals. The results of Serie A were - instead - disappointing, except the 7–0 win over Sassuolo. Inter lost with Cagliari and Fiorentina, suffering a total of seven goals. Mazzarri put his job at risk due to a quarrel with Massimo Moratti, stating that "he didn't have time to waste". Despite a good European campaign, with eight points collected in four matches of the group stage, the coach was fired after a 2–2 draw with Hellas Verona. Erick Thohir bet on Roberto Mancini, who coached the side from 2004 to 2008 winning the Italian title for three consecutive years. Mancini made his debut in the Derby della Madonnina (1–1), then reached the European knockout phase on his fiftieth birthday. However, the gap with other opponents was unattainable at mid-season.
Mancini tried to resolve the problem of a team not built by him with new purchases (Podolski, Shaqiri and Brozović) and a policy based on young players such as Pușcaș, Bonazzoli, Gnoukouri, Donkor and Dimarco: however Inter had poor results, being defeated in both cups (Coppa Italia and Europa League). The attempt of getting a placement useful for European competitions failed in final matches, sticking Inter at eighth position. Icardi's goals - that crowned him Serie A top scorer - were not enough to save the season.
Kit Supplier: Nike / Sponsor: Pirelli
Kit information The new home kit is black with a thin blue pinstripe and also boasts a new enlarged and enhanced club crest. The club crest – in the version with the star on the top – will be present exclusively on the jersey. The shirt has a tailored black collar with a thin blue trim, which has a button at the top, and a placket with a hidden button. Inside the back of the neck is a pennant tab featuring the Saint George’s cross to represent the city of Milan’s coat of arms. On the back of the neck is "Inter" in a specially designed font, which has been used by the Nerrazzurri's most committed fans on flags and banners inside the San Siro since the 1970s. The new home shorts are black with a thin blue stripe along each side, and the new home socks are black with a wide tonal stripe of chevrons on the back. The new away kit has a ribbed crew neck collar and is white with a tonal light grey graphic on the front consisting of lines which create a Saint George's cross from the city of Milan's coat of arms. Inside the back of the neck is a pennant tab featuring the proud message "Milano E’ Solo Inter" (Milan is only Inter). It is written in a specially designed font. On the back of the neck is another Saint George's cross to once again proudly represent the city of Milan's coat of arms. The new away kit is completed by white shorts and socks.
Players
Squad information
Squad no.NameNationalityPositionDate of birth (age) Goalkeepers1Samir HandanovićGK18Juan Pablo CarrizoGK46Tommaso BerniGK Defenders2Jonathan RB/RM5Juan JesusCB/LB6Marco AndreolliCB14Hugo Campagnaro CB/RB15Nemanja VidićCB21Davide SantonRB/LB22DodôRB/LB23Andrea Ranocchia (captain)CB26FelipeCB33Danilo D'AmbrosioRB/LB/CB54Isaar DonkorCB55Yuto Nagatomo (vice-captain)RB/LB93Federico DimarcoLB/LM Midfielders10Mateo KovačićCM/AM/DM13Fredy GuarínCM/DM/AM17Zdravko KuzmanovićCM18Gary MedelDM/CM/CB20Joel ObiCM27Assane GnoukouriCM/DM29Gaston CamaraCM77Marcelo BrozovićAM/CM/DM88HernanesAM/CM/DM Forwards8Rodrigo PalacioSS9Mauro IcardiST11Lukas PodolskiSS28George PușcașST91Xherdan ShaqiriLW/RW/AM97Federico BonazzoliST Players transferred out during the season7Dani OsvaldoST19Rubén BottaAM44Rene KrhinCM90Yann M'VilaDM
Pre-season and friendlies
Pinzolo training camp
International Champions Cup
Other friendlies
Competitions Overview
Serie A
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Coppa Italia
UEFA Europa League
Play-off round
Group stage
Knockout phase
Round of 32
Round of 16
Statistics
Total Home Away Neutral Games played 52 26 26 Games won 21 12 9 Games drawn 17 7 10 Games lost 14 6 8 Biggest win 7–0 vs Sassuolo 7–0 vs Sassuolo 3–0 vs Stjarnan Biggest loss 1–4 vs Cagliari0–3 vs Fiorentina 1–4 vs Cagliari 0–3 vs Fiorentina Biggest win (League) 7–0 vs Sassuolo 7–0 vs Sassuolo Biggest win (Cup) — - - Biggest win (Europe) 6–0 vs Stjarnan 6–0 vs Stjarnan 3–0 vs Stjarnan Biggest loss (League) - - - Biggest loss (Cup) - - - Biggest loss (Europe) - - - Clean sheets 6 3 3 Goals scored 20 15 5 Goals conceded 1 0 1 Goal difference +19 +15 +4 Average per game 4 6.5 3 Average per game 0 0 0 Yellow cards 1 1 1 Red cards 0 0 0 Most appearances Top scorer Worst discipline Penalties for Penalties against League points Winning rate
Appearances and goals
! colspan="12" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Goalkeepers
! colspan="12" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Defenders
! colspan="12" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Midfielders
! colspan="12" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Forwards
! colspan="12" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Players transferred out during the season
Goalscorers {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" |- !width="7%"|No. !width="7%"|Pos. !width="7%"|Nation !width="20%"|Name !Serie A !Coppa Italia !Europa League !Total |- | 9 | FW | | Mauro Icardi | 22 | 1 | 4 |27 |- | 8 | FW | | Rodrigo Palacio | 8 | 0 | 4 |12 |- | 10 | MF | | Mateo Kovačić | 5 | 0 | 3 |8 |- | 7 | FW | | Dani Osvaldo | 5 | 0 | 2 |7 |- | 13 | MF | | Fredy Guarín | 6 | 0 | 1 |7 |- | 88 | MF | | Hernanes | 5 | 0 | 0 |5 |- | 33 | DF | | Danilo D'Ambrosio | 0 | 0 | 3 |3 |- | 91 | MF | | Xherdan Shaqiri | 1 | 1 | 1 |3 |- | 22 | DF | | Dodô | 0 | 0 | 2 |2 |- | 23 | DF | | Andrea Ranocchia | 2 | 0 | 0 |2 |- | 11 | FW | | Lukas Podolski | 1 | 0 | 0 |1 |- | 15 | DF | | Nemanja Vidić | 1 | 0 | 0 |1 |- | 17 | MF | | Zdravko Kuzmanović | 0 | 0 | 1 |1 |- | 20 | MF | | Joel Obi | 1 | 0 | 0 |1 |- | 77 | MF | | Marcelo Brozović | 1 | 0 | 0 |1
| colspan=3 | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 |1 |- |- bgcolor="F1F1F1" | colspan=4 | TOTAL | 59 | 2 | 21 | 82
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