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| fullname = Football Club Internazionale Milano [[Società per azioni|S.p.A.]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=FC Internazionale Milano S.p.A. |url=https://www.ft.com/stream/e617f5c3-8b3e-44f8-b528-54896002132c |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/stream/e617f5c3-8b3e-44f8-b528-54896002132c |archive-date=10 December 2022 |access-date=23 July 2021 |website=Financial Times |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Inter2021">{{Cite web |title=The history and evolution of the Inter crest |url=https://www.inter.it/en/news/2021-03-27-history-inter-crest |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720070635/https://www.inter.it/en/news/2021-03-27-history-inter-crest |archive-date=20 July 2022 |access-date=13 April 2024 |publisher=Inter.it |language=English |location=Milan}}</ref>
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| current = 2025–26 Inter Milan season
| nickname = {{unbulleted list|''I Nerazzurri'' (The Black and Blues)|''La Beneamata'' (The Well-Cherished One)|''Il [[Biscione]]'' (The Big [[Grass snake|Grass Snake]])}}
| short name = {{unbulleted list|Inter|Inter Milan}}
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1908|3|9}} (as ''Football Club Internazionale'')
| ground = [[Stadio Giuseppe Meazza]]
| capacity = 75,817 (limited capacity)<br />80,018 (maximum)
| owner = {{unbulleted list|{{nowrap|[[Oaktree Capital Management]]}} (99.6%)|Other shareholders (0.04%)<ref>List of shareholders on 30 June 2016, document purchased from Italian [[Camera di Commercio, Industria, Agricoltura e Artigianato|C.C.I.A.A.]]</ref> }}
| chairman = [[Giuseppe Marotta]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Inter shareholders approve new Board of Directors |url=https://www.inter.it/en/news/inter-shareholders-approve-new-board-of-directors-june-2024 |access-date=4 June 2024 |website=inter.it |language=en}}</ref>
| manager = [[Cristian Chivu]]
| mgrtitle = Head coach
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'''Football Club Internazionale Milano''', commonly referred to as '''Internazionale''' ({{IPA|it|internattsjoˈnaːle|pron}}) or simply '''Inter''' ({{IPA|it|'inter}}), and colloquially known as '''Inter Milan''' in other countries, including English-speaking countries,<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 May 2012 |title=Inter Milan arrives in Jakarta to prepare for two friendlies |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/05/24/inter-milan-arrives-jakarta-prepare-two-friendlies.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928143528/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/05/24/inter-milan-arrives-jakarta-prepare-two-friendlies.html |archive-date=28 September 2013 |access-date=25 July 2013 |work=The Jakarta Post}}</ref> is an Italian professional [[Association football|football]] [[List of football clubs in Italy|club]] based in [[Milan]], [[Lombardy]]. Inter is the only team to have always participated in the top division of Italian football since its debut in 1909, never being relegated to [[Serie B]]. Since 1947, Inter has shared the [[San Siro]] stadium—the largest stadium in Italy, with a capacity of 75,817<ref>{{Cite web |title=Structure - San Siro Stadium |url=https://www.sansirostadium.com/en/stadium/Structure#:~:text=Structure%20-%20San%20Siro%20Stadium&text=The%20San%20Siro%20Stadium%20with,the%20largest%20stadium%20in%20Italy. |access-date=1 June 2025 |website=www.sansirostadium.com}}</ref>—with [[AC Milan]], the club from which it originally split. The long-standing rivalry between the two clubs, known as the ''[[Derby della Madonnina]]'', is one of the most widely followed derbies in world football.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 May 2025 |title=Men's soccer rivalries to know: El Clásico, Manchester Derby |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/43360015/men-soccer-rivalries-know-el-clasico-manchester-derby |access-date=1 June 2025 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>

Founded in 1908 following a schism within the Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club (now AC Milan), Inter won its first championship in 1910. Since its formation, the club has won 37 domestic trophies, including 20 [[Serie A|league]] titles, nine [[Coppa Italia]], and eight [[Supercoppa Italiana]]. From 2006 to 2010, the club won five successive league titles, equaling the all-time record at that time.<ref name="Italy&nbsp;– List of Champions">{{Cite web |title=Italy&nbsp;– List of Champions |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/italchamp.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711150721/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/italchamp.html |archive-date=11 July 2022 |access-date=2 February 2023 |website=[[RSSSF]]}}</ref> They have won the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup/Champions League]] three times, their latest win in 2010 completed an unprecedented Italian [[Treble (association football)|seasonal treble]], with Inter winning the Serie A and the Coppa Italia the same year.<ref name="treble">{{cite news |date=22 May 2010 |title=Inter join exclusive treble club |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0250-0c50f4b42c3a-0fbc1831ccbe-1000--inter-join-exclusive-treble-club/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111175751/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=1490968.html |archive-date=11 November 2012 |access-date=9 August 2012 |website=[[UEFA]]}}</ref> The club has also won three [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cups]], two [[Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cups]], and one [[FIFA Club World Cup]]. Inter is the only Italian club that won at least an official trophy in every decade since the foundation of the club in 1908.<ref name=primati>{{cite book|author=Filippo Grassia |author2=Gianpiero Lotito |date=2010 |page=XIX |publisher=Sperling & Kupfer |title=Inter. Il calcio siamo noi}}<!-- auto-translated from Italian by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>

Inter has the highest home game attendance in Italy<ref>{{cite web|date=18 October 2024|title=Average matchday attendance in Serie A in 2023/24, by club |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/603298/soccer-average-attendances-at-serie-a-games-by-team-in-italy/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911004016/https://www.statista.com/statistics/603298/soccer-average-attendances-at-serie-a-games-by-team-in-italy/| archive-date=11 September 2024 |access-date=29 April 2025 |website=Statista}}</ref> and the fourth-highest attendance in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|date=23 June 2024|title=Top 20 Highest European Clubs Attendances |url=https://stadiumdb.com/lists/top-20-highest-european-clubs-attendances/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250214205037/https://stadiumdb.com/lists/top-20-highest-european-clubs-attendances/ | archive-date=14 February 2025 |access-date=29 April 2025 |website=StadiumDB}}</ref> Since May 2024, the club has been owned by American [[asset management company]] [[Oaktree Capital Management]].<ref name="Suning">{{cite news |title=Suning Holdings Group acquires majority stake of FC Internazionale Milano S.p.A. |url=http://www.inter.it/en/news/53171 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609205104/http://www.inter.it/en/news/53171 |archive-date=9 June 2016 |access-date=6 June 2016 |publisher=Inter Milan}}</ref>

==History==
{{main|History of Inter Milan}}

===Foundation and early years (1908–1960)===
[[File:Internazionale1910Scudetto.jpg|thumb|Inter squad in 1910]]

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{{blockquote|1="''Questa notte splendida darà i colori al nostro stemma: il nero e l'azzurro sullo sfondo d'oro delle stelle. Si chiamerà Internazionale, perché noi siamo fratelli del mondo.''" |2=Giorgio Muggiani, 9 March 1908, Milan<ref>{{Cite web |title=Qualcosa di speciale? La patch 105 |url=http://www.inter.it/it/news/61746 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402094227/http://www.inter.it/it/news/61746 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |access-date=18 September 2014 |website=inter.it |language=it}}</ref>}}
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{{blockquote|1="''This wonderful night will give us the [[Tincture (heraldry)|colours]] of our crest: black and blue against a backdrop of stars. It shall be called International, because we are brothers of the world.''" |2=Giorgio Muggiani, 9 March 1908, Milan<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 March 2017 |title=#WisdomWednesday: 9 March 1908 |url=https://www.inter.it/en/news/2017-03-8-wisdomwednesday-9-march-1908 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240414162351/https://www.inter.it/en/news/2017-03-8-wisdomwednesday-9-march-1908 |archive-date=14 April 2024 |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=Inter.it |publisher=F.C. Internazionale Milano |language=English |quote=It will be born here at l'Orologio restaurant, a gathering place for artists. And it will forever be a very talented team. This wonderful night will give us the colours for our crest: black and blue against a backdrop of gold stars. It will be called Internazionale, because we are brothers of the world. |location=Milan}}</ref>}}
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The club was founded on 9 March 1908 as ''Football Club Internazionale'', when a group of players left the Milan Cricket and Football Club (now [[AC Milan]]) to form a new club because they wanted to accept more foreign players.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gifford |first=Clive |date=27 February 2024 |title=Inter Milan |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Inter-Milan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214092225/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Inter-Milan |archive-date=14 February 2024 |access-date=29 February 2024 |website=britannica.com |publisher=Encyclopedia Britannica |quote=Inter was formed in 1908 by a breakaway group of players from the Milan Cricket and Football Club (now known as AC Milan) who wanted their club to accept more foreign players}}</ref> The name of the club derives from the wish of its founding members to accept foreign players as well as Italians.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wright |first=Chris |date=6 June 2023 |title='Internazionale'? 'Inter Milan'? Just plain 'Inter'? What should we call Manchester City's Champions League final opponents? |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37800828/internazionale-inter-milan-inter-call-manchester-citys-champions-league-final-opponents |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924112607/https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37800828/internazionale-inter-milan-inter-call-manchester-citys-champions-league-final-opponents |archive-date=24 September 2023 |access-date=29 February 2024 |website=espn.com |publisher=ESPN |quote=[T]he founding members decided to adopt a name that reflected their open-door policy.}}</ref> The club won its first championship in 1910 and its second in 1920.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brennan |first=Feargal |date=30 April 2023 |title=What is the Scudetto in Italy? Meaning, history, and past winners as Napoli near Serie A championship |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/soccer/news/scudetto-meaning-history-serie-a-past-winners-champions/wkxne6vcgnwuemtzuvxpzryd |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240302035735/https://www.sportingnews.com/us/soccer/news/scudetto-meaning-history-serie-a-past-winners-champions/wkxne6vcgnwuemtzuvxpzryd |archive-date=2 March 2024 |access-date=1 March 2024 |website=sportingnews.com |publisher=The Sporting News}}</ref> The captain and coach of the first championship winning team was [[Virgilio Fossati]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Bianchi |first=Mattia |date=4 November 2023 |title=Virgilio Fossati: Dal campo di calcio al campo di battaglia |trans-title=Virgilio Fossati: From the football field to the battlefield |url=https://mam-e.it/dal-campo-da-calcio-di-battaglia-storia-virgilio-fossati/ |access-date=1 March 2024 |magazine=MAMe |publisher=MAM-E srls |location=Milan |language=Italian}}</ref> who was later killed in battle while serving in the Italian army during World War I.<ref>{{Cite web  |date=9 September 2019 |title=Milan's legendary Azzurri leaders |url=https://www.fifa.com/news/milan-s-legendary-azzurri-leaders |access-date=1 March 2024 |work=FIFA}}</ref>

In [[1921–22 Prima Divisione|1922]], Inter was at risk of relegation to the [[Seconda Divisione|Second Division]] of [[Lega Nord (football)|Northern League]], but they remained in the top league after winning two play-offs.

Six years later, during the Fascist era, the club merged with the ''[[Unione Sportiva Milanese]]'' and, for political reasons, was renamed ''Società Sportiva Ambrosiana''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Storia |url=http://www.inter.it/en/societa/storia.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130141713/http://www.inter.it/en/societa/storia.html |archive-date=30 January 2010 |access-date=6 September 2007 |publisher=FC Internazionale Milano}}</ref> During the 1928–29 season, the team wore white [[Jersey (clothing)|jerseys]] with a red cross emblazoned on it; the jersey's design was inspired by the flag and coat of arms of the city of Milan.{{sfn|Galasso|2015|pp=17-18}} In 1929, the new club chairman Oreste Simonotti changed the club's name to ''Associazione Sportiva Ambrosiana'' and restored the previous black-and-blue jerseys; however, supporters continued to call the team ''Inter'', and in 1931, new chairman Pozzani succumbed to shareholder pressure and changed the name to ''Associazione Sportiva Ambrosiana-Inter''.

[[File:Giuseppe Meazza 1935.jpg|thumb|upright|left|[[Giuseppe Meazza]] still holds the record for the most goals scored in a debut season in Serie A, with 31 goals in his first season (1929–30).]]

Inter won its third championship titles in 1930 with the Hungarian coach [[Arpad Weisz]] in the first ever edition of [[Serie A]], and the fourth in 1938 with former player [[Armando Castellazzi]] as a 33 years old coach, that set the record for the youngest coach ever to win the national title that lasts to this day. Inter also got their first [[Coppa Italia]] (Italian Cup) in [[1938–39 Coppa Italia|1939]] with the decisive goal in the final scored by Olympic gold medal and [[Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics|top scorer in 1936 Olympics]] [[Annibale Frossi]]. Inter main star and the captain of the team in this period was [[Giuseppe Meazza]], one of the greatest Italian player of all time with two [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] won with the National team and the greatest scorer in Inter history with 284 goals, and after whom the [[San Siro]] stadium is officially named after his death in 1980. 38 goals scored by Meazza in 39 matches in 1929-1930 is a seasonal record in Inter history still unbeaten today. Inter ended also three consecutive times in 2nd place between 1933 and 1935; in those years many South Americans of Italian origin arrived in [[Milan]] to circumvent the regime's rules that prohibit the hiring of foreign players: Uruguayan players like World Cup Winner in [[1930 FIFA World Cup final|1930]] [[Hector Scarone]] and [[Ernesto Mascheroni]] and also [[Ricardo Faccio]] and [[Francesco Frione]], and Argentinian like [[Attilio Demaría]] that stayed 10 seasons with the club. A fifth championship followed in 1940, that ended a decade dominated by three teams: Inter, [[Bologna Football Club 1909|Bologna]] and the historic rival [[Juventus Football Club|Juventus]], while AC Milan didn't win a title for 44 years from 1907 to 1951 and didn't win a single derby for a record 17 matches from 1928 to 1938.

In the 1930s Inter also played for seven times in one of the first major European football cups, the [[Mitropa Cup|Central European Cup]], with Meazza that was a record three times topscorer of the competition; coached by Árpád Weisz Inter reached the final in [[1933 Mitropa Cup|1933]], when after had won the first leg in Milan 2–1, lost 3–1 in 9 men against [[Austria Vienna]]. 4 out of 11 players of that team: Meazza, [[Luigi Allemandi]], [[Attilio Demaría]] and [[Armando Castellazzi]] would go on to win the [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934 World Cup]] with [[Italy national football team|Italian national team]], while other five Inter players will contribute to the win of [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938 World Cup]] with Italy: Meazza, [[Ugo Locatelli]], [[Giovanni Ferrari]], [[Pietro Ferraris]] and [[Renato Olmi]].
[[File:1953–54 Football Club Internazionale.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|right|A line-up of Inter in the 1953–54 season. From left to right, standing: [[Benito Lorenzi]], [[Lennart Skoglund]], [[Fulvio Nesti]], [[Bruno Mazza]], [[Attilio Giovannini]] (captain), [[István Nyers]]; crouched: [[Bruno Padulazzi]], [[Gino Armano]], [[Maino Neri]], [[Giorgio Ghezzi]], [[Giovanni Giacomazzi]].]]
After the end of World War II, the club's name changed back to its original one, Internazionale,<ref name="Inter2021" /> and it come close to win Serie A title in two occasions, one in the last season of [[Grande Torino]] in 1949, against whom Inter were the last team to face them on 30 April 1949 five days before the [[Superga air disaster]], and in 1951 for just one point, with the contribution of great players acquired by president [[Carlo Masseroni]] in these years, like [[Gino Armano]], [[Amedeo Amadei]], the first Dutch player in club history [[Faas Wilkes]] and the Hungarian [[István Nyers]] from [[Stade Français (association football)|Stade Français]]; Inter will win its sixth championship in 1953 and its seventh in 1954, for the first time in two consecutive years, coached by [[Alfredo Foni]] and led by two of the most prolific strikers in club history: István Nyers and [[Benito Lorenzi]] with the Swedish [[Lennart Skoglund]] that completed the offensive trio. One of the crucial matches of the 1954 Scudetto was the direct clash for the title, that saw Inter victory over Juventus for 6-0, the club's biggest victory in the [[Derby d'Italia]].

In May 1955, [[Angelo Moratti]] became the new owner of Inter, and in the first years of his presidency got disappointing results despite strong players like forwards, [[Eddie Firmani]] and the Argentinian [[Antonio Angelillo|Angelillo]] who scored an all-time record in a season in Serie A with 18 teams: 33 goals in 33 matches in [[1958–59 Serie A|1958-1959 season]], tied also Meazza seasonal record of 38 goals in 39 matches.

Moratti in the following years put foundations to one of the greatest team in football history<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 May 2015 |title=The greatest teams of all time: Inter 1962-67|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0253-0d7ff54821f7-e2055930d1e0-1000--the-greatest-teams-of-all-time-inter-1962-67/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241126223427/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0253-0d7ff54821f7-e2055930d1e0-1000--the-greatest-teams-of-all-time-inter-1962-67/ |archive-date=26 November 2024 |access-date=11 June 2025 }}</ref> starting from the debut of a 16 years old [[Mario Corso]] and the acquisition of [[Aristide Guarneri]] in 1958, and under Argentinian coach [[Helenio Herrera]] in 1960 with the signing of [[Giacinto Facchetti]] and [[Armando Picchi]].

===''Grande Inter'' (1960–1967)===
[[File:1964–65 European Cup - Inter Milan's Suárez, Facchetti, Peiró and Bedin with the trophy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|right|[[Luis Suárez (footballer, born 1935)|Luis Suárez]], [[Giacinto Facchetti]], [[Joaquín Peiró]] and [[Gianfranco Bedin]] with 1965 European Cup trophy]]

In 1960, manager [[Helenio Herrera]] joined Inter from [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] and in his first season as a coach in Milan, after having led the table for most of the season, lost the title in the last games of the season, with the infamous episode during Juventus–Inter held in Turin in April 1961 when the match was stopped after 30 minutes when Juventus supporters invaded the pitch, with Inter being awarded the game 2–0. Then, after two months, in June before the last decisive match of Serie A with the two teams tied in first place, the [[Italian Football Federation]], presided by Juventus president [[Umberto Agnelli]], decided that the match between the two teams had to be replayed after the last game scheduled for the season; with Inter loss and a draw for Juventus, the following match became useless and in open contestation Angelo Moratti ordered Herrera to put the Inter youth team against the Turinese squad: the match ended 9–1 for Juventus, with the only goal scored for Inter by an 18-year-old, the son of [[Valentino Mazzola]], [[Sandro Mazzola]] who later would become one of the greatest legends in the history of the club.

