Javier Zanetti, pictured here in 2011, holds the records for most appearances with the club, with 858.
Football Club Internazionale Milano is an Italian professional association football club based in Milan that currently plays in the Italian Serie A. They were one of the founding members of Serie A in 1929, and are the only club never to have been relegated from the league. They have also been involved in European football, winning the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup three times each. Inter become the first Italian club to win back-to-back European Cups, achieving the feat in 1964 and 1965.
This list encompasses the major honours won by Inter Milan and records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Inter Milan players on the international stage, and the highest transfer fees paid and received by the club.
Inter has set various records since its founding. In 2010, Inter became the first Italian club to win the treble consisting of Serie A, the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Champions League.[1] Between 2005 and 2010, Inter won five consecutive national championships, a record which was broken by Juventus in the 2016–17 season. Inter has also signed several high-profile players, setting the world record in transfer fees on two occasions with the purchase of Ronaldo in 1997 and Christian Vieri in 1999.
The statistics listed below are updated to 10 June 2023.
Inter Milan have won 37 domestic trophies, including the league twenty times, the Coppa Italia nine times and the Supercoppa Italiana eight times. From 2006 to 2010, the club won five successive league titles, equalling the all-time record in that period. Inter has won the Champions League three times; two back-to-back titles in 1964 and 1965, and then another in 2010. The 2010 title completed an unprecedented Italian treble along with the Coppa Italia and the Scudetto. The club has also won three UEFA Cups, two Intercontinental Cups and one FIFA Club World Cup.
Most seasons played in Serie A: 92 (from 1929–30 season to 2023–24 season) (sole club that has played Serie A football in every season from 1909 to 2024)
Romelu Lukaku (pictured in 2017), signed in August 2019 from Manchester United for €80 million, became Inter's most expensive purchase. He was then sold for a club-record fee of €115 million to Chelsea two years later.
Highest transfer fees paid
Inter Milan's record signings are Romelu Lukaku and Christian Vieri. Lukaku was signed from Manchester United for a reported fee of €65 million in August 2019.[6] Vieri signed for the club from Lazio, for a fee which according to media reports is €49 million, in June 1999.[7]
^Initial transfer fee for Ibrahimović is indeterminable. Ibrahimović signed a 5-year contract, for €46 million and the exchange of Eto'o (valued at €20 million) and loan of Alexander Hleb (with an option to buy for a €10 million fee), with a €250 million release clause, making Ibrahimović worth €69 million. However, the Hleb deal collapsed. Eventually Ibrahimović cost Barcelona €69.884 million (£59 million), which included other fees. As per the Inter book the fee was €69.5 million, but part of the Inter fee (about 4.5%) was redistributed to youth clubs as solidarity contribution (except Juventus).
^€11 million of additional bonuses linked to the achievement of certain objectives, reaching a potential €71 million transfer fee.
^€5 million of additional bonuses linked to the achievement of certain objectives, reaching a potential €57.5 million transfer fee.
World Cup winning players
The following World Cup winning players played at Inter Milan at some point during their career. Highlighted players played for Inter Milan while winning the World Cup. Relatedly, there has been an Inter Milan player in the FIFA World Cup final for every edition since 1982.[26]
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