2005–06 Inter Milan season
| 2005–06 season | |||
| President | Giacinto Facchetti | ||
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| Head coach | Roberto Mancini | ||
| Stadium | San Siro | ||
| Serie A | 1st[1] | ||
| Coppa Italia | Winners | ||
| UEFA Champions League | Quarter-finals | ||
| Supercoppa Italiana | Winners | ||
| Top goalscorer |
League: Julio Cruz (15) All: Julio Cruz (21) | ||
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Season
2005–06 season opened with the success in Supercoppa Italiana, beating Juventus 1–0 in extra time with a goal scored by Verón.[2] During the Champions League group stage, the side managed to have a line-up of 11 foreign players on the pitch: the only european was Luís Figo, playing the second time.[3] Despite a good first half (also including a 3–2 win in derby, that lacked since 2002)[4] Inter had a second part not so bright.[5] Being knocked out in Champions League by Villareal, the side was hardly attacked by his fans.[6]
On the pitch, season finished like the previous with a third league place and the win of Coppa Italia against Roma.[7] However, during the summer of World Cup, Juventus and Milan resulted caught in Calciopoli scandal: in late July, a few weeks after Italian triumph in Germany, Inter was awarded of 2005–06 title.[8] Further, the relegation of Juventus to Serie B made Inter the first and only club ever present in modern Serie A (from 1929–30).
Squad
Goalkeepers
- 1.
Francesco Toldo - 12.
Júlio César - 22.
Paolo Orlandoni
Defenders
- 2.
Iván Córdoba - 3.
Nicolás Burdisso - 4.
Javier Zanetti - 11.
Siniša Mihajlović - 13.
Zé Maria - 16.
Giuseppe Favalli - 23.
Marco Materazzi - 25.
Walter Samuel - 33.
Pierre Womé - 49.
Marco Andreolli - 51.
Leonardo Bonucci
Midfielders
- 5.
Dejan Stanković - 6.
Cristiano Zanetti - 7.
Luís Figo - 8.
David Pizarro - 14.
Juan Sebastián Verón - 18.
Kily González - 19.
Esteban Cambiasso - 21.
Santiago Solari - 31.
César - 55.
Daniel Maa Boumsong - 85.
Ilario Aloe
Attackers
- 9.
Julio Cruz - 10.
Adriano - 20.
Álvaro Recoba - 30.
Obafemi Martins - 42.
Domenico Germinale - 44.
Matteo Momentè - 61.
Goran Slavkovski
Serie A
Matches
| 5 | Inter | 1–0 | Fiorentina | |
| Martins |
| 24 | Fiorentina | 2–1 | Inter | |
| Brocchi Jiménez |
Recoba |
| 25 | Inter | 1–2 | Juventus | |
| Samuel |
Ibrahimović Del Piero |
| 37 | Inter | 1–1 | Siena | |
| Cruz |
Gastaldello |
Top Scorers
-
Julio Cruz – 15 -
Adriano – 12 -
Obafemi Martins – 8 -
Luís Figo – 5 -
Álvaro Recoba – 5
References
- ↑ Due to the trial of Italian football scandal; originally Inter was third.
- ↑ "Colpo grosso in casa Juve Adriano-Veron, è Supercoppa" (in Italian). repubblica.it. 20 August 2005.
- ↑ "La Padania accusa l'Inter "11 stranieri in campo, vergogna"" (in Italian). repubblica.it. 24 November 2005.
- ↑ "Adriano affonda il Milan nel recupero Rossoneri sorpassati dall'Inter" (in Italian). repubblica.it. 11 December 2005.
- ↑ "La Juve ringrazia Del Piero Inter, più nervi che gioco" (in Italian). repubblica.it. 12 February 2006.
- ↑ "Agguato notturno all'Inter" (in Italian). gazzetta.it. 9 April 2006.
- ↑ "Inter si consola con la Coppa Italia la Roma con il buon rientro di Totti" (in Italian). repubblica.it. 11 May 2006.
- ↑ "Lo scudetto 2006 è dell'Inter" (in Italian). gazzetta.it. 26 July 2006.