[[File:1973–74 Inter Milan - Sandro Mazzola and Helenio Herrera.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|right|[[Helenio Herrera]], the most successful coach in club's history, guided Inter for a record 9 seasons]] After his first season in Milan, Herrera brought with him for a record fee of 25 million pesetas<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 April 2025 |title=Luis Suárez: Spain's first EURO superstar|url=https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/news/0253-0d80144ac44a-042b512864ec-1000--luis-suarez-spain-s-first-euro-superstar |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710214303/https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/news/0253-0d80144ac44a-042b512864ec-1000--luis-suarez-spain-s-first-euro-superstar |archive-date=10 July 2023 |access-date=11 April 2025 }}</ref> Spanish midfielder [[Luis Suárez (footballer, born 1935)|Luis Suárez]] who won the [[European Footballer of the Year]] in 1960 for his role in Barcelona's [[La Liga]]/[[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup|Fairs Cup]] double.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 August 2019 |title=Who Single-Handedly Changed the Beautiful Game |url=https://www.si.com/soccer/2019/08/07/helenio-herrera-innovator-who-single-handedly-changed-beautiful-game |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305022746/https://www.si.com/soccer/2019/08/07/helenio-herrera-innovator-who-single-handedly-changed-beautiful-game |archive-date=5 March 2024 |access-date=21 March 2024 |publisher=Sport Illustrated}}</ref> Herrera would transform Inter into one of the leading teams in Europe that would win three Serie A titles in four years, two [[European Cup]]s and two [[Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cup]]s in a row.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 August 2019 |title=Grande Inter – A tribute to the eternal side from Milan |work=El Arte Del Futbol |url=https://www.elartedf.com/grande-inter-tribute-internal-milan/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321195239/https://www.elartedf.com/grande-inter-tribute-internal-milan/ |archive-date=21 March 2024 |access-date=21 March 2024 |last1=Mazumder |first1=Deepankar }}</ref> He modified a 5–3–2 tactic known as the "''Verrou''" ("door bolt"), which created greater flexibility for counterattacks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 April 2013 |title=Great Team Tactics: Breaking Down Helenio Herrera's 'La Grande Inter' |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1606149-great-team-tactics-breaking-down-helenio-herreras-la-grande-inter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022170657/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1606149-great-team-tactics-breaking-down-helenio-herreras-la-grande-inter |archive-date=22 October 2023 |access-date=21 March 2024 |publisher=Bleacher Report}}</ref> The ''[[catenaccio]]'' system was invented by an Austrian coach, [[Karl Rappan]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sahu |first=Amogha |date=2 August 2011 |title=World Football: The 5 Greatest Tactical Innovations in Football History |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/787166-world-football-the-five-greatest-tactical-innovations-in-football-history |access-date=25 May 2020 |publisher=Bleacher Report}}</ref> Rappan's original system was implemented with four fixed defenders, playing a strict man-to-man marking system, plus a [[playmaker]] in the middle of the field, who plays the ball together with two midfield [[Winger (association football)|wings]]. Herrera would modify it by adding a fifth defender, the [[Sweeper (association football)|sweeper or libero]], behind the two [[centre back]]s. The sweeper or ''libero'', who acted as the free man, would deal with any attackers who went through the two [[centre back]]s.<ref name="Helenio Herrera: More than just catenaccio" /> Inter finished third in the Serie A in his first season, second the next year and first in his third season. Then followed a back-to-back [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] victory in 1964 and 1965, earning him the title "''il Mago''" ("the Wizard").<ref name="Helenio Herrera: More than just catenaccio">{{Cite web |title=Helenio Herrera: More than just catenaccio |url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=61622/profile.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116143638/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=61622/profile.html |archive-date=16 January 2017 |access-date=10 September 2014 |website=www.fifa.com |publisher=FIFA}}</ref> The core of Herrera's team were the goalkeeper [[Giuliano Sarti]], the [[Full-back (association football)|full-back]]s [[Tarcisio Burgnich]] and [[Giacinto Facchetti]], [[Armando Picchi]] the sweeper, Suárez the playmaker, the Brazilian [[Jair da Costa|Jair]] the right winger, [[Mario Corso]] the left winger and [[Sandro Mazzola]], who played on the inside-right.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mazzola: Inter is my second family |url=https://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/news/newsid/707/431/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009215949/http://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/news/newsid/707/431/index.html |archive-date=9 October 2014 |access-date=11 September 2014 |publisher=FIFA}}</ref><ref name="leggenda">{{Cite web |title=La leggenda della Grande Inter |trans-title=The legend of the Grande Inter |url=http://www.inter.it/it/societa/storia2005-2.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019213304/http://www.inter.it/it/societa/storia2005-2.html |archive-date=19 October 2012 |access-date=10 September 2014 |publisher=Inter.it |language=it}}</ref><ref name="sempreinter">{{Cite web |date=15 October 2012 |title=La Grande Inter: Helenio Herrera (1910–1997) – "Il Mago" |url=http://www.sempreinter.com/2012/10/15/la-grande-inter-helenio-herrera-1910-1997-il-mago/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911110359/http://www.sempreinter.com/2012/10/15/la-grande-inter-helenio-herrera-1910-1997-il-mago/ |archive-date=11 September 2014 |access-date=10 September 2014 |publisher=Sempre Inter |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Great Team Tactics: Breaking Down Helenio Herrera's 'La Grande Inter' |url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1606149-great-team-tactics-breaking-down-helenio-herreras-la-grande-inter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220192454/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1606149-great-team-tactics-breaking-down-helenio-herreras-la-grande-inter |archive-date=20 December 2014 |access-date=10 September 2014 |website=Bleacher Report}}</ref><ref name="Obituary">{{Cite news |last=Fox |first=Norman |date=11 November 1997 |title=Obituary: Helenio Herrera – Obituaries, News |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obitaury-helenio-herrera-1293412.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100303163359/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obitaury-helenio-herrera-1293412.html |archive-date=3 March 2010 |access-date=22 April 2011 |work=The Independent |location=UK}}</ref>

[[File:Formazione dell'Inter 1964-1965.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left|La "Grande Inter" in 1964–1965 season standing from left to right: [[Giuliano Sarti|Sarti]], [[Aristide Guarneri|Guarneri]], [[Giacinto Facchetti|Facchetti]], [[Carlo Tagnin|Tagnin]], [[Tarcisio Burgnich|Burgnich]], [[Armando Picchi|Picchi]] (c). Front row from left to right: [[Jair da Costa|Jair]], [[Sandro Mazzola|Mazzola]], [[Luis Suárez (footballer, born 1935)|Suárez]], [[Mario Corso|Corso]], [[Aurelio Milani|Milani]].]]

After the Serie A title won in the previous season, in 1964 Inter reached the [[1964 European Cup Final|European Cup Final]] by beating [[Borussia Dortmund]] in the semi-final and [[FK Partizan|Partizan]] in the quarter-final.{{sfn|Sarugia|2007|pp=59-71}} In the final in [[Praterstadion]], [[Vienna]], they met [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]], a team that had reached seven out of the nine finals to date.{{sfn|Sarugia|2007|pp=59-71}} Mazzola scored two goals and one from [[Aurelio Milani|Milani]] in a 3–1 victory, becoming also the first ever team to win the tournament without losing a single game.

The team also won the [[1964 Intercontinental Cup|Intercontinental Cup]]; after having lost the first match in Argentine against [[Independiente de Avellaneda|Independiente]] 1–0, Inter won second leg 2–0 in San Siro with goals from Mazzola and Corso, in the third decisive match played at the [[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium|Santiago Bernabeu]], Inter won in extra-time with a goal from Mario Corso, the first Italian club to win the trophy and become club world champion.

In 1964, Inter added other important players [[Angelo Domenghini]], [[Gianfranco Bedin]] and another Spanish [[Joaquín Peiró]], who played with consistency and was decisive in European Cup where three foreign players could play at the same time, while in Serie A only two were allowed to play.
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| GK = [[Giuliano Sarti|Sarti]]
| RB = [[Tarcisio Burgnich|Burgnich]]
| CB = [[Armando Picchi|Picchi]] (c)
| ACB = [[Aristide Guarneri|Guarneri]]
| LWB = [[Giacinto Facchetti|Facchetti]]
| CM = [[Gianfranco Bedin|Bedin]]
| LAM = [[Luis Suárez Miramontes|Suárez]]
| LW = [[Mario Corso|Corso]]
| RW = [[Jair da Costa|Jair]]
| RAM = [[Sandro Mazzola|Mazzola]]
| CF = [[Joaquín Peiró|Peiró]]
| caption = [[1965 European Cup Final]] starting lineup vs. [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]]
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[[File:Inter Milan 1971-1972 Sandro Mazzola.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Sandro Mazzola]] played for the highly successful Inter team remembered by the name of "La Grande Inter" in the 1960s, he spent all of his 17 career seasons from 1960 to 1977 with Inter shirt.]]
A year later, after have defeated [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] in the semi-final second leg 3–0 recovering from a 3–1 defeat at [[Anfield]], with Facchetti scoring the decisive goal, Inter repeated the feat by beating two-time winner [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]] in the [[1965 European Cup Final|final]] held at home, from a Jair goal, and then again beat Independiente in the [[1965 Intercontinental Cup|Intercontinental Cup]] with a 3–0 win in San Siro, with two goals from Mazzola and one from Peirò, and a draw in Argentine, becoming the first European team to win two times in a row the competition. Inter came close to winning the [[Treble (association football)|Treble]] for the first time in European football history that year, after having also won the [[1964–65 Serie A|Serie A title]], but lost the [[1965 Coppa Italia final|Coppa Italia final]] against Juventus in a game played in the last days of August 1965.

Facchetti was voted second in [[1965 Ballon d'Or]] rankings, just missing out the chance to become the first defender to win the award.

Inter again reached semi-finals of the [[1965–66 European Cup|European cup]] in 1966, but this time lost against a Real Madrid team that would go on to win the tournament, while in national championship Herrera's squad won the tenth scudetto in club history, the first [[Star (sport badge)|Star]].

At the end of the season, Moratti signed two of the greatest players of all time: [[Franz Beckenbauer]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 November 2014 |title=Beckenbauer: "Nel 1966 avevo firmato per l'Inter, ma poi tutto saltò" |url=http://www.repubblica.it/sport/calcio/serie-a/inter/2014/11/05/news/beckenbauer_fu_vicino_a_inter-99813075/}}<!-- auto-translated from Italian by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> and [[Eusebio]];<ref>{{Cite web |author=Mario Gherarducci |date=5 January 2002 |title=Il rimpianto di Eusebio: "Ero dell'Inter, maledetta Corea" |url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2002/gennaio/05/rimpianto_Eusebio_Ero_dell_Inter_co_0_0201053152.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208042816/http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2002/gennaio/05/rimpianto_Eusebio_Ero_dell_Inter_co_0_0201053152.shtml |archive-date=8 February 2014 |page=39 |periodical=Corriere della Sera}}<!-- auto-translated from Italian by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> but, after [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966 World Cup]] when Italian National Team was eliminated by North Korea, the Italian Federation decided to block new signings of foreign players, a ban which lasted until 1980; thus, the contracts with the two players were cancelled.

In 1967, after Inter eliminated Real Madrid in quarter-finals, with Suárez and Jair injured, Inter lost the European Cup final in [[Lisbon]] 2–1 to [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]]; a week later, despite the first position, with a lost against [[Mantova 1911|Mantova]] in the last match of the championship, Inter lost also the Serie A title and, a week later, the Coppa Italia semi-final against [[Calcio Padova|Padova]], putting an end de facto to the Grande Inter cicle with the first season without trophy since 1961–1962.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The official website for European football |url=https://www.uefa.com/errors/ |access-date=29 June 2024 |website=[[UEFA]] |language=en}}</ref> During that year, the club changed its name to ''Football Club Internazionale Milano'', and in 1968 after 13 years [[Angelo Moratti]] sold the team to [[Ivanoe Fraizzoli]], and also Helenio Herrera left the team.

===Subsequent achievements (1967–1991)===

Facchetti, captain of [[Italy national football team|Italian National team]] for an all-time record of 11 years, Burnich and Guarneri formed also the defense of Italy that won [[UEFA Euro 1968 final|UEFA Euro 1968]] with Mazzola and Domenghini, and that with the addition of Inter players [[Roberto Boninsegna]] and [[Mario Bertini]] also reached [[1970 FIFA World Cup final|final of 1970 World Cup]] against Brazil, tournament known also for the famous semifinal match, the so-called "[[Italy v West Germany (1970 FIFA World Cup)|Game of the Century]]" against Germany.

[[File:1970-1971 Inter Milan.jpg|thumb|left|A line-up of F.C. Internazionale Milano during the Scudetto winning 1970–71 season]]
Following the golden era of the 1960s, Inter managed to win their eleventh league title in [[1970–71 Serie A|1971]] under the coach [[Giovanni Invernizzi (footballer, born 1931)|Giovanni Invernizzi]] who took over the job during the season with the team that made a great comeback after have had a difficult start, with 23 consecutive matches without a loss, with [[Roberto Boninsegna]], one of the greatest strikers in club history, who led the league with 24 goals in that seasons and repeated the feat the following season with 22.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Toscani |first=Oliviero |title=Inter! 100 anni di emozioni 1908-2008 |publisher=Skira |year=2008 |isbn=978-88-6130-622-6 |publication-place=Milan |language=Italian}}</ref> Inter reached for the second time in five years the European Cup final in [[1972 European Cup final|1972]] after have defetead [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]], [[Standard Liège]] and Celtic in the semi-final, with a team which still featured Facchetti, Mazzola, Burnich, Jair, Bedin and Corso (the latter who could not play in the remain matches of the competition for disqualification after the red card at the end of the first match against Mönchengladbach) and also a young [[Gabriele Oriali]]. The final held in [[Rotterdam]] saw the victory for 2–0 of [[Johan Cruyff]]'s [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]] that won the trophy for the second consecutive season.
[[File:1971–72 Inter Milan - Roberto Boninsegna.jpg|thumb|right|[[Roberto Boninsegna]] scored 173 goals in 285 matches for Inter, still holds the all-time Serie A record of 19 consecutive penalties scored]]

The return of Helenio Herrera in 1973 as Inter coach lasted only 16 matches, for a heart attack that obliged him to leave the coaching job. Mazzola retired in 1977 and Facchetti, the last member of La Grande Inter, retired in 1978 as the most prolific defender in the history of Serie A with 59 goals scored and after having won the last trophy of his career, the Coppa Italia.

Inter won their twelfth scudetto in [[1979–80 Serie A|1980]], the last one won in the history of Serie A by a team composed entirely of Italian players, and also added two to its Coppa Italia tally, in [[1977–78 Coppa Italia|1977–78]] (with the future captain [[Graziano Bini]] who scored the decisive goal in the final against Napoli) and in [[1981–82 Coppa Italia|1981–82]], both under coach [[Eugenio Bersellini]]. [[Alessandro Altobelli]], who later became the all-time leading scorer in Coppa Italia and in International competition for the club and played for Inter for 11 seasons, scored 209 goals, second only to Giuseppe Meazza. Altobelli also scored three goals against Juventus in a 4-0 victory on 11 November 1979, a feat which was repeated again five years later on the same day on 11 November 1984, with the same result, this time with the first two goals in Serie A for [[Karl-Heinz Rummenigge]].

In this period, AC Milan were relegated two times in [[Serie B]], the first time in 1980 for implications involved in the [[Totonero 1980|Totonero scandal]] and then again after the team ended its [[1981–82 Serie A|1981–82]] campaign in third-last place.

In 1981, Inter reached for the sixth time in six participations the semi-final of the [[European Cup]], this time against Real Madrid, a classic match,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mura |first=Gianni |date=22 March 1986 |title=STORIA SENZA FINE CON TANTE PUNTATE INDIMENTICABILI |url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1986/03/22/storia-senza-fine-con-tante-puntate-indimenticabili.html |access-date=25 June 2025 |work=La Repubblica}}</ref> and who they would encounter again in three different European competitions throughout the 1980s: in [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]] quarter-finals in 1983 and in [[Uefa Cup]] semi-finals in 1985 and 1986.
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[[Giuseppe Bergomi]], the youngest player to make his professional debut in first team in the history of the club at 16 years old, one month and eight days in January 1980, remained at Inter for all his career for a record 20 seasons, till the end of 1998-1999 season. Bergomi with Oriali, Altobelli, [[Gianpiero Marini]] and [[Ivano Bordon]] were part of Italy squad that won [[1982 FIFA World Cup]].

The Italian federation reopened the possibility to sign foreign players in 1980; in the following years, Inter signed among others: [[Herbert Prohaska]], [[Hansi Müller]] from [[VfB Stuttgart]], two times [[Ballon d'Or]] winner [[Karl-Heinz Rummenigge]] from [[Bayern Munich]] (who formed a deadly duo with Altobelli), [[Liam Brady]] and Argentinian [[Daniel Passarella]]. Other important players in that time were Italians [[Walter Zenga]] (voted as [[IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper|World's Best Goalkeeper]] by [[IFFHS]] for three years in a row in 1989, 1990 and 1991) and the defenders [[Giuseppe Baresi]], Bergomi and [[Riccardo Ferri]].

Led by the German duo of [[Andreas Brehme]] and [[Lothar Matthäus]], with [[Aldo Serena]] top scorer in Serie A with 22 goals, Argentine [[Ramón Díaz]] and [[Nicola Berti]], Inter, coached by [[Giovanni Trapattoni]], captured the [[1988–89 Serie A|1989 Serie A championship]] setting many record, the so called “Scudetto dei Record”: ended with an all-time record for most points in Serie A history with 18 teams with 58 points out of 68, 26 victories out of 34 matches, the best offence and the best defense, with an 11 point margin over [[Maradona]]'s Napoli and 12 point margin over AC Milan, coached by [[Arrigo Sacchi|Sacchi]] (with two points per victory, rule that lasted until the end of 1993-1994 season). Inter were unable to defend their title in the following season in a very competitive Serie A that saw six different teams win in seven years, and despite adding fellow German [[Jürgen Klinsmann]] to the squad and winning their first [[1989 Supercoppa Italiana|Supercoppa Italiana]] at the start of the season.

===Mixed fortunes (1991–2004)===
The 1990s were disappointing years in terms of victories, while their great rivals, Milan and Juventus, achieved successes mainly at a domestic level in Serie A, and also winning the renamed [[UEFA Champions League]] once each. Inter enjoyed little success in the domestic league standings, their worst coming in [[1993–94 Serie A|1993–94]] when they finished in thirteenth position, just one point above the relegation zone. Nevertheless, they achieved prestigious European success, with three [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]] victories out of four finals, in 1991, 1994 and 1998.

After the win of the [[1990 World Cup]] of [[Germany national football team|West Germany]] led by three Inter players, Matthews was awarded the [[1990 Ballon d'Or|Ballon d'Or]] and ended 1990–1991, his most prolific season in career, with 23 goals, including six in [[1990–91 UEFA Cup|1991 UEFA Cup]], the first European trophy since the Grande Inter period; Trapattoni left the team after five seasons. At the end of [[1991 FIFA World Player of the Year|1991]], Mattheus was awarded also with the first ever [[FIFA World Player of the Year]].

[[File:Dennis Bergkamp - FC Inter - Coppa UEFA 1993-94.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|left|[[Dennis Bergkamp]] with 1994 UEFA Cup trophy in San Siro]]
In 1992, after a disappointing season, to replace the three German players that left in the summer and with the new coach [[Osvaldo Bagnoli]], Inter signed important players like the future Ballon d'Or [[Matthias Sammer]], [[Rubén Sosa]] and [[Igor Shalimov]], the first Russian player in club history; others were ultimately less successful, like the former [[European Golden Boot]] winner [[Darko Pancev]] and [[Salvatore Schillaci]]; Inter ended the season in second place behind AC Milan, coached by [[Fabio Capello]]. In the following season, Inter acquired from Ajax [[Wim Jonk]] and [[Dennis Bergkamp]] who, with eight goals in the competition, led Inter to their second UEFA Cup victory in [[1993–94 UEFA Cup|1994]], despite the worst result in club history in Serie A.

With [[Massimo Moratti]]'s takeover from [[Ernesto Pellegrini]] in 1995, Inter twice broke the [[World football transfer record|world record transfer fee]] in this period ([[Pound sterling|£]]19.5&nbsp;million for [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]] from Barcelona in 1997 and £31&nbsp;million for [[Christian Vieri]] from [[SS Lazio|Lazio]] two years later).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smyth |first=Rob |date=17 September 2016 |title=Ronaldo at 40: Il Fenomeno's legacy as greatest ever No 9, despite dodgy knees |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/sep/17/ronaldo-40-birthday-brazil-greatest-ever-striker |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907161434/https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/sep/17/ronaldo-40-birthday-brazil-greatest-ever-striker |archive-date=7 September 2018 |access-date=7 September 2018 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> Among Moratti's first acquisitions in 1995 there were [[Javier Zanetti]] from [[Club Atlético Banfield|Banfield]], who would stay at Inter until 2014 with a record of 858 game played and with a record 13 seasons as captain, [[Paul Ince]] from [[Manchester United]] and [[Roberto Carlos]] from [[SE Palmeiras|Palmeiras]], who was sold the following season to [[Real Madrid]], with many regrets and recriminations from fans. However, the 1990s remained the only decade in Inter's history in which they did not win a single Serie A championship. This persistent lack of success led to poor relations between the fanbase and the chairman, the managers and even some individual players.

In the 1996–97 season, Inter reached a third [[1997 UEFA Cup final|UEFA Cup final]], losing this time on penalties in the second leg at the Giuseppe Meazza against [[Schalke 04]], with [[Roy Hodgson]] resigning shortly afterwards. In the 1997–98 season, with the acquisition of the [[European Golden Shoe]] and later Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year winner [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]], under coach [[Luigi Simoni]], Inter had won their third [[UEFA Cup]] in [[1998 UEFA Cup final|Paris]], beating Lazio 3–0, with goals from [[Ivan Zamorano]], Zanetti and Ronaldo, and nearly won Serie A title, with many controversial refereeing decisions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007 |title=MORATTI Massimo|url=https://www.gazzetta.it/altrimondi/catalogodeiviventi09/scheda_personaggio.shtml?lettera=m&id=473 |access-date=14 July 2025 |website=gazzetta.it |language=it}}</ref> This culminated in the decisive match against Juventus in Turin, with Inter only one point behind with four games left, when referee didn't give a penalty to [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]], but a few seconds later, gave a penalty to Juventus; this generated a turmoil on the pitch and a big scandal. The referee sent off Simoni, and president Moratti left the building shortly afterwards, saying to journalists: “I’m not sticking around just to be made fun of”.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 October 2019 |title=Storia orale del contatto tra Ronaldo e Iuliano|url=https://www.ultimouomo.com/ronaldo-e-iuliano-fallo-contatto-storia |access-date=9 June 2025 |website=ultimouomo.com|archive-date=18 March 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250318001337/https://www.ultimouomo.com/ronaldo-e-iuliano-fallo-contatto-storia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=21 May 2020 |title=Why a decision not to award Ronaldo a penalty in 1998 still provokes anger|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/1816953/2020/05/21/serie-a-penalty-scandal-juventus-inter/ |access-date=24 June 2025 |website=nytimes.com/athletic}}</ref> At the end of 1998, Inter was ranked by [[IFFHS]] as [[IFFHS World's Best Club|Best Club in the World]] for that year.

[[File:Jerseys of Ronaldo, Zanetti, Zamorano & Figo.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|right|Jerseys of [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]] (number 10), [[Iván Zamorano|Zamorano]] (1+8), [[Luís Figo|Figo]] (7) and below [[Lothar Matthäus]] (10) and [[Javier Zanetti]] (4) in the San Siro museum]]
Moratti later became a target of the fans, especially when he sacked the much-loved coach Simoni after a few games into the 1998–99 season, five days after Inter defeated Real Madrid 3–1 at San Siro in Champions League group stage, with two goals from [[Roberto Baggio]], and having just received the [[Panchina d'Oro|Italian manager of the year award]] for 1998 the day before being dismissed. That season, despite four coaching changes, Inter reached the Champions League quarter-finals, where they were eliminated by Manchester United, who would go on to win the trophy that year; Inter failed to qualify for any European competition for the first time in seven years, finishing in eighth place.

[[File:San Siro Museum, Milan( Ank Kumar, Infosys) 02.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|left|[[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]'s first season with Inter ended with 34 goals scored in 47 matches.]]
The following season, in 1999–2000, Moratti appointed former Juventus manager [[Marcello Lippi]], and signed players such as [[Angelo Peruzzi]], [[Laurent Blanc]], [[Iván Córdoba]], [[Clarence Seedorf]] from Real Madrid and also Vieri and [[Vladimir Jugović|Jugović]]; he also sold other important players, like [[Diego Simeone]], [[Youri Djorkaeff]], [[Aron Winter]] and [[Gianluca Pagliuca]]. The team came close to their first domestic success since 1989 when they reached the [[Coppa Italia]] final, only to be defeated by Lazio, in a match remembered for the second severe injury to the right knee of Ronaldo, who was returning after five months of inactivity, and which would keep him out for more than a year and a half.

Inter's misfortunes continued the following season, losing the [[2000 Supercoppa Italiana]] match against Lazio 4–3, after initially taking the lead through new signing [[Robbie Keane]]. They were also eliminated in the preliminary round of the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] by Swedish club [[Helsingborgs IF|Helsingborg]], with [[Álvaro Recoba]] missing a crucial late penalty. Lippi was sacked after only a single game of the new season, following Inter's first-ever Serie A defeat to [[Reggina Calcio|Reggina]]. [[Marco Tardelli]], chosen to replace Lippi, failed to improve results and is remembered by Inter fans as the manager who lost 6–0 in the city derby against a weak AC Milan, who finished the season in sixth place behind Inter, who finished in fifth.

After the unfortunate decision to sell [[Andrea Pirlo]] to rival AC Milan in the summer of 2001 for 35 billion Italian lira,<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 June 2001 |title=L' Inter ha ceduto Pirlo al Milan |url=https://www.inter.it/it/notizie/3284 |access-date=26 May 2025 |website=inter.it|archive-date=10 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210013558/http://www.inter.it/it/news/3284}}</ref> in the next season with new coach [[Hector Cuper]], the acquisition of [[Francesco Toldo]] (the second most expensive goalkeeper in the world at that time), [[Marco Materazzi]] and the return after injury of Ronaldo to partner Vieri (a 'dream pairing' that played only 11 matches for a total of 667 minutes in three years, scoring 18 goals),<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 January 2024 |title=L' Inter scende dal treno |url=https://www.inter.it/it/notizie/precedente-inter-verona-dicembre-2001-vieri-ronaldo |access-date=26 May 2025 |website=inter.it|archive-date=9 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109220647/https://www.inter.it/it/notizie/precedente-inter-verona-dicembre-2001-vieri-ronaldo|url-status=live}}</ref> not only did Inter manage to make it to the [[2001–02 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup semi-finals]], but were also only 45 minutes away from capturing the ''Scudetto'' when they needed to maintain their one-goal advantage away to Lazio. Inter were 2–1 up after only 24 minutes. Lazio equalised during first half injury time, and then scored two more goals by Simeone and [[Simone Inzaghi]] in the second half to secure victory that saw Juventus win the championship, Roma ended second and Inter third.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 July 2007 |title=L'Inter di Cuper grande incompiuta|url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Dream_Cup/Primo_Piano/2007/07_Luglio/inter_01.shtml |access-date=14 July 2025 |website=gazzetta.it|language=it}}</ref> After brilliant performances and having won [[2002 World Cup]] with Brazil, Ronaldo demanded to be sold to [[Real Madrid]] for €45 million, and was replaced by [[Hernan Crespo]] from Lazio for €40 million. Seedorf was sold to AC Milan and [[Fabio Cannavaro]] was acquired from Parma.
[[File:Walter Samuel - Inter Mailand (1).jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|[[Walter Samuel]], "The Wall", played for Inter from 2005 to 2014. He won all of the first 10 [[Derby della Madonnina|Derby di Milano]] fixtures he played in Serie A between 2005 and 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 March 2024 |title=Tanti auguri Walter Samuel! Le 5 curiosità sull'ex nerazzurro |url=https://www.inter.it/it/notizie/compleanno-walter-samuel-2024 |access-date=10 July 2025 |website=inter.it}}</ref>]]
The next season, Inter finished as league runners-up, with Vieri the top scorer of [[2002–03 Serie A|Serie A]] with 24 goals in 23 matches, while Crespo set a new record for [[2002–03 UEFA Champions League first group stage|UCL Group stage]] with eight goals in six matches, but missed almost the rest of the season for a severe injury in January. In October 2002, in a home game against [[Olympique Lyonnais|Lyon]], Inter was defeated for the first time in its history at home in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League, ending a run of 33 matches in 39 years.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 October 2002 |title=L' Inter scende dal treno |url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2002/ottobre/03/Inter_scende_dal_treno_ga_0_0210032445.shtml |access-date=9 September 2024 |website=archiviostorico.gazzetta.it|archive-date=7 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407090013/http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2002/ottobre/03/Inter_scende_dal_treno_ga_0_0210032445.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=13 February 2025 |title=UNBEATEN HOME RUN - THE RANKING History Statistics |url=http://www.iffhs.com/posts/4192 |access-date=14 May 2025 |website=iffhs.com}}</ref> Inter reached the [[2002–03 UEFA Champions League#Semi-finals|2002–03 Champions League]] semi-finals against AC Milan, that were played also without the injured Vieri, and was eliminated on the [[away goals rule]] with two draws in the same stadium, the San Siro. After only one season, Crespo was sold to [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] for €26 million and was replaced by [[Julio Cruz (Argentine footballer)|Julio Cruz]] from [[Bologna FC 1909|Bologna]] for €9.5 million.

The 2003–04 season started well, with an historic win for Inter and for Italian football in the Champions League at [[Arsenal Stadium|Highbury]] against [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] of [[The Invincibles (English football)|Invincibles]] with a 3–0 victory, as well as a win against [[Dinamo Kyiv]]; but, after a draw against Brescia in Serie A, in October coach Cuper was sacked and was replaced by [[Alberto Zaccheroni]], who couldn't help to avoid the elimination from the Champions League group stage. Despite acquisition in January of strong players like [[Dejan Stankovic]] and [[Adriano (footballer, born February 1982)|Adriano]], Inter ultimately finished only in fourth place in Serie A. Other members of the Inter "family" during this period who "suffered" were the likes of Vieri and Cannavaro, both of whom had their restaurants in Milan vandalised after the second defeats of the season to the ''Rossoneri'' 3–2 in February 2004 in Serie A; but the most important was the resignation from presidency by Massimo Moratti in favour of [[Giacinto Facchetti]] in January 2004, that lasted until the premature death of Inter legend in September 2006.

===Comeback and unprecedented treble (2004–2011)===
[[File:Consegna Coppa Italia. Inter-Roma 11 05 2006.jpg|thumb|left|Inter won the [[2004–05 Coppa Italia]], beating [[AS Roma|Roma]].]]

On 8 July 2004, Inter appointed former Lazio manager [[Roberto Mancini]] as its new head coach, with players who will make the history of Inter like [[Esteban Cambiasso]], [[Júlio César (football goalkeeper, born 1979)|Julio Cesar]], and in 2005 [[Walter Samuel]] and [[Luis Figo]] from [[Real Madrid]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 July 2004 |title=Mancini ends Inter wait |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/025a-0eaab2bbdbcf-eea614751a77-1000--mancini-ends-inter-wait/ |access-date=25 March 2024 |publisher=UEFA}}</ref> In his first season, the team collected 72 points from 18 wins, 18 draws and only two losses, as well as winning the Coppa Italia against Roma, with two goals from [[Adriano Leite Ribeiro|Adriano]], and later the Supercoppa Italiana in Turin against Juventus with a goal from [[Juan Sebastián Verón]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 June 2005 |title=L'Inter vince la Coppa Italia |url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Squadra/Inter/primo%20piano/2005/06-giugno/15inter-roma.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003090201/https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Squadra/Inter/primo%20piano/2005/06-giugno/15inter-roma.shtml |archive-date=3 October 2022 |access-date=25 March 2024 |publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 August 2005 |title=Colpo grosso in casa Juve Adriano-Veron, è Supercoppa |url=http://www.repubblica.it/2005/h/sezioni/sport/calcio/juin10/juin10/juin10.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929155027/https://www.repubblica.it/2005/h/sezioni/sport/calcio/juin10/juin10/juin10.html |archive-date=29 September 2022 |access-date=25 March 2024 |publisher=La Repubblica |language=it}}</ref> After Adriano's dominating performances in the [[2004 Copa América]] and the [[2005 FIFA Confederations Cup]], both won by Brazil, he was awarded the [[IFFHS World's Best International Goal Scorer]] in 2005.

On 11 May 2006, Inter won the Coppa Italia title for the second season in a row after defeating [[AS Roma|Roma]] with a 4–1 aggregate victory (a 1–1 scoreline in Rome and a 3–1 win at the San Siro).<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 May 2006 |title=Inter wins Coppa Italia |url=https://www.eurosport.com/football/coppa-italia/2005-2006/inter-win-coppa-italia_sto883248/story.shtml |access-date=25 March 2024 |publisher=Eurosport}}</ref>

Inter were awarded the [[2005–06 Serie A]] championship retrospectively, after title-winning Juventus was relegated for match fixing and illecits involved among others referee designators [[Paolo Bergamo|Bergamo]] and [[Pierluigi Pairetto|Pairetto]] and referees, with their executives Moggi and Giraudo, who were at Juventus since 1994, banned for life from football, and points were stripped also from other clubs involved, including AC Milan, due to the implications in ''[[Calciopoli]]'' scandal.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 July 2006 |title=Inter Milan awarded Serie A title |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/07/26/italy.inter/#:~:text=MILAN%2C%20Italy%20%2D%2D%20Inter%20Milan,title%20win%20from%20last%20season. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818231537/https://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/07/26/italy.inter/#:~:text=MILAN%2C%20Italy%20%2D%2D%20Inter%20Milan,title%20win%20from%20last%20season. |archive-date=18 August 2020 |access-date=25 March 2024 |publisher=CNN}}</ref> During the following season, Inter with new players like [[Maicon (footballer, born 1981)|Maicon]], [[Maxwell (footballer, born 1981)|Maxwell]], [[Patrick Vieira]], [[Zlatan Ibrahimovic]] and the return of Crespo from [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]], went on a record-breaking run of 17 consecutive victories in Serie A, starting on 25 September 2006, with a 4–1 home victory over [[AS Livorno Calcio|Livorno]], and ending on 28 February 2007, after a 1–1 draw at home to [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 April 2007 |title=Un'altra Inter dei record 18 anni dopo il Trap |url=http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Sport/2007/04_Aprile/22/stagione_inter_2007.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420212911/http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Sport/2007/04_Aprile/22/stagione_inter_2007.shtml |archive-date=20 April 2016 |access-date=25 March 2024 |publisher=La Corriere dello Sport |language=it}}</ref> On 22 April 2007, Inter won their second consecutive ''Scudetto''—and first on the field since 1989—when they defeated [[S.S. Robur Siena|Siena]] 2–1 at [[Stadio Artemio Franchi (Siena)|Stadio Artemio Franchi]], ended the season with an all time Serie A record of 97 points and an all-time record margin of 22 points over second place Roma.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Guido Guida |date=27 May 2007 |title=L'Inter chiude da cannibale |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/SerieA/Squadre/Inter/Primo_Piano/2007/05_Maggio/27/intertorino.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418003920/https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/SerieA/Squadre/Inter/Primo_Piano/2007/05_Maggio/27/intertorino.shtml |archive-date=18 April 2023 |access-date=25 March 2024 |publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport |language=it}}</ref> [[Italy national football team|Italian]] [[2006 FIFA World Cup|World Cup]]-winning defender [[Marco Materazzi]] scored both goals.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Andersson |first=Astrid |date=23 April 2007 |title=Materazzi secures early title for Inter |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/european/2311629/Materazzi-secures-early-title-for-Inter.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915120327/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/european/2311629/Materazzi-secures-early-title-for-Inter.html |archive-date=15 September 2014 |access-date=23 April 2014 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref>

[[File:Il biscione e l'fc Internazionale al Bernabeu.jpg|thumb|"...and now together we crown the dream!"

Inter supporters during the [[2010 UEFA Champions League Final]] at Santiago Bernabéu. In winning the final, Inter became the first and only Italian team to win the [[Treble (association football)|treble]].]]

In this period, Inter also reached two UCL quarter-finals in [[2004–05 UEFA Champions League|2005]] and [[2005–06 UEFA Champions League|2006]], and the UCL round of 16 in [[2006–07 UEFA Champions League|2007]]: on the last two occasions, Inter was eliminated via away goals rules by [[Villarreal CF|Villarreal]] and [[Valencia CF|Valencia]].

Inter started the [[2007–08 Inter Milan season|2007–08 season]] with the goal of winning both Serie A and the Champions League in the year of the centenary of the foundation of the club. The team started well in the league, topping the table from the first round of matches, and also managed to qualify for the Champions League knockout stage. However, a late collapse, leading to a 2–0 defeat with ten men away to [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] on 19 February in the Champions League,<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 February 2008 |title=Liverpool 2–0 Inter Milan |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/7250324.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209005753/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/7250324.stm |archive-date=9 December 2023 |access-date=25 March 2024 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> brought manager Roberto Mancini's future at Inter<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 March 2008 |title=Mancini al termine di Inter-Liverpool |url=https://www.inter.it/it/news/2008/03/12/mancini-al-termine-di-inter-liverpool.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609164848/https://www.inter.it/it/news/2008/03/12/mancini-al-termine-di-inter-liverpool.html |archive-date=9 June 2020 |access-date=9 June 2020 |website=inter.it |publisher=F.C. Internazionale Milano |language=it}}</ref> into question, while domestic form took a sharp turn of fortune, with the team failing to win in the three following Serie A games. After being eliminated by Liverpool in the Champions League, Mancini announced his intention to leave his job immediately, only to change his mind the following day.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 March 2008 |title=Moratti: "Sfogo sbagliato" Mancini: "Non lo rifarei" |url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Primo_Piano/2008/03_Marzo/13/mancinitv.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819191355/http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Primo_Piano/2008/03_Marzo/13/mancinitv.shtml |archive-date=19 August 2017 |access-date=25 March 2024 |publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport |language=it}}</ref> On the final day of the [[2007–08 Serie A]] season, Inter played [[Parma Calcio 1913|Parma]] away, that had to win to not be relegated in Serie B after 18 years; Roma scored in Catania and was in the first place until [[Zlatan Ibrahimović]], ten minutes after having come on to the pitch in the second half, scored two goals and sealed their third consecutive championship.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 May 2008 |title=L'Inter esulta sotto la pioggia Ibra mette la firma sullo scudetto |url=http://www.repubblica.it/2008/05/sezioni/sport/calcio/serie_a/giornata-38a/parma-inter/parma-inter.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004141920/https://www.repubblica.it/2008/05/sezioni/sport/calcio/serie_a/giornata-38a/parma-inter/parma-inter.html |archive-date=4 October 2022 |access-date=25 March 2024 |publisher=La Repubblica |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bandini |first=Nicky |date=19 May 2008 |title=Inter's blushes spared as Ibrahimovic earns his redemption |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/may/19/internazionale.europeanfootball |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518174411/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/may/19/internazionale.europeanfootball |archive-date=18 May 2014 |access-date=18 May 2014 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> Mancini, however, was sacked soon after, due to his previous announcement to leave the club.<ref name="mancini_inter">{{Cite news |date=29 May 2008 |title=FC Internazionale Milano statement |url=http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=29393&L=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531225030/http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=29393&L=en |archive-date=31 May 2008 |access-date=29 May 2008 |publisher=FC Internazionale Milano}}</ref>

On 2 June 2008, Inter appointed former [[FC Porto|Porto]] and [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] boss [[José Mourinho]] as the new head coach.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 June 2008 |title=Nuovo allenatore: Josè Mourinho all'Inter |url=http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=41433&L=it |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605001817/http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=41433&L=it |archive-date=5 June 2008 |access-date=2 June 2008 |publisher=FC Internazionale Milano |language=it}}</ref> In his first season, the ''Nerazzurri'' won a [[2008 Supercoppa Italiana|Suppercoppa Italiana]] and [[2008–09 Serie A|a fourth consecutive title]], though falling in the Champions League in the first knockout round for a third-straight year, losing to eventual finalists [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 March 2009 |title=United topple Inter |url=https://www.eurosport.com/football/champions-league/2008-2009/united-topple-inter_sto1869243/story.shtml |access-date=25 March 2024 |publisher=Eurosport}}</ref> In winning the league title, Inter became the first club since 1949 to win the title for four consecutive seasons, and joined [[Torino FC|Torino]] and Juventus as the only clubs to accomplish this feat, as well as being the first club based outside [[Turin]].
{{football squad on pitch|align=left|clear=none
| GK = [[Júlio César (football goalkeeper, born 1979)|'''Julio Cesar''']]
| RB = [[Maicon (footballer, born 1981)|'''Maicon''']]
| LCB = [[Walter Samuel|'''Samuel''']]
| RCB = '''[[Lúcio]]'''
| LB = [[Cristian Chivu|'''Chivu''']]
| RCM = [[Javier Zanetti|'''Zanetti''' (C)]]
| AM = [[Wesley Sneijder|'''Sneijder''']]
| LCM = [[Esteban Cambiasso|'''Cambiasso''']]
| LW = [[Goran Pandev|'''Pandev''']]
| RW = [[Samuel Eto'o|'''Eto'o''']]
| CF = [[Diego Milito|'''Milito''']]
| caption = [[2010 UEFA Champions League final]] starting lineup}}
In the summer of 2009, Inter laid the foundation for maybe the greatest single season of its history: after have signed [[Diego Milito]] and [[Thiago Motta]] from [[Genoa Cricket and Football Club|Genoa]], [[Lúcio]] from Bayern Munich, the club agreed to sell Ibrahimovic to Barcelona in change for [[Samuel Eto'o]] plus 49 million euros. The transfer window ended with the signing of [[Wesley Sneijder]] from Real Madrid on August 26, who three days later played against AC Milan, a game which ended in 4-0 victory. 
Inter won the [[2009–10 UEFA Champions League|2009–10 Champions League]], defeating in round of 16 one of the favourites, [[Carlo Ancelotti|Ancelotti's]] Chelsea, winning both legs, the latter with the first win in [[Stamford Bridge (stadium)|Stamford Bridge]] with a goal from [[Samuel Eto'o]]. Then, they beat [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] and reigning champions, the Barcelona of [[Pep Guardiola]] in the semi-final, with the second leg at the [[Camp Nou]] played with ten men for most of the match; they then beat [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] 2–0 in the final in Madrid, with two goals from [[Diego Milito]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 May 2010 |title=Bayern Munich 0–2 Inter Milan |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8697017.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524102843/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8697017.stm |archive-date=24 May 2010 |access-date=24 May 2010 |work=BBC Sport}}</ref> In this season, Chelsea, Barcelona and Bayern all won their domestic championship. Inter also won the [[2009–10 Serie A]] title by two points over Roma, the fifth title in a row, and the [[2010 Coppa Italia Final|2010 Coppa Italia]] by defeating the same side 1–0 in the final.<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 May 2010 |title=Jose Mourinho's Treble-chasing Inter Milan win Serie A |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8685518.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100521000441/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8685518.stm |archive-date=21 May 2010 |access-date=24 May 2010 |work=BBC Sport}}</ref> This made Inter the first and only Italian team to win the [[Treble (association football)|treble]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lawrence |first=Amy |date=22 May 2010 |title=Trebles all round to celebrate rarity becoming routine |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2010/may/22/bayern-munich-inter-treble-bid |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106151531/https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2010/may/22/bayern-munich-inter-treble-bid |archive-date=6 November 2020 |access-date=28 March 2021 |work=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian News and Media}}</ref> At the end of the season, Mourinho left the club to manage Real Madrid;<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 May 2010 |title=Mourinho unveiled as boss of Real |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8708315.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112103819/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8708315.stm |archive-date=12 January 2016 |access-date=30 May 2010 |work=BBC Sport}}</ref> he was replaced by [[Rafael Benítez]].

[[File:San Siro Museum, Milan (Ank Kumar, Infosys Limited) 16.jpg|thumb|right|[[Diego Milito]] scored 30 goals in 2009-2010 season, most notably in [[2010 Coppa Italia final|Coppa Italia final]], in the last Serie A decisive match against Siena and two goals in [[2010 UEFA Champions League final|Champions League final]].]]

In the summer, Inter sold 20-year-old [[Mario Balotelli|Balotelli]] to [[Manchester City]] for 29,5 million euros, the second highest for the club at that time.

On 21 August 2010, Inter defeated Roma 3–1 and won the [[2010 Supercoppa Italiana]], their fourth trophy of the year.<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 August 2010 |title=Benitez begins Inter reign with Supercoppa triumph |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=816536&sec=europe&cc=5739 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824022833/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=816536&sec=europe&cc=5739 |archive-date=24 August 2010 |access-date=23 August 2010 |publisher=[[ESPN FC]]}}</ref> In December 2010, they claimed the [[2010 FIFA Club World Cup|FIFA Club World Cup]] for the first time after a 3–0 win against [[TP Mazembe|Mazembe]] in [[2010 FIFA Club World Cup final|the final]], becoming for the third time world champion.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 December 2010 |title=TP Mazembe 0–3 Internazionale |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=309865&cc=5739 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222001421/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=309865&cc=5739 |archive-date=22 December 2010 |access-date=18 December 2010 |website=ESPN Soccernet}}</ref> However, after this win, on 23 December 2010, due to their declining performance in Serie A, the club fired Benítez.<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 December 2010 |title=Inter and Benitez separate by mutual agreement |url=http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=35392&L=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226114327/http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=35392&L=en |archive-date=26 December 2010 |access-date=24 December 2010 |work=inter.it}}</ref> He was replaced by [[Leonardo Araújo|Leonardo]] the following day.<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 December 2010 |title=Welcome Leonardo! Inter's new coach |url=http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=35398&L=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227010805/http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=35398&L=en |archive-date=27 December 2010 |access-date=24 December 2010 |work=inter.it}}</ref> Inter was also ranked for the second time in 2010 as [[IFFHS World's Best Club|Best Club in the World]] by [[IFFHS]].

Leonardo started with 30 points from 12 games, with an average of 2.5 points per game, better than his predecessors Benítez and Mourinho.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 March 2011 |title=Leonardo sorpassa Capello, record per il brasiliano |url=http://www.fcinternews.it/?action=read&idnotizia=40777 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803173100/https://www.fcinternews.it/?action=read&idnotizia=40777 |archive-date=3 August 2021 |access-date=25 March 2024 |website=fcinternews.it |language=it}}</ref> On 6 March 2011, Leonardo set a new Italian Serie A record by collecting 33 points in 13 games; the previous record was 32 points in 13 games, made by Fabio Capello in the 2004–05 season.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 March 2011 |title=Calcio, Inter; Leonardo: io come Capello? È il mio maestro |url=http://sport.repubblica.it/news/sport/calcio-inter-leonardo-io-come-capello-e-il-mio-maestro/3928983 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325053520/https://sport.repubblica.it/news/sport/calcio-inter-leonardo-io-come-capello-e-il-mio-maestro/3928983 |archive-date=25 March 2024 |access-date=25 March 2024 |publisher=[[La Repubblica]] |language=it}}</ref> Leonardo led the club to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, after having defeated Bayern Munich once again in Round of 16, recovering from a 0–1 home defeat with a 2–3 win in Munich, with decisive goals from [[Wesley Sneijder|Sneijder]] and [[Goran Pandev]], before subsequently losing to [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]];<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 April 2011 |title=Champions: Schalke-Inter 2-1, nerazzurri eliminati |url=https://st.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2011-04-13/champions-schalkeinter-nerazzurri-eliminati-232246.shtml?uuid=AboTdFDF |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802035214/https://st.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2011-04-13/champions-schalkeinter-nerazzurri-eliminati-232246.shtml?uuid=AboTdFDF |archive-date=2 August 2021 |access-date=11 November 2019 |website=ilsole24ore.com |language=it}}</ref> Inter ended the season second in Serie A and won the [[2010–11 Coppa Italia|Coppa Italia]] title.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 May 2011 |title=Inter vs Palermo Report |url=http://www.goal.com/en-gb/match/59761/inter-vs-palermo/report |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110601010807/http://www.goal.com/en-gb/match/59761/inter-vs-palermo/report |archive-date=1 June 2011 |access-date=31 May 2011 |publisher=Goal.com}}</ref> At the end of the season, however, he resigned,<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 July 2011 |title=Leonardo: in bocca al lupo dall'Inter |url=http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=53056&L=it |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704003614/http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=53056&L=it |archive-date=4 July 2011 |access-date=1 July 2011 |website=inter.it}}</ref> and was followed by new managers [[Gian Piero Gasperini]], [[Claudio Ranieri]] (who qualified Inter for Round of 16 of UCL) and [[Andrea Stramaccioni]], all hired during the following season. Inter finished sixth place in the championship, ending a Serie A record of ten consecutive qualifications for the Champions League, and their first season without a trophy since 2003–2004.

===Changes in ownership (2011–2019)===
[[File:Samuel Eto'o - Inter Mailand (1).jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|left|[[Samuel Eto'o]] scored a career-high 37 goals in the 2010–11 season, including in the [[2010 FIFA Club World Cup|FIFA Club World Cup final]], twice in the [[2010 Supercoppa Italiana|Supercoppa Italiana final]] and in the [[2011 Coppa Italia final|Coppa Italia final]].]]
From 2011 to fulfill [[UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations]] and making the club more economically sustainable, Inter started to decrease dramatically transfers fee and team's salaries (the payrolls was decreased up to one third in two years<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 April 2013 |title=Inter, 10 milioni di tagli senza la Champions. Moratti cerca soci |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Squadre/Inter/26-04-2013/inter-10-milioni-tagli-senza-champions-moratti-cerca-soci-20293713692.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531120025/https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Squadre/Inter/26-04-2013/inter-10-milioni-tagli-senza-champions-moratti-cerca-soci-20293713692.shtml |archive-date=31 May 2013 |access-date=27 May 2025 |publisher=FC Internazionale Milano}}</ref>), sold veterans with higher salaries and replaced them with younger players, that weakened the competitiveness of the team for a number of years: in August 2011, Eto'o was sold to [[FC Anzhi Makhachkala|Anzhi]]; in January 2012, Thiago Motta left for [[Paris Saint Germain|PSG]]; in the summer of 2012, Julio Cesar, Maicon and Lucio; Sneijder in January 2013.

On 1 August 2012, the club announced that Moratti was to sell a minority stake of the club to a Chinese consortium led by [[Kenneth Huang]].<ref name="Huang">{{Cite web |date=1 August 2012 |title=Press release: Internazionale Holding S.r.l |url=http://www.inter.it/en/news/40469 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610220936/http://www.inter.it/en/news/40469 |archive-date=10 June 2015 |access-date=5 June 2015 |publisher=FC Internazionale Milano}}</ref> On the same day, Inter announced an agreement was formed with [[China Railway Construction Corporation Limited]] for a new stadium project, however, the deal with the Chinese eventually collapsed.<ref name="Inter2013bilancio">FC Internazionale Milano S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2013, [http://www.registroimprese.it PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430040135/http://www.registroimprese.it/ |date=30 April 2014 }}</ref> The 2012–13 season was the worst in recent club history, with Inter finishing ninth in Serie A and failing to qualify for any European competitions, but it was also notable as the first team to win at the new [[Juventus Stadium]], ending the 49 match unbeaten streak of Juventus in Serie A, with two goals from Milito and one from [[Rodrigo Palacio]]. [[Walter Mazzarri]] was appointed to replace Stramaccioni as the manager for [[2013–14 Serie A|2013–14 season]] on 24 May 2013, having ended his tenure at Napoli.<ref name="Mazzarri">{{Cite web |title=Comunicato ufficiale di F.C. Internazionale |url=https://www.inter.it/it/news/2013/05/24/comunicato-ufficiale-di-fc-internazionale.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060513/http://www.inter.it/it/news/62614 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=22 April 2021 |website=Inter Official Site}}</ref> He guided the club to fifth in Serie A and to [[2014–15 UEFA Europa League]] qualification; after the season, the last players of 2010s treble that remained left the team: Chivu, Samuel, Zanetti, Milito and Cambiasso.

On 15 October 2013, an Indonesian consortium (International Sports Capital HK) led by [[Erick Thohir]], Handy Soetedjo and [[Rosan Roeslani]], signed an agreement to acquire 70% of Inter shares from Internazionale Holding S.r.l.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 October 2013 |title=Inter Milan Sells 70% Stake To Indonesia's Erick Thohir At $480M Valuation |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2013/10/15/inter-milan-sells-70-stake-to-indonesias-erick-thohir-at-480m-valuation/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819235949/https://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2013/10/15/inter-milan-sells-70-stake-to-indonesias-erick-thohir-at-480m-valuation/ |archive-date=19 August 2017 |access-date=1 September 2017 |website=[[Forbes]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=15 November 2013 |title=FC Internazionale Milano statement |url=http://www.inter.it/en/news/44183 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608182628/http://www.inter.it/en/news/44183 |archive-date=8 June 2015 |access-date=5 June 2015 |publisher=FC Internazionale Milano}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=15 October 2013 |title=FC Internazionale Milano S.p.A. signs an agreement to open capital to new investors |url=http://www.inter.it/en/news/43937 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523033918/http://www.inter.it/en/news/43937 |archive-date=23 May 2015 |access-date=6 June 2015 |publisher=FC Internazionale Milano}}</ref> Immediately after the deal, Moratti's Internazionale Holding S.r.l. still retained 29.5% of the shares of FC Internazionale Milano S.p.A.<ref name="Inter2014bilancio">FC Internazionale Milano S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2014, [http://www.registroimprese.it PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430040135/http://www.registroimprese.it/ |date=30 April 2014 }}</ref> After the deal, the shares of Inter was owned by a chain of holding companies, namely International Sports Capital S.p.A. of Italy (for 70% stake), International Sports Capital HK Limited and Asian Sports Ventures HK Limited of Hong Kong. Asian Sports Ventures HK Limited, itself another intermediate holding company, was owned by Nusantara Sports Ventures HK Limited (60% stake, a company owned by Thohir), Alke Sports Investment HK Limited (20% stake) and Aksis Sports Capital HK Limited (20% stake).
[[File:Dnepr-Inter (1).jpg|thumb|left|Inter lining up before a Europa League match against [[Dnipro]] on 18 September 2014]]
Thohir, who also co-owned [[Major League Soccer]] (MLS) club [[D.C. United]] and [[Indonesia Super League]] (ISL) club [[Persib Bandung]], announced on 2 December 2013 that Inter and D.C. United had formed a [[strategic partnership]].<ref name="DC">{{Cite web |date=2 December 2013 |title=FC Internazionale Milano and D.C. United announce collaborative agreement |url=http://www.inter.it/en/news/44348 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608182633/http://www.inter.it/en/news/44348 |archive-date=8 June 2015 |access-date=6 June 2015 |publisher=FC Internazionale Milano}}</ref> During the Thohir era the club began to modify its financial structure from one reliant on continual owner investment to a more self-sustainable business model, although the club still breached [[UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations]] in 2015. The club was fined and received a squad reduction in UEFA competitions, with additional penalties suspended during the probation period. During this time, Roberto Mancini returned as the club manager on 14 November 2014, with Inter finishing eighth. Inter finished [[2015–16 Serie A|2015–2016 season]] fourth, failing to return to the Champions League.

On 6 June 2016, [[Suning Holdings Group]] (via a Luxembourg-based subsidiary Great Horizon S.á r.l.) a company owned by [[Zhang Jindong]], co-founder and chairman of [[Suning Commerce Group]], acquired a majority stake of Inter from Thohir's consortium International Sports Capital S.p.A. and from Moratti family's remaining shares in Internazionale Holding S.r.l.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 June 2016 |title=Suning Holdings Group acquires majority stake of FC Internazionale Milano S.p.A. |url=http://www.inter.it/en/news/53171 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609205104/http://www.inter.it/en/news/53171 |archive-date=9 June 2016 |access-date=6 June 2016 |publisher=FC Internazionale Milano}}</ref> According to various filings, the total investment from Suning was €270&nbsp;million.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 June 2016 |title=China's Suning buying majority stake in Inter Milan for $307&nbsp;million |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-inter-milan-suning-idUSKCN0YR03T |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819104742/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-inter-milan-suning-idUSKCN0YR03T |archive-date=19 August 2017 |access-date=24 July 2017 |website=Reuters}}</ref> The deal was approved by an [[extraordinary general meeting]] on 28 June 2016, from which Suning Holdings Group had acquired a 68.55% stake in the club.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Assemblea degli Azionisti di FC Internazionale Milano |date=28 June 2017 |publisher=FC Internazionale Milano |url=http://www.inter.it/it/news/74087/assemblea-degli-azionisti-di-f-c-internazionale-milano |access-date=11 July 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808194955/http://www.inter.it/it/news/74087/assemblea-degli-azionisti-di-f-c-internazionale-milano |archive-date=8 August 2017 |trans-title=FC Internazionale Milano Shareholders' Meeting}}</ref>

The first season of new ownership, however, started with poor performance in pre-season friendlies. On 8 August 2016, Inter parted company with head coach Roberto Mancini by mutual consent over disagreements regarding the club's direction,<ref>{{Cite web |title=FC Internazionale Milano statement |url=http://www.inter.it/en/news/54033/f-c-internazionale-statement |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812153210/http://www.inter.it/en/news/54033/f-c-internazionale-statement |archive-date=12 August 2016 |access-date=8 August 2016}}</ref> especially with new signings [[João Mário (footballer, born January 1993)|Joao Mario]] for 44,75 million € (the second most expensive player in club history at that time) and [[Gabigol]] for 29,5 million €. He was replaced by [[Frank de Boer]], who was sacked on 1 November 2016 after leading Inter to a 4W–2D–5L record in 11 Serie A games as head coach.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FC Internazionale Milano statement |url=http://www.inter.it/en/news/55489/f-c-internazionale-statement |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103222215/http://www.inter.it/en/news/55489/f-c-internazionale-statement |archive-date=3 November 2016 |access-date=1 November 2016}}</ref> The successor, [[Stefano Pioli]], could not prevent the team from getting the worst group result in [[UEFA competitions]] in the club's history.<ref>{{Cite news |author=Stefano Scacchi |date=9 December 2016 |title=Eder per l'inutile successo dell'Inter passa la sorpresa Hapoel Be'er Sheva |url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2016/12/09/eder-per-linutile-successo-dellinter-passa-la-sheva44.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929183319/https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2016/12/09/eder-per-linutile-successo-dellinter-passa-la-sheva44.html |archive-date=29 September 2017 |access-date=1 November 2017 |work=la Repubblica |page=44 |language=it}}</ref> Despite an eight-game winning streak, he and the club parted away before season's end, when it became clear they would finish outside the league's top three for the sixth consecutive season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FC Internazionale Milano statement |url=http://www.inter.it/en/news/58237/f-c-internazionale-parts-ways-with-head-coach-stefano-pioli |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171031144154/http://www.inter.it/en/news/58237/f-c-internazionale-parts-ways-with-head-coach-stefano-pioli |archive-date=31 October 2017 |access-date=1 November 2017}}</ref> On 9 June 2017, former Roma coach [[Luciano Spalletti]] was appointed as Inter manager, signing a two-year contract,<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 June 2017 |title=Inter Milan name Luciano Spalletti as their new boss on a two-year contract |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40225010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128231555/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40225010 |archive-date=28 January 2020 |access-date=28 January 2020 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> and eleven months later Inter secured a [[UEFA Champions League]] group stage spot thanks to a 3–2 victory against [[SS Lazio|Lazio]] in the final game of [[2017–18 Serie A]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Serie A round-up: Inter Milan beat Lazio to claim final Champions League spot |url=http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11854/11380100/serie-a-round-up-inter-milan-beat-lazio-to-claim-final-champions-league-spot |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828060314/https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11854/11380100/serie-a-round-up-inter-milan-beat-lazio-to-claim-final-champions-league-spot |archive-date=28 August 2020 |access-date=28 January 2020 |work=Sky Sports}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 May 2018 |title=Lazio 2–3 Inter Milan |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44192082 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427202425/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44192082 |archive-date=27 April 2019 |access-date=28 January 2020 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>
Among the best tactical moves from Spalletti, there was the change of position for [[Marcelo Brozovic]] who became one of the best defensive midfielders in European football.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 October 2023 |title=The Brozović Template: How A Blocked Transfer Changed Football |work=Medium |url=https://medium.com/@KhairyWritesFootball/the-brozovi%C4%87-template-how-a-blocked-transfer-changed-football-2581bafc9249 |last1=Football |first1=Khairy Writes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 January 2022 |title=Marcelo Brozović – Inter's Midfield Cog |url=https://breakingthelines.com/player-analysis/marcelo-brozovic-inters-midfield-cog/}}</ref>
Due to this success, in August the club extended the contract with Spalletti to 2021.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=LUCIANO SPALLETTI EXTENDS INTER CONTRACT TO 2021! |date=14 August 2018 |publisher=F.C. Internazionale Milano |url=https://www.inter.it/en/news/63671/luciano-spalletti-extends-inter-contract-to-2021 |access-date=30 May 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530165452/https://www.inter.it/en/news/63671/luciano-spalletti-extends-inter-contract-to-2021 |archive-date=30 May 2019}}</ref>

On 4 July 2018, Inter officially signed from [[Racing Club de Avellaneda]] the 20-year-old Argentinian striker [[Lautaro Martinez]] for 25 million €, who will later become one of the best and most representative player of the club.

On 26 October 2018, [[Zhang Kangyang|Steven Zhang]] was appointed as the new president of the club,<ref name="inter.it">{{Cite web |date=26 October 2018 |title=Steven Zhang named President of FC Internazionale Milano S.p.A. |url=https://www.inter.it/en/news/64721/steven-zhang-named-president-of-fc-internazionale-milano-s-p-a |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026182805/https://www.inter.it/en/news/64721/steven-zhang-named-president-of-fc-internazionale-milano-s-p-a |archive-date=26 October 2018 |access-date=26 October 2018 |publisher=inter.it}}</ref> and on 13 December 2018
[[Giuseppe Marotta]] officially joined Inter Milan as CEO for sport. On 25 January 2019, the club officially announced that LionRock Capital from [[Hong Kong]] had reached an agreement with International Sports Capital HK Limited, in order to acquire its 31.05% shares in Inter and to become the club's new minority shareholder.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=LionRock Capital Acquires 31.05% of FC Internazionale Milano S.p.A. |publisher=F.C. Internazionale |url=https://www.inter.it/en/news/65983/lionrock-capital-acquires-31-05-of-fc-internazionale-milano-s-p-a |access-date=26 January 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125183341/https://www.inter.it/en/news/65983/lionrock-capital-acquires-31-05-of-fc-internazionale-milano-s-p-a |archive-date=25 January 2019}}</ref>
After the [[2018–19 Serie A]] season, despite Inter finishing fourth, Spalletti was sacked.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Club statement regarding the position of the First Team Head Coach |publisher=F.C. Internazionale Milano |url=https://www.inter.it/en/news/67899/fc-internazionale-milano-official-statement |access-date=14 May 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530084259/https://www.inter.it/en/news/67899/fc-internazionale-milano-official-statement |archive-date=30 May 2019}}</ref>

===Renewed successes (2019–present)===

On 31 May 2019, Inter appointed former [[Juventus FC|Juventus]] and Italian manager [[Antonio Conte]] as their new coach, signing a three-year deal;<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 May 2019 |title=Official: Inter appoint Conte |url=https://www.football-italia.net/138735/official-inter-appoint-conte |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609100221/https://www.football-italia.net/138735/official-inter-appoint-conte |archive-date=9 June 2019 |access-date=30 June 2019 |publisher=football-italia.net}}</ref> In mid 2019 Inter acquired [[Romelu Lukaku]] from [[Manchester United]] for 74 million €, the new most expensive player in the history of the club, [[Nicolò Barella]] for 44.5 million € from [[Cagliari Calcio|Cagliari]] and sold [[Mauro Icardi]], one of the best strikers in Italy in the preceding years (two times Serie A top scorer in 2015 and 2018), to [[Paris Saint-Germain FC|Paris Saint-Germain]] for 50 million €. [[Alessandro Bastoni]], who had been acquired from [[Atalanta BC|Atalanta]] in 2017 at the age of 18 for 31.1 million €, made his debut for Inter in the [[2019–20 Serie A|2019–20 season]] and with [[Milan Škriniar]] and [[Stefan de Vrij]] formed a strong defensive trio in a 3-5-2 formation that will be the best defense in Serie A in the following years.

In September 2019, [[Zhang Kangyang|Steven Zhang]] was elected to the board of the [[European Club Association]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 September 2019 |title=Official - Inter President Zhang Elected To ECA Board |url=https://sempreinter.com/2019/09/10/official-inter-president-zhang-elected-to-eca-board/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422173000/https://sempreinter.com/2019/09/10/official-inter-president-zhang-elected-to-eca-board/ |archive-date=22 April 2021 |access-date=22 April 2021 |website=SempreInter.com |language=en-US}}</ref> In the 2019–20 season, Inter Milan finished as runner-up, as they won 2–0 against Atalanta on the last matchday.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 August 2020 |title=Atalanta 0–2 Inter: Evergreen Young inspires win to secure runner-up spot |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/atalanta-0-2-inter-evergreen-204624344.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801205206/https://sports.yahoo.com/atalanta-0-2-inter-evergreen-204624344.html |archive-date=1 August 2020 |access-date=12 August 2020 |website=Yahoo! Sports}}</ref> After an early elimination in UCL group stage ending third behind [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] and [[Borussia Dortmund]], they also reached the [[2020 UEFA Europa League final]] played on 21 August in [[Cologne]] [[Behind closed doors (sport)|behind closed doors]]: despite two goals scored by Lukaku and [[Diego Godin]] they eventually lost 3–2 to [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 August 2020 |title=Inter Milan 5–0 Shakhtar Donetsk |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/53759741 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220203526/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/53759741 |archive-date=20 February 2021 |access-date=17 August 2020 |website=BBC Sport}}</ref> Inter improved team with signings of new players, among others, in January 2020 [[Christian Eriksen]] from [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham]] for 27 million € and in July [[Achraf Hakimi]] from Borussia Dortmund for 43 million €.
[[File:Stadio Meazza 2021 2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|right|A street art mural outside Giuseppe Meazza stadium depicting the clash between [[Romelu Lukaku]] and [[Zlatan Ibrahimović]] in a Coppa Italia match played in January 2021, decided by a [[Christian Eriksen]]'s free kick goal.]]
Despite the worst result in Champions League group stage in the club's history ending fourth with only six points, after a record 11 consecutive victories since the beginning of the second half of the season<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fanpage.it/sport/calcio/inter-da-record-11-vittorie-di-fila-nel-girone-di-ritorno-battuto-il-milan-degli-olandesi/|title=Inter da record: 11 vittorie di fila nel girone di ritorno, battuto il Milan degli olandesi|date=11 April 2021}}</ref> and following Inter win in Crotone and Atalanta's draw against [[US Sassuolo Calcio|Sassuolo]] on 2 May 2021, Internazionale were confirmed as champions for the first time in eleven years, ending Juventus' run of nine consecutive titles, with Zhang family that became the first foreign ownership to win serie A.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 May 2021 |title=Inter Milan: Italian giants win first Serie A for 11 years |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/56964913 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803205004/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/56964913 |archive-date=3 August 2021 |access-date=2 May 2021 |work=BBC Sport}}</ref> However, despite securing Serie A glory, Conte left the club by mutual consent on 26 May 2021. The departure was reportedly due to disagreements between Conte and the board over player transfers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 May 2021 |title=Antonio Conte leaves Inter Milan after clinching Serie A title |work=ESPN |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/internazionale/story/4395428/antonio-conte-leaves-inter-milan-after-clinching-serie-a-title |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210531064243/https://www.espn.com/soccer/internazionale/story/4395428/antonio-conte-leaves-inter-milan-after-clinching-serie-a-title |archive-date=31 May 2021 |access-date=3 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=26 May 2021 |title=Antonio Conte leaves Inter over plan to sell €80m of players this summer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/may/26/antonio-conte-leaving-inter-over-plan-to-sell-80m-of-players |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210707073437/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/may/26/antonio-conte-leaving-inter-over-plan-to-sell-80m-of-players |archive-date=7 July 2021 |access-date=9 June 2021 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> In June 2021, [[Simone Inzaghi]] was appointed as Conte's replacement.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Horncastle |first=James |title="Simone Inzaghi appointed Inter Milan head coach |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4211372/2021/05/27/simone-inzaghi-appointed-inter-milan-head-coach/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603172933/https://theathletic.com/news/simone-inzaghi-inter-milan-next-manager/auXCq6fcZezP |archive-date=3 June 2021 |access-date=3 June 2021 |work=The Athletic|date=3 June 2021 }}</ref> On 6 July 2021 Achraf Hakimi was sold to Paris Saint-Germain for €60&nbsp;million that was replaced by [[Denzel Dumfries]] from [[PSV Eindhoven]], on 8 August 2021 Romelu Lukaku was sold to [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] for €115&nbsp;million, representing the [[List of most expensive association football transfers|most expensive association football transfer by an Italian football club ever]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 August 2021 |title=Inter, il Chelsea offre 115 milioni cash per Lukaku. Si chiude appena c'è il sostituto |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Calciomercato/Inter/07-08-2021/calciomercato-inter-chelsea-sale-115-milioni-addio-romelu-lukaku-420258194239.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807142107/https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Calciomercato/Inter/07-08-2021/calciomercato-inter-chelsea-sale-115-milioni-addio-romelu-lukaku-420258194239.shtml |archive-date=7 August 2021 |access-date=7 August 2021 |work=Gazzetta |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=7 August 2021 |title=Addio di Lukaku: proprietà e dirigenti, sono tutti responsabili |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Calciomercato/Inter/08-08-2021/lukaku-chelsea-proprieta-dirigenti-tutti-responsabili-420272009160.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807230116/https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Calciomercato/Inter/08-08-2021/lukaku-chelsea-proprieta-dirigenti-tutti-responsabili-420272009160.shtml |archive-date=7 August 2021 |access-date=7 August 2021 |work=Gazzetta |language=it}}</ref> while Eriksen couldn't play anymore in Italy after the cardiac arrest he suffered in European Championship with the implementation of an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator.<ref>{{Cite news |date=29 October 2021 |title=Christian Eriksen: Inter Milan midfielder unable to play for club after cardiac arrest|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/59096086 |access-date=14 July 2025 |work=bbc.com|language=en}}</ref>
Nicolò Barella and Alessandro Bastoni were part of Italian National team that won [[UEFA Euro 2020]] played in the summer of 2021.

Inter qualified in the [[2021–22 UEFA Champions League|UCL Round of 16]] for the first time in ten years, but despite the club's first-ever win at Anfield Road thanks to a goal from [[Lautaro Martínez]], they were eliminated by Liverpool. On 12 January 2022, Inter won the [[2021 Supercoppa Italiana|Supercoppa Italiana]], defeating Juventus 2–1 at San Siro. After conceding a goal to the opponent, Inter equalised with a penalty scored by Lautaro Martínez, and the match finished 1–1 in regulation time. In the last second of the extra time, [[Alexis Sánchez]] scored the winning goal, giving Inter the first trophy of the season, also Simone Inzaghi's first trophy as Inter manager.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 January 2022 |title=Inter-Juventus 2-1, gol e highlights: ai nerazzurri la Supercoppa, decide Sanchez al 121' |url=https://sport.sky.it/calcio/2022/01/12/inter-juventus-risultato-gol-supercoppa-italiana |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725143356/https://sport.sky.it/calcio/2022/01/12/inter-juventus-risultato-gol-supercoppa-italiana |archive-date=25 July 2022 |access-date=25 July 2022 |work=Sky Sports |language=it}}</ref> On 11 May 2022, Inter won the [[Coppa Italia]], defeating Juventus 4–2 at [[Stadio Olimpico]]. After normal time had ended 2–2, with Nicolò Barella and [[Hakan Çalhanoğlu]] scoring Inter's goals, [[Ivan Perišić]]'s brace in the extra time gave Inter the win and a second title of the season.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 May 2022 |title=L'Inter vince la Coppa Italia: 4-2 contro la Juve ai supplementari |url=https://www.rainews.it/articoli/2022/05/inter-vince-la-coppa-italia-4-2-contro-la-juve-2ff2cded-cd27-46bc-8de0-639d4f36c8b6.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725144145/https://www.rainews.it/articoli/2022/05/inter-vince-la-coppa-italia-4-2-contro-la-juve-2ff2cded-cd27-46bc-8de0-639d4f36c8b6.html |archive-date=25 July 2022 |access-date=25 July 2022 |language=it}}</ref> The [[2021–22 Serie A]] campaign saw Inter finish in second place, being the most prolific attacking side with 84 goals.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Classifica Serie A 2021/2022 |url=https://www.repubblica.it/sport/dirette/calcio/serie-a-2021/classifica/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725144710/https://www.repubblica.it/sport/dirette/calcio/serie-a-2021/classifica/ |archive-date=25 July 2022 |access-date=25 July 2022 |language=it}}</ref> After the autumn break for the [[2022 FIFA World Cup]] won by Lautaro Martinez's Argentina, on 18 January 2023 Inter won the [[2022 Supercoppa Italiana|Supercoppa Italiana]], defeating [[AC Milan|Milan]] 3−0 at [[King Fahd International Stadium]], thanks to goals from [[Federico Dimarco]], [[Edin Džeko]], and Lautaro Martínez.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 January 2023 |title=La Supercoppa italiana è dell'Inter: 3 a 0 al Milan, gol di Dimarco, Dzeko e Lautaro |url=https://tg24.sky.it/sport/2023/01/18/milan-inter-supercoppa-italiana |language=Italian}}</ref>

[[File:FC Salzburg gegen Inter Mailand (Testspiel 2023-08-09) 46.jpg|thumb|left|Inter players line up before a pre-season friendly against [[FC Red Bull Salzburg|Salzburg]] in August 2023.]]
Inter passed again the UCL group stage after having eliminated Barcelona, and then after having defeated [[FC Porto|Porto]] and [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]], qualified for the semifinals of the competition. On 16 May 2023, Inter defeated archrivals Milan in the semi-finals of [[2022–23 UEFA Champions League]] with goals from Džeko and [[Henrikh Mkhitaryan]] in the first leg and a goal from Martinez in the second leg, advanced to the [[2023 UEFA Champions League final|Champions League final]] for the first time since [[2009–10 UEFA Champions League|2010]]. However, they were defeated at the [[Atatürk Olympic Stadium]] 1−0 by [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] after a second half goal from midfielder [[Rodri (footballer, born 1996)|Rodri]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Rory |date=10 June 2023 |title=Champions League Final: Manchester City Wins First Champions League Title |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/06/10/sports/man-city-inter-milan-champions-league |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611001937/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/06/10/sports/man-city-inter-milan-champions-league |archive-date=11 June 2023 |access-date=12 July 2023 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In July 2023, Inter sold for 50 million € goalkeeper [[Andre Onana]] to Manchester United, acquired the prior season for free like Hakan Çalhanoğlu in 2021, Henrikh Mkhitaryan in 2022 and [[Marcus Thuram]] in 2023. [[Samir Handanović]] retired after 11 seasons and 455 appearances for the club and an [[Football records in Italy#Most penalties saved|all-time career record in Serie A history]] of 26 penalties saved,<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 January 2023 |title=Handanovic, 400 presenze con l'Inter |url=https://www.inter.it/it/notizie/2021-10-19-handanovic-400-presenze-inter |language=Italian |publisher=Inter Milan}}</ref> [[Marcelo Brozovic|Brozovic]] was sold to [[Al Nassr FC|Al Nassr]], Škriniar moved to Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer, while other players were added to the squad: [[Davide Frattesi]] from Sassuolo (33 million €), [[Benjamin Pavard]] (30 million €) and [[Yann Sommer]] (6.9 million €) both from Bayern Munich.

Inter started very well the season with five consecutive win including a 5 to 1 victory over AC Milan, the largest in Milan derby since 2009.
In January 2024 Inter won its eighth [[2023 Supercoppa Italiana|Supercoppa Italiana]] and its third consecutive, in a new format with four teams, tying the record set by AC Milan in the 1990s for consecutive wins, after having defeated [[SS Lazio|Lazio]] 3–0 and then in the final match [[SSC Napoli|Napoli]] 1–0, with a late goal by Lautaro Martínez. On 22 April 2024, Inter secured their 20th Serie A title<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.interlive.it/2024/04/28/entusiasmo-alle-stelle-fuori-san-siro-inzaghi-con-quasi-lo-stesso-undici-del-derby-video/ |title=Entusiasmo alle stelle fuori San Siro: Inzaghi con quasi lo stesso undici del derby {{!}} Video |language=it |website=Interlive.it |date= 28 April 2024 |access-date=10 June 2025}}</ref> and the second [[Star (sport badge)|Star]] by defeating Milan 2–1 at the San Siro in a record sixth consecutive [[Derby della Madonnina]] win<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 April 2024 |title=Internazionale seal historic 20th Serie A title with derby victory over Milan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/apr/22/internazionale-seal-historic-20th-serie-a-title-with-derby-victory-over-milan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423010002/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/apr/22/internazionale-seal-historic-20th-serie-a-title-with-derby-victory-over-milan |archive-date=23 April 2024 |access-date=22 April 2024 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> in a dominant season ending with 94 points, 19 over second-place Milan. The team had the best attack in the league with 89 goals made and the best defense with only 22 goals conceded, a +67 difference, the best in Serie A since the 1950–1951 season.<ref>{{Cite news |title=I numeri di uno Scudetto straordinario |url=https://www.inter.it/it/notizie/numeri-scudetto-inter-record |access-date=27 August 2024 |language=it |publisher=Inter Milan}}</ref>
[[File:FC Salzburg gegen Inter Mailand (Testspiel 2023-08-09) 48.jpg|thumb|right|[[Simone Inzaghi]] coached Inter from 2021 to 2025; he holds the club record for most wins in the Champions League and in all UEFA competitions (25)]]
On 22 May 2024, Oaktree Capital Management assumed ownership of Inter Milan following the default of Suning Holdings Group on a substantial loan given in May 2021 to the club in order to cover losses incurred during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Italy|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web | last1=Galardini | first1=Giacomo |title=Investment Firm Oaktree Capital Signs $336 Million Financing Deal With Serie A Champions FC Inter |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/giacomogalardini/2021/05/20/us-investment-firm-oaktree-capital-signs-336-million-financing-deal-with-serie-a-champions-fc-inter/?sh=20f40a831c39 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819181805/https://www.forbes.com/sites/giacomogalardini/2021/05/20/us-investment-firm-oaktree-capital-signs-336-million-financing-deal-with-serie-a-champions-fc-inter/?sh=20f40a831c39 |archive-date=19 August 2022 |access-date=19 August 2022 |website=[[Forbes]]}}</ref> The firm took control of the club after Suning Holdings Group failed to repay a debt of €395 million ($428 million). This development was confirmed by Oaktree in an emailed statement.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Morpurgo |first1=Giulia |last2=Perez |first2=Irene Garcia |date=22 May 2024 |title=Inter Milan Seized by Oaktree After Chinese Owner Defaults on Debt |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-22/oaktree-says-it-has-taken-ownership-of-inter-milan-football-club |access-date=22 May 2024 |work=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]]}}</ref> As a consequence, the new ownership chose to appoint CEO [[Giuseppe Marotta]] as the club's new chairman.

Inter Milan began their first season under the new ownership by drawing 2–2 to Genoa.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c4gdpz21l79t |title=Genoa 2 – 2 Inter Milan |work=BBC Sport |date=17 August 2024 |access-date=10 June 2025}}</ref> The [[2024–25 Inter Milan season|2024–25 season]] ultimately proved to be a disappointment for the Nerazzurri as despite looking likely for a treble with a month of the season to go, Inter would finish runner up to Napoli for a point in a tight [[2024–25 Serie A|Serie A]] season and exit the [[2024–25 Coppa Italia|Coppa Italia]] in the semi finals after losing to AC Milan who also previously in January came from behind to beat them in the [[2025 Supercoppa Italiana final (January)|Supercoppa Italiana final]]. In the [[2024–25 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] Inter finished fourth in the new league phase ensuring automatic advancement to the round of 16, with only one goal conceded in eight matches, a record in UCL League phase. Inter then beat [[Feyenoord]] 4–1 on aggregate in the round of 16, Bayern Munich 4–3 on aggregate in the quarter finals (winning in Munich ending a run of 22 matches in 4 years of unbeaten home run for the German team) and Barcelona in a thrilling 7–6 semi final tie: after a 3–3 in Barcelona in the first leg, a win for 4–3 in San Siro in extra time after being up 2–0, then down 2–3 until the equalizer in the last minutes in regulation time with a goal from [[Francesco Acerbi|Acerbi]] and then the decisive goal from Frattesi which meant Inter would make the [[2025 UEFA Champions League final|Champions League final]] for the seventh time in their history and second time in three seasons. Despite having lost only once in 14 matches in the UCL this season, Inter lost the final 5–0 to Paris Saint-Germain ensuring a first trophy less season since the [[2019–20 Inter Milan season|2019–20 season]]. 

Three days after the final Simone Inzaghi left the club via mutual consent, two weeks before Inter's first game in the inaugural [[2025 FIFA Club World Cup|FIFA Club World Cup]]. Former Inter player [[Cristian Chivu]] was appointed as the new head coach.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.inter.it/en/news/cristian-chivu-new-inter-head-coach |title=Cristian Chivu is the new Inter head coach |publisher=Inter Milan |date=9 June 2025 }}</ref>
In FIFA Club World Cup played in the [[United States of America|United States]], after a draw against [[C.F. Monterrey|Monterrey]] in the first match played at the [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]] in [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]], they won the next two matches at the [[Lumen Field]] in [[Seattle]]: the first against the [[Urawa Red Diamonds]] two-one and the second against [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]] two-nil, going through the group in first place, only to be eliminated in the round of 16 of the competition.

==Colours and badge==
{{Commons|Inter Milan kits}}
[[File:1928–29 Società Sportiva Ambrosiana.jpg|thumb|left|1928–29 S.S. Ambrosiana in its white and red ''Crociata'' shirt]]

One of the founders of Inter, a painter named Giorgio Muggiani, was responsible for the design of the first Inter logo in 1908.{{sfn|Galasso|2015|p=241}} The first design incorporated the letters "FCIM" in the centre of a series of circles that formed the badge of the club.{{sfn|Galasso|2015|p=241}} The basic elements of the design have remained constant even as finer details have been modified over the years. Starting from the [[1999–2000 Inter Milan season|1999–2000 season]], the original club crest was reduced in size, to create space for the addition of the club's name and foundation year at the upper and lower part of the logo respectively.<ref name="Inter2021" />

In 2007, the logo was returned to the pre-1999–2000 era.<ref name="Inter2021" /> It was given a more modern look with a smaller ''Scudetto'' star and lighter colour scheme.<ref name="Inter2021" /> This version was used until July 2014, when the club decided to undertake a rebranding.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nerazzurri rebranding: new logo, same Inter |url=http://www.inter.it/en/news/45908 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711202430/http://www.inter.it/en/news/45908 |archive-date=11 July 2014 |access-date=21 July 2014 |website=Inter.it}}</ref> The most significant difference between the current and the previous logo is the omission of the star from other media except match kits.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Inter rebranding in detail |url=http://www.inter.it/en/news/45909 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727003155/http://www.inter.it/en/news/45909 |archive-date=27 July 2014 |access-date=21 July 2014 |website=Inter.it}}</ref>

Since its founding in 1908, Inter have almost always worn black and blue stripes, earning them the nickname ''[[Nerazzurri]]''. According to the tradition, the colours were adopted to represent the nocturnal sky: in fact, the club was established on the night of 9 March, at 23:30; moreover, blue was chosen by Giorgio Muggiani because he considered it to be the opposite colour to red, worn by the Milan Cricket and Football Club rivals.<ref name="ninteenzeroeight">{{Cite news |date=24 June 2007 |title=9 marzo 1908, 43 milanisti fondano l'Inter |url=http://www.corriere.it/vivimilano/speciali/inter/index.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071204103002/http://www.corriere.it/vivimilano/speciali/inter/index.shtml |archive-date=4 December 2007 |access-date=23 October 2007 |publisher=ViviMilano.it}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">{{Cite news |date=25 July 2007 |title=AC Milan vs. Inter Milan |url=http://www.footballderbies.com/honours/index.php?id=30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913000901/http://www.footballderbies.com/honours/index.php?id=30 |archive-date=13 September 2011 |access-date=18 May 2008 |publisher=FootballDerbies.com}}</ref>

During the 1928–29 season, however, Inter were forced by Fascist regime to abandon their black and blue uniforms. In 1928, Inter's name and philosophy made the ruling Fascist Party uneasy; as a result, during the same year the 20-year-old club was merged with ''Unione Sportiva Milanese'': the new club was named ''Società Sportiva Ambrosiana'' after the patron saint of Milan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Emeroteca Coni |url=http://emeroteca.coni.it/?q=node/6&f=822&p=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305065852/http://emeroteca.coni.it/?q=node%2F6&f=822&p=1 |archive-date=5 March 2012 |access-date=7 January 2013 |publisher=Emeroteca.coni.it}}</ref> The [[flag of Milan]] (the red cross on white background) replaced the traditional black and blue.<ref name="ambrosianacolours">{{Cite news |date=24 June 2007 |title=Ambrosiana S.S 1928 |url=http://www.toffs.com/icat/ambrosiana |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020042913/http://www.toffs.com/icat/ambrosiana |archive-date=20 October 2007 |access-date=23 October 2007 |publisher=Toffs.com}}</ref> In 1929, the black-and-blue jerseys were restored, and after World War II, when the Fascists had fallen from power, the club reverted to their original name. In 2008, Inter celebrated their centenary with a red cross on their away shirt. The cross is reminiscent of the flag of their city, and they continue to use the pattern on their third kit. In 2014, the club adopted a predominantly black home kit with thin blue pinstripes<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yesilevskiy |first=Mark |date=9 July 2014 |title=Inter Milan 2014/15 home kit |url=https://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2014/7/9/5882469/inter-milan-2014-2015-nike-home-kit |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802201702/https://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2014/7/9/5882469/inter-milan-2014-2015-nike-home-kit |archive-date=2 August 2020 |access-date=20 November 2019 |website=SBNation.com}}</ref> before returning to a more traditional design the following season.

Animals are often used to represent football clubs in Italy – the [[grass snake]], called ''[[Biscione]]'', represents Inter.<ref name="ultimouomo2021">{{Cite news |last=Galluzzo |first=Michele |date=19 February 2021 |title=Parenti serpenti |url=https://www.ultimouomo.com/inter-milan-mascotte-biscione/ |work=Ultimo Uomo |publisher=UU Srls |location=Rome |language=Italian |publication-date=19 February 2021}}</ref><ref name="nss2023">{{Cite news |last=Ciaramella |first=Matteo |date=23 April 2023 |title=Come il Biscione è diventato il simbolo e il soprannome dell'Inter |url=https://www.nssmag.com/it/sports/32812/biscione-inter-logo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205225838/https://www.nssmag.com/it/sports/32812/biscione-inter-logo |archive-date=5 December 2023 |work=Nss sports |publisher=nss magazine srls |location=Milan |language=Italian}}</ref> The snake is a symbol for the city of Milan, appearing often in Milanese [[heraldry]] as a coiled viper with a man in its jaws. The symbol is present on the coat of arms of the [[House of Sforza]] (which ruled over Italy from Milan during the [[Renaissance]] period), the city of Milan, the historical [[Duchy of Milan]] (a 400-year state of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]) and [[Insubria]] (a historical region the city of Milan falls within).<ref name="ultimouomo2021" /><ref name="nss2023" /> For the [[2010–11 Serie A|2010–11 season]], Inter's away kit featured the snake.

<gallery style="text-align:center">
FC Inter Milan first logo (1908-1928).png|1908–1928
Logo of FC Inter Milan (1963-1979).svg|1963–1979
Inter old logo (1999-2007).png|1998–2007
Inter Mailand.svg|2007–2014
FC Internazionale Milano 2014.svg|2014–2021
FC Internazionale Milano 2021.svg|2021–present
</gallery>

==Stadium==
{{main|San Siro}}
{{See also|Arena Civica}}
[[File:Scudo2009.jpg|thumb|300px|San Siro during an Inter match]]

The team's stadium is the 75,923 seat [[San Siro]],<ref name="sansirosize">{{Cite web |title=Struttura |url=https://www.sansirostadium.com/stadium/Struttura |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221093905/http://www.sansiro.net/?page_id=195 |archive-date=21 February 2019 |access-date=8 April 2023 |website=sansirostadium.com |publisher=[[San Siro]] |language=it}}</ref> officially known as the ''Stadio Giuseppe Meazza'' after the former player who represented for 14 seasons Inter and for two Milan. The more commonly used name, ''San Siro'', is the name of [[San Siro (district)|the district where it is located]]. San Siro has been the home of Milan since 1926, when it was privately built by funding from Milan's chairman at the time, Piero Pirelli. Construction was performed by 120 workers, and took {{frac|13|1|2}} months to complete. The stadium was owned by the club until it was sold to the city in 1935, and since 1947 it has been shared with Inter, when they were accepted as joint tenant.

The first game played at the stadium was on 19 September 1926, when Inter beat Milan 6–3 in a friendly match. Milan played its first league game in San Siro on 19 September 1926, losing 1–2 to [[Sampierdarenese]]. From an initial capacity of 35,000 spectators, the stadium has undergone several major renovations. A major structural renovation was made for the [[2016 UEFA Champions League Final]] while another one took place in late 2021 to host the [[UEFA Nations League]] final. The stadium is going to be refurbished again in time for [[2026 Winter Olympics|Milano Cortina 2026]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 April 2022 |title=Viceministro Morelli: "Sul nuovo San Siro avrebbero dovuto decidere prima" |url=https://www.90min.com/it/posts/viceministro-morelli-dichiarazioni-san-siro-nuovo-stadio-inter-milan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429201727/https://www.90min.com/it/posts/viceministro-morelli-dichiarazioni-san-siro-nuovo-stadio-inter-milan |archive-date=29 April 2022 |access-date=30 April 2022}}</ref>

Based on the English model for stadiums, San Siro is specifically designed for football matches, as opposed to many multi-purpose stadiums used in Serie A. It is therefore renowned in Italy for its atmosphere during matches, owing to the closeness of the stands to the pitch.

===New Milano Stadium===
Since 2012, various proposals and projects by [[Massimo Moratti]] have alternated regarding a possible construction of a new Inter stadium.
<ref>{{Cite web |title=Esclusiva Sindaco S. Donato: "Stadio? Ambito non adeguato. Ci provò Moratti ma..." |url=https://www.fcinter1908.it/copertina/esclusiva-sindaco-san-donato/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303223340/https://www.fcinter1908.it/copertina/esclusiva-sindaco-san-donato/ |archive-date=3 March 2022 |access-date=21 March 2022 |website=La Gazzetta dello Sport |language=it}}</ref> Between June and July 2019, Inter and Milan announced the agreement for the construction of a new shared stadium in the San Siro area.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Milan-Inter avanti decise: "Butteremo giù San Siro e faremo il nuovo stadio". Sala: "Dopo il 2026" |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-A/Milan/24-06-2019/milan-inter-scaroni-antonello-san-siro-meazza-losanna-340326938879.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303231139/https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-A/Milan/24-06-2019/milan-inter-scaroni-antonello-san-siro-meazza-losanna-340326938879.shtml |archive-date=3 March 2022 |access-date=21 March 2022 |website=gazzetta.it |language=it}}</ref> In the winter of 2021, [[Giuseppe Sala (politician)|Giuseppe Sala]], the mayor of Milan, gave official permission for the construction of the new stadium next to San Siro, which is expected to be partially demolished and refunctionalised after the 2026 Olympic Games.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 January 2022 |title=Nuovo stadio Milan-Inter, Sala: "Sì al San Siro bis seguendo le regole. Per Sesto San Giovanni tempi lunghi" |url=https://milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/22_marzo_01/nuovo-stadio-milan-inter-sala-si-san-siro-bis-seguendo-regole-sesto-san-giovanni-tempi-lunghi-f1fbe260-9933-11ec-9c59-6d8197f09466.shtml |access-date=21 March 2022 |website=milano.corriere.it |language=it}}</ref> In early 2022, Inter and Milan revealed a "plan B" to relocate the construction of the new Milano stadium in the [[Milan metropolitan area|Greater Milan]], away from the San Siro area.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 February 2022 |title=Inter CEO admits the clubs could move away from San Siro to new site if delays continue |url=https://sempremilan.com/inter-milan-new-stadium-site |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409042012/https://sempremilan.com/inter-milan-new-stadium-site |archive-date=9 April 2023 |access-date=21 March 2022 |website=sempremilan.com}}</ref>

==Supporters and rivalries==
{{main|Derby della Madonnina|Derby d'Italia}}
According to an August 2024 research by ''[[Ipsos]]''.,<ref name="Serie A, classifica dei tifosi in Italia">{{Cite news |date=6 September 2024 |title=Serie A, la classifica dei tifosi in Italia: Juve al top, l'Inter allunga sul Milan |url=https://www.calcioefinanza.it/2024/08/13/serie-a-squadre-con-piu-tifosi-in-italia-classifica/#:~:text=Quali%20sono%20le%20squadre%20con,%2C%20quando%20erano%2024.480.000. |language=it}}</ref> Inter is the second-most supported football club in Italy, only being second to [[Juventus]]. In the early years (until the First World War), Inter fans from the city of Milan were typically [[middle class]], while Milan fans were typically [[working class]].<ref name="autogenerated1" /> During [[Massimo Moratti]]'s ownership, Inter fans were considered to be on the moderate left. At the same time, during [[Silvio Berlusconi]]'s reign, Milan fans were viewed as belonging to the centre-right.

The traditional [[ultras]] group of Inter is ''Boys San''; which are one of the oldest Italian ultras groups, being founded in 1969. Politically, one group (Irriducibili) of Inter Ultras are right-wing and this group has relations with the Lazio ultras. As well as the main group (apolitical) of ''Boys San'', there are five more significant groups: ''Viking'' (apolitical), ''Irriducibili'' (right-wing), ''Ultras'' (apolitical), ''Brianza Alcoolica'' (apolitical) and ''Imbastisci'' (left-wing).

Inter's most vocal fans gather in the Curva Nord, or north curve of the San Siro. This longstanding tradition has led to the Curva Nord being synonymous with the club's most die-hard supporters, who unfurl banners and wave flags in support of their team. Throughout 2024, the Curva Nord (labelled as the "Curva Nord Milano") collaborated with [[rap]] duo [[¥$]] (composed of [[Kanye West]] and [[Ty Dolla Sign]]) on multiple occasions, appearing as a choir on the chart-topping hit song "[[Carnival (¥$ song)|Carnival]]" (alongside rapping on its chorus) featuring [[Playboi Carti]] and [[Rich the Kid]], and on the ¥$ remix of "[[Like That (Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar song)|Like That]]", featuring [[Future (rapper)|Future]] and [[record producer]] [[Metro Boomin]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 June 2024 |title=Kanye West nel nuovo album Vultures 1 campiona i cori della curva degli ultras dell'Inter |work=Sky TG24 |url=https://www.tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/musica/2024/02/13/kanye-west-inter}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Saponara |first=Michael |date=22 April 2024 |title=Ye Explains How His Remix of Drake Diss Track 'Like That' Happened |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/kanye-west-drake-diss-like-that-remix-how-it-happened-1235662399/ |access-date=17 June 2024 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[File:Inter vs Milan - 1915 - Coppa Gazzetta dello Sport.jpg|thumb|300px|Scene of a Derby della Madonnina in 1915]]

Inter have several rivalries, two of which are highly significant in [[Italian football]]; firstly, they participate in the intracity ''[[Derby della Madonnina]]'' with [[AC Milan|Milan]]; the rivalry has existed ever since Inter splintered off from Milan in 1908.<ref name="autogenerated1" /> The name of the derby refers to the [[Blessed Virgin Mary]] atop the [[Milan Cathedral]]. The match usually creates a lively atmosphere, with numerous (often humorous or offensive) banners unfolded before the match. [[Flare]]s are commonly present, but they also led to the abandonment of the second leg of the [[2004–05 UEFA Champions League|2004–05 Champions League]] quarter-final matchup between Milan and Inter on 12 April, after a flare thrown from the crowd by an Inter supporter struck Milan keeper [[Dida (footballer, born 1973)|Dida]] on the shoulder.<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 July 2007 |title=Milan game ended by crowd trouble |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/4432047.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060205192237/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4432047.stm |archive-date=5 February 2006 |access-date=23 October 2007 |publisher=BBC}}</ref>

The other principal rivalry is with Juventus; matches between the two clubs are known as the ''[[Derby d'Italia]]''. Up until the [[2006 Italian football scandal]], which saw Juventus relegated, the two were the only Italian clubs never to have played below Serie A. In the 2000s, Inter developed a rivalry with [[AS Roma|Roma]], who finished as runners-up to Inter in all but one of Inter's five ''Scudetto''-winning seasons between 2005–06 and 2009–10. The two sides have also contested in five Coppa Italia finals and four Supercoppa Italiana finals since 2006. Other clubs, like [[Atalanta BC|Atalanta]] and [[SSC Napoli|Napoli]], are also considered among their rivals.<ref>{{Cite web |title=INTER: gli Ultras avversari&nbsp;– Rangers 1976 Empoli Ultras |url=http://www.rangers.it/avversari/inter.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603004453/http://www.rangers.it/avversari/inter.html |archive-date=3 June 2013 |access-date=7 January 2013 |publisher=Rangers.it}}</ref> Their supporters collectively go by ''Interisti'', or ''Nerazzurri.''<ref>{{Cite news |title=INTERISTI |url=http://www.inter.it/en/interisti_new |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909025524/http://www.inter.it/en/interisti_new |archive-date=9 September 2015 |access-date=22 September 2015 |publisher=FC Internazionale Milano}}</ref>

== Honours ==
[[File:Inter1965-66.jpg|thumb|The Inter team which won the [[Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cup]] in [[1965 Intercontinental Cup|1965]]]]

{{Main|List of Inter Milan seasons|List of Inter Milan honours|Inter Milan in European football}}
Inter have won 37 domestic trophies, including the [[Serie A]] 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 before 2017, when Juventus won their sixth successive league title.<ref name="Italy&nbsp;– List of Champions" /> They have won the [[UEFA Champions League]] three times: two back-to-back in [[1964 European Cup final|1964]] and [[1965 European Cup final|1965]], and then another in [[2010 UEFA Champions League final|2010]]; the last completed an unprecedented Italian [[Treble (association football)|treble]] with the [[Coppa Italia]] and the ''Scudetto''.<ref name="treble" /> The club has also won three [[UEFA Europa League]], two [[Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cup]], and one [[FIFA Club World Cup]].

Inter has [[List of unrelegated association football clubs|never been relegated]] from the top flight of Italian football in its entire existence. It is the sole club to have competed in [[Serie A]] and its predecessors in every season since its debut in 1909.

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|+Inter honours
! scope=col|Type
!scope=col|Competition
!scope=col|Titles
!scope=col|Seasons
|-
| rowspan="3" |'''Domestic'''
! scope=col|[[Serie A]]
|align="center"|20
|align="left"| [[1909–10 Italian Football Championship|1909–10]], [[1919–20 Italian Football Championship|1919–20]], [[1929–30 Serie A|1929–30]], [[1937–38 Serie A|1937–38]], [[1939–40 Serie A|1939–40]], [[1952–53 Serie A|1952–53]], [[1953–54 Serie A|1953–54]], [[1962–63 Serie A|1962–63]], [[1964–65 Serie A|1964–65]], [[1965–66 Serie A|1965–66]] [[File:Stella 10 Scudetti.svg|18px]], [[1970–71 Serie A|1970–71]], [[1979–80 Serie A|1979–80]], [[1988–89 Serie A|1988–89]], [[2005–06 Serie A|2005–06]], [[2006–07 Serie A|2006–07]], [[2007–08 Serie A|2007–08]], [[2008–09 Serie A|2008–09]], [[2009–10 Serie A|2009–10]], [[2020–21 Serie A|2020–21]], [[2023–24 Serie A|2023–24]] [[File:Stella 10 Scudetti.svg|18px]]
|-
! scope=col|[[Coppa Italia]]
|align="center"|9
|align="left"| [[1938–39 Coppa Italia|1938–39]], [[1977–78 Coppa Italia|1977–78]], [[Coppa Italia|1981–82]], [[2004–05 Coppa Italia|2004–05]], [[2005–06 Coppa Italia|2005–06]], [[2009–10 Coppa Italia|2009–10]], [[2010–11 Coppa Italia|2010–11]], [[2021–22 Coppa Italia|2021–22]], [[2022–23 Coppa Italia|2022–23]]
|-
! scope=col|[[Supercoppa Italiana]]
|align="center"|8
|align="left"| [[1989 Supercoppa Italiana|1989]], [[2005 Supercoppa Italiana|2005]], [[2006 Supercoppa Italiana|2006]], [[2008 Supercoppa Italiana|2008]], [[2010 Supercoppa Italiana|2010]], [[2021 Supercoppa Italiana|2021]], [[2022 Supercoppa Italiana|2022]], [[2023 Supercoppa Italiana|2023]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |'''Continental'''
! scope=col|[[UEFA Champions League|European Cup / UEFA Champions League]]
|align="center"|3
|align="left"| [[1963–64 European Cup|1963–64]], [[1964–65 European Cup|1964–65]], [[2009–10 UEFA Champions League|2009–10]]
|-
! scope=col|[[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]]
|align="center"|3
|align="left"| [[1990–91 UEFA Cup|1990–91]], [[1993–94 UEFA Cup|1993–94]], [[1997–98 UEFA Cup|1997–98]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |'''Worldwide'''
! scope=col|[[Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cup]]
|align="center"|2
|align="left"| [[1964 Intercontinental Cup|1964]], [[1965 Intercontinental Cup|1965]]
|-
! scope=col|[[FIFA Club World Cup]]
|align="center"|1
|align="left"| [[2010 FIFA Club World Cup|2010]]
|}

==Club statistics and records==
[[File:Javier Zanetti FC Internazionale.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Javier Zanetti]] made a record 858 appearances for Internazionale, including 618 in Serie A.]]
{{Main|List of Inter Milan records and statistics}}

[[Javier Zanetti]] holds the appearances record for Inter, with 858 games played. [[Giuseppe Meazza]] is Inter's all-time top goalscorer, with 284 goals in 408 games.<ref name="recordholders">{{Cite web |title=record holders |url=http://archivio.inter.it/cgi-bin/primatisti?L=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130225180743/http://archivio.inter.it/cgi-bin/primatisti?L=en |archive-date=25 February 2013 |access-date=8 March 2013 |publisher=inter.it}}</ref> [[Helenio Herrera]] had the longest and most successful reign as Inter coach, with nine years (eight consecutive) in charge: he won three ''Scudetti'', two European Cups, and two [[Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cup]]s. [[José Mourinho]], who was appointed in 2008, won the first "[[Treble (association football)|treble]]" in Italian history: the [[2009–10 Serie A|Serie A]], [[2009–10 Coppa Italia|Coppa Italia]] and the [[2010 UEFA Champions League Final|UEFA Champions League]] in 2010.

==Players==
===First-team squad===
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{{Fs player|no=8|nat=CRO|pos=MF|name=[[Petar Sučić]]}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=FRA|pos=FW|name=[[Marcus Thuram]]}}
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{{Fs player|no=11|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=[[Luis Henrique (footballer, born 2001)|Luis Henrique]]}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=ITA|pos=GK|name=[[Raffaele Di Gennaro]]}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=ESP|pos=GK|name=[[Josep Martínez]]}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=FRA|pos=FW|name=[[Ange-Yoan Bonny]]}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=[[Francesco Acerbi]]}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=[[Davide Frattesi]]}}
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{{Fs player|no=20|nat=TUR|pos=MF|name=[[Hakan Çalhanoğlu]]}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=ARM|pos=MF|name=[[Henrikh Mkhitaryan]]}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=[[Nicolò Barella]]|other=[[Captain (association football)#Vice-captain|vice-captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=SUI|pos=DF|name=[[Manuel Akanji]]|other=on loan from [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]}}
{{Fs player|no=30|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=[[Carlos Augusto (footballer)|Carlos Augusto]]}}
{{Fs player|no=31|nat=GER|pos=DF|name=[[Yann Bisseck]]}}
{{Fs player|no=32|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=[[Federico Dimarco]]}}
{{Fs player|no=36|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=[[Matteo Darmian]]}}
{{Fs player|no=42|nat=ARG|pos=DF|name=[[Tomás Palacios (footballer)|Tomás Palacios]]}}
{{Fs player|no=94|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=[[Pio Esposito]]}}
{{Fs player|no=95|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=[[Alessandro Bastoni]]}}
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===Inter Milan U23 and Youth Sector===
{{Updated|19 December 2025}}
{{Main|Inter Milan Under-23|Inter Milan Youth Sector}}
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{{Fs player|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=[[Thomas Berenbruch]]|no=44}}
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{{Fs player|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=[[Mattia Mosconi]]|no=48}}
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{{Fs player|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=[[Yvan Maye]]|no=49}}
{{Fs player|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=[[Simone Cinquegrano]]|no=50}}
{{Fs player|nat=GRE|pos=DF|name=[[Christos Alexiou]]|no=51}}
{{Fs player|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=[[Matteo Lavelli]]|no=53}}
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===Out on loan===
{{updated|1 September 2025}}
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{{Fs player|no=|pos=DF|nat=FRA|name=[[Benjamin Pavard]]|other=at [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|pos=DF|nat=ITA|name=[[Giacomo Stabile]]|other=at [[SS Juve Stabia|Juve Stabia]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|pos=MF|nat=NGA|name=[[Ebenezer Akinsanmiro]]|other=at [[Pisa SC|Pisa]] until 30 June 2026}}
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{{Fs player|no=|pos=MF|nat=ARG|name=[[Valentín Carboni]]|other=at [[Genoa CFC|Genoa]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|pos=MF|nat=ITA|name=[[Luca Di Maggio]]|other=at [[Calcio Padova|Padova]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|pos=MF|nat=VEN|name=[[Daniele Quieto]]|other=at [[Latina Calcio 1932|Latina]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|pos=FW|nat=ITA|name=[[Giacomo De Pieri]]|other=at [[SS Juve Stabia|Juve Stabia]] until 30 June 2026}}
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===Women team===
{{Main|Inter Milan (women)}}

===Notable players===
{{For|a list of every Inter player with 100 or more appearances|List of Inter Milan players}}
{{For|a list of every Inter player who has been called up by Italy|Inter Milan and the Italian national football team}}

===Retired numbers===
{{Main|List of retired numbers in association football|l1=Retired numbers in football}}
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'''3''' – {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giacinto Facchetti]], [[left back]], played for his entire career at Inter from 1960 to 1978 ''(posthumous honour)''. The number was retired on 8 September 2006, four days after Facchetti had died from cancer aged 64. The last player to wear the number 3 shirt was Argentinian center back [[Nicolás Burdisso]], who took on the number 16 shirt for the rest of the season.<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 September 2006 |title=Inter withdraw the number 3 shirt |url=http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=23876&L=en |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018200907/http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=23876&L=en |archive-date=18 October 2012 |access-date=11 November 2012 |publisher=Inter.it}}</ref>

'''4''' – {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Javier Zanetti]], [[Wing-back (association football)|wing-back]]/[[Full-back (association football)|full-back]], played 858 games for Inter between 1995 and his retirement in the summer of 2014. In June 2014, club chairman [[Erick Thohir]] confirmed that Zanetti's number 4 was to be retired out of respect.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 June 2014 |title=Internazionale retire No4 shirt in honour of Javier Zanett |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/30/internazionale-retire-no4-shirt-honour-javier-zanetti |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305025412/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/30/internazionale-retire-no4-shirt-honour-javier-zanetti |archive-date=5 March 2017 |access-date=11 December 2016 |website=The Guardian.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=30 June 2014 |title=Inter make Zanetti vice-president and retire No.4 jersey |url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/10/italy/2014/06/30/4925488/inter-make-zanetti-vice-president-retire-no4-jersey |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708171858/http://www.goal.com/en/news/10/italy/2014/06/30/4925488/inter-make-zanetti-vice-president-retire-no4-jersey |archive-date=8 July 2014 |access-date=12 July 2014 |website=Goal.com}}</ref>

==Technical staff==
[[File:Chivu2018.jpg|thumb|right|[[Cristian Chivu]] is the current head coach of the club.]]

:''{{as of|2025|June|14}}''<ref name="staff">{{Cite web |title=Area tecnica |url=https://www.inter.it/it/teams/prima-squadra?role=staff |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819143811/https://www.inter.it/it/teams/prima-squadra?role=staff |archive-date=19 August 2022 |access-date=1 July 2021 |publisher=FC Internazionale Milano}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position
! Name
|-
| Head coach
| {{Flagicon|ROM}} [[Cristian Chivu]]
|-
| Assistant coach
| {{Flagicon|SER}} [[Aleksandar Kolarov]]
|-
| Technical assistant
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Mario Cecchi <br /> {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Angelo Palombo]] <br /> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Riccardo Rocchini
|-
| Fitness coach
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Stefano Rapetti <br /> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Maurizio Franchini
|-
| Goalkeeper coach
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Gianluca Spinelli]] <br /> {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Paolo Orlandoni]]
|-
| Functional rehab
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Belli
|-
| Head of match analysis
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Filippo Lorenzon
|-
| Match analyst
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Stefano Castellani <br /> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Giacomo Toninato <br /> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Salvatore Rustico
|-
| Fitness data analyst
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Marcello Muratore
|-
| Head of medical staff
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Piero Volpi
|-
| Squad doctor
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Claudio Sprenger <br /> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Alessandro Quaglia <br /> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Lorenzo Brambilla
|-
| Physiotherapists coordinator
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Marco Dellacasa
|-
| Physiotherapist
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Leonardo Arici <br /> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Ramon Cavallin <br /> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Miro Carli <br /> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Davide Lama
|-
| Physiotherapist/Osteopath
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Veschi
|-
| Nutritionist
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Matteo Pincella
|}

==Chairmen and managers==
===Chairmen history===
{{Main|List of Inter Milan chairmen}}
Below is a list of Inter chairmen from 1908 until the present day.<ref name="president">{{Cite web |title=i presidenti |url=http://www.inter.it/it/societa/presidenti.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130225115456/http://www.inter.it/it/societa/presidenti.html |archive-date=25 February 2013 |access-date=27 February 2013 |publisher=inter.it |language=it}}</ref>

[[File:1966–67 Serie A - AC Mantova v Inter Milan - Gian Marco, Massimo and Angelo Moratti.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|right|[[Angelo Moratti]] (right) and [[Massimo Moratti]] (center), the two most successful presidents in the history of the club]]

<div style="font-size:100%">
{|
|-
|width="10"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!Name
!Years
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giovanni Paramithiotti]]
|align=left|1908–1909
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Ettore Strauss]]
|align=left|1909–1910
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Carlo De Medici]]
|align=left|1910–1912
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Emilio Hirzel
|align=left|1912–1913
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Luigi Ansbacher
|align=left|1913–1914
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Giuseppe Visconti di Modrone
|align=left|1914–1919
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Giorgio Hulss
|align=left|1919–1920
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Francesco Mauro
|align=left|1920–1923
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Enrico Olivetti
|align=left|1923–1926
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Senatore Borletti
|align=left|1926–1929
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Ernesto Torrusio
|align=left|1929–1930
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Oreste Simonotti
|align=left|1930–1932
|-
|}
|width="30"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!Name
!Years
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Ferdinando Pozzani
|align=left|1932–1942
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Carlo Masseroni]]
|align=left|1942–1955
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Angelo Moratti]]
|align=left|1955–1968
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Ivanoe Fraizzoli]]
|align=left|1968–1984
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Ernesto Pellegrini]]
|align=left|1984–1995
|-
|align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Massimo Moratti]]
|align=left|1995–2004
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giacinto Facchetti]]
|align=left|2004–2006
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Massimo Moratti]]
|align=left|2006–2013
|-
|align=left| {{flagicon|INA}} [[Erick Thohir]]
|align=left|2013–2018
|-
|align=left| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhang Kangyang|Steven Zhang]]
|align=left|2018–2024
|-
|align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giuseppe Marotta]]
|align=left|2024–present
|}
|}
</div>

===Managerial history===
{{Main|List of Inter Milan managers}}
[[File:Jose Mourinho - Inter Mailand (5).jpg|thumb|upright|[[José Mourinho]], winner of the first [[Treble (association football)|treble]] in Italian history in the [[2009–10 Inter Milan season|2009–10]] season]]

Below is a list of Inter coaches from 1909 until the present day.<ref name="coach">{{Cite news |date=8 March 2013 |title=coaches |url=http://archivio.inter.it/cgi-bin/allenatori-stagioni?L=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130225074358/http://archivio.inter.it/cgi-bin/allenatori-stagioni?L=en |archive-date=25 February 2013 |access-date=8 March 2013 |publisher=inter.it}}</ref>
<div style="font-size:100%">
{|
|-
|width="10"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!Name
!Nationality
!Years
|-
|align=left|[[Virgilio Fossati]]
|{{flagicon|ITA|1861}}
|align=left|1909–1915
|-
|align=left|Nino Resegotti <br /> Francesco Mauro
|{{flagicon|ITA|1861}}
|align=left|1919–1920
|-
|align=left|[[Bob Spottiswood]]
|{{flagicon|ENG}}
|align=left|1922–1924
|-
|align=left|Paolo Schiedler
|{{flagicon|ITA|1861}}
|align=left|1924–1926
|-
|align=left|[[Árpád Weisz]]
|{{flagicon|HUN|1920}}
|align=left|1926–1928
|-
|align=left|[[József Viola]]
|{{flagicon|HUN|1920}}
|align=left|1928–1929
|-
|align=left|[[Árpád Weisz]]
|{{flagicon|HUN|1920}}
|align=left|1929–1931
|-
|align=left|[[István Tóth (footballer)|István Tóth]]
|{{flagicon|HUN|1920}}
|align=left|1931–1932
|-
|align=left|[[Árpád Weisz]]
|{{flagicon|HUN|1920}}
|align=left|1932–1934
|-
|align=left|[[Gyula Feldmann]]
|{{flagicon|HUN|1920}}
|align=left|1934–1936
|-
|align=left|Albino Carraro
|{{flagicon|ITA|1861}}
|align=left|1936
|-
|align=left|[[Armando Castellazzi]]
|{{flagicon|ITA|1861}}
|align=left|1936–1938
|-
|align=left|[[Tony Cargnelli]]
|{{flagicon|AUT}}
|align=left|1938–1940
|-
|align=left|[[Giuseppe Peruchetti]]<br /> Italo Zamberletti
|{{flagicon|ITA|1861}}
|align=left|1940–1941
|-
|align=left|Ivo Fiorentini
|{{flagicon|ITA|1861}}
|align=left|1941–1942
|-
|align=left|[[Giovanni Ferrari]]
|{{flagicon|ITA|1861}}
|align=left|1942–1943
|-
|align=left|[[Carlo Carcano]]
|{{flagicon|ITA|1861}}
|align=left|1945–1946
|-
|align=left|Nino Nutrizio
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|1946
|-
|align=left|[[Giuseppe Meazza]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|1947–1948
|-
|align=left|[[Carlo Carcano]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|1948
|-
|align=left|[[Dai Astley]]
|{{flagicon|Wales}}
|align=left|1948
|-
|align=left|[[Giulio Cappelli]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|1949–1950
|-
|align=left|[[Aldo Olivieri]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|1950–1952
|-
|align=left|[[Alfredo Foni]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|1952–1955
|-
|align=left|[[Aldo Campatelli]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|1955
|-
|align=left|[[Giuseppe Meazza]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|1955–1956
|-
|align=left|[[Annibale Frossi]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|1956
|-
|align=left|[[Luigi Ferrero]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|1957
|-
|align=left|[[Giuseppe Meazza]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|1957
|-
|align=left|[[Jesse Carver]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1957–1958
|-
|align=left|[[Giuseppe Bigogno]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|1958
|-
|align=left|[[Aldo Campatelli]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|1959–1960
|-
|align=left|[[Camillo Achilli]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|1960
|-
|align=left|[[Giulio Cappelli]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|1960
|-
|align=left|[[Helenio Herrera]]
|{{flagicon|ARG}}
|align=left|1960–1968
|-
|align=left|[[Alfredo Foni]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|1968–1969
|-
|align=left|[[Heriberto Herrera]]
|{{flagicon|PAR|1954}}
|align=left|1969–1971
|-
|align=left|[[Giovanni Invernizzi (footballer, born 1931)|Giovanni Invernizzi]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|1971–1973
|-
|align=left|[[Enea Masiero]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|1973
|-
|align=left|[[Helenio Herrera]]
|{{flagicon|ARG}}
|align=left|1973
|-
|align=left|[[Enea Masiero]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|1974
|}
|width="30"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="1"|Name
!rowspan="1"|Nationality
!rowspan="1"|Years
|-
|align=left|[[Luis Suárez Miramontes|Luis Suárez]]
|{{flagicon|Spain|1945}}
|align=left|1974–1975
|-
|align=left|[[Giuseppe Chiappella]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|1976–1977
|-
|align=left|[[Eugenio Bersellini]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|1977–1982
|-
|align=left|[[Rino Marchesi]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|1982–1983
|-
|align=left|[[Luigi Radice]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|1983–1984
|-
|align=left|[[Ilario Castagner]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|1984–1986
|-
|align=left|[[Mario Corso]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|1986
|-
|align=left|[[Giovanni Trapattoni]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|1986–1991
|-
|align=left|[[Corrado Orrico]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|1991
|-
|align=left|[[Luis Suárez Miramontes|Luis Suárez]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}}
|align=left|1992
|-
|align=left|[[Osvaldo Bagnoli]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|1992–1994
|-
|align=left|[[Giampiero Marini]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|1994
|-
|align=left|[[Ottavio Bianchi]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|1994–1995
|-
|align=left|[[Luis Suárez Miramontes|Luis Suárez]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}}
|align=left|1995
|-
|align=left|[[Roy Hodgson]]
|{{flagicon|ENG}}
|align=left|1995–1997
|-
|align=left|[[Luciano Castellini]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|1997
|-
|align=left|[[Luigi Simoni]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|1997–1998
|-
|align=left|[[Mircea Lucescu]]
|{{flagicon|ROM}}
|align=left|1998–1999
|-
|align=left|[[Luciano Castellini]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|1999
|-
|align=left|[[Roy Hodgson]]
|{{flagicon|ENG}}
|align=left|1999
|-
|align=left|[[Marcello Lippi]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|1999–2000
|-
|align=left|[[Marco Tardelli]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|2000–2001
|-
|align=left|[[Héctor Cúper]]
|{{flagicon|ARG}}
|align=left|2001–2003
|-
|align=left|[[Corrado Verdelli]]
|{{flagicon|ITA|2003}}
|align=left|2003
|-
|align=left|[[Alberto Zaccheroni]]
|{{flagicon|ITA|2003}}
|align=left|2003–2004
|-
|align=left|[[Roberto Mancini]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|2004–2008
|-
|align=left|[[José Mourinho]]
|{{flagicon|POR}}
|align=left|2008–2010
|-
|align=left|[[Rafael Benítez]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}}
|align=left|2010
|-
|align=left|[[Leonardo Araújo|Leonardo]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}}
|align=left|2010–2011
|-
|align=left|[[Gian Piero Gasperini]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|2011
|-
|align=left|[[Claudio Ranieri]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|2011–2012
|-
|align=left|[[Andrea Stramaccioni]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|2012–2013
|-
|align=left|[[Walter Mazzarri]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|2013–2014
|-
|align=left|[[Roberto Mancini]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|2014–2016
|-
|align=left|[[Frank de Boer]]
|{{flagicon|NED}}
|align=left|2016
|-
|align=left|[[Stefano Vecchi]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|2016
|-
|align=left|[[Stefano Pioli]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|2016–2017
|-
|align=left|[[Stefano Vecchi]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|2017
|-
|align=left|[[Luciano Spalletti]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|2017–2019
|-
|align=left|[[Antonio Conte]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|2019–2021
|-
|align=left|[[Simone Inzaghi]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|align=left|2021–2025
|-
|align=left|[[Cristian Chivu]]
|{{flagicon|ROM}}
|align=left|2025–
|}
|}
</div>

==Corporate==
Inter have varied between 6th and 20th in the [[Deloitte Football Money League]] between 1996 and 2025. They currently sit 14th in the 2023–24 season, with €391 million in revenues, split between matchday (€81 million), broadcasting (€198 million) and commercial (€112 million) revenues.<ref>{{cite web |title=Deloitte Football Money League |url=https://www.deloitte.com/uk/en/services/consulting-financial/analysis/deloitte-football-money-league.html |website=Deloitte UK |access-date=2025-08-22}}</ref>

Massimo Moratti took over as president of Inter in 1995, inheriting not just a majority stake but also a legacy passed down from his father, Angelo Moratti. During his tenure, Moratti invested enormous sums of his own wealth to modernize and elevate the club. Estimates suggest he spent between €600 million and €1.5 billion on player transfers alone during his time as majority owner. Marquee signings in the late 90s included Ronaldo and Christian Vieri (for a then-world-record €48 million).<ref>{{cite web |last=Bandini |first=Paul |title=Massimo Moratti's Inter legacy nears its end as he prepares to sell |website=Counterattack (TheScore) |date=26 September 2013 |access-date=22 August 2025 |url=http://blogs.thescore.com/counterattack/2013/09/26/bandini-massimo-morattis-inter-legacy-nears-its-end-as-he-prepares-to-sell/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140702053647/http://blogs.thescore.com/counterattack/2013/09/26/bandini-massimo-morattis-inter-legacy-nears-its-end-as-he-prepares-to-sell/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-07-02 }}</ref> Moratti sold a 70% stake to a consortium led by Indonesian businessman Erick Thohir through International Sports Capital for approximately €250 million, valuing the club at around $480 million. Thohir gained majority control, while Massimo Moratti retained a minority stake of around 30%. The deal represented a change of strategy aimed at expanding the club’s presence in Asian markets.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fontevecchia |first=Agustino |date=15 October 2013 |title=Inter Milan Sells 70% Stake To Indonesia's Erick Thohir At $480M Valuation |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2013/10/15/inter-milan-sells-70-stake-to-indonesias-erick-thohir-at-480m-valuation/ |access-date=22 August 2025 |website=Forbes}}</ref>

In June 2016, Chinese electronics retailer Suning Commerce Group acquired nearly 70% of Italian football club Inter Milan for €270 million ($307 million), marking the largest takeover of a European football club by a Chinese firm at the time. Thohir retained a minority stake of around 30% and remained club president, while Massimo Moratti, the long-time owner of Inter sold his remaining shares, fully exiting the club. As part of the transaction, Suning also agreed to assume a significant portion of the club’s existing debt.<ref>{{cite news |author=Adam Jourdan |date=6 June 2016 |title=China's Suning buying majority stake in Inter Milan for $307 million |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/sports/chinas-suning-buying-majority-stake-in-inter-milan-for-307-million-idUSKCN0YR03T/ |access-date=22 August 2025 |work=Reuters}}</ref>

During the 2020-21 season, the club posted a record loss of €245.6 million (US $285 million) during the COVID interrupted season, the largest ever reported by an Italian club, due to the complete loss of matchday revenue and reduced sponsorship income. As a result, US-based investment firm [[Oaktree Capital Management]] guaranteed a US$336 million loan to cover operating expenses, the sum payable back plus interest within three years.<ref>{{cite news |last=White |first=Jonathan |title=Suning‑owned Inter Milan post record US$285 m loss for 2020‑21 season |work=South China Morning Post |date=2 October 2021 |access-date=22 August 2025 |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3150983/suning-owned-inter-milan-post-record-us285m-loss-2020-21-season}}</ref>

On 22 May 2024, Oaktree assumed ownership of the club with Suning missing the deadline on a €395 million debt payment, resulting in Oaktree's right to take control of the club.<ref>{{Cite web |author1=Matias Grez |author2=Maisie Linford |date=22 May 2024 |title=Inter Milan taken over by US investment firm Oaktree after Chinese owners fail to repay loan |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/22/sport/inter-milan-taken-over-oaktree-spt-intl/index.html |access-date=24 May 2024 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=22 May 2024 |title=Inter Milan gets U.S. owners over unpaid loan |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/40195630/us-firm-oaktree-inter-milan-missed-payment |access-date=24 May 2024 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!Period
!Kit manufacturer
!Shirt sponsor (chest)
!Shirt sponsor (back)
!Shirt sponsor (sleeve)
|-
| 1979–1981
|rowspan=2|[[Puma AG|Puma]]{{sfn|Galasso|2015|p=332}}
|None{{sfn|Galasso|2015|p=332}}
| rowspan="10" |''None''
| rowspan="11" |''None''
|-
|1981–1982
|Inno-Hit{{sfn|Galasso|2015|p=332}}
|-
|1982–1986
|Mecsport{{sfn|Galasso|2015|p=332}}
|rowspan=3|Misura{{sfn|Galasso|2015|p=332}}
|-
| 1986–1988
| [[Le Coq Sportif]]{{sfn|Galasso|2015|p=332}}
|-
| 1988–1991
| [[Uhlsport]]{{sfn|Galasso|2015|p=332}}
|-
| 1991–1992
|rowspan=3| [[Umbro]]{{sfn|Galasso|2015|p=332}}
| FitGar{{sfn|Galasso|2015|p=332}}
|-
| 1992–1995
| Cesare Fiorucci{{sfn|Galasso|2015|p=332}}
|-
| 1995–1998
| rowspan=2|[[Pirelli]]{{sfn|Galasso|2015|p=332}}
|-
| 1998–2015
| rowspan="7" |[[Nike Inc.|Nike]]{{sfn|Galasso|2015|p=332}}
|-
|2015–2016
|[[Pirelli]]{{sfn|Galasso|2015|p=332}} (Home) / [[Driver Reifen und KFZ-Technik|Driver]] (Away)
|-
|2016–2021
|[[Pirelli]]{{sfn|Galasso|2015|p=332}}
|[[Driver Reifen und KFZ-Technik|Driver]]
|-
|2021–2022
|[[Socios.com|$INTER Fan Token]]<ref>{{Cite press release |title=A new era begins: Inter announce socios.com as new front-of-shirt partner for 2021/22 season |date=21 July 2021 |publisher=inter.it |url=https://www.inter.it/en/news/2021/07/21/socios-new-inter-shirt-partner.html |access-date=21 July 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721124959/https://www.inter.it/en/news/2021/07/21/socios-new-inter-shirt-partner.html |archive-date=21 July 2021}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |[[Lenovo]]<ref>{{Cite news |title=New chapter in the partnership between Inter and Lenovo |url=https://www.inter.it/en/news/2021/07/13/partnership-inter-lenovo-back-of-shirt-sponsor.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721151924/https://www.inter.it/en/news/2021/07/13/partnership-inter-lenovo-back-of-shirt-sponsor.html |archive-date=21 July 2021 |access-date=21 July 2021 |work=inter.it |language=en}}</ref>
|DigitalBits<ref>{{Cite web |title=DIGITALBITS OFFICIAL GLOBAL CRYPTOCURRENCY, ZYTARA OFFICIAL GLOBAL DIGITAL BANKING PARTNER OF INTER IN €85M PRODUCT PARTNERSHIP DEAL |url=https://www.inter.it/en/news/2021/09/02/inter-digital-bits-partnership-announcement.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226120854/https://www.inter.it/en/news/2021/09/02/inter-digital-bits-partnership-announcement.html |archive-date=26 February 2022 |access-date=26 February 2022 |website=inter.it |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2022–2023
|DigitalBits (Matchday 1–32)<hr />[[Paramount+]] (Matchday 38 & UEFA Champions League Final)
| rowspan="2" |[[eBay]]<ref>{{Cite press release |title=eBay become Inter shirt sleeve sponsor |date=1 January 2023 |publisher=inter.it |url=https://www.inter.it/en/news/inter-partnership-ebay-sleeve-shirt |access-date=29 January 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129194705/https://www.inter.it/en/news/inter-partnership-ebay-sleeve-shirt |archive-date=29 January 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2023–2024
|[[Paramount+]]
| rowspan="2" |U-Power
|-
|2024–
|[[Betsson]].sport
|Gate.io
|-
|}

==See also==
{{Portal bar|Association football|Italy}}
* [[Dynasty (sports)#Italian Football Championship and Serie A league|Dynasties in Italian football]]
* [[European Club Association]]
* [[List of world champion football clubs]]

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

==References==
{{refbegin}}
* {{Cite book |last=Galasso |first=Vito |title=L'Inter dalla A alla Z |publisher=Newton Compton |year=2015 |isbn=9788854186989 |location=Rome |language=Italian}}
* {{Cite book |last=Sarugia |first=Danilo |title=Grande Inter. La leggendaria squadra di Moratti e Herrera |publisher=Sperling & Kupfer |year=2007 |isbn=9788860611789 |location=Milan |language=Italian}}
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==External links==
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* {{Official website|https://www.inter.it/en}}
* [https://www.legaseriea.it/en/team/inter FC Internazionale Milano] at [[Serie A]]
* [https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/teams/50138--inter/ FC Internazionale Milano] at [[UEFA]]
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